Commons:Valued image candidates/Six degrees of separation.png

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Six degrees of separation.png

promoted
Image
Nominated by Powers on 2008-06-02 18:53 (UTC)
Scope Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
an illustration of the "six degrees of separation" concept
Used in

Global usage

six degrees of separation and some other language versions of the same article. In the French Wikipedia, it's used on their social network article instead of their six degrees of separation article.
Review
(criteria)
  •  Oppose This should be SVG to be reusable at least. -- Nichtich 21:24, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment I agree it should be SVG but as long as it looks good at the review resolution, it should pass the criteria, shouldn't it? Powers 22:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Agree with the user above... the criteria clearly states, "Its usability in printed format is not considered." All that matters is how it looks at the review size. – flamurai 01:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • That's not where the real value of SVGs comes in. The scalability's just a nice little bonus. Rocket000 10:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        •  Comment Again, agreed, but modifiability also isn't one of the criteria. Powers 13:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        •  Comment Seems like an svg would be a much more "valuable image". We can always change the criteria. --Calibas 21:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          •  Comment As I see it, the whole concept of the project is to reward images based primarily on their content, not technical or aesthetic quality. If the criteria were changed to increase the technical standards, the focus of the entire project would change. – flamurai 00:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
            •  Comment Having a file in the most suitable file format is certainly something which adds value. If we have not stated that explicitly in the guidelines today, I think we should consider adding it. And I agree SVG is the most suited format for such an illustration. However, we are reviewing if it is the best we have, thus the file format in this review is not that important. Suppose this image was promoted and later challenged in an MVR of the "same" image in svg format, i would certainly favor the SVG as it is much better suited for making adjustments and derivative work. -- Slaunger (talk) 22:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Are there more relevant categories to place this in? It's only in Networks, and that seems pretty generic to me. It's definitely a graph, so it belongs somewhere in Graphs, but there's probably something down that hierarchy that's more appropriate. – flamurai 01:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Just fascinating and inviting to know more about it. --Foroa 15:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The way the outlying nodes are scattered around with all the lines crossing makes the illustration very confusing. For example, there is a blue node directly between and above nodes 2 and 3 that appears to be connected to nodes 1 and 4. If this were the case, nodes 2 and 3 would be bypassed, so it would invalidate the graph (only 5 degrees of separation). Not a great illustration of the concept, so this fails criterion 3. – flamurai 00:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I agree with the opposers that there is room for improvement, but a VI does not have to be perfect. For me it still illustrates the subject well. It could be done better, sure, but that is also what we have MVR for. -- Slaunger (talk) 22:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Agree -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Result: 3 support, 2 oppose =>
Promoted. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:29, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]