Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:William Saroyan.jpg

William Saroyan edit

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OriginalWilliam Saroyan, one of the best-known Americans of Armenian descent that achieved success in the 1930-40s. He is highly regarded in Armenia and by Armenians around the world.
Reason
Relatively high quality for a 1940 photo.
Articles in which this image appears
William Saroyan, Armenian American
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Al Aumuller, World-Telegram staff photographer
  • Support as nominator --Երևանցի talk 17:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Lots of visible scratches and the composition and pose is rather awkward and artificial - is he straddling the back of a lounge chair or something? Nick-D (talk) 10:06, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:44, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]