Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alex White

Alex White edit

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'Original – Alex White is an American author of science fiction. Their books include a series named The Salvagers, published by Orbit Books, and the Alien novel Alien: The Cold Forge, published by Titan Publishing Group.

Reason: A professional portrait of a notable individual.
Articles in which this image appears: Alex White (author)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Kyle Cassidy

Support as nominator – Josh Milburn (talk) 09:16, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose not notable. Recently created article of insignificant author. Probably advertising. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:14, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, the article passes WP:GNG, so we really should be considering this on the image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs} 18:46, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Other than some odd bits of lint (which I'm so tempted to photoshop out), this looks great. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs} 18:48, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support I agree that the subject is borderline for notability, but probably is on the right side of the line. This photo is a great portrait: it clearly shows the subject, is well executed and visually interesting and gives viewers a hint of their personality. Nick-D (talk) 23:05, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – White's 400-word article is little more than a stub. Sca (talk) 14:31, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sca: Traditionally, as long as there's no real question of it passing WP:GNG or the like, that's not an issue we consider at FPC. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs} 15:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

∴ this is a comment rather than a vote. But in reality it's an issue we should consider, IMO, à la WP:ITN/C. (FWIW, this particular nom. strikes me as possibly promotional.) – Sca (talk) 16:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth saying that articles with featured pictures are often expanded as a result, so I think WP:GNG is a good threshold. JJ Harrison (talk) 05:39, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I definitely don't doubt the nominator's good faith and am not suggesting that this is covert advertising (something which I have quite a lot of experience dealing with as an admin), but I do agree with the concerns raised above. MER-C 16:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I had never come across the subject until I was sent the picture, and I created the article. The photographer, on the other hand, has been donating pictures of notable individuals to Wikipedia for years. The other user who contributed to the article (Proserpine) is an occasional but long-time contributor who, from a glance, has editing interests that match those of someone who would be interested in a sci-fi author. In my view, there's no advertising problem here. The article is short, but could be expanded. The subject isn't famous, but is notable. Josh Milburn (talk) 07:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support : I do not feel that its an advertisement. Though the article is a bit small, the person is notable enough I think. DreamSparrow ^Chat 13:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Be that as it may, the flesh tones look a bit too pink, to me anyway. Sca (talk) 21:01, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]