Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dome of the Chain

Dome of the Chain edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2013 at 05:47:19 (UTC)

Original – The Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة‎, Qubbat al-Silsila) (pictured in front of the Dome of the Rock) was constructed during the Umayyad Caliphate (c. 685 AD) and served as a model for the building of the Dome of the Rock (c. 691 AD).

Reason: High EV, High quality
Articles in which this image appears: Dome of the Chain
FP category for this image: Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Godot13

Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 05:47, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It is a very clear picture with a great deal of useful information in it. I have corrected the caption here and at the original location. A "facade" is something that is set up like a person's face i.e. it has the outward distinguishing characteristics of the building. Neither of these buildings have proper facades. Amandajm (talk) 06:49, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The composition is not great in terms of featuring the intended subject, or even making clear what the intended subject is (which I'm assuming is the small building in the foreground, not the large gold-domed building). To illustrate the foreground structure I would much prefer an angle such as this. There also seems to be a whole significant feature that is not even visible from the angle in this candidate picture, being edge on. 86.171.42.64 (talk) 12:50, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While the angle of the image you suggest may be slightly better (for illustrating the object of the article), it is less visually compelling (not to mention mid-restoration as none of the outer tile-work is visible). Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The picture I linked to was purely to illustrate how a better angle or viewpoint could give a better illustration of the subject. As you say, the tiles are missing, but that isn't relevant to the point I was trying to make. 86.171.42.64 (talk) 17:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your point was clear, thank you.-Godot13 (talk) 17:34, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question Would withdrawing and renominating this image as part of a set of two or three where the others focus on 1) the interior of the Dome of the Chain and 2) the tile work be an option?-Godot13 (talk) 04:06, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:31, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]