Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/East meets West

East meets West

Original - Second Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Sylvashko, Russian Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Russian and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on Elbe Day.

Reason: Symbolic meeting of the Red Army of the Soviet Union and the United States Army outside Torgua, Germany, on Elbe Day
Articles this image appears in: Battle of Berlin, Elbe Day, Timeline of World War II (1945)
Creator: Pfc. William E. Poulson

Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 20:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a pretty low quality reproduction to me. --Dschwen 22:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I've seen much better reproductions of this pic before. Sorry. Intothewoods29 (talk) 02:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Bad reproduction, clearly of poor quality. Elucidate ^{(parlez à moi)} _{Ici pour humor} 07:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The big black splotch in the middle majorly detracts from enc. and quality. Spencer^T♦^C 20:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose regretfully. Superb EV, just not up to the minimum on the technical side. Durova^Charge! 22:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 05:54, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]