Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gestapo agents arrested

Image:Capturedgestapoagents.jpg edit

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Reason: A rare historical picture. Relatively in high quality. Maybe some darkening in some places would help, but I think the picture is good enough to pass already.
Proposed caption: German Gestapo agents arrested after the fall of Liège, Belgium, are herded together in a cell in the citadel of Liege
Articles this image appears in: Gestapo
Creator: U.S. Army soldier or employee

Support as nominator Tomer T 22:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - nothing significant or interesting to be seen.--Svetovid 23:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. It may be rare (I don't know - they may have taken rolls of film like this), it may be high quality (I'd say medium at best). But I don't actually think it has much enc value, rendering any other points moot. It does not contain anything in it that indicates Gestapo, or that even indicates WWII to me. It could be a half-dozen mobsters rounded up in New York in 1935, as far as can be told from the image. Zakolantern 23:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
support --Mbz1 01:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]
Oppose We've really had an unusual amount of historical images become featured lately. That in itself isn't a bad thing, but it's raised my personal bar for what makes a historical image FP-quality. As mentioned above, it's noticeably absent of historical identifiers, and there's not much about the subjects that is really eye-catching. An important and encyclopedic image, perhaps, but doesn't really scream FPC for me. SingCal 03:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for similar reasons as above. This does not visibly illustrate anything encyclopedically unique or explain anything to the viewer. Whereas, to set a bar, a concentration camp victim photograph illustrates something that may not be believed without strong evidence. In this case it's an interesting portrait of high quality but tells us very little about their circumstance, so I can only see it as an illustration of the specific activity. --Dhartung | Talk 06:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support contradicts the image of the stereotypical Gestapo agent in a black leather coat and a hat as shown in Hollywood films, but I guess prison life may do that to anyone Bleh999 10:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - "What am i looking at?" ^8thstar 17:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I would consider expanding the caption a little. -- Chris.B 10:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]