Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gough map

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2011 at 11:41:03 (UTC)

Original - The Gough Map (1365 or 1366), the earliest extant map of England and Scotland. Note that North is where west would be on modern maps.

Reason: Image is of high resolution and very detailed. The image has high EV as it has its own article. Image is also of high historical value as it ~~is considered one of the first maps~~ the earliest extant map of Britain and Scotland. The phallic shape when rotated adds even more interest factor.
Articles in which this image appears: Gough Map
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Unknown. This version uploaded by Alexrk2

Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:41, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment -- As far as know, this map is the earliest extant representation of England and Scotland, not "one of the first". As for the phalic shape, no need to rotate the thing to make it obvious... Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wording fixed. I did not rotate the nomination picture since that is only incidental; the link is for the curious. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:41, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support High EV, great scan. Love the little buildings throughout the map - very cool. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:40, 30 September 2011 (UTC) Oppose, I think - check out the earlier version of the map. I'm not sure what processing has been done to the new version, or if it came from a different source, but I think the earlier version is superior. This one seems to have gotten a serious contrast boost, and the edges are somewhat strange. The original version should probably get a better cut-out and then be nominated itself. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:44, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Gerbrant upload? I'll ask at the lab. Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:40, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as is The new upload describes digital enhancement, however it isn't documented anywhere exactly what has been done, and I think it is best practise to have the unenhanced version as a separate file to link to on commons. JJ Harrison (talk) 10:44, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've asked at the Graphics Lab for the original (Gerbrant) upload to be reuploaded as a separate file; my computer and connection can't handle the pixels. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:44, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:12, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]