Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Terrestrial planet size comparisons.jpg

 
Original
 
Edit 1 - horizontal resolution was tripled, and the four images:
Image:Reprocessed Mariner 10 image of Mercury.jpg
Image:Venus globe.jpg
Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg
Image:Mars Valles Marineris.jpeg
were superimposed over the old globes
Reason
I was browsing through some featured pictures, specifically Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Astronomy, when a link led me to Terrestrial planet, where I found this image. I think the image very encyclopedic and that it adds a lot of value to the articles it illustrates.
Proposed caption
The terrestrial planets, which are primarily composed of silicate rocks, compared by size. The term is derived from the Latin word for Earth, "Terra", so an alternate definition would be that these are planets are, in some notable fashion, "Earth-like". From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Articles this image appears in
Terrestrial planet, Solar System
Creator
NASA ([1])
  • Support a tad bigger would be nice but that would only help aesthetically, the image its self is fine --ChildzyTalk 07:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Several reasons, won't give them all, most have come up in its previous noms. Even though it is within guidelines, I rather agree with Adam on size, but wouldn't oppose just for that. Probably my main issue is that I find it a bit offputting, if not rather misleading, to show a radar image of Venus alongside regular visible light images of the other planets. I can sort of understand why it may have been done, but I don't like it. --jjron 09:39, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Lovely piece with good encylopedic value (something thats often overlooked in my opinion in favour of pretty pictures of flowers which arent really that encylopedic). Size is good in my opinion, as if you want a picture of earth we have better quality ones elsewhere, this isn't about that, its about comparison and it does that very well. Provided its technically correct it has my full support.WikipedianProlific(Talk) 11:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Useful, yes, but certainly not an example of the top fraction of a % of Wikipedia's best images. I'm sure this could be recreated fairly easily in far greater detail from free US gov images, and if it's only comparison—not detail—you want to show, then it could be made more useful by including all the planets, as well as some other massive objects. ~ VeledanT 22:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think it's usefulness dictates the planets it includes and its level of detail. It illustrates exactly what it says it does. I agree it would be nice to have more detail, but that detail is somewhat irrelevant for its purpose. --Midnightdreary 18:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support - I have previously nominated this image, and upon a suggestion I created edit 1. However, I did a bit of a shitty job (courtesy of paint); if anyone could do a better job, using my instructions, please feel free. It would surely be a featurable picture — Jack · talk · 23:35, Friday, 24 August 2007
  • Comment I'm a little worried about that smooth band on mercury - it's not reality, it's just somewhere for which we don't know what it looks like, but this isn't indicated. Also, I think it'd be better to use a cloudy Venus in this case, to match the other images. Adam Cuerden talk 07:55, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Original, Weak Oppose Edit 1. Edit One's size is better, but I still weak oppose per jjron and Adam. --NauticaShades 01:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No consenus MER-C 09:45, 31 August 2007 (UTC) Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]