Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Pulmonata.jpg (2)

Delist: Pulmonata.jpg[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jun 2013 at 13:15:41 (UTC)

An artistic (but not scientific) illustration from 1893 of European land snails and slugs, also showing some food plants and fungi, eggs, and a beetle predator

Reason: It has very little scientific value at all. The artist drew the snails and slugs so "loosely" that they are not well portrayed, and one of the species is not a pulmonate anyway. The main problem is that the images do not very closely resemble the actual snails and slugs that are supposed to be being depicted, and because of that this image is quite misleading scientifically, although in other respects it is arguably cute and charming.
Articles this image appears in: Pulmonata
Previous nomination/s: Has quite a bit of history (see file usage). Got promoted here picture candidates/File:Pulmonata.jpg Was nominated once before for delisting [1]
Nominator: Invertzoo (talk)

Delist — Invertzoo (talk) 13:15, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The previous delist makes interesting reading. I think this would have been delisted if it had had more comment. After thinking about it for a bit I would say delist; not evidently notable as a work of art, and the problems Invertzoo points out have actually long been known. Chick Bowen 01:07, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: I moved this nom page to bring it in line with standard delist practice per the autogenerated titles created by Template:FPCdel. Chick Bowen 01:10, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: If the file does end up being delisted, would someone who has Commons rights please change the name of the file to "European and slugs and snails" or something similar, otherwise people will keep adding this to articles on Pulmonata in this and other Wikipedias. Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 14:18, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- The original title is "Land Molluscs", something like "Land Molluscs - Royal Natural History.jpg" would be best. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:08, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delist: As InvertZoo says, it is an arguably cute and charming picture, but is scientifically incorrect and should not be used in articles. JoJan (talk) 14:42, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. Too busy.TCO (talk) 23:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. I absolutely love the picture- I'd love it on a mug or something. However, I have to agree that the EV is limited. J Milburn (talk) 18:39, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If this was better used - for the illustrator, for example, I'd be opposing the delist, but as it is, despite its artistic merit, I think Invertzoo has it right. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:24, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]