Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/2013-08-07 04-23-26-foudre-belfort.jpg

Lightnings in Belfort.[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Oct 2013 at 15:18:05 (UTC)

Reason: One of the finest images that I have ever seen. High resolution pic. A featured pic in Turkish Wikipedia and Commons too.
Articles in which this image appears: Belfort, Lightning
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Atmospheric optics
Creator: ComputerHotline

Support as nominator --Benison talk with me 15:18, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. As pictures of lightning go, this one is nothing special in my opinion. The unattractive clutter also detracts. 86.171.43.251 (talk) 17:43, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above comment. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:25, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Dougie WII (talk) 06:33, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - There is only one FP in lightning. So I would like to see this one reach the same standard. JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 12:06, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I doubt that a lack of other featured pictures of a subject this common can be validly advanced as a reason for promotion. 86.176.211.54 (talk) 21:05, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What about this? (Both are different types; the current candidate is a CC whereas the one I suggested is a CG. J Kadavoor J e e 05:05, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:30, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]