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Original – NY 199 passes a farm near Hammertown, NY
Reason
A high-quality image of a highway going through one of many sections of pastoral Hudson Valley landscape
Articles in which this image appears
New York State Route 199
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Daniel Case
Most of it, yes, across northern Dutchess County. Daniel Case (talk) 20:51, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Very nice. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:07, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support It's up there quality wise, but a 100 yard stretch of tarmac that could be anywhere in the world realistically just doesn't really do much for me "wow" wise... Can't Oppose as it meets the criteria and is technically fine, but don't feel this will add much to the front page of Wikipedia when it's turn comes around... gazhiley 15:20, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • True. That was my feeling too. It could easily be almost anywhere in the UK except for the yellow strip down the middle... But for those from Africa, Southern Europe, Australia, Asia... It could be a view they've never seen before. I try to think outside my own bubble - it helps me to see EV in otherwise ordinary views. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:47, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Funny you should mention it as seeming to be "almost anywhere in the UK." I've always thought that area of Dutchess County looks a lot like England—and I suspect I wasn't alone, since there's an awful lot of English expats who live around Millbrook. Or so it seems to me. Daniel Case (talk) 16:00, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
With a name like Dutchess County, you'd think so. Then again the British had a habit of being generous with their naming. My home city of Melbourne is literally full of English town references, and I'm pretty sure the East Coast of the US is much the same. In fact, my favourite English comedy duo, Mitchell & Webb did an amusing skit on just that subject. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:31, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 14:39, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Almost the best picture in history. Almost. Belle (talk) 00:43, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I second that... Just missing the white cloaks and burning crosses... Other than that I'd say that's so amazing I might nab it as a desktop background....... All the lol's and then some... :D gazhiley 09:39, 25 September 2015 (UTC) [reply]
To be fair to Daniel, he's from New York and they don't do so many burning crosses there. ;-) I updated the image with a Jesus billboard though, because what road in America doesn't have one of those?! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:35, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Make that a deep-fried Twinkie and I'll change my vote. Sca (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2015 (UTC))[reply]
  • Oppose – Sorry Daniel et al., but I don't think it "adds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article." Seems I'll be the lone dissenter. (I've long contended that significance ought play a role in this selection process (as it does at WP:ITNC.) Sca (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry, I don't take it personally (I do think the article could be more in-depth, though ... perhaps I will have to improve it myself; the other editors at the U.S. Roads project do not always make this sort of thing their priority. Daniel Case (talk) 14:51, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NY 199 E of Hammertown 2014.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:53, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]