Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Schoolgirls in Bamozai

Schoolgirls in Bamozai[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2017 at 04:10:05 (UTC)

Reason: It's been featured on Commons, and shows a class in Afghanistan, different from using indoor desks in other parts of the world.
Articles in which this image appears

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle (Better category?)
Creator: John Severns, U.S. Air Force

Support as nominator – Hameltion (talk, contribs) 04:10, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Those unattentive boys in the background kinda spoils this snapshot. Not Wikipedias "best"... --Janke | Talk 13:02, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Very nice slice of life showing something besides violence. And boys will be boys the world over. Sca (talk) 13:51, 16 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Composition is, as Janke implied, less than stellar, and the boys are quite distracting. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:07, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per composition issues, not the greatest... Mattximus (talk) 15:10, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Love the color. Image is also featured on four wikis and Commons. — nihlus kryik (talk) 19:21, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Inaccurate title. And I really cannot see that this image has EV as it does not significantly improve any of the four articles and is not representative of education/literacy etc. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2017 (UTC).[reply]
Oppose While this is a useful photo, it doesn't clearly show that these children are in an outdoor school - a composition showing their teacher as well would be much superior. Nick-D (talk) 00:32, 23 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Criticism on the basis of composition is very well and good, but look at this image: it shows in brilliant, beautiful color and with bright upturned faces the experience of education in a third world country. No teacher is present, but his/ her presence is more than implied by the faces of these students. They are not staring up at the clouds! And the boys in the background are absolutely perfect: they suggest an almost universal (if stereotypical) truth about boys and the educational process (I think I see myself in the kid in the orange shirt in the front row here). This image meets all the technical requirements (yes?); the criticisms based on composition don't hold up against what I see as a dramatic, eye-capturing moment in the lives of a group of children. The evidence of being an FP on all the other Wikis is not accidental. This is a great shot. It just is. I hope we won't hesitate in recognizing this. ( Charles, Mattximus, Chris, Nick, Janke, I have never asked any of you to do this before: please consider taking a second, harder look at this one. Ok? Thank you!) KDS4444 ^(talk) 09:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:13, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]