Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tank man
Tank Man[edit]
[[:Image:Tianasquare.jpg|thumb|300px|"Tank Man" stops the advance of a column of tanks on 5 June 1989 in Beijing.
Photo by Jeff Widener (Associated Press)]]
- Reason
- World recognised and iconic moment in history. Won a World Press Award and recognised by LIFE magazine as "100 Photos that Changed the World". The resolution is not too good but surpassed by its importance in World history.
- Articles this image appears in
- Photograph
- 1989
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
- History of the People's Republic of China (1976–1989)
- Type 59
- Tank Man
- Jeff Widener
- Foreign relations of the European Union
- Creator
- Jeff Widener
- Support as nominator — Matt. P 19:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Does the limited copyright license for this image make it eligible for FP status?
- Oppose Too small, copyrighted. J Are you green? 20:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- Ineligible not free. Mak (talk) 20:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- Speedy oppose Perhaps, in my opinion, the greatest photo ever taken. However, it's copywritten, and that's that. -- Kicking222 20:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, didn't notice that.Matt. P 21:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Not promoted (fair use). MER-C 01:18, 8 May 2007 (UTC)