Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William the Faience Hippopotamus
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Standing_Hippopotamus_MET_DP248993.jpg/350px-Standing_Hippopotamus_MET_DP248993.jpg)
- Reason
- High quality image. If passed, this would be one of the oldest man-made objects featured.
- Articles in which this image appears
- William the Faience Hippopotamus +3
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
- Creator
- Unknown; photography by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:41, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support; absolutely. Josh Milburn (talk) 01:50, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Looks a bit like a plump Eyeore. – Sca (talk) 16:52, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support, Easy, per nom. Mattximus (talk) 21:36, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support, technically excellent. --Janke | Talk 08:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
- Comment: one of the oldest man-made objects featured... We obviously need to feature older objects, such as spear points, neolithic tools, etc. Any good candidates??? --Janke | Talk 05:35, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
- I think that there are some hand prints featured that date back to 40,000 BC. I forget, however. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:54, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
- Comment: one of the oldest man-made objects featured... We obviously need to feature older objects, such as spear points, neolithic tools, etc. Any good candidates??? --Janke | Talk 05:35, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
- Support Brandmeistertalk 08:49, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Promoted File:Standing Hippopotamus MET DP248993.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:42, 20 May 2017 (UTC)