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President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany, 2 April 1917[edit]

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Original - President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917. Two days later, America would enter World War I
Reason
Stunning image of a scene of great historical importance. The wider view, while somewhat unusual works very well for illustrating the historic event.
Articles in which this image appears
Woodrow Wilson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/World_War_I
Creator
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  • Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:29, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question What was different on this day that can be seen in this photograph? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:43, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, for one thing, both houses of congress are there. That's not common. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'd be interested in supporting this, but I can't find the file page. The current link is a dead end. Cowtowner (talk) 20:44, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"File page"? Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:10, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
When I just visited the file page the image did not display. I purged the page and it is ok now. Maybe that is the problem Cowtowner was talking about.--Commander Keane (talk) 02:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe I called it by an incorrect name. In any case it lead to a "Does not exist" type message but that has since disappeared, apparently without any action on my part. Cowtowner (talk) 06:04, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don't think this is gonna happen, too reminiscent to this nomination that virtually got boo'd off FPC. --I'ḏ♥One 01:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well spotted - that's magazine style printing there, and while the overall resolution is quite reasonable, when I scale it to 1000px across, there does seem to be a significant amount of noise in the image that seems to come from the printing technique. At 1200px, I can just about see that it was printed in this way. So you're right that it would be in keeping with our tradition to reject this reproduction. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 06:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We have accepted half-toning before for literary illustrations - Guy Mannering and The Story of the Mikado, specifically, as they were made for book illustrations, and published that way. The major issue is that paintings have a lot of fine detail, which we've traditionally required all of. Photos, especially fairly early photos, are grainy and thus have a limited resolution anyway, which the half-toning probably doesn't obscure. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Mikado article has a lot of illustrations - which one are we talking about? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Story of the Mikado - Frontispiece. Sadly, that debate was not our finest collective moment. Chick Bowen 01:36, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support For historical importance, though a painting would be nicest (considering the still-developing but poor quality of photographs back then), if a free one exists anywhere. --I'ḏ♥One 04:19, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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