Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pyrite

Iron Pyrite

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2010 at 03:51:43 (UTC)

Original - A mass of intergrown pyrite crystals. Pyrite is commonly known as fool's gold.

Reason

A cool image that accurately portrays the subject. Previous nomination here didn't garner enough votes.

Articles in which this image appears

Pyrite

FP category for this image

Sciences/Geology

Creator

Noodle Snacks

• Support as nominator --WiiWillieWiki 03:51, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
• Comment: Existing Pyrite FPC. Spencer^T♦C 04:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. It's not actually used in the article, and wasn't at the the time of nomination. Featured pictures are promoted because of their contributions to articles, not merely on their own merits. J Milburn (talk) 10:54, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Fixed. I've replaced the lead image in the article with this one, because in my opinion this does a better job of illustrating the subject. WiiWillieWiki 15:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
    • To be fair, I agree with this replacement. The previous image is essentially the same type of picture, except it is cut-off, has random stuff in the background, and is of lower quality. Spencer^T♦C 01:35, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Question Can the nominator do what he did by making it lead image? Spongie555 (talk) 05:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't think there's anything really stopping them... Wackywace ^{converse | contribs} 07:24, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Of course, this is the free encyclopedia. Cowtowner (talk) 18:46, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

• Sad oppose It is already featured, and honestly, the current FP is soooo cooool. Nergaal (talk) 06:11, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
  • That's not a valid reason to oppose. We have featured pictures of animals from the same species. Suggesting that these two images are too similar to both be featured would be mistaken. They show different ways the crystals can form. Suggesting that minerals all look the same is akin to suggesting that all animals of one species are identical. Both cases are naive. For the record, support Cowtowner (talk) 13:01, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. The back half of the image is out-of-focus. User:Rmhermen (who has lost his tilde key)
• Oppose, sorry. This is not the best photograph, and it's not exactly a rare material. J Milburn (talk) 16:23, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

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Not promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 06:20, 4 October 2010 (UTC)