Reason:
Very rare spider. It is protected by the law (catching in the nature is forbidden). Photo in good quality, (QI and FI) probally best in category. Only my uploads in scope showing this animal. -- George Chernilevsky (talk)
Oppose Actually, you've made yourself a multiple strong competitor. It's really hard to choose one of those almost identical images as the best one - "Weniger wäre mehr gewesen." :-) But if I am to choose a single picture, I'd rather go with File:Brachypelma auratum 2009 G09.jpg - same sharpness, but better colors and you can see more of the spider's front. -- H005 (talk) 18:35, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reason:
IMHO this picture shows the animal in more detail and illustrates its mimicry capabiliies. Just the cropped tail is a pity. -- H005 (talk)
Comment You may be correct. I didn't nominate this image because of the regenerating tail. The picture was taken on the banks of the river Puerto Viejo. Lycaon (talk) 19:27, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Lycaon damaged tail prevent me to support. So I weak oppose. It is very nice and very rare photo, but it is not the most illustrative in scope, because non-damaged animal showing other variant --George Chernilevsky (talk) 11:34, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I disagree. Regrowing its tail is a special capability of some lizards, and not something any animal can do. So if a photo shows the basilisk doing that, it gains value, rather than losing it. -- JovanCormac07:13, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reason:
An image illustrating the "structure" of this pastry (two thin cookies and a cream between them) which may exist in various savours, and colours. -- Myrabella (talk)
Oppose Sorry, but I simply cannot believe that a macaron of this color has ever been served anywhere. It looks disgusting! Also, geocoding seems nonsensical here. -- JovanCormac15:02, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it exists, its flavour is “Huile d’Olive & Vanille”, you can read a report in English on this blog (if you aren't too disgusted) and I may admit it is ultra snobish... --Myrabella (talk) 16:06, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, you convinced me. It's hard to believe what people eat these days. I was sure that the specimen in the candidate picture was simply an "uncolored" one, not ready for consumption. But from the blog post you mentioned, it becomes clear that that is not the case, so I change my vote to 'Support'. -- JovanCormac05:29, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question This is an interesting debate. For such a topic, must we choose a singular piece or a pack ilustrating the diversity? In the different wikipedias, the article about "Macaron" begins by the definition of the item itself, as a singular piece. For exemple, in :en:w, "the macaron is a traditional French pastry, made of egg whites, almond powder, icing sugar and sugar."; in :nl:w : "Een bitterkoekje is een koekje dat bestaat uit een mengsel van gemalen bittere amandelen, kristalsuiker en eiwit."; in :fr.w: "Le macaron est un petit gâteau, etc.". It is why I incline to think that an image showing a lonely piece would be more valuable to illustrate the scope. --Myrabella (talk) 17:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment In fact, VI rules for buildings scopes don't offer so much possibilities for buildings - or parts of building. They say: "The building scope can be divided in a "XXX (exterior)" scope and a "XXX (interior)" scope". But they precise: "Additional scopes can exceptionally be proposed if some part of the building is particularly worth of interest". I think one can consider it's the case here. So let's keep the original scope. Within this scope, File:VaticanMuseumStaircase.jpg is better, IMO. Note: There is another spiral staircase in the Vatican Museums, the Bramante's one. It looks like that. I wasn't able to find any image of it in Commons (but I found some false attributions, e.g. in :fr:w...), . If you had a picture of it in your collection, it would be very valuable. --Myrabella (talk) 06:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Various Wikipedia articles in almost 50(!) languages.
Reason:
All three images are very similar, really hard to pick one, but I want to throw this one into MVR too. It has less sharpness and more nosie, but otherwise the landscape crop (IMHO) looks better, the light is better and there are fewer people. -- H005 (talk) -- H005 (talk)
Support Me too, for two reasons: 1) its composition highlights the fact that it's a double spiral staircase: one can verify it following the handrails (more cropped in others images). 2) I find this compostion more harmonious, in line with the curves and volutes still used in art and architecture in that period. --Myrabella (talk) 14:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reason:
We don't have a high quality portrait of Gandhi. So I thought that this image showing Gandhi spinning might very well be the most valued picture of Gandhi. The other alternative would be [1], but is not free for a very long time. Location is unknown, so geocoding is irrelevant. -- Yann (talk)
Size should not be an issue. The criteria say: The image must look good on-screen at the review size [...] Its usability in printed format is not considered. Airwolf (talk) 13:00, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]