Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Changyuraptor.png

File:Changyuraptor.png, featured

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Info created by Ferahgo the Assassin - uploaded by Ferahgo the Assassin - nominated by Ori Livneh -- Ori Livneh (talk) 02:27, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Ori Livneh (talk) 02:27, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

*Conditional Oppose - There are spots in this image that need to be removed. I don't really love the glary white background, either, but it's a good illustration ("It's a bird!" was my first thought) and of obvious educational value. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:55, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent!, well done --The Photographer (talk) 03:47, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral Leaning toward support, if the spots are cleaned up. INeverCry 18:10, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@INeverCry and Ikan Kekek: Thanks; I removed the spots. --Ori Livneh (talk) 05:11, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I still see at least 6 spots toward the top of the image. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:19, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'll fix the background--will make it transparent and take care of all spots, turning it into a PNG--when I get home tonight. And thanks everyone for the nomination and supports! -Ferahgo the Assassin (talk) 15:14, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I removed the background, smoothed out the edges, and converted to PNG, but I can't seem to overwrite the old version because it has "jpg" in the file name, so I get an error. Not sure the best way around this. http://emilywilloughby.com/storage/changyuraptor.png Here's the new file if anyone else wants to give it a go. -Ferahgo the Assassin (talk) 08:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the JPG file referenced by the nomination with the PNG. I hope I did it correctly. --Ori Livneh (talk) 05:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ Support - Much better as png. 15:33, 25 March 2016 (UTC) ~~with reservations - waiting for the clean-up.~~ Atsme 📞 16:45, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Question I need some sources for such a reconstruction of a prehistorical (?) bird. Is this picture duely usable in an encyclopedical article ?--Jebulon (talk) 21:41, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Jebulon makes a good point. But pending a response to his query, I will Support a feature, now that the spots are gone. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - A relatively similar illustration of Changyuraptor yangi accompanies the entry for Feather in the Encyclopædia Britannica. An article in Scientific American described this specific illustration as "an excellent reconstruction" (albeit in passing). A reconstruction by the same artist of another four-winged dromaeosaurid in the same clade, Microraptor gui, was published in Science. Other works by the same artist were comissioned by eminent institutions (Chicago Field Museum, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Shanghai Natural History Museum) or published in leading journals like Nature and Evolution. --Ori Livneh (talk) 08:51, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment@Ori Livneh: Thank you very much for this excellent and very documented answer. I find this very interesting. In my opinion, some of these elements should be mentioned in the file description page for a better understanding of non specialists.--Jebulon (talk) 10:10, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I agree with this. Please add the references to the file's description. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:27, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jebulon and Ikan Kekek: I'd be happy to. Can you point me to a good example image page that has such references so that I can emulate its structure? --— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ori Livneh (talk • contribs) 02:17, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support INeverCry 18:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 21:29, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Rftblr (talk) 23:15, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support PNG is right for this image. --★ Poké⁹⁵ 04:46, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow, the whole bird is in focus!! Daniel Case (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Daniel Case: W-What? Is it a bird? 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 19:33, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - @ArionEstar: It is a dinosaur, but birds are dinosaurs too... ★ Poké⁹⁵ 01:29, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is this PNG retouched by Ori Livneh or one that Ferahgo the Assassin links above? Because I suspect the latter but the file-description claims the former. I'm not really keen on the PNG with cut-out edges. Removing some of the stray dots is fine, but prefer something that looks hand-made even if it has rough edges. -- Colin (talk) 15:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Yes, it was retouched by Ferahgo the Assassin. I fixed the attribution in the description. --Ori Livneh (talk) 10:53, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--The Photographer (talk) 11:18, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media