Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Gaza envelope after coordinated surprise offensive on Israel, October 2023 (KBG GPO05).jpg

File:Gaza envelope after coordinated surprise offensive on Israel, October 2023 (KBG GPO05).jpg, featured edit

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Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Historical#1990-now
Info An architectural and historical image: a wall in Be'eri, showing a glimpse of the town through the ornamental windows of the wall; the wall in various states of destruction, from bullet holes in the window frame to a rocket impact to a fully destroyed section, baring the internal structure; with a small uprooted tree and a trapped bag of gardening material visible in a corner. Captured at a time of day with good light and contrast, echoing the shadow of smoke on the light wall. Created by Kobi Gideon - uploaded by Geagea - nominated by Sj -- --SJ + 01:52, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- --SJ + 01:52, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Question What does "envelope" mean in the title? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:21, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't think the image is sharp enough. Sorry. - ABAL1412^{🇻🇳🇸🇺🇷🇺} (talk ☭) 12:10, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

* Oppose Not wow --Wilfredor (talk) 02:07, 24 October 2023 (UTC) I preffer withdraw from participating in this section--Wilfredor (talk) 11:12, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Rhododendrites ^talk | 14:07, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good documentation and composition and big enough. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:24, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Ikan. ★ 07:24, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Support I wasn't sure at first, but the documentary value justifies the FP status. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:48, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Question I thought that documentary value was relevant only to VIc. Was I probably wrong...? Instead I noticed that the Featured candidates pictures, on En Wikipedia, give greater weight to the message that the image conveys. In this case it is really important the documentary value. Are my impressions correct, please? Terragio67 (talk) 14:13, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  Comment It’s always a mixture of reasons. For FPs on the English Wikipedia, the documentary or educational value seems to be predominant (judging from the successful nominations). Here on Commons the technical quality of the photo and the aesthetics of composition etc. are much more important, also the (often subjective) “wow” – but this does not mean that the documentary value is unimportant; it is often considered especially in the biology department and for photos showing historical events (like this). Voters follow different strategies in weighing up these factors, of course; we can also observe this with photos of animals and plants where some voters emphasize aesthetical arguments, others emphasize documentary aspects. --Aristeas (talk) 16:02, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Terragio67 From the Guidelines for nominators at the top of the page: "our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others". IMO documentary/encyclopaedic value is a perfectly good reason to lean towards support if you think the technical quality is borderline. But you're right that it tends to be given greater weight at VIC and on Wikipedia. BigDom (talk) 16:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In this instance, I don't find either the technical quality or composition borderline, but I consider documentary value one contributing though often inessential factor in whether a photo is an FP. Otherwise, I agree with everything you and Aristeas said. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:02, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Aristeas, @BigDom, and Ikan thank you for your points of view. What is difficult is giving the right weight to a mix of reasons. We are different and even sharing the same interests we could vote differently. But this is the beauty of featured pictures voting. For example, now I see things differently for my next observations or evaluations. Kind regards. Terragio67 (talk) 06:44, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 16:11, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Princess 🍵 Rosalina 10428 00:09, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support JukoFF (talk) 23:02, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 16:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Historical#1990-now