Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Lynx lynx-4.JPG

File:Lynx lynx-4.JPG, featured edit

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Info created by dcastor - uploaded by dcastor - nominated by dcastor -- Dcastor (talk) 09:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Dcastor (talk) 09:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice image. ~Kevin Payravi (Talk) 16:29, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- MJJR (talk) 21:08, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 21:23, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Steven Walling 05:14, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Mile (talk) 10:45, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment nice pic, except crop a bit tight above the ears. Is a less cropped version possible? - MPF (talk) 15:11, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Info Unfortunately not, my original was lost in a hard drive crash. (I do not think that it would have helped, however, because I vaguely recall trying hard to keep as much margin as I could on the top. I fully agree that it is a bit tight. /Dcastor (talk) 15:21, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful, it has real feeling to it. --Calibas (talk) 20:30, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Schnobby (talk) 07:11, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jafeluv (talk) 08:50, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cayambe (talk) 09:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 11:51, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A good shot, but sadly it's not wild. A photo of a domesticated animal should not be featured. Utrom (talk) 11:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment If you look at the Featured Picture animal categories, you'll see that we've featured many images of domesticated animals. Steven Walling 18:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Makes the animal look dignified. Daniel Case (talk) 04:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Avenue (talk) 02:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Tiptoety ^talk 06:18, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Next time please use a file name with jpg in the lower case; see Image titles and file names for more on using lower case file extensions on the wiki. Snowmanradio (talk) 18:24, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Question The linked policy is not for Commons. Is there a policy like that for Commons too? /Dcastor (talk) 20:29, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think not. Jafeluv (talk) 21:05, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Commons refers to language wikis for formatting guidelines, so JPG in the upper case should not be used; see Commons:First steps/Upload form. Snowmanradio (talk) 21:31, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - I doubt that that is supposed to relate to file extensions but to the actual file names. If it does indeed refer to extensions, I suppose I should check the Latin Wikipedia for directions, since I used a Latin name for the picture. Unfortunately, I am not fluent in Latin so I guess I'll stick with the recommendations of my home Wikipedia where I don't think there are any preferences regarding extensions. (Just showing that referring to off-Commons policies for what happens on Commons really doesn't make much sense.) /Dcastor (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - (edit conflict) How should a svwiki user, who uploads an image for use there, know about enwiki guidelines? :o The image isn't even used on enwiki yet. Jafeluv (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:First_steps/Upload_form#4._Set_an_appropriate_file_name - commons links the English wikipedia guidelines (a recommendation for lower case file extension) to show an example of good practice. Some of the smaller wikipedias are not as well developed as the English wikipedia. Snowmanradio (talk) 15:35, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see how not requiring file extensions to be lower case is evidence of a wiki being "not as well developed". Care to explain? Jafeluv (talk) 16:40, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the upload form definitely does not require every image to follow enwiki rules. It says "Wikipedia naming conventions for the language used" (emphasis mine). Jafeluv (talk) 16:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
However, this is not the place for this discussion, so I'll take it to your talk page instead. Jafeluv (talk) 16:58, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that my comments are entirely appropriate under this FP nomination. I do not think that my talk page is the right place to discuss this more widely. If you wish to discuss wider aspects of this topic more widely, then you could start a discussion elsewhere rather than here. My aim is to inform the author, and I guess that the author now has adequate information to choose a file extension in the lower-case or the upper-case. I presume that most users would want there FP images to be compliant with the most number of language wikipedias possible. Commons specifically links the en wiki guidelines, so I do not see any logic in disregarding this recommendation quoting a particular language wikipedia that does not have any guidelines on this topic. I hope that my comments and your comments have provided useful information to the author, and I am hoping to hear his views. Snowmanradio (talk) 20:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My view is that this is a topic of little concern. I usually don't even check what case the extension is before upload, but rather keep the default of whatever software I have been using, which most often is lower case. However, as I understand the referred page (Commons:First steps/Upload form), it deals with file names, not extensions. My reasoning has two grounds: 1. The file extension is not in a specific language, so there would be no need to refer to specific language rules for that part. 2. All other language versions of the page (including linked wp policies) that I can make any sense of deal with the name, but not with the extension. The Swedish version actually has a bad file name example with upper case extension, explaining why to change the name but not mentioning the extension at all. If a convention from enwi is to be regarded as anything else than general information on Commons, it should be agreed on here and be included in the guides. /Dcastor (talk) 23:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support A good photograph of the anatomy of the upper body of this cat; although, not in its natural environment. I have made the English part of the image description more readable and added a standard summary table. Translations of the image description into more languages would be welcome. Snowmanradio (talk) 15:45, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Info The animal is not in the wild, if that is what you mean by "natural environment". It is however in an enclosure reflecting its natural environment. /Dcastor (talk) 18:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Question I think the photograph would be more meaningful if the animal could be identified to subspecies level. Is the origin of these cats in the Swedish zoo known? Are they originally from the Swedish population of lynxes? 16:09, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
- Info I have tried to find info online on this, but can not find anything. The English Wikipedia article on the en:Eurasian Lynx states that "precise classification of the subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx is still the subject of debate". Since the zoo at hand only shows animals of the Nordic fauna (present and historic), my guess would be lynx lynx lynx, but I can not find any confirmation of this. /Dcastor (talk) 18:26, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 14:40, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals