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File:Munich subway station Georg-Brauchle-Ring.JPG, featured edit

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Munich subway station Georg-Brauchle-Ring
  •   Info Munich subway station Georg-Brauchle-Ring (U1), all by -- Martin Falbisoner (talk) 18:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support -- Martin Falbisoner (talk) 18:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Well, it obviously is a featurable scene (and I am jealous of the amazing subway stations you have in Munich!), but I am not yet quite convinced by the execution to be honest. I don't think the perspective correction is perfect yet (at least on the sides the verticals are not quite right), it appears a bit noisy on the colored tiles (although I have a feeling that Canons generally tend to struggle a bit more with that) and it is not quite sharp in the center. Could you try to improve that? --DXR (talk) 18:58, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support Another striking image (albeit I see a better crop again) Saffron Blaze (talk) 14:13, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support Another well-captured Munich U-bahn station. Daniel Case (talk) 17:37, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment I don't want to spoil, but... COM:FOP Germany: only exteriors of buildings are covered. --A.Savin 19:20, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Should'nt you start a DR ?--Jebulon (talk) 19:51, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, honestly, you'd have to delete hundreds of pics from Munich U-Bahn alone - not mentioning maybe several thousands of images of train and/or public transport stations throughout Germany, considering that FOP in the narrow sense doesn't apply to any pictures taken from e.g. platforms, as these might technically be considered private area in the property of transport companies. Which leads me to the question of the legality of any indoor pictures taken in Germany and uploaded to commons... churches, castles, state buildings... And what about parks and gardens? Not public space in a narrow sense... Don't get me wrong, I don't take legal questions lightly, not at all (being a media archivist...), but apparently nobody ever took offense here. In any case, even if you open a DR, let's stick to the pictorial and photographic qualities of candidates here on FP. --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 20:47, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I just wanted to draw your attention on a possible problem (now or in future), it's only about copyright issues (not "Hausrecht" etc.), no RfD from my side (maybe I'm wrong and there is a court decision in Germany that any train stations including the underground ones are to be handled as exteriors; who knows, ianal). Anyway, for my part I would be cautious with nominating this kind of pictures for QI or FP. And yes, in the past I have myself uploaded many dozens of U-Bahn (Rhein-Ruhr, Berlin etc.) photos on Commons. If I was aware of that legal restriction at that timepoints, I wouldn't have. Should anyone now or ever nominate all this stuff for deletion, I'd find it pity but comprehensible. --A.Savin 21:35, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • Sorry if my reply seemed too harsh, I had no intention of attacking you, Alexander! Yes I admit, the situation is tricky. If the "great purge" should ever come upon us, Commons will be much poorer. In the meantime: be bold and assume good faith. ;-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 21:47, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Can you honestly say a U-Bahn station has an exterior? A photographable one? Daniel Case (talk) 15:26, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, no idea how Germany's judges would argue. From the logical point, however, the (underground) hall is the station's interior; whereas the aboveground entrance building is the exterior. I admit that most U-Bahn entrances in Germany look somewhat like this; but there are also some with true entrance buildings, like that. --A.Savin 17:12, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Diego, I didn't know him - I just wish I were as good! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 17:56, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 12 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 19:32, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Interiors
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