Commons:Valued image candidates/2021-06-27 02a Ewell harbor view of Smith Island, MD USA.jpg

2021-06-27 02a Ewell harbor view of Smith Island, MD USA.jpg

**promoted**
Image
Nominated by	GRDN711 (talk) on 2022-04-23 18:00 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: View of Ewell Harbor on Smith Island, Maryland USA
Used in	Global usage https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Smith_Island
Reason	Smith Island has a long history going back to early colonial times. However, the island is very flat and exists only a few inches above the waterline of the Chesapeake Bay. If the water of the bay continues to rise with climate change, the community may cease to exist. -- GRDN711 (talk)
Review (criteria)	Comment As a point of style, I don't think we should use postal abbreviations for U.S. states in scopes, so I'd suggest just ending with "Maryland," but I also think File:2021-06-27 02b Smith Island, MD USA - WikiV banner.jpg is best in scope. Why not? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:35, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply] Info Have added “Maryland” to scope but kept the 3-digit ISO code “USA” at the end as Commons is a world-wide platform and not everyone knows where the state is. I uploaded 02a as a multi-image panorama, then made a 7:1 ratio crop to form 02b specifically to meet the banner requirements of Wikivoyage. It was subsequently used in the WikiV topic of “Smith Island”. While both 02a and 02b meet the scope requirements, my thinking is that 02b is a derivative and use case for the nominated 02a panorama from which it came. --GRDN711 (talk) 17:08, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply] My reasoning on which image is more useful for use in online articles is that the only difference between the original and the Wikivoyage banner is more water and sky. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:42, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply] Info I appreciate your perspective for image utilization but let me offer you a another one. The 7:1 crop ratio of 02b looks good in Wikivoyage but being so long and narrow, it is rather extreme and atypical. Given that someone was looking for a panorama image of Ewell Harbor, 02b is available and linked to 02a, but I doubt that they would opt for something cropped that tight. I am not stuck on this, but my original thinking in nominating 02a, was that the extra water and sky would allow more flexibility in cropping to a shorter 5:1 or 6:1 ratio to fit the space they have, encouraging more utilization on different online platforms. --GRDN711 (talk) 04:44, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply] Support OK. Useful. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:24, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply] `Result: 1 support, 0 oppose => promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 18:56, 27 April 2022 (UTC)`[reply]