Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Henry Turpin
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- Reason
- While I don't think the photo is perfect - it looks to me like his head moved very slightly - it's also a fairly iconic image of him, compare, say, [1], and his grave here, or this set of exhibition photos. I think the historic merit, the quality, and the paucity of images of him excuses some things. I'm also not entirely sure the issues aren't just down to him being African-American: I could totally see "darker skin, so longer exposure so the facial details come out".
- Articles in which this image appears
- John Henry Turpin
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
- Creator
- Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 03:24, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Support per nom: This is a well executed photo of a notable person that appears to be frequently used. Nick-D (talk) 10:10, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 07:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)