Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/JFK official presidential portrait
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![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_F_Kennedy_Official_Portrait.jpg/260px-John_F_Kennedy_Official_Portrait.jpg)
- Reason
- Historic and evocative painting, especially since it was done posthumously, with wide usage on enwp
- Articles in which this image appears
- John F. Kennedy, Aaron Shikler, Presidential portrait (United States), +5
- FP category for this image
- Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Aaron Shikler
- Support as nominator --—Eustress talk 17:03, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Support Superb reproduction. I can see the variations in the canvas without any pixelation. --Guerillero | My Talk 17:14, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Support Adequate quality indeed, nice to see this as a potential FP. Brandmeister t 22:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Comment -- I'd like to see SteveStrummer's copyright concerns at Commons dealt with first. Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:56, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
- Nice (but unfortunate) catch. I've initiated an RfD on Commons. We should probably suspend further voting here until that RfD is closed. —Eustress talk 01:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
- I'd suggest renominating if it passes the RfD. Let's not forget, Commons deletions can take months. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:33, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
- Nice (but unfortunate) catch. I've initiated an RfD on Commons. We should probably suspend further voting here until that RfD is closed. —Eustress talk 01:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
- Conditional support I'm not going to pretend to understand copywrite laws, but if you guys decide it's OK I'll support it. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 13:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
- Comment I suspect the picture is PD, as an official portrait painted by the same artist of Nancy Reagan is labeled PD. See File:Nancy Reagan official White House portrait.jpg MathewTownsend (talk) 14:34, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- Note that the FFD suggests the same issues apply to other works. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:37, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- yes, there are others by him that are PD, e.g. File:Lady Bird Johnson portrait by Shikler, 1978.jpg, File:Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy.gif, MathewTownsend (talk) 16:01, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- We'll see how the FFD works out. Naturally, this can't be featured while an FFD is open. It would have to be suspended. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
- Support prov. there isn't a copyright problem. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:42, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Suspended pending resolution of copyright issue. Makeemlighter (talk) 13:53, 17 March 2012 (UTC) Promoted File:John F Kennedy Official Portrait.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:22, 15 June 2012 (UTC)