Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Underground in Colorado, circa 1900

Underground in Colorado, circa 1900[edit]

Break time underground near Leadville, Colorado, circa 1900. Note the candle holder stuck in the mine timber on the right.

A nice change from the usual po-faces in historic photos of miners.

Nominated by: Pete Tillman (talk) 06:40, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Thanks for nominating this image. I agree with your reasons for this being a good image, but it would not have a chance in gaining Featured Picture status on a few grounds. The first is to do with size. This is way below requirements - please see Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria - which specify it must be at least 1000px on one side. This image would not be regarded as being so unusual to be granted an exception, and in fact very few, if any, images at this size (only around half the minimum) would be accepted. I wonder if there's not a bigger version around - the version here in fact looks to have been either cut or cropped from a larger image (note the white border down the left that is not present on any other side). The picture quality itself seems quite poor, though that could be probably be improved with a good cleanup by a skilled editor. My other concern would be its encyclopaedic value. I don't think it adds a lot to its current article; that being said I think it's interesting and with a little thought could be put to good use in other articles. --jjron (talk) 08:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. I cropped this one a bit -- the original is in an archive in Colorado, so WYSIWYG. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 02:12, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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