Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/1948 Kalki magazine cover

Cover of Tamil magazine Kalki issue dated March 28, 1948[edit]

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Cover ot Tamil magazine Kalki dated March 28, 1948

Reason: I feel that this scan of Kalki magazine cover issue dated March 28, 1948, is valuable due to its age. Unlike those of the West, there are very few Indian newspapers and magazines which keep online archives dating to the 1940s. The archives are not in publication and these issues are extremely rare and therefore, collector's items. Besides, as far as I know, there is no PD image of any other Indian magazine, that too in a vernacular language, anywhere in Wikipedia.
Articles this image appears in: Kalki (magazine), Madras Presidency, Kalki Krishnamurthy
Creator: Uploaded by Ravichandar84
Time Requirement: Y Added to Kalki (magazine) 14 February 2009. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Image Page Traffic Statistics: March 2009

Support as nominator --The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 03:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question - If this is a scan, why is the image tilted and the whole cover not shown? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- This issue is a part of a bound collection of old books that I have in my possession. As this particular book appears after a number of other books in the bound collection, I found it very difficult to put it under the scanner and close the lid. I do not want to mutilate the book by stripping it off from the bound collection.-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 13:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per above. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your interest in the picture-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 10:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is there any reason there is no author information? Dabomb87 (talk) 03:42, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am a bit confused as to who should be considered as the author of this image. Since this is a graphic design, is it the designer of the cover, editor of this issue of the magazine or the uploader of the image.-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 05:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the name of the cover designer.:-)-The Enforcer _{Office of the secret service} 15:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, if it is rare, out of print, there are no or very few similar images and the uploader has done their best to have it appear in a reasonable way, I can see there being a value to this image. The opposition seems to be based upon this being a featured picture proposal. --can dle •wicke 17:54, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - Mainly per Candlewicke. The tilt, while noticeable, can be overlooked for the rarity and value of the image. VX!^talk 19:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While guidelines are not specific with regards to quality, an image is expected to be presentable. This is markedly cut off and extremely tilted. Rare or not, we do have minimum expectations and a lack of representation of a subject is not necessarily a reason for inclusion if the quality is not at the level we expect. This may not be FPC, but there are minimum requirements. Plus no consensus. Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 05:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC) (Wadester16 - April Fool's Sig)[reply]