Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/East meets West

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East meets West[edit]

Original - Second Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Sylvashko, Russian Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Russian and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on Elbe Day.
Reason
Symbolic meeting of the Red Army of the Soviet Union and the United States Army outside Torgua, Germany, on Elbe Day
Articles this image appears in
Battle of Berlin, Elbe Day, Timeline of World War II (1945)
Creator
Pfc. William E. Poulson
  • Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 20:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like a pretty low quality reproduction to me. --Dschwen 22:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I've seen much better reproductions of this pic before. Sorry. Intothewoods29 (talk) 02:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Bad reproduction, clearly of poor quality. Elucidate (parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 07:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The big black splotch in the middle majorly detracts from enc. and quality. SpencerT♦C 20:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose regretfully. Superb EV, just not up to the minimum on the technical side. DurovaCharge! 22:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 05:54, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]