Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2019 at 11:04:17 (UTC)

Reason: I think it's a good face shot.
Articles in which this image appears: Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 11:04, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The huge earpiece he's wearing to listen to a translation spoils the shot, and the bored facial expression isn't great. Nick-D (talk) 07:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Perfectly, I completely and profusely respect your position and you may be correct, but let me blear that it's not his fault to not understand English. --LLcentury (talk) 13:31, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Don't accuse me of some kind of discriminatory views - this is an FPC, and the earpiece ruins the photo as a portrait of Mr Ahmed. I neither know nor care what languages he has. I've used earpieces like this at meetings myself and understand both why they're absolutely necessary and why he looks so bored. Bear in mind that the UN has lots of official languages, and even more are used at leaders-level events, so probably almost all of the people in the room were using the things. Nick-D (talk) 23:16, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D I never meant to accuse you of anything. Just stated a fact. If you felt offended, I apologize. --LLcentury (talk) 18:27, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose It's not the fact that he has an earpiece, but that the big earpiece visually spoils the picture. --Janke | Talk 18:26, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Yes there must be a better picture without a giant ear piece. Mattximus (talk) 22:26, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose that earpiece is too distracting.--Vulp here 12:15, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose but the earpiece is not a problem. It adds EV. (He is at a UN meeting.) The problem is composition; most of his right shoulder is cut off which makes the photo strangely imbalanced. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:01, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:22, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]