Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wongudan

Wongudan[edit]

Reason: An official historic site of South Korea, photographed in 1925 by a pioneer of documentary travel lectures. Although the tower itself still stands, extensive modifications have removed the fountain and altered the entrance steps.[1]
Articles this image appears in: Wongudan, Burton Holmes
Creator: Burton Holmes

Support as nominator --Durova³⁴⁸ 18:43, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support this is the kind of material that instills the notion that what is considered historic is much less so. For this reason material like this is extremely valuable, it negates the notion that a modern picture is better. GerardM (talk) 22:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Was holding out on voting on this one, but I would hate to see it die for lack of a quorum. Has high EV, good looking for a 90 year old image, so okay. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 01:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.--Caspian blue 02:27, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is it possible to add the year in which the fountain was removed to the caption? I'll support if it is done ;)AlexanderMegarrido (talk) 09:16, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose If I was to support this, it would only be due to its age, and I don't think that's a good enough reason to support something.--Silversmith Hewwo 08:15, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- For what reason do you oppose, though? PC78 (talk) 15:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dark, blurry, distracting right-angled wooden thing, doesn't do a good job of showing the temple (partly because it is a black and white photo). Has some historical interest, but not enough to counter the negatives. --Silversmith Hewwo 00:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Historical photograph, high res, high EV, looks good and meets the criteria so far as I can see. PC78 (talk) 15:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Temple of Heaven Seoul2.jpg --jjron (talk) 11:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]