Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Discussing the War in a Paris Café

Discussing the War in a Paris Café

Reason: Eh, it's good art, captures a time period very well, and is rather iconic. What more reason do I need?
Proposed caption: "Discussing the War in a Paris Café" from the Illustrated London News of 17 September, 1870: A scene from the Franco-Prussian War. The Napoleonic empire had ended a few days before this when Napoleon III was captured in the Battle of Sedan and deposed by the French government soon thereafter. However, the German peace treaty was rejected, and two days after this image was published, Paris came under siege.
Articles this image appears in: Café, Franco-Prussian War
Creator: ~~Mr.~~ Barnard, stitched together by VegitaU of Wikipedia:Graphics Lab

Support as nominator Vanished user ^talk 05:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Delightful little image, but what does it really illustrate from an encyclopedic point of view? Spikebrennan 17:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC) Support (I missed the fact that it illustrates Café.[reply]
- Slice of life. After all, aren't most modern historical scholars moving towards more inclusion of the populace at large in history? And, anyway, even if you don't like it for Franco-Prussian War, you must admit that it's encyclopædic for Café. Vanished user ^talk 17:50, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Good point-- I had missed that. Spikebrennan 20:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Support I like it--good illustration of a crowded, bustling cafe. It's right at home in both of its articles. But there looks like a stitching artifact (white horizontal line) through the head and hat of the guy directly below the chandelier. Any way to correct that? Also, its Image: page needs the FPC template. --Peter 22:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- The stitching was vertical; that's a printing error. It's almost surely fixable, I'm just never sure whether you should fix printing errors, or leave it. Vanished user ^talk 05:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yeah, I wondered if it was vertical after seeing the other version. I can see arguments for fixing or not fixing it; I'll support it either way. I also added the FPC template--be sure to follow the instructions when nominating an image for FP status. --Peter 15:26, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Arr, never sure whether to use the template if the image is hosted on Commons, as it often leaves an empty page if it fails... Vanished user ^talk 14:06, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support its of good quality and is interesting --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support So this is how people argued about wars before there was any Usenet or Blogs? Or Wikipedia for that matter. Great image. Spebudmak 03:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:ParisCafeDiscussion.png MER-C 10:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]