Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:JPEG Corruption.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 Aug 2009 at 18:10:12

Info This image is somewhat unique and very valuable due to the fact that it is a broken jpeg file. Created by Codell when the camera was prematurely relieved of power while saving the file, the image contains a broken Huffman table which caused the image to not render correctly and the file size to be much larger than "complete" jpeg files. The broken Huffman table (which determines entropy and minimum redundancy) is used for the optimization of jpeg files (if I read the information correctly).- uploaded by Codell - nominated by carol -- carol (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support While I think it is possible to create a broken jpeg by editing the binary file, having an example that was created naturally and/or accidentally is really cool, useful, unique and educational. -- carol (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Interesting proposal. :-) However, all that makes it possibly eligible for VI status, but not for FP - it's actually the opposite of the here required quality. -- H005 (talk) 19:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very interesting proposal, indeed (ignoring all rules!), but for the same reason the worst athlete don't get Olympics medals for his absence of skills, this (the worst an image can be) don't deserve a FP status, I think. --S23678 (talk) 20:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In an attempt to follow the logic of the opposition to this image (and not just the oppose that this is nested beneath) my mind keeps landing on this image: which is an image of a very beautiful home accessory but the original purpose of the craft which created it was for building shelters, navigating the seas and for hunting and procuring food -- all which often required the knotting of vines and later ropes. It seems that the same opposition to this artsy manipulation of a jpeg should also apply to the home decoration which those knots have "de-evolved" into.... -- carol (talk) 02:30, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regretful Oppose This could never be a Featured Picture, simply because what is special about it isn't the picture - it's the file. The actual picture file is corrupt. Not only does the image displayed have nothing to do with the file's value (which is certainly high), but it also depends on factors such as resolution and browser. Try it out. The thumbnail looks vastly different from the full size picture - and not just in size. This is super cool. But you cannot really speak of it as a picture. -- JovanCormac 07:23, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This would probably do better on English Wikipedia, where encyclopedic value is an issue. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nah. This one looks like someone's really high :-D After all, if making a file like this a featured picture, it would be good to make it more... hmm well not just a raw picture but in a composition with something. --Aktron (talk) 13:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(you should check your highdar).... -- carol (talk) 02:30, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Maedin\^talk 09:25, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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