Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Wasp July 2008-1.jpg

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 20 Mar 2010 at 11:37:24 (UTC)
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  •  Info Second try. A digger wasp (Bembix oculata) in its natural environment. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose. As below. I don't think a straight shot of an arbitrary insect is anything special anymore. The picture has no message or outstanding idea. It does not show any particular aspect of the insect. We have tons of pictures like that. And this one has nothing that sets it apart from the (good average) mass. --Dschwen (talk) 16:10, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment -- Good to see that someone is finally trying (in some lateral way) to raise the FPC bar. Though I sympathize with the idea (as you know, I have proposed several times to do it by raising the number of necessary votes) I doubt that the initiative have any success. But if that is really what you are trying to do, you have my support. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 16:28, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • All I can do is give an honest opinion (well, it is sometimes difficult to balance "honesty" and trying to be nice. And I bet quite a few people here will tell you that I shifted the balance heavily to one particular side. Ask this guy for example ;-) ). I found for myself that going on a mission can only be frustrating here. So, am I trying to raise the bar? No, but I have my personal bar, as anyone else certainly does, and it already is quite high ;-) (at least for other peoples pictures! ;-P). --Dschwen (talk) 16:56, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Sorry per Dschwen. It's a good document, but the composition isn't that stunning. —kallerna™ 14:22, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I generally don't vote except on the individual merits of a photo but Dschwen has a good point. I also find the background to be distracting. Steven Walling 19:57, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Smashing macros have seen better days on FPC, sorry :-) Otherwise good enc. value.   • Richard • [®] • 13:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 17:05, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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