Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/IronException 2b2t Spawn Render June 2019.png

2b2t spawn

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Original – The spawn of 2b2t, a Minecraft anarchy server, showing both naturally generated features and player-created chaos. Copyrighted textures are not included.

Reason: Exceeds technical requirements for featured picture. Is among Wikipedia's best work in illustrating the nature of the anarchy server.
Articles in which this image appears: 2b2t
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator: IronException

Support as nominator – Bremps... 17:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Not bad, but I think File:IronException 2b2t Spawn Render July 2019.png is more visually interesting, and the angle gives a better view of the field. Moonreach (talk) 17:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, the nom version has a 3-D feel to it, it has more recognizable features IMO. Could be wrong. Bammesk (talk) 04:50, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose — Quite unintelligible to a viewer not familiar with Minecraft. --Janke | Talk 18:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Excellent illustration of the server. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 13:13, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 14:17, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — it's brilliantly illustrated, and viewers being unfamiliar with the subject does no effect on the quality of the image itself. I suppose that a really fine photo of, say, a circuit board should never be promoted to FP because most people don't have a clue of what that is? The logic ain't logic-ing. This pic is brilliant! Barnt Toust 23:09, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:43, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, although you missed the chance to add "the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft" (if you get the reference). :) E_F⁵ 14:37, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm not sure that this would be depicting the subject in a compelling way. If a person was unfamiliar with Minecraft, they would just see a weirdly shaded illustration and not be inclined to be like "What is this?". The given subject matter seems sort of narrow too, as it only concerns this Minecraft server and doesn't depict Minecraft as a whole. I might be misinterpreting WP:FPCR but I feel like this shouldn't be a Featured image. Fathoms Below (talk) 17:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with your second sentence (just the second sentence) regarding "viewer familiarity". We are an encyclopedia, our yardstick is notability, not familiarity. We can't expect everyone who refers to an encyclopedia to be familiar with every subject. In fact, people refer to encyclopedias because they are not familiar. Bammesk (talk) 03:25, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After much thought, Oppose. I went back and forth with myself on this, and spent a lot of time looking at the image in detail. It's information-rich, but only in that it captures a complete lack of coherence. I once opposed an image of tornado destruction for this; in both cases, the destruction was so complete that the image didn't make any kind of visual sense to me. I've also thought over Bammesk's response to my earlier comment, and I think I still disagree about this being a good showcase of the server as a 3D environment. In addition to the visual noise, this is an orthographic projection rather than one with converging perspective, and that stops it from looking like a real 3D space. I can't even really say I think this illustrates the server itself well, apart from the anarchic nature, because I'm not a Minecraft player and I have no idea what the various terrain elements represent, either in their own terms or in gameplay. It's good that we have this picture for this article, but even with the understanding the featured images don't have to be aesthetically pleasing I don't think it's feature-worthy. Moonreach (talk) 19:48, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – per above _ZZ^Z 'S 00:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no consensus for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]