Commons:Valued image candidates/DurbanSign1989.jpg/Archive of previous reviews

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DurbanSign1989.jpg

declined
Image
Nominated by Slaunger on 2008-04-03 06:21 (UTC)
Scope Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Apartheid
Used in

Global usage

w:Apartheid, w:Racial segregation, w:Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, w:Sign, w:Signboard, w:South Africa under apartheid, and 35 different Wikipedia project pages in other languages.
Review
(criteria)
  •  Comment This image has a marginal technical condition (text is easy to read though), but I still think it is the best illustration of Apartheid for online display in Wikimedia projects. There are no distracting irrelevants elements in the photo and in the background some white kids are seen playing (no blacks of course), which underlines the message of the sign. -- Slaunger 20:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Much less powerful/percussive image than the previous one, just a textual announcement as any other. Probably because the dog interdiction sign sets the "right" tone. --Foroa 23:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I changed my mind. I think the white kids in the background has value for setting the sign in context, but this element is IMO not as valued for illustrating the subject as the supplementary no dogs sign above. -- Slaunger 06:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Result: 1 oppose => 
Declined -- Slaunger 22:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]