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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2013 at 17:56:15 (UTC)

Original – Timeline of Linux Distribution History.
Reason
High EV, very thorough, very well put together.
Articles in which this image appears
Fork (software development) Linux distribution
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:FP#Engineering_and_technology
Creator
Bunch of people, see File:Linux Distribution Timeline.svg for the names.
  • I removed the support because I feel that I must think about this more. For example, since last year, Crunchbang is now no longer based on Ubuntu and is instead directly based on Debian. Plus, the other commenters below make some good points. dllu (t,c) 06:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I just re-read my reasons, and I find I did comment on the image's EV and its ability to retain said EV. I consider that commenting on the most important aspect of an image as far as WP's FPC guidelines are concerned. --WingtipvorteX PTT 14:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm going to add some more reasoning from my part: It is going to be very difficult for this diagram to ever be complete. There are thousands of linux distributions, not all of which are documented and/or easily findable. How do we determine which ones are notable enough to make it onto the diagram and which ones are not? Who does the determining?
If it is going to be a FP, it needs to be the editors in the FPC page that determine if it has enough EV for FP status. That we are ok with someone else editing the image to their liking and it retaining its FP status without any input from us whatsoever does not sit well with me. We currently do not have the ability to re-evaluate images periodically. If we could, I would support that this image be an FP for 3 months, at which point it would loose its FP status and have to be renominated based on its EV at that point.
This is a tough one. We are used to pictures here, where the only thing that can be changed in them over time are the adjustments, but the content remains the same. Even then, by the time a picture reaches FP status, it has had all the adjustments it needs. --WingtipvorteX PTT 14:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see those arguments, and agree that they are legitimate concerns. I'd say that we (or the project) have a responsibility to curate the images we promote, both to keep them in line with our standards and ensure that they continue to have EV. We have featured images of subjects which are subject to change, though probably not as rapidly as this one might. I think the best example of this would be subway maps. I guess it's just a question of degree. Cowtowner (talk) 04:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:56, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]