Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/House gecko scan

House gecko scan-- Second Attempt[edit]

Reason: Very clear and educational. As of Updated Nomination- This image taken by a graphical scanner (which tends to implement better details and somewhat easier to shadow in), shows great detail of the toepads and skin of the downward side of a Mediterranean house gecko. Second attempt for VP, as earlier nomination hadn't had a one-month elapse.
Articles this image appears in: house gecko, Mediterranean house gecko,gecko
Creator: ZooFari

Support as nominator --Zoo Fari 03:26, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Previous comments
Comment Why is it in black and white? You need a scientific name in the caption and image description page too. I'd also ask you too add it to the right category at commons too (scientific name). Noodle snacks (talk) 06:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] (per below as well) The scientific name is Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean house gecko)(which I will add to that article as well). It is in black and white because I used it to better implement the shapes, textures, and shades for the lizard. These geckos are white-peach from underneath and didn't display the details I wanted when I scanned it. Therefor, I scanned it in black and white using a graphical high quality scanner (per below). Zoo Fari 20:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] Comment. You say it's a 'scan' - I'm not actually sure what you mean and the image page doesn't clarify. Have you stood this gecko on a simple document scanner and just scanned from below, or have you used some more hi-tech scanning process? Additionally it has only just gone into gecko and was removed from house gecko back in August after having been in the article for only a couple of months, and has only just gone back in the last day or so. For these reasons I would say is not eligible under the 'one month' rule - vandalism or not it's been out of the article longer than it's been in it. FWIW, frankly it's far too big and prominent in that article for what it is and what it's illustrating, and perhaps that's why it was removed, and is really a bit big and awkward in gecko too. --jjron (talk) 08:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] I described some of the comments you brought up on the above discussion. Also, I have now fixed the image in the articles to be more article-friendly. Zoo Fari 20:40, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] Comment/Possible Speedy close - Before Zoofari added the image to house gecko, it had been removed since August 27th. As for gecko, it looks like it's only been in that article for a short amount of time. Thus, the question is: do we still allow the image to go through because it was in the house gecko article for a month a while ago, or do we speedy close it because it has not been in the article since a month ago? Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] This is something we should consider, that way we can add it to the criteria page. We should discuss this on the discussion page soon... Zoo Fari 22:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply] Speedy close per author of image. Zoo Fari 22:41, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding nom again - the above comments were for a different nomination. Intothewoods29 (talk) 02:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 05:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting subject and technique. Good EV. Elucidate ^{(light up)} 14:45, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - while this is very detailed I am not convinced that it shows the subject as well as File:Hemidactylus turcicus on a wall in Greece.jpg so perhaps it may not pass criteria 2. - Peripitus (Talk) 02:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC) - changing after some consideration. This is the only picture I can see that gives such quality to the toepads and underside.... The toes in particular an important part of the animal - Peripitus (Talk) 05:31, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the image was ment to show only details of the underside belly, tail, and (especially) toepads. I read many information on geckos that describe the toepads, but it was a shame that there were no photographs that showed good details of it as this one. So I figured I should add this to VPC ;) Zoo Fari 03:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:House gecko scan.JPG --Zoo Fari 19:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]