Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rajput

Rajputs

Original nomination - A group of rajputs, an Indian military caste, as seen in 1876. The rajputs had a reputation as fierce warriors, and were accepted both by the British overlords, and, after independence, the Indian army as an important part of their military forces.

Not for voting - Original scan. Obviously, some processing happened during the scan.

Suggested usage in articles: Best of both worlds version: Uses a throwaway version optimised for thumbnailing, but links to the real image using imagemap. Ironically, this portrays the original much more accurately in thumbnail.

Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:35, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Reason

An excellent engraving, showing the traditional dress and armaments of the rajput caste, a militarised clan in India

Articles this image appears in

Rajput

Creator

The Illustrated London News

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:09, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• Previous nom of original scan. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
• Weak support Don't care strongly about this, but I see the need for someone to give some input, so here's some for you. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:53, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Thank you. I mainly just want to try and overturn a little systemic bias when I can =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:07, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support The article has many images but this one is probably the most eye-catching --Muhammad(talk) 05:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

• Comment Thinking about Wikipedia's thumbnailing issues with engravings, I've prepared a suggested usage. It's very effective, I think you'll agree, but it is unusual, so I think I need to mention it here, since I intend to use this method in articles. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:51, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support Looks like a version I can learn to draw with :) ZooFari 00:38, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support must have been so colourful and loud!Lilaac (talk) 11:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
• Support Great photo, very clear and precise, although it doesn't really catch your eye.Guyhug 14:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyhug11 (talk • contribs)
• Question Is there any idea which clan the people depicted were part of? Noodle snacks (talk) 00:32, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Rajpoots 2.png — Jake Wartenberg 22:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)