Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2012 at 19:15:04 (UTC)

Reason

Amazing and nearly irreplaceable composition, a self-portrait of an astronaut with the sun behind him, and the reflection of the ISS Space Station, the Earth and fellow astronaut Sunita Williams in the reflection in the visor of his helmet. It meets all criteria.

Articles in which this image appears

Akihiko Hoshide, io9, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, Business Insider, etc.

FP category for this image

Space

Creator

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide

• Support as nominator --▫ JohnnyMrNinja 19:15, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment/oppose: I'm afraid for FP on Wikipedia a given image has to contribute to existing articles, this is a strict requirement. However you should consider Featured Picture on Commons, where this is not a requirement – however I'm not involved ibn that process so couldn't tell you if this picture would make it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 19:28, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  Ok, image added to Akihiko Hoshide, subject of this self-portrait. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 19:48, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well normally 7 days would be the suggested time but sibnce this is a fait accompli that can be worked around. However the way the image contributes to the article is non-standard so I'll sleep on it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 19:54, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, makes sense. I would also say that the photo itself is an unusual case, in that it has gained a small amount of notability on its own; or rather it has directly added to the mainstream English-language notability around Akihiko Hoshide. This photo has garnered similar attention for Sunita Williams, although she has already had significant English-language press coverage, so the photo is less significant to her overall notability. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 20:22, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose at this time. The EV seems minimal. An excellent candidate for Commons, not so useful here. J Milburn (talk) 22:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose When we say "articles in which this image appears" we mean English Wikipedia articles. This appears only in Akihiko Hoshide where the EV is pretty low. I agree that this would have a better chance on Commons. Pine^✉ 04:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose due to low EV. The image is only in the Akihiko Hoshide article. In no good sense could we have an FP of a person in which their face is not visible. This could be any other astronaut and it would look the same. If we ever have an article about spacesuit sun-visors or a section about them in the spacesuit article, this could make a good FP there. It will however, likely make a great Commons FP. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 17:38, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:30, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]