Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wisent
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Original - The wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus) is the heaviest of the surviving land mammals in Europe. This male wisent was photographed in a game park near Springe in Germany. In keeping with the spring season, the wisent is moulting, his winter coat coming off in clumps.
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Nov 2010 at 10:17:00 (UTC)
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- Reason
- Compelling composition. Technical aspects okay. Promoted at Commons earlier this year.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Wisent, Bison
- FP category for this image
- Animals/Mammals
- Creator
- Michael Gäbler
- Support as nominator. —Maedin\talk 13:38, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support. J Milburn (talk) 11:53, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support. A perfect complement to File:Wild Boar Habbitat 3.jpg. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:44, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support but I would prefer a crop w/o 10% of the right side. Nergaal (talk) 19:12, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support Would have preferred some space on the left but still good --Muhammad(talk) 10:57, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 13:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
- Support --George Chernilevsky talk 09:05, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose. Too tightly cropped below and left IMO. --Avenue (talk) 07:55, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Promoted File:Bison bonasus (Linnaeus 1758).jpg --Jujutacular talk 17:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)