Commons:Deletion requests/File:50 candles is a LOT (364141074).jpg

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File:50 candles is a LOT (364141074).jpg

unused low-quality photo, plenty of superior photos of birthday cakes/candles available. Jon Kolbert (talk) 11:55, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• Keep

1. Being unused is not grounds for deletion, if an image is in scope.
2. Nomination "claims we have "plenty of superior photos of birthday cakes/candles available."
   • Which policy document sets a maximum number of images, per topic? We have thousands of images of iconic landmarks, like the Statue of Liberty.
   • Category:Birthday cakes contains about 400 images. I looked at the first 200. About a dozen other images show the birthday person in the act of blowing out their candles in a darkened room. I would be surprised if nominator was able to defend the claim that we have "plenty" of images of a birthday person in the act of blowing out their candles in a darkened room.
3. I would also be surprised if they could explain how the other images of a birthday person in the act of blowing out their candles in a darkened room were superior to this image. Geo Swan (talk) 22:11, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

I don't think the following images are superior to the image nominated for deletion here. Geo Swan (talk) 23:22, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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•  Delete Delete per nom. If those files are not better, they also should be deleted. I will nominate a couple of them for deletion. --E4024 (talk) 07:11, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
  • E4024 did nominate File:Birthday 2011.jpg for deletion. I left an explanation there of how a host prepares birthday candles for the birthday boy or birthday girl to blow out. E4024 witmhdrew their delete after reading that explanation, so I will include it here, too:
  1. The cake is prepared with candles out of sight of the birthday boy or girl. If possible the host lights one candle for every year of their age.
  2. The lights in the room where the birthday is being celebrated are turned off.
  3. When the host enters with the cake with the candles blazing other celebrants start singing happy birthday.
  4. The host sets the cake in front of the birthday boy or girl.
  5. Celebrants encourage them to "make a wish", and they then try to blow out all candles with one breath. By convention, if they fail, they cannot expect their wish to come true.

  This photo was taken in a darkened room correctly reflecting the tradition that the candles are emphasized by turning off the lights when they are lit.

  This is one of the relatively few images we have that capture the birthday boy or girl in the act of blowing out the candles, so it is certainly in scope.

  • I consider it a strong possibility that our nominator was also unaware of why birthday candles are blown out in darkened rooms, so does not understand why this photo was taken in a darkened room. Geo Swan (talk) 17:56, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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Deleted: per nomination. --Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)