Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Marine da nang.jpg

Image:Marine da nang.jpg, not featured

•  Info created by US Marine Corps - uploaded by Diliff - nominated by Flamurai -- – flamurai 04:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support – flamurai 04:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Comment The image is as if the United States only sent 14 year olds to that war. I think 'iconic' is a misapplied word here as several if not all of the United States soldiers who were involved in that war actually had the appearance that they were ages 18-25 years old, where are they in this photograph? Can you find a word more suitable than 'iconic' for the description of this child? Also, he forgot to get his haircut the way they were cutting the soldiers hair back then.... -- carol (talk) 05:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Fine, the photo speaks for itself. – flamurai 06:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Nothing bad, but that picture doesn't stand out. It's a wet soldier with some unclear equipment, a neutral facial expression, standing there doing nothing, looking pretty bored. Other than the young face (which may be the reason why that picture was nominated), nothing speaks out of this picture. No wow. --S23678 (talk) 10:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per S23678 Mww113 (talk) 12:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support--Mbz1 (talk) 16:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support I read a bit of worry and confusion on his face. A very honest picture. --Calibas (talk) 22:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Children at war are used as defense. The United States was totally not defensive in that war. To show a child in the army of the aggressor is to not show that particular war. In the photograph I put next to the nominated image, see the haircuts? Not just the military required the severe haircut, but most dads did as well. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan -- that was the beginning of a trend to allow hair to grow an inch in length below the back of the hairline on the back of the neck. -- carol (talk) 23:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Looks very staged. Lycaon (talk) 07:05, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support as per oppositions above thi is a peculiar image but I will not oppose it. I find that certain user's manner of analysing the image is too shallow, esp. vis-à-vis the soldier's expresson. When I examine a portrait I look at the eyes of the person: here I can see fear, sadness and despair. What more can be said? --Booksworm (talk) 11:16, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support As Booksworm and Calibas. Vassil (talk) 12:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose As carol. --Karelj (talk) 16:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
•  Support ~ Idiot (talk) 14:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

result: 6 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer (talk) 08:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)