Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die

If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die

Voting period ends on 15 Dec 2024 at 17:48:35 (UTC)

Original – From the source: "Every man, a poster at Camp Hood. Taking a cue from the Office of War Information (OWI) poster "If you talk too much, this man may die", Private Ivan A. Smith, editor of the Camp Hood Panther, Camp Hood,Texas, originated this novel method of reminding his fellow soldiers to practice discretion. Looking into the mirror at the camp"

Alt 1 Retouched version

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White strip, right edge fixed

Reason

Amusing, well-composed visualization of the times secrecy is necessary for one's well-being. I think it has a lot of character for such an abstract idea. There are a few light scratches, but I think most of the background noise is authentic to the wooden boards (note, for instance, that the basin of the sink is smooth) and that white line in the upper right is a lamp pull-cord, not damage to the picture.

Articles in which this image appears

Self-interest, secrecy

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle

Creator

Unnamed photographer for Office of War Information

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 17:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support — Hounaam (talk) 20:21, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
• It needs restoration. A white stripe on the right edge (bottom), a stitching error on his side pocket (extends left and right), and several obvious scratches. I will support if that's done. Oppose Original. Bammesk (talk) 03:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support Alt 1 – Bammesk (talk) 18:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

• Conditional Support – per Bammesk. Looks fine, but restoration is needed. — Benison (Beni · talk) 14:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 – I made a retouched version. Yann (talk) 13:17, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

• @Yann: there is still a white strip on the (lower) right edge. It's easy to see on a black background (see the thumbnail to the right). I wouldn't crop it out, because the crop is already tight. Suggest cloning it with nearby pixels. Bammesk (talk) 15:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

• Done Yann (talk) 17:41, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support Alt 1  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 04:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1. Thanks for doing that. - Moonreach (talk) 20:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)