Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tank schematic diagram

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[edit] Tank diagram

Reason

Vector representation of a tank: simplified representation of M1 Abrams for clarity. Tank is rated as a vital military technology article.

Articles this image appears in

Tank, also potentially Glacis plate, Cupola, Mantlet and translations of these articles.

Creator

Dhatfield

• Support as nominator --Dhatfield (talk) 17:47, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Also available as an international version with numbers replacing text. Dhatfield (talk) 06:57, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support assuming diagram accuracy. Very good quality illustration. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 17:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Accuracy confirmed through tank discussion. Dhatfield (talk) 19:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support Very detailed diagram for an svg. My only concern is that the line pointing at the return roller does seem to get lost crossing a large portion of the tank. --victorrocha (talk) 19:06, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• This label was removed as non-notable (see Tank discussion for more details). Dhatfield (talk) 19:16, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose unless it's better sourced. You have a source for the design from that picture... but there needs to be some source for the labels. It doesn't have to be perfect but there should be something to reference for them. (Otherwise I'd definitely support.) gren グレン 21:00, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Fair enough. n00b: how would I show that a source applies specifically to this image? Can I place a comment on the image description? Dhatfield (talk) 21:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Yes, you can cite a source or link directly to a website from the image description. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 22:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• I thought some of the terms were more technical than they appear to be so sourcing isn't as important for such generic and obvious terms--but, still a good thing. One more thing. The spikes on the inside of the track on the photo seem to go through the middle of the wheel and not on the inside of the wheel as in the SVG. Is there any way you can fix that? gren グレン 01:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

• References added to image, thanks Trekphiler. Dhatfield (talk) 05:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
• Well spotted on the teeth. The road wheels are also double thickness as shown in the new version. Dhatfield (talk) 06:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't see this image actually being used in the tank article. Kaldari (talk) 22:13, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

• Now here in the design section. Dhatfield (talk) 05:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

• You could make the whole thing a lot more legible by spacing the labels out more evenly, e.g. the label for commander's gun is unnecessarily cramped with a lot of whitespace to its left. There are other examples of this. You may find that once you have done that, you may also be able to use larger type. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:31, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

• I reorganised and increased the text size. The text is now legible in context. Dhatfield (talk) 11:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)