I believe that this meets the criteria for EV, especially with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. Admittedly, the quality of the image is not up the standards of a modern image, but I believe it does meet the requirements in regards to composition and lighting (problem is burn outs). The subject is the M8, and I believe that it shows the subject very well and adds it to a very important historical context (the liberation of Paris). This image will also be used on
Portal:Tank if it passes.
The U.S. National Archives website doesn't state who is the authorOffice for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.
Primarily the clone stamp tool but the heal tool can sometimes do a good job too. I'd have a go myself but it seems that holidays can be almost as busy as uni! :) --
Fir000208:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Comment + Edit1 added I am ongoing with restoration. Question: should I go so far as to attempt to recreate the vehicle.unit identification numbers that were scratched out of the image at some point?
Mfield (
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20:27, 13 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Some important units had the insignias or numbers censored in release photographs otherwise it could aid enemy intelligence about their location, that is probably what was done here
Thisglad (
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12:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Which is no longer a valid reason for censorship. Do we remain truthful to the photograph, or to the scene? I'm leaning on putting them back in, but it depends on how well it can be done.--
HereToHelp(
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After more thought, I am leaving the censorship as is. The numbers are still discernable (which shoes how ineffective that piece of censorship really was), and removing them would be removing something that really adds more enc value, displaying how such images had their numbers removed. So rather than removing them I have added the image to the article on
CensorshipMfield (
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22:24, 16 November 2008 (UTC)reply
For the record, 20X (see notes
here) would indicate a HQ (or other non-regimental) unit of 20th Infantry Division... which didn't exist. Our caption, taken from
here, says it's the 102nd Cavalry, but I suspect that's in error - the numbers could as easily be 28X, which would indicate 28th Infantry Division, which was certainly in Paris for the parade and will have had an M8-equipped recon troop. If so, the second group would logically be 28R (28th Reconnaissance Troop), and then a specific vehicle number. Would anyone object to my correcting the caption based on this?
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22:53, 18 November 2008 (UTC)reply