Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ijazah

Ijazah[edit]

**Original** - An ijazah certifying competency in calligraphy, created 1206 AH/AD 1791.

Reason: An ijazah is a certificate of competency to teach a subject. This example written in Arabic is over two hundred years old and certifies competence in calligraphy. Restored version of Image:Ijazah.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Ijazah, calligraphy
Creator: 'Ali Ra'if Efendi

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 22:26, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support of course. Just a question: per the caption, was it made on 1791-12-06, or in 1206 AD? :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:25, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support I think it was created in 1206 and published in 1791 according to this [1]. The edges are a little beat up. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 00:48, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment 99% sure they mean 1206 AH/1791 AD. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:58, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, different calendars. Durova^Charge! 01:01, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please update the caption accordingly :-) --Uncle Bungle (talk) 01:42, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Done. :) Durova^Charge! 04:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Oh duh. Thanks. Intothewoods29 (talk) 05:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support for EV and something different from the usual. Muhammad(talk) 08:20, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - big and with great EV, but JPG artifacting spoils it for me. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξ φ 11:00, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support A little artifact-y, but still good. Since this is a non-Christian document, should we use CE instead of AD? (MOS has no preference.)--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 11:23, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about put CE in brackets? Pie is good ^{(Apple is the best)} 13:24, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That would work if we wanted to be clear. My point is that I don't want to reference Jesus regarding a a non-Christian image. It just seems more neutral.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 22:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral Artifacting and the missing lower right corner don't allow me to support. Spencer^T♦^C 23:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. The image is large enough that it can be downscaled enough to make artifacts disappear and still be plenty big.--ragesoss (talk) 02:06, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. EV, sufficient quality at reasonable resolutions. And it's interesting of course too! Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:02, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Ijazah3.jpg MER-C 05:07, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]