Talk:Tohoku

New banner

Suggestion 0. Current banner.

Suggestion 1: Matsushima.

Suggestion 2: Matsushima.

Suggestion 3: Used for Aomori (prefecture).

Suggestion 4: Aomori.

Suggestion 5: Mt Iwaki.

Suggestion 6: Kokeshi doll at Kurioshi City.

See Talk:Japan#New banners for all banner contests. The current banner does not show the province's astounding sceneries, and is a potential violation of intellectual property. /Yvwv (talk) 16:33, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

• 3 seems like the winner to me, but then we'd have to find another banner for Aomori Prefecture. I'd go for 4 next, then perhaps 2. Are you saying the existing banner is unlikely to be fair use? Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:34, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Two personal opinions here. First, banners should avoid any concerns about copyright, trademarks, touting and personality rights. Second, the banner should represent Tohoku's famous natural sceneries. Other users might think differently. /Yvwv (talk) 17:39, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Banner 5 is in the mix now. I think I'd put it after Banner 4. (By the way, "scenery" is seldom if ever put in the plural in English.) Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:15, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I prefer banner 3, 5 and then 0. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 22:27, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I like the original as I associate Tohoku with festivals and also think it's the most exiting, I understand it has to be changed if it violtes copyright Tai123.123 (talk) 00:03, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I like the current banner the best, but we obviously can't have copyright violations. Number 3 is already used in Aomori (prefecture), so it might as well stay there. I don't personally think that nature is Tohoku's best offering. Maybe some of these:

• Yamadera
• the Aoike in the Shirakami Sanchi possibly
• [ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mount_Osore Mount Osore]
• Maybe the Dragon Eye from Hachimantai
• Yuza's Rakan Statues
• Jodogahama
• Ginzan Onsen
• Some part of the Dewa Sanzan
• Kokeshi
• Godzilla Rock
• Ouchi-juku
• Komachi Shinkansen
• Kanto Festival

I kind of like some of the kokeshi pictures. It's a clear representation of the entire region and such a banner is less likely to end up suggested or used on other articles. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 10:14, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Let's find kokeshi that are old enough to be in the public domain. /Yvwv (talk) 14:59, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Is This one not public domain? It has not been removed. I thought it might make a simple but nice representative banner. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 15:14, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

5, 1, 4 because I don't think we should use the pagebanner already used at Aomori (prefecture). --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 16:17, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

• I think I like 6 the best now. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 09:48, 25 October 2021 (UTC)