Category talk:American Orientalist painters

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what makes some of these orientalist?

many artists listed here dont have examples of Orientalism. im not trying to stir up a culture war thing, im genuinely confused. Ianthebain (talk) 23:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ianthebain. See this discussion about the same problem Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons/Archive 57#Do biographies of living people need categories supported by the text. As one of the participants user:Masem puts it: "Seems very obvious that for any topic, moreso for BLP, a category must be supported by sourced material in the body."

If there is no mention in the article about Orientalism, then that would be sufficient grounds to remove the category. Or, if you have reason to believe the category really is a Wikipedia:Defining characteristic of the painter, you could add content to the article that supports the category, preferably with a citation. --DB1729^talk 12:14, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]