Talk:Jack L. Gray

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This is a new (2007-08) biography of the late Canadian painter. Although very much an amalgam of existing documents (found in museums, and commercial art galleries), it has been expanded with personal anecdotes that illustrate the wider human interests of the man, which is lacking elsewhere. There has been a tendency, over the years, to depend on art dealers for information, and their documents are often adaptations of Gray's official publicity from the 1970's.

Intentionally, this biography OMITS ALL REFERENCES to Gray's family life, such as it was. The differing opinions propounded by friends of Jack's first wife, versus those of his second wife's circle, (in both cases, amounting to a revisionist approach to history) have been entirely omitted.

John S. Gray, 29 February 2008Studentjohn36 (talk) 15:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And now, to answer some questions, queries and other matters:

"Its neutrality is disputed"

Neutral by what criterion? An artist is not a country, not a sports team. This writer is not an art dealer, and not in a position to make any money from freely disseminating this information on Wikipedia.

"It needs sources or references that appear in third-party publications."

Please see that an external source has been added to the article:

http://www.marineartsgallery.com/jack_gray/gray-bio.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.90.147.242 (talk) 07:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"It may contain original research or unverifiable claims."

Jack's painting is still in Kennedy family hands. The John Paul Jones painting is widely reproduced. The artist's business card is still up on the interior wall of the Blue Bee Bar. The Bridgewater Museum in Nova Scotia has one of the Phil Stern prints from his TRI-X 1972 shots. This writer was witness to these events. —Preceding Studentjohn36 (talk) 01:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you read these links, those questions about Wikipedia policy on neutrality and verifiable sources should be answered: WP:V, WP:OR, WP:NPOV. freshacconci talktalk 14:12, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV

I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:

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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:21, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong image of Ironbound?

See File_talk:Ironbound.JPG. I'd bet a donut this image is of West Ironbound, not East Ironbound. -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 20:41, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]