User talk:Emmakgy

Reliable sources

Hi Emmakgy; I don't think that askart and artnet are reliable sources, nor are commercial gallery sites. Eventually these will be deleted. Please read WP:RELIABLE, and find acceptable references for the article. Thanks, JNW (talk) 21:05, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thanks for contacting me. Askart and Artnet are both used by gallerists and art collectors for information on sales, auctions, etc. and require usernames and passwords for some info. I believe them to both be very legitimate. This is my first page so I'm getting used to it - should I try to source more articles from magazines? Most of the information on the artist might stem from gallery websites or catalogues published by galleries, unfortunately.

I'm familiar with them, and I don't believe they are considered acceptable sources for Wikipedia articles, in part because passwords are needed. Likewise, commercial galleries are not accepted as sources, mainly because they tend to have a conflict of interest. Magazine and newspaper articles are usually good, as are museum publications and websites. I know this artist has a popular reputation, so there must be reliable sources; I've already found and added some. Good luck, JNW (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I will keep researching a bit. Thanks for the help!

Hello again, a quick question (hope I'm using this correctly) - would a printed catalogue or book of the artist's work be an acceptable source, even if they are published by commercial galleries? I want to include quotations by writers from these catalogues, and source them for exhibition information, etc. Thanks a lot!

And one more question - I would like to include images but am having a bit of trouble. Any advice? Thanks!

I think such a book could be an acceptable source, especially if the quotations don't come from the gallery--in other words, are not overtly promotional--but are offered by independent scholars. I'm dumb about images, so you could ask for help at the visual arts page [1]. Don't forget to sign your talk page messages with the four squiggly lines from the Wiki markup menu below. Good work, JNW (talk) 19:29, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Redux

Hi Emmakgy, same concerns as explained three years ago. The article once again features sparsely sourced promotional content and unsourced exhibition histories, some of which I've cleaned up. Perhaps WP:COI is relevant here. Thank you, JNW (talk) 20:34, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]