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Tomorrow's POTD
Hi Ravenpuff
Looking at Wikipedia:Main_Page/Tomorrow, there could be an argument that the picture is too wide for the blurb, and that therefore the picture-above-text version is better... I'm neutral on the matter myself but I see you withdrew your suggestion so not sure if you think I should change it that way or not? Thanks — Amakuru (talk) 11:33, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Amakuru: I did think the picture was a bit too wide at first, but, consulting Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow, it doesn't seem to be that bad after all. My concern would be in the potentially excess whitespace above and below the picture, which I'm not sure is too significant in this case. I think it should generally be fine either way. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:38, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi again Ravenpuff, and thanks for adding material to Albert Aurier. My only worry is that most of the text that you've copied from the article is unreferenced, or at least not obviously cited. The standard for the articles used for POTD has always been lower than the standard at ITN, DYK and OTD, (necessarily, as unfortunately a lot of them are in very poor shape and there isn't the manpower to bring enough of them up to scratch to keep POTD going), but it is still essential that the material used in the blurb itself is cited and verifiable. This is what makes the job of coordinating POTD quite time consuming! In Albert Aurier the "Career" section seems to be mostly unreferenced, with the first cite being number [1], apparently related to the funeral only. Thus things like "The son of a notary born in Châteauroux, Aurier went to Paris in 1883 to study law" will have to be removed from the blurb unless you can cite them in the article. Alternatively if there isn't time to find sources, we may have to just push this to next year and slot something else instead. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Amakuru: There's a PhD thesis in the sources section that contains some biographical data. Do you think this can be used for citations in the article? — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, yeah a PhD thesis is borderline reliable but if the information is not very controversial I imagine it's OK... Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:23, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Amakuru: I've added some rudimentary citations into the Careers section; this should hopefully be satisfactory. Regards. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 01:31, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, yeah a PhD thesis is borderline reliable but if the information is not very controversial I imagine it's OK... Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 15:23, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- @Amakuru: There's a PhD thesis in the sources section that contains some biographical data. Do you think this can be used for citations in the article? — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:19, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
- Hi again Ravenpuff, and thanks for adding material to Albert Aurier. My only worry is that most of the text that you've copied from the article is unreferenced, or at least not obviously cited. The standard for the articles used for POTD has always been lower than the standard at ITN, DYK and OTD, (necessarily, as unfortunately a lot of them are in very poor shape and there isn't the manpower to bring enough of them up to scratch to keep POTD going), but it is still essential that the material used in the blurb itself is cited and verifiable. This is what makes the job of coordinating POTD quite time consuming! In Albert Aurier the "Career" section seems to be mostly unreferenced, with the first cite being number [1], apparently related to the funeral only. Thus things like "The son of a notary born in Châteauroux, Aurier went to Paris in 1883 to study law" will have to be removed from the blurb unless you can cite them in the article. Alternatively if there isn't time to find sources, we may have to just push this to next year and slot something else instead. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 11:06, 3 May 2019 (UTC)