User talk:SarahStierch/Old Archives 4

GLAM projects

I have noticed you have been rather busy with adding banners and such lately. I was wondering how the the GLAM projects are going these days? I haven't seen much activity on the Smithsonian or Library of Congress projects so I was wondering what the status of them was these days. --Kumioko (talk) 03:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, you can visit [1] to see what we've been working on, the news letter This Month in GLAM has the details. Currently I am playing a broad role at the Smithsonian, due to my internship at the Archives of American Art and my long standing relationship with numerous staff members, which has allowed me to make great 'ins' in regards to GLAM and the Smithsonian. More involvement from different SI wings will be budding in the next few months. LoC is its own bird - I've been meeting with a staff member there who is interested in seeing our relationship grow and I'll be doing a speaking engagement to staff there in the near future! SarahStierch (talk) 04:59, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

river horse redux

i see a pic that resembles our sculpture [2] should i change the name to "Thomus the Hippopotamus "? none of the stock bronzes match our example.Slowking4 (talk) 19:23, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Oh my god - it is the SAME hippo. The fact that we are having this discussion is awesome, btw. About a big bronze hippo. Perhaps this hippo can have its own article and we can just rewrite/blend them. I still am awaiting to hear from GWU archives about the provenance of ours. But, wow...yes..Thomus and the River Horse are the SAME! SarahStierch (talk) 05:05, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Tagging for AAA

Aren't you going rather overboard with this? Can you explain the special connection between for example vitreous enamel or Kenneth Clark & the AAA? Johnbod (talk) 00:39, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

I might be, but, I'm covering all my ground and things might be changed as my four month internship goes on. We have extensive documents related to Kenneth Clark and his relationships, ideas and life in the collections relating to over 100 artists, collectors, directors and individuals - some American, some not. We also feature the Kenneth Bates collection, who was an extensive historian in relation to enameling and wrote one of the finest books on the topic. I'm not sure why I should not be tagging these things anyway - American art relates to numerous things, people, and periods around the world - Clark is sort of the Simon Schwama of the 1960s if you will and enameling has its place throughout European and American art - whether with art deco jewelry or 2/3-D painting. Thanks for stopping by! SarahStierch (talk) 04:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

The main point of categories are to help a project maintain and collect articles it is likely to actually work on, and to give users a place to go to raise issues about the article and get a useful response. Beyond that they are just clutter, a diversion of useful effort by the project, and an irritation to the people who actually do work on the articles. Generally we have far too many tags, and effectively defunct projects. Any archive relating to art is likely to have a good deal of material on enamelling and glass art, and I don't think such broad articles should be tagged. I don't want to sound negative. Johnbod (talk) 08:41, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

i agree categories help a project, i disagree they are clutter and irritation. i am far more diverted and irritated by the toxic environment, and "admins know best" mentality.

i agree tag spam in article space is a big problem, but project spam in article talk, for me is shruggable. the solution to defunct projects is to invite new people to restart them: the problem with editor turnover is a lack of constancy of purpose, for which i would look to wiki leadership, which is lacking.

this is not just any archive. unlike most universities which are artist-papers specific, this one has broad genre, art historical sources (such as Washington Color School) the project tag shows that here are sources, for article quality improvement. there is a lot of work to do. Slowking4 (talk) 15:05, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

But really why would anyone bother to go to one of 2 locations (isn't it, one with microfilm) & use highly specialized & localized material, presumably almost entirely WP:PRIMARY, when they could just use more general books on these broad subject available online or in a library? I am not an admin, & people should wait until they have encountered some "toxicity" before complaining about it. Johnbod (talk) 11:17, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

i don't know, why would people join the International Amateur Scanning League? [3] they do. do you really want to limit sources? make assumptions of what's in an archives? i personally have gone to the library of congress to look up microfilm, and out of print books for sources. to get an article to featured, it has to be done. i would look here for catalog raisone, which go directly to artist notability, and are damn hard to find. primary sources are perfectly fine as an external link. i congratulate you on your non-adminhood; i was evoking some shared suffering with Sarah. it's the outside experts who get treated the worst, since they have to unlearn their commonsense, and best practises.

i am far more irritated by admins and bots (not yourself) sending me false positive messages and warnings, and deleting user talk space because it violates rules. i don't understand the irritation at category spam, they are collapsable, and imminently ignorable. Slowking4 (talk) 18:08, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm sure your FAs were not on article subjects as broad as enamelling and glass art, both of which have hundreds of of books on them & which it would surely never be necessary or appropriate to use such specialized primary sources for. Is the AAA an especially good source for "out of print books"? If so its article misrepresents it. Normal library catalogue are the best for these, the LOC etc. Johnbod (talk) 03:05, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

DC meetup 1

found a did you know: after Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 1, they went to Taras Shevchenko (Mol statue) in 2005. these footsteps have been trod before. Slowking4 (talk) 16:58, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Tagging criteria

I'm curious why you are tagging certain American artists and not others. I see artists in the Hirshhorn collection who are not tagged; while you are now tagging with the Archives of American Art cat and banners - are these all artists whose papers are in the archives? I know there are also American artists whose galleries papers are in the archives and who have not been tagged. Just curious...Modernist (talk) 23:10, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi there! I have yet to make it to every artist on the list yet. Please be patient =) And yes, as stated above, the AAA Project (I am the Wikipedian-in-Residence there this summer) tagging involves artists who have oral history, papers, or are mentioned in the papers. There is a mission behind the madness =) I do hope you'll be interested in participating in the project this summer! Thanks for stopping by and for all the great contributions you do on WP about art! SarahStierch (talk) 23:52, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye out, good job so far...Modernist (talk) 01:54, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

I reverted a tag removal at Talk:Henry Darger on the basis of Darger having one linear foot of archival materials at the AAA. Let me know if the removal of the project banner was for a reason other than whether Darger was in the archives. Cheers! Binksternet (talk) 02:31, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Say, another tag removal I noticed at Talk:John Cage is one I looked up at AAA, searching their archives. I found this oral history bit, an interview from 1974. Is that enough to put Cage back into the AAA project? What are your criteria for inclusion? Binksternet (talk) 19:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

He'll be getting returned, I just need to get my ducks in a row first =) SarahStierch (talk) 19:46, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for doing such good GLAM work. I think linking WP and museums is genius. Binksternet (talk) 20:01, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Howard Russell Butler

Ohhh one of "my" articles is Top importance! Thanks .... you owe me one for Derby now! Victuallers (talk) 17:10, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Confused, its not important at all? Victuallers (talk) 06:53, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

It's based on a revamping of the tagging process. He could show up again, I'm just examining what we have the easiest access to. Turns out the only content we have for him is microfiche, give or take a few images. We also don't technically own the content, his family does. =) Sorry my dear! But, I am scheming a few cool ideas where I'd love to perhaps co-plan something with Derby/AAA... :) SarahStierch (talk) 11:51, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

A new class for Featured media

I just wanted to let you know that a new class for Featured media (Images, sounds and videos) has been created and added to allow WikiProjects to track the featured media. --Kumioko (talk) 20:04, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Neat! Link? :) SarahStierch (talk) 20:05, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Well the discussion can still be seen on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) and the category is Category:FM-Class articles. I have already setup Template:WikiProject United States and I wil be setting up the other US related wikiprojects over the next couple weeks (I need to get the newsletter out first). If you need help setting it up on your project let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 20:27, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Visual arts tag changes

Hi Sarah, I see your name flash across my watchlist from time to time for articles I've written - specifically of the Wyeths or articles about Taos articles. Just because I'm curious, is there any specific reason that you're removing the class assignment that you added previously (e.g., change in criteria for class assignment, something in the articles specifically that are in question)? Like I said, just curious - and wondering if there's something I can to do help resolve any open questions (if there are any). Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 23:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

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hi sarah, i restored the images to the Throwback (sculpture) article, and fixed the links and put your CCby2.0 on them. i take it we will be at DR in one week. btw, are you the secret WSPA volunteer? maybe i need the credit FU FUN. Slowking4 (talk) 16:24, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

They are all my images. The majority of the images on the WSPA Flickr were taken by me, including Tony Smith. =) SarahStierch (talk) 16:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

i figured, with all the pseudonyns, it's hard to keep track of the credit. i hear some publishers want a person though. good work for the future curators ;> Slowking4 (talk) 18:05, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

So, Sarah

my watchlist is just going nuts and I am wondering if you are okay with all this ...... stuff? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:44, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Smallbones/List of public art in Philadelphia

Sarah,

I'm trying to get something together for a List of public art in Philadelphia page (note the above is a very incomplete sandbox). A couple of questions and notes.

• There are 30-40 photos on Commons category Public art in Philadelphia (and sub lists) just waiting for the list article to come out. Getting another 20-30 should be a matter of a one day well-organized trip.
• The format should be redone - no point in my doing this if it doesn't look nice. The NRHP tables offer a pretty good model. In particular I think the table should reflect what people want to know about a work, in the usual order that they want to know it, e.g. What's the name? what does it look like? who made it? date? material? etc.
• Is there a way to get a list from SIRIS or SOS! of all the Philly outdoor entries? It looks like l can find single entries easily enough once I know what to look for, but if it were in any way an ordered list I'd be very happy.
• Is there a reliable source for coordinates? I know how to get the coordinates once I've found and photographed the artwork, but my question is how to find the coords so that I can find and snap the artworks.
• Are there permanent links to SIRIS records? The urls I get are a couple of lines long with "session IDs" search parameters, etc. It is usually best to use a simple url, generally called a permanent link, to the record, but I can't find these on SIRIS. I think perhaps I'll just include the SIRIS control number in the record and let readers search for the link themselves instead of a formal footnote for each record line.

I'll be gone for a couple of days, but any help you can give by early next week will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Smallbones (talk) 15:00, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Smallbones. Hope you had a nice trip. Sarah asked me to help with your questions, so here are responses to your various points:

• It's great that you found so many Commons immages. Illustrated lists really help to show of a city's collection.

• We've created a somewhat standardized table in the lists WikiProject Public Art has done for DC, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, and Tampa (just a few examples). In a big city like Philly with so much public art, creating separate sections for neighborhoods, wards, or other geographic configurations might make sense (as in the DC list).

• SIRIS is a rather clunky database, but you can generate a list of the 725 works in Philadelphia organized alphabetically by artist last name by searching for "Philadelphia" and "outdoor sculpture"... http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13A763520781J.11172&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100008~!182369~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Pennsylvania+--+Philadelphia&index=OBJEC

• We usually generate coordinates by hand, either with a camera or GPS device at the site of the artwork or by using Google Maps.

• Yes, the link URLs generated by SIRIS can be long, but including a link to the record makes the footnotes much more useful to list readers and future researchers. We haven't had trouble with broken links, but, you're right, they ain't pretty.

Best wishes with your list! Philly is one of the best public art cities in the U.S., so I'm sure people will really appreciate finding more information. Jgmikulay (talk) 13:11, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Versailles Challenge

Hi Sarah,

I see you have put your name on the first Versailles Challenge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Versailles/Actions/24_hours_for_an_article The date for the second challenge has just been announced as 6th July. I volunteered to help on that one as well as the first. I thought that my contribution could best be made by improving the English version using the work done on the French version during the challenge. I won't get very much done working on my own so I wondered if you would like to help. It would be good to have someone with more experience. If we work together, we could get more done. I do not know if you have any French but if you do not, my current thought about process is that I start by translating the material roughly and you work on improving those first efforts (translations usually need at least two goes) and we both refine it. I could learn from you about editing, especially about the references. I think it would be quite a learning experience as well since reconciling the two language versions is an additional challenge. On top of that is the time differences. It is a mad enough idea to be fun (and hopefully productive). I told Trizek I would ask you and there is another user who might be interested whom I will ask too. What do you reckon? Does this appeal to you? Whiteghost.ink 12:51, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Whiteghost! Thanks for writing. I've been so busy, and I regret that I haven't been able to touch base with you since we first "met" on email. My French is not that great, it's quite elementary, actually, but, better than nothing. If you work on transcribing and I can perhaps tweak it a bit, and yes, I'd love to work on it with you (I actually told that to Trizek originally that I hoped to partner with you). SarahStierch (talk) 13:03, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

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Archives of American Art

Hello Sarah, Thanks for contacting me on the Archives of American Art. I will be following your work with interest but am actually more concerned with the further development of European art on Wikipedia, especially in Denmark and Luxembourg. You may be interested in having a look at Europeana, the major European project on providing internet access to cultural heritage. You will see that it is one of the sites accessible for public domain documents through Creative Commons search. Maybe you should think of providing the same kind of access to your archives once that big batch of digitized documents goes on line? (Do you know exactly when that will be?) I have looked at the Archives of American Art article and was rather baffled by the statement "Over the years, the Archives has operated regional throughout the county." Is this intended to be "Over the years, the Archives has operated regionally throughout the country"? May I also suggest that a good starting point for your work would be to enhance the Archives of American Art article, setting out more precise details of your digitization work and the nature of the 100 collections and additional images which are to be made available online. - Ipigott (talk) 06:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for writing. I regret that we do not have any sources related to Denmark and Luxembourg - we generally have sources related to artists from around the world, regardless of their birthplace or citizenship. I am very familiar with Europeana and have a number of colleagues at the organization. The article isn't that great. I have not contributed to it in anyway at this point. Thanks so much for your suggestions. SarahStierch (talk) 12:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Glad to hear your friends are my friends at Europeana. On Denmark and Luxembourg, you would be surprised how many "Americans" have origins in these two countries -- so I'm sure your collections will reveal the connections. I know you have not contributed to the article but it really does need some work. One of your colleagues seems to be the main contributor. I suppose you are also familiar with the Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Wikipedian in Residence page. It might be a good idea to work yourself into it. I also see that Dominic McDevitt-Parks seems to be your counterpart at the National Archives. See here. It looks to me as if the two of you should be working together. I saw your own page on your site. It looks as if you have a pretty ambitious program of work. Hope you manage to succeed in all you are planning to do. Good luck. - Ipigott (talk) 17:43, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

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American Arts Archive Invite

Hi Sarah. Thanks for the invite - it was so exciting that I immediately went and edited a page, for the first time in months. Technically I'm interested in Spanish Art, but there are crossovers - such as the bit I added about American artists influenced by Miro (it would be nice to expand that, and have more solid references) Mozzy66 (talk) 10:07, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Mozzy! That is so awesome. I'm happy to read you're excited =) Make sure you post your outcomes on our outcome page - and keep me posted directly so I can share it with staff. Anything I can do to make your contributions come together let me know. So excited to have you on board! SarahStierch (talk) 13:31, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Sarah. Thanks for clarifying the outcomes page to me, and fixing my mistake! Also thanks for the Miro search results from AAA - quite fascinating to see such things as letter facsimiles etc. - though I do note that the preference for secondary over primary sources may limit the direct utility of such stuff. Also, regarding collaborating this summer, I presume you mean June-Aug - I'm in Australia you see... 10:43, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem (Dudley Talcott). Throughout my life I have frequently had problems with rules. However by 7th grade "they" had discovered that I was educable. Mostly I still am. I do have a project that could potentially involve AAA a lot. However I will run it past you before going public with it. As far as your feeling "dreadful" about getting me to toe the line, don't. (unsolicited advice) If you are going to feel bad, sad or dreadful about doing something, don't do it. My suggestion is that you feel good about what you wrote to me. Carptrash (talk) 19:46, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks

This is just to say thanks for the review of my DYK of Ghana Standards Board. Hope to work with you on issues of mutual concern on WP. A friend called -- CrossTempleJay  → talk 20:13, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the thank you! And thanks for contributing quality articles! SarahStierch (talk) 20:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

www meetup

• Wikipedia:Meetup/DC WWW1 fyi Slowking4 (talk) 15:04, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing. I don't be there, but, I do hope it's a productive event! SarahStierch (talk) 15:37, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

i only happened on it at the last minute (can't go). it's going to take a sustained, repeated effort to slay the toxic environment. if i can help get a regular meetup going, let me know. Slowking4 (talk) 15:47, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I think that the DC group has a meetup that's regular? I'm not sure right now. I usually can't attend them due to scheduling conflicts. =) I will be bugging you soon though about something here at AAA so keep your eyes peeled (special stuff!) SarahStierch (talk) 15:56, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

this appears to be different than the usual Wikipedia:Meetup/DC, and budding chapter. it appears to be coaches, DC WWW 1 (first one) doing something similar to what you did at Wikipedia & Women - HOW TO. (great minds think alike).

from the history file MfD:Women in wikipedia, can't say i'm surprised, i take it the meetup format is less "threatening". (i see i was reverting to male vocabulary of "slaying", maybe i should rephrase that to "build consensus with extreme prejudice". Slowking4 (talk) 14:49, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

We're actually revamping our HOW-TO project, to be more inclusive of the open source community as a whole, I'm excited. Yeah, I actually wasn't familiar with the people who presented it, and it doesn't seem they are as active on Wikipedia as I expected. But, the more the merrier. I look forward to hearing about how it turns out. Are you there? Slaying is an awesome word, so SLAY ON!!! ;) SarahStierch (talk) 14:57, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

sadly no, but maybe next time. Slowking4 (talk) 15:24, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

You already know what you're doing anyway =) SarahStierch (talk) 15:28, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

there's nothing more fun than looking over shoulder, playing ye ancient editor, and good question crop up. Slowking4 (talk) 17:55, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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Getty Foundation

Thank you for your second opinion. If you feel the article is a GA could you make that change when you are ready for the article. I noticed it was changed to GA after your second opinion review but was not you who did it and was not certain the process had run it's course and if that was simple vandalism. If there is no further reason it should not be listed, please do. Thanks-- It's OK now. I saw your GA tag placement afterwards and fixed everything. The other user simply changed the Project California tag. I assume a GA rating cuts across the rest of the projects and that was the intention of the other editor.. Amadscientist (talk) 00:24, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Guerilla Girls 2

hey sarah check this out: User talk:GuerillaGirls2, how appropriate that the blocking admin is TNXMan. Slowking4 (talk) 17:05, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

LOL! I just wrote their new page too. HA! SarahStierch (talk) 17:06, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

this is the kind of pointy headed stuff that confirms my bad attitude. any guerilla action planed for wikimania? Slowking4 (talk) 17:09, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Not that i know of...but I could always dig this out of the box: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahvain/5853118631/ SarahStierch (talk) 17:17, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

i'll wear my smoke hood, here are some pseudonyms for you: Alma Thomas, Alice Pike Barney, Vinnie Ream, Elfriede Abbe, Marjorie Acker, Virginie Despentes; a little theater for the editors could make the point. Slowking4 (talk) 15:19, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

I forgot to ask, are you going to Wikimania!? SarahStierch (talk) 16:18, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

maybe next year Slowking4 (talk) 17:11, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

VINNIE!! SarahStierch (talk) 18:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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Would you like to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the National Archives and its incredible collection? This summer, the National Archives—which houses some of America's most important historical documents—is hosting me as its Wikipedian in Residence, and I have created WP:NARA to launch these efforts. There are all sorts of tasks available for any type of editor, whether you're a writer, organizer, gnome, coder, or image guru. The National Archives is making its resources available to Wikipedia, so help us forge this important relationship! Please sign up and introduce yourself. Dominic·t 15:22, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Florence Wysinger Allen

The DYK project (nominate) 12:05, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Ave Maria Grotto.jpg

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Images

Hi, just wanted to say that you've added some nice images here, including the burial at Bruton Parish Church and the recent images at George Washington and Slavery. I think good images do an awful lot to perk up the articles here. MarmadukePercy (talk) 04:48, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Wow, thank you =) I love to take photos, and this is one of the few places where I can share my images and feel like they are going to good use. Thank you again! SarahStierch (talk) 12:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Library of Congress project

I noticed you removed the Library of Congress project from the GLAM page. I was not aware that inclusion on that page required anything other than being a Gallery, Library Archive or Museum!. --Kumioko (talk) 14:17, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

The list is for projects that are active and are sanctioned by the institution. The list is for partnerships between GLAMs and Wikipedians, right now I don't believe that the LoC project is active or is a sanctioned project with us and LoC (but, I've had a few meetings with LoC staff and eventually that will change). SarahStierch (talk) 14:21, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, Ok I guess. I don't really agree with that assessment but I'm not going to fight it. The project is active, but just barely along with several of the GLAM projects like the Smithsonian (all the attention is focused on the Art side which is only one piece of SI, no offense). --Kumioko (talk) 14:24, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Just FYI I am going to Move the LOC project out from under WPUS into a new location at Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress. I am going to do some work on the page soon too including a merger of the old LOC Country studies project. Its got a lot of good info. This will allow better visibility of the project than be buried under WPUS and will allow it to function better if its moved to GLAM or Shared between GLAM and WPUS. --Kumioko (talk) 14:39, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Hey Sarah, I have relocated the Library of Congress project to Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress. Its still supported by WPUS but I think this will be better than having it buried in the project subpages. --Kumioko (talk) 14:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	For being a #wikilove Ambassador all around the internet and the real world, adding "special flavor" to the community by acting as a sort of wildcard Kippelboy (talk) 16:28, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: June 2011

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Your GA nomination of Wadsworth Jarrell

The article Wadsworth Jarrell you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Wadsworth Jarrell for things which need to be addressed. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:11, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey Sarah, well done. :) Looks like a great article. Love it. Best, --JN466 00:15, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Wow, thanks. I doubt it'll make it GA, but, I have bad Wiki-esteem. So thank you for the kind words =) SarahStierch (talk) 04:17, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

I started copy-editing this interesting article and then ran into an edit conflict before I could complete it. I think I have restored things as they should be after "AFRI-COBRA's beginnings" but perhaps you could double check anyway. I'll be tied up for the next couple of days but will try to complete the work on Monday. In the meantime, if you are interested, you can see most of my edits in the intermediate versions but these are not correctly formatted. I would personally, btw, have appreciated a bit more on the artist's reception over the years and would also have liked to find external links which point to representative examples of his work. - Ipigott (talk) 19:27, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I usually don't like to include numerous links relating to what the artists artwork looks like, but, it's Wikipedia, so be bold. Perhaps you'll have better luck finding more content related to reception of Jarrell than I. SarahStierch (talk) 19:31, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Well I'm not too keen on boxes for artists' biographies either - so we can agree to disagree. I've been through the article and made a number of copy edits in the hope that these do not change the thrust of your presentation. I also provided a direct link to the WJ gallery at africobra.com in the hope that it will provide an immediate illustration of his work to people like me who do not notice weblinks in boxes. On the subject of "reception", I could also be bold but I thought it would be best to draw your attention to three sites which may be of interest: you can turn them up here, here, and here. Not much perhaps but it does seem to show that there is increasing interest in WJ's work. And of course you should be receiving more reactions yourself from the exhibition at the museum which inspired you to write the article. You are doing a great job. I very much hope that the article is rated GA. It would provide some balance in coverage of the American art scene. Let me know if I can be of any help in future. - Ipigott (talk) 21:04, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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123JD and Bruce Allen Murphy

I have added a {{histmerge}} tag to Bruce Allen Murphy, as the 123JD page can only be deleted if the creation of the page and edits by User:123JD are moved to the revision history of the article. Peter E. James (talk) 08:17, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jacques Seligmann & Company

Hi Sarah, I have reviewed your nomination of Jacques Seligmann & Company and there is a small (microscopic, almost) quibble before I can approve it. Could you please see my comment at T:TDYK? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:30, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

User:OCNative has suggested that we use your hook for Bastille Day (in 2 days). If you would like to comment, you can go to the nominations page. Cheers! Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:57, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey Sarah, you can do another one concerning the edit that I added today - That Seligmann & Co. sold Les Demoiselles to the Modern (we can share it)...Modernist (talk) 15:20, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

A French painting for the hook would go well for Bastille Day. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:42, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Great idea Modernist! I have posted a few ideas related to that fact at T:TDYK! SarahStierch (talk) 17:40, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Keep in mind that is how the Museum of Modern Art in New York City acquired that masterpiece of 20th century modern art, I corrected your DYK :)...Modernist (talk) 18:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Agh, god, sorry. that's what I get for having 10 Wikipedia tabs on my browser, and only 10 minutes between meetings. :) SarahStierch (talk) 18:44, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jacques Seligmann & Company

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

GLAM/AAA/Outcomes

could you move Wikipedia:GLAM/AAA/Outcomes to a tab or something. it took a little rereading to find it. thks. and i support task force merge (another tab?). Slowking4: 7@1|x 20:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I was thinking that. I'll ask PKM to fix the template =) SarahStierch (talk) 20:14, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

dunno about the laptop, maybe i'll borrow one. i'll wear my washington project for the arts (craftybastards) armband. Slowking4: 7@1|x 20:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll bring my netbook, we also have a laptop you can perhaps borrow here. =) SarahStierch (talk) 20:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

oh, and David Wojnarowicz sign, and clough must go sign. Slowking4: 7@1|x 20:46, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

LOL. You'd probably be welcome with open arms here. But, I'd avoid it. Ha ha! SarahStierch (talk) 20:54, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Next Children's Museum Backstage Pass

Hello! I wanted to personally invite you to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' 2nd Backstage Pass and Edit-a-Thon, which will occur on Saturday, August 20. The Wikipedian in Residence project is coming up on one year and is going strong. While the first year focused on garnering institutional enthusiasm among staff, organizing multiple content donations, and guiding teens in research and article creation, the next year will focus on establishing an E-Volunteer program and more deliberately connecting with local Wikipedians and WikiProjects around the world. You can read a summary of our projects on the museum's blog, or visit the project page.

We hope you're able to attend the upcoming Backstage Pass! If you're not able to attend, but are interested in remaining involved and up to date on the museum's Wikipedia project, please sign up on our E-Volunteer page. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the Edit-a-Thon online, if you cannot attend on-site. If you'd like to make a request for images or research content from our curators, you can add to the Requests page. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope to be in touch! LoriLee (talk) 11:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the AAA Barnstar! I really appreciate it. - PKM (talk) 15:42, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Robert Beauchamp

EncycloPetey (talk) 08:04, 16 July 2011 (UTC)