User talk:Artdoofus

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AfC notification: Draft:Chawky Frenn has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Chawky Frenn. Thanks! Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 21:15, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your cleaning up my first page

@Nathan2055: Thanks! How do I start a "new" draft page in my Sandbox?

AfC notification: Draft:Chawky Frenn has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Chawky Frenn. Thanks! Otr500 (talk) 10:22, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your recommendations

@Otr500 - Thank you for your great recommendations! I'm new at this... so learning and I appreciate the constructive criticism.... I've followed your recommendations and updated the draft...

January 2019

Hello, I'm Mahveotm. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Draft:Chawky Frenn— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Mahveotm (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tips on articles

Thanks for contributing articles! However, your recent articles tend to resemble resumes or artist bios more than encyclopedia articles, which can make them appear promotional (WP:NOTPROMO) and prone to deletion discussions. Articles should generally be written primarily in prose and paragraphs, not bullet point lists. Exhaustive listings of every art piece, exhibition, or collection holding are generally not encyclopedic (WP:NOTEVERYTHING, WP:NOTDIRECTORY). Section headings like "Critical Acclaim" risk violating Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, as do "Controversy" sections (see WP:CRITS): rather than devote sections to positive and negative coverage (which can become magnets for additions disproportionate to their importance to the overall subject), a subject's accomplishments and reactions should be fairly discussed throughout the article. (winning "Best in show" for a minor, non-noteworthy, or fleeting trivia may be verifiable yet not worth mentioning). Vague statements like "internationally acclaimed" should be replaced with more objective, concrete examples (see WP:PUFFERY) to maintain a formal, fact-based tone. For more information, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:Writing better articles. Cheers, --Animalparty! (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Animalparty: Thank you for your great input! What I've been doing is going through Wikipedia pages that have been already published by someone else and copying their style, clearly under the false assumption on my part that those pages were in an "approved" style for notable artists' pages. It won't happen again - I will follow your input... Q: IRT your note for "internationally acclaimed" - I was basing that on that description in several external sources, including international external sources? But I think that in this case perhaps you mean (by concrete example) something like that major London prize??? And instead of "Critical acclaim" - would "Critical Comments" work??"... Thanks again for taking the time to review and your recommendations! Artcontrarian (talk) 01:30, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Artcontrarian", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to represent a website. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. GSS (talk|c|em) 16:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Artcontrarian name - whodda thunk it??

Thank you for leaving a note about my username in possible conflict because it appears to represent a website - just googled it and found a blogger in Seattle... I'm in Washington, DC (the other Washington :-), but I get your point and I don't want to erroneously be associated with whoever that gent in Seattle is, so will ask for a name change request and be safe ---- Appreciate suggestion!

Not "that" Art Contrarian--Artcontrarian (talk) 20:51, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note

Thank you for your addition to the "List of Puerto Ricans". However, said addition was removed because the following rules of inclusion were not followed:

Read carefully before adding a name to this list! This list should contain the names of persons who meet the pre-established Notability criteria, even if the person does not have an article yet. Additions to the list must be listed in the section which best describes the field for which the person is most notable and in alphabetical order by surname.
Each addition to the list must also provide a reliable verifiable source which cites the person's notability and/or the person's link to Puerto Rico, otherwise the name will be removed.
Note:
Websites such as Wikipedia, IMDb, You Tube, Facebook, MySpace and personal websites which anyone can edit are not considered reliable verifiable sources per Wikipedia policy.

You may re-add the name once more provided that you cite reliable sources in regard to the subjects notability. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:32, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A page you started (Wilmer Wilson IV) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Wilmer Wilson IV.

I have just reviewed the page, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Artwork exhibited in multiple major museums, articles written specifically about him, multiple reliable sources (plus a bunch of others), how did nobody approve this already?

To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Gatemansgc}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

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Gatemansgc (TɅ̊LK) 19:53, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gatemansgc : Thank you for your note! Artdoofus (talk) 01:35, 26 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A page you started (Michele Banks) has been reviewed!

Thanks for creating Michele Banks.

I have just reviewed the page, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Thank you for your new article on Michele Banks.

To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Doomsdayer520}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

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---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 20:51, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doomsdayer520: - Thank you! Much appreciated! --Artdoofus (talk) 17:29, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation

I had to remove some content in Nestor Hernández which appeared to have been copied from this source. Copyright is something that we have to take very seriously on Wikipedia, as it is only by continuing to respect copyright laws that we are allowed to maintain the website. Now that I have removed the content there is no need for further action on this article (unless you wanted to reintroduce some of the information removed using your own words), but please be aware that if you continue to violate copyright in the future it could result in the loss of editing privileges. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 21:18, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Rosguill: - Thank you for your advice - I must admit that I'm a bit surprised that a list of publications is considered a copyright violation? That's a pretty tight corner - but please accept my apologies and lesson learned - I did not intend to violate any copyright and I will take your advice and will reintroduce the information (or the list) in a different sequence?? In any event, please be assured that I will be more careful and that I appreciate your time and effort. --Artdoofus (talk) 01:07, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Artdoofus, lists of things can often be a borderline case for copyvio, as can paragraphs that include lots of namedropping. What made me think that this example crossed the line was 1) the inclusion of specific examples beyond just "here's a list of places Hernández's work has been shown", 2) the length of the segments of unbroken content that was copied from a source, and 3) that the list of examples does not present itself as exhaustive, and thus appears to in effect copy the original source's editorial choices of which exhibitions and examples to highlight. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 01:13, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Rosguill: - Thanks for the quick comeback. Lesson learned for me! I appreciate the feedback. --Artdoofus (talk) 01:48, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]