User talk:Ham II/Archive 2023
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The Signpost: 1 January 2023
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Exhibitions italicized?
Are you sure exhibitions are italicized? I remember asking that question somewhere but can't recall on which side the responses fell. Personally, I don't see a reason that they should be, they are a scheduled event and not a created work (such as books, statues, plays, etc.). Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:03, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
- Just saw that there's an ongoing discussion at the WikiProject, I had missed that. Will read that now, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:28, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) @Randy Kryn: I'll keep a lookout for the place where you asked the question previously; I know I've been in the situation before of not being able to track down the previous time a recurrent question has been asked. This question's been on my mind since the FAC nomination for Leonardo's Portrait of a Musician, when there wasn't a Wikipedia guideline to refer to and I had to use the Association of Art Editors style guide. I wasn't aware of any other discussions of this before the latest one at WT:VAMOS, but now I know to look out for one. Italics for most art exhibitions feels right to me; an element of that (but not a major element) might be consistency between exhibition titles and titles of exhibition catalogues, which are of course books.
- At Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Visual arts § Requesting guidance on formatting for exhibition titles I've kept the focus narrowly on art exhibitions rather than exhibitions as such, because I think many (perhaps most) of the latter wouldn't be in italics: Great Exhibition, Exposition Universelle (1889), World's Columbian Exposition and so on.
- Have you come across "no italics for a scheduled event, italics for a created work" as a guideline anywhere? Because I see this as being more to do with the distinction between titles and names – a really tricky thing to define. Ultimately this may have to come down to looking at usage out in the wild. Ham II (talk) 11:42, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
- May have been at the Help desk (I've only used it once or twice). Yes, I italicize exhibition catalogues when I run across them, those are books and fall easily within italic guidelines. A time-limited exhibition, nah, but that's my own opinion and I can't quote a guideline passage - seems to be a hole in the Wikipedia italicization rules and regs. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:47, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 4 February 2023
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Editing news 2023 #1
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- Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
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The Signpost: 20 March 2023
- News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
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Contribution wasn't that great
One of your recent contributions to Rastafarianism didn't seem very helpful, so I just removed it. 64.53.124.104 (talk) 13:05, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- The record shows that I've never edited the page Rastafari nor the redirect Rastarianism. Ham II (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 03 April 2023
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The Signpost: 22 May 2023
- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
- Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
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David TC Davies
Hi, I've moved the talk page back to Talk:David TC Davies as, given the previous moves between the two versions, there should be a discussion before another move, and also you only moved the talk page, leaving the article and talk page unsynchronised. To open a move discussion see WP:RM. DuncanHill (talk) 20:58, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, Ham II,
You tagged this page for a speedy rename but it is an empty redirect category. I think you could just move it if you wanted since no articles need to be recategorized. I think you'd end up have two category redirects though. But typically category redirects aren't brought to the speedy rename section of CFD. Liz Read! Talk! 01:25, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, Liz; I hadn't thought of that. I don't see "Move" on my dropdown lists of "Tools" at Category:Paintings in the collection of the National Museum, Krakow, though – is that because I've added {{cfr-speedy}} to the page? I suppose I could create Category:Paintings in the National Museum, Krakow manually and take Category:Paintings in the collection of the National Museum, Krakow off the speedy renaming nomination, if both are going to end up existing anyway. Ham II (talk) 07:53, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Mayfair
I've had a massive walk around Mayfair recently and added quite a few buildings on commons. Do let me know if you have any future requests! No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:24, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
- @No Swan So Fine: Could I tempt you with any more public artworks? It's wonderful to have a decent photo of the Eagle Squadrons Memorial from the front now; thank you! High on my wish list would be the latest changes to the exterior of the National Portrait Gallery – the new position for Sir Henry Irving's statue, the new main entrance onto Charing Cross Road, and the bronze doors of that entrance by Tracey Emin... Ham II (talk) 21:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
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Albertopolis madness
Thought you might like these I saw yesterday... I almost went mad photographing them thinking they were repeating, then I read brilliant blog post. No Swan So Fine (talk) 10:17, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
- @No Swan So Fine: Thank you – now added to the list of public art in Kensington! Did you notice whether these have materialised? Ham II (talk) 15:50, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks for the thank!
Thanks for the thank on the Roman lettering article! Assembling the images was great fun, a really satisfying trip through history. (I'm incredibly grateful to Wikimedia Commons categorisers who've categorised plaques by date-it made it much more practical to find good images.) DYK nominations on two people who worked in the style, Percy Delf Smith and William Sharpington are in the pipeline, and a 5x expansion to Michael Renton's is on the cards also. One thing I'm thinking about is articles where it would be appropriate to add a backlink from them to it. Blythwood (talk) 01:52, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 3 October 2023
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The persuit of pointless articles...
Found on another ramble! Lovely piece. [1] [2] No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:22, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
![[1]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belsize_Park,_October_2023_17.jpg){kind=link}
- Nice find! I've added it to List of public art in Camden § Swiss Cottage now. Looks as if Ben Whitworth, The Sculpture of Leon Underwood (2000) and Simon Martin et al. Leon Underwood: Figure and Rhythm (2015) might be possible sources to cite, but until I get hold of copies of either I've used the Sotheby's listing for the maquette. Ham II (talk) 07:40, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 24 December 2023
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