Talk:The Factory

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Date	Process	Result
April 1, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
March 31, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Collective effort[edit]

I think this article could benefit from some description of the collective nature of much of Warhol's art practice. His "assistants" and collaborators. Design 00:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good point, and in particular I'd try to cover Paul Morrissey.

In general, I think this article may take the Factory's "legend" a little too seriously. E.g. is it really true that The Factory was a heavy party scene/hang-out? Morrissey describes some of the famous photo shoots as essentially set-ups, they would get on the phone and get the gang together to act like they were casually hanging around... Doom (talk) 21:09, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article had a couple of small mistakes such as saying the silver factory was in the seveties, not the sixties, and not really describing the nature of the silver decorations which were made by Billy Name mostly influenced by his heavy amphetamine use. 189.135.34.94 01:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)louisa renero[reply]

Commentary on "American Values" - Citation, or removal?[edit]

Under 'The Silver Factory', a sentence mentions that The Factory's industrial qualities were a commentary on American Values. I think that sentence is meaningless -- what was the commentary? The sentence comes across as saying that Warhol is criticizing American values, and that statement is a controversial one - in fact, from an academic perspective, it doesn't seem Warhol's character to criticize American values. JKobyP (talk) 21:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think the sentence should be removed.

Jean Michaekl Basquiat[edit]

He shouldn't be in the list; while he had a close friendship with Warhol it was during the 80's long after the Factory had closed it's doors. Even the disastorous film Basquiat shows he had his own studio in a basement.

GA Fail[edit]

Article has no references. M3tal H3ad 04:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Criminal Intent?[edit]

The heading "criminal intent" for the section on various crimes that occurred at the Factory seems an odd choice and not very appropriate for an encyclopedia article. Perhaps someone was just trying to be overly hip, or perhaps it's a literary or cultural reference and I just don't "get it"... ? - Mark Dixon 15:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating[edit]

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sticky Fingers album cover[edit]

I'm pretty sure the crotch featured on the cover of Sticky Fingers is that of Joe Dallesandro. At least, according to the article on Joe, it is. Does anyone have any references for this? --Eastlaw (talk) 08:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Thecouch.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 12:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Thecouch.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quote from "Ondine"[edit]

Does not appear on the page that supposedly references it. If someone can't find an actual source for him supposedly having Warhol thrown out of a party, it should be removed from the article. I'm not saying it *didn't* happen, just that it isn't located in the referenced citation. The page only mentions Ondine 3 times, none of which have anything to do with how he met Warhol, or anything of the sort.

Anyone else have a comment? A reference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.23.6.71 (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

just noticed this same issue 12 years later, hasn't been updated? someone should remove this quote or update the citation. 142.126.161.86 (talk) 19:02, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]