Category talk:Stamp designers

Note
For those afraid of a two-article category, I intend in the following months to translate some of de: and fr: articles about stamp designers, beginning of course with the more known or the most prolific in French area. Sebjarod 17:53, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I added the category stamp designers to a few designers who did not have it in their article and will watch out for missing ones in my wikitravels. However it seems that many designers who have worked on stamps don't have articles, or even stubs, in the first place. ww2censor 18:08, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the additions. From my (French) point of view, it seems that there are some major designers who are well-known (Slania, Buzin, Machin). In France, the one who designed definitive series are traditionally remembered. But, for the last ten years, the French philatelic press has developed an interest in all stamp designers who designed French stamps. And this evolution has concluded with the founding of "Art du timbre gravé", a philatelic association for promoting intaglio and whose first members were stamp designers.
 * Note that Postverk Føroya in its publications gives place to some artists. Sebjarod 19:03, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * At the moment I am working on the Postage stamps of Ireland and perhaps I should include a section on the designers even if there are no articles for several of the designers. What do you think? ww2censor 20:55, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it's a good idea : if someone has the data or a stamp catalog that gives the designers' names, he can write a small biography (see fr:Catégorie:Dessinateur de timbres, where I slowly build stamp list for each designers). Sebjarod 19:26, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * We already have a the Category:Stamp_designers that shows all stamp designers if one adds the category to the designer's article, so we should continue to use it. Let's see if we can get some others involved in writing articles, or even short stubs, for stamp designers. Unfortunately stamp catalogs do not usually give much designer information, but if they are well known, one should be able to find other information about the designer in their other design work. ww2censor 19:40, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

More designers linked
While browsing the German and French Wikipedias I was able to link to several designers that were not categorised previously. There are several more designers on these pages:  whose articles do not yet have an English page if anyone needs some leads. This brings the list up 50+ Cheers. ww2censor 17:18, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Remember, translators, for French intels about philately in France, you can ask me questions (even on en.user page, I travel there twice a week). Sebjarod 18:17, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I might take you up one some translation, or at least tidying up some new articles if you don't mind. Thanks for the offer. ww2censor 05:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Re-use of artwork on stamps
Can William Wyon, Alfred Edward Chalon and Dorothy Wilding be considered stamp designers while their work was not create for a philatelic purpose, but inspired designers and engravers afterwards? Sebjarod (talk) 13:47, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Category
Removed some from category where no evidence they designed stamps in article or they only designed one or two stamps but were mainly known for something else. Maidonian (talk) 11:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

What should be included in this category?
There should probably be some consensus as to what this category covers. I've just clarified in the article that designers of fake and fraudulent material are excluded—hope there's agreement on that. But there's still a grey area in the middle. Roughly, the following would be five different classes, followed by my assessment of relevance to this category.


 * Designers, engravers etc who have been commissioned by postal authorities to design stamps, often producing many designs over a long period (definite include).
 * Artists who's work was used on stamps, but weren't directly involved in stamp creation; as per Re-use above, or the "Artists of stamps of the United States" page currently linked (include, or maybe have a separate category for this?)
 * Winners of design-a-stamp competitions, etc. Often designers in this category are never heard of again, so notability may be questionable (I'll remain neutral)
 * Designers of "personalized" stamps or similar that many postal services allow these days. In this category a designer could be "anyone with a check book" and fails notability (exclude)
 * Designers of fake and fraudulent stamp-like items. (definite exclude).

Zaqrfv (talk) 21:06, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Alphabetization
The listing for the American stamp designer Clair Aubrey Houston appears under "C" but should be moved to "H." I do not know how to do this, but hope someone can make this change.BFolkman (talk) 14:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)