Portal talk:The arts/Archive 1

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If the portalpage doesn't update after editing one of the above templates, use this link --Sketchee 18:37, 23 (UTC)


 * The above changed recently. I've changed the links above. -->>sparkit| TALK << 00:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)–


 * The portal link template is now...



-->>sparkit| TALK << 00:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Archives
--sparkit (talk) 13:22, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Archived featured articles teasers at Portal:Arts/Featured article
 * Archived featured pictures at Portal:Arts/Featured picture
 * Archived "Did you know?" at Portal:Visual arts/Did you know/Archive
 * Archived quotes at Portal:Arts/Quotes

New Art Portal Link Template
I have created a link template at Template:artportal which can be added to pages so people can find the portal easily. I've already added it to a few category pages. Maria N 11:24, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Template:artportal is being deleted, with the suggestion to use Template:Portalpar. (See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/June 2005) --sparkit (talk) June 30, 2005 13:25 (UTC)

New Portal:Dance
I've just started Portal:Dance. Is it ok to add a link to it under "performing arts"? --Roland2 15:03, 20 November 2005 (UTC) aa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.246.1.38 (talk) 12:01, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Featured articles for March and April
Shouldn't Parthenon and Sicilian Baroque belong in Portal:Architecture? – Ham 11:12, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to change them, but as I understand it, architecture is an aspect of Art.--cj | talk 11:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

h i —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.231.223.194 (talk) 02:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Placement of "Did you know..."
What do you all think of moving the "Did you know..." box down to the width = 100% section so that there's less dead space down there? Rfrisbietalk 06:05, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Renaming

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

move. &mdash; Nightst  a   llion  (?) 21:49, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Rename
Would this be better named as Portal:Arts, Art implies to many people just Fine art, not the broader meaning encompassed here. dml 18:43, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Voting

 * Support, as per the above. David Kernow 20:52, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

FYI, I have now moved all of the subpages of this portal to correspond with its new location. Canderson7 (talk) 19:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I object to the move. Only the 'subportals' section and the featured articles (as discussed above, two are more relevant to architecture than art) suggest that this is an 'Arts' portal. Every other section, however, concerns visual art, and this portal is part of the Visual arts Wikiproject (such as it is). I think the name should be reverted to Portal:Art unless someone is willing to add content that would give this portal a broader coverage of 'the Arts', in which case I will create a new Portal:Visual art, based on what is currently here.


 * Apologies for the late response; the vote seems to have passed me by until the move was made. However, I have been a fairly regular contributor to this portal and would like my comments to be addressed. Ham 21:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't really mind one way or the other regarding the name, and you're certainly entitled to an opinion. Considering though that each name change requires an additional fifty edits (to get all the subpages in place, eliminate double redirects, etc.), I suggest that a final name be settled upon before any further action is taken.  Canderson7 (talk) 23:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I would rather this were reverted to Portal:Art, unless anyone can make a sufficiently strong case for a portal for The Arts, i.e. covering art, music, architecture, literature, theatre, cinema, poetry, opera etc. As the Wikipedia community doesn't seem to be awfully strong on the arts I don't think there would be enough impetus for one – but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong! Ham 15:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * There is a need for a Portal:Arts if only for linking from the Main Page, where the portals are prominently placed. Portal:Art (i.e. one only covering Visual or Fine Art) is too narrow to get a link, the Arts collectively are appropriate (including Literature, Music, etc.). dml 16:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * A fair enough point. Art (visual art) is too narrow a field to rank alongside Science, Technology, Society etc. (at least, in terms of the quality of its coverage on Wikipedia), but it deserves a portal alongside literature, music and the rest. If I were to create Portal:Visual arts (that particular nomenclature because of WikiProject Visual arts), I would like the visual art-specific elements of Portal:Arts to be moved to the new portal. This would include:
 * Quotes
 * Did You Know
 * Wikiprojects
 * Things you can do
 * Most of the categories – i.e. under the first line rule
 * As for replacements to these relevant to the arts, I can't do that alone; a lot of the aspects of this broad topic lie outside my radar (I could manage updates to the visual arts portal though, no problem). I don't mean to come across as anal, it's just that Portal:Arts needs to have a better idea of what it's supposed to be; at the moment it doesn't seem to know whether it's an art or an arts portal. H AM [[File:Welsh-flag x44.png]] 13:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It should be the composite portal covering all of The Arts, from the visual to the physical. At present, this portals' selected article and selected picture are set to update until May. --cj | talk 23:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support cj. For example, the Arts subsume music and any other competent action. But 'visual arts' are unnecessarily restrictive. Now what about 'participation in the arts'? What about both active participation, passive participation? --Ancheta Wis 09:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Erroneous Material
I removed some material from the bottom of the Arts portal a couple weeks ago. Someone had put up a link about Green Day (something like "Green Day is teh best!!"). I took it upon myself to DELETE it. Hopefully, it won't happen again. Rdbrd82 22:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I just removed another phrase from the bottom of the intro of the Art protal. the words "I like cheese." were there under the more info link. Perhaps someone should keep an eye out for this kind of stuff? Raine 18:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * See WP:VAND, it's a constant battle that we fight using volunteers and a few bots. -Quiddity 19:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I recently click on the tab "Arts" and only appear the phrase "suck my balls". I think this is a joke from someone not very serious. Did anyone have the same problem?Iaquil 16:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Comics
While I agree that comics should be considered art, I think they should removed from the main portal and placed under Literature. Does anyone else agree? Bitoffish 16:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)


 * While I don't have any objection to comics being considered art either, on the (very poor) resolution I'm currently using there isn't room for more than six icons in the subportals section, so Comics would seem the obvious one to go. H AM [[File:Welsh-flag x44.png]] 08:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong object on placing "comics" under "literature", strong support on playing "comics" under "visual art". All comics are visual art. Many comics are not literature. This is because it is required in the definition of comics that they always incorporate images, but it is not required that they incorporate text; adding text to an image does not make it "literature", unless The Betrayal of Images is "literature". This is why one of the synonyms for comics is "sequential art"; no synonym for comics is "art and words combined" (else children's books would also be "comics"). Why waste space with a redundancy by including both "Comics" and "Visual arts", when we still don't have many other art media listed? -Silence 18:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I have just found these comments. Unfortunately discussion has been fragmented between two or three pages. Can I refer everybody to the Comics heading on Portal talk:Arts/Categories? Comics was included under both Literature and Visual arts on the request of Hiding. Previously it had been under Visual arts.

Would it be better if we had all these discussions on the Arts Project Talk page? - Kleinzach 09:10, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Did you know...
The did you know section needs updating, it hasn't been updated since december 05... Sotakeit 17:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC) It is a measure in every life source in and all around you by your own precepts and others defining itself in each and every noun known to mankind —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tameeka Knox (talk • contribs) 02:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Featured articles
I just posed the same question to Portal talk:History, but it applies here too. I noticed that this portal puts the featured articles into subpages such as, Portal:Arts/Featured article/April, 2006. In March, I added to my watchlist all the portal pages that are linked on the Main Page and their subpages (linked with the small "edit" buttons), to monitor for vandalism. I just now noticed the monthly featured article subpage was different than the one I put on my watchlist in March. Because of that, vandalism to Portal:History/Featured article/April, 2006 went unnoticed for 24 hours. I probably missed some here too. I'd rather not have to come back each month to add new subpages, so would anyone object if the featured article stay in Portal:Arts/Featured article and not further subpages? Once they are archived, then I'm fine with moving them into the dated subpages. -Aude ( talk | contribs ) 19:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * My response would be the same as at Portal talk:History.--cj | talk 07:18, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Vote for featured content
With the end of the month approaching fast, I've started voting processes for Featured article of the month and Featured picture of the month on Portal:Arts. Please vote or make your own nominations on the relevant pages. If there are no votes I will promote Igor Stravinsky and Image:Pantheon wider centered.jpg by default – both are proper Wikipedia featured content. One point we need to raise is whether we only allow proper featured articles and pictures (as with Portal:Geography), or whether we relax the requirements for showcasing (as with most other portals, which have Selected articles etc.). Featured articles are not a problem, but arts-related featured pictures are rather thin on the ground, and when you don't count the art or architecture ones they're non-existent. H AM  16:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Poetry subportal?
Is a "Poetry" subportal really necessary with the inclusion of a "Literature" subportal? As I understand it, poetry and prose are devolved entities of Literature, so putting a "Poetry" subportal next to a "Literature" one seems to be anti-hierarchical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.208.81.220 (talk • contribs)

color of boxes
This color... would you consider changing it to something not so pinky? - Alsandro · T · w:ka: Th · T 18:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC) I agree. Perhaps a neutral colour eg. blue? Jam01 05:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The humain body?
The humain body should be added to the art portal. with subsections of tattoo's, piercings and bodymodifications. Bodypainting? references: bmezine.com bodymod.org modblog.bmezine.com lots of good tattooist out there: Paul Booth http://www.darkimages.com/enter.asp

It is —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tameeka Knox (talk • contribs) 02:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Experts needed
A category for articles that need expert assistance from those with knowledge of Arts has been created and articles are being sorted into the category (Category:Pages needing expert attention from the Arts Portal). I would like to propose adding a reference to this on the portal page, perhaps in the Projects section so that those with expertise in the Arts would be made aware of it and would have a link to it.


 * Make that Category:Pages needing expert attention from Arts experts. --Brad Beattie (talk) 12:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Remove selected quotes to Portal:Visual arts?
The current selected quote, which has remained unchanged for months, is by an artist who doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. I think this section has had its day on P:A and am proposing to move  it to the Visual arts portal. As P:VA rotates content at random, the rankly more interesting quotes currently languishing in the archive would get the regular airing they deserve. The entire section is a leftover from the days when this was an portal for art rather than the arts; let's move it to its proper home. [talk to the] H AM 20:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde
Whenever I see that image, the first thing I think is Uncyclopedia. I wonder if it is natural or not :)--Scheibenzahl 02:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hm, same with me. How strange, since Uncylopedia never "quotes" Oscar Wilde. &mdash; MalcolmUse the schwartz! 18:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

what is the difference between loss and lose? give the past tense, past participle of the two words loss and looseTiapukel

'Art'
Is there a reason that at Portal:Arts/Intro "art" has apostrophes around it (as in 'art')? I'm going to go ahead and remove it, but if there is a reason for this, feel free to change it back.  *Cremepuff 222*  " As cool as grapes... "  19:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Please reply on my talk page, because I doubt I'll remember that I've left this message. :P  *Cremepuff 222*  " As cool as grapes... "  19:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

selected quotes
would it be possible to make proposing a quote for this article easier. It maybe me but i have just spent 5 minutes trying to find the route. I do like the facility and it has enabled me to learn about new arts and artists. That's what a good quote can do. --Edmund Patrick 17:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Transcreation/transcreator
I would like to start a new subject concerning this fairly new occupation. While it has probably been done by a lot of people all over the world for some time, it has not yet had an official name. Transcreation involves both translation and adaptation according to cultural specifications. Typically, it is a creative adaptation of advertising material or brands to the requirements of various countries and cultures, and may involve finding a new brand name for an item if the original name means something culturally unacceptable in the target language. Transcreators are emerging as a group of skilled and creative translators who are innovative and have thorough knowledge of languages and cultures, many are originally translators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.204.21.74 (talk) 10:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

portal page as of 5 December
Is it me or is the page a mess. For example features picture completely covers featured article. Been like this for a couple of hours (even with cleared cache!)! Sorry but my editing skills are improving but they are not that good. Any assistance please Edmund Patrick ( confer work) 20:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I will take care of it, but I will need some minutes.--Thw1309 (talk) 21:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There was no mistake with the portal. The mistake was the page Portal:Arts/Featured article/December, 2007 The only text there was {| This interacted with the syntax of the portal page and created a complete mess, which could not be recognized from the project page. Now you only have to create an article December 2007. Happy editing.--Thw1309 (talk) 22:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You were the victim of a very clever vandal. The featured article is working again. --Thw1309 (talk) 22:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Xavier Gonzalez Help
Hello everyone,

I created the Xavier Gonzalez entry, but beyond what I wrote, I do not know more about him. Is anyone more knowledgeable about him? Maybe someone could help me improve the article, maybe improve it into one of the good articles. It would be nice to have a picture of one of his works in the article, but I can't find any. Could anyone help? Thanks!!! Mike MAP91 (talk) 17:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT: PINK FLOYD ARTICLE
I corrected the English grammer on the Pink Floyd article to find it incorrect again. I'll state why I made those changes; and why I'll make them again: THE band is singluar, even though there are many people in a (a=singular) band. Those (plural) people in the (singular) band. When there is a battle of the bands, those bands which battle are plural; but the band who wins is singular. When speaking in the possesive of bands: All of the bands may store their belongings over there, however that band may store its belongings over there instead. Every instance of subject verb agreement in that article is incorrect. I will once again fix it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twidget1 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 26 October 2008 (UTC) I left the last paragraph in the pluaral as the author seemed to be talking about the remainig members of the band which would be plural. (Those (plural) people are members of a singular band!) With that said, I saved the changes, and when I checked back a few minutes later, it was wrong again. When I tried yet a third edit, it showed my changes in the edit, and saved it. When I back out, it goes back to the way it started it. I've no idea why this article is doing that.


 * There is a difference between American and British usage here, and since Pink Floyd is a UK band, folks will insist on Brit usage. They speak about the band in the plural. Sunray (talk) 23:20, 26 October 2008 (UTC)


 * If you click on the "history" tab of any page, you can see all changes that have been made. Your edits are being reverted, and on "history" you can see who did it, and an explanation of why, provided they bothered to fill in the edit summary.  In this particular article, there is a comment coded directly at the first place where you have been making your change, explaining the situation.  It looks like this:

Pink Floyd are an English...
 * Seems kind of hard to miss...--A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 23:56, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

The Black Geisha IS... A series of romantic and sensually insinuated poems. The Black Geisha tells a story of a elegantly beautiful lady, A debutante, Whose traumatinc past leads her to find her self and her love through her memoirs. The Black Geisha just is... The Black Geisha has been coined with the term, An epic autobiographical reflection of sophisticated writings. Meryl Hanciles is The Black Geisha —Preceding unsigned comment added by The black geisha (talk • contribs) 23:36, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Melanges (and Compilations?)
As far as I know compilations and melanges emerged in the 20th century as an artwork type, in many mediums. From melanges of images in one solid painting to complex arrangements and installations of different pieces which make up the whole in physical space, sometimes in radically different mediums the scope of the terms is wide but nonetheless distinctive. Unless these are known by other names an article on this is much needed. Some disambiguation links would be good too.

Wiki-BT (talk) 23:08, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Hindustani Classical Music - Origin
Hindustani classical music is considered to be one of the oldest art forms and especially in the field of music. the hindustani classical music vocal or instrunmental, even karnataki Music for that matter is nothing but a permutaion and combination of seven swaras i.e. SA-RE-GA-MA-PA-DHA-NI-SA. the Hindustani classical Music which is popularly known as Indian Classical Music in the west is based on these seven swaras and its rendition is done in the forms of various ragas which is again nothing but the permutation and combination of these seven swaras, woven and entwined within certain boundries.

having said all that i would like to know few things

- how old is the art form of music - how did this concept of seven swaras originate - have these seven swaras always been there, or it has beeen an eveolutioan? - how this art has eveolved and developed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sureshkarve (talk • contribs) 03:54, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

June subpages
As a temporary fix I made the red links that were on the arts portal page for Portal:Arts/Did you know/June, 2009, Portal:Arts/Featured biography/June, 2009, Portal:Arts/Featured picture/June, 2009, Portal:Arts/music/June, 2009, Portal:Arts/Quotes/June, 2009 and Portal:Arts/Featured article/June, 2009 point to the pages for May. --JWSchmidt (talk) 05:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Shortcuts
Please note that I've created the following shortcuts over there --> to this Portal as the P: shortcuts are for portals. As a result, I've changed WP:ART from redirecting to this portal and instead redirecting to WikiProject Arts to match general WP shortcut convention. - ALLST✰R ▼ echo wuz here @ 02:32, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Hello im Bianca Anderson
I'm currently a member at Crowley High School. I'm in the 11th grade. My question is do you all offer scholarships for majoring in music/theater arts. I want to become an actress. 68.226.222.164 (talk) 00:30, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think we do offer any sorts of scholarships. If we did, I imagine virtually every editor here would apply for one. I'm not sure where you live, but there are a number of books and services out there which offer information one what scholarships are available and what the qualifications are. You might want to look into some of those. John Carter (talk) 20:45, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

E.Roger Mitchell(born February 18,1971)is an American actor who was born in Summerville,South Carolina.He graduated from Summerville High School with dreams of being an actor.Mitchell would develope his skill at Claflin University,located in Orangeburg,South Carolina as perform in many plays during time there as student.Mitchell would graduated as continue his quest to be very good actor.

Subportal display
I tried 2 browsers, both have the subportal area not displaying correctly (offset to right). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.201.85 (talk) 04:53, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
This Portal has recently been vandalised. I've reverted to what appears to be a good version of the portal, and semi-protected it for a month. I'm not sure if the યીરૌ text above the wikilinks at the top of the portal is "good" or "not good", so will leave it for others to decide on its retention or removal. Mjroots (talk) 11:44, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Vandals have been at it again. I just reverted to what looked like the last good version.  --Footwarrior (talk) 04:31, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Reverted two vandals' contributions as well. Perhaps protection is in order for the main page and the templates. Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  01:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Nguyen Phong Son
... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leo180892 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 79.101.58.16, 3 September 2011
79.101.58.16 (talk) 20:23, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Request is blank. Topher385 (talk) 21:47, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal drive
Featured portal drive. Reformat in progress. ;) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:40, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Very good initiative! What do you think of removing "In this month" is very trivial. --Elekhh (talk) 10:28, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Nah, would very much rather keep it. I'll be adding more for the other months. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Update, at peer review
Portal now at peer review, at Portal peer review/Arts/archive1. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:55, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅, portal peer review now archived and closed. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:06, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

"Subportals" should be "Related portals"
The subportals sections contains related humanities entries such as philosophy, and culture (which should be listed as they have no other obvious place to put them) and so this section would be more accurately titled "Related portals" or "Related and sub-portals". 121.45.215.186 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, renamed it, thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:17, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Suggest removing "news" section
The "news" section is pretty sad and not regularly updated- it should be removed. 121.45.215.186 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:07, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, updated it, now has five (5) current entries, thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:17, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

"Subportals" should be "Related portals"
The subportals sections contains related humanities entries such as philosophy, and culture (which should be listed as they have no other obvious place to put them) and so this section would be more accurately titled "Related portals" or "Related and sub-portals". 121.45.215.186 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, renamed it, thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:17, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Suggest removing "news" section
The "news" section is pretty sad and not regularly updated- it should be removed. 121.45.215.186 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:07, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅, updated it, now has five (5) current entries, thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:17, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2015
175.106.44.234 (talk) 03:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Altamel (talk) 04:15, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2017
I would like to have some documents in Information Technology to edit.

Thanks CathyCleo (talk) 12:52, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 15:13, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 August 2017
Kalpana D. Bandebuche (talk) 07:36, 9 August 2017 (UTC) Today is holiday
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  08:09, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Village Pump proposal to delete all Portals
Editors might be interested to see a discussion concerning the proposed deletion of all Portals across Wikipedia. See Village_pump_(proposals) Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Status report from the Portals WikiProject
WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018.

Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, and design the portals of the future.

As of April 29th, membership is at 56 editors, and growing.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for each component of portals.

Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.

And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. &mdash; The Transhumanist  03:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2018
Kunstværket er en artikulation i et medium af et stemt indtryk eller af en omfattende stemthed eller holdning. Med ordet “indtryk” indfanges mimesiselementet. Indtryk er indtryk af verden og tilværelsen. I kunstværket afbildes eller fremstilles noget. Med ordet “stemt” indfanges ekspressivitetselementet, følelseselementet. Kunstværket er en fremstilling af noget, som erkendes eller opfattes gennem noget følelsesmæssigt i form af stemthed. Der er bestemte former for følelser, der åbner for bestemte træk ved eller sider af tilværelsen og verden, nemlig det man kunne kalde for tilværelsens vilkår. Endelig indfanges med udtrykket “artikulation i et medium” formelementet Thelupee (talk) 17:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)


 * ❌. Please make requests in English.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 18:38, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

/* "In the news" section
The current content is simply shameful, it has been there  for more than a month, I think that it could have been filled with something more relevant to the Arts in general.Brain (talk) 23:51, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

"Portal:Drama" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Portal:Drama. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:17, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2020
{{Infobox actor
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 * image        =364ehfkewf.jpg
 * caption      =Shahnwaz Alam
 * death_place  =
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 * other_names  =
 * occupation   = code writer
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}}
 * birth_name =
 * residence = etc, India
 * education = write here,

It isn't clear what edit you are requesting or what page you want it done to. --RL0919 (talk) 13:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 March 2020
Chicago Sun-Times legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/...

Walton, Ortiz Montaigne age 76, passed away peacefully after a long illness at his Berkeley, CA home on July 29, 2010. Walton, born in Chicago, IL, was trailblazing, widely recognized contrabassist, distinguished sociologist and author. Ortiz Walton (1968) JamHLear (talk) 18:02, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Portal:Arts. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 20:08, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Recognized content
Section has been moved to a separate subpage Portal:Arts/Recognized content. —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:12, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Arts: Music - Paul St. Blaise
Paul St. Blaise is a New Artist and an Adult Contemporary Artist in the Pop Music category from Guam, U. S. A. in the Pacific. Jesus Chameleon (talk) 12:14, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Please help me write this article. Jesus Chameleon (talk) 12:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Main_Page
Please see discussion above. Courtesy ping: Interstellarity (talk) 16:11, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 21 October 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved  (t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:27, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Portal:Arts → Portal:The arts – This discussion regarding naming of the article has shown that the meanings of arts and the arts are not the same. This portal should move to align with the corresponding article. Interstellarity (talk) 18:38, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per previous discussion, although portals and projects sometimes have shorter titles that doesn't seem to need to be the case here.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Personally, I don't have a strong opinion yet on one title over the other. But given that this was a featured portal and is permanently linked from the main page, I think it might be good to advertise this discussion a little more widely before enacting it. Courtesy pinging who updated the main page link. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 01:14, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Changing the name of a high-profile portal like this based on a discussion with 1 (one) singular participant is very odd indeed. If nothing else, it sets a very bad precedent. 78.28.55.139 (talk) 16:06, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes but there was consensus both for the main article and the category and this doesn't really make much difference to readers it doesn't seem an issue and per below there is now discussion on how it should be linked that should resolve any concerns.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:26, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Nil edit?
Most boxes have an edit button, but the featured article box instead has a "nil edit" button that's unclickable. What's up with that? It's confusing and unexplained. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 07:54, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , fixed: Special:Diff/982971692/983985054. —⁠andrybak (talk) 13:09, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I've finally gotten around to fixing the root cause of [nil edit] showing up on portals: Special:Diff/988934204. —⁠andrybak (talk) 13:13, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2021
hi Dorito Cat (talk) 20:54, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. Please use WP:SANDBOX to experiment with editing.  RudolfRed (talk) 21:39, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

la gioconda edit request on 14 April 2021
quadri famosi 151.38.70.187 (talk) 05:23, 14 April 2021 (UTC) La Gioconda
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ◢  Ganbaruby!   (Say hi!) 06:01, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Just something funny
Clicking the (inviting!) link under Associated Wikimedia to The Arts on Wikinews, users are asked: "Did you mean: the Army"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.174.9.70 (talk) 08:55, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you, fixed: Special:Diff/1043675306. —⁠andrybak (talk) 10:31, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Not redefining, just repelling
Redefined doesn't need a hyphen. I'd fix it myself, but when I try to edit this piece, I'm thrust into a confusing world of "templates" and warned that any changes I make will be "highly conspicuous" (or was it "widely noticed"?) Cheers – AndyFielding (talk) 11:30, 17 November 2021 (UTC)