Talk:Aberdeen Art

Some comments
I understand that this page is undertaken as a collaborative class project. I would like to take the opportunity to provide some feedback for the improvement of the page as it exists at the time of this writing:


 * There should not be an "Introduction" section. Wikipedia articles generally have a lead (sometimes called "lede") that should effectively summarize the information to follow.


 * The introduction seems to imply that Jamesone is single-handedly responsible for allowing Scottish art to be recognized by the rest of the world. This is a fairly extraordinary claim, and requires extraordinary sources.


 * There is already an article on the Aberdeen Art Gallery. The material presented on this current page certainly exceeds that article; it would be more appropriate to include the bulk of the historical information presented here on the main Aberdeen Art Gallery page instead, and leave a brief mention with the appropriate wikilink here.


 * Use of the "[sic]" after the quote from Lord Cowdray is unnecessary, as the quote contains no errors. (The term sic is used to indicate that any grammatical or spelling errors in a quote are the fault of the originator of the quote, not of the person citing the quote.)


 * The section on Gray's School requires a citation, but again, since there is already an article on this institution, a simple mention of its existence in Aberdeen with the appropriate Wikilink would suffice.


 * The section on "Famous Aberdeen Artists" should limit its selection to those artists with articles already appearing in Wikipedia, and should then limit itself to a simple listing of those Wikilinked names.

As a general note, the major problem here is that you are recreating a great deal of material that already exists elsewhere. This is problematic because it makes the encyclopedia difficult to maintain. Should we edit the the information about the Aberdeen Art Gallery here or at its own article? Should we update biographical information about Jamesone here or on his own article?

I'll keep an eye on the progress of this article and hope you folks can bring it up to snuff. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Page redirected as none of the points above has been addressed. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)