Talk:Edgar A. Cohen

Edit Request - Death and legacy
Greg Henderson (talk) 21:31, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Under Death and legacy, please add the following:
 * "Many of Cohen's photographs are housed in the Roy D. Graves Pictorial and California Views collections at the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley, and cover such topics as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco Bay Area, and the Old St. Mary's Cathedral."
 * Declined as not verified - the website linked as a reference does not mention Cohen. Melcous (talk) 13:28, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Here is a specific page within the collection: Old St. Mary's Church. Photo by E.A. Cohen. I have place this URL in the above edit request. Greg Henderson (talk) 14:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That link is a primary source that simply verifies one photo with his name attached is in that collection. You would need a secondary source to include what you have proposed in wikipedia's voice, otherwise this is basically WP:OR. Melcous (talk) 14:56, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Updated with two links to include a series of photographs by Edgar A. Cohen regarding the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco Bay Area, and Old St. Mary's Cathedral, in the above edit request. Greg Henderson (talk) 16:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I note from this source that these are in the unprocessed collection and are unavailable for use. I.e. they are in archives. Is that notable? It certainly suggests they are not valued for their artistic merit but are merely part of historical records. This raises two questions, 1. about notability (if this is being used as part of the basis for the subject being notable, I think there is a problem); and 2. about whether this deserves mention in the article (I'd argue it probably does not). Melcous (talk) 04:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If you click on the online collection at the top page here you will see the photographs by Cohen. His legacy is preserved by this online collection as well as other contents in these collections. Greg Henderson (talk) 05:30, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Not done: per Melcous' comments above. Please find reliable secondary sources before requesting this edit again. Adam Black talk &bull;  contribs 20:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request - Add book info written by cohen
Greg Henderson (talk) 01:58, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Under the Career section add the following text and citation after the 1st paragraph:
 * "In 1900, Cohen wrote and illustrated an article titled Diffusion, published in Camera Craft magazine that talked about photographic techniques. An illustration, The Pasture Gate, shows a method for softening images."

Not done: as a primary source and original research, seems like needless fluff to me  Adam Black  talk &bull;  contribs 20:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request - Early life Cohen as trustee
Greg Henderson (talk) 00:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Remove "and education" from the section Early life and education, since there is no info on education
 * Add the following text and citations after the 1st paragraph of Early life.
 * "When Alfred Cohen died in 1887, he left his assetts to his wife, Emelie. She appointed her son, Edgar Cohen, as the trustee of the Eugene W. and May Gould mortgages, which included Gould Castle. In 1896, when the notes came due, Cohen was expected to forclose on them. When he failed to, his mother filed a lawsuit to remove him as trustee. Cohen photographed the Gould Castle at Rancho La Cañada in 1898."

❌ unnecessary excessive detail. As has been explained to you numerous times over the years, encyclopedia articles are a summary of the most important facts and accomplishments of a person's life, or the subject/topic of an article. Not every bit of activity needs to be included. All these edit request on multiple articles are not necessary and waste volunteer time. Netherzone (talk) 01:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * above by Netherzone. Left guide (talk) 22:51, 18 July 2024 (UTC)