Talk:Ellen Clapsaddle

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I was in the middle of writing this page...when I was informed it was down for "speedy deletion." How can a page be marked down for "speedy deletion" before I've even finished writing it? Obviously if I'd've been given more time...the "importance" requested - ie the proof that this woman is an artist recognized around the world and therefore suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia - footnotes, references, etc. - would have been put in the article.

I request that this page not be deleted until I can finish it, but I'm so ticked off right now that I have to take a break before I can complete the task.

In that case you should put in the article. If you're still working on it, that is. Wesselbindt (talk) 20:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Wesselbindt. I hadn't realized. Will do that for all my articles in future! The Librarian at Terminus (talk) 20:48, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You still have to assert notability under WP:BIO by citing reliable sources. You may also want to read YFA. I removed a bunch of interwiki links that did not point an article on this person in other Wikimedia wikis. Please don't repost them unless they do point to such articles. -- Alexf42 21:39, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I've just googled this person and found 16,900 ghits, many of which look very promising. I support User:The Librarian at Terminus that this article should not be speedily deleted, because it appears notability can be asserted. --  Ka renjc 21:57, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

>>You still have to assert notability under WP:BIO by citing reliable sources.

Had I been given a few more minutes initially, Alex, all that would have been done. But as I stated in my first comment, I needed to take a break and would then return to do that little thing. My only error here was in not having that "under construction" flag at the top of the page, but I confess it didn't occur to me that an editor would find this article within *one* minute of its creation, and that they would so precipitously mark it for deletion, instead of first doing a google search to find out about those 16,000 ghits. Knowing that this person had "notability," it just didn't occur to me that someone would try to delete it within one minute of its creation! But, again, thanks to Wesselbindt I now know better, and will have that "Under construction" flag in all future entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Librarian at Terminus (talk • contribs) 23:06, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Question on procedure. In the next few days, I plan on adding several new entries to Wikipedia on notable artists of the Victorian postcard and greeting card era. Since many of them worked at the same time, each may be referenced in several of the other articles, can I put in those wikilinks while I'm working on each individual article, secure in the knowledge that within a couple of days the relevant artist's page will have been created, or do I have to wait until every single artist's page has been created, and then go back to each previously created page and add in all those wikilinks at that time?The Librarian at Terminus (talk) 23:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

You should also not create articles that are to be finished. First finish it on your computer, then you should post it. Links can already be added, they just don't link to anything yet, but as soon as you have created a page under the name the link has( name of artist ), the link will work. I look forward to seeing more articles by you. (to The Librarian at Terminus b.t.w.) Wesselbindt (talk) 08:01, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Also a point of interest would be the guidlines about the notability of artists, for some people question the notability of this particular artist. Wesselbindt (talk) 08:41, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps...
Perhaps much of the information in this article should be merged (or already appears in) into the article on postcards. Clearly the original author is passionate about the subject, but passion doesn't always translate into an article that presents information in a concise manner. The article needs severe editing as, for example, information about the subject's birth appears at least twice. Genealogical information further confuses the presentation. I suggest looking at other biographical articles of "folk artists", or "commercial artists" and copy the structure of the easiest to follow pages.Skopelos-Slim (talk) 05:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Ellen's Bio
Glad to see that my edits, along with newspaper articles that I supplied from the Mercury Springs Newspaper, were added, back when I did them. They prove Ellen's true story!

As some supposed, she was NOT wandering around Germany in a daze during WW I...nor did she miss her mother's funeral, nor was she buried in a potter's grave etc etc.

See all the bio materials I found at  https://www.facebook.com/Ellen-Hattie-Clapsaddle-Collectors-807318146043125/   and all the photos at  https://www.facebook.com/pg/Ellen-Hattie-Clapsaddle-Collectors-807318146043125/photos/?ref=page_internal

Ann Connell Bergin Acbergin (talk) 16:52, 28 November 2016 (UTC)