Talk:Found in collection

Hi Ann - great draft on Preparators! As you mentioned in discussion, I'm sure their 'behind the scenes' work sometimes goes unnoticed. But, it's so integral to the workings of a museum. First of all, I like how you broke down your information into headings. They are logically ordered, each represents the next step of what a user might want to know. Your writing is concise and to the point, which I think is important in a Wikipedia article. I'm not sure if "products" is the right word for your last heading... but at the same time I can't think of another word. So, that might be my mind working weirdly today. :) The only other thing I would suggest is to maybe try and link key words to other known Wikipedia pages. Perhaps words like 'acrylic', 'registrars', 'collections managers', 'curators', and 'exhibit designers'. P.S. Love your 'see also' section, too! Ceawestern (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Ann's article is well-written and concise, while still providing the necessary information about Preparators. I appreciate that she chose to write about this role, as Preparators are often overlooked, but provide a vital role in museums. Ann provided a neutral viewpoint, and her article is well-researched. Additionally, she followed the style guidelines, the lead is well-written, and she provided citations and references. I appreciate that she included a "See Also" section--that is very helpful.

The "Products" heading is a little confusing, and I would suggest changing it, though I don't know what I would change it to. I think in this case, one one encyclopedic definition can be written for this role. Preparators may be called different names/titles at different institutions, but their roles and tasks are always the same. I suppose in smaller museums, the Registrar, Curator, or Collections Manager would also have to take on the role of Preparator. In a large museum, it is more likely to have an entire department of Preparators. I remember from working at OMCA, that our preparators were technically "on-call" employees, since they would come in, install an exhibit (which would take a couple months typically), and then not work until the next exhibit needed to be installed. I think only a few were full-time employees, who would routinely check the galleries and fix issues as needed. I don't know if this is how it works at all museums however. Overall, I think this is a great article.

Reviewed by Marie Angel — Preceding unsigned comment added by MHAngel (talk • contribs) 23:40, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Final Project reviews: Hi Ann, I love that you're doing 2 articles - ambitious, since these are two important topics in the conservation and museum world as a whole.

To begin, William Andrew Oddy: Honestly, the only suggestion I would have for this article is to input a section noting the "significance" of the Oddy Tests. I'm sure you will touch a lot on that as you write, though. If you could find some examples of materials that have "gone wrong" in a museum environment, you might be able to get more people to grasp the importance of archival tests. These could be materials that they are using in their home to store their own treasures, right now! This article has the potential to be both scientific and educational to the public. I can't wait to read your article!

Found in collection: Oh my goodness... this is an article from my dreams! I'm dealing with so many of these objects right now. I know that what you write will be a great guide for me and my team! For your 'How they Occur" section, I can tell you that in my museum's case, an inventory was never completed - and therefore objects just do not have numbers, and their documentation is missing or simply nonexistent. Mine is an extreme case, but you could include the importance of inventorying the collection in your article. For your "What Action Can be Taken" section, you could introduce the idea of a "placeholder number". A temporary accession number that at least allows the museum to keep track of the object until it can be assigned a permanent number. Ceawestern (talk) 00:05, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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This sentence doesn't work, too opinionated 'Despite the best efforts of museum staff, museums often have FIC items.' The article needs to be cleaned up so that opinion is removed. Rose Daly (talk) 10:53, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, that's the least of the problems, imo. By all means have a go at it. Johnbod (talk) 19:54, 25 September 2019 (UTC)