Talk:Frans Snyders

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Okay, I was foolish and didn't have my all of my wiki-knowledge sorted out. Frans Snyders is the proper name using Wiki conventions for this artist, and some good additions have been made to this page in the meantime. I've learned a lot in the last half hour (egg on my face). --Stomme 22:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem - so long as it doen't get actually deleted! Johnbod 22:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Examples of work on public display
This edit (currently reverted) removed a brief description of one example on the basis that it "clearly does not any info about Snyders". Is there any consensus about including or excluding descriptions of examples of Snyder's work which are on public display? --Northernhenge (talk) 20:47, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There are dozens of these. A general survey would be ok, or individual mentions for very rare painters. But this was neither really. Johnbod (talk) 22:26, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Northernhenge’s edit us not encyclopaedic， does not add info as everybody understands that a painting of a concert of birds will include birds. One can be 99.9 per cent certain the only intention of the edit is to plug the museum or place where the painting is exhibited.Mimentalist (talk) 11:29, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * He's just trying to be helpful, I'm sure. Johnbod (talk) 11:37, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I think I'm probably being accused of having an undisclosed wp:COI and specifically of violating wp:COVERT. I've just checked my last 500 contributions and can only find three edits concerning the venue so I'll respectfully plead not guilty to that one. --Northernhenge (talk) 19:50, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I can certainly see the point that mentioning every location where a prolific painter's work can be seen would be excessive. Perhaps a "List of..." article would be more appropriate, if anyone was interested enough to create one and if the artist was sufficiently notable. --Northernhenge (talk) 19:50, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

As a general point, I've always held the view that one of Wikipedia's major strengths is the links it provides between topics. I went to a cafe, saw an impressive painting, found a third-party source to prove I hadn't dreamed it, and edited the relevant articles to make the link. I'm afraid that was the full extent of my research. I have no particular views on whether the text stays in the article or not, but in general I very much believe that connecting articles in this way is a good thing to do. --Northernhenge (talk) 19:50, 22 May 2018 (UTC)