Talk:Marla Olmstead

Faker
This is a ruse. That becomes obvious to anyone with an Art History background. These works are very obviously derivative -- a child artist would not produce work so referential to specific strands of Modernism -- instead, a child prodigy would be more likely to have a style that seemed organically derived like Kieron Williamson. The article ought to reflect that. 38.112.4.154 (talk) 18:35, 8 September 2010 (UTC)


 * That’s a good point, but of course the article would need a reputable source. Otherwise, it’s just—unfortunately—POV. TheScotch (talk) 03:00, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Pictures from the artist's father?
I was thinking of writing to the artist's father and requesting pictures we could license under GFDL, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea given wikipedia's open-editing nature and section three of this article. Thoughts?--Chaser T 17:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia editors are not investigative reporters. They should not under any circumstances solicit material directly from the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia material is necessarily second-hand. TheScotch (talk) 03:04, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Added Recreation of Marla painting
I have added a couple of Marla paintings that I recreated in my free time. I hope you appreciate it! :) Ilovenewyorkcity (talk) 23:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And I just removed them. If they are accurate, they are copyright violations. If they aren't, they have no justification for being in our article. All contentious material about a living person must be well sourced. See WP:BLP. Thanks for trying, but you can't add you personal critique of her work here.--agr (talk) 23:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

They are my own work, and they are accurate. It is open source under the right to parody. She has no claim to my work, which I have released under Creative Commons. I will add them back now. Ilovenewyorkcity (talk) 00:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You may have a right to parody her work, but you do not have a right to publish your parody on Wikipedia, especially in an article on a living person. See WP:OR and WP:BLP. Please note that persistent violation of WP:BLP is grounds for blocking. --agr (talk) 00:34, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This is not original research, as it was a reproduction of one of her works, therefore WP:OR is not violated. Parody was merely a shield I was hiding behind, and it is not an insulting parody, merely a parody to the degree that it can be protected from copyright happy lawyers. This does not violate WP:BLP, as there is no rule against displaying parody works. That would be like saying you cannot link to a Weird Al video on Chamillionaire's page. I truly wish to help the encyclopedia by providing an example of her work. The value added is much higher than any actual loss. Ilovenewyorkcity (talk) 01:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Justification of Protection?
In the past few hours, only a couple of constructive edits were made. For what reason did agr run crying to the admins about a protection? This is clearly a violation of WP:GOODFAITH. There are no valid reasons for protection, and the images should be readded per the above reasoning. Ilovenewyorkcity (talk) 01:14, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Please stop adding these images. Either it's a parody or it isn't. If it is simply an accurate copy of her work, it's not parody and is a copyright violation. Wikipedia takes a strict view on copyrights. If it's your interpretation, it's original work. Also see WP:3RR. I've protected the page for a day to let you cool off, but your actions are subject to blocking.--agr (talk) 01:17, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks man, I need it. I'll cool off for now, but I still want to add images. It really would improve. I mean this seems like a case of WP:IAR Ilovenewyorkcity (talk) 01:20, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Time to Update Main Article, Don't You Think?

The most recent media references in the main article are from 2007 - 4 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justwanderinby (talk • contribs) 02:15, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

PR speak removed
There is language in this that comes straight from Olmstead's bio. Thought I'd make a note of it in case there was curiosity about the edit. The bio is at the link to the conference she appeared at in 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.168.136 (talk) 21:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

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