Template talk:Art UK bio

Wording
Could we tweak the wording here so it results in:


 * OLD: 12 Paintings by Charles Walter Simpson at the BBC Your Paintings site
 * PROPOSED: 12 paintings by Charles Walter Simpson in UK public collections at the BBC Your Paintings site

(plus - are they all paintings; is it all UK, Scotland & NI included? - to check). Johnbod (talk) 12:40, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

By collection too?
, How about a variant of this to show "Paintings in the xxx collection at the BBC Your Paintings site"? Eg http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/galleries/locations/keswick-museum-and-art-gallery-6090 for the article Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. I've not done much with templates so it seemed better to ask a template geek or two to have a go: any interest? Could call it "YourPaintingsCollection"? Pam D  09:48, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, good idea. I can do that, later today. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:51, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow, quick response - thanks. Better wording would probably be just "Paintings at ...", as used on the site itself. Pam  D  09:55, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

, Done. YourPaintings GLAM, already deployed at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. See also Wikidata property proposal. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:59, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Now in use at Keswick as above. Pam  D  23:09, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Request for comments on "edit in Wikidata" links, for templates using Wikidata
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikidata&. Thanks. Evad37 &#91;talk] 01:39, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Sculptors now in the scope
Given that Art UK now gives IDs to sculptors as well as painters, the word "paintings" is not a good idea in this template. Should be "artworks", say. Having looked at the source, it seems clear that the relevant text cannot be edited here. Someone who knows the dependencies could presumably sort this issue out. Charles Matthews (talk) 15:07, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Seconded - I want to include a link to https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/makers:alison-wilding-b1948, a set of sculptures. Other "types" included in the ArtUK database include photographs, drawings, textile art etc, so "artworks", their own term, seems the best to use. Pam  D  18:13, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I had hoped to be able to achieve the desired effect by "subst"ing the template - and it looks as if I could have done so up to Jan 2017 at which point the template became very complex and involved links to Wikidata so that it's now impossible for a template amateur like myself to see where the word "painting(s)" comes from. Pinging those who have edited the code of the template in the hopes that one of them can help: . Meanwhile I've just added the Art UK link manually to Alison Wilding. Pam  D  18:30, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * User:PamD the word "painting" is set by Template:Art UK bio/plural and while this template has the option to override the word "painting" the main template does not have this feature. we could either (a) make the default "artwork" or (b) add an optional artwork and sculpture to override on a per-article basis. Frietjes (talk) 15:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Personally I'd think defaulting to "artwork" makes more sense, as that's what ArtUK uses, but that might need more discussion as it would affect the appearance of all the existing uses of the template and might upset some editors. An optional parameter would do the trick without that potential for upsetting people. Either way would be welcome. Pam  D  17:51, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * User:PamD since the linked pages say "artwork", I have changed the default to "artwork" but can be changed to something else with painting or sculpture or whatever. will see if there are any complaints. Frietjes (talk) 17:57, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hmm, shouldn't it say "artworks" in the plural? And, more importantly, it doesn't seem to work:
 * gives
 * (displays wrongly)
 * which leads to https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:alison-wilding with "no records to display"
 * while
 * Artworks by or after Alison Wilding at the Art UK site
 * becomes
 * Artworks by or after Alison Wilding at the Art UK site
 * which leads to https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/keyword:alison-wilding and finds 27 hits.
 * But I may be missing something. Pam  D  18:37, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * User:PamD a google search for "plural of artwork" indicates that either can be used see here for example, but have changed it to add the s. as for the id, try it without that parameter, which uses WikiData. Frietjes (talk) 18:45, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good, thanks, I see you've fixed it for Alison Wilding. But what would happen if her article was at "Alison Wilding (sculptor)" so that we'd have needed to use that parameter? (In cases like this I tend to be cautious and use a parameter so that if the page gets moved at a later point, because it is decided that this isn't the primary topic, the link won't be broken, rather than relying on using page name). Pam  D  20:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * User:PamD, see Michael Andrews (artist) the template uses  which removes the dab, and the link is specified in the wikidata, which is uniquely attached to an article.  if you see the incorrect artwork count, then you need to update the entry in the corresponding wikidata page, or use y to remove the count. Frietjes (talk) 20:58, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That's great, thanks. I don't know much about templates, and am grateful for the help of those who do. Pam  D  21:36, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing this! Jheald (talk) 11:47, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing this! Jheald (talk) 11:47, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Numbers of artworks — Auto Updating?
Hi all, I've noticed the number of artworks displayed by this template no longer matches the number of artworks on Art UK.

For example, the template on the David Hockney page displays:

"34 artworks by or after David Hockney at the Art UK site"

However, there are currently 51 such artworks on Art UK.

Many thanks for your help!

ArtDataArt (talk) 14:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)


 * No, there's no auto-updating. In the past ArtUK cooperation was ... limited, so these figures are from a website scrape, now some years ago.  It's possible Art UK might now give us a spreadsheet; but most likely a new scrape is needed.  HTH, Jheald (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2023 (UTC)