User talk:Amandajm/Archives/2009/October

Cathedral must remain generic
Ciao nonna! Here I am! thanks for the "naughty" definition...

I agree with you about some errors (I apologize humbly), I don't for others:
 * The use of "Lincoln" to refer to a Cathedral maybe of common usage in art text and history books, but NOT here, which is an encyclopedia (especially if you put it as a masked link). Here "Worchester" means Worchester, so we should be strict with it.
 * OF COURSE the history of Protestant cathedrals is interesting; simply, a section devoted only to LOCAL (why JUST English ones?!?) cathedrals in the general article can be deceptive.

I stop. All the rest I agree with you!!! hope we can find compromise now... :D

Ciao and good work Attilio
 * Sorry, but still don't agree. ESPECIALLY on point 1. Hope you caught my point about being writing an encyclopedia, not a magazine article or a journal essay where ALL readers are in same context: here instead your article could be read by a child from Burkina Faso who could have barely heard about England cities. So telling him in two lines the same name for the city and the cathedral could create a mess. I also don't agree about England treatise in the general ones; I wonder where's the problem if that part is in its separate entry. Surely Cathedrals in France or Italy are more and more important, but there's no separate section for them! In my point of view it looks an Anglosaxon WP:bias. Ciao and good work.
 * Remember not to overcook the pasta!! You must cook it just until the white inside disappears, then immediately add the sauce. Ciao and have fun. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 14:38, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Venaria
Hi Nonna! How are you? I've just consistently expanded Reggia of Venaria, and perhaps it would need some copyediting of my mediocre English! Thanks and good works. --&#39;&#39;&#39;Attilios&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 08:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

reply re timeline
Thank you! The difficulty with that timeline format (link) is the preponderance of artists of the same period, such that row after row would need to be added to display them. For example, those you mentioned would require another two rows alone... you're the expert, I think: can you provide me with earlier or (more likely) later artists that will 'fill out' those otherwise bare rows of new names like Ghiberti, Brunelleschi? Well, now that I look at their death dates, those two might snuggle in, but in any case I would appreciate some more notable artists-who-are-not-painters from you. (JNW helped me with the first round.) Outriggr (talk) 05:55, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

List of towers in Somerset
Some time ago you suggested a restructuring of List of towers in Somerset. I've made a start at User:Rodw/Sandbox/Somtowers but wanted to check whether interested editors this is OK before moving it to article space - any thoughts?&mdash; Rod talk 17:03, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Glass art
I've moved this to Studio glass - I must admit I misremembered the talk page discussion. It seems as good as Art glass to me & is used a lot in the text already. Anyway, we now need an overview article on the full history of artistic glass - should that be "glass art", History of glass art? Johnbod (talk) 15:32, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Alt text suggestions
Thanks for your comments in Wikipedia talk:Alternative text for images . I briefly to the 1st bullet, and would like to follow up on that bullet (and the other bullets) soon. I'm leaving you this talk-page note both to give you a heads-up about my reply, and to thank you for helping to improve the project page. I am watching WP:ALT and will see your replies there. Eubulides (talk) 06:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I have written more followups to your comments; you can see them at Wikipedia talk:Alternative text for images . Eubulides (talk) 07:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Blenheim
Leave this edit as it is because it's fame as one of the largest houses and only palaces counts for something, but in terms of architecture Blenheim is not regarded as very brilliant, good or fine. The various British tourist organisations and it's owners market it as "England's Versailles" etc, but most experts dismiss it as pretty awful or at best bizarre. It was certainly not Vanbrugh's finest work, and Vanbrugh was certainly not Britain's finest architect. Not to worry, I think I wrote most of the page, I hide my feelings well - sometimes. Giano (talk) 18:05, 12 October 2009 (UTC)