User talk:AquilaFasciata/Archive 1

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Please comment on Talk:Superconductivity
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Wikipedia article "Luna Parc": AquilaFasciata, please reinstate section with 7 images
Dear AquilaFasciata,

On 2019-05-24, you undid significant work by another Wikipedia editor (Joel Dougal) by removing a section containing 7 photographic images from Wikipedia article "Luna Parc". See version history diff at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luna_Parc&diff=898597326&oldid=898596874

Your rationale for deletion was alleged noncompliance with Wikipedia policy WP:NOTGALLERY. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files). The only potentially relevant portion of policy WP:NOTGALLERY reads "Wikipedia is not a ... repository of ... images..." and ".. not merely collections of ... Photographs ... with no accompanying text." and "If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context, or consider adding it to Wikimedia Commons."

Your image deletion was unwarranted. Nonetheless, I'll assume your reversion action was made in good faith. That is why I'm contacting you.

Wikipedia user Zoe added "a collection of photographs with no text to go with the articles" to policy WP:NOTGALLERY back on 2003-04-26. The policy's meaning, goal, and intent has remained constant during the intervening 16 years (2003 - 2019). The goal is to prevent crowd-sourced image content from diverging from the legitimate function of delivering relevant encyclopedic information. Here are some of the abuses being addressed:
 * some Wikipedia users add images to articles that are not germane to the discussed topic
 * some Wikipedia users add images to articles that might be germane to the discussed topic, but the connection is not apparent, definite, or direct
 * some Wikipedia users add images to articles without explanatory text, so that the context and significance of image is unclear
 * some Wikipedia users add images to articles as a way to host, expose, and share their images. (A more appropriate still-image hosting site would be on a platform such as Flickr, 500px, Photobucket, Canon Irista, SmugMug, Apple iCloud service, Google Photos, Adobe Portfolio, Dropbox, or Amazon Prime Photos.) (A more appropriate video hosting site would be on a platform such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Jetpack, Wistia, or Vidyard.) (A more appropriate social media hosting site would be on a platform such as Instagram or Facebook.)

Joel's section containing 7 photographic images violates neither the spirit nor the letter of Wikipedia policy WP:NOTGALLERY. The section containing 7 photographic images is absolutely in compliance with Wikipedia policies. For example:
 * each image is held in Wikimedia Commons
 * each image is granted public sharing by the image copyright owner
 * each image directly correlates with claims in the textural portion of article
 * each image is accompanied by explanatory text
 * each image's explanatory text is encyclopedic (informative, objective, contextual, fact-based, NPOV, non-puffery, etc.)
 * each image's explanatory text supplies information that directly supports claims made in article. Claim dimensions supported include, but are not limited to: artist, media, materials, technique, existence, location, and artifact collector.

If Joel's section header label "Gallery" is a trigger for you, we can replace with "Some Works Exhibited".

Wikipedia is by design intended to be multi-media (text, image, audio, video). Images are absolutely appropriate, including for this museum article.

Many Wikipedia museum articles provide relevant images inline (vs in a separate section such as "Gallery"). This is entirely appropriate. Here are examples:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Jurassic_Technology
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Military_History,_Vienna
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Pop_Culture

Many Wikipedia museum articles host a separate section that is dedicated to relevant images. This is also entirely appropriate. Here are examples:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre		--> Section label="Gallery", 				Content= 35 images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grounds_For_Sculpture		> Section label="On the grounds of GFS", 			Content= 35 images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art		> Section label="Selected collection highlights", 		Content= 12 images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago) > Section label="Gallery", 					Content=  1 image (compound)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Grenoble		> Section label="Some Works Exhibited", 			Content= 10 images
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museums			> Section label="Highlights from the Painting Collection", 	Content= 15 images

Many Wikipedia museum articles provide relevant images both inline, and in a section dedicated to images. This is also entirely appropriate. Here are examples :
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museums

I know I can "edit boldly" and simply revert your deletion. But in the spirit of civility and reasonable discourse, it would be far better if you AquilaFasciata repaired the article. I do not wish to give the false impression that I lack respect for your views. I do respect you, and thank you for your fellow contributions to Wikipedia. Let's not edit war.

Please reinstate the deleted image section of "Luna Parc". Thank you so much.

Sincerely, Joel JoelDougal (talk) 20:23, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

P.S. Someone messaged me anonymously, and spoke highly of you. They want me to tell you " coach kilgore & bair say theyll treat Sundy ,Hunter and Becker to free frames at Ppin Deck maybe mike'll cut you lose karyoke night and get the DJ to drop some fatrat. ". I honestly don't know what this means, but hopefully you'll laugh. Sounds quite similar to my buddies.


 * Thank you Joel for your degree of civility and diplomacy. I misunderstood the article as a whole because I was distracted. I will prevent this from happening in the future. Also, I barely understood what is being said in the anon message, and I have no clue who it is. Do some research though and you could probably decode it XD - AquilaFasciata (talk &#124; contrib) 00:40, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Jean-Pierre Petit
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Please comment on Talk:Electric smoking system
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Please comment on Talk:Backup
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Talk:Catch-22
Hi AquilaFasciata and thanks for archiving old discussions on the Talk:Catch-22 page.

Could you also archive the "Not funny" thread please? I don't know how. I imagine it was missed because neither contributor signed or dated, but it had already been asked and answered by 2009.

Thanks! Captainllama (talk) 12:32, 5 July 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅ - AquilaFasciata (talk &#124; contribs) 19:44, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Tuo Chiang-class corvette
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Please comment on Talk:Urolagnia
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Please comment on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard
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Backlog Banzai
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Please comment on Talk:Duodecimal
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