User talk:Artatmam

I am the representative from the Montclair Art Museum to the Museum Wiki Project, designed to bring together museums and Wikimedians for the purpose of improving the descriptions of museums on Wikipedia.

I have a particular objection to the third to last paragraph under the heading History. This is the second time I've raised this objection. I wrote in June 2010 that way too much space is taken up with the economic crisis of 2008, a period during which nearly all museums experienced cutbacks and downsizings, etc., caused largely by shrinking endowments. I proposed a rewrite, which has now reverted to the original paragraph.

My proposal, then and now, is as follows:

In the economic crisis of late 2008, the museum, like scores of museums and nonprofits in the U.S., lost nearly one quarter of its endowment.

In the spirit of the Museum Wiki Project, I urge you to consider my proposed edit.