User talk:Gverstraete

I am trying, but it's all very confusing. I sincerely believe Wikipedia is for encyclopedic information, but if I am to wait for others to write something before I can comment on it, doesn't that seem rather pedestrian. The only reason I include biographical material is to lend credence to my contributions. In a few weeks I turn 65. Hardly a time to begin waiting for others to write timely material on suich topics as silverpoint, epic poetry, and the arts. Sincerely. (Gerrit Verstraete 18:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)) Gerrit Verstraete

To my Wikipedia readers: My apologies but I don't know how to deal with notices about "copyright infringments." But I assure all Wikipedia readers that my text pages including any biographical material are original and correct, written by yours truly. No hidden agenda. It's all above board. Thanks for listening - Gerrit Verstraete ( Gerrit Verstraete 18:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC) )

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In The Footsteps of Masters
In the Footsteps of Masters is the personal long term artistic goal of Gerrit Verstraete. That is, to be able to master the traditions, techniques and disciplines of the masters. By diligently walking in their creative footsteps he aims for a vision of creating footsteps of his own so that others may be encouraged one day to walk in them and thus preserve and advocate the valuable traditions of yesterday in order to create great art of today and tomorrow. But who then is Gerrit Verstraete? Gerrit V.L.Verstraete AOCA, BFA, ACAD, was born in 1945. He has been a professional artist for over 40 years. He began his fine art studies as a child in the Netherlands, his country of birth. At age five, he was introduced to formal art lessons by renowned Dutch artist, Stien Eelsingh ( 1903-1964 ), who was also co-founder of the arts group Het Palet at the Hopmanshuis in the medieval city of Zwolle. In 1958, the Verstraete family moved to Canada. After completing highschool in 1964, he enrolled at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto ( now OCAD University ). Special mentors who influenced his work were: Canadian drawing masters Eric Freifeld, John Newman, Tom La Pierre, Richard Nevitt, Fred Hagen, John Alfsen and David Owen Campbell, and Renaissance drawing master, Michelangelo. He graduated with honours in 1968, and is an Associate of the Ontario College of Art & Design (AOCA). The journey, however, took an unusual course for the young artist. In 1968, he founded and owned a commercial design studio that soon grew into a nationally accredited advertising agency. For 15 years, his creativity appeared in print, on billboard, radio, television, in corporate design and "business theatre". His work included many creative projects especially in the world of performing arts with some of Canada's leading dance and theatre companies, including the National Ballet of Canada, National Arts Centre, Hamilton Philharmonic, Harbourfront Gallery, etc., as well as independent productions such as HAIR, Inuit Sculpture in Canada, and numerous “off Broadway” productions. Married and with a growing family that would soon count six children, he continued to attend evening drawing sessions at the college to keep his fine art skills sharp and work fresh. In 1993, he moved his family to Gabriola Island, British Columbia. There he built a large family home including a spacious studio. Today he spends full time drawing in his Masterpeace Fine Art Studio. Gerrit Verstraete is the founder of the non-profit arts organization, the Drawing Society of Canada( 1998 ). In 2001, he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree ( BFA ) from the British Columbia Open University. He is also a consulting member of the European Academy of Arts & Culture in the Netherlands. In 2003, the Drawing Society of Canada, under Gerrit Verstraete’s leadership, launched a Canadian-first, namely the online, non-profit, educational Gallery of Canadian Drawing Masters, to be followed by the online Gallery of Canadian Figurative Masters. In 2005, he launched the online educational initiative Canadian Academy of Drawing which offers a classical figurative drawing course online, based on the renowned Drawing Course by Charles Bargue, first published in Paris in 1860, for the French Academies. Gerrit Verstraete's work is exhibited in a number of galleries, museums. schoold and his work is collected by individuals as well as corporations. He is also the founder of the International Silverpoint Archives. Interesting links include: Drawing Society of Canada / Canadian Academy of Drawing at [1] Masterpeace Fine Art Gallery at [2] Masterpeace Fine Art Studio at [3] International Silverpoint Archives at [4](Gverstraete (talk) 01:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC))

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I'm enjoying adding my professional views to various pages and I am informed that I am now an "autoconfirmed user" with a "unified account." But I still don;t know how to get my "user page" uploaded ( which is my mini bio ), so that when people access Wikipedia and type in Gerrit Verstraete, it takles them to my bio page. Help? Gerrit (Gverstraete (talk) 01:59, 18 September 2008 (UTC))
 * If you're wanting to create an article for yourself (like this one), you're going to need some references. Although the biography on your user page is great, a topic has to fit notability guidelines to be included in Wikipedia. I hope I have been able to help! --Skunkboy74 (talk) 03:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

July 2009
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Gerrit Verstraete
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March 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to Kingdom of God. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Beloved Freak  16:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The Cerulean Dream Cycle


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 * No evidence that this work is notable, appears to be self-promotion.

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Articles for deletion nomination of Gerrit Verstraete
I have nominated Gerrit Verstraete, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Gerrit Verstraete. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 20:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to No original research, Neutral point of view, and Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 20:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Info about yourself
Basically, adding information about yourself anywhere on wikipedia, whether it be in references, external links, or in an article about yourself, is spam. For example, your own personal artistic style has nothing directly to do with Michelangelo at all. A good rule of thumb is this: if something you have done or written is notable/important enough for inclusion, someone else will include it. If you continue to use Wikipedia for promotional purposes, you may be blocked. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:08, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I just saw your note at the top of the page, and I think it shows that you're fundamentally misunderstanding the purpose of wikipedia. WP does not exist as a place to collect all knowledge about all people in the world. Furthermore, it is not a place for you to promote yourself or your activities.  You state that, at 65, you can't wait for others to make the additions, but that really has no meaning.  The vast majority (like more than 99.99% of all people that live/have lived) will never be eligible for an article about themselves. A slightly higher number have produced sufficiently important works that they may be referenced or linked to, but still, I'd estimate that at well less than 1%. We're not saying you're not interesting, or that your work isn't good, or whatever.  It's just that we have standards for inclusion and against promotion, and you seem to be violating them.  That this has been going on for over a year makes me worry that you may not be getting the fundamental picture of how WP works. You are certainly welcome to provide any expertise you have in improving articles, and reference to reliable sources (note that your webpage by definition is not a reliable source), but you must stop your promotional activities. If you have questions, please ask them here; I'll watchlist your page so I should see them. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:13, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Periodically I check my contributions to the knowledge base of Wikipedia, eg. information related to silverpoint and fine art drawing. Regrettably some deem those to be self-promotion when I am only one of very few who actually create silverpoint drawing. I don't sell online, nor solicit online or offer merchandise. Mine is strictly additions to the discourse. If some deem themslves to be Wikipedia Police and decide to recommend these for deletion, I cannot support the vision of Wikipedia with the assurance of being welcome. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gverstraete (talk • contribs)


 * If a reliable source (i.e., a newspaper, journal article, trade journal, etc.) has written about you and/or your work, then information from that source may be appropriate to some Wikipedia articles. It is a fundamental principle that our information comes from reliable sources.  Furthermore, if you think you have such info, it's better for you to add the information to an article's talk page, since you have a clear conflict of interest.  As someone with lots of knowledge about the field, we welcome your contributions, so long as they are based on reliable sources. It may well be that Wikipedia isn't the right place for you, though, if you're unwilling to follow it's principle policies and guidelines. Please feel free to ask questions if you have any. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Fine Art Drawing


A tag has been placed on Fine Art Drawing requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:09, 11 April 2011 (UTC)