User talk:Ham II/Archive 2007

British Museun
OK - moved. Sorry it took so long.--Runcorn 20:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Tate Modern
You didn't update the reference access date for the 2006 visitor figures, but do you think it would be useful to readd the 2005 figure to build historical data? Artybrad 02:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Good thinking. I've put the link in tags and added the access date. Last year the visitor numbers went up from 3,900,000 to 4,900,000 (very neat, that) so I added the phrase "the number of visitors was up by 1 million from 2005" as an indicator of the previous year's figures. I also rounded the number up to the nearest 100,000, as is done on National Gallery, London, British Museum et al; I reckon it's easier to digest that way. [talk to the] H AM 21:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

P:W
Hi Ham, I've marked this page for speedy deletion as it seems a very implausible misspelling of Portal:Wales... I beleive. If you disagree please remove the speedy tag and I won't replace it - happy editing - Peripitus (Talk) 10:25, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm - you're correct. In fact P:A was created by a current admin so perhaps there are some differences of opinion on cross namespace redirects. I've recreated this now with the same formatting of the arts redirect - sorry about this - Peripitus (Talk) 10:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

British Museum
Hi Ham,

Thanks for the columns in the British Museum page.

I really like your work on the National Gallery article and use it as a benchmark for the British Museum article.

Cheers Muj —The preceding unsigned comment was added by M.chohan (talk • contribs) 20:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

BM
Hi Ham – sorry for the delay in getting back, no worries about "fiddling with my page"...lol, basically I’ve become too attached to the BM page and any changes I start jumping, so have decided to let others contribute in better ways.

I really like the work you've done to the columns and the templates; it's made the page clearer and has improved the aesthetics / appeal. Your totally fine with the Persepolis image, it was out of place but wasn't too sure about placement, removing it altogether was a good move.

Regarding the Rosetta Stone, it definitely should be added as an image however Wikimedia Commons doesn't have a half decent image of it, so will have to dart to the Museum one evening and take a couple of snaps, in terms of placement I'm cool wherever it goes. That leads me onto the 'evocative images', in a nutshell visit the museum during a weekday evening or an hour before closing on the weekend, it’s an excellent time to take snaps. I'm really surprised how few people there are at those times, and with a little bit of patience the shots you can achieve are amazing. Furthermore, even though the National Gallery doesn't allow pics to be taken I’ve taken some equally evocative ones there, so am happy to hand them over to you if you like for free usage on wikimedia and elsewhere.

I think the UK has some of the greatest collection of museums in the world and definitely London has amongst the finest. I want to see most of Londons great museum enhanced to FA standard. To that end, I’ve stayed away from the National Gallery page because a) it’s excellent, and b) your doing a great job. Also, I my next project is likely to be with the Victoria & Albert Museum article; it is a total mess, and also enhancing the Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Finally, how do you nominate a page for Peer Review? though the BM page still needs work on it, I would like to know.

Thanks for all your help, really appreciate it.

Cheers Muj --ImperialCollegeGrad 20:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Shakespeare
Just noticed your interest in Shakespeare and wanted to invite you to join the new wikiproject WikiProject Shakespeare. Wrad 00:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Shakespeare project collaboration
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WikiProject Shakespeare Collaboration
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Thomas Jones
Nice work on this article. I had never even heard of him until a few days ago when I spotted him as a red entry in 100 Welsh Heroes. Deb 11:58, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

London Portal showcase article and image
Hi. Sorry if this seems like a pointless question. I have noticed that you are one of the very few people who nominate and vote for showcase articles and images for the London Portal. I have noticed that lack of votes have lead to showcase articles and images not being updated on the portal as the showcase article and image cannot be established. Is there any way to get more people to participate? Thanks. Tbo 157  talk  22:56, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Shakespeare project - New collaboration debate
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Hamlet
The Shakespeare Project's new collaboration is now to bring Hamlet to GA status. Wrad 00:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

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DYKnow (nom)

 * ...that Simon Sainsbury who had given funds to establish the Judge Business School in the old Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge also gave £100 million of paintings to UK galleries? User:Ham nom by Victuallers 16:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

OK? Got a better picture? I see you are into art ... do you know where we could find a pic of one of his pieces of art? Cheers Victuallers 17:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Try here (only the pre-1930 paintings in the bequest) or here. It might be a better 'hook' for DYK if you mention Nichola Serota's quote about the importance of the gift to the Tate, or that Sainsbury was descended from the founder of the supermarket chain. Good work on the article by the way; I left a lot of gaps which you've filled nicely. Ham 18:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for making the Leonardo template better. You did a great job fixing it up. Remember (talk) 15:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Also thanks for your work on the Michelangelo template as well. If you want to fix up more of my templates, check out the following