User talk:Jmaldonado

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Re: MoMA links on van Gogh page
Wikipedia is not intended to be a list of links. In general, external links are welcome when they provide important information over and above what is in the article and the existing links -- and when that information can't reasonably be added to the article itself instead. Links to individual paintings don't seem to add anything to Vincent Van Gogh, since the article already links to gallery sites, and in the case of The Starry Night, to a page about the painting on Wikipedia.  &mdash;Cel ithemis  04:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've posted a reply to your question on Talk:Vincent van Gogh. Stumps 07:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


 * another thought ... perhaps with your special knowledge of the paintings in question you could add some encyclopedic material to pages on those paintings, listing the history of owners, prices paid at sales, as well as any related evidence such as comments made about the painting by the artist or by critics. Stumps 07:31, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Listing museums that have significant collections of an artist's work could be valuable, but I think it would be more appropriate to use links to pages on Wikipedia about the those museums, rather than external links. Such a change would be best proposed on Talk:Vincent van Gogh where other editors can comment as well, though.  &mdash;Cel ithemis  03:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

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I've removed the helpme tag from your page because you haven't left a specific request for help. Feel free to add it back if you really do need help and weren't just experimenting. Cheers,  Netsnipe  ►  10:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)