User talk:JohnJHenderson

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White Mountain panorama

 * I completely agree about labeling the peaks. The problem is - I don't know them. Tried to look them up when captioning it. Can you point me to a reference? Debivort 16:04, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Your guess about the perspective of the panorama is exactly right. I'd very much appreciate the peak names and ref. Of course, you are welcome to modify the caption without consulting me, if you'd rather. Thanks Debivort 17:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hello JJ. Thanks for the pointer to the book. Based on the names you gave me, I came across an online topo map that led me to call the peaks a bit differently though. Here is its (very long) URL: http://www.mytopo.com/map.cfm?mapparams=zone%3D19%26easting%3D290153%26northing%3D4884654&CFID=30163628&CFTOKEN=94894370 I should have also let you know that the pic was taken from the valley floor, rather than the summit, which contributes to my sense that the summit of Flume was not visible. I've updated the image and caption with the names as I interpreted them, but would very much like to know if you agree with my assignment. Thanks, Debivort 00:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Aah - now it's up. I think I must have edited and previewed it without saving last time. Debivort 17:21, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

hello
Hey there. Yep, that's the right way to contact me. The terms and conditionss link you showed me say that the content may be used for, "personal, educational, non-commercial, non-profit use". Wikipedia can't use 1) personal only licenses, 2) non-commercial licenses nor 3) non-profit use only licenses. We use the GFDL which allows use by companies (for profit). Do you want to relicense this work into the GFDL? If so, then after we confirm that you own the copyright (done either by you putting up a page on your site, thus proving you control it, or by me sending you an e-mail [listed at the site] and you responding.) the content could be used. Confirmation, sadly, is needed because we have had people in the past either lie or be mistaken about the copyright situation. Again, welcome. Broken S 00:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * As to your "blemish on your record" comment, don't worry no one here is judgmental. Many many people make this mistake and once this is cleared up the page will return to normal. I hope you donate much more content to Wikipedia in the future. You might want to read Copyrights (even though it is boring). Broken S 00:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll email you from an address at your website (john at johnjhenderson dot c). Wikipedia articles are actually quite long sometimes so condensing them might not always be required (see Article size). Also, rememeber not to just copy and paste your articles over. It is imperative that you wikify your articles (apply standard wikipedia style per our style guidelines). Unwikified articles are harder to edit and improve and don't help Wikipedia all that much. It would be nice if you added a line saying that you license the content into the GFDL (or any free license, like cc-sa-by) on your copyrights page. So it is clear (and other people could help you move content over from your website). If you intend to only release some articles under the GFDL then I'd write that you have released some to us on your copyrights page. 00:54, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I sent the email. Broken S 01:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * No, you needn't be concerned. Add Template:Confirmation to the talk pages of all the articles you upload (i'll do it for you on the first one). That will indicate that you have confirmed as the copyright owner. Some people may still be confused and tag it as a copyvio. Just change it back and show them this page or the talk page with the template. Cheers! 01:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Not a pain at all. If you think it's wikified enough (it looks pritty well wikified to me), then just remove the tag. It's a fairly subjective standard. The only other thing might need to be done is that you might want to add some links on the page (like his birth place or clubs or anything where an article exsits or should exist which someone might want to click on). Broken S 02:50, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * What you did was configure the alt text. To make it appear as a caption you have to add "|frame|" (which adds a frame around the picture where the caption sits) or "|thumb|" (as i did) which makes it a thumbnail and adds a frame. If you haven't looked at it already, Picture tutorial can be quite useful. Broken S 03:22, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, it looks very nice. Maybe one day you could submit it to peer review and it could become a featured article on the front page. Broken S 03:41, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm, I don't really know much about the subject, so it's hard for me to suggest a title. We don't even have an article about White Mountains Art or even better Art of the White Mountains (similar in naming to Visual arts of the United States). Perhaps you should create it there with a section about the history. Then if the section about history gets to big it could be moved out per Summary style. Also, you can get more people to notice your articles if you link to them from others. If you were to make "White Mountains Art" a link from White Mountains (New Hampshire) (I assume it's those white mountains you're talking about) would be useful and would increase the profile of your article (and pagerank). The title you suggested wasn't bad though (there is no need to write and art and artists when art will do just fine). Don't worry to much, the name can always be changed later with little effort by using the "move" button. Broken S 03:58, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Your templates
Might I ask why you created Template:Campbell? I know you might be typing things like that often, but templates should be used for temporary things (cleanup tags or deletion tags), things that will change, or thing that we want to keep track of. I don't see why we would want to keep track of what articles cite that source. What you might want to do (if you don't want to continualy write the same thing over and over again) is make a page in your user namepsace (say at User:JohnJHenderson/Campbell. Then you could write to substitute in the reference whenever you need it. The same goes for all of the templates you made. If you haven't all ready read it Template messages might give you some ideas about what templates are used for. Most likely if you leave the setup the way it is someone, maybe me, will put them up on WP:TFD. Broken S 20:26, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * not a problem at all. In case you're unsure, you can request deletion by adding to the template. Remember that even if you use the templates in your userspace you should use the "subst:" (as in substitute) prefix because it helps take the load off of the servers. 22:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I think I understand your question and the answer is: no that can't be done. Instead you could make many templates with only a number difference like User:JohnJHenderson/1 User:JohnJHenderson/2 (remember that any page can also function as a template if you put the page name in brackets). It seems you are already doing somthing like this. Why do you want your reference templates to be updated when you make changes centraly? Shouldn't they be complete when you add the template and you can subst them in? Doing it your way puts a slightly higher burden on our servers.Why can't you just copy and paste these references every time you need them? Administrators (or sysops or janitors as some people call them) are people granted with more functions than standard users. Administrators can delete articles and block problem users. See Administrators for more details. I notice your actions by looking at Special:Contributions/JohnJHenderson and my watchlist. You can ask for help from other people at WP:HD or (if you have IRC]) WP:IRC. I don't mind the questions, I love to help (although I am not always at my computer). 00:19, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
 * If you wrote the template right the first time you could just subst everything in and if you do happen to make a mistake going through and fixing it wouldn't be so hard. I don't think there is a search powerful enough to find those references for you but you could just go through your contributions page or make a list of the articles on your userpage. Anyways I just remembered that we have Template:Book reference (I assume those are books you are citing, we also have more such templates here). You can format them all the same way by using that template (see Template talk:Book reference for instructions on how to use it). You can get a spellchecker by getting the google toolbar (it has an integrated spellchecker I think it might only works for firefox though. Broken S 15:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Link just the first. Unless you haven't mentioned it in a while and the person might be confused as to what it is. Broken S 01:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Review
I'm turning in for the night soon, but I'll try to take a look at it tommorow. (Note that I am not an expert on this subject, or even art history in general) In the meantime you might want to submit it for peer review (they can sometimes be helpful with spelling, tone, formating and the like). Also take a look at my comment on the article's talk page. Broken S 03:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The standard style for headings (see this, yeah we have lots of pages describing style) is to lower case everything except the first word and proper nouns. For some reason I thought "The Willey Tradegy" is a proper noun. It probably should be lower case. Broken S 00:16, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll defer to you for issues of actual content (as I've said before, I'm no expert on this subject). Our naiming policy concerning capitalization is at Naming conventions (capitalization). It says, "Convention: Unless the term you wish to create a page for is a proper noun, do not capitalize second and subsequent words." Whether or not White Mountain Art is a proper noun (is the article about an art movment or just art in that area [the article didn't make that clear to me]) I'll leave to you. It'd be best if you could get permission from the photographer. No need to rush yourself in making changes. There is plenty of time (the article is quite good already). Broken S 00:34, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

By the way, was White Mountain art based on text from your website? If so that template needs to be placed on the talk page. Broken S 02:19, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Is the text close enough so that someone could pass by and think that it was copied from the site? If so then a template telling people not to worry might be appropriate. If you have changed it enough then don't worry about it. Broken S 03:15, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Sadly I don't know of many examples. The issue is, did you take (or crib off of) any of the text from your website/article. If so then we need to do the same thing we did with Talk:Benjamin Champney. For example the paragraph

Beginning in the 1830s, the landscape painters of the Hudson River School "sought to define America and what it was to be an American. Artists of that time saw themselves as scientists making documents that expressed Christian truths and democratic ideals" (Keyes 1996:91).
 * Seems to be taken from here (which is not the same as the first site the text was taken from). Which you wrote. You need to be sure that you own the rights to that text (sometimes writers forfeit the rights to ther text, I have talked to writers before who didn't realize this) and then we should add a template (like that on the other article) saying that you have relicensed that part of the text from that site into the GFDL. This is to insure that no one else comes by and says that you stole it (or for the publication to come by and say you stole it). As to the naming of the company article, yeah naiming things like that is hard. The official policy concerning page names is at Naming conventions. I don't believe we have a standard for company names. It's best to use whatever is most common (or else whatever the official name is: is the company called  Data General in tax forms?). Both are fine though (as long as Redirects are available for the alternate names).  We had a similar debate at the Google article (it was previously called Google Inc.). It seems someone else has already answered your other question at the help desk.  Broken S 20:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

You could upload all the pictures you want to talk about to the commons (commons:Main Page) and then use internal links to them. That way we avoid making external links (which look ugly), but let them see the article if they want to. For more information about the commons see Wikimedia Commons. On commons you could make a page just full of pictures and paintings and link to it at the end of the article (for example see commons:Leonardo da Vinci). I agree that showing them all would get crowded. Just show the best examples (your discretion) and link the others (preferably at the commons, but external links work too). Broken S 04:06, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Artcyclopedia
I have mixed feelings about Artcyclopedia. What I like about it is that it provides direct links to specific examples of an artist's work in online museum collections. So, if I want to see a comprehensive selection of John Kensett's work in museums, the direct links are all there. It's much more efficient than searching on Google (though I see they have some broken links). Their list of available American artists is sufficient, but not great. What's not nice about Artcyclopedia is the commercialism, as you mention. I've never added it as a link to any Wikipedia articles myself--I'd rather see the best images right in the article, or have direct links to the best museum images in the article, rather than linking to a bunch of links. --Worldofdew 00:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Exceptional newcomer award
For your great contributions to Wikipedia, I award you the The_Exceptional_Newcomer_Award. Broken S 02:55, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Deletion of pages
To get any page deleted (including user pages) add. You can type templates or any syntax in a way so that it does not expand (you don't need to write "bracket") if you use the  tags. You can get them by clicking the picture of a W with a cross on top of it (above the edit box). Broken S 21:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * By the way, the reason you were confused was that the person who gave you the advice used a template to avoid using the nowiki tags. The Template:tlp helps autoformat templates when discussing them. You should have copied the plaintext (not the wikicode). Broken S 21:48, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Spaces
You can't have spaces in html code (as far as I know) so instead we use underscores. For example World_War_II = World War II (look at the code to see what I changed). The underscores however shouldn't be visible in the file name at the top of the page (it should appear as spaces, if not show me what image you are talking about). Sorry it's one of those annoying limitations in the software. Broken S 23:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You can learn about gallery tags here and here. I don't think you can get more pictures across, it's pretty automatic. By the way if you want to include tags in your messages use the nowiki tags I described above (or it'll get messed up like it was). I don't know if you are aware of this, but you can link to pictures without displaying them by including a colon ":" in front of the word image. This way you can discuss an image and link to it without displaying it (if you are having space issues). Cheers! Broken S 01:37, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Confirmation
All right, I tagged it for you. Thanks for checking on that. Broken S 00:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * forwarding the email would help. Broken S 00:30, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes I got it. Sorry I forgot to check my email. Thanks. Broken S 16:57, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Copyrights
If the image was taken before 1900 and no major (copyrighatble) revisions of it were made since, then you can probably assume it has entered the public domain because it is so old. I would upload it and write everything you have told me and add. The only thing I'm not sure of is whether the "CURTEICHCOLOR REPRODUCTION FROM KODACHROME ORIGINAL" changes are enough to get a new copyright. Is the picture in color (did they colorize it)? This nifty table, says that works published before 1923 are in the public domain. Broken S 00:14, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
The way to defeat vandals is detailed at Vandalism. First use the warning templates, , ... . If they continue to vandalize, report them to WP:AIV, where an admin will block them. You could also report them to WP:VIP. To remove vandalism follow the instructions on Revert. Remember not all bad edits are vandalism, some are user tests ("Can I really edit this webstie?") or ignorance about our policies. Broken S 15:45, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * if the vandalism is very atrocious you can skip those steps and just alert an admin or immediately list on WP:AIV. Broken S 15:47, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * In response to your question on my talk page, I just happened to notice an anon user edit in the "Recent Changes" page. As far as I know, the best way to deal vandalism is to keep your eyes open and when you see it, fix it as quickly as possible. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 03:43, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Stub categories
...are listed at WP:WSS/ST. Cheers! -GTBacchus(talk) 20:27, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Picture
No, no e-mail needed. You're trustworthy. Broken S 00:26, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Images
Yes, it's nice to see someone else around here who is interested in 19th century American art...it's been a backwater of Wikipedia. As for images, I agree that the images don't look good stacked one on top of the other, all on one side. Frankly I think one of the best examples of how to use them that I've seen is your White Mountain art article. I like how the images are interspersed, some on the left and some on the right, and that they relate to the adjacent text. My personal opinion is that galleries work best if you have more than three images in them; I think they also risk interrupting the flow of an article if they're put in the middle—I like text that wraps around images, but that's just me. The Bierstadt article makes it difficult to wrap text because it's not very long. I don't feel too strongly about it though; I just write, and leave the images to others :) --Worldofdew 01:55, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

When is a stub not a stub?
Have you checked out Stub? Under the heading "Essential information" there are some guidelines about when an article is considered a stub or not. It's basically a judgement call, which you're welcome to make anytime: when you feel that it's no longer a stub, you're probably right. I hope that helps. -GTBacchus(talk) 00:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Commons cat
You can't put White Mountain art in that category because they are in different projects. You could create an article commons:White Mountain art and put pictures and captions there (like we have a page commons:Africa and a category commons:category:Africa). That isn't necessary though. Broken S 17:08, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Article review
Alright, I just finished looking at Bob Gibson (musician). It's pritty good. I have just a few issues. I'll take a look at the second article soon. Broken S 14:40, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The picture says that it is PD because there was no copyright statement. Despite the popular belief one must no mark things as copyright for them to be copyrighted. Things are assumed to be copyrighted. Is there some special reason you think it is in the public domain?
 * That article is too long to be a stub. Stubs are 1 or 2 or 3 paragraphs. Not 6+. Stubs are just critically short articles that need attention.
 * Your writing style is more flashy than most articles here, but I'm not sure if that is a bad thing (people are always complaining about Wikipedia's writing style). It could stand some toning down.
 * It'd be nice if you'd put the ISBN of the book reference you used after the reference. Wikipedia automatically wikifies ISBN numbers (eg ISBN 666666666)
 * It could use some more external links.
 * As you know, I know nothing about this man and I can't comment on the content or accuracy of the article.
 * After looking over Mount Chocorua (New Hampshire) my only question is why it isn't named just Mount Chocorua since it doesn't seem there is another Mount Chocorua with an article to conflict with it. Broken S 02:22, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Anyone could move it. I didn't/haven't because I don't know if the move should be done. If there are no other mountains with the same name it should certainly be moved. If there are others (they just don't have articles), a disambig page may be in order (with red links for the others). Broken S 23:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Tennis
No, you shouldn't be using a template to keep the content identical. The Tennis article should be using summary style (summarize the scoring article). The content doesn't need to be word for word the same (and shouldn't be because then the tennis article would be needlessly long). Does that answer your question? Broken S 21:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Besdies adding " ~ "? That's what I always do. Broken S 01:56, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know of any special method. I'd just login, erase the IP and replace it with your sig (or make a comment below yours saying "that's me"). Broken S 20:38, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Am I glad you're around to help edit the Tennis articles. :) Noelle De Guzman 13:16, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Bcyoung.jpg
You changed the Public Domain tag to PD-Old on this image. This is a minor point, but Benjamin Champney died in 1907 (99 years ago). The photograph came from his book, published in 1900. Since the photograph was of Champney as a young man, we can presume that the photographer has been dead for 100 years, but we can't be certain. It seems this is a very gray area. In the US, the image is clearly in the Public Domain. Shouldn't the tag remain just PD? I'm just trying to understand what tags are appropriate. JJ 17:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't realize it was such a close call, I have changed the tag to now. The generic  tag is deprecated, so that's why I am not using it. People have decided it's better to use more specific tags for PD images. they are actually listed on the Template:PD if you wanted to look at them. Does that new tag seem right to you? If not feel free to change it and/or let me know whatever you want :D  - cohesion &#9733; talk 22:11, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Josh White
Yes, I agree with you about this. I don't know enough about Josh White, in fact (though his son has a website that discusses him), but I think the onus is on the editor who added the text just a day or two ago. S/he doesn't seem to have responded yet. Badagnani 23:27, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Winipesaukee links
External links are the biggest pain in the ass in wikipedia. Now that the site is so popular, everybody comes flocking here seeking traffic, and balancing between spam/commercial crap and useful/informative sites can be tricky. - DavidWBrooks 22:40, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

GA
Sorry, I do occasionally take some time off wikipedia to sleep. I added GA. Although I'm not convinced the present formatting is the best at least it shows the images are utilized in the article. savidan(talk) (e@) 01:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Right, as I said on the talk page I'm fine if you change it back to whatever seems best to you and the main content contributors to that article. The real problem is that high image to text content ratio of that article. Ideally, there should be more text to disperse the images in, thus eliminating the need for a photo gallery. You might consider moving some of the images to Wikisource, as an alternative to a photo gallery. I don't actually have that much experience with articles relating to art, so please don't feel the need to take my suggestion. It was just that: a suggestion. savidan(talk) (e@) 20:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Pillow fight
see response NTK 21:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Users in Center Harbor
Don't know if you're interested or not, but I've created a "User Box" for people in Center Harbor. You can see it at User:SatyrTN/Userbox/CenterHarbor and/or add it to your page by putting on your home page. See Userboxes for more info.

Thanks! -- SatyrTN 04:37, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Gerry
JJ, I linked to The Old Man of the Mountain because of Gerry's painting of this view, of which he is known to have made several copies in different sizes. The best known and largest, to my knowledge, is the one said to be in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. You might know of others. Thanks for your note, and let me know if I'm wrong on this score. Regards Jack Bethune 12:40, 14 September 2006 (UTC)


 * John, yes, I will offer some published references to the Gerry view I mentioned, but it will have to wait until I return home. Am typing this on a hotel computer a continent away from my home, but should be back in touch soon after 9/20. Regards, Jack Bethune 00:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Regarding the question you raised on my Talk page: I am a long-time admirer, student, and occasional collector of American art, with particular interest in the Hudson River and White Mountain Schools, as well as in American Impressionism. As for Gerry, I know of no image of him. How he managed to escape being recorded is not only puzzling but also amazing. With best wishes  Jack Bethune 18:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Kensett
Thank you for your message; I appreciate your contacting me. I strongly believe that in articles about art or artists, readers need to see plenty of their work and without having to jump to another page. The work itself is generally the most important thing about the subject of the article, and nothing in writing can replace what's lost if the reader doesn't see the art work. You mention (I think) two competing values: good layout and (if I'm interpreting you right) perhaps overburdening the reader with lesser works. As to the first, I personally don't even mind crowding a page with pictures because I think they keep the reader interested and pull the reader further into the article, even when they crowd the layout, but I realize I'm in a minority on that. As to the second, I think if a picture is down further in the page, adding it to the article can't hurt the article. I think the Noroton picture (the pine tree and rock) is beautiful online, particularly when you see it enlarged, and the other picture with the frame in it (I think that's the Darien shore picture you're referring to), while not the best as a picture, has a lot of merit to it. If we could get better Kensett pictures, I'd agree to replace these.

But I think I have a better solution: Plenty of art-related articles here have "galleries" with pictures at the bottom. With galleries, the pictures don't disrupt any layout, and the galleries are at (or near) the bottom of the page. This gives you your layout and me my inclusion of pictures. I don't know how to create galleries, but I can learn. What do you think? One other thing I do like that you may also are somewhat larger versions of the pictures than we have right now on the page. I think that gives casual readers a better chance to see how beautiful the pictures are and keeps them more interested. If there are fewer pictures butting up against the text, perhaps they could be a bit larger. Noroton 16:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I just learned how to do it by copying what was done at the Jan Vermeer article. If you like this, just copy and paste it to the Kensett page and remove the other versions of the pictures. This isn't my ideal (I'd like bigger pictures), but I think it meets your goals and mine:

Noroton 17:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

another comment
John,

Was that you who just messaged me? If so, you weren't signed in. I took a look at Kensett work online through a Google Images search (I searched for "John Kensett" but then just "Kensett" which was better. Here's a link to that second search (1,700 results! But not all are the painter):

[Kensett]

If you think it's a good idea, the gallery could be expanded, and either you could upload the pictures or I could help. I don't mind whether or not the Darien picture with the frame stays or goes, although I think the Noroton rock picture looks good. My original interest in Kensett was the fact that he used to live near where I live and I could use some of his pictures to illustrate the Darien, Connecticut article. Noroton 20:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

response
I already cut the caption in the gallery box, above. I see nothing wrong with a longer caption to give more information to a reader, although they generally are better with a larger picture. I think the information you use for the captions is fine in this case, so long as the information is on the picture's image page (and it is).Noroton 20:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, cut the Darien painting then. I'd like to put a gallery at the bottom, though. What do you think of that idea? Would you want to upload some images to it (I'd be happy to do that work myself)? If not, would you have suggestions as to what paintings would best go into it? I'm thinking at least six works. Noroton 20:45, 8 December 2006

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White Mountain Art
Sure - I'll be glad to add a credit to the picture - sorry about that. -- Sturgeonman 00:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Tennis scoring
Thanks for the reference on the gunning stuff. It's interesting, but if you look at pages 10 and 11 of The Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (the 1980 edition, more or less), they have a long article about how the scoring system came directly from the old Court Tennis scoring, which had been using 15-30 etc. since the 15th century. Since Court Tennis was still being played at Hampton Court (and still is, for that matter) by the same types of upper-class people who began playing lawn tennis, it's gonna be a hard sell to say that there is any other origin for the scoring. It might be worth a footnote, however, to say that the LTA offers an alternative theory, which is such-and-such. I don't think Wiki ought to go on record, however, as saying this is anything but an alternative one. And I gotta say, then in my 51 years of hanging around the tennis world, and studying it up to point, I've never heard of this before. But it's still interesting. Best for the New Year! Hayford Peirce 16:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I got you confused with someone who emailed me a couple of days ago with more nonsense about the gunning stuff. When I replied above I was in a hurry and still thinking of that.  Your LTA link, obviously, is just saying what earlier editors have written from time to time, that the system might come from the times of the clock.  I see no reason why this can't be put in the article, along with some caveats such as "one theory is that etc."  And as I said above, even the gunning stuff could probably be footnoted. Hayford Peirce 17:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems perfect to me what you wrote; now we'll see if the "gunner" theorist ever comes back.... Hayford Peirce 00:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Your opinion, please
John, take a look at the "List of artists (yet again)" discussion recently added to the Hudson River School talk page. Two subjects for consideration: (1) What standards should be used to manage/limit this list? and (2) Based on those standards, Robert Weir -- in or out? Thanks, Jack Bethune (talk) 17:36, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Robert Weir
John, thanks for voicing your opinion about whether this marginal figure belongs on the list of greats of the HRS. It's clearly evident that he does not, despite the contorted logic and special pleading demonstrated by some WP contributors. Weir's presence on the list is not a big deal, but it does indicate that WP is still subject to drive-by edits by cruising diletantes who crave WP turf more than WP integrity. Fortunately, WP now has a List article to park minor artists like Weir who don't belong on the "selected list" of HRS masters. If you wish to take further action regarding Weir's deletion, however, you will have my support. Jack Bethune (talk) 11:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I thoroughly agree that the "List" page is the only proper place for this marginal HRS artist. As I also pointed out, that's because Weir fails to meet more than one or two of the five important criteria for admission to the "Selected" list. Let's all ensure that only important HRS artists are included in the article's Selected list. That will mean quickly and firmly reverting all unqualified artists like Robert Weir who occasionally will be mistakenly added to the Selected list. Jack Bethune (talk) 23:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * John, you're probably right that any effort to clean up the Selected list will be resisted by those who want to treat it as an all-inclusive roster of HRS artists, both major and minor. For some reason, the word "Selected" does not register with editors as an activity involving screening or discrimination, typically involving some identifiable standards, so the whole point of originally challenging Weir's presence on the Selected list seems to have been lost, at least so far. Even the recent comments by your WMS co-author, who did much to bolster Weir's qualifications for membership in the HRS, somehow managed to avoid the question whether Weir is important or representative enough to belong on a short "Selected" list in the main article presumably aimed at highlighting the most famous and academically accepted HRS artists of all time. We should remember that the discussions to date have involved two separate issues: (1) Weir's place and membership in the HRS, which have been adequatly resolved in his favor. And (2), Weir's presence on a "Selected" list of HRS artists, which does not appear to be supported by any definitive published source to date, notwithstanding obscure 60-year-old museum catalogs reproducing Weir's one or two examples of noteworthy HRS art. Everyone but you and I has chosen to ignore issue #2, which deals with the clear meaning and implications of "Selected," ignoring its essential requirements for noteworthiness and importance. As a consequence, I suppose it would be better to retire from this discussion and spend our time on more productive pursuits. Agree? Jack Bethune (talk) 20:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Anyone following the history of the HRS page will note that a furious effort was mounted by one editor to have Robert Weir added to what was then labeled a "Selected list of Hudson River School artists." Initially, that editor was unable to cobble up any decent published references to establish Weir's qualifications for membership in the HRS, let alone his prominence in it. After others provided the sought-for references, thereby formally establishing Weir's marginal membership in the HRS, the editor demanding Weir's inclusion was so grateful that he/she added them like footnote-jewels next to Weir's name on the Selected list. All that effort, of course, could not erase the embarrassing fact that Weir is nowhere considered a prominent HRS artist (even his most ardent fan-editor admitted Weir was a "minor" figure). So, to remove this embarrassing impediment to Weir's place on a "Selected" list, the same relentless editor insisted on removing the restrictive word "Selected" from the list's heading. Now, thanks to that editor's ludicrously illogical maneuvers, there is NO restriction whatsoever against any HRS artist's name -- however marginal or unimportant -- being freely added to the currently shapeless and formless list without standards that now occupies an important place in the main article. Life is too short to waste time battling egotistical and incompetent editors, so the HRS page and its embedded list have lost their interest for me.   Jack Bethune (talk) 12:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

White Mountain Art
Yes, you should add footnotes to the article and then resubmit it for GA status at Good article nominations. It looks like some great work which is only being held back by the lack of in-line citations (I believe the standards have changed since last February). I don't think I'll be able to help you with the actual citations themselves, though, as this is a topic signficantly out of my area of expertise. Cheers, Savidan 19:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure thing, the more footnotes the better. I'm no longer qualified to review GAs (because I've been away from that project since their standards began to increase) but I would definitely say that there's no such thing as too many footnotes. I didn't see any other major problems. Savidan 00:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

White Mountain Art (reply re: list)
John, the addition of a "selected" list of artists is always a good one for any WP article on important schools of art. How it's labeled is a matter of judgment, but in this case I'd seriously consider labeling it "Notable White Mountain artists." WP has some guidelines regarding "notability," which should help you police the list. I wish the HRS list had been labeled "notable" as well. Would have cleared up the intent of the list better than "selected." By the way, your work on White Mountain art and artists is truly outstanding, and a superb addition to Wikipedia. Best regards, Jack Bethune (talk) 23:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

White Mountain art (GA review)
John, would be glad to contribute a review and to recommend GA status for your fine work. Not sure about the GA review procedure yet, but will read up on it and get busy soon. I agree that FA status is the next logical step and will help any way I can. Best, Jack Bethune (talk) 19:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

White Mountain art (Wikilinking)
John, congratulations on producing such a fine article. It was a pleasure to review it and recommend it for GA status. I think the minor items needing touchup are now in good shape, and other WP editors are invited to offer their ideas for any further improvement. As for Wikilinking, the WP guidelines suggest that duplicate links to the same name or subject can be made, for example, if appearing far apart in separate sections of text. Therefore, linking first references can be supplemented by linking within later sections, for example, embedded lists or photo captions. The standard practice seems to be to avoid duplicate links within narrow text areas (e.g., same paragraph), but freely add duplicate links when helpful to WP readers who might miss a distant first reference. While not mentioned, as far as I know, adding name links within photo captions is always helpful to WP readers, even when the name is linked elsewhere in the text. Adding birth/death dates will also always be helpful next to first references, but I don't think they would be essential for an embedded list of artists. However, there's no harm in adding them to the listings as well. Again, the WP guideline seems to be, "What's most helpful to readers seeking information?" Hope these thoughts prove helpful. Best wishes, Jack Bethune (talk) 16:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

WM art GA
John, the latest GA review provides numerous items that would add minor improvements to your article, and I'm glad to see that you have begun adding them. My comments disputing some suggestions should not prevent you from implementing some of them as well, insofar as you may agree with them. There are, however, several suggestions that you will want to resist for the good of the article and the sake of WP readers, and it appears you have already drawn attention to these items in your latest comments/additions to the article. I completely agree with your positions in each case and will add my support in arguing for their preservation. I believe that your latest reviewer has only the best intentions, and that the GA process (even if taken to the dispute/review stage) will ultimately prove beneficial to the article in the end. Everyone involved wants to encourage as many GAs in WP as possible, and I assume good faith behind the actions/words of everyone involved thus far. Your recent efforts to comply with all reasonable suggestions are admirable and exactly the thing needed. On the few unreasonable or misguided suggestions, your stance is also the correct one, and for the reasons given: What is the best approach for achieving WP's purpose, and what presentation offers WP readers the best educational and editorial solutions? Fortunately, WP is also cognizant of those important questions, and its style and content guidelines make many nuanced provisions for their flexible implementation. In the end, I predict that intelligent discourse and reasonable solutions will prevail over any serious editorial dispute that may exist now. Excelsior! Jack Bethune (talk) 11:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Just to let you know that I replied (at some length - I am not known for my conciseness!) on my talk page. All the best - Geometry guy 15:57, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Suggested edits to References and Further Reading
John, have offered what I hope are helpful edits to these reference/reading sections, and not unwittingly burdened you with the need to revert unwelcome errors. I used published references as well as online bibliography sites in making these suggestions, so I apologize in advance if they conflict with your citation experience or first-hand published evidence. I'm encouraged by the rapid pace of progress in clearing GA hurdles thus far, so please pour on the coals and go for the finish. Jack Bethune (talk) 22:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Take a look at your footnote no. 2, which refers the reader to Consuming Views, pp. 46-47. That reference to pp. 46-47 works perfectly with my hard-bound copy of Consuming Views, which appears to have been published at "Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2006." Does the reference to pp. 46-47 work equally well with the origin you cite, Historical New Hampshire, Volume 60, Nos. 1 & 2, 2006? Just wondering if "pp. 46-47" applies equally well to what appears to be two different editions. My mistake again?  Thanks,   Jack Bethune (talk) 20:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, have touched up footnotes. Added quotes for cited article titles, corrected typo in book publication date for Keyes. Look OK? Jack Bethune (talk) 01:43, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

John, I got your note and have replied at the article talk page with some suggestions. As Moni probably could have predicted, I wasn't able to restrain myself from leaping in to edit the references despite your comment that you weren't requesting I do so :) I hope my comments are helpful; I've watchlisted the article so I'll see any responses there. Maralia (talk) 17:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Charles Henry Turner (painter)
Hi there, I don't think that "notable" has a very objective basis, but in my opinion he is quite "notable". Is his inclusion here a mistake? ciao Rotational (talk) 09:29, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi there again, I don't think that "large body of work" is a good criterion of "notability" - I started an article on him, which means that I feel he's sufficiently well-known to merit a WP page. No, I don't know any of his White Mountain paintings, but you say that you know of some, so that the question is really irrelevant. Finally, I think that you are perfectly entitled to control your personal White Mountain website, but WP policy encourages participation by multiple editors and strongly discourages ownership. ciao Rotational (talk) 13:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Thakinthakin
John, the recent edit by this editor was mistaken, so I've corrected the unfounded assertion that your web site on White Mountain Art has a commercial purpose. Thakinthakin appears unaware that your educational site was scrutinized by a number of WP editors evaluating your article for GA status. Unsurprisingly, their decision was to declare it a valuable link for WP readers wanting to learn more about White Mountain Art. Jack Bethune (talk) 21:13, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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Bierstadt - Mt. Lafayette
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White Mountain art - vandalism
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