User talk:Pinckney2007

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Thanks! It's been a very long while since I've edited in Wikipedia, so I'm a bit out of the habit. I am concerned that a number of direct quotations need quotations in the Sarah Stein article, as much is derived from Women and the Making of the Modern House by Alice Friedman. Friednman, in turn, states some blunt characterizations sourcing Harriet Levy, a contemporary of the Steins and a person who was on the outs with the Steins by the time of her writing. Given such circumstances the material that is derived from Levin should be leavened with non-involved researchers. I've got several of the source books but not the time right now.

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Gertrude Stein
Sorry I did not get back to you sooner Looks impressive. Be sure to discuss with the other editors on the talk page. Cheers, :) Dloh cierekim  03:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Pinckney2007 11:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC)Pinckney2007

Thanks, Dlohcierekim-

When you say discuss with the other editors, do you mean in my own talk section, or in the discussion section that's related to the entry I've been working with? I'm guessing you mean the discussion section that's part of the Gertrude Stein entry. I'll post some observations there.
 * Yes, I could have been clearer. Talk:Gertrude_Stein is what I meant. Cheers, :) Dloh cierekim  13:17, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Harriet Lane Levy, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template   to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.  User  Doe ☻T☼C 17:10, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I Have removed the SD tag from the article. See the article's discussion.  User  Doe ☻T☼C 17:31, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, much. I'll follow the guidance on the new templates, but it may take me an extra day, because won't be able to get access to the Levy autobiography until the libraries open on Friday.

Best regards,

Pinckney2007 (talk) 17:33, 22 November 2007 (UTC)Pinckney2007

Sarah Stein
I'd like to write a biography for Sarah Stein, wife of Michael Stein, and sister-in-law of Gertrude and Leo Stein. It is difficult to find biographical information about her, but she was a substantial collector of Henri Matisse's artwork, and paintings from her original collection hang in museums world wide. She also was an instigator, with Hans Purrmann, of the Matisse art school in Paris in the early 1900's. Her life has drama and pathos, and she has a story that should be told.

Matisse's American Patrons, Time Magazine, March 30, 1962

Help:Archiving a talk page
Please see Help:Archiving a talk page before archiving your next talk page. Per that page I created Talk:Gertrude Stein/Archive 1 and a link to that page on Talk:Gertrude Stein in the form of a box (template) at the top:. That's about all you have to do in the future. Thanks for your work on the article. Hyacinth (talk) 23:47, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
Happy to adopt. I have had a quick look at both articles. Two things, firstly on copyright. Things are pretty strict here about copyright, if in doubt it doesn't get used. you need to prove PD or the copyright holder has given permission. Secondly the Innocents Abroad has some excellent references and research however there is little textual content. Try looking at WP:NOVSTY for guidance on the kind of things to include, even if not all of it applies. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  09:04, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

It is not the thing to point to other locations in quite this way. Write in your own words based on research in other place and place in-line citations with the text to attribute the ideas. If there is related information on another site point to these in an "external links" section. Wikipedia is not a link farm. Look at other articles and take more of your lead from them. You need to do some of this quite quickly or you work ristks being removed complete by other editors. And don't forget to post to talk pages signing your entry with a final ~ four tildas :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  15:37, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Also worth noting that there is little value in giving chapter headings. It is an overview of the plot that is of some interest and also the "out of universe" information such as background to the writing, critical reception, adaptations, popularity, etc. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  16:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Richard Banks (artist)
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Sarah Stein
Just to let you know, someone created the Sarah Stein article; it's very short, and could use the work you've already done on your userpage. I've told the person who created it to contact you, because two people working on an article is always better than one (now if only I could get someone to help me out on the Zoya Phan article...). If you're wondering how I came across you, when the Sarah Stein article was created, I ran a Google search, and the first hit was your userpage. Thought you might be interested. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 03:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

thanks!
Thanks for letting me know about the Sarah Stein article. I've been out of touch with wiki, so I'm probably not doing this response quite right. I would say that I think the most significant thing that happened to Sarah Stein was the theft of her Matisse paintings from the Gurlitt Gallery in Berlin on the eve of WWI. The paintings that she lent to to the show, at the Gurlitt now mostly are in the Statens Museum, after having been in some a Dutch warehouse I think. It's a rich story. There are some leads though. Jack Flan has studied this. Also, the first director of the New York Museum of Modern Art has a list of the paintings that were lost, in the back of his major catalogue of Matisse's work. J. Alfred Barr.

I see that someone put up a Gurlitt entry and he seems to have made a business out of purloining paintings.

Anyhow, on my home page, I link an article about how Sarah sort of lost her will to do much of anything after those paintings were stolen. Matisse felt a deep grief, and he painted two portraits, one of Sarah and one of Michael (Sarah's husband) to try to fill the void.

Pinckney2007 (talk) 06:56, 22 January 2011 (UTC)Pinckney2007

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