User talk:Richard Prince, Jr.

August 2017
Your recent editing history at Howell High School (Howell, Michigan) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Architectural detail
You are certainly entitled to be proud of your work, and I encourage you to write about it in a more appropriate forum, one other than Wikipedia. The design process is too often forgotten, left for other architects to divine through old blueprints. However, for a variety of reasons, Wikipedia requires detailed references from major third-party sources, and personal recollections aren't acceptable. This is an outcome of the open nature of Wikipedia - sourcing must reflect information already published elsewhere by someone unconnected with the event or thing. Did the project get written up in an architectural publication? That would be an excellent source on Wikipedia. Otherwise, you might want to look at Structurae, an excellent resource that focuses on design.  Acroterion   (talk)   14:31, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm so sorry this is apparently the case. This was a very significant building that has been one I've always really loved. We put a lot of work into it and it was a very significant project at the time. Recent renovations have undone a lot of our work and I just feel like it's being forgotten. I suppose I'll find another avenue to share my details. I don't have many years left.


 * I know the feeling, I've been around long enough to see some of my buildings come down or be altered in a way that I regret. One of the first major projects I worked on as a newly-graduated architect is about to come down in Atlanta. I've done a lot of school work on the East Coast and I remember doing many of the things you describe. Please look for a place to write about your experiences, they should not be forgotten. Best wishes,  Acroterion   (talk)   14:41, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, I can appreciate your concern and that you're an actual person and design professional. You know, we designed this these places to outlive us and they very well could have, but nobody appreciates longevity anymore.


 * Some do, at least I hope some of mine will, there are many that I'm proud of. Schools are hazardous territory - they're designed for 50+ years of life, and times and fashions change during that time. I've made a steady living renovating open-plan schools from the 70s now that security and sound control are higher priorities. Libraries are fading away. Energy costs are higher, and few things escape renovation. We can only hope for sensitive renovations.  Acroterion   (talk)   14:58, 13 August 2017 (UTC)


 * And a word of encouragement on Wikipeda - there are very few design professionals here. Wikipedia's coverage of architecture is so-so and coverage of the visual arts is terrible. We do a service to past designers when we improve articles about their work, using the references that we have at hand. I encourage you to help us to honor their work and memories here on Wikipedia. My work hasn't been around enough to be written about yet, but I hope that one day some of it will be, and maybe in 2080 some yet-to-be-born Wikipedian will write about the community library and its architect. That is why you should record what you know in an appropriate forum, where it can be found in the future.  Acroterion   (talk)