User talk:Sparkit

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Dali DiscoveryOfAmerica.jpg)
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Template loop
You have a template loop on User:Sparkit/sandbox/templates2. This is indeed not a big problem, but since it is only a sandbox and the article Roman Vishniac exists allready (and is even a featured article), perhaps you don't need it any more? Debresser (talk) 18:43, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

File:RGB CMYK 4.jpg
I don't understand your image at File:RGB CMYK 4.jpg and have made my position clear at File talk:RGB CMYK 4.jpg. I intend to nominate this image to WP:FFD but first I wanted to ask your opinion about what this image is trying to show and why it should be kept. How is this image a fair comparison? What is it trying to show? Since both sides of the image can be displayed on an RGB device (my monitor), or on a CMYK device (a printer), on what basis do you label the left side "RGB" and the right side "CMYK"? rhebus (talk) 16:29, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oops, I see it's hosted at commons, not wikipedia, and so WP:FFD wouldn't make any sense at all anyway. I note however that over at, a very similar comment has been made. I'm not about to go nominating it for removal from commons, since I don't understand commons at all; but if you want it to be referenced from wikipedia again, I'd like to hear a rationale explaining the image. rhebus (talk) 16:33, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The image demonstrates the difference between the RGB and CMYK color gamuts. The CMYK color gamut is much smaller than the RGB color gamut, thus the CMYK colors look muted. If you were to print the image on a CMYK device (an offset press or maybe even a ink jet printer) the two sides would likely look much more similar, since the combination of cyan, yellow, magenta and black cannot reproduce the range (gamut) of color that a computer monitor displays.


 * This is a constant issue for those who work in print production. Clients produce bright and colorful images on their computers and are disappointed to see them look muted in print. (An exception is photo processing. In photo processing, like snapshots or 8x10 glossies, most of the RGB gamut is reproduced.)

--sparkit TALK 02:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

(Let's keep the discussion on this talkpage rather than duplicating it; I have it on my watchlist. If you like, you can buzz my talk page and say "I've replied").

There's no description of the size of the CMYK gamut on the CMYK page. Different resources seem to indicate different things. RGB #ff0000 corresponds to CMYK #00ffff00 according to this; but this seems to support your view. It seems to me that both RGB and CMYK are not absolute color spaces but are dependent on the particular technology used to produce them; there is no absolute gamut comparison possible as a result. Your mention of the difference between photo and ordinary printing only reinforces this point -- with good inks and paper, CMYK has a larger gamut. In which case, your image is not a comparison of colour spaces but of reproduction technologies. Such a discussion would be an interesting and relevant addition to the CMYK page. rhebus (talk) 11:53, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I have opened a debate at Talk:CMYK color model if you want to contribute. rhebus (talk) 16:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Silk Route Museum
I am a new editor. Can you help me with the "Silk Route Museum" article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChinaUpdater (talk • contribs) 16:51, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll sure try. What would you like help with? --sparkit TALK 19:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Template use - infobox:Painter
Hello Sparkit,

I noticed that you put some effort into creation of templates to organize knowledge, e.g. on painters. Of course it always takes some time until a template is being accepted and used by the majority of authors.

At the moment the immediate benefit for the author is a "nice box" in the article and the creation of some links to proper categories. Maybe more can be done!

I wrote (improved) a Mediawiki extension called DynamicPageList (DPL) which is able to create arbitrary reports of wiki pages. Reports can contain content from template invocations (See http://semeb.com/dpldemo for a demonstration). Using DPL one could build reports which contain name and style of painters, their birth date, a typical painting or whatsoever. A variety of selection criteria can be applied and output tables are sortable (if designed so by the author of the report). Writing a DPL report is not more complicated than advanced use of wiki templates.

I can think of many useful applications of DPL but as I am mainly a technician, not an author, I would like to collect a view opinions of experienced people on that idea.

DPL is powerful but it may also consume a lot of resources if used carelessly. I would be willing to discuss this issue (and ways how to restrict the use of DPL) with 'tech people' - but only if there is interest from the users' side.

Algorithmix (talk) 14:21, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Vincent van Gogh PR
You were part of the group of editors who contributed over 500 edits to the WP:GAR of Vincent van Gogh. There was talk page discussion of nominating his article for WP:FAC, but I think WP:PR is a better next step. Please watch and assist at Peer review/Vincent van Gogh/archive2. Hopefully, then we can pursue a WP:FA.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 23:16, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Caravaggio
I have conducted a GA Sweeps reassessment of this article and found a large number of concerns which can be see ay Talk:Caravaggio/GA1. The article has been de-listed, but can be brought back to WP:GAN when these have been addressed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Ambox design appropriated!
You may be amused by this thread: Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes That's all :) -- Quiddity (talk) 20:57, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:VanGogh-Irises 1.jpg
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We're recruiting art lovers!

 * spam --sparkit TALK 04:16, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Invitation for comment
As the subject seems to be of your interest, and you are an experienced editor, you are invited to this, as yet, non-consensual and critical talk. Excalibursword (talk) 17:32, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Dreier duchamp.jpg)
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Capitalisation of art movements
Hi Sparkit, I hope you don't mind my adding more capitalisation comparisons to your page here. I'm gathering evidence as there's a discussion about the subject here. Ham II (talk) 17:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

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Category:Artists by culture has been nominated for merging
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Speedy deletion nomination of Romantic art
Hello Sparkit,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Romantic art for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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