User talk:Steven Haas

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Happy editing! Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 02:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

On the George Platt Lynes article
Hi Steven Haas! Since you are new to Wikipedia, I thought I would make you aware of a couple of things.
 * We use the WP:COMMONNAME: as the article name is Kinsey Institute, not "The" Kinsey Institute, I changed it back to the lower case "the".
 * I changed Lynes' to Lynes's as per https://libanswers.unco.edu/faq/164099 & https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives

I noticed that this has been the only article that you have edited at this time. Thank you for correcting when the Kinsey Institute received their portion of his work! I also am very interested in George Platt Lynes as a result of seeing Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes (2023). If you are interested, there is a "to do" list around existing articles & articles to be created at Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/LGBT films from SIFF 2023 edit-a-thon/Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes.

I hope to make a visit to the Kinsey Institute & to learn more about their archive on George Platt Lynes when I am in Indiana for WikiConference North America (WCNA) this October. Peaceray (talk) 17:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello Classicwiki,
 * Many thanks for your thoughtful oversight. When I was in Bloomington, Indiana researching my book (George Platt Lynes: The Male Nudes, Rizzoli, 2011), The Kinsey Institute made a specific point of telling me that I was to refer to the institution in print as The Kinsey Institute (with a capital T).
 * As for possessives: "Lynes's" vs "Lynes'", I have no specific preference at all. I made the edit because there was inconsistency in the Wikipedia text.
 * I have edited this article simply because there were a number of factual errors. Recently, I have been seeing those errors popping up in texts and in reference articles about George Platt Lynes: I wanted to correct the record.
 * I don't have plans to edit other Wikapedia entries, but I thank you for your referral to the "to do" of articles linked to the film, Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes.
 * I'm sure your visit to Bloomington, Indiana will be rewarding.
 * Best regards,
 * Steven Haas
 * The George Platt Lynes Foundation, Director 2603:7000:2800:1338:8182:1F:8314:5D1C (talk) 21:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Steven Haas,
 * As per including The in a name, Wikipedia guidelines, specifically WP:THE, generally take precedence over personal or corporate preference. I would also note that despite what the Kinsey Institute may have told you, the Institute did not include "The" as part of their text in their logo.
 * On a personal note, I am sorry I did not get a chance to visit your foundation when I was briefly in NYC last November. I have been very inspired by the documentary since seeing it at seeing it at SIFF & have even donated towards its completion. I also have purchased several art books of Lynes's photography (Ballet, Portraits 1927–1966, & the Kinsey Institute/Crump & Leddick books) as well as Ellenzweig's biography & Leddick's Intimate Companions. Unfortunately your George Platt Lynes: The Male Nudes remains out of my price range for the moment.
 * Two more things to mention:
 * Please remember to log in.
 * Since you have a close interest to the George Platt Lynes article, then you should probably review the Conflict of interest & disclose your connection before another editor comes along to ding you (see Uw-coi).
 * Peaceray (talk) 18:31, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
 * BTW, you were replying to my comments, not Classicwiki's welcome. Peaceray (talk) 18:33, 13 June 2024 (UTC)