Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Diego Velázquez/archive1

Diego Velázquez
A self-nomination. Your comments are appreciated. --DanielNuyu 04:40, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. A quick POV-check might be good, because the prose tends to be slightly passionate at times. Otherwise, good job. Phils 16:46, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. Generally a good article, well-written if perhaps a trifle hagiographic. My main issue, however, is with the lead section. Its first paragraph really only mentions him as a portraitist; while this is important to mention, it neglects his work in other forms of painting. The second paragraph is just poorly written. Read literally, it would have you believe that later artists tried to learn from Velázquez's fame and importance, rather than from his artistic style. --Michael Snow 17:55, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Michael: A good point. See the lead as edited now. --DanielNuyu 21:08, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Reasonable, objection withdrawn. --Michael Snow 21:25, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. \m/ --Protokurios 21:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Nice work. Want to do El Greco and Goya next? I can't really see any overly positive POV comments that aren't supported by his reputation and the views of him by others. Is there an image of the portrait of Phillip IV (not on horseback) available? Seems like that is needed for the 'Madrid and Philip IV' section. - Taxman 14:01, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Taxman: There are several such portraits, and I happened upon one already uploaded being used in the Habsburg Spain article. I will integrate it here. --DanielNuyu 19:13, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's the one I was thinking of, thanks. Now what about the other Spanish painters? :) - Taxman 20:41, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: It is my understanding that all substantially unaltered digital copies of all of Velazquez's works are in the Public Domain. Given that, shouldn't we have a pretty complete collection of his (and other pre-modern artists') works somewhere on WP?  I think the amount of pictures in the article is appropriate, but I would like to see pictures of all of his works collected in one place.  Something like a Gallery of Velázquez paintings article, which mainly just has pictures (analogous to the current ubiquitous "list of..." articles).  This would be fantastic, and in my opinion would be a great asset to WP as well as a differentiator from other encyclopedias (especially paper ones). - Bryan is Bantman 16:51, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * That does sound like an interesting idea, Bryan. The only concern I would have is, given the fact that Velázquez has been attributed some 274 pieces of art, this page would certainly require more server space than others. I'm not saying it's out of the question; I'd just like to see some kind of administrative comment/consensus before going with it. --DanielNuyu 19:10, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Galleries belong on Wikimedia Commons, and if one is created it could be linked from the article. --Michael Snow 23:42, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Apparently one already exists, which now has been linked. --DanielNuyu 00:46, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: Wikipedia need more authoritative articles just like this. One minor quibble I personally don't like the heading : To the King's court (early period), and would prefer to see Philip IV's name or just Madrid or whatever. A brilliant page. Giano | Talk 09:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Appears now as "To Madrid (early period)". --DanielNuyu 20:26, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Much better thank you Giano | Talk 20:51, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)