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This serves as a warning about edit warring and 3RR on Lotus throne. This appears to be an extension of your actions here. This was also noted at Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Lotus_throne. 71.178.130.61 (talk) 20:05, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- Also the section on it above here. Your behaviour is altogether strange. Johnbod (talk) 20:11, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hi. I am trying to add some information compiled by User:Brianboulton in a sandbox draft that he left; I hope to add it to the existing article for the composer that he was writing about. for some reason, another editor has opened a "Miscellany for Deletion" request to stop my efforts. I am not planning to write to every editor who knew of his work, but only to long-standing editors like yourself. I see that you have been here for over ten years, and are one of the 200 most active Wikipedians. Could you please assist? You are the only editor whom I have written to at this point. I just need some input, from an experienced and knowledgeable editor.
the discussion is at the link below. I have already opened a section on the talk page for this composer, in order to add the information to the existing article. I appreciate any support. thanks.
If you reply here, please ping me. I appreciate your help. thanks. ----Sm8900 (talk) 12:30, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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Now has the star, many thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:29, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Its a bit pricey, but I highly recommend Rachel Moss's c. 400-c. 1600: Art and Architecture of Ireland . Good analysis of both terms and types, and goes into detail on many specific objects. The clarity of writing is up there with Lorne Campbell. Ceoil (talk) 03:36, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Irish Commemorative Stone You removed the reference you perceive as extra , but there is no original reference to look at or click on for "Gallagher". if there is one, please point it out to me.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 19:19, 20 February 2020 (UTC)Looking at the first version of the article the reference was placed after the word "stone"
the erased reference is Gallagher, The Reverend John A. (1936) http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1935-36/Gallagher.html The Irish Emigration of 1847 and Its Canadian Consequences CCHA Report, University of Manitoba Web site. Retrieved February 07, 2011.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 19:28, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome! I have relocated to Colchester. It would be good to see you! Amandajm (talk) 20:03, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
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I am meeting this priest today, and I have to point out how influential his role is within the Diocese; he was equivalent to a 'Second in Command' of the diocese, if you will. His position has advisory to the bishop, and he was given his title 'Monsignor' by the Pope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Manson_(priest)
'By extension, it refers to "inferior" or "lesser prelates", that is priests who have the title and dress of prelates as a personal honorific, i. e. Papal chaplains, prelates of honor (formerly "domestic prelates"), and honorary protonotaries apostolic. All these enjoy the title of "monsignor", which also is used in some nations for bishops and archbishops.'
Hi Johnbod, your contribution to my article is unsubstantiated. It largely doubles informations described in detail in the article. The Votive Panel of Jan Očko of Vlašim was certainly not executed by Theodoric. I have studied Czech gothic art systematicaly in the past several years and the original article in Czech Wikipedia was reviewed by art historian, employed in National Gallery Prague.--NoJin (talk) 19:30, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Was this useful? If so, how? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:50, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
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Encouraged by the collaboration at Sic Bar, I have been thinking how great it would be if a few of us got together and knocked out a new FA as big collaboration. Might you be interested? Giano (talk) 21:24, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I thought I'd let you know that I have now finished the review of Biblioteca Marciana and it has passed. You had a lot of good input into the review process and seem to have helped and provided guidance for our friend Venicescapes quite a bit, so I figured you may want to know that it's GA now, as well. Kind regards, Yakikaki (talk) 20:36, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
Just as I was beginning to feel under-appreciated.......
We seem to be involved in an edit war: I’ve raised the matter here, if you wish to comment. Moonraker12 (talk) 02:40, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
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Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 00:02, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
How are you?
What bad news about having to confine ourselves for a lengthy period!
The High Street is empty! If a herd of wild buffalo rampaged down it, no-one would notice.
Woe to those of us who do not have a garden! The sun comes into my bedroom at 10.00 am and into the bathroom at 4.30.
I hope that you have stocked up on baked beans and salted kippers.
It's times like these that I crave Arnott's Chocolate Montes.
But I am not yet despairing. I have half a bottle of Drambuie under the kitchen sink.... If only I can get the cork out!
Keep Calm and Carry On!
Should the -s also be removed in Category:Visual arts and in its immediate subcategories like Category:Visual arts by subject? Marcocapelle (talk) 06:37, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm relatively new to Wikipedia but not new to researching by any means. I had plans to work on Raphael's The School of Athens page by first adding an image map that links to subjects in the painting of whom art historians are fairly confident. However, as I look through this page, its sources and its talk page, I have some serious concerns, this page is kind of a mess and I'm not really sure what to do about it. You seemed like an experienced and still active art contributor so I thought I'd ask for you help.
The main issue is the "figures" section. This section has an (ugly) graphic with identifications for more than 20 figures. After reading sources online from places like other encyclopedias, Khan Academy, the museum where this painting is, as well as books by art historians, there are truly only around 10 figures that can be identified with certainty. This page is reflecting minority guesses and opinions towards whom some of the figures are and not reflecting the identities of figures of whom is widely accepted by art historians. I am considering splitting the section into two, one with people who are widely accepted identified, and one with people who are guessed.
Another issue is the sources, a lot of which are not reliable, especially the one for a lot the subject's identities are cited from an amataur website that is by no means a reliable source: Here.
I'm really at a loss for what I should do, especially since the edit box has a warning that one should not edit the identifications of the people in the painting without consulting the talk page, a process which seems like it would take forever to go through confirming the figures who are widely accepted. There are plenty of other issues with the page but I have no idea where to start. I hope this message doesn't come off as too aggressive (although the page is frustrating) or confusing and I apologize for its length!
Thanks, Aza24 (talk) 15:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Johnbod - Good to see you and hope you’re keeping well in these challenging times. You may find the query I raised on the Talk:William Etty page of interest. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 19:05, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
I've resized the Person image as a proportion of users' thumb sizes (rather than a specific px count, which you rightly changed), to stop it dominating the pictures of the actual participants in the "School". I hope that's OK. --217.155.32.221 (talk) 22:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Oh dear! That happened just as I was editting a gallery, having spent so long tracking down the pics. My computer connection is lumbering along and drops out completely at regular intervals. Everything I do takes hours.
While I am on the matter of galleries- The ditressing thing to me is that the enthusiast now working on English Gothic appears to have no eye or understanding, even having read the detailed descriptions. Unfortunately, every single one of the pictures is wrong, except those that I have prompred.
Durham shows the whole building, not just the relevant vault, Salisbury does not show the EE part, Lichfield does not show the EE part. Hereford does not show the EE part. They are all shwing Norman or Decorated or Perpy Gothic. I suggested some suitable images on the talk page, but this has been deleted. I don't know how to do this politely. I encouraged him/her to work on French Gothic, but that didn't happen. I don't want to discourage enthusiasm. I am, first and foremost, an Educator.
How do I do this without being horrible rude!
Hello John, I work at Canadian Centre for Architecture and been reading closely on your great contribution to the Thomas J. Watson library project. At the CCA, we are looking to start few projects and was wondering if you would be open to hear about them and share your Wikipedia/Glam knowledge advices with us. I created few short term projects that I could tell you about and share with you what comes to my mind for the next ones. I know Art is one of your favorite topic contribution but maybe also Architecture in it's broader version. Hope to hear from you. Best --Sadebag (talk) 15:49, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
Hello Johnbod, could you take a look at Physiognotrace. Perhaps you can add and clarify something or improve my English. I used the German Wikipedia, the French one is also interesting. Regards Taksen (talk) 09:08, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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Re your legalistic point that 2020 Delhi riots is not an "India-Pakistan" article, administrator El C on 27 March 2020 advised Fowler&fowler and me: if either of you contend that there has been disruptive or tendentious editing, I recommend making use of AE. Because the article is subject to discretionary sanctions, you have access to this superior forum where a well-documented report gets to be evaluated by a quorum of uninvolved admins.
Johnbod, if you can demonstrate that, contrary to El C's advice, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement is the wrong forum for my enforcement request, I will withdraw it immediately. Thanks for your help with this. NedFausa (talk) 03:41, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, would you like to help in improving Mahavira as it has been recently delisted from GA. You seem to be neutral and adept about wikipedia policies. Keeping in view hat Mahavira Jayanti is due on 6th April 2020, I would highly appreciate any and every help. Thanks Capankajsmilyo(Talk | Infobox assistance) 05:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
I've found your comments with regards to how we call Jerome excellent and measured and well reasoned. Contaldo80 (talk) 03:18, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
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I'm sure you agree edit wars are unproductive, so I hope we can discuss Swiss cheese. I've laid out my objections to your changes in my series of edit summaries, but I'll lay them out here again, roughly in order of least to most important, in case you want to reply.
Hello Johnbod
Thanks for your comments on this issue. I have just found that the Salvador Dali article had featured article status on 5 September 2006 and was almost exclusively in U.S. English then. In the absence of any consensus otherwise I therefore propose to progressively revise the article into U.S. English. My apologies for the confusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvador_Dal%C3%AD&oldid=73914881
Thanks for your earlier comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aemilius Adolphin (talk • contribs) 00:15, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi Johnbod, hope you are well. There's a nonexistent template (template:RKDimages) in use in the above article. Hoping you know what it's supposed to be; I can't figure it out. Thanks, — Diannaa (talk) 01:43, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
On 11 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Auguste Delaherche, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that French potter Auguste Delaherche was said to have used clay dug from his garden, and only fired his kiln once a year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Auguste Delaherche. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Auguste Delaherche), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
I remember writing that, and I knew what I meant when I did it, but when I re-read it today my internal editor read it in Michael Winner's voice and I started cringing. I'm going to use this as a learning experience; I really hope that it hasn't hurt Amandajm, but I accept that was poor judgement on my part. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 21:23, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
I appreciate your good sense in your comments on the various Gothic articles, and would like your opinion. I was thinking of starting a new article, Gothic cathedrals and churches, which would focus almost entirely on the history rather than the details of the architecture. It would be designed to complement, not to replace, the existing article on Gothic Architecture. DIt would draw upon the articles on Gothic architecture in France and England, as well as some from the Gothic Architecture article. It would be written not for specialists for general readers who just want to know basics of the style and the best examples. It would also tell you which are the oldest, tallest, biggest, etc. Do you think this a good idea? If so, any suggestions for what else might it should or shouldn't contain? might contain? Many thanks for your opinion. Cordially SiefkinDR (talk) 09:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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On 15 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fulham Pottery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Fulham Pottery in London operated for more than 300 years from around 1672? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fulham Pottery. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fulham Pottery), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 00:02, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
You once did me the favor of assessing multiple Venezuelan articles. Might I trouble you to have a look at Venezuela Aid Live ? Thenk you! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 09:00, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
On 16 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daulat (Mughal painter), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Mughal painter described himself in his self-portrait (pictured) as "the lowly, needy, insignificant, Daulat"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daulat (Mughal painter). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Daulat (Mughal painter)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Great news! Can we get rid of the others now? KJP1 (talk) 16:13, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
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On 23 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Max Laeuger, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Max Laeuger was a German potter, artist, and architect who won an Olympic medal? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Max Laeuger. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Max Laeuger), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Good morning (my time). We seem to have some disagreement about language on this page. While I appreciate that you are an editor of much greater experience than myself, perhaps we could find some compromise for adjective placement in this article?
I'm no great fan of the movement myself, which I view as a saccharine distraction for the talents of artists whose oevre produced some great works (Ingres, Delacroix, Bonington, &c). But I believe that an encyclopedic entry should allow readers to bring their own viewpoint to the paintings. Sicklemoon (talk) 16:38, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Point taken re: movement, though... I think this is where the difficulties/complexities come in. In painting, I could go with calling it genre (and from my English-native-speaker perspective, a minor one), but, as you obviously know, it's more than that when it comes to the broader cultural picture, which is what this article is discussing. Is this your issue?
Perhaps the painting aspect of this topic needs to be split off into its own space.
As a young editor on WP, my learning curve has progressed in fits and starts. I am still working on understanding the copyright policy, largely because it is more complex than it superficially appears, and the gap between the RW USA "fair use" and WP's can be inconsistent. But as a researcher, I can recognize citations with a purpose. Quoting an 1875 source to describe a genre that had its most dedicated following in the early half of the French 19th c is something that I would personally either move to the History section of the piece or the "Reaction" section of the piece.
I do apologise for my crack re: English v. French. Looking back, I must have been imagining you were an American who wouldn't understand the potential for insult.
A concern I have as a younger editor is figuring out the edges of the entrenched fiefdoms. Corrections, I can accept. Articles that are restricted to editing so they can't be violated, I understand. Rudeness and condescension are both things that I find quite easy to recognise.
I regret your feelings that I have infringed upon your space. Respectfully, I will take some time before making further modifications to your Troubadour style page. I arrived at it by way of Bonington (who, alas, dedicated way too much of his short brilliant energy to the style) and is not a topic that it seems necessary to correct in bile or speed. Sicklemoon (talk) 13:49, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Good Morning (my time).
In case I have not caused sufficient irritation for your day, I wanted to ask you about Welsh 19th c pottery.
I was touching in at the Arts and Crafts movement page and trying to sort out its British Isles section, and the Wales bit of it was in disarray. Whoever first wrote the page hadn't given that area a great deal of organized attention. I found the citations vs. text and images needed work. My best guess is that whoever wrote that page wasn't focussing on the political component of the movement in a place like Wales, or had not teased it out.
Insofar as the Welsh Arts and Crafts movement is concerned, it is notable at least on the level that it continues to be a thing. Would it be possible for you to turn your attention to it and give it some fleshing in? This is a case where my copyright/images lack of experience meant I really could not do a good job with my rewrite. Those turn of the century Welsh wassail bowls are crazy!
All best, Sicklemoon (talk) 14:07, 25 April 2020 (UTC) (and if you are not in fact British Isles based and do not have the access/copyright experience I am envisioning here, my bad for the assumptions)
Okay, I will take a look over your suggestions and see what I can do. And point taken re: Commons images and categories. I've been hesitant to try to sort things over there, not least since I find it confusing. It's not that I can't figure these things out. But trying to get up to speed and hold it all in my head from my start point--that's the challenge. Thank you for walking me through some of the bits. It's all helpful. Sicklemoon (talk) 02:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
I've been trying to mow down the lawn that is the confusion of pottery, ceramics, and whatever else over on Wikimedia and thought... I wanted to ask you some questions. Firstly--definitions. I see two categories that I would "naturally" characterize together, one as the subset of the other. But the way things stand, I'm pulling against what you have written on Wikipedia. To me, the "Arts and Crafts Movement" is something specific that happened circa 1880-1930lee (the "Arts and Crafts Style" would be people copying elements of that movement). "Arts and Crafts Pottery," is also something specific (it's made out of clay and a historical thing.
"Art Pottery," on the other hand, is, to me, exactly how you (? I think it was you) describe it in the WP article, "a term for pottery with artistic aspirations." But... while it can be applied to pottery of the period 1870 and 1930, and, probably, emerged as a concept at that time, it's a term that's in ongoing use. I can still buy freshly-made Art Pottery at a local craft show. So--I think Art pottery should be a subset of "Pottery by style," and.... maybe Arts and Crafts pottery should be a subcategory of it.
Can you give me some help/guidance here? One thing I'd like to fix is... the modern potters who have been put in the category of "Arts and Crafts" potters. Unless they were working in the 1920s (and a few of them who were active in the 1930s would also still fit) they aren't "Arts and Crafts" potters.
Definitely one can look at a Doulton piece and know it is Art Pottery, not Arts & Crafts. Probably with conviction, if one is a dedicated specialist!
I both... have no arguments with your above, and feel mildly depressed at the challenge of integrating them into computer friendly categories (that's intended to be humor). I looked at some interesting Arts and Crafts Movement pottery from New Zealand yesterday (who knew there was an influential exhibit there with Walter Crane pieces, late 19th c... that actually stirred some pro-Maori sentiment?) and... not much Welsh. That's the fascination of working on an encyclopedia.
Again, thank you for the time and thoughts. No active questions, for the moment. Sicklemoon (talk) 14:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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Hi John, I noticed that in this edit you inserted a cite to "Impey" but I don't think a source was ever added for which Impey book this was. Do you still have that information? Thanks in advance for any help and hope you're staying well, MartinPoulter (talk) 14:31, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
On 30 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Art Nouveau ceramicist Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat invented a red glaze known as "Rouge Dalpayrat" (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Hi, I have reverted your additions of the Category:Operas set in Pakistan to historically set operas as its both anachronistic/retrospective and not mentioned in the plays. It would be better to add the category to contemporary modern operas set in Pakistan which I can't find; and have CSD'd the cat thus. Thanks. Gotitbro (talk) 20:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
On 1 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Art pottery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the pursuit of new ceramic glaze effects led to some pieces of art pottery still being slightly radioactive today, nearly a century later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Art pottery. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Art pottery), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
FYI, the British Museum has added another 300K images to their CC collection. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:26, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod - hope you are keeping well. I'm adding more sources to Gothic Revival architecture and am increasingly finding the Gallery a bit obtrusive. I've started a discussion , here and your thoughts would be appreciated. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 10:38, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
On 6 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Ault, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Ault Pottery is best known for making designs by Christopher Dresser (example pictured), some using second-hand moulds? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Ault. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William Ault), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Thankyou for your hard work here over the years. Know that you are much appreciated John! † Encyclopædius 09:53, 6 May 2020 (UTC) |
On 13 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nevers faience, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the 17th-century heyday of French Nevers faience, its painted decoration drew from Italy, Turkey (example pictured), Persia, and China, as well as the Court style of Louis XIV? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nevers faience. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nevers faience), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Johnbod, I wanted to thank you for standing up for me against the person who was threatening to get me blocked for trying to keep BC/AD on some articles that had always been that way, if they try to do so I will contact you. It is good to have someone who understands that this is a collaborative community, and that we should work together to make it better rather than fighting and threatening each other. NDV135 (talk) 07:27, 21 May 2020 (UTC)NDV135
They're very strict in Lascaux 2: no individual flashlights allowed! Next time we have a beer I'll show you my Lascaux tattoo. Take care, Drmies (talk) 17:26, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
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On 25 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rouen porcelain, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only nine pieces (example pictured) produced by the earliest French porcelain factory, which operated in Rouen around 1673 to 1696, are thought to survive? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rouen porcelain. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rouen porcelain), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Thanks for your comments on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Green sauce. I certainly agree with you that the article needs expansion. There seem to be basically three subfamilies:
Further afield (see also) are things like Greek λαδολέμονο, the usual accompaniment to grilled fish, consisting of chopped parsley, oil, and lemon juice; and pesto. The Mexican salsa verde should probably be a disambiguation hatnote, not a see-also, because only the name is the same. --Macrakis (talk) 23:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Johnbod, I appreciate your judgement on editing matters, and would like your advice about galleries. I gather you don't like the packed galleries. I've been using them mainly because they're simple, they can easily be made larger or smaller, and they expand and contract as needed on different screens, and the image fills the whole space of the gallery, without white space. I don't like the vertical galleries because they greatly limit the number of images, you can't mix vertical and horizontal images (for example, an image of a whole cathedral and a tower), and, depending upon the screen, they often run into the following section. I also don't like the galleries where the images are very small in the middle of a frame, so they're barely visible without enlarging. They also don't let you have a very long caption.
My feeling is that a lot of readers (Like me) look at the pictures before they read the article (if they read the article at all) and the captions should give as much information as possible, particularly the date and a link.
Can you give me any suggestions how I can improve my galleries, so that they can meet the criteria above? I'm currently working on the article on Rayonnant, adding citations and images that go with the text, and I'm having trouble with the galleries there. Your thoughts and advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Cordially, SiefkinDR (talk) 09:30, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
I wanted to make sure that you are okay and that all is well.Venicescapes (talk) 16:26, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
On 1 June 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rouen faience, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after 250 years of production, the Rouen faience industry (example pictured) was greatly reduced in the 1790s by competition from English creamware? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rouen faience. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rouen faience), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
--Guerillero | Parlez Moi 00:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Johnbod. Knowing that you are an art expert and since you reviewed the article of Palmyra back in 2015 and added info to that article's art section, I would like to ask for your help in reviewing a new article I nominated at FAC: Portraits of Odaenathus. It seems that reviewers do not think its an interesting read as the article is about busts and portraits and therefore it was archived in the first nomination because a month passed with only one review. Now its been almost a month since I nominated it for a second time, but so far, only one review. So, if you have time and desire, I will appreciate it much, but do not feel any pressure. Cheers.--Attar-Aram syria (talk) 16:35, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi John. You said I should give you a nudge when I got round to making progress with Leeds Town Hall following the last FAC. After making changes to the article, I have started a peer review, so here is the chance to drill down into all that's holding it back. Cheers, Rcsprinter123 (parlez) 23:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Fuck off with the ad hominem crap. Kevin McE (talk) 15:35, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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Dear John, You seem to be the only regular watcher there. Please help in implementing my proposed changes, e.g. go ahead create the separate article and do your magical refinements, add short summary to main Architecture of India article, etc. Please take a look. I leave in your capable hands to ensure my edits do not get lost or even if they are lost then at least they are replqced with a better centralised article or section which documents the influence of Indian architcture on other nations (see also Indianisation). Thanks in advance. 58.182.176.169 (talk) 01:18, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
I thought you might be interested: Louise-Adéone Drölling. All the best, --Edelseider (talk) 10:31, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
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