Jennie Matthews 97

• Back soon. Couple of things still to go then I should be more or less free till Autumn (hopefully) Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 10:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Frédéric Braconie

Thank you for reviewing my article on Frédéric Braconier an for your kind words, Jennie! Seafarer61 (talk) 00:59, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Pleasure. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 01:03, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Charles Prendergast

Thanks very much, Jennie, for reviewing my article on Charles Prendergast. And yes, it would be really great to find some free-use images of his beautiful work; any help there would be much appreciated. I tried, but had no luck. Xenxax (talk) 01:20, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

His paintings indeed beautiful. A lackey has been dispatched ;). He's still in artist's copyright, but anything pre-1923 should be OK on the US Wikipedia. Let me know of any further contributions from you. This one was splendid. I love Wikipedia. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 02:57, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Jennie! A trio of images have been added by 'Coat of Many Colours', much improving the look of the page. I've also found a great photo of Charles's first painting, "Rising Sun" (1912) at the 'Art History Archives'; they subscribe to a "Fair Use Policy" so I will try to upload that image later today and see if it is allowed. I'd think it should be, being a pre-1923 painting. Thanks again, your kind comments are very much appreciated. Xenxax (talk) 16:56, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Page looks good. Ill try and get you an image of "Spirit of the Hunt", which was sold at a Christie's auction back in 1998. There's no image left online, but there should be one in the sale catalogue I can scan up. I've ordered a copy, but it won't arrive this nick of the woods for a good few weeks yet since it's coming from the US. Sale page has a nice essay by by Nancy M. Mathews. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 02:36, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

The link to the Christie's auction catalog is a great find. Interesting to have the auction record and Nancy Mowll Mathews' essay is very excellent. I don't have time today, but tomorrow will see how to incorporate it into the article - unless of course you'd like to go ahead and do that. :-) As for "Spirit of the Hunt", it's a beautiful painting and would be a wonderful addition to the page. Again, thank you very much, Jennie! Xenxax (talk) 13:08, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I might contribute a bit later later on i the muse moves me, though I doubt will have anything to add. It is curious there wasn't a page for so long. The catalogue should arrive by January 14th is the date I've got. I get them second-hand for a song off the internet. They're usually in near pristine condition and I have dozens of them, but I can't promise there will be an image, or that it will be worth using. If it's spread across a double page, which is quite likely given the size of this painting, then that's not usable either. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 23:48, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

I've just added an 'Art Market' section to include the information from the link you found to Christie's; makes a very good addition to the page. As for "Spirit of the Hunt", it's reproduced in the two Predergast catalogues that I have, but unfortunately both are small and in b/w. Hopefully there will be a good one in the catalogue you receive. And I totally agree with you that it's curious this page didn't already exist; was quite surprised by its absence. Thanks again for all your help, Jennie. Has been very much appreciated! Xenxax (talk) 14:21, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Yes, nice section. A Merry Christmas to you if that's your season, and hopefully we will get together in the New Year again. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 02:23, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you as well and best wishes for 2014! Xenxax (talk) 13:17, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

As I feared the major illustration proved to be a fold out with a crease that did not scan well. But luckily there was a color illustration on the back cover I could use, and I've uploaded that to Commons and the article. In the same catalogue there's a very nice Charles Sprague Pearce 1889 Auvers-sur-Oise painting Girl by a Path (i.e. a year before Vincent van Gogh, I wonder if they met - Vincent was friends with Dodge MacKnight nearby and Sprague actually lived in Auvers), which I'll upload bye and bye as well. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 17:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Beautiful painting and a great addition to the page, Jennie - especially where it's also the one mentioned in the 'art market' section. Can't help but wonder if he hadn't been influenced a bit by the unicorn tapestries at the Cloisters, but will leave that question to the art historians. Charles Pearce is another relatively unknown but excellent painter; I like his murals at the Library of Congress. I've added him to my Wikipedia 'watchlist' so will see when you add Girl by a Path. And thanks for scanning and uploading The Spirit of the Hunt - really improved the page. Xenxax (talk) 01:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Girl by a Path turns out already in Commons as Solitude, but it's low resolution and I'll upload a better version in time. The Pearce gallery in the article needs updating I think. Thee are some nice examples in Commons now. Not sure we need examples of every mural there. Which one is the best exampke do you think, or do you disagree and we should have them all in the gallery? I'll check out the unicorn tapestries. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 02:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I agree that the Pearce gallery could be updated with more images; would be excellent. I don't mind all the murals being there, but if the gallery had more images, then perhaps there would be less need for so many of the lunettes. If you wanted to eliminate some, I think the first two, "Family" and "Labor" are the strongest, and "Recreation", "Religion", and "Rest" are the weakest, but all that is purely subjective opinion.

The Unicorn Tapestries are quite beautiful, though its Wikipedia page could also be updated with better photos, some of the images there are pretty small for such large and detailed works. Lots for all to potentially do on these pages! Xenxax (talk) 15:07, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I'll have a look round. I found a couple of nice Charles Prendergast images from the Terra Foundation (one of them being the "Hope chest" mentioned in Nancy Mathews essay on "Spirit of the Hunt") that I'll upload over the next week as time allows. There's a whole spate of stuff from the new sales i want to put on Commons, but they all take time alas. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 23:14, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Cricket club

Thanks Jennie for your reassurance. This is the first page I've created so not totally sure how things work - and I was amazed to find that my original introductory paragraph had been updated with just a few minutes! I've now added some club history and will be adding more sections and a picture at a later date. GJS 56 (talk) 22:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Pleasure. Stuff gets reviewed pretty quick on Wikipedia these days. I always do a couple when I sign in, but I often find all the recent ones already done. Your start was fine. Keep on adding stuff and I'll have a look in from time to time see how things are going on. Crickets clubs definitely a notable topic on Wikipedia - you should check out Canadian ice hockey teams some time! Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 22:50, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Real Friends

Hi Jennie, I'm very new to creating Wikipedia pages, as this page is my first. I see it has been marked for speedy deletion, but I'm not quite sure why. I'd like to better understand how I can make this fit Wikipedia standards as a reference article. I looked through the criteria for creating a page for a band, and it said that they must be signed to a fairly prominent label, which this band was. I'd appreciate any help or direction you could provide. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aparnis (talk • contribs) 01:56, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Aparnis. Forgive me if I was too quick out of the holster. We get rather a lot of these and Wikipedia really doesn't care about your garage band - I'm afraid it's quite unforgiving and even cruel about that. If your band really is signed to a major record label, then that's notability enough (see this page), but I don't see it in the article. Your best bet would be to edit your article making it clear which record label the band is signed to, and then defend your article where it says "Contest this speedy deletion". Keep a copy of your article incidentally, in case it is deleted. If your band does achieve genuine notability as per the standards indicated in that page I linked for you, then you can always recreate it citing the new sources.

There's absolutely loads of places where you can contribute to Wikipedia's music coverage and you're very welcome, but if it's just to promote your garage band forget it until it gets real coverage. Sorry to be so unforgiving. Good luck! Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 02:17, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Roads to Moscow Review

Hey, thanks so much for your review of my new article Roads to Moscow. I appreciate your time, your feedback and your generous comments; I couldn't believe that this amazing song, by an even more amazing artist, didn't have its own article yet. I plan to work on it some more tomorrow and over the next couple of days, and I will address that inline citation issue you mentioned. Thanks again for your time, and I wish you and all of yours a joyous holiday season, and a wonderful new year! - Ecjmartin (talk) 03:08, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Cheers Ecj. You're very welcome. Bit of an Al Stewart fan myself. Joyous holiday to you too. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 01:12, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Nice to meet such a nice person, here! - Ecjmartin (talk) 00:34, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Voices from the past (book)

Hello Jennie Matthews, I just received the notice of the speedy deletion. Please clarify which alternative source you state this page has been copied from. Boolarong press is the publisher of this book and holds copyright for the book. A website to the author and the authors book can be found from the links below: http://boolarongpress.com.au/content/bookstore/bookDetails.asp?bookid=775 http://boolarongpress.com.au/content/bookstore/authorDetails.asp?authorid=299 Boolarong (talk) 00:20, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

I see the page has been deleted. When I reviewed it, it consisted of a single section "Critique" and it was a direct quote from the page you mention http://boolarongpress.com.au/content/bookstore/bookDetails.asp?bookid=775 without citing the source, one moreover exceptionally naive because it included a first person remark " ... I can see their importance and the reasons for including them". It's extremely easy to locate these copyright infringements using Google and a link to the relevant page was included in the deletion notice.

I suggest you rework the article in your sandbox, setting the book in context and giving a summary of its content. Don't release into article space until it's reasonably complete.

Incidentally your username suggests you may have a conflict of interest here when it comes to writing about books published by the Boolarong press. You should certainly strive to be as neutral as possible in your article about the book if that is so. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 00:52, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

I've just seen another effort from you on the same author Neil_Raymond_Bradford, which has also been nominated for deletion (not by me) and certainly will be. Looking at your Talk page it seems you have a string of these speedy deletions. I can only suggest you try your hand at something less ambitious than article starts to get an idea of how Wikipedia works. What you're doing at the moment just doesn't cut it. Sorry. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 01:00, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for this. DAB solver is a handy tool. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Galatians people article

Hello. Thank you Jennie Matthews 97. I created the article because I think an article about the galatians, as a people (and also about their tribes), was needed. Many of the contends of Galatia article are about Galatians as a people, so I thought it was better and justified to have one only about them. I hope I can add more information with time. My regards, Jennie Matthews 97! Bird Vision (talk) 23:28, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, as I noted there are examples such as Gaul and Gauls. Good luck with the article. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 23:36, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks, Ad. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 23:31, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

CSD#A10

A10s don't apply if the page can be plausibly redirected to the page it duplicates (i.e., A10 basically never applies). Just redirect the page. WilyD 10:05, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Ah cheers, WilyD. Thanks for this. I'll keep it in mind. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 19:24, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Your nomination of Justin Bieber in popular culture

I rolled back your edit to nominate this for speedy deletion. This action would be very controversial. If you are serious about this, please go to WP:AfD and make a real nomination. If you were doing this for some other point, please make that point here instead. Bearian (talk) 21:37, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

I see it's just been AfDed. Didn't get the impression it was controversial. My speedy delete was based on the article failing to show why Bieber was significant in popular culture. There are rather a lot of these "in popular culture" articles. None I've seen strike me as very successful but the best, such as Adolf Hitler in popular culture, Pope John Paul II in popular culture or ("to compare great things with small") The Beatles' influence on popular culture, do at least pay some lipservice to establishing that significance, although it must be obvious to all that the primary motivation for these articles are rather less encyclopaedic and rather more devotional.

In the case of the Bieber, there was no effort at all to establish his significance in popular culture. Coon vs. Coon and Friends, Bieber as Cartman's "most challenging and most evil opponent" got airbrushed out, no mention of the 100,000+ White House petition (that stikes me as popular all right) and so on. So, right, I feel comfortable with my speedy and will continue to issue them when curating these articles 23:36, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Starry Night

Thanks for reading my Starry Night entry, and thanks for the compliment. I felt strongly that it needed to be rewritten, and I put a lot of time and effort into it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nedhartley (talk • contribs) 14:55, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for this. It's been a while since I contributed to Wikipedia. I lost a dear friend a while ago I used to edit with and my heart has basically just not been in it. My job's busy period is over for the year however and I'm thinking of at least getting my sandbox article on Vincent's Marsh with Water Lilies back together again. I love that drawing.

I'm not sure I've even heard of your Arbitration Committee, but I'll have a look at least. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 11:27, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Well, I voted. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 11:36, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I've now uploaded Marsh with Water Lilies. I'll see how that goes. I might expand it to give an overview of the Etten period and perhaps later expand in the same way at the Meadows at Rijswijk article and then perhaps carry on in the same vein. We shall see. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 07:43, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Vincent van Gogh

Your recent remark there isn't acceptable [1]. Victoria (tk) 13:40, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Nonsense. You're no shrinking violet. Naturally I'll remember in future you make dramas out of mild witticisms and desist in deference to your professions of delicacy. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 22:58, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

I see your last edit before being caught by the fuzz was to strike the comment. Thanks for that. Ceoil (talk) 21:00, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

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