[WikiEN-l] Artwork samples

MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic at gmail.com
Fri Apr 1 18:58:31 UTC 2005


I suggest you'd add them to the Commons. At any rate, if you can
provide a neutral article about the artworks in question, I'd welcome
such an article even if it's seperated.

-- MacGyverMagic

On Apr 1, 2005 6:18 PM, Sean Barrett <sean at epoptic.org> wrote:
> What is the consensus regarding examples of an artist's work in an article?
> 
> It's been suggested that I ask Dr. Laura Brodian, [[Kelly Freas]]'s
> widow, to release digital copies of some of his illustrations under the
> GFDL.
> 
> Kelly's article is currently rather short (I can't remain neutral about
> him), and the text would be overwhelmed if more than a handful of images
> were added.  Would a supplementary article -- [[Artwork of Kelly Freas]]
> -- be appropriate?
> 
> Most importantly, if I persuade Laura to give away some of her late
> husband's work, will her generosity be welcomed to Wikipedia, or will it
> be promptly nominated for deletion as non-encyclopedic
> Wikipedia-is-not-a-gallery Hugo-winning-art-cruft?
> 
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