User talk:Joan arden murray

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	A Barnstar for your valuable contribution to articles on Candian art. Thank You! cart-Talk 10:06, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Welcome and keep up the good contributions! It's a good thing to have an actual art historian working on articles. Let me know if you have any editing questions, as I am happy to help. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:55, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Precious

Canadian art

Thank you for quality articles about Canadian artists and curators, based on scientific expertise, such as Nancy Dillow, Walter Yarwood and Sybille Pantazzi, for adopting our many written and unwritten rulez of editing fast and willing, - Joan, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2441 of Precious, a prize of QAI. It's a pleasure to meet you. Consider to have your work presented on the Main page in the DYK section, - just ping me for the next one you write, - it has to be nominated within a week after creation or substantial expansion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:01, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I will. I have a new article up on William R. Watson, just finished.Joan arden murray (talk) 12:04, 10 September 2020 (UTC)@Gerda Arendt:

Great. I looked briefly, and as if you didn't get enough rulez, some more:

• The lead is a summary, no reference is needed there unless it's something not covered later, or a quote. I moved the ref to his birthplace. Please check.
• Try to have references in ascending order.
• A recommendation: avoid one-sentence paragraphs.

I'll take a closer look after nominating another one in my pipeline, - see my user page. Should we use what he is known for as a "hook", or do you see something especially "hooky". If so, let me know, and have a reference right after the fact. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

One more recommendation, to avoid a confusing edit history: you could do one of two things, work in a general sandbox and then copy/paste to article space (which is good if you are the only editor and don't need to know later when exactly you changed what), or begin in a dedicated draft article, which can be deleted after you moved to article space. Moving twice is needlessly complicated for others to understand. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

DYK for William R. Watson

On 24 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William R. Watson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when William R. Watson retired from his gallery for contemporary art in Montreal, one of his artists wrote: "You have known, and been a good friend to nearly all the artists"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William R. Watson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William R. Watson), 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.

—valereee (talk) 00:03, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

It's a joy working on Canadian art articles with you! MapleSoy (talk) 18:41, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Missing cite in Dorothy Cameron Bloore

The article cites "catalogue 1993" but no such source is listed in bibliography. Can you please add? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]] to your common.js page. Thanks, Renata (talk) 14:22, 4 October 2020 (UTC) Thanks, done.Joan arden murray (talk) 15:48, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Also missing "david alexander 2012" in David T. Alexander. Renata (talk) 01:12, 6 October 2020 (UTC) Thanks, corrected.Joan arden murray (talk) 10:50, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Quick lint errors

When you created a bunch of infoboxes for canadian artists last month (btw, thanks!), the infobox template you copied always missed "| awards =" and instead just had "| awards", which created a lot of invalid parameters. I'm trying to fix the invalid parameters, and although it is minor, make sure to double-check that your copy-paste template has all the base parameters correct. Thanks again for doing the task though! :) Sennecaster (What now?) 15:52, 16 April 2021 (UTC) Yes, I will. Thanks, didn`t know.Joan arden murray (talk) 17:31, 16 April 2021 (UTC) I will try to fix the ones I remember!Joan arden murray (talk) 17:42, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Joan arden murray. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Joan Murray (art historian), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{request edit}} template);
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:Spam);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Kj cheetham (talk) 12:50, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure you're aware of all of this though in practice, as I did note you're declared this on your user page. I just wanted to ensure you're aware of the relavent policies, etc. Thank you again for your contrubutions! -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:52, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!Joan arden murray (talk) 11:06, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Joan arden murray! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 01:09, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Dear friend: I was touched by your message and deeply grateful to you for all your help. Wikipedia is a great force for the good and like all the editors, I am glad to add my contribution! Merriest!Joan arden murray (talk) 11:20, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Rita Letendre

• Thanks for the Xmas wishes! Just getting to this in February - lol. The list looks pretty good and includes all of the major catalogs I have on hand - I have a bunch of the Gevik catalogs, but they tend to be small so not sure if you want to consider them "major". There was one pretty nice catalog from Simon Blais - here is the reference in case you want to dig it up: ASSELIN, Hedwidge, Rita Letendre : Les éléments/The Elements, Montréal, Éditions Simon Blais, 2001, 64 pp. which is probably worth including in the major catalog list. The Palm Springs Desert Museum had a nice little catalog that I wouldn't consider "major" either but has a nice forward by Gilles Henault and four or five critical reviews of her work - we could pop that one up a level in my estimation. I will edit the page to include these in that first list but feel free to edit as you see fit :) I found one more catalog in my library that is likely of interest - the show catalog was small but it was a public show called "Le feu et L'Esprit" (translates to 'fire and spirit') at the Musee d'art Contemparion de Baie St-Paul (formerly Centre d'exposition de Baie-Saint-Paul) I will add that to the "other" list - cheers! Misterlobat (talk) 03:19, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

• • Thanks so much. You are an excellent "helper".Joan arden murray (talk) 18:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

June 2022

Hello. I have noticed that you often edit without using an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This helps your fellow editors use their time more productively, rather than spending it unnecessarily scrutinizing and verifying your work. Even a short summary is better than no summary, and summaries are particularly important for large, complex, or potentially controversial edits. To help yourself remember, you may wish to check the "prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" box in your preferences. Thanks! Missvain (talk) 00:37, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

I will. sorry.Joan arden murray (talk) 01:39, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Joan arden murray

Thank you for creating Henri Masson (artist).

User:Netherzone, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for creating this article. It can be improved by adding more inline citations. He is notable, as he is in Benezit, but I think the article needs more verification of important collections where his work is held. Mostly what I can find are auction sites, but they do not contribute to notability.

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Netherzone (talk) 01:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC) @Netherzone::I have added some important public gallery collections. Thanks for reading and commenting. I appreciate it.Joan arden murray (talk) 10:45, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

a question re oshawa in the early 1970s

ms murray i know you were at the mclaughlin gallery from 1974 but did you not also judge the annual art shows held at oshawa city hall in 1971 and/or 1972? i can't find an email address for you so must resort to this. thanks. btw i seem to have inherited the questionable legacy of a mobile user - the address arrived today. 70.51.83.211 (talk) 20:45, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

No, I did the judge the art shows. Why? Are you looking for an artist? Glad to help, if so.Joan arden murray (talk) 22:01, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

thank you, joan, i was filling in an artist's resume. 70.51.83.211 (talk) 15:23, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

don't have yr email so have to ask here - are there any galleries showing lgbtqetc art? any curators addressing the topic? seems to me that by now there ought to be some activity. tx 70.51.83.211 (talk) 19:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

I am sure there are and curators too such as the photography curator at the AGO, the excellent Sophie Hackett, but alas, I don`t get out much so can`t direct you. Sorry.Joan arden murray (talk) 20:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

thank you 70.51.83.211 (talk) 03:21, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

missing ref in cdn post-impressionism

you cite several refs. to murray 2001, but have not included title & details in the page. 70.51.83.211 (talk) 17:44, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Will do.Joan arden murray (talk) 18:14, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Added text under sources as you will see.Joan arden murray (talk) 18:28, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

On second thought, added text to first citation of page. Neater. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.Joan arden murray (talk) 19:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Hi! Thank you for your work adding infoboxes to articles. I just wanted to let you know that I've had to edit a few of them as field and elected aren't parameters included in Template:Infobox person and cause error messages when previewing articles. Also nationalities shouldn't have wikilinks as per MOS:OVERLINK. Thanks again, Suonii180 (talk) 12:36, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Will delete field and elected if I can. Older articles used field.Joan arden murray (talk) 12:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Will add just Canadian from now on! Thank you.Joan arden murray (talk) 13:08, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Joan arden murray On the topic of infoboxes, please note that when adding images you just need to add the filename, not the whole template like with images in other parts of the article (as per WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). The caption is typically another infobox parameters. Keep up the good work though! Thanks. -Kj cheetham (talk) 18:04, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Got it! Thanks!Joan arden murray (talk) 18:58, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

August 2022

Hi Joan arden murray! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at George Hunter (photographer) that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Kj cheetham (talk) 14:24, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. My mistake. Will digest Template.Joan arden murray (talk) 14:32, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Thank you for your work on Cheryl Sourkes. We are starting a new project to edit women electronic writer information in wikipedia and wikidata and I would love to get your insights and experiences as we step up to the plate. What issues have you run into when corralling newbies to identify and update women writers? What things do you wish you had done differently? What are good ways to start?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_writers/Women_electronic_literature_writers LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 15:55, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Dear LoveElectronicLiterature|LoveElectronicLiterature, I am not the person you seek. I am the person for Canadian art. I can tell you that when I started in Wikipedia, a very experienced Swedish wikipedia editor taught me and was a great help. I really think a teacher is essential. But I cannot be this person. The one person I tried to teach soon left me fixing the article I tried to teach her on. Sorry,Joan arden murray (talk) 18:24, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Helpful suggestion: if you see the right kind of newbie struggling, send them a friendly message that you want to help them the first few months! They will be so grateful.Joan arden murray (talk) 20:39, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:14, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for remembering!Joan arden murray (talk) 10:26, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Tom Benner

On 24 September 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Benner, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 11:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

It was kind of you to do this. I will tell you if another outstanding death among Canadian artists occurs, if I am alive to do so, of course.Joan arden murray (talk) 12:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Grace Eiko Thomson

Hi Joan - I noticed that you removed all the red links from this page. I put them back based on the rationale in WP:REDLINK, but you removed them again with no explanation or discussion. pburka (talk) 20:42, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

I was taught to remove non-existent links. If you put the links back, are you waiting for wikipedia articles someday? It's okay with me if you are.Joan arden murray (talk) 20:46, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Good article BTW!Joan arden murray (talk) 20:57, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. From the guideline I linked above: "Red links help Wikipedia grow" and "In general, a red link should remain in an article if it links to a title that could plausibly sustain an article". I believe these are all notable topics, so I think they should remain linked. Of course they're all open to discussion! But please explain why you think the topic is non-notable when you remove a red link. pburka (talk) 21:11, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

I have - unneccessarily - given up hope waiting for articles to be written but editors always surprise me so you're right to be optimistic!Joan arden murray (talk) 21:26, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Clarence Gagnon

Hi Joan arden murray. Back in October you added a reference for "SandG 2006" to Clarence Gagnon, but no such cite exists in the article. Could you let me know what work this refers to? These error messages are off by default, but you see the details here Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 17:37, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Will Correct. Thanks for reminding me! 2607:FEA8:5B00:ECA0:7CA0:7680:39E:A038 (talk) 19:10, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Lots of nice ppl here. thx 4 spotting my error (I make lots).

Victuallers (talk) 23:51, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Uncited info in comics creator articles

Hi. Please do not add uncited material to Wikipedia articles, as you did with this edit to Chrissie Zullo. Since you've accumulated over 27,000 edits here since 2019, you may have learned that Wikipedia requires that the material in its articles be accompanied by reliable, verifiable (usually secondary) sources explicitly cited in the article text in the form of an inline citation, as described here. Although there is a citation for her birthplace it in the article, it does not specify the city. If you'd like to talk, just let me know by leaving a message for me in a new section at the bottom of my talk page. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 15:16, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

The above also applies to your edits in other comics creator articles, such as this edit to Steve McNiven. The cited source in the McNiven article does not specify that he was born in Halifax. Nightscream (talk) 15:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you.2607:FEA8:5B00:ECA0:D510:3F53:84BC:2C7F (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Joan arden murray. Thank you for your work on Frederick Henry (Fred) Brigden. User:Onel5969, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Another nice article. Keep it up.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Onel5969}}. Please remember to sign your reply with ~~~~. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:09, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Thank you. I feel I am learning! Joan arden murray (talk) 18:13, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

	Merry Christmas Joan arden murray
	Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you and yours nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 20:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Joan arden murray. Thank you for your work on Roland Poulin. User:Onel5969, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Another nice job!

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:35, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Let me say, as one of your fans, You Are A Doll! (New Yorkese, you know what I mean!) {{code|~~~~}2607:FEA8:5B00:ECA0:65EB:8AE1:BEDD:7E52 (talk) 14:46, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Joan arden murray. Thank you for your work on Pierre Bourgault (artist). User:Netherzone, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thank you for creating Pierre Bourgault (artist).

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Netherzone (talk) 00:47, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

February 2023

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to Irene Whittome, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history, as well as helping prevent edit conflicts. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually saving it.

The Show preview button is right next to the Publish changes button and below the edit summary field.

It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Meticulo (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Will do.Joan arden murray (talk) 13:36, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Joan arden murray. Thank you for your work on Édouard Jasmin. User:Spicy, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Hello and thank you for the new article. The phrasing in the 'Career' section is too close to the original source. Please consider rephrasing this to avoid copyright violations.

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Spicy (talk) 20:09, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Will do. thank you. Joan arden murray (talk) 22:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Edward Roper (artist)

Hello Joan - I've come across the article for Edward Roper (artist) this morning and its problems with dates, and the conflicting information between the Canadian Encyclopedia and the Design & Art Australia references. Based on the depth of information between the two, I suggest that you go with the Australian source rather than the Canadian Encylopedia. As it is, the dates just don't line up in the article. Unless Mr. Roper mastered time travel, of course :) .......Regards, PKT(alk) 12:57, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

The problem is the Australian source sounded like it might have a different man mixed in (a C. Roper but who am I to know?). Anyway, I have changed the death date and supplementary facts following the Australian source. Thank you, Joan arden murray (talk) 14:22, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiWednesdays Online Webinars for GLAM workers (Canada-UK Collaboration)

Our Project Team would like you to know about our upcoming project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts (Digital Greenhouse) and the Wikimedia Foundation (General Support).

A colleague from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection has brought your WIKI editing to our attention and we'd like to know more about how we might work together.

We will be updating this link next week with more details about registration, Guest Speakers, etc.

Thank you, Victoria Vicstasiuk7 (talk) 17:07, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:28, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

	Merry Christmas Joan arden murray
	Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you and yours nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 15:42, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Such a kind message! Thank you and Merriest to you! Joan arden murray (talk) 16:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

Your edit to George William Hill (sculptor) has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 15:08, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for all the great work you've done on Canadian art. Your contributions and expertise are much appreciated. WilliamDenton (talk) 04:55, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to join New pages patrol

Hello Joan arden murray!

• The New Pages Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles needing review. We could use a few extra hands to help.
• We think that someone with your activity and experience is very likely to meet the guidelines for granting.
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• Kindly read the tutorial before making your decision, and feel free to post on the project talk page with questions.
• If patrolling new pages is something you'd be willing to help out with, please consider applying here.

Thank you for your consideration. We hope to see you around!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind message. I am 80 years old and am just finishing up a few last articles before retiring (ha!) from Wikipedia. I have been glad to help Wikipedia with Canadian art, my specialty. But I will think about your job.

Sincerely Joan arden murray (talk) 15:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Geoffrey James (photographer)

Hi Joan, I'm writting you about your recent edits to Geoffrey James (photographer) specifically this one and the following ones. Did you copy the content you added from somewhere else? For Example from this website? Nobody (talk) 07:45, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I reworked. Thank you. Joan arden murray (talk) 14:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 27

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Penny Cousineau-Levine, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Geoffrey James.

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