Talk:Ekpo Eyo

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Draft space and review[edit]

A previous version of this page was moved to draftspace because "An article you recently created, Ekpo Eyo, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published". I found this surprising, as the reference of this previous version was a detailed obituary dedicated to Ekpo Eyo that was published in an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal, and as such in my opinion is beyond doubt a "reliable, independent source" with respect to wikipedia standards.

Now I have expanded the article further and added several more references, and I submit this draft for review.--Terphys (talk) 19:27, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Terphys! To clear up any confusion, I'll explain my reasoning as to the decision to move this page to draftspace. When I reviewed the page, I saw a page that was well-written, especially for a user with an edit count of about 150. Was it short, yes, it was, but I thought it had potential, as evidenced by the one source mentioned. Therein lies the issue - it only had one source. Per WP:GNG, multiple sources are expected. You are correct in assuming that the source does qualify as one that meets Wikipedia's standards - that was never the issue. Only a couple sentences had citations after them and that was what prompted the move to draftspace and the message on the talk page. I moved it to draftspace instead of WP:PROD or WP:AfD because while I had neither the time nor the interest to develop the page further, draftspace gives you the opportunity to further develop the page, which you have done. It was not a move made with ill will but what I thought was a fitting alternative to deletion, and I am glad that you have furthered the improvement of the page in draftspace. Regards, Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 01:29, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Willsome429! Thanks a lot for taking the time and giving these detailed explanations, which make things much clearer for me now. Next time I will add multiple references from the beginning. Let's hope that the draft review comes out positive. Regards,--Terphys (talk) 15:52, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

'Treasures of ancient Nigeria' exhibition[edit]

For the article on Ekpo Eyo, I only gave rough information on the 'Treasures of ancient Nigeria' exhibition that he organized in the 1980s, and I think that this is sufficient. But in case that more details are of interest, here are the stops of the exhibition tour that I found:

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: January 17 to March 16, 1980.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco: April 28 to June 29, 1980.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: August 11-October 12, 1980. (Some other source has August 14 as starting date; one of the two dates probably is a typo.)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
California State Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia: February 21, 1982 to April 18, 1982.
Royal Academy of Arts, London: October 30, 1982, to 23 January, 1983.

There are comments in the web that suggest further stops in Europe, but I have not found details. Also, there might have been a very similar/basically identical exhibition in Nigeria in the late 1970s, which then evolved into the travelling exhibition in the US and Europe.--Terphys (talk) 20:50, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]