Talk:Survival Research Laboratories

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Cxbrx (talk · contribs) This user has declared a connection. (I participate in Survival Research Laboratories projects as an unpaid volunteer. I have had some of my travel expenses paid by SRL.)

New Location[edit]

There is a small mention on the SRL timeline (see http://srl.org/shows,html) that SRL has moved to Petaluma but with no details. Will withold editing SRL location from San Francisco till there is more substantive confirmation.Brazensunseeker (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC) The SRL website seems to confirm the move now, see reference on the main page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timesuptim (talk • contribs) 20:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Key figures?[edit]

Why is there no mention of any of the key figures in SRL over the years, other than Mark P.? Obviously, he should be the central figure in the entry, but no mention of Matt Heckert, Eric Werner, et al? Someone really should add a section for that (someone with a better memory than mine). Bricology (talk) 06:58, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, not to mention Timothy Hashaw. 71.139.34.249 (talk) 23:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

For WP:NPOV and WP:V, this article is in need of sources other than the SRL webpage. -- 790 ♫ 09:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC) Have added several print and external website references. Timesuptim (talk) 20:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"SRL died" ?[edit]

According to this blog post, "SRL died". Noting that's a very controversial source on the topic - Is that true? -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 01:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. There was a full SRL show on December 22, 2012, see http://laughingsquid.com/survival-research-labs-performance-at-extreme-futurist-festival-2012/ There have been various shows since the above blog post, see http://www.srl.org/oldshows.html (Disclaimer: I'm involved in SRL) Cxbrx (talk) 02:58, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"SRL died" is from Violet Blue's Main Site

Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 10:33, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

see Women in SRL for Violet Blue

Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 10:47, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SRL = Survival Research Labs ?[edit]

Shouldn't the page be Survival Research Labs instead of . srl.org only uses Survival Research Labs. Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 08:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Logo uses Survival Research Laboratories but text says Survival Research Labs.Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 10:49, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Violation?[edit]

The main entry for this article was removed due to possible copyright violation on the SRL about page. The page is now CC BY-SA see http://srl.org/about.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotatingmachinery (talk • contribs) 22:17, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Full disclosure, I'm declaring that I have a COI for this topic and have updated this talk page and my user page.

It looks like http://srl.org/about.html was placed under the CC-BY-SA, as per Wikipedia:Copyright problems#Obtaining/verifying_permission, so it should be possible to re-enable the article.

Looking at the previous version of the Survival Research Laboratories page and http://srl.org/about.html, it might be best to remove the paragraph found on http://srl.org/about.html from the Wikipedia article. See also Duplication Detector Report.

An enterprising editor could replace the text with something like the following:

Survival Research Laboratories operates as an organization that repurposes the designs, methods and equipment of various fields away from their intended use as products or in warfare. A performance typically involves interactions between machines, props and special effects as a form of satire. Humans are present as operators and audience.

The above text is only offered as a suggestion, feel free to ignore it. Cxbrx (talk) 02:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cxbrx, the website is licenced CC BY-SA 4.0. That is not a compatible licence here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:30, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Justlettersandnumbers, right you are! I mistakenly thought http://srl.org/about.html had the correct license. I'll see if I can get it changed. In the meantime, could the offending text on the wiki page be removed or replaced? Cxbrx (talk) 15:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Justlettersandnumbers, OK, http://srl.org/about.html has been updated with Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Would it be possible to remove the Copyvio/core template? Cxbrx (talk) 03:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ping me if any help is needed in cleaning this up. SRL is important in some histories of art, so the article has to exist. I have no doubt I could round up fifty good sources, too. Full disclosure, I saw one of their performances once and was awed. Also scared.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well then, @ThatMontrealIP: – that's an offer too good to pass up. I had assumed it was notable and had a quick look for sources, but didn't get far. If you could do something about it that would be excellent – it sorely needs it. Thanks in advance, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:45, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Justlettersandnumbers: thanks for the kind words! I have added about ten sources so far, and I am only up to 1982, three years after they were founded. The other 40 will not be a problem, but it may take a few days! There is an enormous amount of sourcing out there, as this is the kind of group that epitomizes the "known among their peers" criteria of WP:ARTIST.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:57, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]