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Thank you for your input on Russian art. Can you create an English Leningrad School version from the Russian article on the Leningrad School?..Modernist (talk) 15:43, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear colleague, thank you so much, and I am looking forward to do it in some days. Can I looking forward for your help? Sincerely Leningradartist (talk) 16:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad to help, although my knowledge of Russian art is limited...Modernist (talk) 22:00, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague, I continue to prepare an article on "Leningrad School of Painting”. Two days ago has been created the first article about one of its representatives - Leningrad artist Alexander Semionov, and also created new Category:Leningrad school of painting. But today category suddenly nominated for deletion with a very strange arguments. If you have an opinion on this subject, you can make it on the page discussion: Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_April_8#Category:Leningrad_school_of_painting. I think that, as in Russian Wikipedia, expert opinions should be heard in such cases. Sincerely, Leningradartist (talk) 20:18, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A category that you have recently created has been proposed for deletion. Discussion is open at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_April_8#Category:Leningrad_school_of_painting. Regards, NVO (talk) 13:07, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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• Doing. Leningradartist (talk) 14:31, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...contain the same works. Btw, I like your articles on Russian painters. Keep up the good work. Best regards. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:27, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for note! Doing. Kind Regard, Leningradartist (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The paintings of Veniamin Borisov are very nice and modest. I like his work with colors. Thank you for the correction. Btw, the first paragraph says that ...[he is] regarded as one of the inmates and representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. In my opinion, the word inmate means rather a prisoner in English. I think that exponent is a better term, in this case. However, my English is very poor. Anyway, have a good day. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 15:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I prefer "pupil", but dictionary and native americans advice "inmate" (as "graduate" for Art Institute). Leningradartist (talk) 16:25, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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• Doing. Leningradartist (talk) 21:56, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Alexander Tatarenko has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

no evidence of notability

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• Addition of one ref was insufficient to justify removal of the refimprove tag. What I want to see is links to independant, reliable sources that demonstrate that you are notable. Do not remove the {{refimprove}} tag again; ask me and I will remove it if I think you have done the job. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 14:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Links to reputable independent sources added. Please remove the warning. Thank you for advice. Leningradartist (talk) 14:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• What the [expletive deleted] are you talking about? You have not touched the article. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 15:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Again, Links to independent sources added (as you asked). When you have other claims, good enough to explain them. Please remove the warning. Leningradartist (talk) 15:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Are we living in some looking-glass world? I requested "links to independant, reliable sources" at 14:25, 23 June 2010. You have not edited the program since then, so why do you claim "links to independent sources added". — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear colleague, the text of a short article about the Russian artist Alexander Tatarenko has 4 links to the independent and authoritative sources. In addition, in the section "Bibliography" are still 16 independent and authoritative source. If you are acquainted with them and feel that they are not enough, or they are not a competent and independent, please indicate the specific data that needs by your opinion in the additional references, or please remove your warning. Leningradartist (talk) 22:12, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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One of the reasons I placed the tags is that you have quite unnecessarily wikified every date and repeatedly wikified the same items, contrary to WP:OVERLINK. Jimmy Pitt talk 17:43, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's guidelines on the use of wikilinks. Your articles on Russian artists contain an excessive number of wikilinks. Dates should not be wikilinked unless the date articles contain information that is germane and topical to the subject matter, not merely that they occurred on the same date or in the same year. Similarly, the same item does not need to be repeatedly wikilinked. Jimmy Pitt talk 22:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for the tip. I was first confronted with the observation of this kind, so I want to clarify: it refers to different dates in the text of the biography of the artist? And who will determine what needs to be linkid, and what is not? Your comment seems to me correct, but this matter should be left for the author of the text biographies. Leningradartist (talk) 23:08, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Leningradartist, I've only just seen your question -- better to have put it on my talk page, where I would have seen it sooner.

To answer your question, it used to be recommended that we wikified all dates: I think this was because it allowed the dates to show up in whichever date format a reader had specified as his preference. But some time ago the policy changed. Now, the preferred style is only to wikify dates if they have a direct connection with the subject of the article. I'm not sure how this works in practice -- I guess that an article on Napoleon's invasion of Russia could plausibly link to the article for 1812 because the invasion was a significant in that year, but an artist opening an exhibition in a particular year may be significant for the artist but is rarely a significant event taking the year as a whole, so there's no need to wikify the year. The same applies even more so to months and individual dates.

The other aspect is when the same topic is mentioned several times in an article, as in your lists of artists who shared exhibitions. The preferred style (according to MOS) is to wikify the first occurrence, but not the later ones (unless it's a very long article, when a second wikilink might be helpful). The idea, as I understand it, is that articles where large chunks consist of blue wikilinks are difficult to read and, more especially, the helpfulness of the links for a reader is reduced when too many links appear close together.

When you say that the matter should be left to the author of an article, you're overlooking the fact that WP has a manual of style which, while not mandatory, is certainly preferred, The intention isn't to limit what you write, but to try to ensure that articles present a reasonably similar appearance and are as readable as possible. Do have a read of the help page I linked to above -- it probably explains things far better than I have. Regards. Jimmy Pitt talk 23:34, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for the detailed response to my questions. I will try to take into account these new criteria, although it requires in each case, an additional and thoughtful consideration. For example, after your comments I would like to remove links to the year and city in the list of exhibitions of the artist Lev Orekhov. But then discovered that these links can be very useful for those who are interested in, for example in Leningrad in 1957 or in 1960. Thanks to them information about these exhibitions displayed in the list of articles about Leningrad 1957. In short, I will try to gently remove really unwanted and duplicate links. Kind Regard, Leningradartist (talk) 10:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's the way to go! The MOS guidelines are just that . . . guidelines: if you think there's a good reason for the wikilink, then do it. regards Jimmy Pitt talk 11:45, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I have a question about the phrase "regarded as one of the inmates", used in some 65 articles you've written. It doesn't make sense to me (a native English speaker) and I'd like to help you reword it so as to improve the articles you've written. Maybe you could tell me what you mean by "inmates" in Russian (I understand Russian pretty well) and I can help you find a better word in English, because that one doesn't mean what you probably intend it to. Thank you, DVD 16:09, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Hello, and thank you for your help. Phrase "Regarded as one of the inmates and brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting" mean by Russian the following: "..., являющийся воспитанником и одним из ярких представителей ленинградской школы живописи." Не все художники - представители ленинградской школы являлись ее воспитанниками. Некоторые сложились как художники до ее возникновения, другие учились, например, в Харькове, или в Киеве, и лишь позднее переехали в Ленинград. Leningradartist (talk) 22:09, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I see. It's just that the word "inmate" in English has a pretty limited definition and means someone who is captive in a prison or confined to a hospital. I suggest just omitting the word "inmate" in this sentence, and saying, "Regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting". Let me know if you have any questions. DVD 00:23, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, I am agree, Thanks for advice. Leningradartist (talk) 16:13, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leningradartist, I've reverted a couple of your edits, and believe that other art editors have raised valid concerns about them. It appears that you are stacking articles with Russian artists and paintings, using your book as the only source to support the edits, and adding images from your book. The entire endeavor raises concerns of conflict of interest, or that a primary motive is to promote your book and the artists and paintings therein. Another concern is that you revert other editors, without explanation--this, too, gives the appearance of an agenda, and may broach edit-warring. Can you cite any other publications in addition to your book that ascribe prominence to these artists? They are very good, but by pushing this you render it inevitable that other artists and art historians will maintain the obvious, that Buchkin is not of the same historical level as van Gogh. Thanks, JNW (talk) 00:51, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague JNW, In each article (for example Sergei Osipov, Mikhail Kaneev, Evgenia Antipova, Alexander Samokhvalov, and others ) in addition to text links to sources, a section "Bibliography" with the list of publications that contain information about the artist. How have you managed the entire list of printed sources detected only my humble book? Further, if you're familiar with my book, it is easy to verify that the images are uploaded to the Commons are taken not only from book. In both cases, I have a legitimate right, and you as an experienced user can easily and quickly if you want to make sure. Because my work in Wikipedia is absolutely transparent and legitimate and stakeholders on the facts and documents, but not on unsubstantiated speculation and prejudice. Thanks, Leningradartist (talk) 13:34, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Per above you are edit warring at Portrait painting. Three editors have reverted you. Kindly discuss on the article talk page to achieve WP:CONSENSUS. If you conduct continues, you will be blocked. Ty 01:58, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the comments above by JNW and Ty, please stop adding works to articles without independent justification or reference or regard to the historical nature of the articles. I have made suggestions to you to create separate articles to elicit understanding of the history of Russian painting. You can create - Russian portrait painting, Russian Still-life painting, and Russian landscape painting to trace the idioms development and its relationship with the painting from other cultures...Modernist (talk) 04:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague Modernist, thank you for your advice about the separate articles devoted to the genres in Russian art. The idea is fine. But why you do not want to use it and write such articles, for example, about American art? By the way, I did not find any such articles for French, English, Chinese, or Italian painting. You must have noticed that my neat and modest additions (namely, adding, rather than correcting or removing previously written) were made in the articles on the major genres of painting: Landscape painting, Portrait painting, and Still Life painting. Do you think a mistake or a misunderstanding of the fact that these articles do not even have a simple mention of Russian painting and the contributions of its representatives, including the 20th century? To me it seems obvious omission. But when I added a modest article text (taking into account your remark) and examples of paintings by Russian Soviet artists, all this was promptly removed. For example, why from the article about the still life painting have been removed works by artists Sergei Osipov and Gevork Kotiantz? And from the article on landscape painting works by Nikolai Timkov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, and Nikolai Galakhov? And from the article on portrait painting "Portrait of Yevgeny Mravinsky", by Lev Russov, and "Portrait of wife (In the sun)", by Alexander Samokhvalov? All these artists have in english and russian Wiki special articles. Without going into the controversy, I want to still recall known fact that in many respects thanks to the "Socialist Realism" and Russian Art School above genres have been preserved in its traditional sense in easel painting of the 20th century. I think that this discussion will help to improve the above-mentioned articles. For my part, I'm always grateful to colleagues for practical advice and comments. Leningradartist (talk) 17:52, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion because of the cold war most Russian art is underknown in the west, which is why I am suggesting that you write those articles about different aspects of Russian painting. Adding a few names of important innovative artists to those articles are ok; however you swamped those articles with everything but the kitchen sink. I find most of your suggestions too conventional and too recent to essentially redefine the idioms. Continue to add a few live links of important artists as you did to Still-life earlier today...Modernist (talk) 18:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear сolleague Modernist, thanks for the reply, but your arguments did not satisfy me. I think that it is impossible to write articles on art for Wikipedia, and while continuing to sit in the trenches of the Cold War. Such articles are inevitably biased and keep people apart, which contradicts the objectives of the Wikipedia. There is a fairly details books in English dedicated to Soviet painting. For the same educational goals I had grant Wikipedia the rights on a few hundred images of paintings by Russian artists 1930-1990 period. But the creators of the articles Landscape painting, Still life painting, and Portrait painting ignored these materials, and my effort to add these images also has been removed. I continue to insist on their restoration (see above). With regard to the text sections on the 20th century Russian painting for these articles, they will be prepared. Thanks, Leningradartist (talk) 20:53, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am curious how many 20th century American artists you have included and in which articles are they in the Russian wikipedia?. Are there many American 19th century and 20th century painters in the articles about Landscape painting, Still Life and Portrait painting in the Russian wikipedia?. Have you added the massive lists and images of the Russian painters you want to add here to those same articles in the Russian wikipedia?. Have you added this article: Sergei Ivanov (art historian) to the Russian wikipedia?...Modernist (talk) 22:07, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dear сolleague Modernist, I'm not an expert on the American, or French painting, so do not write articles on global themes such as Landscape Painting, or Portrait painting. With regard to articles on similar subjects in the Russian section of Wikipedia, it is in my opinion a disgrace. If you could add to their material on the 19th and 20th century American artists, accompanied by illustrations, it would be great. You can be sure that delete them, no one would mind. The artical: Sergei Ivanov (art historian) has been delated from Russian Wiki. You can see discussion here Thank you, Leningradartist (talk) 09:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leningradartist, I've restored the autobiography and third-party reference templates to your biography, and explained the rationale here [1]. As I mentioned above, I like the artists and respect your scholarship, but there need to be objective sources about you. Referring to your own publications is circular, and links showing that your books are sold at museums and galleries don't establish notability. Please read WP:RELIABLE. Thanks, JNW (talk) 23:46, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague JNW , Thanks for the clarification, but I think you rushed to re-set templates. In the article had been amended and supplemented, which you have requested and in the accordance withWP:RELIABLE. Includes additional external links to Mr. Ivanov's book when it is used by well-known libraries, museums, and art galleries. I would like also to clarify that as an art historian, Mr. Ivanov wrote about the phenomenon of meaningful and relevant staff for Russian painting of the 20th century. This confirms the references to his book in the study of Russian-Soviet art and creativity of individual artists. Thank you once more for advices and remarks. Leningradartist (talk) 21:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leningradartist. I don't think a single link complies with WP:RELIABLE; in the entire autobiography I can't find a neutral source--a newspaper, magazine, or reliable online coverage--that writes about you. As already stated, all the links evidence that your books are sold in museums and galleries, and are included in libraries. These would be appropriate for an 'external links' section, but are not sufficient as sources. This is the problem inherent in WP:COI. JNW (talk) 21:51, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion has begun about whether the article Sergei Ivanov (art historian), which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sergei Ivanov (art historian) until a concensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Smartse (talk) 16:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leningradartist, please familiarise yourself with our conflict of interest guideline, as well as our guideline on bookspam. Your edits seem to be causing problems, since it is not clear that the subjects you are writing on are sufficiently notable for inclusion, as judged by our guideline on the notability of artists, and the fact that it appears as though you may be editing here with the aim of promoting yourself or your company, rather than to improve the encyclopedia. There is a discussion regarding your edits at the conflict of interest noticeboard, here which I would encourage you to comment in. Smartse (talk) 17:21, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Leningradartist, recently you have been adding many painters from Leningrad school to the List of Russian artists. While I really appreciate some of your additions, it seems to me that it is not good for the general list of artists from Russia to have so much people from one single school. The list is supposed to illustrate all of the country, all art forms, all genres and movements, and all of the history of Russian art. Too much of socialist realism, too much of the 20th century and too much of Leningrad technique is not adding to the good general impression from the page, especially given the fact that one single school can give only a limited number of prominent artists. My suggestion is to create a separate List of painters from Leningrad school, modelled after the List of Russian artists, and move the Leningrad painters there, leaving only several most prominent on the List of Russian artists (from those you've added so far, I'd suggest Evgenia Antipova, Nikolai Baskakov, Vsevolod Bazhenov, Mikhail Kaneev, Sergei Osipov, Lev Russov, Alexander Samokhvalov and Alexander Semionov, but this would be my personal choice, I'm not an expert on the subject). Another option is to add the similar alphabethical list right into the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation article. My regards, Greyhood (talk) 19:02, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague, Thank you for your letter. I understand your concern and I thank you for the specific proposals. I considered these versions and give you an answer without delay. Leningradartist (talk) 19:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Dear Colleague, I am agree with your suggestion to create a separate List of painters from Leningrad school, modelled after the List of Russian artists, and move the Leningrad painters there, leaving only several most prominent on the List of Russian artists. As I understood you correctly, you will create such list yourself and add to it material that already exists? If so, then there is on my side no objections. In this case I would like ask you to leave in the List of Russian artists the following artists: Evgenia Antipova, Sergei Osipov, Lev Russov, Alexander Samokhvalov, Nikolai Timkov, Alexander Semionov, Nikolai Galakhov, Mikhail Kaneev, and Nikolai Baskakov. The other artists I'll be adding a new list itself. How much time you need to create it? Thank you, Leningradartist (talk) 20:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I can create such list in a very short time. But we need to fix its name beforehand. I've just noticed that Category:Leningrad school of painting has been deleted from English Wikipedia earlier. So, to avoid any problems, I would propose to create a List of members of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (with List of members of Leningrad Union of Artists and List of painters from Leningrad school as redirects) or maybe even List of Saint Petersburg painters (with List of Leningrad painters as a redirect). What do you prefer? Greyhood (talk) 20:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (with List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists and List of painters from Leningrad school as redirects) with a main article Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. By my opinion this allows to make a list of fairly compact and specific in time and composition. Leningradartist (talk) 21:08, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, its a bit late time at my place, so I think I'll create this list tomorrow evening, with all redirects and links from and to Saint Petersburg Union of Artists and List of Russian artists. Cheers, Greyhood (talk) 22:01, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you, and keep me informed. Leningradartist (talk) 22:14, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• The new list is created, I've linked it with Saint Petersburg Union of Artists and List of Russian artists, and also redirected to it all the other variants of the name that we've discussed here. I've added Nikolai Galakhov to the List of Russian artists and left other Leningrad artists that you named (and Petrov-Vodkin, of course). Perhaps I've not added all of the relevant painters from the old list to the new one, please check it. My regards, Greyhood (talk) 14:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you, I had reviewed and have so far only one question: on my computer in the new list all tables have a different width. For example, tables "T" and "O" is considerably narrower than the "C" and "M". At the same time in the old list all tables have the same width. I could not understand why. Please advice. Leningradartist (talk) 00:24, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Well, in fact the tables are of different width in the original list too, but it is not seen on smaller monitors. The width of the tables depends on the width of their contents, in this case mainly the lengths of artists' descriptions in the second column. I've fixed the problem in the List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists by giving each table a fixed size ("width=1000pt", see the latest diff). Greyhood (talk) 11:08, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks, excellent! For convenience viewing, I reduced the length to 900, if you have no objection. Leningradartist (talk) 15:44, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Glad to help you. Perhaps there are other ways to fix the size, I don't know it for sure, but you may try and read Help:Table. Greyhood (talk) 16:12, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey bro,

You do a great job with Russian painters and artists. I'm wondering if you could direct some effort towards the abysmal state of Category:Romanian painters. If you find the biographies, I'll gladly convert them to wikipedia pages. Let me know. Soundsboy (talk) 08:12, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Please explain the reasons why you deleted my last contribution regarding the Russian art and Russian artists. Thank you. Leningradartist (talk) 21:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because 1957 is not all about Russian artists, as before perhaps make a timeline devoted to Soviet art - which has little or nothing in common with the American/European art world.

You indiscriminately add massive galleries and irrelevant and unnecessary lists where they do not belong, if there was a significant event, or an international exhibition, or a particular occurrence then only add that...Modernist (talk) 22:46, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see response on your talk page. Thank you. Leningradartist (talk) 00:22, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Please explain the reasons why you deleted my last contribution regarding the Russian art and Russian artists. Thank you. Leningradartist (talk) 21:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because 1957 is not all about Russian artists...Modernist (talk) 22:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you so much Colleague! Your response must be understood so that you are not guided by specific paragraphs of the rules of Wikipedia, but your own tastes and preferences? Let me note you also that the article 1957 in art applies equally to the art of all countries. And if there is no material of any country - it is a problem especially those who wrote about the art of this country. And it can not be grounds for removal of material related to other countries. If you think this article should be devoted exclusively to the events of one culture - to create an article with this special name. For example, 1957 in art of the United States. Then your actions will be clear. Now they are similar to systemic discrimination on ethnic or national origin. But the rules of Wikipedia is prohibited its. Therefore, I ask you to recover deleted material. Thank you and my regards, Leningradartist (talk) 00:17, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If there was a significant event, or an international exhibition, or a particular occurrence then only add that. And stay off my talk page in the future, I am tired of your disingenuous innocent act and I agree with JNW below...Modernist (talk) 01:21, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Agree with Modernist; the article as it stands includes numerous cultures, not just references to art in the United States. I do find your claim disingenuous: what you have done is 'overstack' articles with material relating only to your background, and to artists that you have written about and presumably represent; prior to Modernist's reversion, you had in essence co-opted the article on behalf of Leningrad artists [2]. Often your preferred source is your own publication. Per WP:SELFCITING, many of these additions rely only upon your say-so for their claims to prominence, and have been accepted thus far in a spirit of openness, as well as, one surmises, a dearth of scholarship on English Wikipedia regarding recent Russian art. JNW (talk) 00:35, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is to notify you that I have initiated a discussion of your work at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Biography#Russian_painters. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 02:54, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a courtesy note to inform you that, following a discussion at Talk:Arseny_Semionov#Principal exhibitions. I have gone and cleaned up most of the articles of which you seem to be the sole contributor. I have surmised that you may not be too familiar with what is and is not material appropriate for this encyclopaedia, so I have taken the liberty of doing the following for each article:

• removing links to dates and date fragments, as this is no longer encouraged on English Wikipedia (see WP:Linking);
• removing links to common terms such as Russia and USSR, and repeat links for same (see WP:Linking);
• removing mentions in the lead of the artists' membership of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists and associated citation, as membership of art cooperatives rarely, if ever, confer or infer notability, and even if so, the significance is not made clear anywhere in the organisations article, nor is any such fact reliably sourced
• removing the laundry list which were constituted by the 'Principal exhibitions' when it appears that these were contradictorily exhibitions shared with tens of other artists;
• removing entries in the 'Bibliography' sections pertaining to exhibition catalogues and directories as these are commercial documents of no encyclopaedic value;
• adding tags requesting citations for works being in museums or notable private collections, where there is such mention in the article

In addition to the foregoing, I have redirected 'List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists', which seemed to me nothing more than a pretty directory and brochure showcasing the talents of artists, to Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.

I would also note in passing that you have created these articles in apparent conflict of interest, and also seem to refer to yourself and cite your own publication. All these points, as well as some others I have not dealt with, make the articles referred to problematic from the Wikipedia perspective. I have tried my best to lead swift and effective corrective action to same. Regards, --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 14:11, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding individuals to the recent year articles that do not meet the criteria in WP:RY. ttonyb (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Russian Winter. Hoarfrost (painting) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Malaya Sadovaya street (painting) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Per your suggestion I've begun a discussion regarding your edits away from the Articles for Deletion pages. Thanks, JNW (talk) 20:43, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Я прокомментировал, но в будущем рекомендую вам не охотиться на участников поодиночке, а обращать внимание на подобные ситуации на WT:RUSSIA.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 27, 2011; 15:12 (UTC)

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		For your work on many articles related to socialist realism and uploading multiple good paintings. GreyHood Talk 16:34, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Спасибо за эту оценку и участие в дискуссии. Ответил на Вашей страничке. Leningradartist (talk) 17:49, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please explain this edit of your page. Originally you have mentioned: I am a holder of exclusive right for text and visual material published in my book (Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p. 450. ISBN 5901724216, ISBN 9785901724217). Now you have removed highlighted parts. Does it mean that you had false information and false-fully claimed that the book was yours (when it was not yours) and now you have corrected it? Or what does it mean? Thanks. SuperMarioWoman (talk) 02:49, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for your question. User is not going to either confirm or deny his identity with a real person registered under name Leningradartist, or with other real persons (or their aliases), the identity with which openly tried to discuss some of the users. If the grounds for this purpose, as I see now were some of inaccuracies on the user page, now their seems to be corrected in order to eliminate the grounds for such analogies in the future. Leningradartist (talk) 08:36, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • In such case please prove that you indeed hold the copyright rights on the book that you claim to have the rights for. Your statement above shows that you for some reason are not willing to say the truth. SuperMarioWoman (talk) 03:17, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Teterin-Victor-Quince-new348bw.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. SuperMarioWoman (talk) 17:25, 16 September 2011 (UTC) {{Permission OTRS|2010032110008071}} Leningradartist (talk) 21:53, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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	Privet, mne nuzna pomow v napisanii malenkogo artikla na WIki. Moi skype: muworx Moi email: [email protected] Pozaluista pomogite mne, sro4no do subboti. Alexandrestudio (talk) 16:25, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your extensive work on Russian/Soviet art and artists, and for all the beautiful images/paintings you've contributed. Thank you.--INeverCry 21:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Спасибо. И очень неожиданно. Удачи Вам. Leningradartist (talk) 22:47, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Doing. --Leningradartist (talk) 19:37, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article Ernst Lissner has been translated from the Russian Wikipedia, but as I can't read or speak Russian, I wonder if you could check the article for Google mistakes. That would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million, Krenakarore ^TK 21:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Done. Leningradartist (talk) 10:19, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Magnificently done......:) ! The readers of the world thank you for your timely intervention. It's nice to learn from those who know. Krenakarore ^TK 10:26, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just did an article on Osip Braz, who seems to have some importance, atleast because of his portrait of Chekhov. I was able to find this low-res portrait of Braz, which will do for now, but I'd love to have something a bit better. Are there any other portraits of him anywhere? (If you have the time to look)INeverCry 01:53, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please have a read at the following talk page Medal for Battle Merit. The article requires a concensus for a proper title. Thanks ! Fdutil (talk) 18:19, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Done. Leningradartist (talk) 20:24, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thanks for creating the new articles 1931 in fine arts of the Soviet Union and 1932 in fine arts of the Soviet Union and working to improve Wikipedia. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, your personal opinion would be greatly appreciated here Leningradartist. We all thank you, Krenakarore ^TK 01:24, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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• Done. Thank you for discussion. Leningradartist (talk) 21:33, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for your great contribution to ruwiki. Its admins are just incompetent in art and use their banhammers more often than artworks. Psychiatrick (talk) 23:49, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I was wondering if you'd be able to help me find some information about a painting somebody else asked me to find. Now, I'm completely unqualified for this kind of search, and googling didn't turn up anything promising, and since you are the only person I (kinda sorta) know with an expertise in the field, I thought I'd give it a shot.

I haven't seen the painting myself; all I have is its verbal description. Hopefully, it would be sufficient. The painting shows an open window with an off-the-hook phone receiver lying on the window sill. I also know that it was displayed in Tretyakov Gallery some time in 1970, and that it is probably not by a very well-known painter (but I can't vouch for that). Do you have any ideas as to which painting that might be?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); May 29, 2012; 13:23 (UTC)

• I am sorry, Colleague, but I have not any ideas about this painting and author :) Leningradartist (talk) 14:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem; I had to try :) Thanks anyway!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); June 4, 2012; 12:05 (UTC)

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Hi There, in relation to the above notices about non-free (or fair use) images being replaceable: Images of living people are almost always deemed replaceable as a free image could be taken. There are a few exceptions but they are unlikely to relate to artists such as those you've uploaded the images of. regarding your question.

Please advice: can I add fair-use images also to List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, or in the artist biography only? Thank you! Leningradartist (talk) 13:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

The short answer is no. The longer answer is in the section Wikipedia:NFC#Non-free_image_use_in_list_articles. As the article already has many freely licenced images, and that artists are primarily known for their art rather than their face, and that it is a list article, the non-free images are unlikely to satisfy points 1, 3a and 8 in the non-free content criteria. - Peripitus (Talk) 10:59, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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On 2 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article In the Sun (painting), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the painting In the Sun (pictured) by Russian artist Alexander Samokhvalov is a portrait of his wife, artist Maria Kleshchar-Samokhvalova? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/In the Sun (painting). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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• Thank you! Non-free Template has been added. Leningradartist (talk) 08:06, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Добрый день! Мне тут поручили узнать согласны ли вы вернуться в руВП. Если да, то вопрос снятия бессрочки обсуждаем. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 14:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Благодарю Вас за посредничество, но обсуждать этот вопрос я буду только в рувики. Ещё раз спасибо. Leningradartist (talk) 19:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Leningradartist! I have written a short article about Мария Феликсовна Бри-Бейн in the German Wikipedia. I noticed that you used this catalogue in your article 1933 in fine arts of the Soviet Union. Do you have access to this book? If that is the case, would you mind sending me a copy of the page about Бри-Бейн? There should also be a photo[3]—maybe the information in the catalogue could be used to conclude that it is public domain and can be used in the Wikipedia. Kind regards --Chricho ∀ (talk) 20:50, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I have't access to this catalogue. Leningradartist (talk) 21:15, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks, never mind. --Chricho ∀ (talk) 22:13, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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