Talk:William Woodward (artist)

Merge discussion

Just needs to be done. William Woodward 1859-1939 (Preservationist, Artist) doesn't conform to naming conventions and duplicates the earlier article. Toddst1 (talk) 21:29, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Reply to Toddst1

The title of the article doesn't conform to naming conventions because it needs to inherently differentiate from a previous artist by the same name who lived during a different time. I'm including the unorthodox name because of this. Quazar121 (talk) 21:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)quazar121

See Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Precision_and_disambiguation. We only have one William Woodward (artist). We now have 2 articles on the same person. Toddst1 (talk) 22:50, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

• A Google search does show that there seems to be a living artist of the named "William Woodward", who may or may not qualify for an article per Wikipedia:Notability. If someone wishes to create an article for that William Woodward, we can discuss the best title options to differentiate the two artists. However that is a seperate issue. We currently have two articles about the same person. The two articles on the same subject need to be merged. If contributors think the the existing title should be changed, the Wikipedia page moving procedure should be used (see Help:Moving a page) after discussion, rather than starting a different article on the same subject at a different title. -- Infrogmation (talk) 07:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woodward_(artist)) is the same William Woodward as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woodward_1859-1939_(Preservationist,_Artist) so the two articles should be merged. I am aware that there is currently an alive artist also by the name of William Woodward. However neither of the links I posted refer to the living artist. Both of the links I posted refer to William Woodward the New Orleans Impressionist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.160.250 (talk) 15:19, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

• Merge done. As it has been almost a year and the author of the fork article has not been active in Wikipedia, I merged the articles to here. Further cleanup/improvement welcome -- Infrogmation (talk) 19:35, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Redundant passage

I have tried to improve the layout, and will try to embed more citations into the text. I am copying and pasting this passage here, as it seems redundant:

"In New Orleans, he played a pivotal role alongside William Faulkner in the preservation of the Vieux Carre (French Quarter). He is best known for using his art to streamline the preservation movement in 1920's New Orleans, almost single-handedly saving The Cabildo (a New Orleans Historic Landmark). In 1894, Woodward founded the architecture school and art programs of Tulane University. He invented a dry-etching process called fiberloid which is used by artists today. Devoting almost all of his work to the French Quarter, he created hundreds of drawings, oil paintings, watercolors, oil crayons and etchings of the city he loved. He is and will always be intertwined with art in New Orleans. Because of his unwavering interest in architecture, his work shows depth in development. His focus on architecture included drawings, watercolor paintings, oil paintings, oil crayon, and etchings. After six decades of concentrated work on architectural scenes, he published his etchings of the Vieux Carré. From his earliest days, Woodward produced views of his family's homestead and other New England landscapes. Invariably, farm buildings and other structures in these early works are crisply delineated."

Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:32, 6 January 2014 (UTC)