Talk:List of Turkish painters

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Support: In the Turkish language a person who pains pictures of art is refered as a painter while in english a painter is the occupation who paints a wall indiscriminatly. The article refers to a group of Notable artists, however a redrect from Turkish Painters may be necesary for all practicle purposes. --Cool Cat| My Talk 09:12, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Comment. The nomenclature on Wikipedia seems to be to use the word "painters" to describe fine artists whose medium is paint. Category: Painters and its subcategories, and virtually all its subcats and daughter articles use the word "painter" with that meaning. I appreciate what CoolCat is saying but to me it seems that the choice of the word "painter" is a matter for general naming policy rather than discussion on RM. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 12:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Comment. No, a painter in English is somebody who uses paint, whether that be a house painter or a portrait painter. Picasso and Constable were painters. -- Necrothesp 17:38, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Object. Painters is the standard word chosen - see list of painters. violet/riga (t) 18:50, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Oppose Concur with VR. Alai 06:10, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Oppose - In English, a painter can certainly be a fine artist, and not just a house painter. john k 17:35, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Oppose for reasons stated above. Trilobite (Talk) 10:35, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Oppose. Others reached the gist of the point before I had the chance. A.D.H. (t&m) 06:28, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)