Talk:Stuckism in Australia

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I do not believe this movement is notable having done a google search. There appears to be no reference in mainstream media.

Wikipedia policy at Wikipedia:Reliable sources is the policy on the use of sources. The policy queries the use of sources which "have an agenda or conflict of interest, strong views, or other bias which may color their report" and suggests such sources "may be used as primary sources only i.e. as sources about themselves, and even then with caution and sparingly." I do not think the possible sources in external links, or any I have turned up in google searching meet the criteria.--A Y Arktos 06:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I think this is a misunderstanding of the article. A google search for Stuckism gives 31,000 results. There isn't (as far as I know) a movement called "Stuckism in Australia"—this article is essentially part of the main article Stuckism. The Australian info could be merged back into it, but then if the main one gets expanded (which I would like to do when I get time) it would only have to be split off again. Tyrenius 09:54, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

This article claims there is such a movement and names some indiiduals in it. There appears to be no report of the movement in the mainstream Australian media - but then again my searching could be lousy. Merging back might be a good option.--A Y Arktos 10:03, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

PS - in my earliest comment, I did not mean to show doubt that there was Stuckism movement but was referring to this article's Australian assertions.--A Y Arktos 10:05, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The info in the article seems valuable - remember that Wiki is a resource, and if anyone wants toi find out about Stuckism in Australia, this piece can tell them useful things. Whether it be merged back into ageneral article on Stuckism I have no opinion, but certainly Stuckism per se is important enough to warrant an entry. PiCo 10:08, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia must be verifiable from reliable sources. The sources for this article, as per above, do not sufficiently meet this standard. If a reliable source is produced I would withdraw my concerns.--A Y Arktos 10:59, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the sources are required for now. It was originally to verify a movement called "Stuckism in Australia", but I think we are agreed that there is no such movement. There is only a movement called Stuckism. "Stuckism in Australia" is a description of the article's content, namely the activities of the Stuckism movement in Australia. I have amended the intro to try to make that clear. Sources for such activities are in the article, namely:

• a double page spread by Gabriella Coslovich on the Stuckists in the leading Melbourne paper The Age. [1]
• In December 2001, The Stuckist demonstration outside the Turner Prize at Tate Britain, London, was broadcast on Australian national TV news.
• The Age ran a reprise of Stuckism (etc) [2]
• ==Reference==
• Ed. Frank Milner (2004), "The Stuckists Punk Victorian" National Museums Liverpool, ISBN 1-902700-27-9
• ==External links==
• Melbourne Stuckists
• Graham Wilson
• Godfrey Blow
• Kaye Blum (Screenworks Directory)
• Godfrey Blow criticises Tate's purchase of The Upper Room

In this instance the three Australian Stuckist web sites (and Blow on The Upper Room) are simply examples of activity of Stuckism in Australia.

The Stuckism web site would seem to be valid as external source, because it is the web site of an organisation independent of the Australian groups, by its own admission: "This is the web site of the first Stuckists art group founded in 1999 by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish. There are now over 100 independent, artist-led Stuckist groups and 5 Stuckist Centres worldwide. The contents of this site are not endorsed by any other organisation, including other Stuckist groups. We do not have any responsibity for,nor we necessarily endorse,any external sites or organisations (including other Stuckist groups) mentioned on or linked to by this site." [3]It can therefore validate the Australian art shows etc. [4]

Tyrenius 12:02, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

"Stuckism in Australia" This is my first article on this site and I was surprised and disappointed to be told that it is not notable enough and that Stuckism in Australia as a movement does not exist. I did not say there was a cohesive whole movement but that there existed several small groups. In the article it states that "manifestations of Stuckism" appeared in Australia spreading from the original movement in The UK. It has been implied that there have been no press releases referring to the Stuckists in Australia. There have been in fact several articles in the press and much of this has now been placed on the site. One article mentions the Stuckists in Australia - "State of the Arts", magazine for the arts, called "Stuck for a new ISM". In Western Australia, Ron Banks, Arts Editor of the West Australian newspaper wrote an article on Stuckism and my involvement called "Getting stuck into Concepts" and more recently the West published another piece about Stuckism and my current solo show which is running at Stafford Studios here in Perth. When I did a search for Stuckism in Australia through Google and Yahoo I found over 500 web sites which detailed their existance! Hope this demonstrates that Stuckism in Australia is a viable and worthy entity.

Regards,

Godfrey Blow (Perth Stuckists).

Hi Godfrey

Thank you for joining Wiki and contributing a useful article. Please continue to contribute. A Y Arktos was only trying to ensure that Wiki standards are maintained, as it is very tempting for people to use Wiki to promote themselves regardless of sufficient notability to justify inclusion, and you are obviously part of this movement. I think the article is worthwhile, justified, and does have enough external corroboration. But please read the guidelines that AYArktos put on your discussion page, and also check out Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines. This may put the objection in a different light. I would suggest you also add into the article the extra information you've just mentioned.

Best Tyrenius 14:13, 6 March 2006 (UTC)