Talk:Sam Haskins
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[edit] Lists (etc.)
This is a very energetically constructed article. Good. However, it needs a lot of attention.
Here's just one sample, a list within a list of influences:
* [[Irving Penn]][http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/irving_penn.htm] [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/penn_irving.html] * [[Richard Avedon]][http://www.richardavedon.com/] * [[Edward Steichen]][http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/steichen_edward_j.html] [http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/steichen/steichen.html] * [[Henri Cartier Bresson]][http://www.henricartierbresson.org/]
And within those, let's consider Penn. Penn gets an internal link. Fine. However, he also gets two external links. I went to both; neither mentions Haskins. Thus there's no reason for either of the links.
What is needed is a source for the claim that Haskins credited these people. And I don't see the need for a list at all. I'd write something like:
Among photographers, Haskell has said he has been influenced by [[Irving Penn]], [[Richard Avedon]], [[Edward Steichen]] and [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]].
As stated above, you need sources. Let's imagine for a moment that he credited Penn and Avedon in one page that's on the web, and Steichen and HCB in two others. You could then write:
Among photographers, Haskell has said he has been influenced by [[Irving Penn]], [[Richard Avedon]],<ref>[URL1 title1]</ref> [[Edward Steichen]]<ref>[URL2 title2]</ref> and [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]].<ref>[URL3 title3]</ref>
This will be dreary to read and also the scope of URL1 will be ambiguous. Better, amalgamate all the sources in a single footnote:
Among photographers, Haskell has said he has been influenced by [[Irving Penn]], [[Richard Avedon]], [[Edward Steichen]] and [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]].<ref>Penn and Avedon [URL1 title1]; Steichen [URL2 title2]; Cartier-Bresson [URL3 title3].</ref>
Somewhere near the foot of the article, add:
==Notes== <references />
which will dump the footnotes.
As a general point, I don't think we need a list of every exhibition. If the man wants to post such a list on his own website, fine; but here it looks like a CV. -- Hoary 06:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
