Talk:Etching

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So, what exactly IS etching?

and what is "relief etching" (as used by William Blake) 219.90.130.120 02:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

quite so! - this page is a mess & this whole area is badly covered. There are better accounts in printmaking & aquatint, although they do not cover relief etching & I am trying to improve several pages in this area. Johnbod 12:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

i've now added to it a bit, but this still needs work. The drypoint picture is nice, but drypoint is NOT an etching technique but an engraving one. should go. Johnbod 13:06, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Vernis mou" vs "Vernis mous

The correct spelling for the technique is "vernis mou", as it is the non-plural form in French. This is also the most common form in English and in German alike. Ref [1]. Google gives 780 results for "vernis mous" and 20 000 results for "vernis mou". Thanks, Hugo Dufort 10:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

- well actually switch Google to English language pages only & you get 273 for vernis-mou, & 34 for vernis-mous - most pages in fact not in English for either, but vernis-mou seems well ahead. "soft-ground etching" is of course the proper English term - 75,000 mentions Johnbod 10:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New disambiguation page - Proposal to revert to previous situation

  • User:Smack has taken it upon it himself (20 December 06) to put etching to a new disambiguation page. This was done without any consultation & I think this is a mistake, and the previous situation should be reverted to, for the following reasons:
  • there was only one page called etching.
  • it implies that what he calls etching (art) is not chemical etching, which is not the case.
  • the only other item on the new page, Line art, is a mish-mash of a page & does not mention etching once in the main text, and has very little to do with etching. He describes it as "an improper use" himself.
  • there was a perfectly adequate disam notice at the top of the etching article already, pointing to chemical etching:
This page discusses etching in connection with printing and art. For other industrial uses of etching see Chemical etching.
For the history of etching, see old master prints.
In the United States, the term etching is sometimes used improperly to refer to line drawings done in pen and ink and other media.
  • this will leave hundreds of "etching" and "etcher" references pointing here, which will take forever to sort out, & cause continuing confusion, hassle, and inefficient linkage.
  • there was no proposal to do this.

Please say if you Support or Oppose at the Talk:Etching page, Thanks! Johnbod 21:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Aquatinta landscape.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Vernis-mous landscape.jpg

Image:Vernis-mous landscape.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:44, 12 February 2008 (UTC)