Talk:Moving panorama
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I note that there are entries both on Moving Panorama and Myriorama, and that Myriorama has a "Moving Panorama" subsection. I would propose the consolidation of these articles into a single, main-entry article on Moving Panorama, with a smller and distinct article on the "myriorama" toy, along with a disambiguation page.
Rapotter 22:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, a merge seems like a good idea - especially if you're offering to do the work, Rapotter. ;) I'm not very active here at present, but just say if there's something specific I could help with.
- By the way, I like the first sentence (and all the rest), but it may be rather demanding for a general audience. Is there a way of tweaking it to be more like the standard Wikipedia intro, without making it too plodding?
- Very nice illustration - would a caption be helpful? --HJMG 14:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
Russell, All three articles are excellent -- thanks for whatever contribution you made. I have a mild preference for keeping the three separate, simply because they might grow with less confusion if treated as three separate subjects. As old newspapers come online and search engines ferret out more and more, I am finding more material in a week than I could find in a year 10 years ago. If support for merging prevails, "Myriorama" is by far the rarest of the possible titles, so I would merge it into "moving panorama" or both into "panorama". ````Peter Morelli72.224.218.8 12:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merging the myriad
Peter, thanks for your thoughts here. Now that you mention it, an argument could be made to merge all these into "Panoramic painting" -- though I know from experience over the years that not all enthusiasts of the large, fixed "great circle" panoramas are even willing to consider "Moving Panoramas" as panoramas at all! The Myriorama entry poses the additional difficulty that this word was used for two quite different things.
I would propose, at any rate, that the section on the Poole Brothers' "myrioramas" be moved into "Moving Panorama," since that's what they really were -- but that the item on Myriorama cards be kept intact; we'd then need a disambiguation page (how does one do that?) to parse out the two. What do you and others think of that?
Rapotter 15:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- Russell That sounds good, although I'm pretty new here. There is one more great reference on myrioramas that someone more wiki-wise might want to add -- "Myrioramas, Endless Landscapes: The Story of a Craze" in print Quarterly, December 2004, XXI, 4 72.224.218.8 15:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)Peter Morelli--72.224.218.8 15:41, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, sounds good. Merging 2 articles seems easier than anything else, but I've never done a substantial merge myself. You may need to consult an admin since I believe it's important not to lose any of the article history for GFDL reasons.
Something like this might work:
- Move current Myrio article to Myriorama (cards), or similar title, using move tab at top of page. (I suggest not Myriorama (toy) as it was partly intended for drawing lessons, and has inspired some modern artworks.)
- Cut it down to a stub about cards and move most Myrio material to the Moving Panorama article, possibly leaving notes on talk pages about what's been done.
- Use Myriorama as the disambig page. (It will have become a redirect page, but you can write over that.)
Put something like:
- Myriorama can mean various kinds of 19th century entertainment, especially:
- An entertainment based on the Moving Panorama
- A set of [[Myriorama (cards)|picture-cards]]
Put {{disambig}} at bottom of page. (Template to produce standard blurb.)
- While copy-editing tweak categories.
Hope this is in tune with your ideas. --HJMG 18:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Move and merge -- mostly done
Thanks for the detailed advice -- I have followed it and hope that it's worked; if you could look in on the moved and merged text and make any adjustments you think needed, I'd be grateful!
Rapotter 19:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
