Talk:Van Briggle Pottery

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[edit] Removal of commercial link

I certainly have no problem with the trend toward not allowing commercial sites to use wiki as a spam platform.

However, many commercial sources are used when they are obviously also legitimate sources of expert information. (Example: The Chicago Tribune is a commercial web site, yet a legitimate source of wiki information)

The links to free information and history pages on the commercial web site Just Art Pottery Just Art Pottery is another such example. The owner of the site is widely known as an enthusiastic collector of American Art Pottery, is very generous with information, is sought after as a public speaker on pottery, and is willing to help anyone who has questions about pottery. Yes, he sells pottery. That is not a crime. He is also an invaluable, reliable, expert resource on this topic.

I feel strongly that the links to the Just Art Pottery information pages should be restored (they were deleted). There is a fine line between blocking spam links, and having a knee-jerk anti-business bias. VanBrigglePottery 18:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article about Pottery, not about founder

Someone appears to want the article about Van Briggle Pottery to be redone as an article about it's founder, and redirected links from "Van Briggle Pottery" etc. to "Artus Van Briggle."

I suggest if the author of those changes wishes to write an article about Artus Van Briggle, that he do so without vandalizing other articles. There is certainly enough about the man's life to warrant a full article on it's own right, however this article about the oldest American pottery is about that institution from founding until today, not about the person of the founder.

[edit] significant impact on the Art Nouveau movement worldwide

Really? Please could someone give decent supporting references to this hyperbole. I challenge this claim as it looks to be suspeciously like fans promoting their own passion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.169.244 (talk) 16:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)