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[edit] Cleaning up textile printing

Quiet in here.

I've started cleaning up textile printing but it's still mostly very dense 1911 Britannica text and there is lots to do. I've moved and reworked text from "Methods of printing" and "Styles of printing" to make an introduction. I've standardized on British spelling (that had been partially done).

Remaining to do:

  • Pull out long digressive sections into their own articles and leave a summary and cross-reference here
  • Add techniques invented in the last 100 years
  • Watch for "presently" and similar wording from the 1911 EB
  • Tighten up the text; I think we can lose about a third of the bulk by removing Edwardian phrasing and POV
  • Tighten or remove "how-to" content
  • Add images - I have some of roller-printing, need to scan them
  • Watch for scattered minor vandalism - I've found some already

Please help where you can! - PKM (talk) 20:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bead crochet

An article I started looks like it's headed for DYK. We'll know in a day or two. DurovaCharge! 04:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Updated DYK query On 5 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article bead crochet, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

[edit] Granny square

Updated DYK query On 12 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Granny square, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

I made sure the project template was on its talk page before the DYK went live this time. Am thinking of starting/expanding some other stubs for DYKs. The DYK folks need images that aren't human heads or buildings and the main page attention may draw more people into this project. Cheers, DurovaCharge! 16:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dye lot

Updated DYK query On December 16, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article dye lot, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Another DYK for us. DurovaCharge! 21:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Update

Been spending a lot of time over at Commons uploading new images and sorting categories. Adding commonscat links to textile articles as appropriate along with a few expansions/citations and wikignome work. Put in a request for some graphics assistance over at Meta in order to expand the crochet coverage: terminology varies so much from country to country that international notational symbols are really necessary to cover some aspects of the subject.

The lastest article headed for the DYK pool is crochet thread. Need to expand it and add line citations. Most of the effort so far isn't visible on the page because of the work I've put into illustrating the concept of thread weight: I've designed and made a filet crochet sample and replicated the same design in three different thread sizes. Need to block them overnight before photographing. I've also acquired a good collection of early twentieth century crochet lace hooks that I'd love to upload if I can elimiate the photographic glare. Best wishes, DurovaCharge! 02:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Added a DYK nom for Stitch marker (crochet). Also provided images for Tunisian crochet and blocking (textile arts) along with adding the demonstration of thread weight to crochet thread. Revamped the crochet template. DurovaCharge! 20:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On 21 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article crochet thread, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Well done! This is great stuff. - PKM (talk) 18:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On 23 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stitch marker (crochet), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

[edit] Clothing nominated for Wikipedia:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive

This article is rated as a core topic, which means it's one of the 150 most important articles for any encyclopedia to have. Start-class with multiple cleanup flags: it could use some help. The nomination is here - sign up if you'd like to help! DurovaCharge! 09:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Draft newsletter

I've written a draft newsletter for January here. Suggestions and submissions are welcome. I'll be looking for technical assistance about BrownBot for distribution. DurovaCharge! 05:08, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to our newest member

Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles has just joined us. His expansion of history of clothing and textiles was vital to raising it from a stub-class to a start-class article. That page now has 16 line citations thanks to his efforts. Glad to have you with us! DurovaCharge! 05:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome, and well met! - PKM (talk) 19:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of Navajo rug

Our latest nominee for DYK is more ambitious than the last ones. This was already a three paragraph stub so it needed a minimum 15 paragraphs to qualify. Now it has a bit more than that and 28 line citations. This could become a legitimate candidate for good article if a couple more people pitch in. I've contacted Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America to solicit more editors and of course everyone here is encouraged to join the effort. This project has one GA so far at history of silk. Let's make Navajo rug the second! Happy holidays, DurovaCharge! 11:30, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Well done! I added another image from the Commons. - PKM (talk) 19:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Good find. I had been looking for something like that. DurovaCharge! 19:28, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I've rated Navajo rug as B-class, mid importance for this project. Seriously considering upping that to A-class. Thoughts? - PKM (talk) 08:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
A-class is supposed to be post-GA (although I've never understood why). I'd like to wrap up the improvements in a few days and put in a GAC. DurovaCharge! 08:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another DYK

Updated DYK query On 28 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article hook gauge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

DurovaCharge! 03:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Referencing aid

This is going to come out in the newsletter in a few days, but just to make sure it isn't overlooked I'll announce it here also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts/References is no longer a redlink! I've run Gutenberg Project for the keywords from all our top-importance articles and created an online referencing page so now it's easier to add citations to our articles. DurovaCharge! 22:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yee-haw! - PKM (talk) 23:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Wow, this is great! Thanks! – DroEsperanto(talk|contribs) 17:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History of clothing and textiles

I've started expanding History of clothing and textiles; not much time for the next couple of weeks but I will work as I am able. More info on the Talk page. - PKM (talk) 23:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 31 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Navajo rug, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

That makes seven for the month. DurovaCharge! 16:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Great work! - PKM (talk) 17:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion of Smocking

I started an expansion of the article on the first, which puts this in a bind now as a DYK submission. I've located an entire book chapter on the subject (Reader's Digest, but actually quite well done) and am planning to expand further with material from a smocker's association website. In terms of overall length I think this can meet the 5x requirement for submission. Now here's the rub: the only illustration I was able to locate on Commons is a sixteenth century painting that provides cultural background but not technical detail. What this means is...groan, sigh...I'm going to attempt some illustrative smocking examples myself. Materials aren't a problem and technical skill probably isn't either, but time is (shame on me for not starting this days ago).

So this is a lark because hand smocking is something of a lost art - if anyone has a ready made example and uploads lickety split, I will be extremely grateful. DurovaCharge! 06:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

No need now; created it myself. DurovaCharge! 01:57, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On 7 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article smocking, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

[edit] Update

  • Plainweave is my newest article; I'll be fixing it up for DYK in the next couple of days.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history has a lot of strong FA writers. I've left them a query to see if they'd like to collaborate on an FA drive for Bayeux Tapestry, which is currently B-class. The page has a good list of reference works that I'm planning to request on interlibrary loan.
  • Clothing is moving toward acceptance as Wikipedia's collaboration of the week. Right now it's second in line, which means the collaboration will probably go live on January 16.

DurovaCharge! 02:03, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reorganization of Knitting

Hey gang,

I've proposed a reorganization of the knitting article. I'd appreciate any help at Talk:Knitting. Thank you!

Also, I haven't been very active in the past few months, but it seems you guys have being doing a great job. Keep it up! – DroEsperanto(talk|contribs) 18:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, welcome back. :) I'll go check it out. DurovaCharge! 01:18, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

I'm a couple of days late with this one. Here goes...

Updated DYK query On 12 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shell stitch, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Been helping the Palestinian costumes article lately (at the expense of some other stuff). They've got a good B-class article and several people working to improve it. With a better introduction and standardized referencing I think that could be a GA. Doing my best to help get it there - wouldn't it be nice for this project to have a second GA? :) DurovaCharge! 01:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Good article candidate

Palestinian costumes is a nominee for GA at Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations#Culture_and_society. Cheers, DurovaCharge! 20:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome our newest member

Greetings to Bluevalkyrie, who joined us the other day! DurovaCharge! 22:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome! Feel free to ask anyone if you have any questions about the project. – DroEsperanto(talk|contribs) 19:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Our portal gets a facelift

We've had an attractive portal that wasn't being maintained, Portal:Textile arts. I've updated the content to reflect our newest DYK entries, to highlight a featured article and a featured picture related to our project, and to show a different biography. I've also added links to the fashion and culture portals, which was technically a bit trickier than it sounds. It's good to change these things from time to time so please leave word when you make significant improvements to an article, so we can give your work the attention it deserves. DurovaCharge! 22:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Very nice! I'm wrapped up with Jacobean artists at the moment, but should be back here soon. - PKM (talk) 22:56, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
I've put the page up for portal peer review. DurovaCharge! 18:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 22 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Felbrigge Psalter, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Didn't want too much time to go by without more of these. :) There's a second one in the waiting line. Standards have risen to 2000 characters minimum, which is around 450 words. DurovaCharge! 18:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Updated DYK query On 23 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

[edit] Indigo dye

I want to add the chemical properties list to the article, there is no seperat article about Indigotine or what the molecule is sometimes called. This would change the face of the article from Indigo dye to more like Indigo carmine. As this article is abridge between the chemistry project and the WikiProject Textile Arts I wanted to ask if this is OK with you.--Stone (talk) 21:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for asking. Sounds fine. DurovaCharge! 21:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] February newsletter

All registered members of the project have received our newsletter. If you're dropping by and aren't a member yet, it's at Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts/Newsletter. Free montly delivery for everyone who signs onto our project. :) DurovaCharge! 23:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Goings-on

A vintage 1940 color photo of a quilter and her log cabin.
A vintage 1940 color photo of a quilter and her log cabin.

Our project may pick up its first featured pictures soon: I've restored this early Kodachrome photo and put it onto picture peer review. Fortunately it's public domain. Also, we've got another Template:Did you know entry in the waiting line in Textiles of Oaxaca. Cheers, DurovaCharge! 04:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 8 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Textiles of Oaxaca, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
) DurovaCharge! 18:26, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured picture candidates

Our project currently has three images under consideration for featured picture status:

DurovaCharge! 06:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Yahoo! Good job! – DroEsperanto(talk|contribs) 01:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Two of these now, a third still in candidacy. I'm restoring another possible nom. DurovaCharge! 08:27, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

New FP

New FP

New FP

New FP

New FP

New FP

Another one:

[edit] Another DYK

Updated DYK query On 15 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Textile arts, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
- PKM (talk) 04:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Awesome! DurovaCharge! 04:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Navajo rug at WP:GAC

Time to put Navajo rug into the mix. Our project may have four good articles soon (Palestinian costumes is almost at the top of the review pile). DurovaCharge! 22:28, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome our newest member

Thedagomar has been doing fine work with article assessments, uncovered a hidden GA in the slush pile, and has helped with despamification and the featured portal drive. He's joined our project officially today. So let's give him a warm and grateful welcome! Good to have you with us. :) DurovaCharge! 22:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the welcome. I plan on finishing cleaning up the slush pile. Geoff Plourde (talk) 22:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Welcome, and thanks for attending to the slush pile. - PKM (talk) 06:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adieu Slush Pile!

Its gone. Geoff Plourde (talk) 19:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Palestinian costumes becomes a GA!

The article passed review today. :) DurovaCharge! 23:31, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Terrific, congratulations! - PKM (talk) 03:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

Crunching a few numbers here.

Overall:

  • About 1 in 627 Wikipedia articles is listed as a good article.
  • About 1 in 1,170 Wikipedia articles is listed as a featured article.
  • Our project currently has 470 total articles with 1 FA, 3 GAs, and 1 GAC.

That puts us ahead of the curve because on average it would take a random surf of 3051 articles to find 1 FA and 3 GAs. If the GAC nomination for Navajo rug passes then our 470 articles would have as much quality material as a random surf of 3678 articles. And if we pull out a fifth GA we'll be a full order of magnitude ahead of the game. Statistically that might not be too significant over such a small sample, but it's a good excuse to pat ourselves on the back and keep going. :) DurovaCharge! 01:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Portal improvement drive

As a result of portal peer review we've got a couple of people helping on a drive to get our portal featured. Many thanks to Cirt, who's an expert at getting portals featured. He'll be automating our portal on a rotation script and he's given fantastic input on the things featured portal voters look for. Geo.plrd has volunteered to help improve the articles that will be in rotation.

The good news is we're in great shape with images and "Did you know?" entries for the portal. Once our newest candidate gets selected we'll have 18 DYKs, which means six groups of three will be in rotation. I've been downloading and restoring vintage photographs and prints to upgrade the image portion of the portal. You can help by improving the articles listed below. Input is welcome here and at Portal talk:Textile Arts. DurovaCharge! 04:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Goal is to get these all to B-class or better:

[edit] Articles

  1. Featured article Cochineal
  2. Good article History of silk
  3. Palestinian costumes (at WP:GAC)
  4. Navajo rug (close to WP:GAC)
  5. Knitting pretty good B
  6. Tyrian purple pretty good B
  7. Smocking needs expansion
  8. Textile preservation needs polishing
  9. Weaving needs help
  10. Wool needs help
  11. Indigo dye needs copyediting and references
  12. Carpet —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedagomar (talk • contribs) 07:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biographies

Really we ought to have 10 good biographies to put in rotation. So far only three are presentable. Please help improve them, and upgrade more bios!

  1. Elizabeth Zimmermann needs citations
  2. John Henry Dearle pretty good
  3. William Morris needs longer introduction and copyedit
  4. We need more good biographies!

(Please note: we're switching over to fiction because of a shortage of biographies). DurovaCharge! 23:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Biographies, revisited

Featured portal drive material. The featured portal voters will want 10 solid biographies at B-class or better. Please help! DurovaCharge! 10:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

In order to prioritize our weakest area, here goes:

Tolerable:

  1. Elizabeth Zimmermann = Start-class, No relevant free-use image in article.
  2. John Henry Dearle = B-class, free-use image of work in article.
  3. William Morris = B-class, free-use image of individual in article. WP:LEAD could use expansion.
  4. Betsy Ross = B-class, relevant free-use image in article. WP:LEAD could use expansion.

Needing work:

  1. Rosey Grier - newly tagged for our project, needs assessment and possible expansion. Might team up with the football project for this?
  2. Debbie Stoller - start class, needs expansion
  3. Joseph Marie Jacquard - stub class, needs expansion and referencing
  4. Mary Brooks Picken - needs expansion, very listy
  5. Erica Wilson - stub, needs expansion and an image if possible
  6. Marianne Kinzel - stub, needs expansion and an image if possible
  7. Federico de Vinciolo - stub, at least it has an image
  8. Mariska Karasz - stub, needs expansion and an image
  9. Shannon Okey - stub, needs expansion and an image
  10. Teresa Wentzler - stub, at least it has an image
  11. May Morris - stub, has an image; good candidate for expansion
Comment

You may want to post a similar notice requesting help at other relevant WikiProjects, which may be specific to each bio article. (And also the main Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Cirt (talk) 18:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Add mary Queen of ScotsGeoff Plourde (talk) 08:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, giving this a start: I've written to Ms. Stoller through her magazine asking for source material and dropped a line at the NFL project about Rosey Grier. Does anyone know the folks at the biography project? It's probably better to sound them out rather than trying to dump a list in their laps. DurovaCharge! 09:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Finds:

[edit] A fun freebie

A flying carpet! And it's already a featured picture.
A flying carpet! And it's already a featured picture.

Please help finding a home for this image at an article within our project scope. It isn't in any of our own articles yet and it ought to be.

BTW, among our 7 current FPs we've gotten two freebies and both of them come from Russian editors. One of our current FPCs is a restoration of an image supplied by the Palestinian wikiproject. Looks like there are synergies here and I'll be following up on the image collaboration angle. DurovaCharge! 19:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

It is already in the article Magic carpet. Just tag that as part of this project, and assess quality/importance. Cirt (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
All right, done. DurovaCharge! 05:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spam patrol

The single greatest barrier to article improvement for this project has been spam maintenance. So I'm tagging a lot of our articles with {{subst:NoMoreLinks}} to reduce the mom-and-pop (mostly mom) spam. DurovaCharge! 20:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Covered the top-importance and high-importance articles. Still have the rest of the batch to go. DurovaCharge! 21:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Working my way through B and Start Geoff Plourde (talk) 05:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New articles

I have created Slip (needlework) and put it up for DYK. - PKM (talk) 19:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Good luck with the nomination. DurovaCharge! 04:51, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Short draw (spinning) is also a brand new article. (Well, it's a few days older...) Loggie (talk) 19:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Could it make DYK? DurovaCharge! 19:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Hm, if you can fill it out more than this it might make DYK as an expansion article. If you can get it to 5x the original article size, then leave word and I'll help craft the nomination. DurovaCharge! 20:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, it is 5x the original size now, I think, and any suggestions on what else I could add would be appreciated. Loggie (talk) 20:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, that's enough expansion. More citations would help, of course. I'll write up a hook and submit it. Good work! DurovaCharge! 20:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
For the next few months I only have access to online references, or, in this case, the magazine article I remembered reading and happened to find online. There aren't many sites online talking about various spinning techniques in any detail, sadly. When I get home though.... Loggie (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
One source is the minimum for DYK, so this meets the basic requirement. Thanks! DurovaCharge! 23:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Loggie (talk) 11:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

In an effort to put off bedtime, there is now long draw (spinning) as well, which I'd been meaning to make for awhile. Loggie (talk) 22:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Good stuff! - PKM (talk) 03:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Cheers! Slip got into DYK. :) DurovaCharge! 21:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Saving this for the newsletter

Clifford Embroidered Stool Borage Hardwick Hall

[edit] Newsletter time

It's time to start drafting our March newsletter. This project has really picked up! Used to be I'd scrounge for enough material to fill a respectable page; now the challenge is remembering to thank everybody who's done good work in February. Please list your contributions below. Don't be shy. And if you try to be bashful, I may just dig up your work anyway and make it more prominent. ;) DurovaCharge! 20:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Please list user name and Feburary contributions.

  1. Cirt and PKM: featured portal drive.
  2. Thedagomar: article assessments. Finds a hidden GA in the slush pile.
  3. PKM: Textile arts DYK, possibly another DYK? (still in process) slip (needlework) DYK. - PKM (talk) 01:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
  4. Featured pictures: 5 for this month so far, possibly more before March 1.
  5. Good articles: Palestinian costumes becomes a GA. Navajo rug and Carpet at GAC.

[edit] Welcome our newest member

Cirt is a powerhouse at getting portals featured. He's been very generous with his time and effort for our little wikiproject and joined our numbers yesterday. Let's give him the thanks and welcome he deserves! DurovaCharge! 20:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Portals are by their very nature a collaborative effort - it would have been nigh on impossible for me to generate all the content for all the featured portals that I have worked on. Likewise, for Portal:Textile Arts to get to WP:FPORT status, it would really help if people could work on the biography articles listed at Biographies, revisited. Ideally, we should have at least (10) total "B-class", well-sourced biography articles relating to Textile arts, each with a free-use image, and each with a good WP:LEAD. Once that's done, the portal should have no problem attaining featured status, in my opinion. Cirt (talk) 23:27, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A nuisance

Durova, you seem to know your way around these these things - User:200.127.125.3 has been adding commercial links and nothing else to embroidery articles and templates since November - how do we get this IP banned? - PKM (talk) 04:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Not enough edits in the IP history to qualify for a ban. Suggest leaving a warning on the IP talk page. Let me know if the problem continues. DurovaCharge! 04:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Is there any particular place he is promoting? Geoff Plourde (talk) 05:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
A website. I left a friendly-ish warning. A lot of times these are people who are trying to run a mom-and-pop, or who work for slightly bigger companies and have to keep on top of a dozen social media sites at once. About 80% of them are okay people if you're just decent to them. DurovaCharge! 06:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
The same edit appeared again today with a different IP. I have requested semi-protection. - PKM (talk) 01:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article improvement

I've been working on spinning (textiles). I think it's ready to bump from start to B-class - can a neutral party reassess? - PKM (talk) 03:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!! - PKM (talk) 21:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
No prob, what help do you need to get it to GA? Geoff Plourde (talk) 04:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
It's a bit heavy on the how-to for GA, I think. Maybe not. Also needs citations for the industrial spinning section (what's there is extracted from other WP articles) and more on contemporary spinning in non-industrial/traditional societies, with citations. - PKM (talk) 03:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Double DYK in one hook

5 March 2008, appearance on Main Page.

Also, the bio Moses H. Cone, once expanded a bit more, might be a good addition to Portal:Textile arts. Good job to Doug Coldwell (talk · contribs), is he active in this project? If not, someone might wish to thank him for his contributions and mention this project to him. Cirt (talk) 04:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA, FP

Navajo rug has been promoted to good article, and Image:Bedouinwomanb.jpg has become a featured picture. DurovaCharge! 23:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another Featured picture nomination

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Madame de Pompadour - looks good enough for consideration. If it passes it will bring our featured picture count to an even 10. DurovaCharge! 07:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

also: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tibetan thanka DurovaCharge! 04:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Featured!

Tibetan thangka.
Tibetan thangka.

[edit] Featured portal drive: the home stretch

Good news: our portal is almost ready for featured candidacy. The one thing we still have to nail is the biographies section. We've got to have 10 good B-class biographies and so far we have three. But here's the fun part: several of our other biographies could be ready to go if they just had a better introduction or some other minor improvement.

So here's the place where the final push is under discussion. Or grab one of the following and buff it up! (We only need 7 more so this list of 13 gives leeway to pick and choose the stuff you enjoy). DurovaCharge! 22:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

  1. Elizabeth Zimmermann = Start-class, No relevant free-use image in article.
  2. John Henry Dearle = B-class, free-use image of work in article.
  3. William Morris = B-class, free-use image of individual in article. WP:LEAD could use expansion.
  4. Betsy Ross = B-class, relevant free-use image in article. WP:LEAD could use expansion.
  5. Emil Rieve = B-class, relevant free-use image. WP:LEAD needs expansion. Done. DurovaCharge! 04:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
  6. Dobri Zhelyazkov = Start-class, relevant free-use image. Needs expansion and referencing.
  7. Rosey Grier = Start-class, relevant free-use image. Needs longer lead, expansion, and referencing.
  8. Sir William Henry Perkin = B-class, free-use image and good lead. Needs inline citations.
  9. Eli Whitney = B-class, free-use image. Needs longer lead and inline citations.
  10. William Madison Wood = Start-class. Needs free use image, introduction, and citations.
  11. Jedediah Strutt = Unassessed (strong start to weak B). Relevant free-use image. Needs better lead and references.
  12. Samuel Slater = B-class (weak B), free use image. Needs better lead. Expansion would be good.
  13. Richard Arkwright = Start-class, free use image. Needs organization, expansion, and referencing.
  14. Anni Albers = Start-class, no free use image. Needs expansion and image.
5 down, 5 to go! DurovaCharge! 02:05, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
6 down, 4 to go! DurovaCharge! 03:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
7 down, 3 more... DurovaCharge! 07:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
8 down... DurovaCharge! 07:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
9 down... DurovaCharge! 08:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, if Cirt thinks these are all good enough then we've got ourselves a featured portal candidate. :) DurovaCharge! 08:45, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Assessed Strutt as Start. Geoff Plourde (talk) 16:34, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I added the latest few, I think we need one more. Cirt (talk) 00:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I expanded the lead on William Morris with an emphasis on his influence in the textile arts, which wasn't mentioned before. Please take a look. - PKM (talk) 20:23, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] An easy GA drive

Sumptuary law is already in great shape with 52 inline citations and an international focus. Needs copyediting and some minor expansion. I've checked whether we'd be stepping on anybody's toes by doing a GA drive and it doesn't appear that we would be. Let's go for it! DurovaCharge! 17:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I did a light copyedit on the section on Ancient Rome. - PKM (talk) 20:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Textile Arts

This portal is currently undergoing its second Portal Peer Review, and your comments/feedback would be appreciated at the portal peer review subpage. Cirt (talk) 12:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

The portal now has featured status per the discussion which gained significant support from involved and uninvolved members of the community. Well done to those who helped it achieve featured status. Rudget 13:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Textile design

I have created a navigation template {{Textile designers}} and added it to the articles in that category. This was a very educational exercise, which brings up a number of things we can work on:

  • Many of our articles on textile designers are in need of serious work; this is a fertile area for creating new biographies for our Portal.
  • We do not have a survey article on textile design; today both textile design and textile designer redirect to fiber art. Not the same thing. I will probably tacklle this article soon; I have some additional references on order which should help.
  • Should we link to and feature every painter and architect who has designed a line of textiles on the side? I'd vote no, but I am interested in others' thoughts.
  • I would like to reserve the category "textile designers" for individuals, and have another category (perhaps "textile design firms"?) for Marimekko, Ivana Helsinki, Morris & Co., etc. Thoughts? I would add the firms as a subsection on the textile design nav template.
  • Some of these designers fail to meet the Notability guidelines for people (see Lily Chin for example). I am going to propose some of these for deletion, as I think they contribute to the impression that textile arts articles are frequently unencyclopedic and amateurish.

- PKM (talk) 19:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Contents

I have added the Textile arts fundamental topics to the "Culture and the Arts" section of Portal:Contents/Overviews. - PKM (talk) 00:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)