An article about the art program in general is a great idea. At least then there would be a list of artworks and people can more easily determine which are notable and perhaps worthy of independent articles.
Jason On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:01 PM, SounderBruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps the ST Art program warrants a standalone list with every piece of > artwork (and links to stations and artists). Only a handful may be notable > on their own (e.g. Capitol Hill's *Jet Kiss, *which has been > controversially > expensive > < > http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2009/08/sound-transit-approves-cash-for-capitol-hill-light-rail-station-fighter-jets/ > > > and uses deconstructed fighter jets) and thus could have their articles > linked from there. > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > I added the Sound Transit Art Program link to the Sculpture page and will > > do some research, hopefully sooner than later. Obviously, not all pubic > > artworks are notable, but I've created nearly 125 articles about public > art > > in PDX, so hopefully we can improve coverage of Seattle's public art as > > well. > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:52 PM, SounderBruce <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Joe, your photos are more than enough for the annex page. > > > > > > Jason, I can help photograph and document some of those pieces. I'm > > > especially interested in seeing if some of our light rail artworks > > > < > > > > > > http://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/201404_startonlinkmap.pdf > > > > > > > are notable enough for standalone articles. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Jason Moore < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Congrats on the Main Page appearance! I always enjoy reading about > > > historic > > > > buildings in the region. > > > > > > > > BTW, I am working on a survey of Seattle's outdoor sculpture and > public > > > > art. If anyone enjoys creating new articles about notable works of > art, > > > > feel free to start here: > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Seattle/Sculpture > > > > > > > > Keep up the great work, Bruce! > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Joe Mabel <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bruce, I took some photos of the reactor building in 2009: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:University_of_Washington_Nuclear_Reactor_Building > > > > > > > > > > Let me know whether those meet your needs; if not, I can probably > > find > > > > > some time the next few weeks to go take more. > > > > > > > > > > JM > > > > > > > > > > On 2/16/2016 11:52 AM, SounderBruce wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> My DYK hook for the old Federal Reserve Bank Building > > > > >> < > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_Building_(Seattle)> > > > > >> got > > > > >> approved and is live on the main page, featuring a picture taken > by > > > Joe. > > > > >> > > > > >> I'm slowly going to make my way through the endangered NRHP-listed > > > > >> buildings in the area and give them the coverage they deserve. > Next > > up > > > > is > > > > >> the More Hall Annex < > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:More_Hall_Annex> > > > > >> (UW's decommissioned nuclear reactor). > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Bruce Englehardt / SounderBruce* > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Twitter <https://twitter.com/SounderBruce> - Flickr > > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/> - Wikipedia > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SounderBruce> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > -- > *Bruce Englehardt / SounderBruce* > [email protected] > > Twitter <https://twitter.com/SounderBruce> - Flickr > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/> - Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SounderBruce> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
