Talk:James Johnson (English artist)

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Is this book by this James Johnson? -- GreenC 15:09, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No. According to Google Books and others the book was published in 1876. I have not come across any mention of him as a writer. - Aegoceras (talk) 11:43, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 May 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to James Johnson (English artist). Consensus that disambiguating by nationality would be most useful here; "English" was identified as meaningfully more WP:PRECISE than "British", as James Johnson (engraver) is Scottish.

Alternate titles for James Johnson (carving artist) were discussed as well, but none achieved consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:14, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

James Johnson (artist) → James Johnson (painter) – Disambiguate from James Johnson (carving artist) * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 14:52, 10 May 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. SkyWarrior 14:45, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nomination. James Johnson (artist) is indeed incomplete disambiguation and should redirect to the James Johnson#Artists, actors, authors, and musicians dab page. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 06:15, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, Johnson was known for both his notable drawings and his paintings (please read the article), and taught drawing professionally. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:40, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have a better disambiguation suggestion? * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 12:42, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Since James Johnson (carving artist) has been given a two-word parenthetical qualifier, the artist under discussion could be analogously described as James Johnson (drawing artist) per here. Another alternative could be simply James Johnson (draughtsman). —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 07:54, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But he is also an oil painter, so 'artist' fits. The other fellow is American, so maybe 'British artist'? Randy Kryn (talk) 10:27, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation by nationality does indeed seem a most reasonable compromise. I would support James Johnson (artist) → James Johnson (British artist), paired with James Johnson (carving artist) → James Johnson (American artist) or, alternatively, James Johnson (artist) → James Johnson (English artist), paired with James Johnson (carving artist) → James Johnson (Tlingit artist), taking into account that there do not appear to be any other Wikipedia entries that use the parenthetical qualifier "(carving artist)". —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:26, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to any of the alternate disambiguation schemes proposed. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:05, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rename to James Johnson (English artist). James Johnson (engraver) was also a British artist. And the other one should be renamed James Johnson (carver). "Carving artist" is a bizarre description. Even the greatest such artists from history have been known as carvers or woodcarvers. See Category:Woodcarvers. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:34, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to James Johnson (English artist).In ictu oculi (talk) 16:36, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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