Talk:George Washington (Greenough)

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Minor style point[edit]

The word "statue" is not part of the work's title and should not be in italic. I will try to look up how to fix it, but hope someone who already knows will get to it first. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:01, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

see also Template:Italic title; it should really be George Washington (Greenough), there are too many statues for him to claim precedence. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I'm developing the page on the Houdon statue, which seems to have been copied much more frequently. It should probably be a disambiguation page instead.Morgan Riley (talk) 21:05, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{WrestleMania XXVIII} _{The Undertaker 20–0} 06:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

George Washington (statue) → George Washington (Greenough) – Given that there are multiple statues of George Washington by that title, and that in terms of chronological precedence this one came long after George Washington (Houdon), I propose as suggested above that it should be renamed to include the artists name, and the (statue) one be a disambiguation link to the multiple statues. Morgan Riley (talk) 21:22, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Wouldn't George Washington (Greenough statue) and George Washington (Houdon statue) be better names? Dicklyon (talk) 06:19, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, for two reasons. First, it seems that for ease of use the simplest disambiguation is preferred; see WP:PRECISE. Second, it seems common practice to simply place the name of the artist beside it; Examples: George Washington (Bailly); Andrew Jackson (Mills); The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci); David (Michelangelo); Madonna and Child (Duccio); Haystacks (Monet); etc.Morgan Riley (talk) 22:01, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Make the move. Most other wikipedia articles that fall into this situation, David (Michelangelo), David (Donatello), David (Bernini), David (Verrocchio), are treated this way. This is the industry standard. Move it Carptrash (talk) 23:10, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Move (Comment copied from above) it should really be George Washington (Greenough), there are too many statues for him to claim precedence. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 03:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC) Carptrash (talk) 17:49, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

WP:BIAS[edit]

Present article reflects modern bias against the guy's subject matter and style and WP:UNDUly emphasizes negative reception. For some period treatment of the enthusiastic treatment of the guy's work, see (inter alia)

"Greenough, Horatio", in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XI. 1880.

— $Llywelyn II$ 09:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Okrent's law" = "The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true." 143.85.18.26 (talk) 14:46, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Baphomet[edit]

The popular culture sections mentions Baphomet as a symbol of the Freemasons. The symbol is associated with Islam, with the Knights Templar, and with ceremonial magic, but I fail to see any connection with the Freemasons. Is the summary correct? Dimadick (talk) 13:00, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]