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What about adding a section on murals – do we have any eligible articles? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 10:50, 21 September 2014 (UTC)reply
I thought you might pick up on this! I've separated them as the two statues are of different dates, but I don't feel too strongly about this if you'd rather change it. We could even have it both ways, with the statues listed individually as well as the memorial.
Ham (
talk) 11:50, 1 December 2014 (UTC)reply
Should statues that are indoors be considered "public art?
I think they would have to be in a place that is frequented by the public ordinarily, other than for the purpose of admiring art or architecture etc. Otherwise any work of art displayed in a free museum would count, which isn't what we want.
W. P. Uzer (
talk) 18:08, 15 March 2015 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure the Palace of Westminster is really a public place, though. Access is very restricted. It's not like a shopping mall, say.
W. P. Uzer (
talk) 07:21, 16 March 2015 (UTC)reply
A shopping mall for lobbyists, surely. I don't think it is a public place either. Let's remove them.
Gareth E Kegg (
talk) 09:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)reply
I bet to differ, members of the general public are free to tour, access is hardly that restricted.
Fireflyfanboy (
talk) 17:45, 16 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Access is still restricted though, unlike the rest of the artworks which are in a publically accessible place at all times.
Gareth E Kegg (
talk) 11:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Part of the problem is that the definition of public art is quite woolly, but my dividing line puts these statues as not public art. I have doubts about whether the sculptures in Kew Gardens are really public art and I think they have a much stronger case. JMiall₰ 19:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)reply
I'm the editor who removed these originally, and I don't feel that there's anything to add to the arguments already made here by others: the statues are indoors in a not-too-accessible place.
Ham II (
talk) 09:25, 18 March 2015 (UTC)reply
Chronological order
I've changed my opinion, and now believe that it looks a complete mess to have the statues and memorials etc in chronological order. This isn't apparent to the casual reader of the template. What was the original rationale for this?
Gareth E Kegg (
talk) 09:43, 14 May 2015 (UTC)reply
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Gareth E Kegg: Generally speaking, I prefer for navboxes to have chronological order as that allows them to do something that categories can't. But as this template is getting very unwieldy I'm not averse to alphabetical order and perhaps surnames (or titles, etc.) only, as with {{
Cameron Cabinet}}. I think there's a case for the subgroups of "War memorials" to be chronological instead of the current arrangement—i.e. Pre-WWI, WWI, WWII and Post-WWII. (Some memorials, like the Cenotaph, would appear in both WWI and WWII.)
Ham II (
talk) 15:22, 14 May 2015 (UTC)reply
That's a brilliantly smart solution. I almost didn't want to raise this because I really appreciate the work you put in here. It does certainly make sense for war memorials to be in chronological order to better reflect history. Thank you once again!
Gareth E Kegg (
talk) 19:30, 14 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Don't worry; I'll do it in a job lot with the remaining blue links
here. I just need to add more formatting to those and create their Wikidata items, then I'll add them here.
Ham II (
talk) 22:26, 24 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Not done for now: There should be an individual Wikipedia article for the statue of Keith Park to be included in the template. regards,
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