Talk:Van Briggle Pottery

message: I certainly have no problem with the trend toward not allowing commercial sites to use wiki as a spam platform.
However, many commercial sources are used when they are obviously also legitimate sources of expert information. (Example: The Chicago Tribune is a commercial web site, yet a legitimate source of wiki information)
The links to free information and history pages on the commercial web site Just Art Pottery Just Art Pottery is another such example. The owner of the site is widely known as an enthusiastic collector of American Art Pottery, is very generous with information, is sought after as a public speaker on pottery, and is willing to help anyone who has questions about pottery. Yes, he sells pottery. That is not a crime. He is also an invaluable, reliable, expert resource on this topic.
I feel strongly that the links to the Just Art Pottery information pages should be restored (they were deleted). There is a fine line between blocking spam links, and having a knee-jerk anti-business bias.  VanBrigglePottery 18:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of commercial link

message: This really should be two articles-one about the artist/founder, one about the pottery. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 23:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  split 

message: There seems to have been an outbreak of revert warring recently. All are advised to readWP:3RR and indeed to discuss differences on the talk page William M. Connolley (talk) 22:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warning: edit warring 

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message: I don't understand what is the objection to the article on Van Briggle pottery! He was an artist, a creator. What's so different between a potter selling his works and a movie producer or movie star selling theirs? Yet, Wikipedia has every movie,  every movie star, whichever or whoever existed without caveat! I haven't searched today, but I dare say, you probably have undisputed pages about the French Impressonists, Cezanne, etc. Why is pottery rated "low importance" but other mediums of art rated higher importance? It's a testament to someone's ignorance,  not to some campaign for Wikipedia hygiene. I was very happy when I found the Van Briggle wikipedia page. I hope it doesn't go away because of someone's narrow understanding.
Sincerely, 
Matilda Williams, Seminole, Oklahoma
P.S. Full disclosure. My mother studied art at Fontainebleau in Paris and was trained in impressionism from the masters. She was a WPA muralist and has murals in many sites across America. And she loved Van Briggle pottery. So that's my connection to this issue.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:80F7:AEC0:C9BE:558D:F103:F260 (talk) 16:18, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Van Briggle was a visionary creator