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Rational for changes made by Artist2792[edit]

References to:

http://www.theartstrust.com, The Arts Trust, was removed. This link points to a website that does not render correctly in firefox browsers, and loads extremely slowly on a consistent basis.

http://www.artbyjb.com/, Art by Jeffrey Bennett, Ltd. - Web design & photography services, was removed. This site is not the most busy, most well stocked, most technically innovative, and it is not clear that a reader will therefore find a visit aiding their understanding of what an art gallery actually is.

Other changes seek to provide improved context about what an online gallery is.

A website which conducts art competitions[edit]

I want to discuss the bullet point that asserts that one type of online gallery is "A website which conducts art competitions...". This was introduced in this edit by User:Johnrmath, who declared a conflict of interest in the edit summary:

"I own and operate an online art gallery that conducts monthly themed art competitions and art exhibitions for new and emerging artists on a worldwide basis. We provide extensive worldwide publicity to the winners of each competition."

My supposition that this editor runs this website is confirmed by the citation fields added later, "last=Math|first=John R", which match the username. Johnrmath should not have made this edit, see please see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. However, this does not automatically mean that the content should be removed.

I pruned the text in this edit, removing the in-line promotional link but leaving the reference to the same source, which might also be judged to be promotional. Johnrmath reverted this edit, without leaving an edit summary and marking the edit as minor. I will re-revert.

However, does this type of website merit mention here? A Google search for 'art competition websites' gives several results which appear to be different websites. Are these "online art galleries", or are they just thinly-disguised schemes to separate the gullible and the conceited from their money?

If we do keep this we should change the citation to one that does not promote an individual competition website, ideally one from a reputable source such as an art journal. I found this, but it's not ideal.

Should we remove the text? Verbcatcher (talk) 16:14, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the sentence. A competition website is not an online art gallery. Verbcatcher (talk) 20:00, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]