Talk:Grand Staircase (White House)

A fact from Grand Staircase (White House) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 January 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,276 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as part of the redesign of the Grand Staircase in the Truman-era White House, architect Lorenzo Winslow developed a series of maquettes, detailed scale models showing the proposed designs?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January.

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A fact from Grand Staircase (White House) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 January 2008 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as part of the redesign of the Grand Staircase in the Truman-era White House, architect Lorenzo Winslow developed a series of maquettes, detailed scale models showing the proposed designs?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January.

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Adding images of individuals

Over the last 3 years images featuring individuals have been added to the White House room articles. The room articles are primarily about the architecture and decorative arts of these rooms. While some text describing historic events that have happened in a particular room are important, if the event is significant enough to have its own article (Partial Test Ban Treaty) the photograph is more appropriately placed there with a link in the article to the White House room article.

There are an abundant number of photographs showing the rooms without people, where the focus is on the architecture and decorative arts. The emphasis in adding a photograph is to illustrate the room and its furnishings, not an individual. If you must add images of people, please add them in the gallery feature. CApitol3 (talk)