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Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2023[edit]

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Please modify this short description:

{{Short description|Dutch painter (1853–1890)}} 112.205.163.46 (talk) 09:52, 10 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done small jars tc 11:31, 11 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The surname isn't "Van Gogh"[edit]

At the top, it says "In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Gogh, not Gogh."
This is wrong. His surname is "van Gogh". Not "Van Gogh" 155.4.221.27 (talk) 18:47, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done small jars tc 10:33, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Menieres Disease[edit]

I have Ménière’s disease myself and I’ve been researching it a lot and have found several articles (some from the 90’s and early 00’s) discussing menieres as a diagnosis for Van Gogh. [1]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-25-mn-1005-story.html 2603:8001:B101:9140:13F:AC16:926F:5AEA (talk) 20:59, 18 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Why are there no sources for the introduction of this article?[edit]

There's a bit of information in the opening paragraphs of this article that, while persistent in the narrative of his life in pop culture, there is substantial, interdisplenary scholarship written that offers a more factual account of the events, rather than one sensationalized for dramatic narratives' sake.

Given the emotionally-charged nature of parts of van Gogh's biography in general, I think it would be worth adding citations for some of these details, so that the curious user can more easily access the sources of these details. Corvus.pica.pica (talk) 00:27, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Corvus.pica.pica: Please read MOS:CITELEAD. If you feel that some content absolutely needs to be sourced in the lede, you'd have to get consensus from other editors that are interested in the article. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:36, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

We don't really need all that formality. If there's something in the lead that's likely to raise questions in the minds of some fraction of readers, there's no harm adding a cite there (and it's easy to do since, by definition, the cites must already exist lower down in the article). E Eng 01:28, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Corvus.pica.pica That is a lot of descriptive wording to get your question across. Just what content exactly are you questioning? It would help this conversation stay on track, rather than veering off into a debate about whether leads should have citations or not. Please present what is so: "emotional-charged", "sensationalized" for "dramatic narratives' sake" here so we can better understand if it needs citing or not. Thanks. On a side note, most leads do not have citing because they are an "accessible overview" of the content found within the article; which is cited with sources. Maineartists (talk) 01:57, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]