Talk:Talking statues of Rome

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I propose this page should go one of two ways:

a) Use the page as a direction sign to the six separate articles. Remove all the pictures, if applicable they can go into the individual articles. Keep the introduction as a general explanation of the "speaking statues" concept.

b) Amalgamate all the speaking statues here, put a redirect on the individual articles. That would make an article of decent length, and common factors could be dealt with consistently.

There is a lot to be said for b) but obviously it is more work.

Can anyone advise about the article history? Strictly it should be kept with the text and I can't see how that wolud be achieved.

ProfDEH (talk) 08:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The thought to pause for is always "would this help the reader?" This article on the "phenomenon" of the talking statues is useful. If further information makes an article on any of the individual sculptures viable, begin by cut and pasting what you find here and expanding on it, with a hatnote here redirecting readers who want fuller information on a sculpture. But chopping up articles to make lots of truncated bits actually loses information.--Wetman (talk) 14:11, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it would be more suitable to discuss the statues in a present tense, especially in light of recent controversy regarding their public role as a forum for free speech. Vivian DiCapua and other city officials have announced their wish to "make people respect Rome's huge artistic patrimony," by "restoring" the statues and removing the public notes. This article is about the art and its function as living symbolism. If all we may do is document the truth, then by all means let us correct the grammar to represent reality. The statues are still standing. The statues are still being used for public voice. --Thothaurus (talk) 19:09, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are there still public writings on these statues? I visited in 2007 and didn't see much, maybe they had just been cleaned up. Do you know of any references or have any photos? ProfDEH (talk) 20:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would be really great to have a map of where these statues are in Rome. Then we could get a picture of where they are in relation to each other and in relation to the rest of Rome.

Roberto Piperno should be credited with the first reference, in the website "Rome Art Lover". The http for references in this article has been rendered opaque, so that no corrections can be made. A new Wikipedia development?--Wetman (talk) 19:21, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed it. I'm not sure what you mean by saying the refs are opaque. It uses the normal ref name in-line cite method, it's just that particular instance of the reference was added towards the beginning to cite the alternate name after the full citation template had been created further on. Rather than move the whole citation, I just added the ref name at the top. The original is down at the second instance of the ref. Geraldk (talk)

See how easily I am confused? i would have fixed it myself, if I'd been more together. Thank you.--Wetman (talk) 21:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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