Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex/archive1

List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex

Featured list candidates/List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex/archive1

Nominator(s): Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 21:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because it meets the criteria and I was indirectly encouraged by someone on the Discord to do this (aka QoH). Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 21:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is just a basic bullet-pointed list and lacks visual appeal and usefulness of a sortable table typically preferred for featured lists. I don't find this particularly informative to read either because it only has a title, year, and artist for each work – the Capitol complex is very large, where are these pieces? What type of artwork are they? Which are part of the Statuary Hall or other collections? https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art lets me filter by location, medium, and other criteria, but this page does nothing but wikilink to those with articles. Reywas92^Talk 03:46, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Reywas92: I have remade the ~~list~~ table with everything you mentioned included. :) Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 16:10, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very nice and fast work! I will continue the review soon. One note is that a substantial portion of the list is the Statuary Hall collection, and there's already Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection as a FL. I'm thinking it may make sense to remove those from this list to de-clutter a bit and treat that as a subarticle. Reywas92^Talk 22:48, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That would make sense, but if I was just a passerby looking for "Artwork at the Capitol" I'd rather have it on one page then "Statues are located on another page". The list also covers artwork at the Capitol in general, it's not just paintings or statues. The statues list would still be needed though, because it goes into more detail about the statues themselves. (Also, I'll add a see also to the Statue article). Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 13:37, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by comment: the artist column should sort based on surname, not forename -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:24, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another driveby: Most of the ones beginning with C are missing row headers for whatever reason. Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 19:00, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Two more things:
- Steven Weitzman (Frederick Douglass Statue) and Thomas Crawford (House Bronze Doors, Justice and History Sculpture, Progress of Civilization Pediment, Senate Bronze Doors, and Statue of Freedom) are links to disambiguation pages.
- The way "Antonio Capellano and Enrico Causici" is linked is unconsistent, René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle Relief Sculpture redlinks just Capellano, but Christopher Columbus Relief Sculpture and John Cabot Relief Sculpture redlink the duo.
(still not a full review, although I may well end up doing one) Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 22:27, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will get to it shortly, I admittedlty can't figure out how to make the "C" section have shaded headers and have spent way too much time trying to find out how. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 22:40, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done for you since you're a first time nom (welcome!) Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 22:55, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)

Tables need captions, which allow screen reader software to jump straight to named tables without having to read out all of the text before it each time. Visual captions can be added by putting |+ caption_text as the first line of the table code; if that caption would duplicate a nearby section header, you can make it screen-reader-only by putting |+ {{sronly|caption_text}} instead.
Please see MOS:DTAB for example table code if this isn't clear. I don't return to these reviews until the nomination is ready to close, so ping me if you have any questions. This is not a full review, and does not result in a support vote. --Pres N 15:54, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]