Regarding scopes about works of art, VI rules say: "A scope is justified for instance if the work is the most significant work (or one of the most significant works) of an artist having an article on its own on any Wikipedia." This monumental equestrian statue of Charlemagne is the masterpiece of Agostino Cornacchini, an Italian artist having an article on its own in several Wikipedias. Image used in 7 projects. -- Myrabella (talk)
Support Odd the statue doesn't have a name, but that odd descriptive title is what http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Interior/Portico/Portico.htm gives. How unusual! In any case, easily the best in scope, presuming that there isn't something hidden by horrible categorization. Even then, this is a very good photo; it's only the camera not being one of the FP-photographer's thousand-quid supercameras that keeps it from being featurable. =) (talk) 16:34, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It seems this statue is always called with this long name ([1], [2], [3]). Strange, indeed! --Myrabella (talk) 16:54, 1 June 2010 (UTC) PS: I didn't got your point about categorization, but I've added a link in scope (forgotten, sorry). --Myrabella (talk) 17:05, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry. All I meant was that it's possible some other image of the statue exists on commons, but it's not in any of the categories it should be in. I'm going to take the liberty of adding a second category. Hope you don't mind. It's not as direct as the link to the sculptor, but it's useful to have some recognition of where it is (I'd actually prefer it if "in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome" could be added to the scope) Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely not, and I would like to thank you (some of your words made me blush :-D) VI rules say "Try to limit yourself to one link per scope, if possible. Only the most specific part of the scope should be linked." This one might be considered as a special case, perhaps, but it's somewhat disturbing to have a "no-matching" link in the scope ("Equestrian statue of Charlemagne" linked to "Baroque statues in St. Peter's Basilica"). I am considering a possible new dedicated category, to clarify everything. It could be simply "Charlemagne, by Agostino Cornacchini" or "Equestrian statue of Charlemagne in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican" (Vatican being a State). I am a bit reluctant to create a category (or to reword the scope) like "Equestrian statue of Charlemagne by Agostino Cornacchini in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican" but of course it is possible. Your advice would be welcome. --Myrabella (talk) 08:57, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
For the new categ title, I think of "Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (Vatican)". It seems there isn't any other in Vatican City. --Myrabella (talk) 09:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
