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 == Japanese Art History - Edits. == 

 Dear Finn, 

 I have seen you have done a certain amount of editing on some Japanese art subjects. 
 Hasui, Goyo, and Ota Nampo. 

 I do not know if you have any Art History insights but: 

 In Art History it is of the outmost importance to have visual examples of the subjects discussed (pretty self evident?). 

  
 This is why I recently started to put some relevant links to such images. Most of the art history links in wiki are marred by bad images, dubious works lack of contextual explanations and so on. In the links I provide there are no such blemishes. 

 I do not really understand how you after a reading time of 35 seconds can decide to delete four links, I am one of the foremost experts on some of the subjects. I would need longer time to establish what is relevant and not. 

 In erudite academic circles wikipedia has a bad name. It has become known as a playground for ""ignorant junior high school teachers"" who rewrites and copies entries from books which are either to elementary or they do not have enough knowledge to understand the subject fully. This produce the very low quality entries we can see, for example, within my field, Oriental art history. 

 No academics I know bother writing anything for wikipedia anymore. It seems as everybody is feed up with having their work trashed by ignoramuses. 

 What is your curriculum vitae in Japanese art history? 

 I have a 40 year career as a professional lecturer, curator and writer about Japanese art. I have lived in Japan since 20 years. 

 I would think you should restudy the material, if you do not feel you can make a profound judgment, you should revert the links to point to the images. 

 If you judge the links are not relevant you should make a profound argument therefore. 

 I also see you have removed my previous message to you? Are you afraid of discussing something in a straightforward and honest manner. Or do you just lack respect for other people, their efforts and their knowledge. 

 Best regards 
 from Tokyo 

 PS I also noticed you have been editing on the Japanese wiki. Did you read the guide lines, as they are somewhat different from the en.wikipedia?"