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Hey Wittylama,

You do intend upon making this a permanent page in the main namespace I hope... -- Jasonanaggie (talk) 23:58, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jasonanaggie - yes I do, and yes I have :-) Came out rather nicely I think. My 102nd en.wp article, and (to my surprise), my third about an individual clock - alongside Zebra clock and Picture clock with Alster panorama! Wittylama 19:22, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Wittylama -- Thanks for creating it, I have always wanted one on this clock as I have been categorizing thousands of Presidential images and always am tagging the clock in the pictures, I always wanted there to be a place where people could go to easily find out more about such an iconic piece of furniture. That and the resolute desk are a couple of great items in one office without any corners. Cheers!

Picture overload?

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Do we really need all those pictures of successive presidents in the Oval Office with the clock in the background? They don't add anything to the article, and crowd out a picture with some legitimate interest, of the twin clock at MOMA, so it is pushed down into the references. --ChetvornoTALK 09:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The way that the [current] last photo pushes below the references is partially a manner of the way any indiviaul's screen layout/size is set - what 'fits' in the screen will be different on different laptops, browsers, tablets, phones - and dynamic scaling/wrapping of the images happens much more intelligently that we can do by forcing specific layouts that work well on one particular screensize. That said, I do agree that the article has a lot of images compared to its wordcount - but I would prefer if someone could add more text rather than remove images. The specific gallery to which your refer - one for each successive US president - took me quite a while to compose because it is specifically trying to prove the point that the clock was a constant presence in the room throughout all the various other decoration changes under each administration. It is unique in this regard - even the 'resolute desk' wasn't kept in the same place for so long. It is this fact, in my opinion, which gives the clock its particular claim to notability - moreso than its workmanship quality etc. Wittylama 12:08, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]