Talk:Oval Office grandfather clock

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)

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)

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?

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. --Chetvorno^TALK 09:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

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)