User talk:Ptokmak2

December 2025

Hello, I'm Nyxion303, and welcome to Wikipedia. I appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Richard Diebenkorn, it appears that you added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. Nyxion³⁰³💬 Talk 16:00, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully I have resolved that with the attribution. I am getting my material from the Richard Diebenkorn foundation site. Thank you. Please let me know if you see any other issues. Thank you again. Ptokmak2 (talk) 17:38, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for replying and for taking the time to make Wikipedia articles better. I appreciate your contributions.

Quick question in regards to the subject's retirement from UCLA: you mentioned that he retired due to "finding the academic and classroom duties an impingement" but I was unable to find within the source you provided any mention of the reason for retirement being that the subject thought the academic and/or classroom duties were an impingement. Is this a direct quote from somewhere or where did this wording/reason for retirement originate from?

Many thanks, Nyxion³⁰³💬 Talk 18:05, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for helping me make my edits better. I am paraphrasing the information I found in paragraph 1 and 5 of that follows the subheading “1973” on that source page (https://diebenkorn.org/chronology/santa-monica-and-ocean-park/). Do you think that my paraphrasing is okay? Is there a better way for me to do that? Thanks again. Ptokmak2 (talk) 18:22, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see okay. I think changing the wording a little to make it more aligned with what is written in the source without changing the meaning too much will be a better approach in this instance.

For example, something along the lines of the following: "Due to increasing pressure from faculty and administrative duties that made teaching unpleasant, Diebenkorn retired from UCLA in 1973 to focus solely on his studio work."

Let me know what you think :) Nyxion³⁰³💬 Talk 18:33, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this. This makes complete sense. Ptokmak2 (talk) 18:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, feel free to use the exact wording or a different variation of it within the actual article. I'm happy to help, let me know if anything else springs to mind. Thank you again for contributing to Wikipedia!

~ Nyxion³⁰³💬 Talk 18:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The new wording: Diebenkorn, finding the day-to-day academic and classroom duties unpleasant and burdensome, retired from UCLA in 1973 to focus solely on his studio work.

Do you think this is okay? Ptokmak2 (talk) 18:52, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me, aligns with what the source says and is in your own words. Perfect! Nyxion³⁰³💬 Talk 18:53, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the guidance. Ptokmak2 (talk) 18:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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