Template talk:Decorative artsI think it might be better to split this into Decorative arts in the traditional sense, and the crafts, handicrafts & hobbies that can be practiced by amateurs. Johnbod (talk) 15:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC) Merge from handicraftsThere is a proposed merge at handicrafts#List of common handicrafts into this template. I can see the point of merging that section into this template for the bottom of articles instead. However I have a bit of a problem with the name and the title at the top of the template. I think it should just be called "arts and crafts". For instance origami is not a decorative art and it is not really a handicraft either. One might as well call playing a fiddle a decorative art. Pottery may be made by a person or mass produced by a machine and the decoration may be applied either way as well. However arts and crafts covers both adequately I think. Dmcq (talk) 11:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC) ImageThis image is too modern. I would suggest an historic or artistic image showing a person engaged in a handicraft, such as File:William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Sewing (1898) Edit.jpg.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 18:04, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Minor, ephemeral, inappropriate@User:CoffeeWithMarkets: For the record only, I believe that variant origami "arts" like moneygami are far too minor and ephemeral - doesn't the hybrid English-Japanese name give the game away? - to be rightly included in a template; the effect is basically list-cruft, trivialising what should be a map of the major, centuries-old arts and crafts. Origami is certainly such an art; its trivial modern variants at best dubiously so. I also believe that your reverting again without discussion here is remarkably aggressive, verging on edit-warring, especially given the inappropriate edit comment. If anyone else has an opinion, it's up to them; but since template talk pages are rarely visited, I'm dropping the stick now, so don't ping me. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:40, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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