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I saw a tag just added. IMO, a bad idea. Characters from a franchise usually get their own article if there is enough content. The characters could not be merged into this article without either removing a lot of content or making this article too long. It is already very long. Also, the quality of Stay Puft and many of the child articles is not up to the quality of the main article. The wonders of a hyperlinked encyclopedia are that we can have one article per subject, which is a lot more readable, than cramming everything into a long essay-style discourse on the whole broader subject matter. It's best to have a section, or a separate article, entitled something like "characters from Ghostbusters franchise", then very short summaries and links to the major ones. Wikidemo 19:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
It seems not much has been written about this merge request for awhile but there doesn't seem to have been a conclusion. And there was no decision reached on either of the two articles, User:AnmaFinotera merged these toady and seems to want the stand alone Stay Puft Marshmallow Man article to be removed. It's been open for discussion once already, with most users feeling it should be kept separate. But it was merged today with the tag "#s does not equal consensus - consensus is by validity of arguments; again, no notability - all sourced content was me" I reverted this merg until there has been a decision reached one way or the other. I hope other users will also read it and share their thoughts here and wish to reach a conclusion to a merge. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 10:40, 24 October 2009 (UTC))
moved from Talk:Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
To show "significant coverage" this article should have more references beyond those that are about the movie or TV series, which it does, and can also use some describing the movie and this villain/monster's part in it. It should also tell the characters history, from inception, development, and changes through it's appearances, which this article also does, and should even extend with the Time Magazine/Youtube Interview of Dan Aykroyd, discussing how Stay Puft can break apart into little pieces, and GameWeasel, Interview with the new games Executive producer Brendon Goss, where in the Ghostbusters Universe there is a "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" cartoon about the character according to GamesWeasel podcast episode 90. It should also tell how he has been spoken of as a actual character by other media, which this article does a bit of, I also show, below a few more such instances of his being seen by the public as a character without mention of Ghostbusters. These are just a few places where he is compared to people without mention of the Ghostbusters. However a list of such books probably wouldn't be very interesting to most readers of this article, but even though the info has been added to this article and removed, he is mentioned many times in books in this way, how best to source these references should be discussed and what sources and books should be mentioned.
Men's Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle ... By Jeff Volek, Adam Campbell
"Your LDL particles are as big and fluffy as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man."
Contagious By Scott Sigler
"You look like a black Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."
An Enchanted Season By Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh
"snowsuits to the point where Holly could barely bend and little Noelle looked like the pink version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man"
The question also arises as to how popular he is as a villain, monster, here are a few more articles, that mention him, or parodies of him
Characters that are popular and significant are also usually parodied as this one of him in The Movie Monster Game which also has a officially licensed Godzilla character. Which shows he's one of the most popular Monster type characters.
In the book "The wow climax: tracing the emotional impact of popular culture" By Henry Jenkins [1] he is mentioned along side Dracula, Doctor Who, and Batman, telling how children can mix ideas and create their own stories and the characters are interchangeable.
There is even supposed to be a Song by Bleeding Through, titled 'Stay Puft', "about fictional destroyer(s) of the world." --Revolver, May 2008 [2]
He has his own entry in two Webster's dictionary general fact books. "Mascots: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" By Icon Group International, Inc., and "Popping: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases".
How Many Licks?: Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything By Aaron Santos [3] In a book of Calculations and weights his size and volume, are calculated by Aaron Santos.
Of all the characters outside the Ghostbusters movie and even the TV series, it seems that the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is mostly mentioned on his own without connection to the movie as a monster/villain character, while not even the Ghostbusters themselves would not meet such a condition, since they are completely interconnected with the Ghostbusters. But the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, is often (see above) mentioned without the Ghostbusters.
He was also a main character in Ghostbusters Spooktacular which isn't mentioned anywhere in the article, which only has a template at the bottom of the page. As for the Tsukuda sculpted figure it doesn't seem that their are any of the Ghostbusters themselves, but only for him, Slimer, and the Gargoyle dog. For that and possibly other reasons I think the Toy section should be kept. I also think it'd be a good idea to mention the full description of the idea of the character. According to the DVD commentary in the Original script had many large creatures however only Stay Puft remained in the final film. And also when having to set the costume on fire, it didn't work right.
In summing up, I think even more things will be written about him and as the Ghostbusters popularity continues and even if the page gets merged now, in a few years it'll be right back to where it'll get it's own page and we'll be back to the same thing, users wanting references such as the books and songs that are mentioned above, but not mentioning what they think is needed with the article as a whole. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 22:47, 24 October 2009 (UTC))
As for plot elements, on this (franchise) page he is mentioned as "mascot of fictional company Stay Puft Marshmallows" and "Ray Stantz accidentally thought about him", and the like, not describing what or who the character is, "Ray imagines something from his childhood: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man", I think I rewrote it a bit better, but those are things that were and still are on the Stay Puft page. How the changes are made and giving references to the character itself. While here the only things referenced are his similarities with Bibendum and the Pillsbury Dough Boy, and the latex suit. Nothing was merged about his size, appearance, or other things that made up the whole of the other article. Deleting all the other appearance information is the same saying ok prove how tall Stay Puft was without using any official Ghostbusters company based estimates, since they could be considered non-RS sources. "Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today by Michael Barber" is a good example of the non-franchise based sources, while the movie isn't being mention and only Stay Puft's portion of the movie is, a exaggerated height is what most people would come up with. When someone adds a line or two to these articles that they know was said but they don't know the source, I try to look it up, and site it's source. Many of the people adding such information are non-Wikipedians and don't know that that information should be placed on the talk page until the information can be sourced. I find it sad that instead of moving that information here (so others can find sources for it), trying to preserve other pages content, and build on existing information, it instead mostly gets deleted and stuff that is well written, (the parts I kept in 'Stay Puft') get changed into, "Ray Stantz accidentally thought about him", or show regard for appearances in the rest of the media, when they are just as note worthy as the original film's appearances. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 21:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC))
Oppose Merge Alright, I changed my opinion for the reasons that this character has a lot of popular culture following, maybe enough to become popular to become a cult "status" character. Also, the Encyclopedia of Monsters is a pretty good reference. Ricardoread ( talk) 06:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
At what point do we split the feature film section and give Ghostbusters III it's own article? Considering that we now have confirmation of a sort, we could at least start with a pre-production or development section. BAPACop ( converse) 18:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Here's a bit of incorrect info from the article: "Gozer uses Ray's accidental thought to assume the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man before being destroyed." Gozer doesn't become the Marshmallow man. -- 4.153.86.132 ( talk) 01:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
According to the keymaster "Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"
His 3rd form was that of Stay Puft. BOOM! 129.139.1.68 ( talk) 21:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I don´t know about the mallow thing ( which is probably quoted in the Curse of Monkey Island opening ), but I know two things: Gozer is the wrong spelling. Because, tower in New York plus Haribosystem plus Family Guy s7e3 ( with the number 73 probably chosen due to another inside joke, the Jack Lantern thing ). The Marsh___ is a reference to Fen___ , a creature from another non-marginal mythology, that´s the central symbol for the event mentioned in that car driving scene dialogue between Ray and Winston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.166.174 ( talk) 05:41, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
This article needs an infobox like the articles about Star Trek. Egon Eagle ( talk) 23:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
How come when the name of the page was changed, why did no one bother to correct the usage on the rest of the page? Don't worry, it's done now. 70.88.213.74 ( talk) 20:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
There is an IT version of Stay Puft page: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man I wonder if there are any other — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.206.223.100 ( talk) 09:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
The section on transportation currently says the following: "The black Miller-Meteor seen at the beginning of the first movie was leased and used only for that scene and never converted for filming, though it was later purchased by the studio and completely converted to a full Ecto-1 for touring." Where is the source for that information? Fishy c ( talk) 04:10, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't some mention be made of the legal kerfuffle over Huey Lewis and the News' "I Wanna New Drug" being the basis for Ray Parker Jr's song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.142.207 ( talk) 12:13, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I second this. It's obvious that he really did write the song in two days, haha. Probably listened to the radio then wrote the same bassline on accident. Also, he brought in his girlfriend and her friends to do the "Ghost...busters!" line, which lines up with where "I want a new drug" would be in the Huey Lewis song. I can find sources if necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100F:B04B:AB13:8D93:3B23:85BF:C17D ( talk) 15:19, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
On the disambig. page, there is a link to "Ghostbusters III" - but it points to the section for "Ghostbusters II" - this this is probably a disambig page issue, I posted it here, because there is no Ghostbusters III section. But there is a section for a third movie. Maybe that can be linked to on the disambig page?
Also, there is a statement about Marvel's Universe where "shared universe" is linked to the Marvel Universe page. To me, I was expecting to go to a page that would more generically explain what a shared universe is and who has them, not to a specific aforementioned topic that could have it's self been linked.
One last thing - this article is a mess and I am severely surprised there are no banners asking for it to be cleaned up, shortened and otherwise made to be more presentable.
I won't touch a single thing on here, mainly looking through the other talk issues, I don't want to get in the middle of a reversion war with any of you. SO FIX IT. ~AeSix 66.86.14.225 ( talk)
According to the article, it appears Ghostbusters 3 will never be made and they have moved on for a reboot instead. Is this true? If so, what may have been the cause for the third film not happening? After several proposed release dates (2011, 2012, and recently, 2014), in my opinion, it seems like maybe the fan base got very tired of such a long wait, at the same the directors and writers of the first two films were struggling to make it a reality. And losing Harold Ramis made it even more complicated. But I think the cherry on top for preventing such a thing from happening was Bill Murray's refusal to be involved with the third film. Perhaps if he said yes from the beginning, there would not be debate about this today. But if there are other reasons why "Ghostbusters 3" never came to be, then this would be the best place to leave such responses. Marino13 ( talk) 03:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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Most franchises have separate articles for characters. This article's list of characters very easily could (and probably should) be a separate article. This article is kind of long anyway. Charles Essie ( talk) 21:55, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
The amount of info is way out of proportion to rest of the articles contents, but it is reliably sourced, so let's create a new article for it to be in with a summary paragraph with a link. This I propose. Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 23:53, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Should we add that Harold Ramis made a cameo as a bust in the new Ghostbusters film? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 ( talk) 17:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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Are there Ghostbusters World? Jovito11 ( talk) 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have repeatedly now attempted to restructure this page, based upon the announcement of a new Ghostbusters film. With the release of the teaser trailer from the studio titled "Ghostbusters 3 teaser trailer", I have removed fluff regarding developments of said film (way back to the '90s) and condensed sections to adhere to the franchise's current state. There is however editors that continue to revert edits as they would like to keep the article in its current state. Seeing as film franchises are in constant flux and always changing, these edits have been done in WP:GF and with intentions to remove all fan-based information (including play-by-play/overly detailed interviews). I am bringing this to the talkpage so that consensus can be reached.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 06:18, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
The vehicle is iconic enough and recognisable enough and appears on popular lists independently enough that it could sustain its own article. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 21:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
I second this. Zucat ( talk) 01:51, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
Third. The vehicle has a lego version, playmobile, as well as probably a hotwheels and playable in video games versions. It was animated very nicely even in the '80s cartoon.
There seems to be no mention of this in the article, which seems odd when video games of lesser importance are named. This was the first big comedy d6 game to hit the market. It influenced everything from Ewen Cluney's Spooktacular/Sixtacular to Risus. The wikipedia page can be found here, /info/en/?search=Ghostbusters_(role-playing_game) , and the game rules and other materials are hosted on various fan sites. Surely any Ghostbusters fan would like to thumb through the "Tobin's Spirit Guide" bestiary, even if they aren't a tabletop gamer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100F:B04B:AB13:8D93:3B23:85BF:C17D ( talk) 15:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Is there a update on merchandise sales it says $1B as of 2007 but that was 14 years ago and the be a film since then as well as one out at the end of this year
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I saw a tag just added. IMO, a bad idea. Characters from a franchise usually get their own article if there is enough content. The characters could not be merged into this article without either removing a lot of content or making this article too long. It is already very long. Also, the quality of Stay Puft and many of the child articles is not up to the quality of the main article. The wonders of a hyperlinked encyclopedia are that we can have one article per subject, which is a lot more readable, than cramming everything into a long essay-style discourse on the whole broader subject matter. It's best to have a section, or a separate article, entitled something like "characters from Ghostbusters franchise", then very short summaries and links to the major ones. Wikidemo 19:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
It seems not much has been written about this merge request for awhile but there doesn't seem to have been a conclusion. And there was no decision reached on either of the two articles, User:AnmaFinotera merged these toady and seems to want the stand alone Stay Puft Marshmallow Man article to be removed. It's been open for discussion once already, with most users feeling it should be kept separate. But it was merged today with the tag "#s does not equal consensus - consensus is by validity of arguments; again, no notability - all sourced content was me" I reverted this merg until there has been a decision reached one way or the other. I hope other users will also read it and share their thoughts here and wish to reach a conclusion to a merge. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 10:40, 24 October 2009 (UTC))
moved from Talk:Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
To show "significant coverage" this article should have more references beyond those that are about the movie or TV series, which it does, and can also use some describing the movie and this villain/monster's part in it. It should also tell the characters history, from inception, development, and changes through it's appearances, which this article also does, and should even extend with the Time Magazine/Youtube Interview of Dan Aykroyd, discussing how Stay Puft can break apart into little pieces, and GameWeasel, Interview with the new games Executive producer Brendon Goss, where in the Ghostbusters Universe there is a "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" cartoon about the character according to GamesWeasel podcast episode 90. It should also tell how he has been spoken of as a actual character by other media, which this article does a bit of, I also show, below a few more such instances of his being seen by the public as a character without mention of Ghostbusters. These are just a few places where he is compared to people without mention of the Ghostbusters. However a list of such books probably wouldn't be very interesting to most readers of this article, but even though the info has been added to this article and removed, he is mentioned many times in books in this way, how best to source these references should be discussed and what sources and books should be mentioned.
Men's Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle ... By Jeff Volek, Adam Campbell
"Your LDL particles are as big and fluffy as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man."
Contagious By Scott Sigler
"You look like a black Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."
An Enchanted Season By Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh
"snowsuits to the point where Holly could barely bend and little Noelle looked like the pink version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man"
The question also arises as to how popular he is as a villain, monster, here are a few more articles, that mention him, or parodies of him
Characters that are popular and significant are also usually parodied as this one of him in The Movie Monster Game which also has a officially licensed Godzilla character. Which shows he's one of the most popular Monster type characters.
In the book "The wow climax: tracing the emotional impact of popular culture" By Henry Jenkins [1] he is mentioned along side Dracula, Doctor Who, and Batman, telling how children can mix ideas and create their own stories and the characters are interchangeable.
There is even supposed to be a Song by Bleeding Through, titled 'Stay Puft', "about fictional destroyer(s) of the world." --Revolver, May 2008 [2]
He has his own entry in two Webster's dictionary general fact books. "Mascots: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" By Icon Group International, Inc., and "Popping: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases".
How Many Licks?: Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything By Aaron Santos [3] In a book of Calculations and weights his size and volume, are calculated by Aaron Santos.
Of all the characters outside the Ghostbusters movie and even the TV series, it seems that the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is mostly mentioned on his own without connection to the movie as a monster/villain character, while not even the Ghostbusters themselves would not meet such a condition, since they are completely interconnected with the Ghostbusters. But the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, is often (see above) mentioned without the Ghostbusters.
He was also a main character in Ghostbusters Spooktacular which isn't mentioned anywhere in the article, which only has a template at the bottom of the page. As for the Tsukuda sculpted figure it doesn't seem that their are any of the Ghostbusters themselves, but only for him, Slimer, and the Gargoyle dog. For that and possibly other reasons I think the Toy section should be kept. I also think it'd be a good idea to mention the full description of the idea of the character. According to the DVD commentary in the Original script had many large creatures however only Stay Puft remained in the final film. And also when having to set the costume on fire, it didn't work right.
In summing up, I think even more things will be written about him and as the Ghostbusters popularity continues and even if the page gets merged now, in a few years it'll be right back to where it'll get it's own page and we'll be back to the same thing, users wanting references such as the books and songs that are mentioned above, but not mentioning what they think is needed with the article as a whole. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 22:47, 24 October 2009 (UTC))
As for plot elements, on this (franchise) page he is mentioned as "mascot of fictional company Stay Puft Marshmallows" and "Ray Stantz accidentally thought about him", and the like, not describing what or who the character is, "Ray imagines something from his childhood: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man", I think I rewrote it a bit better, but those are things that were and still are on the Stay Puft page. How the changes are made and giving references to the character itself. While here the only things referenced are his similarities with Bibendum and the Pillsbury Dough Boy, and the latex suit. Nothing was merged about his size, appearance, or other things that made up the whole of the other article. Deleting all the other appearance information is the same saying ok prove how tall Stay Puft was without using any official Ghostbusters company based estimates, since they could be considered non-RS sources. "Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today by Michael Barber" is a good example of the non-franchise based sources, while the movie isn't being mention and only Stay Puft's portion of the movie is, a exaggerated height is what most people would come up with. When someone adds a line or two to these articles that they know was said but they don't know the source, I try to look it up, and site it's source. Many of the people adding such information are non-Wikipedians and don't know that that information should be placed on the talk page until the information can be sourced. I find it sad that instead of moving that information here (so others can find sources for it), trying to preserve other pages content, and build on existing information, it instead mostly gets deleted and stuff that is well written, (the parts I kept in 'Stay Puft') get changed into, "Ray Stantz accidentally thought about him", or show regard for appearances in the rest of the media, when they are just as note worthy as the original film's appearances. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 21:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC))
Oppose Merge Alright, I changed my opinion for the reasons that this character has a lot of popular culture following, maybe enough to become popular to become a cult "status" character. Also, the Encyclopedia of Monsters is a pretty good reference. Ricardoread ( talk) 06:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
At what point do we split the feature film section and give Ghostbusters III it's own article? Considering that we now have confirmation of a sort, we could at least start with a pre-production or development section. BAPACop ( converse) 18:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Here's a bit of incorrect info from the article: "Gozer uses Ray's accidental thought to assume the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man before being destroyed." Gozer doesn't become the Marshmallow man. -- 4.153.86.132 ( talk) 01:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
According to the keymaster "Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"
His 3rd form was that of Stay Puft. BOOM! 129.139.1.68 ( talk) 21:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
I don´t know about the mallow thing ( which is probably quoted in the Curse of Monkey Island opening ), but I know two things: Gozer is the wrong spelling. Because, tower in New York plus Haribosystem plus Family Guy s7e3 ( with the number 73 probably chosen due to another inside joke, the Jack Lantern thing ). The Marsh___ is a reference to Fen___ , a creature from another non-marginal mythology, that´s the central symbol for the event mentioned in that car driving scene dialogue between Ray and Winston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.166.174 ( talk) 05:41, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
This article needs an infobox like the articles about Star Trek. Egon Eagle ( talk) 23:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
How come when the name of the page was changed, why did no one bother to correct the usage on the rest of the page? Don't worry, it's done now. 70.88.213.74 ( talk) 20:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
There is an IT version of Stay Puft page: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man I wonder if there are any other — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.206.223.100 ( talk) 09:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
The section on transportation currently says the following: "The black Miller-Meteor seen at the beginning of the first movie was leased and used only for that scene and never converted for filming, though it was later purchased by the studio and completely converted to a full Ecto-1 for touring." Where is the source for that information? Fishy c ( talk) 04:10, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't some mention be made of the legal kerfuffle over Huey Lewis and the News' "I Wanna New Drug" being the basis for Ray Parker Jr's song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.142.207 ( talk) 12:13, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
I second this. It's obvious that he really did write the song in two days, haha. Probably listened to the radio then wrote the same bassline on accident. Also, he brought in his girlfriend and her friends to do the "Ghost...busters!" line, which lines up with where "I want a new drug" would be in the Huey Lewis song. I can find sources if necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100F:B04B:AB13:8D93:3B23:85BF:C17D ( talk) 15:19, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
On the disambig. page, there is a link to "Ghostbusters III" - but it points to the section for "Ghostbusters II" - this this is probably a disambig page issue, I posted it here, because there is no Ghostbusters III section. But there is a section for a third movie. Maybe that can be linked to on the disambig page?
Also, there is a statement about Marvel's Universe where "shared universe" is linked to the Marvel Universe page. To me, I was expecting to go to a page that would more generically explain what a shared universe is and who has them, not to a specific aforementioned topic that could have it's self been linked.
One last thing - this article is a mess and I am severely surprised there are no banners asking for it to be cleaned up, shortened and otherwise made to be more presentable.
I won't touch a single thing on here, mainly looking through the other talk issues, I don't want to get in the middle of a reversion war with any of you. SO FIX IT. ~AeSix 66.86.14.225 ( talk)
According to the article, it appears Ghostbusters 3 will never be made and they have moved on for a reboot instead. Is this true? If so, what may have been the cause for the third film not happening? After several proposed release dates (2011, 2012, and recently, 2014), in my opinion, it seems like maybe the fan base got very tired of such a long wait, at the same the directors and writers of the first two films were struggling to make it a reality. And losing Harold Ramis made it even more complicated. But I think the cherry on top for preventing such a thing from happening was Bill Murray's refusal to be involved with the third film. Perhaps if he said yes from the beginning, there would not be debate about this today. But if there are other reasons why "Ghostbusters 3" never came to be, then this would be the best place to leave such responses. Marino13 ( talk) 03:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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Most franchises have separate articles for characters. This article's list of characters very easily could (and probably should) be a separate article. This article is kind of long anyway. Charles Essie ( talk) 21:55, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
The amount of info is way out of proportion to rest of the articles contents, but it is reliably sourced, so let's create a new article for it to be in with a summary paragraph with a link. This I propose. Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 23:53, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
Should we add that Harold Ramis made a cameo as a bust in the new Ghostbusters film? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 ( talk) 17:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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Are there Ghostbusters World? Jovito11 ( talk) 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have repeatedly now attempted to restructure this page, based upon the announcement of a new Ghostbusters film. With the release of the teaser trailer from the studio titled "Ghostbusters 3 teaser trailer", I have removed fluff regarding developments of said film (way back to the '90s) and condensed sections to adhere to the franchise's current state. There is however editors that continue to revert edits as they would like to keep the article in its current state. Seeing as film franchises are in constant flux and always changing, these edits have been done in WP:GF and with intentions to remove all fan-based information (including play-by-play/overly detailed interviews). I am bringing this to the talkpage so that consensus can be reached.-- DisneyMetalhead ( talk) 06:18, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
The vehicle is iconic enough and recognisable enough and appears on popular lists independently enough that it could sustain its own article. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 21:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
I second this. Zucat ( talk) 01:51, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
Third. The vehicle has a lego version, playmobile, as well as probably a hotwheels and playable in video games versions. It was animated very nicely even in the '80s cartoon.
There seems to be no mention of this in the article, which seems odd when video games of lesser importance are named. This was the first big comedy d6 game to hit the market. It influenced everything from Ewen Cluney's Spooktacular/Sixtacular to Risus. The wikipedia page can be found here, /info/en/?search=Ghostbusters_(role-playing_game) , and the game rules and other materials are hosted on various fan sites. Surely any Ghostbusters fan would like to thumb through the "Tobin's Spirit Guide" bestiary, even if they aren't a tabletop gamer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100F:B04B:AB13:8D93:3B23:85BF:C17D ( talk) 15:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Is there a update on merchandise sales it says $1B as of 2007 but that was 14 years ago and the be a film since then as well as one out at the end of this year
The purpose of the Infobox is to summarize key details. MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE Summarizing involves leaving out some small details and keeping things simple. There really is no need to subdivide a list of four films into two separate lists [5] (it is strange to do it anywhere, but it is particularly unnecessary in the Infobox).
This unnecessary overcomplication of the list format may also have a detrimental impact on accessibility, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Lists.
Please keep it simple. Please do not overcomplicate lists in Infoboxes. -- 109.76.133.188 ( talk) 07:11, 18 March 2022 (UTC)