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According to this article for USA Today, Walt's last written words was actually "CIA—Mobley", not "Kirt Russell" as Disney spelt it. It was a reference to Roger Mobley, who played the lead role in the "Gallegher" series on The Wonderful World of Color. I'm not sure if a column is reliable or not, so I wanted it discussed first. Christianster94 ( talk) 05:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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Tom hanks will be the second actor to portray Walt Disney in a feature film. In the movie RKO 281, Roger Allam played Mr. Disney in a few scenes. 70.94.19.109 ( talk) 04:26, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this qualifies as an "edit request", but the following needs to be clarified:
There is an orphan article (
Walt Disney hibernation urban legend) that should either be linked from this article or integrated into it (and deleted?). Note, there currently is a section here that covers most of that article, and my recommendation would be to integrate/delete the orphan article. Also, most "urban legends" contend that only his head was frozen, and the remainder cremated, etc. -- Thank you for your attention on this matter, ~E:
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I dont know if this can be considered a edit request, so i titled it reliable source instead. Anyway, i have found some information that Babbit apparently claimed that Walt attended bund meetings in the the 30s: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1623/was-walt-disney-a-fascist
First im wondering, if this is an reliable source. Second, if it is reliable/relevant information, could someone add the information to the controversy section considering im a ip and i cant do this on my own?
This: By 1927, Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures.
Should be this for clarity: By 1927, Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series from Disney Brothers to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures.
for clarity, but I am an anon and th page is locked. 74.7.248.26 ( talk) 22:35, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I propose to replace "Frenchman" with "Norman", a frenchman from that region in 1066 is an anachronism. The Yeti 09:12, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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Under the picture of Walt at the very top where it shows the basic information is says his resting place is 'Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California,' But then it says after U.S. Frozen in a tank. That last part is not true walt was cremated so that is not true.
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Please remove this from the right side stats area. This has always been a myth and urban legend - it's ridiculous that it's listed as fact along with his other information.
70.185.119.123 ( talk) 21:20, 4 December 2013 (UTC)Xavier B.
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Hello,
I would like to get permission to add few sentences to the page dedicated to Walt Disney as part of a paper that I am doing for one of my courses (Entrepreneurship Economics) at The University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Thanks in advance! PavlinN12 ( talk) 22:06, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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The part about Babbitt accusing Walt and Gunther Lessing (who was jewish) of attending German American Bund meetings sounds like complete bullshit. The citation links to Watt's biography, which never once mentions the German American Bund. So the citation is wrong, where did this info come from and come how it was linked to Steven Watts? We need this to be properly cited, and it can't be properly cited, it needs to be removed. Why would a Jewish man attend a Nazi sympathizers meeting?
184.147.183.94 ( talk) 16:37, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
The generally accepted claim that The Jungle Book (1967) was the last Disney animated film in which Walt Disney had active involvement is not true. An official Disney source* reveals that Walt Disney was in fact heavily involved and had influential participation in the development of The Rescuers, released 11 years after his death, during this film's story planning. It was Walt Disney who rejected the concept of a faithful adaptation of Margery Sharp's The Rescuers (1959) and suggested instead an animated story about the rescue of a young polar bear named Willie (a concept which inspired a number of unused songs). After his death, when the new writers felt that the story was not profound enough, Sharp's second novel Miss Bianca (1962) was selected as the primary source instead.
I'm curious about the public and media reaction to Disney's death. Was it a huge shock? Was he a living legend and icon by the time he died? If so I imagine the response would've resembled the death of Steve Jobs. Is there any information out there about this? Would be great to have it in the article. Crazy Eddy ( talk) 12:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Wait, I thought Walt Disney was frozen. TDFan2006 ( talk) 19:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
This says he was a racist & bigot soo how about adding it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10574940/Walt-Disney-was-a-racist-great-niece-backs-up-Meryl-Streep.html Hillmon7500 ( talk) 18:36, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
I've replaced the old image with this file. It's a free file and it's a high quality image. The previous image was a crop of a NASA photograph, (which can be seen in the article) which had been flipped. Human faces aren't symmetrical, so it's not a brilliant image to use... in contrast, the new image is a posed portrait. I don't think there should be any objection to the change. -- Hazhk Talk to me 01:43, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
I think we need to put out the authors more incase some students or adults etc. need to know for a reserach projec — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.83.194.244 ( talk) 23:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
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Please change Walt Disney's Legacy by adding his late 1990's and early 21st century successes.
In March 2005, Disneyland became the number one theme park destination and critical driver of tourism in Southern California. [1] Corporate Disney stated that "since 1955, the Resort has been a major contributor of tax revenues to communities in Orange County, which has helped fund a number of important city services for local residents." It was reported in "The New Hollywood" by Thomas Schatz that until the early 1950's, Hollywood created the most total revenue in Southern California and contributed into creating many new jobs for people in Los Angeles. [2] However, in the present, Disneyland is on par, if not better, with Hollywood's total revenue since the 1950's. [3]
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To "Other honors" section (or alternatively, to the 1945-1955 section in which the True-Life Adventures films are mentioned), please add the following:
The National Audubon Society awarded Disney its highest honor, the Audubon Medal, in 1955 for promoting the "appreciation and understanding of nature" through his True-Life Adventures nature films. [4]
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DoctorJoeE, FuriousFreddy:I've considered spliting the gigantic Beginnings section into two sections: Beginnings and Start of animation career. Welcome opinions! Forbidden User ( talk) 15:13, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Here's my proposed split:
1901–1920: Beginnings
Childhood
Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 2156 Tripp Avenue in Chicago's Hermosa community area to Irish-Canadian father Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney, who was of German and English descent. [5] His great-grandfather, Arundel Elias Disney, had emigrated from Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland where he was born in 1801. Arundel Disney was a descendant of Robert d' Isigny, a Frenchman who had travelled to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. [6] With the d'Isigny name anglicized as "Disney", the family settled in a village now known as Norton Disney, south of the city of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire. [7]
In 1878 Disney's father Elias had moved from Huron County, Ontario, Canada to the United States, at first seeking gold in California before finally settling down to farm with his parents near Ellis, Kansas, [8] [9] until 1884. Elias married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Acron, Florida, just 40 miles north of where Walt Disney World would ultimately be developed. [10] The family moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890, [11] hometown of Elias' brother Robert, [11] who helped Elias financially for most of Walt's early life. [11] In 1906, when Walt was four, Elias and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, [12] where his brother Roy had recently purchased farmland. [12] In Marceline Disney developed his love for drawing [13] with one of the family's neighbors, a retired doctor named "Doc" Sherwood, paying him to draw pictures of Sherwood's horse, Rupert. [13] Elias was a subscriber to the Appeal to Reason newspaper and Walt copied the front-page cartoons of Ryan Walker. [9] His interest in trains also developed in Marceline, a town that owed its existence to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which ran through it. Walt would put his ear to the tracks in anticipation of the coming train, [14] then try to spot his uncle, engineer Michael Martin, conducting the train.
Walt attended the new Park School of Marceline in fall, 1909. He and his younger sister Ruth started school together. Before that he had no formal schooling. [15] The Disneys remained in Marceline for four years [16] before moving to Kansas City in 1911, [17] where Walt and his younger sister Ruth attended the Benton Grammar School at 3004 Benton Boulevard, close to his new home. Disney had completed the second grade at Marceline but had to repeat the grade at Kansas City. [18] At school he met Walter Pfeiffer, who came from a family of theatre aficionados and introduced Walt to the world of vaudeville and motion pictures. Before long, Walt was spending more time at the Pfeiffers' than at home, [19] as well as attending Saturday courses at the Kansas City Art Institute, [20]
On July 1, 1911, Elias purchased a newspaper delivery route for The Kansas City Star. It extended from the Twenty-seventh Street to the Thirty-first Street, and from Prospect Avenue to Indiana Avenue. Roy and Walt were put to work delivering the newspapers. The Disneys delivered the morning newspaper Kansas City Times to about 700 customers and the evening and Sunday Star to more than 600. The number of customers they had increased with time. [21] Walt woke up at 4:30 AM and worked delivering newspapers until the school bell rang. He resumed working the paper trail at 4:00 PM and continued to supper time. He found the work exhausting and often dozed in his desk. His grades suffered as a result. He continued working this schedule for more than six years. [21]
Teenage years
In 1917 Elias acquired shares in the O-Zell jelly factory in Chicago and moved his family back to the city. [22] In the fall Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts under the tutelage of artist and educator Louis Grell (1887–1960). [23] He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper, drawing patriotic topics on World War I. With a hope to join the army, Disney dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen, but was rejected for being underage. [24]
After his rejection by the army, Disney and a friend decided to join the Red Cross. [25] He was soon sent to France for a year, where he drove an ambulance, but only after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. [26]
Hoping to find work outside the Chicago O-Zell factory, [27] Walt moved back to Kansas City in 1919 to begin his artistic career. [28] He considered a career as an actor but decided he wanted to draw political caricatures or comic strips for a newspaper. When nobody wanted to hire him as either an artist or as an ambulance driver, his brother Roy, then working in a local bank, got Walt a temporary job through a bank colleague at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, [28] where he created advertisements for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters. [29] At Pesmen-Rubin he met cartoonist Ubbe Iwerks [30] and, when their time at the studio expired, they decided to start their own commercial company together. [31]
It looks like his last written words were "Kirt Russel" and not "Kurt Russel". Also It seems like it were the last words he wrote in his office before he was diagnosed lung cancer, so there is a probability he wrote something else before he died.
Source: http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/12/19/tv-legends-revealed-were-disneys-last-written-words-kurt-russell/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.192.86.199 ( talk) 16:26, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
I recently nominated this article to be featured. I apologize for failing to inform you guys beforehand. I wish to discuss about the following:
I hope we can work this out together. Forbidden User ( talk) 16:58, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
Reviewers' feedback (up to now):
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I've also summed up some of the peer review opinions which are (seemingly) not yet addressed:
I shall continue tomorrow. Every comment helps! Forbidden User ( talk) 16:49, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
(Continued)In Beginnings,
By the way please check if http://www.waltdisney.org/ is a reliable source, as it has a heavy part in references now. Forbidden User ( talk) 15:32, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
In Golden age of animation,
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Now the only problem left is unsourced and unreliably sourced statements at Continuing Disney Productions under Legacy. Help is appreciated! Forbidden User ( talk) 13:34, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Other honours have the same problem. Forbidden User ( talk) 13:28, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
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In the section "Childhood" the sentence "Disney had completed the second gradeb at Marveline but had to repeat the grade at Kansas City." has two typos. gradeb should be grade and Marveline should be Marceline. Funkimonster ( talk) 09:57, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing them out. - Arjayay ( talk) 10:19, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
I found that there are few references in "1955–1966: Theme parks and beyond", please help search for references. Forbidden User ( talk) 12:22, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Start of animation career
In January 1920, Disney and Iwerks formed a short-lived company called "Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists". However, following a rough start, Disney left temporarily to earn money at the Kansas City Film Ad Company. He was soon joined by Iwerks, who was not able to run their business alone. [32] While working for the company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation, Disney became interested in animation and decided to become an animator. [33] The owner of the Ad Company, A.V. Cauger, allowed him to borrow a camera from work to experiment with at home. After reading the Edwin G. Lutz book Animated Cartoons: How They Are Made, Their Origin and Development, Disney considered cel animation to be much more promising than the cutout animation he was doing for Cauger. He eventually decided to open his own animation business and recruited a fellow co-worker at the Ad Company, Fred Harman, as his first employee. [34] Disney and Harman then start creating cartoons called Laugh-O-Grams. They screened their cartoons at a local theater owned by Frank Newman, who was one of the most popular "showman" in Kansas City. [35]
Laugh-O-Gram Studio Presented as "Newman Laugh-O-Grams", [35] Disney's cartoons became widely popular in the Kansas City area. [36] Through their success, he was able to acquire his own studio, also called Laugh-O-Gram, [37] for which he hired a number of additional animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and his close friend Ubbe Iwerks. [38] It was opened on May 18, 1922. [39] Unfortunately, studio profits were insufficient to cover the high salaries paid to employees. Unable to successfully manage money, [40] Disney's studio became loaded with debt and wound up bankrupt, [40] [41] whereupon he decided to set up a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California. [42]
Film and business career in Hollywood Two months after their arrival in October, 1923, [43] Disney and his brother Roy pooled their money and set up a cartoon studio in Hollywood. [44] Virginia Davis, the live-action star of Alice's Wonderland, and her family relocated from Kansas City to Hollywood at Disney's request, as did Iwerks and his family. This was the beginning of the Disney Brothers' Studio, located on Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district, where it remained until 1939. In 1925 Disney hired a young woman named Lillian Bounds to ink and paint celluloid. After a brief courtship, the pair married that same year, on July 25, 1925. [45]
Alice Comedies Disney and Roy needed to find a distributor for Walt's new Alice Comedies, which he had started making while in Kansas City but never got to distribute. [41] Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him that she was keen on a distribution deal for more live-action/animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland. [46]
The new series, Alice Comedies, proved reasonably successful. [43] It featured both Dawn O'Day and Margie Gay as Alice with Lois Hardwick also briefly assuming the role. By the time the series ended in 1927, its focus was more on the animated characters and in particular a cat named Julius, who resembled Felix the Cat, rather than the live-action Alice.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
By 1927 Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures. The new series, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was an almost instant success. Its main character, Oswald—drawn and created by Iwerks—became a popular figure. The Disney studio expanded and Walt re-hired Harman, Rudolph Ising, Carman Maxwell, and Friz Freleng from Kansas City.
Disney went to New York in February 1928 to negotiate a higher fee per short. He was shocked when Mintz told him that not only did he want to reduce the fee he paid Disney per short but also that he had most of his main animators, including Harman, Ising, Maxwell, and Freleng—but not Iwerks, who refused to leave Disney—under contract and would start his own studio if Disney did not accept the reduced production budgets. Universal, not Disney, owned the Oswald trademark and could make the films without Walt. Disney declined Mintz's offer and as a result lost most of his animation staff, whereupon he found himself on his own again. [47]
It subsequently took his company 78 years to get back the rights to the Oswald character when in 2006 the Walt Disney Company reacquired the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBC Universal through a trade for longtime ABC sports commentator Al Michaels. [48]
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(All current subsection settings are retained.) Forbidden User ( talk) 15:13, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Well I guess I shall apply the change first. Forbidden User ( talk) 11:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Ref #78,83,85 are unreliable sources. Please help substituting them with reliable ones or deleted the associated content. Thanks! Forbidden User ( talk) 16:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
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Under "Silly Symphonies", last sentence of paragraph 2, please change "He returned to Disney in 1940 and **GO** on to pioneer a number of film processes and specialized animation technologies in the studio's research and development department." to "He returned to Disney in 1940 and **WENT** on to pioneer a number of film processes and specialized animation technologies in the studio's research and development department." 73.43.61.185 ( talk) 07:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing that out - Arjayay ( talk) 07:44, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
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Under "CalArts", please change "It **IS** formed in 1961 through a merger of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute." to "It **WAS** formed in 1961 through a merger of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute." 73.43.61.185 ( talk) 08:00, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing that out, as well - Arjayay ( talk) 08:23, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I want to add this new section below Accusations of antisemitism and racism. Do you guys agree? Forbidden User ( talk) 11:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Another thought is to put it just above Accusations of antisemitism and racism. Opinions appreciated! Forbidden User ( talk) 05:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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He was born on December 3rd. Falconfan0817 ( talk) 16:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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46.26.230.135 ( talk) 17:44, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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Consider adding this page to the category "Urban legends".
Not done as you haven't explained why, nor cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay ( talk) 07:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Reading the article, I see only single references to Friz Freleng and Carman Maxwell, mentioning them only as "Freleng" and "Maxwell". Recommend they be referred to by their full names, which were around here somewhere... 67.186.19.151 ( talk) 01:20, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
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In the caption for this photo: /info/en/?search=Walt_Disney#/media/File:Walt_Disney_1946.JPG , the second sentence which reads: "Disney was given an award by then in 1946." incorrectly uses "then" instead of "them". M2pc ( talk) 05:28, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Reading the article, I see only single references to Friz Freleng and Carman Maxwell, mentioning them only as "Freleng" and "Maxwell". Recommend they be referred to by their full names. 67.186.19.151 ( talk) 09:55, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Huemulin ( talk) 16:00, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Congregationalist is missing its "AL".
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I would like to add a paragraph about Walt Disney as an Innovative Entrepreneur. Enilorak92 ( talk) 18:15, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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I did that by apparently edit warring and adding the net worth piece of information that is highly disruptive. I knew not to be disruptive by vandalizing the page, but I chose to do it nevertheless; therefore, I deserve a ban.
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"Please Change : Walt Disney was Born In Chicago,IL.to Irish Parents" To: Walt Disney Was Born In Chicago,IL.to French-Canadian Parents". Because It's True. (An Editor Embellished A False Fact, For Their Personal Preference.Someone's Ethnicity Or Origin Shouldn't Be Changed Or Embellished, Without knowing The Actual Facts of The Original Story. TruthSeeker1964 ( talk) 16:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC) TruthSeeker1964 ( talk) 16:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
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Please change:
Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie, to create the first sound cartoon.
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Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie. Although Steamboat Willie is often erroneously cited as the first sound cartoon, animator Max Fleischer first utilized synchronized sound two years earlier in My Old Kentucky Home (film) (1926) as part of his Song Car-Tunes series with Red Seal Pictures. [1] However, Steamboat Willie was the first sound cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack, and its popularity far eclipsed earlier efforts to bring sound into animation. 96whalers ( talk) 14:05, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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Walt Disney birth home address is incorrect. It is 2156 North Tripp Avenue, Chicago, Illinois One Source - Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-walt-disney-house-20150807-story.html NeilGale ( talk) 17:58, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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Please change "Aside from Disney, Elias and Call's sons were Herbert, Raymond and Roy; the couple had a fifth child, Ruth, in December 1903" to "Aside from Walt, Elias and Call's sons were Herbert, Raymond and Roy; the couple had a fifth child, Ruth, in December 1903" 3rd sentence is section Early life. REASON: ambiguity; everyone in the family was named Disney. Ianoptional ( talk) 02:34, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm interested in what I call "Ref. maintenance" which basically means checking that cited sources are sound, with working links, correct titles, and all other parameters defined as appropriate. So that's my angle.
Apparently providing wikilinks for works/publishers in citations is just a matter of taste. I personally think the links are useful because if the reader is unsure about the originator of the source, they can easily follow the link and learn a little about the company behind the source, if they are interested. For that reason, I don't think there's anything wrong with providing the link where it's available, expecially for lesser known newspapers such as the Lewiston Morning Tribune or The Manchester Guardian (for example). In this second example, the link provides the reader with the opportunity to learn that The Manchester Guardian was a previous incarnation of The Guardian newspaper, which they might not otherwise have known or been able to find out easily without doing their own manual search (and we can't assume they even know how to do that!) The guidance on this just says "Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant." which is rather ambiguous. My interpretation would be that, as it doesn't say "generally not wikilinked", it's preferable to provide the link whenever there's a related wiki article available.
So the long and the short of it is that I happen to think the links are useful, whereas other editors prefer to leave them out altogether. I've been advised that it's best to go along with the existing style in the article, which is fair enough of course, but this Walt Disney article is currently inconsistent. Some refs. contain links and some don't. So which do we prefer? Shall I add my links back in? Or shall I remove all the existing links from these refs... 4 (Encyclopædia Britannica), 150 (USA Today), 158 (New York Daily News), 163 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 164 (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), 167 (American Film Institute), 168 & 169 (Hollywood Walk of Fame), 170 (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), 178 (The Blade), 180 & 184 & 188 (PBS).
I'm happy to remove these links (against my better judgement) but I'd prefer to add in the missing links for the other citations where relevant (as I attempted to do yesterday). This might be a small consideration in the grand scheme of things, but I also happen to think consistency is very important!
Rodney Baggins ( talk) 18:52, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
A lot of the citations for this article are pointing to the archived version when they don't need to. For example, Ref. 4. (before my most recent edit)... If you clicked on the title "Walt Disney", it attempted to take you to the WebCite archive (which is currently down anyway), but the original version of the article is still working, which you could only find by clicking on "the original" in the citation. Why are we using the archive when the original is fine? The archive should just be there as a backup if it's needed in the future. So the deadurl parameter should be set to "no" in the meantime. I've made the change for Ref.4 to show you what I mean, but I've not bothered to change any of the others as I strongly suspect my edit will be reverted and I so hate wasting my time. For the record, the same thing applies to refs. 6, 17, 21, 38, 52, 69, 70, 81, 118, 129, 132, 150, 152, 156, 157, 160, 162, 165, 170, 171, 172, 175, 184, 188, 194, 200.
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He worked with the US government to make anti-Nazi and anti-Axis propaganda films and was prominent to the "Good Neighbor Policy" and countering the spread of Nazism in Latin America. Is Category:American anti-fascists appropriate? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:08, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Great work reporting on Disney. The credibility with the sources and info is exceptional, establishing trust for readers, and the outline after the introduction is chronological, making it easy to follow and understand the progression of Disney's life. However, it seems as though within the introduction, it jumps abruptly from theme parks and Disney's contribution, directly to his death all within one paragraph, ending frantically with his death stated. Mechanically, this could be edited to better represent info to readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Batcapital2020 ( talk • contribs) 02:32, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
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Remove " to create the first post-produced sound cartoon" from line "Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie, to create the first post-produced sound cartoon." As this is not completely accurate.
reference: Fleischer, Richard (2011). Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813134642. 4.78.222.19 ( talk) 19:36, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
He had a Child Amy Sydorick from 1950-1966.-- 2600:1702:4B28:F760:A515:6F88:3178:DBC7 ( talk) 22:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
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change "Won 22 Oscars" to "won 25 Oscars". Change "59 nominations" to "62 nominations". SheriffWalt ( talk) 04:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Starting a discussion here as Smith0124 is edit warring to push what I see as weasel wording into the article. The lead has gone from straightforward description of the source material to introduce the phrases "many saw Disney as" and "some saw him as". I recommend not putting this kind of language into the article. -- Laser brain (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
What about it is convoluted? It’s a simple sentence. Smith0124 ( talk) 14:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
"Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood.[a] He was the fourth son of Elias Disney—born in the Province of Canada, to Irish parents—and Flora (née Call), an American of German and English descent."
Since he only had two parents shouldn't it be "born to an Irish father and Flora (née Call), an American of German and English descent." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Condiala ( talk • contribs) 00:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
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Footnote number 143 should be changed to: Mannheim, Steve, Walt Disney and the Quest for Community, Oxfordshire and New York, Routledge, 2017, 978-1-138-26968-2. This academic book analyzes the EPCOT concept and philosophy. 75.141.199.154 ( talk) 00:43, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Both Barrier and Gabler cite Mannheim's book. It is the definitive academic book and Wikipedia readers interested in the subject would benefit from it. It is the most reliable source and not just a few lines in a biography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.141.199.154 ( talk) 03:03, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
According to many sources, he was: "In October 1947, during the post-war Red Scare, American filmmaker Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Disney provided HUAC with information about union activity at his studios, as well as specific individuals he believed to be communists" If so, shouldn't that get a mention here? : https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/walt-disney-testifies-huac-1947/ Excalibur ( talk) 20:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic, they have been contradicted by many who knew him.
What were the accusations? Who were these people who knew him? What exactly did they say? Seph Shewell Brockway ( talk) 16:35, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Someone should edit the infobox to include details on spouse and children. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WelcomeLifeAllFriends ( talk • contribs) 19:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
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At the end of chapter "early life" just after sentence ..-He drew cartoons on the side of his ambulance for decoration and had some of his work published in the army newspaper Stars and Stripes- I would add: During this period he drew humoristically in a scrapbook handed out by The Chicago Public library for soldiers and sailors, what could be considered as the first two rodents in Disney's oeuvre. Souce: Bonhams auction catalogue 2015 and Lambiek Comicopledia on the net; see also David Lesjak'book Walt disney in the service of the Red Cross Kibours ( talk) 13:29, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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"from a purveyor of homely patriotic values"
home·ly /ˈhōmlē/ Learn to pronounce adjective 1. NORTH AMERICAN (of a person) unattractive in appearance.
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What about the fact he was an abusive father? ( 86.151.111.133 ( talk) 14:38, 30 July 2021 (UTC))
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No comma before "and" upon listing down a set of examples! Cynthia Poarch ( talk) 18:36, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
This is a common mistake for many journalists and teachers. It is unnecessary to put a comma before "and" especially when you are writing down a list of items. The comma is only necessary to be used, for example, to avoid two items getting mixed up by the repetitive use of "and" or "or" in a sentence.
"But even style guides that generally discourage its use do agree that at times it is necessary for clarity and/or readability." The Oxford (or Serial) Comma: Using a Comma before “and” in a List
(Even the paragraph above contains a mistake, it is wrong to use "but" as the first word of a sentence, especially in formal writing.)
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...an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer.
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...an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer
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The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942).
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The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942)
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He was also involved in planning the 1959 Moscow Fair, the 1960 Winter Olympics, and the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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He was also involved in planning the 1959 Moscow Fair, the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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Disney also oversaw aspects of the full-length features Lady and the Tramp (the first animated film in CinemaScope) in 1955, Sleeping Beauty (the first animated film in Technirama 70 mm film) in 1959, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (the first animated feature film to use Xerox cels) in 1961, and The Sword in the Stone in 1963.
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Disney also oversaw aspects of the full-length features Lady and the Tramp (the first animated film in CinemaScope) in 1955, Sleeping Beauty (the first animated film in Technirama 70 mm film) in 1959, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (the first animated feature film to use Xerox cels) in 1961 and The Sword in the Stone in 1963
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In 1998, the American Film Institute published a list of the 100 greatest American films, according to industry experts; the list included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (at number 49), and Fantasia (at 58).
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In 1998, the American Film Institute published a list of the 100 greatest American films, according to industry experts; the list included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (at number 49) and Fantasia (at 58).
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Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist, and popularizer of culture.
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Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist and popularizer of culture.
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...with the values, expectations, and goods of a prosperous middle-class United States.
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...it has "labored throughout its history to link its name with notions of fun, family, and fantasy".
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Adding Disney to the Category: American anti-fascists is a bit much. Sure, Disney supported the war effort during WWII as did almost everyone in the US but before the war he personally gave Nazi director Leni Riefenstahl a tour of Disney studios! No sources are included in the aricle, nor any unsourced text, that documents him as an anti-fascist, particularly in the 1930s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:7DF:D700:D1DF:A599:179B:D2BF ( talk) 15:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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This does not include any of the Disney characters such as Minnie, Pete, Goofy, and Daisy. The only character mentioned is Mickey Mouse. So if someone could change it, then that would be great.
At one point the article reads "his namesake studio and company maintain high standards in their production of popular entertainment". Whether Disney maintains "high standards" is quite clearly an issue of opinion, so this should either be removed from the article or reworded so as not to state an issue of opinion as objective fact. DylPickle666 ( talk) 22:56, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
Italic textBold text — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.185.159 ( talk) 21:02, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
This page, particularly towards the beginning, lacks the expository writing style necessary to encyclopedic information. There is too much sentiment here for a properly encyclopedic entry; a quasi-“persuasive” aura emanates from the words. Many assertions made within this article are also not supported via external citations, particularly in the heading after the first paragraph: •“Disney was a shy, self-deprecating and insecure man in private but adopted a warm and outgoing public persona.” •“He had high standards and high expectations of those with whom he worked.” (Although I do believe this is commonly agreed-upon, a citation may still be in order.) •“Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic”—from whom?—“they have been contradicted by many who knew him.” (If this is true, then it should moreover be expanded into an entire section of the article, perhaps entitled “Controversy Regarding Anti-Semitism” vel sim., rather than being mentioned once in the head and never again throughout the rest of the article.) •“His reputation changed in the years after his death, from a purveyor of homely patriotic values to a representative of American imperialism.” How so? (Perhaps this remark could be expanded into a section entitled “Patriotism and Imperialism” vel sim.) •“[H]is namesake studio and company maintain high standards in their production of popular entertainment[.]” Which standards? OzzyMuffin238 ( talk) 13:40, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
The sentence : "Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic, they have been contradicted by many who knew him. " is unfounded and a blatant lie. Who says? It is a unsupported opinion of a biased author. There is no supporting references and this line must be removed as spiteful and biased. This type of unfounded, unreferenced, unsupported slander is totally unprofessional and a violation of Wiki's standards. 2600:1700:7890:5A40:10A4:7290:FEB7:9CC7 ( talk) 21:57, 16 January 2022 (UTC) 2600:1700:7890:5A40:10A4:7290:FEB7:9CC7 ( talk) 21:54, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
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{{subst:trim|1= Where is the proof Walt Disney was an American imperialist? Any facts?
Mark Langer, in the American Dictionary of National Biography, writes that "Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist, and popularizer of culture. More recently, Disney has been regarded as a paradigm of American imperialism and intolerance, as well as a debaser of culture."Cullen328 ( talk) 19:53, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
Make a Walt Disney animatronic that is at the Hall of President’s and before the President’s start to talk bring Walt up on a riser talking about them and how the Hall started . Make it a 2 or 3 minute introduction. I think that would be a great tribute the Walt and his hard work in making what he believed in come to life for all of the guest see what he has done .
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This is a featured article, and locked? There's a dumb grammatical typo in the opening paragraph. :rolleyes: Maybe someone could fix it. Correction: TWO dumb typos! How in the world did this get advanced to feature article status like that? 2603:800C:F01:87B:0:0:0:1C3B ( talk) 19:04, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Because the article is double protected, I can't edit it, so here is some additional information those with access could add:
In the early 1960s Walt Disney planned to build a five-story indoor theme park under a giant dome, covering two city blocks in downtown St. Louis in Missouri, and called "Walt Disney's Riverfront Square" a few blocks from the Arch grounds and the Mississippi River. It never happened because according to the rumors Anheuser-Busch beer baron August A. Busch Jr. insisted that the theme park sell beer, which Walt refused. But in a 2013 account of the St. Louis project for the Disney History Institute, Todd James Pierce wrote that any disagreement over beer had been worked out — money was the issue. Disney was willing to pay for the rides and attractions, but wanted St. Louis' redevelopment corporation to pay for the building. The corporation declined to do so.
"Disney may have had another reason for not wanting to commit a lot of money to St. Louis: Even as he was courting civic leaders here, he was acquiring land in Florida for what would become Walt Disney World."
Links: https://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/no-disney-didn-t-spurn-st-louis-over-beer/article_8c800b33-b9da-51df-9049-70d448cd084b.html and https://fox2now.com/news/walt-disney-world-in-st-louis-city-says-no-to-mickeys-dome/ and https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-walt-disney-world-almost-in-st-louis-20151207-story.html 46.212.117.108 ( talk) 07:13, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, I would like to edit this page source. I would like to edit it because there are a few missing details you have missed along the history of Walt disney.
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Add "party" parameter to infobox and say " Republican (after 1940)".
Coming from sentences on political involvement and partisan allegiance as can be seen in article section "World War II and beyond: 1941–1950". Titi68999 ( talk) 16:52, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Should Disney's political affiliations be included in the infobox? The section "World War II and beyond: 1941–1950" explains in several sentences his partisan affiliation and allegiance. Here are some more sources on his political involvement: 1, 2, 3. Disney was lightly involved in Democratic politics, but during The Second World War and the Cold War Disney became known for his conservative and staunchly anti-communist views. His brother Roy, who was also politically active, has his party in his own infobox.
I, personally, do not feel strongly one way or another about including this, but would love to gage other editors' opinions. -- Titi68999 ( talk) 17:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hi I would Like To change This Page to show my friend that you can change any wiki page and you can change it back once I'm done so please can I have permission to change the page 165.228.51.42 ( talk) 05:08, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
The career headings are ordered wrong, they should have the year first then other text. i.e. please change "Early career: 1920–1928" to "1920–1928: Early career" etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:680C:3D01:69D7:DB91:7BB6:6667 ( talk) 10:36, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
"Disney has been accused of anti-Semitism for having given Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl a tour of his studio a month after Kristallnacht, something he disavowed three months later claiming he was unaware who she was when he was issued the invitation."
Does anyone else consider this to sound a bit odd? Did he regularly give random strangers personal tours through his studios? How was he issued an invitation when this was his own studio? And who invited Leni Riefenstahl to the studio in the first place if it wasn't him? And why did he end up giving the tour for Riefenstahl when someone else invited her?
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Sharon Disney seems to be intentionally removed from numerous Walt Disney Family wiki pages.
-Please fix this as she was in fact one of Walt's legal daughters. 24.147.59.192 ( talk) 20:50, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
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The house is at 2156 N Tripp Ave, Chicago, IL 60639, not whatever address is currently posted. Please look it up if needed. 104.186.212.119 ( talk) 03:32, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
In 1909, in a renumbering exercise, the property's address changed to 2156 North Tripp Avenue.Tollens ( talk) 03:55, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
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According to this article for USA Today, Walt's last written words was actually "CIA—Mobley", not "Kirt Russell" as Disney spelt it. It was a reference to Roger Mobley, who played the lead role in the "Gallegher" series on The Wonderful World of Color. I'm not sure if a column is reliable or not, so I wanted it discussed first. Christianster94 ( talk) 05:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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Tom hanks will be the second actor to portray Walt Disney in a feature film. In the movie RKO 281, Roger Allam played Mr. Disney in a few scenes. 70.94.19.109 ( talk) 04:26, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this qualifies as an "edit request", but the following needs to be clarified:
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Walt Disney hibernation urban legend) that should either be linked from this article or integrated into it (and deleted?). Note, there currently is a section here that covers most of that article, and my recommendation would be to integrate/delete the orphan article. Also, most "urban legends" contend that only his head was frozen, and the remainder cremated, etc. -- Thank you for your attention on this matter, ~E:
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I dont know if this can be considered a edit request, so i titled it reliable source instead. Anyway, i have found some information that Babbit apparently claimed that Walt attended bund meetings in the the 30s: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1623/was-walt-disney-a-fascist
First im wondering, if this is an reliable source. Second, if it is reliable/relevant information, could someone add the information to the controversy section considering im a ip and i cant do this on my own?
This: By 1927, Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures.
Should be this for clarity: By 1927, Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series from Disney Brothers to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures.
for clarity, but I am an anon and th page is locked. 74.7.248.26 ( talk) 22:35, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
I propose to replace "Frenchman" with "Norman", a frenchman from that region in 1066 is an anachronism. The Yeti 09:12, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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Under the picture of Walt at the very top where it shows the basic information is says his resting place is 'Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California,' But then it says after U.S. Frozen in a tank. That last part is not true walt was cremated so that is not true.
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Please remove this from the right side stats area. This has always been a myth and urban legend - it's ridiculous that it's listed as fact along with his other information.
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Hello,
I would like to get permission to add few sentences to the page dedicated to Walt Disney as part of a paper that I am doing for one of my courses (Entrepreneurship Economics) at The University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Thanks in advance! PavlinN12 ( talk) 22:06, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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The part about Babbitt accusing Walt and Gunther Lessing (who was jewish) of attending German American Bund meetings sounds like complete bullshit. The citation links to Watt's biography, which never once mentions the German American Bund. So the citation is wrong, where did this info come from and come how it was linked to Steven Watts? We need this to be properly cited, and it can't be properly cited, it needs to be removed. Why would a Jewish man attend a Nazi sympathizers meeting?
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The generally accepted claim that The Jungle Book (1967) was the last Disney animated film in which Walt Disney had active involvement is not true. An official Disney source* reveals that Walt Disney was in fact heavily involved and had influential participation in the development of The Rescuers, released 11 years after his death, during this film's story planning. It was Walt Disney who rejected the concept of a faithful adaptation of Margery Sharp's The Rescuers (1959) and suggested instead an animated story about the rescue of a young polar bear named Willie (a concept which inspired a number of unused songs). After his death, when the new writers felt that the story was not profound enough, Sharp's second novel Miss Bianca (1962) was selected as the primary source instead.
I'm curious about the public and media reaction to Disney's death. Was it a huge shock? Was he a living legend and icon by the time he died? If so I imagine the response would've resembled the death of Steve Jobs. Is there any information out there about this? Would be great to have it in the article. Crazy Eddy ( talk) 12:57, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Wait, I thought Walt Disney was frozen. TDFan2006 ( talk) 19:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
This says he was a racist & bigot soo how about adding it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10574940/Walt-Disney-was-a-racist-great-niece-backs-up-Meryl-Streep.html Hillmon7500 ( talk) 18:36, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
I've replaced the old image with this file. It's a free file and it's a high quality image. The previous image was a crop of a NASA photograph, (which can be seen in the article) which had been flipped. Human faces aren't symmetrical, so it's not a brilliant image to use... in contrast, the new image is a posed portrait. I don't think there should be any objection to the change. -- Hazhk Talk to me 01:43, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
I think we need to put out the authors more incase some students or adults etc. need to know for a reserach projec — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.83.194.244 ( talk) 23:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
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Please change Walt Disney's Legacy by adding his late 1990's and early 21st century successes.
In March 2005, Disneyland became the number one theme park destination and critical driver of tourism in Southern California. [1] Corporate Disney stated that "since 1955, the Resort has been a major contributor of tax revenues to communities in Orange County, which has helped fund a number of important city services for local residents." It was reported in "The New Hollywood" by Thomas Schatz that until the early 1950's, Hollywood created the most total revenue in Southern California and contributed into creating many new jobs for people in Los Angeles. [2] However, in the present, Disneyland is on par, if not better, with Hollywood's total revenue since the 1950's. [3]
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To "Other honors" section (or alternatively, to the 1945-1955 section in which the True-Life Adventures films are mentioned), please add the following:
The National Audubon Society awarded Disney its highest honor, the Audubon Medal, in 1955 for promoting the "appreciation and understanding of nature" through his True-Life Adventures nature films. [4]
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DoctorJoeE, FuriousFreddy:I've considered spliting the gigantic Beginnings section into two sections: Beginnings and Start of animation career. Welcome opinions! Forbidden User ( talk) 15:13, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
Here's my proposed split:
1901–1920: Beginnings
Childhood
Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 2156 Tripp Avenue in Chicago's Hermosa community area to Irish-Canadian father Elias Disney and Flora Call Disney, who was of German and English descent. [5] His great-grandfather, Arundel Elias Disney, had emigrated from Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland where he was born in 1801. Arundel Disney was a descendant of Robert d' Isigny, a Frenchman who had travelled to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. [6] With the d'Isigny name anglicized as "Disney", the family settled in a village now known as Norton Disney, south of the city of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire. [7]
In 1878 Disney's father Elias had moved from Huron County, Ontario, Canada to the United States, at first seeking gold in California before finally settling down to farm with his parents near Ellis, Kansas, [8] [9] until 1884. Elias married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Acron, Florida, just 40 miles north of where Walt Disney World would ultimately be developed. [10] The family moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890, [11] hometown of Elias' brother Robert, [11] who helped Elias financially for most of Walt's early life. [11] In 1906, when Walt was four, Elias and his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri, [12] where his brother Roy had recently purchased farmland. [12] In Marceline Disney developed his love for drawing [13] with one of the family's neighbors, a retired doctor named "Doc" Sherwood, paying him to draw pictures of Sherwood's horse, Rupert. [13] Elias was a subscriber to the Appeal to Reason newspaper and Walt copied the front-page cartoons of Ryan Walker. [9] His interest in trains also developed in Marceline, a town that owed its existence to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which ran through it. Walt would put his ear to the tracks in anticipation of the coming train, [14] then try to spot his uncle, engineer Michael Martin, conducting the train.
Walt attended the new Park School of Marceline in fall, 1909. He and his younger sister Ruth started school together. Before that he had no formal schooling. [15] The Disneys remained in Marceline for four years [16] before moving to Kansas City in 1911, [17] where Walt and his younger sister Ruth attended the Benton Grammar School at 3004 Benton Boulevard, close to his new home. Disney had completed the second grade at Marceline but had to repeat the grade at Kansas City. [18] At school he met Walter Pfeiffer, who came from a family of theatre aficionados and introduced Walt to the world of vaudeville and motion pictures. Before long, Walt was spending more time at the Pfeiffers' than at home, [19] as well as attending Saturday courses at the Kansas City Art Institute, [20]
On July 1, 1911, Elias purchased a newspaper delivery route for The Kansas City Star. It extended from the Twenty-seventh Street to the Thirty-first Street, and from Prospect Avenue to Indiana Avenue. Roy and Walt were put to work delivering the newspapers. The Disneys delivered the morning newspaper Kansas City Times to about 700 customers and the evening and Sunday Star to more than 600. The number of customers they had increased with time. [21] Walt woke up at 4:30 AM and worked delivering newspapers until the school bell rang. He resumed working the paper trail at 4:00 PM and continued to supper time. He found the work exhausting and often dozed in his desk. His grades suffered as a result. He continued working this schedule for more than six years. [21]
Teenage years
In 1917 Elias acquired shares in the O-Zell jelly factory in Chicago and moved his family back to the city. [22] In the fall Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts under the tutelage of artist and educator Louis Grell (1887–1960). [23] He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper, drawing patriotic topics on World War I. With a hope to join the army, Disney dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen, but was rejected for being underage. [24]
After his rejection by the army, Disney and a friend decided to join the Red Cross. [25] He was soon sent to France for a year, where he drove an ambulance, but only after the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. [26]
Hoping to find work outside the Chicago O-Zell factory, [27] Walt moved back to Kansas City in 1919 to begin his artistic career. [28] He considered a career as an actor but decided he wanted to draw political caricatures or comic strips for a newspaper. When nobody wanted to hire him as either an artist or as an ambulance driver, his brother Roy, then working in a local bank, got Walt a temporary job through a bank colleague at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, [28] where he created advertisements for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters. [29] At Pesmen-Rubin he met cartoonist Ubbe Iwerks [30] and, when their time at the studio expired, they decided to start their own commercial company together. [31]
It looks like his last written words were "Kirt Russel" and not "Kurt Russel". Also It seems like it were the last words he wrote in his office before he was diagnosed lung cancer, so there is a probability he wrote something else before he died.
Source: http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/12/19/tv-legends-revealed-were-disneys-last-written-words-kurt-russell/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.192.86.199 ( talk) 16:26, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
I recently nominated this article to be featured. I apologize for failing to inform you guys beforehand. I wish to discuss about the following:
I hope we can work this out together. Forbidden User ( talk) 16:58, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
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I've also summed up some of the peer review opinions which are (seemingly) not yet addressed:
I shall continue tomorrow. Every comment helps! Forbidden User ( talk) 16:49, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
(Continued)In Beginnings,
By the way please check if http://www.waltdisney.org/ is a reliable source, as it has a heavy part in references now. Forbidden User ( talk) 15:32, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
In Golden age of animation,
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Now the only problem left is unsourced and unreliably sourced statements at Continuing Disney Productions under Legacy. Help is appreciated! Forbidden User ( talk) 13:34, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Other honours have the same problem. Forbidden User ( talk) 13:28, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
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In the section "Childhood" the sentence "Disney had completed the second gradeb at Marveline but had to repeat the grade at Kansas City." has two typos. gradeb should be grade and Marveline should be Marceline. Funkimonster ( talk) 09:57, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing them out. - Arjayay ( talk) 10:19, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
I found that there are few references in "1955–1966: Theme parks and beyond", please help search for references. Forbidden User ( talk) 12:22, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Start of animation career
In January 1920, Disney and Iwerks formed a short-lived company called "Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists". However, following a rough start, Disney left temporarily to earn money at the Kansas City Film Ad Company. He was soon joined by Iwerks, who was not able to run their business alone. [32] While working for the company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation, Disney became interested in animation and decided to become an animator. [33] The owner of the Ad Company, A.V. Cauger, allowed him to borrow a camera from work to experiment with at home. After reading the Edwin G. Lutz book Animated Cartoons: How They Are Made, Their Origin and Development, Disney considered cel animation to be much more promising than the cutout animation he was doing for Cauger. He eventually decided to open his own animation business and recruited a fellow co-worker at the Ad Company, Fred Harman, as his first employee. [34] Disney and Harman then start creating cartoons called Laugh-O-Grams. They screened their cartoons at a local theater owned by Frank Newman, who was one of the most popular "showman" in Kansas City. [35]
Laugh-O-Gram Studio Presented as "Newman Laugh-O-Grams", [35] Disney's cartoons became widely popular in the Kansas City area. [36] Through their success, he was able to acquire his own studio, also called Laugh-O-Gram, [37] for which he hired a number of additional animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and his close friend Ubbe Iwerks. [38] It was opened on May 18, 1922. [39] Unfortunately, studio profits were insufficient to cover the high salaries paid to employees. Unable to successfully manage money, [40] Disney's studio became loaded with debt and wound up bankrupt, [40] [41] whereupon he decided to set up a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California. [42]
Film and business career in Hollywood Two months after their arrival in October, 1923, [43] Disney and his brother Roy pooled their money and set up a cartoon studio in Hollywood. [44] Virginia Davis, the live-action star of Alice's Wonderland, and her family relocated from Kansas City to Hollywood at Disney's request, as did Iwerks and his family. This was the beginning of the Disney Brothers' Studio, located on Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district, where it remained until 1939. In 1925 Disney hired a young woman named Lillian Bounds to ink and paint celluloid. After a brief courtship, the pair married that same year, on July 25, 1925. [45]
Alice Comedies Disney and Roy needed to find a distributor for Walt's new Alice Comedies, which he had started making while in Kansas City but never got to distribute. [41] Disney sent an unfinished print to New York distributor Margaret Winkler, who promptly wrote back to him that she was keen on a distribution deal for more live-action/animated shorts based upon Alice's Wonderland. [46]
The new series, Alice Comedies, proved reasonably successful. [43] It featured both Dawn O'Day and Margie Gay as Alice with Lois Hardwick also briefly assuming the role. By the time the series ended in 1927, its focus was more on the animated characters and in particular a cat named Julius, who resembled Felix the Cat, rather than the live-action Alice.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
By 1927 Charles Mintz had married Margaret Winkler and assumed control of her business. He then ordered a new, all-animated series to be put into production for distribution through Universal Pictures. The new series, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was an almost instant success. Its main character, Oswald—drawn and created by Iwerks—became a popular figure. The Disney studio expanded and Walt re-hired Harman, Rudolph Ising, Carman Maxwell, and Friz Freleng from Kansas City.
Disney went to New York in February 1928 to negotiate a higher fee per short. He was shocked when Mintz told him that not only did he want to reduce the fee he paid Disney per short but also that he had most of his main animators, including Harman, Ising, Maxwell, and Freleng—but not Iwerks, who refused to leave Disney—under contract and would start his own studio if Disney did not accept the reduced production budgets. Universal, not Disney, owned the Oswald trademark and could make the films without Walt. Disney declined Mintz's offer and as a result lost most of his animation staff, whereupon he found himself on his own again. [47]
It subsequently took his company 78 years to get back the rights to the Oswald character when in 2006 the Walt Disney Company reacquired the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBC Universal through a trade for longtime ABC sports commentator Al Michaels. [48]
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Well I guess I shall apply the change first. Forbidden User ( talk) 11:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
Ref #78,83,85 are unreliable sources. Please help substituting them with reliable ones or deleted the associated content. Thanks! Forbidden User ( talk) 16:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
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Under "Silly Symphonies", last sentence of paragraph 2, please change "He returned to Disney in 1940 and **GO** on to pioneer a number of film processes and specialized animation technologies in the studio's research and development department." to "He returned to Disney in 1940 and **WENT** on to pioneer a number of film processes and specialized animation technologies in the studio's research and development department." 73.43.61.185 ( talk) 07:36, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing that out - Arjayay ( talk) 07:44, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
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Under "CalArts", please change "It **IS** formed in 1961 through a merger of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute." to "It **WAS** formed in 1961 through a merger of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute." 73.43.61.185 ( talk) 08:00, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Done Thanks for pointing that out, as well - Arjayay ( talk) 08:23, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I want to add this new section below Accusations of antisemitism and racism. Do you guys agree? Forbidden User ( talk) 11:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
Another thought is to put it just above Accusations of antisemitism and racism. Opinions appreciated! Forbidden User ( talk) 05:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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He was born on December 3rd. Falconfan0817 ( talk) 16:36, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
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Consider adding this page to the category "Urban legends".
Not done as you haven't explained why, nor cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay ( talk) 07:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Reading the article, I see only single references to Friz Freleng and Carman Maxwell, mentioning them only as "Freleng" and "Maxwell". Recommend they be referred to by their full names, which were around here somewhere... 67.186.19.151 ( talk) 01:20, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
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In the caption for this photo: /info/en/?search=Walt_Disney#/media/File:Walt_Disney_1946.JPG , the second sentence which reads: "Disney was given an award by then in 1946." incorrectly uses "then" instead of "them". M2pc ( talk) 05:28, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Reading the article, I see only single references to Friz Freleng and Carman Maxwell, mentioning them only as "Freleng" and "Maxwell". Recommend they be referred to by their full names. 67.186.19.151 ( talk) 09:55, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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Congregationalist is missing its "AL".
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I would like to add a paragraph about Walt Disney as an Innovative Entrepreneur. Enilorak92 ( talk) 18:15, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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I did that by apparently edit warring and adding the net worth piece of information that is highly disruptive. I knew not to be disruptive by vandalizing the page, but I chose to do it nevertheless; therefore, I deserve a ban.
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"Please Change : Walt Disney was Born In Chicago,IL.to Irish Parents" To: Walt Disney Was Born In Chicago,IL.to French-Canadian Parents". Because It's True. (An Editor Embellished A False Fact, For Their Personal Preference.Someone's Ethnicity Or Origin Shouldn't Be Changed Or Embellished, Without knowing The Actual Facts of The Original Story. TruthSeeker1964 ( talk) 16:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC) TruthSeeker1964 ( talk) 16:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
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Please change:
Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie, to create the first sound cartoon.
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Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie. Although Steamboat Willie is often erroneously cited as the first sound cartoon, animator Max Fleischer first utilized synchronized sound two years earlier in My Old Kentucky Home (film) (1926) as part of his Song Car-Tunes series with Red Seal Pictures. [1] However, Steamboat Willie was the first sound cartoon to feature a fully post-produced soundtrack, and its popularity far eclipsed earlier efforts to bring sound into animation. 96whalers ( talk) 14:05, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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Walt Disney birth home address is incorrect. It is 2156 North Tripp Avenue, Chicago, Illinois One Source - Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-walt-disney-house-20150807-story.html NeilGale ( talk) 17:58, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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Please change "Aside from Disney, Elias and Call's sons were Herbert, Raymond and Roy; the couple had a fifth child, Ruth, in December 1903" to "Aside from Walt, Elias and Call's sons were Herbert, Raymond and Roy; the couple had a fifth child, Ruth, in December 1903" 3rd sentence is section Early life. REASON: ambiguity; everyone in the family was named Disney. Ianoptional ( talk) 02:34, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm interested in what I call "Ref. maintenance" which basically means checking that cited sources are sound, with working links, correct titles, and all other parameters defined as appropriate. So that's my angle.
Apparently providing wikilinks for works/publishers in citations is just a matter of taste. I personally think the links are useful because if the reader is unsure about the originator of the source, they can easily follow the link and learn a little about the company behind the source, if they are interested. For that reason, I don't think there's anything wrong with providing the link where it's available, expecially for lesser known newspapers such as the Lewiston Morning Tribune or The Manchester Guardian (for example). In this second example, the link provides the reader with the opportunity to learn that The Manchester Guardian was a previous incarnation of The Guardian newspaper, which they might not otherwise have known or been able to find out easily without doing their own manual search (and we can't assume they even know how to do that!) The guidance on this just says "Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant." which is rather ambiguous. My interpretation would be that, as it doesn't say "generally not wikilinked", it's preferable to provide the link whenever there's a related wiki article available.
So the long and the short of it is that I happen to think the links are useful, whereas other editors prefer to leave them out altogether. I've been advised that it's best to go along with the existing style in the article, which is fair enough of course, but this Walt Disney article is currently inconsistent. Some refs. contain links and some don't. So which do we prefer? Shall I add my links back in? Or shall I remove all the existing links from these refs... 4 (Encyclopædia Britannica), 150 (USA Today), 158 (New York Daily News), 163 (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 164 (Hollywood Foreign Press Association), 167 (American Film Institute), 168 & 169 (Hollywood Walk of Fame), 170 (Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), 178 (The Blade), 180 & 184 & 188 (PBS).
I'm happy to remove these links (against my better judgement) but I'd prefer to add in the missing links for the other citations where relevant (as I attempted to do yesterday). This might be a small consideration in the grand scheme of things, but I also happen to think consistency is very important!
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A lot of the citations for this article are pointing to the archived version when they don't need to. For example, Ref. 4. (before my most recent edit)... If you clicked on the title "Walt Disney", it attempted to take you to the WebCite archive (which is currently down anyway), but the original version of the article is still working, which you could only find by clicking on "the original" in the citation. Why are we using the archive when the original is fine? The archive should just be there as a backup if it's needed in the future. So the deadurl parameter should be set to "no" in the meantime. I've made the change for Ref.4 to show you what I mean, but I've not bothered to change any of the others as I strongly suspect my edit will be reverted and I so hate wasting my time. For the record, the same thing applies to refs. 6, 17, 21, 38, 52, 69, 70, 81, 118, 129, 132, 150, 152, 156, 157, 160, 162, 165, 170, 171, 172, 175, 184, 188, 194, 200.
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He worked with the US government to make anti-Nazi and anti-Axis propaganda films and was prominent to the "Good Neighbor Policy" and countering the spread of Nazism in Latin America. Is Category:American anti-fascists appropriate? LittleJerry ( talk) 02:08, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Great work reporting on Disney. The credibility with the sources and info is exceptional, establishing trust for readers, and the outline after the introduction is chronological, making it easy to follow and understand the progression of Disney's life. However, it seems as though within the introduction, it jumps abruptly from theme parks and Disney's contribution, directly to his death all within one paragraph, ending frantically with his death stated. Mechanically, this could be edited to better represent info to readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Batcapital2020 ( talk • contribs) 02:32, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
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Remove " to create the first post-produced sound cartoon" from line "Following the 1927 sensation The Jazz Singer, Disney used synchronized sound on the third short, Steamboat Willie, to create the first post-produced sound cartoon." As this is not completely accurate.
reference: Fleischer, Richard (2011). Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813134642. 4.78.222.19 ( talk) 19:36, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
He had a Child Amy Sydorick from 1950-1966.-- 2600:1702:4B28:F760:A515:6F88:3178:DBC7 ( talk) 22:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)
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change "Won 22 Oscars" to "won 25 Oscars". Change "59 nominations" to "62 nominations". SheriffWalt ( talk) 04:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Starting a discussion here as Smith0124 is edit warring to push what I see as weasel wording into the article. The lead has gone from straightforward description of the source material to introduce the phrases "many saw Disney as" and "some saw him as". I recommend not putting this kind of language into the article. -- Laser brain (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
What about it is convoluted? It’s a simple sentence. Smith0124 ( talk) 14:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
"Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood.[a] He was the fourth son of Elias Disney—born in the Province of Canada, to Irish parents—and Flora (née Call), an American of German and English descent."
Since he only had two parents shouldn't it be "born to an Irish father and Flora (née Call), an American of German and English descent." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Condiala ( talk • contribs) 00:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
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Footnote number 143 should be changed to: Mannheim, Steve, Walt Disney and the Quest for Community, Oxfordshire and New York, Routledge, 2017, 978-1-138-26968-2. This academic book analyzes the EPCOT concept and philosophy. 75.141.199.154 ( talk) 00:43, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Both Barrier and Gabler cite Mannheim's book. It is the definitive academic book and Wikipedia readers interested in the subject would benefit from it. It is the most reliable source and not just a few lines in a biography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.141.199.154 ( talk) 03:03, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
According to many sources, he was: "In October 1947, during the post-war Red Scare, American filmmaker Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Disney provided HUAC with information about union activity at his studios, as well as specific individuals he believed to be communists" If so, shouldn't that get a mention here? : https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/walt-disney-testifies-huac-1947/ Excalibur ( talk) 20:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic, they have been contradicted by many who knew him.
What were the accusations? Who were these people who knew him? What exactly did they say? Seph Shewell Brockway ( talk) 16:35, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
Someone should edit the infobox to include details on spouse and children. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WelcomeLifeAllFriends ( talk • contribs) 19:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
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At the end of chapter "early life" just after sentence ..-He drew cartoons on the side of his ambulance for decoration and had some of his work published in the army newspaper Stars and Stripes- I would add: During this period he drew humoristically in a scrapbook handed out by The Chicago Public library for soldiers and sailors, what could be considered as the first two rodents in Disney's oeuvre. Souce: Bonhams auction catalogue 2015 and Lambiek Comicopledia on the net; see also David Lesjak'book Walt disney in the service of the Red Cross Kibours ( talk) 13:29, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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"from a purveyor of homely patriotic values"
home·ly /ˈhōmlē/ Learn to pronounce adjective 1. NORTH AMERICAN (of a person) unattractive in appearance.
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What about the fact he was an abusive father? ( 86.151.111.133 ( talk) 14:38, 30 July 2021 (UTC))
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No comma before "and" upon listing down a set of examples! Cynthia Poarch ( talk) 18:36, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
This is a common mistake for many journalists and teachers. It is unnecessary to put a comma before "and" especially when you are writing down a list of items. The comma is only necessary to be used, for example, to avoid two items getting mixed up by the repetitive use of "and" or "or" in a sentence.
"But even style guides that generally discourage its use do agree that at times it is necessary for clarity and/or readability." The Oxford (or Serial) Comma: Using a Comma before “and” in a List
(Even the paragraph above contains a mistake, it is wrong to use "but" as the first word of a sentence, especially in formal writing.)
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...an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer.
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...an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer
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The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942).
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The results, seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio, Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942)
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He was also involved in planning the 1959 Moscow Fair, the 1960 Winter Olympics, and the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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He was also involved in planning the 1959 Moscow Fair, the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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Disney also oversaw aspects of the full-length features Lady and the Tramp (the first animated film in CinemaScope) in 1955, Sleeping Beauty (the first animated film in Technirama 70 mm film) in 1959, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (the first animated feature film to use Xerox cels) in 1961, and The Sword in the Stone in 1963.
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Disney also oversaw aspects of the full-length features Lady and the Tramp (the first animated film in CinemaScope) in 1955, Sleeping Beauty (the first animated film in Technirama 70 mm film) in 1959, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (the first animated feature film to use Xerox cels) in 1961 and The Sword in the Stone in 1963
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In 1998, the American Film Institute published a list of the 100 greatest American films, according to industry experts; the list included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (at number 49), and Fantasia (at 58).
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In 1998, the American Film Institute published a list of the 100 greatest American films, according to industry experts; the list included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (at number 49) and Fantasia (at 58).
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Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist, and popularizer of culture.
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Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist and popularizer of culture.
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...with the values, expectations, and goods of a prosperous middle-class United States.
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...it has "labored throughout its history to link its name with notions of fun, family, and fantasy".
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Adding Disney to the Category: American anti-fascists is a bit much. Sure, Disney supported the war effort during WWII as did almost everyone in the US but before the war he personally gave Nazi director Leni Riefenstahl a tour of Disney studios! No sources are included in the aricle, nor any unsourced text, that documents him as an anti-fascist, particularly in the 1930s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:7DF:D700:D1DF:A599:179B:D2BF ( talk) 15:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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Mrpaoloprimo ( talk) 22:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
This does not include any of the Disney characters such as Minnie, Pete, Goofy, and Daisy. The only character mentioned is Mickey Mouse. So if someone could change it, then that would be great.
At one point the article reads "his namesake studio and company maintain high standards in their production of popular entertainment". Whether Disney maintains "high standards" is quite clearly an issue of opinion, so this should either be removed from the article or reworded so as not to state an issue of opinion as objective fact. DylPickle666 ( talk) 22:56, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
Italic textBold text — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.185.159 ( talk) 21:02, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
This page, particularly towards the beginning, lacks the expository writing style necessary to encyclopedic information. There is too much sentiment here for a properly encyclopedic entry; a quasi-“persuasive” aura emanates from the words. Many assertions made within this article are also not supported via external citations, particularly in the heading after the first paragraph: •“Disney was a shy, self-deprecating and insecure man in private but adopted a warm and outgoing public persona.” •“He had high standards and high expectations of those with whom he worked.” (Although I do believe this is commonly agreed-upon, a citation may still be in order.) •“Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic”—from whom?—“they have been contradicted by many who knew him.” (If this is true, then it should moreover be expanded into an entire section of the article, perhaps entitled “Controversy Regarding Anti-Semitism” vel sim., rather than being mentioned once in the head and never again throughout the rest of the article.) •“His reputation changed in the years after his death, from a purveyor of homely patriotic values to a representative of American imperialism.” How so? (Perhaps this remark could be expanded into a section entitled “Patriotism and Imperialism” vel sim.) •“[H]is namesake studio and company maintain high standards in their production of popular entertainment[.]” Which standards? OzzyMuffin238 ( talk) 13:40, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
The sentence : "Although there have been accusations that he was racist or anti-Semitic, they have been contradicted by many who knew him. " is unfounded and a blatant lie. Who says? It is a unsupported opinion of a biased author. There is no supporting references and this line must be removed as spiteful and biased. This type of unfounded, unreferenced, unsupported slander is totally unprofessional and a violation of Wiki's standards. 2600:1700:7890:5A40:10A4:7290:FEB7:9CC7 ( talk) 21:57, 16 January 2022 (UTC) 2600:1700:7890:5A40:10A4:7290:FEB7:9CC7 ( talk) 21:54, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
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{{subst:trim|1= Where is the proof Walt Disney was an American imperialist? Any facts?
Mark Langer, in the American Dictionary of National Biography, writes that "Earlier evaluations of Disney hailed him as a patriot, folk artist, and popularizer of culture. More recently, Disney has been regarded as a paradigm of American imperialism and intolerance, as well as a debaser of culture."Cullen328 ( talk) 19:53, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
Make a Walt Disney animatronic that is at the Hall of President’s and before the President’s start to talk bring Walt up on a riser talking about them and how the Hall started . Make it a 2 or 3 minute introduction. I think that would be a great tribute the Walt and his hard work in making what he believed in come to life for all of the guest see what he has done .
Bill Burruss 2603:3001:3905:4600:5DD6:F848:5CC2:C098 ( talk) 18:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
This is a featured article, and locked? There's a dumb grammatical typo in the opening paragraph. :rolleyes: Maybe someone could fix it. Correction: TWO dumb typos! How in the world did this get advanced to feature article status like that? 2603:800C:F01:87B:0:0:0:1C3B ( talk) 19:04, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Because the article is double protected, I can't edit it, so here is some additional information those with access could add:
In the early 1960s Walt Disney planned to build a five-story indoor theme park under a giant dome, covering two city blocks in downtown St. Louis in Missouri, and called "Walt Disney's Riverfront Square" a few blocks from the Arch grounds and the Mississippi River. It never happened because according to the rumors Anheuser-Busch beer baron August A. Busch Jr. insisted that the theme park sell beer, which Walt refused. But in a 2013 account of the St. Louis project for the Disney History Institute, Todd James Pierce wrote that any disagreement over beer had been worked out — money was the issue. Disney was willing to pay for the rides and attractions, but wanted St. Louis' redevelopment corporation to pay for the building. The corporation declined to do so.
"Disney may have had another reason for not wanting to commit a lot of money to St. Louis: Even as he was courting civic leaders here, he was acquiring land in Florida for what would become Walt Disney World."
Links: https://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/no-disney-didn-t-spurn-st-louis-over-beer/article_8c800b33-b9da-51df-9049-70d448cd084b.html and https://fox2now.com/news/walt-disney-world-in-st-louis-city-says-no-to-mickeys-dome/ and https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-walt-disney-world-almost-in-st-louis-20151207-story.html 46.212.117.108 ( talk) 07:13, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, I would like to edit this page source. I would like to edit it because there are a few missing details you have missed along the history of Walt disney.
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Add "party" parameter to infobox and say " Republican (after 1940)".
Coming from sentences on political involvement and partisan allegiance as can be seen in article section "World War II and beyond: 1941–1950". Titi68999 ( talk) 16:52, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
Should Disney's political affiliations be included in the infobox? The section "World War II and beyond: 1941–1950" explains in several sentences his partisan affiliation and allegiance. Here are some more sources on his political involvement: 1, 2, 3. Disney was lightly involved in Democratic politics, but during The Second World War and the Cold War Disney became known for his conservative and staunchly anti-communist views. His brother Roy, who was also politically active, has his party in his own infobox.
I, personally, do not feel strongly one way or another about including this, but would love to gage other editors' opinions. -- Titi68999 ( talk) 17:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hi I would Like To change This Page to show my friend that you can change any wiki page and you can change it back once I'm done so please can I have permission to change the page 165.228.51.42 ( talk) 05:08, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
The career headings are ordered wrong, they should have the year first then other text. i.e. please change "Early career: 1920–1928" to "1920–1928: Early career" etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:680C:3D01:69D7:DB91:7BB6:6667 ( talk) 10:36, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
"Disney has been accused of anti-Semitism for having given Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl a tour of his studio a month after Kristallnacht, something he disavowed three months later claiming he was unaware who she was when he was issued the invitation."
Does anyone else consider this to sound a bit odd? Did he regularly give random strangers personal tours through his studios? How was he issued an invitation when this was his own studio? And who invited Leni Riefenstahl to the studio in the first place if it wasn't him? And why did he end up giving the tour for Riefenstahl when someone else invited her?
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Sharon Disney seems to be intentionally removed from numerous Walt Disney Family wiki pages.
-Please fix this as she was in fact one of Walt's legal daughters. 24.147.59.192 ( talk) 20:50, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
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The house is at 2156 N Tripp Ave, Chicago, IL 60639, not whatever address is currently posted. Please look it up if needed. 104.186.212.119 ( talk) 03:32, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
In 1909, in a renumbering exercise, the property's address changed to 2156 North Tripp Avenue.Tollens ( talk) 03:55, 25 April 2023 (UTC)