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Hi Erik, I'm working on a project to study the running of WikiProject and possible performance measures for it. I learn from WikiProject Film talk page that you are an active member of the project. I would like to invite you to take a short survey for my study. If you are available to take our survey, could you please reply an email to me? I'm new to Wikipedia, I can't send too many emails to other editors due to anti-spam measure. Thank you very much for your time. Xiangju ( talk) 16:57, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Erik, Thanks again for your help on the MPAA article. I've just posted a rewrite that I'd like to propose regarding the "Anti-piracy efforts" and "Controversies and criticisms" sections over at Talk:MPAA. I took your previous advice about framing the controversial stuff in terms of the MPAA as a whole, so I'm especially keen to get your feedback on this. If you have a chance, could you take a look? Thanks! MPAA Kyle ( talk) 16:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I am a fan of Zal and Brit. I looked at other young directors Jeff Nichols, Sean Durkin, Mike Cahill and more. I didn't see parents' names or orientation. Nichols has even made more films. Those elements distract from clean prose of your original bio (I assume you wrote bio). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finalfantasyairplane ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Ok i understand what you mean. Koala15 ( talk) 04:15, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I always search for sources. I'm confused about why you thought it would be better to ask me that than to mention how the sources that you saw show notability. SL93 ( talk) 04:21, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't mind that you removed the citations or refs, but I will warn you that SummerPhD will complain about having "unsourced" information next to everything. That's why there were a bunch of {cn} tags are next to the entire cast list in addition to the characters they play. Just saying Lady Lotus ( talk) 18:24, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear Erik, You wrote the Real Steel article really well! Thank you. Could you please direct me to the soundtracks information for the movie, i.e., which "music only" score belonged to which part of the film? Since they don't contain lyrics it is hard to identify which is which! Bkpsusmitaa ( talk) 15:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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No, thank you. Working with editors like you makes it easy. You embody the spirit of Collaborative editing.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 21:29, 21 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks for the discussion on the talk page. As for the cast tables, the layout you've got certainly solves the whitespace issues, but I find that templates tend to bring out the worst in terms of "why isn't this person included", etc., and what the cutoff of for who gets listed, especially for an ensemble cast. It's another infobox issue, basically. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 20:20, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to find enough independent sources to expand and improve the article. But I still think its noteworthiness is too local. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:34, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
You are invite to discuss the disruptive editing by 37.117.127.158 on here. BattleshipMan ( talk) 16:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi! I don't normally go begging for FAC reviewers, but you expressed an interest in following up your feedback to Gertie the Dinosaur. Would you be interested in giving its nomination another peek? Thanks either way! Curly Turkey ( gobble) 07:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello Erik. While I was sad to see that there were no responses to your post here [2] I wasn't entirely surprised. Everything that you state there is proper and correct. The problem is that, long ago I am afraid, the rules regarding civility stopped being equally applied. I think you know that some editors, due to their content contributions, cannot be blocked no matter how ugly their treatment of other editors is. This has even been etched in internet stone by Arbcom in a few cases. Thus we get things like this [3] on a regular basis. While I can't speak for anyone else I can say that I look down at my keyboard in despair when things heat up and the invective starts flying. If it were up to me I would reduce the pillars to four and move on. Now, I know that is a defeatist attitude and that is one reason why I admire editors like you who want to get back to that ideal. Oh well, I don't mean to be a downer about this but I didn't want you to think that your post was entirely ignored. In an attempt to make up for it I want to recommend Howl (film). I don't know how I missed it when it came out but it knocked my socks off when I saw it last month. Lots of ideas were explored in it and a group discussion at the non-corporate coffee house could go on for hours :-). I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend. Cheers MarnetteD | Talk 05:17, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for writing on Randomuser's talk, hopefully he'll listen to you a little more than he was willing to take on board my advice! :-) drewmunn talk 13:32, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
re: The Dark Knight (nickname) article. Well done. Thumbs up. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 15:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Hmm... I'm not totally opposed to hover-over, but it seems really inconvenient for a number of reasons -- for instance, it doesn't work on most mobile phone or tablet browsers, and it means we can't wikilink the names. -- Zcbeaton ( talk) 22:21, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
If this hovering method is to be implemented, it should be discussed at the MOS. However, I'd strongly suggest against it, per WP:CLICKHERE. -- Rob Sinden ( talk) 15:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Since you participated in a relevant prior move discussion for Dazed and Confused, I hereby invite you to comment in the new discussion that I just opened. — BarrelProof ( talk) 14:00, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Well, thank you very much, sir! I'll be sure to inform you when I propose Gertie for TFA early next year. Curly Turkey ( gobble) 22:04, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
User Eric above makes a point worth agreeing with. Howland is not the only authority on this film. Following the other editor's comments, even if 4 of Taylor's 8 points are covered, then that still leaves the other 4 not covered here to include in this very short section on themes. If the other editor has information that Taylor is a bad author then the previously unused mythological references can still be absorbed by someone into the text of this page directly. There is no copyright on the use of the names of mythological gods. They can be freely incorporated into the text especially if there is a bad report about Taylor as an author. 12.168.46.153 ( talk) 21:49, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
A discussion elsewhere brought my attention to The Harvest (2010 film) and a proposal on its talk page. I've done my research, tagged that talk page with my results, and will per WP:NCF be moving the article to its proper title in a couple days. And yes, after the move, I will clean up redirects. Just thought to ping you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 10:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello Erik. I suspect that you will notice the closure of this discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Untitled Marc Lawrence/Hugh Grant Comedy as keep. I thought that I would let you perform the interim move that we discussed as no one else seemed to pick up on it. Cheers and have a nice Sunday. MarnetteD | Talk 03:50, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
MarnetteD, do you have any thoughts about my posting about WP:ACTOR here? Erik ( talk | contribs) 17:16, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello, instead of creating a see also section for all these articles, I wonder if it might be better served by creating a category, say Category:Films featuring powered exoskeletons, with a link to the list article at the top in the category's description.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 15:22, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
I think WP:FILMCAST prescribes bullet lists as appropriate for Stub-class articles and then states "When the article is in an advanced stage of development, information about the cast can be presented in other ways." This is a GA-class article with a well developed prose section on casting as well as having the major cast members listed in the lead and infobox. Would this bullet list not be redundant? The bullet list was inserted several times over the last few years and quickly removed by established editors citing redundancy. Has consensus changed on this? 24.55.216.27 ( talk) 16:40, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
I don't really find dividers and columns in cast section in film articles that useful because it kind of gets some readers confused at times and it lists a less important actors and characters on the right side of the dividers. That's kind of problem with them. BattleshipMan ( talk) 17:10, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
( talk page stalker)The columns often added to cast sections that you refer to as dividers are helpful to readers when a simple cast list (i.e. not a proper casting section and no longer character descriptions, which are usually just regurgitated plot summary anyway) runs long. They are often particularly helpful to readers who view the site from mobile devices. We are editing for the readers of the site, not ourselves. I have no idea why on earth an English reader would read the items in the manner in which you describe. I realize other languages read right to left and in other ways that would seem foreign to a native English speaker but first column then second column is pretty standard. Millahnna ( talk) 03:23, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
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I have never seen an article add the movie credits to the production section like that. The credits should only be in the infobox and plus you use Panic Room as an example but you added that there yourself. Koala15 ( talk) 17:02, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
It says nothing about having to add credits to the production section in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film that's why i don't think we should add it. Koala15 ( talk) 17:11, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Well in my opinion i'm not sure if the common Wikipedia reader is interested in who the production or costume designer is. If you really think it should be in the article i would maybe be in favor of adding those credits to a personnel section instead of production like we do with albums. Koala15 ( talk) 18:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
There I created it happy?
Yeah I noticed User:TreCoolGuy
Hi Erik, Would you be interested in putting Jobs (film) on your watch list? It is just opening. - Classicfilms ( talk) 03:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this material is worth adding and if so am not sure where it should go. Steve Wozniak responded to the trailer a few times and his responses led to this response by Ashton Kutcher -
Wozniak has seen the film and made the following comments on Gizmodo (which refer to the above). You are more experienced with film articles than I am, so I would really appreciate some insight...
- Classicfilms ( talk) 17:10, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Here is some background for a future write up - January 24, the first clip of the film was released and Wozniak had a negative response to it:
(if you google this date there is a lot of write up from more notable RS but Gizmodo's page is comprehensive) January 25 - Wozniak is reported to be working for the other Jobs film (end of article)
Feb 3 - First set of responses from Kutcher and Gad
This sets the tone I mention above and is the context for the URLs I first posted. Ok, we can check in on how to put this together next week or so. - Classicfilms ( talk) 17:45, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
- Classicfilms ( talk) 19:18, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that it seems we've interacted a fair number of times lately and I've been very impressed by the diplomacy and clarity you exhibit in your comments. Given that I have a BA in English Writing...and/or that I'm just a snarky/snobby often-tactless grammar Nazi...it's not often that I look at things others have written and think, "Damn, how does he manage to do that so consistently?" I tip my hat to you, good sir! DonIago ( talk) 18:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
This is neutral notice of a discussion concering the box-office section of Fast Five. Spinc5 ( talk) 14:46, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik, was reading your correction. One of the basic Western plots has always been revenge (if variety is the spice of life, revenge is surely the sugar) and the article would have to include so many of them. Foofbun ( talk) 01:05, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
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i am sorry :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.242.92.145 ( talk) 18:17, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
I would like to ask that you review and comment on this proposal on the Talk:Captain_Phillips_(film) page. Thanks - thewolfchild 19:30, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Please see here. "Fit" can be a past participle, but it is certainly not used as the past tense of the verb "fit" in British English, I think also not in good American English. Here is sounds very strangled to me, so if for some reason you can't live with "fitted", perhaps you could bring in another verb. Moonraker ( talk) 02:43, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik
I noticed the line I added was not showing up on the wiki. I thought I'd done something wrong, redid it then realized you had edited it to remove the item. The contribution is more of an "interesting fact" so I created a Trivia section, added it there and removed my previous contribution. Hope that was ok? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 01:28, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Whoops! I think we just submitted simultaneously. I was going to post these articles for you [3] [4] [5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 19:22, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Appreciated - thank you Erik — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 20:49, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Page is LOOKING GOOD! Great job Erik! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.243.96.78 ( talk) 04:40, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your help at Fuck (film), much appreciated, — Cirt ( talk) 04:34, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Can I ask you a favor, Erik? When you have the time? Jhenderson 777 15:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I followed your advice about taking the discussion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Future_films and I found a previous discussion on the subject. Can you please follow up here and confirm whether things are the way I see them? Thanks! -- uKER ( talk) 17:40, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about adding the "Academy Award" and "received praise" parts, didn't realize that wasn't supposed to be there. Why take out that Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, and Cillian Murphy are also staring? They are all well-known actors that should be included on the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.127.167 ( talk) 04:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Erik, not sure if I properly pinged you. If you have a moment can you continue your feedback or make further suggestions at the above? I have 3 supports so far. Darkwarriorblake ( talk) 15:36, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik, I really appreciate your contribution. Please find below my comments.
re: Wikipedia needs to be based on secondary sources. This means that if we list items, we need to reference each one with an inline citation. I do agree on the concept of citation: 'It is essential to the quality and integrity of Wikipedia that all articles be based on information collected from verifiable sources.' [5]
But when I wrote than at the minute 90 "Deliver us from Eva" Eva Kicks her boyfriend because he was paid to date her it respect both of criteria defined below:
However, where an article (1) makes only uncontentious descriptive claims the accuracy of which is easily verifiable by any reasonable adult without specialist knowledge, and
(2) makes no analytic, synthetic, interpretive, or evaluative claims, a Wikipedia article may be based entirely or primarily on primary source Regarding the movie "Chicago" there is a secondary sources that is linked in the original page
In this case a primary source should be accepted. Re:Do you want to focus on just making a list, or to have a body of text, or both combined? I would prefer to prepare a list but I can refer mainly to primary sources (I am looking TV and I am taking notes when I find something interesting)
I think that the table in the page "Domestic violence in film" should contain a column that defines who is the victim of domestic violence (male/female) and who is the perpetrator. I edited the page because the plot of "Break up" was a bit different — Preceding unsigned comment added by GenderMovie ( talk • contribs)
Hi Erik, I found difficult to understand why there is not any secondary source/citation in the page /info/en/?search=Chicago_(2002_film) but this is required for the page "Domestic violence in film". The events that I am reporting from the movies are not questionable. May you please clarify it?
Thanks,
Enrico — Preceding unsigned comment added by GenderMovie ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Eric, I'm sorry, I moved it to List of films featuring domestic violence before reading your edit summary that you may be planning to make this less list-y and more prose-based. Hope I haven't caused any inconvenience. More helpfully, I did add some cats. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 22:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
FWiW Bzuk (
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I know you are mostly involved with film-related articles...but I would love to hear your opinion on this image on the deletion on this or not before a can of worms start opening up. Jhenderson 777 01:55, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Totally, and I'm glad to see another editor willing to pitch in and help work out some of the unavoidable ambiguity that Wikipedia often runs into (since the 'net is so wide no one-size-fits-all rule applies). Certainly, we cite "The New York Times" rather than "NYTimes.com," and similarly with other physical-world periodicals with a presence on the Web. And while I might not agree, I can certainly go along with italicizing Web-only sites ID'ing themselves as an online magazine, such as Salon — and even here, I'd bow to what seems like TheWrap.com's and Deadline.com's preference to not italicize themselves and to use "dotcom" in their names. We're definitely in agreement there's room for interpretation, so what do you think? We bring this to one of the MOS talk pages and invite other editors? -- Tenebrae ( talk) 20:50, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik, I'm working on a project to study the running of WikiProject and possible performance measures for it. I learn from WikiProject Film talk page that you are an active member of the project. I would like to invite you to take a short survey for my study. If you are available to take our survey, could you please reply an email to me? I'm new to Wikipedia, I can't send too many emails to other editors due to anti-spam measure. Thank you very much for your time. Xiangju ( talk) 16:57, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Erik, Thanks again for your help on the MPAA article. I've just posted a rewrite that I'd like to propose regarding the "Anti-piracy efforts" and "Controversies and criticisms" sections over at Talk:MPAA. I took your previous advice about framing the controversial stuff in terms of the MPAA as a whole, so I'm especially keen to get your feedback on this. If you have a chance, could you take a look? Thanks! MPAA Kyle ( talk) 16:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I am a fan of Zal and Brit. I looked at other young directors Jeff Nichols, Sean Durkin, Mike Cahill and more. I didn't see parents' names or orientation. Nichols has even made more films. Those elements distract from clean prose of your original bio (I assume you wrote bio). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finalfantasyairplane ( talk • contribs) 01:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Ok i understand what you mean. Koala15 ( talk) 04:15, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I always search for sources. I'm confused about why you thought it would be better to ask me that than to mention how the sources that you saw show notability. SL93 ( talk) 04:21, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't mind that you removed the citations or refs, but I will warn you that SummerPhD will complain about having "unsourced" information next to everything. That's why there were a bunch of {cn} tags are next to the entire cast list in addition to the characters they play. Just saying Lady Lotus ( talk) 18:24, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear Erik, You wrote the Real Steel article really well! Thank you. Could you please direct me to the soundtracks information for the movie, i.e., which "music only" score belonged to which part of the film? Since they don't contain lyrics it is hard to identify which is which! Bkpsusmitaa ( talk) 15:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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No, thank you. Working with editors like you makes it easy. You embody the spirit of Collaborative editing.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 21:29, 21 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks for the discussion on the talk page. As for the cast tables, the layout you've got certainly solves the whitespace issues, but I find that templates tend to bring out the worst in terms of "why isn't this person included", etc., and what the cutoff of for who gets listed, especially for an ensemble cast. It's another infobox issue, basically. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 20:20, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to find enough independent sources to expand and improve the article. But I still think its noteworthiness is too local. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:34, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
You are invite to discuss the disruptive editing by 37.117.127.158 on here. BattleshipMan ( talk) 16:04, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi! I don't normally go begging for FAC reviewers, but you expressed an interest in following up your feedback to Gertie the Dinosaur. Would you be interested in giving its nomination another peek? Thanks either way! Curly Turkey ( gobble) 07:23, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello Erik. While I was sad to see that there were no responses to your post here [2] I wasn't entirely surprised. Everything that you state there is proper and correct. The problem is that, long ago I am afraid, the rules regarding civility stopped being equally applied. I think you know that some editors, due to their content contributions, cannot be blocked no matter how ugly their treatment of other editors is. This has even been etched in internet stone by Arbcom in a few cases. Thus we get things like this [3] on a regular basis. While I can't speak for anyone else I can say that I look down at my keyboard in despair when things heat up and the invective starts flying. If it were up to me I would reduce the pillars to four and move on. Now, I know that is a defeatist attitude and that is one reason why I admire editors like you who want to get back to that ideal. Oh well, I don't mean to be a downer about this but I didn't want you to think that your post was entirely ignored. In an attempt to make up for it I want to recommend Howl (film). I don't know how I missed it when it came out but it knocked my socks off when I saw it last month. Lots of ideas were explored in it and a group discussion at the non-corporate coffee house could go on for hours :-). I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend. Cheers MarnetteD | Talk 05:17, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for writing on Randomuser's talk, hopefully he'll listen to you a little more than he was willing to take on board my advice! :-) drewmunn talk 13:32, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
re: The Dark Knight (nickname) article. Well done. Thumbs up. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 15:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Hmm... I'm not totally opposed to hover-over, but it seems really inconvenient for a number of reasons -- for instance, it doesn't work on most mobile phone or tablet browsers, and it means we can't wikilink the names. -- Zcbeaton ( talk) 22:21, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
If this hovering method is to be implemented, it should be discussed at the MOS. However, I'd strongly suggest against it, per WP:CLICKHERE. -- Rob Sinden ( talk) 15:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Since you participated in a relevant prior move discussion for Dazed and Confused, I hereby invite you to comment in the new discussion that I just opened. — BarrelProof ( talk) 14:00, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Well, thank you very much, sir! I'll be sure to inform you when I propose Gertie for TFA early next year. Curly Turkey ( gobble) 22:04, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
User Eric above makes a point worth agreeing with. Howland is not the only authority on this film. Following the other editor's comments, even if 4 of Taylor's 8 points are covered, then that still leaves the other 4 not covered here to include in this very short section on themes. If the other editor has information that Taylor is a bad author then the previously unused mythological references can still be absorbed by someone into the text of this page directly. There is no copyright on the use of the names of mythological gods. They can be freely incorporated into the text especially if there is a bad report about Taylor as an author. 12.168.46.153 ( talk) 21:49, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
A discussion elsewhere brought my attention to The Harvest (2010 film) and a proposal on its talk page. I've done my research, tagged that talk page with my results, and will per WP:NCF be moving the article to its proper title in a couple days. And yes, after the move, I will clean up redirects. Just thought to ping you. Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 10:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello Erik. I suspect that you will notice the closure of this discussion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Untitled Marc Lawrence/Hugh Grant Comedy as keep. I thought that I would let you perform the interim move that we discussed as no one else seemed to pick up on it. Cheers and have a nice Sunday. MarnetteD | Talk 03:50, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
MarnetteD, do you have any thoughts about my posting about WP:ACTOR here? Erik ( talk | contribs) 17:16, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello, instead of creating a see also section for all these articles, I wonder if it might be better served by creating a category, say Category:Films featuring powered exoskeletons, with a link to the list article at the top in the category's description.-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 15:22, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
I think WP:FILMCAST prescribes bullet lists as appropriate for Stub-class articles and then states "When the article is in an advanced stage of development, information about the cast can be presented in other ways." This is a GA-class article with a well developed prose section on casting as well as having the major cast members listed in the lead and infobox. Would this bullet list not be redundant? The bullet list was inserted several times over the last few years and quickly removed by established editors citing redundancy. Has consensus changed on this? 24.55.216.27 ( talk) 16:40, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
I don't really find dividers and columns in cast section in film articles that useful because it kind of gets some readers confused at times and it lists a less important actors and characters on the right side of the dividers. That's kind of problem with them. BattleshipMan ( talk) 17:10, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
( talk page stalker)The columns often added to cast sections that you refer to as dividers are helpful to readers when a simple cast list (i.e. not a proper casting section and no longer character descriptions, which are usually just regurgitated plot summary anyway) runs long. They are often particularly helpful to readers who view the site from mobile devices. We are editing for the readers of the site, not ourselves. I have no idea why on earth an English reader would read the items in the manner in which you describe. I realize other languages read right to left and in other ways that would seem foreign to a native English speaker but first column then second column is pretty standard. Millahnna ( talk) 03:23, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
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I have never seen an article add the movie credits to the production section like that. The credits should only be in the infobox and plus you use Panic Room as an example but you added that there yourself. Koala15 ( talk) 17:02, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
It says nothing about having to add credits to the production section in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film that's why i don't think we should add it. Koala15 ( talk) 17:11, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
Well in my opinion i'm not sure if the common Wikipedia reader is interested in who the production or costume designer is. If you really think it should be in the article i would maybe be in favor of adding those credits to a personnel section instead of production like we do with albums. Koala15 ( talk) 18:20, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
There I created it happy?
Yeah I noticed User:TreCoolGuy
Hi Erik, Would you be interested in putting Jobs (film) on your watch list? It is just opening. - Classicfilms ( talk) 03:35, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this material is worth adding and if so am not sure where it should go. Steve Wozniak responded to the trailer a few times and his responses led to this response by Ashton Kutcher -
Wozniak has seen the film and made the following comments on Gizmodo (which refer to the above). You are more experienced with film articles than I am, so I would really appreciate some insight...
- Classicfilms ( talk) 17:10, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Here is some background for a future write up - January 24, the first clip of the film was released and Wozniak had a negative response to it:
(if you google this date there is a lot of write up from more notable RS but Gizmodo's page is comprehensive) January 25 - Wozniak is reported to be working for the other Jobs film (end of article)
Feb 3 - First set of responses from Kutcher and Gad
This sets the tone I mention above and is the context for the URLs I first posted. Ok, we can check in on how to put this together next week or so. - Classicfilms ( talk) 17:45, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
- Classicfilms ( talk) 19:18, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that it seems we've interacted a fair number of times lately and I've been very impressed by the diplomacy and clarity you exhibit in your comments. Given that I have a BA in English Writing...and/or that I'm just a snarky/snobby often-tactless grammar Nazi...it's not often that I look at things others have written and think, "Damn, how does he manage to do that so consistently?" I tip my hat to you, good sir! DonIago ( talk) 18:29, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik, was reading your correction. One of the basic Western plots has always been revenge (if variety is the spice of life, revenge is surely the sugar) and the article would have to include so many of them. Foofbun ( talk) 01:05, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
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i am sorry :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.242.92.145 ( talk) 18:17, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
I would like to ask that you review and comment on this proposal on the Talk:Captain_Phillips_(film) page. Thanks - thewolfchild 19:30, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Please see here. "Fit" can be a past participle, but it is certainly not used as the past tense of the verb "fit" in British English, I think also not in good American English. Here is sounds very strangled to me, so if for some reason you can't live with "fitted", perhaps you could bring in another verb. Moonraker ( talk) 02:43, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik
I noticed the line I added was not showing up on the wiki. I thought I'd done something wrong, redid it then realized you had edited it to remove the item. The contribution is more of an "interesting fact" so I created a Trivia section, added it there and removed my previous contribution. Hope that was ok? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 01:28, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Whoops! I think we just submitted simultaneously. I was going to post these articles for you [3] [4] [5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 19:22, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Appreciated - thank you Erik — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.71.62.32 ( talk) 20:49, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Page is LOOKING GOOD! Great job Erik! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.243.96.78 ( talk) 04:40, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your help at Fuck (film), much appreciated, — Cirt ( talk) 04:34, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Can I ask you a favor, Erik? When you have the time? Jhenderson 777 15:54, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I followed your advice about taking the discussion to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Future_films and I found a previous discussion on the subject. Can you please follow up here and confirm whether things are the way I see them? Thanks! -- uKER ( talk) 17:40, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about adding the "Academy Award" and "received praise" parts, didn't realize that wasn't supposed to be there. Why take out that Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, and Cillian Murphy are also staring? They are all well-known actors that should be included on the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.127.167 ( talk) 04:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Erik, not sure if I properly pinged you. If you have a moment can you continue your feedback or make further suggestions at the above? I have 3 supports so far. Darkwarriorblake ( talk) 15:36, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Erik, I really appreciate your contribution. Please find below my comments.
re: Wikipedia needs to be based on secondary sources. This means that if we list items, we need to reference each one with an inline citation. I do agree on the concept of citation: 'It is essential to the quality and integrity of Wikipedia that all articles be based on information collected from verifiable sources.' [5]
But when I wrote than at the minute 90 "Deliver us from Eva" Eva Kicks her boyfriend because he was paid to date her it respect both of criteria defined below:
However, where an article (1) makes only uncontentious descriptive claims the accuracy of which is easily verifiable by any reasonable adult without specialist knowledge, and
(2) makes no analytic, synthetic, interpretive, or evaluative claims, a Wikipedia article may be based entirely or primarily on primary source Regarding the movie "Chicago" there is a secondary sources that is linked in the original page
In this case a primary source should be accepted. Re:Do you want to focus on just making a list, or to have a body of text, or both combined? I would prefer to prepare a list but I can refer mainly to primary sources (I am looking TV and I am taking notes when I find something interesting)
I think that the table in the page "Domestic violence in film" should contain a column that defines who is the victim of domestic violence (male/female) and who is the perpetrator. I edited the page because the plot of "Break up" was a bit different — Preceding unsigned comment added by GenderMovie ( talk • contribs)
Hi Erik, I found difficult to understand why there is not any secondary source/citation in the page /info/en/?search=Chicago_(2002_film) but this is required for the page "Domestic violence in film". The events that I am reporting from the movies are not questionable. May you please clarify it?
Thanks,
Enrico — Preceding unsigned comment added by GenderMovie ( talk • contribs) 16:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Eric, I'm sorry, I moved it to List of films featuring domestic violence before reading your edit summary that you may be planning to make this less list-y and more prose-based. Hope I haven't caused any inconvenience. More helpfully, I did add some cats. Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 22:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
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I know you are mostly involved with film-related articles...but I would love to hear your opinion on this image on the deletion on this or not before a can of worms start opening up. Jhenderson 777 01:55, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
Totally, and I'm glad to see another editor willing to pitch in and help work out some of the unavoidable ambiguity that Wikipedia often runs into (since the 'net is so wide no one-size-fits-all rule applies). Certainly, we cite "The New York Times" rather than "NYTimes.com," and similarly with other physical-world periodicals with a presence on the Web. And while I might not agree, I can certainly go along with italicizing Web-only sites ID'ing themselves as an online magazine, such as Salon — and even here, I'd bow to what seems like TheWrap.com's and Deadline.com's preference to not italicize themselves and to use "dotcom" in their names. We're definitely in agreement there's room for interpretation, so what do you think? We bring this to one of the MOS talk pages and invite other editors? -- Tenebrae ( talk) 20:50, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
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