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LOL I must be a very masculine bloke as I just found Top 50 Bloke films and most of them are a staple of my DVD collection! LOL I have virtually all of them in my collection and it isn't even that big!!! Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Can you move The Hobbit (films) back to The Hobbit films? World Cinema Writer ( talk · contribs) moved it inappropriately because it's not known to be a film duology called The Hobbit. Also, can you look at Talk:Hard Target/GA1 and Talk:Vampyr/GA1? The same editor, who is not experienced at all, is not conducting very good GA reviews. Can they be overturned or what? — Erik ( talk • contrib) 13:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
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I seldom give someone a second barnstar, but feel it is warranted here, due to your continuing good work with the GA Sweeps. Thank you! Johnfos ( talk) 22:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC) |
Nice find [1]. I brightened it just a little bit and increased the contrast so his face would be a little clearer. I was hoping a good image could be found for his article. How funny, I followed his Twitter posts from Comic-Con. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
User:PresN notes in his running total that he reviewed and passed Music of Final Fantasy VIII, Music of Kingdom Hearts, Universe of Kingdom Hearts, and World of Final Fantasy VIII, however in checking the articles there is no review for any of them and at least clearly does not meet GA criteria ( Universe of Kingdom Hearts) having many unsourced statements and excessive non-free images. They also all appear to be articles on which he is an active editor. I have posted to his talk page to ask him about the reviews, and he says he "doesn't remember" and has now tagged one with the GAR. However, as he is an active editor, this still seems rather inappropriate. Should they be added back to the worklist? -- Collectonian ( talk · contribs) 18:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi,
I hope you don't think it is too cheeky but I uploaded an update of File:GASweepsProgressPie.jpg to include the July 2009 figures, as they hadn't been done when the other charts were updated. It was as much an exercise in creating charts in Excel 2007 as anything for me. Jezhotwells ( talk) 09:07, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. I recropped and touched out the nice lady from the original photo on the new one you uploaded. Take a look and if you don't like it, I can switch it back. Thanks for finding it! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 20:42, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
There is now a {{ User GA sweeps}} template.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 21:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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starting a page in the 1939 movie Balalaika - which I've seen on YouTube - the sources I found seem to be equal parts mis-information and mis-conceptions. Should I go ahead and write a plot summary anyway, without in-line references, or cite references only where they apply? Perplexedly yours, Shir-El too 19:57, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia. As an actuary at the Social Security Administration, I was interested in what Wikipedia had to say about Social Security. What I found was generally fair and accurate, with numerous citations. I also noticed that you are listed as a person to contact about improvements. I feel that I can make some improvements, but am not sure how to go about it. If you would like my help, please let me know how to start. If you have specific areas that you think need improvements, let me know about that. (In particular, I am an expert on "bendpoints", which I noticed was listed as an open issue.) Steve.F.McKay@ssa.gov 173.69.178.40 ( talk) 01:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nehrams, I was going to send a request for the use of this Flickr set from the Office Space reunion, but I noticed you had already secured the usage of the image of Diedrich Bader. Therefore, I was wondering if you could try and ask for permission for the others at some point as the uploader would probably be more amiable to you, as you've dealt with them before. Thanks, Gran 2 12:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
i was trying to put this page up for debate, but couldnt figure out how to get that done ... i do like wiki, but it seems pretty geeky to use (you need to be an expert to use some of the functions ) --anyway as a physicist i am pretty sure any other physicist would agree the article on "atomic theory" as well as another on "atoms" is not at all broad in many ways... for example not including ANY mention of Boltzmann ... if you read the wiki on boltzmann you ll see how central he was to the atomic idea developing the statistical theory of gases based on atoms, which gave extremely strong observational evidence for the atomic hypothesis to be true which only a few believed at that time. On the other hand there is lots of discussion of baseless atomic speculation from virtually prehistoric times ... the article is unbalanced and not broad in coverage. It is a useful and important article and i shall improve it by addition (not erasure!), however before i do the research to be complete, i think i should first give others... possibly knowledgeable science historians, a chance to do it properly .
Thanks for your advice, i still dont know how to do a community debate on this, i will look into it, but i am sure in the meantime the article is not broad...and thus shouldnt be classed yet as a "good one", according to the wiki guide.(blanci007) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blanci007 ( talk • contribs) 15:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for going through the article. I missed out when that other reviewer passed it without giving it a thorough sweep. I was going to do it but it was quite late where I was. Thanks for the help! Andrzejbanas ( talk) 16:20, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
I had to look twice. Are we sure that's Peter Jackson!?! [2] Heh. He's just a shade of his former self! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for volunteering for OTRS. There are 161 emails in the English-language permissions queues as I type. Looks like you'll be busy xD Stifle ( talk) 13:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am the new member that you contacted that joined the project about films. I have a question about it. I wish to help expand the project by creating a page on the film Spider-man 4, however, some users tell I am not allowed to make a page about it. What is your suggestion on this matter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Valkyrie Red ( talk • contribs) 16:59, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, hope you are doing well! I am interested in making the Academy Award pages consistent, so on the talk page of the awards task force, I've been having discussion with GS and a new editor about a possible table format. I've proposed a template, and since you have done some work with tables, I was wondering if you could share your thoughts. Does the table have the proper columns? Do we even need tables? Discussion is here. — Erik ( talk • contrib) 23:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
That's a fantastic image. Thanks! Gran 2 16:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Do you take requests to pester Flickr users to re-licence their images? Bradley0110 ( talk) 17:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams. I know you've written a couple FL filmographies; would you comment at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Takeo Kimura filmography/archive1? Specifically, what do you think about redoing the format of the list to make it sortable? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 00:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams sorry for late response. We should be able to meet up with these criterias, I'll see if I can find a Somaliland Shilling. I would need to hear with my local bank, the references can indeed be a challenge to verify and clean up. But its all really quite ' managable ' its a question of dedication.
Looking forward to hear from you
Hailsgloryfus ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC).
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Thanks Nehrams2020 for the Barnstar! I be sure to tackle more core-articles in the near future! Cheers! Andrzejbanas ( talk) 03:21, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams2020. Just found you via your images in Wikimedia Commons. I'm studying Bay of Pigs invasion, and the alleged participation in it of a Douglas A-26 presently preserved at Robins AFB Georgia, but now evidently no such connection. However, it looks to me like NMUSAF records might have confused the aircraft with another preserved at Grand Forks AFB. I have never found any images of the Grand Forks aircraft, reportedly marked '434220'. If you have any present connections with Grand Forks, I would be grateful for a description of that one, not necessarily an image. I can advise on what to look for, in semi-technical terms. Feel free to contact via email, I'll monitor the relevant account. MTIA. PeterWD ( talk) 09:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Did not know I did that until now. I usually check edits by making each a new tab. Sometimes I will not be paying attention and hit undo or rollback by mistake. Total accident, my bad, sorry.-- Will C 03:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Stop deleting the spaces from the markup. They cost nothing and make it easy to jump the cursor using the keyboard. See the templates, they all use plenty of indentation and pretty printing. -- Horkana ( talk) 00:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Barring incidents such as last night's IP editor who had an unspecified problem I am fine looking over TT once you think it is ready to go to FA. As it stands (barring crazy edits) I think that your improvements have been fine, but if you need anything don't hesitate to leave a message. Darrenhusted ( talk) 23:53, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Nehrams. I've awarded two awards, one to Steve for expanding a silent film stub which saved it from deletion and the other to Thefourdotelipsis for creating the missing articles in Michael Curtiz's filmography. Thanks! Lugnuts ( talk)
Hi! Can you please add a place for Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Pakistani cinema task force on the Template:Film? If you are not interested in doing so, pelase notify me so that I may ask someone else. Thanks in advance for reading my message. Ali Rana ( talk) 05:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, I'm incrementing my retirement down by 0,7% due to some pressing matters. I checked your page and, well, wow!, what can I say? If I were a more active wikipedian I'd award you a couple of Barnstars, but this is simply from deep down: my sincere congratulations for all your many achievements. Shine on bro! Hoverfish Talk 10:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Oh thank GAWD!! [7] Now people won't complain about our crappy Natalie Portman picture!! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 05:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Just come by and say you are a very accomplished wikipedian! Thanks for the voting notice. Best, -- Garbolia ( talk) 06:56, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Auntieruth55 ( talk) 23:37, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
The image was dead on my PC. Red blank. That's why. Now does somebody remember seeing Richie? Does anybody know why Richie did Bobby Lupo? Himalayan 08:57, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. When I notice you reverting something fairly quickly, like you just did on Ben Stiller, is that because you watchlisted it? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm relatively new to WP, editing for less than a year. I'm a little puzzled at the criteria used for your recent GA sweep of the HIV article, as well as the frequency of sweeping to maintain "Good" status.
I have pointed out some POV bias and confusion in the article on the Talk page. To me, the article is too heavily laden with HIV= AIDS, even in the lead where it talks about orphans. It's important to remember that HIV is NOT the name of a disease (and even AIDS is a syndrome, not a disease).
Just yesterday, someone uploaded to the Talk page a long list of researchers who question the mainstream view of the nature of the virus and its effects. Yet, the article itself lumps all dissent into a POV section titled "Denialism". This sounds like the same kind of scientific/conceptual arrogance shown by supporters of evolution who call that theory a "fact". Science has many fine theories, but they change over time. I'd like to see a less domineering approach by the main editors of this page and a less insulting tone when presenting the views of dissenters. For example, renaming the section "Dissident Researchers" or even "Alternative Theories".
I realize that this is a very highly charged topic. The Talk page clearly shows posts by people desperate for advice, as well as various fringe theories. But I sense that some of the "keepers" of the article have their own emotional charge, perhaps due to loss of a loved one. Martindo ( talk) 02:47, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
This month's newsletter appeared to have been forgotten about so I've just spent some time writing it. I'm not sure what else to add to it -- this is the first whole newsletter I've written -- so by all means add to it or move things around. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 04:29, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
finally added. Took a long time to thin it down, and even so it's pretty long.
2. Another issue: since censorship was in effect (came across a reference while surfing the web) much of the implicit sexual connotations were not spelled out. Except at the beginning, I tried to stick to the innuendos in the movie. Please let me know what you think.
3. Not finished yet; plan to expand the cast extensively and add reviewers opinions.
I've had a good look through now, and I'd be surprised if you have too much trouble with Tropic Thunder at FAC. -- Malleus Fatuorum 15:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams. I've awarded Jimknut the award for his excellent work on expanding the Charlie Chaplin filmography article. Thanks! Lugnuts ( talk) 07:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. If anybody removes the main image and replaces it please revert them... Himalayan 11:45, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, since my last note I am back in Wikipdia mainly to participate in a problem in the biography of Meher Baba, which after the article was protected for 3 days and the user causing it was warned, now it has moved in the article's Talk page. I have spent many hours/days trying to make sense but this user jumps from one issue to another, I offer him links to check the validity of my words that he doesn't even notice, and pages keep growing and moved in the archives without any hope for any outcome. Just complains, fuss, accusations, without any real point at the bottom. Here is a recent example: [9]. I and another editor have checked various possibilities of finding some solution, but I don't find anything. May a user keep using an article's talk page like this indefinitely? What action can be taken to stop it? I don't expect you to solve this case, but any advice you have is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 12:13, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Ok, meanwhile another administrator has intervened and things are getting smoother. Cheers. Hoverfish Talk 04:51, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Oh, and thank you for your advice in my talk page. I appreciate. Hoverfish Talk 04:53, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Just letting you know I've opened a GAR for Snakes on a Plane. You can read the reassessment here. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 00:13, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, can you explain what happened to [[File:WarrenCuccurullo.jpg]]? The image is compressed in some strange way. Thanks! Drmies ( talk) 19:08, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
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I still haven't forgotten about Eastwood. I also wanted to expand the John Wayne article but it is daunting!!! It might be Christmas time that I make a start on Eastwood's article. Somebody needs to sort it, I have two books on him but condesning and extraction the main points without going into too much detail is the toughest thing. Himalayan 16:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I've started!!! Himalayan 20:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I did a bit of work to make List of awards and nominations received by Little Miss Sunshine a nearly as good as the List of awards and nominations received by No Country for Old Men. Since you created the list would you care to nominate it for featured list status or suggest what work if any remains to bring it to that status. Please reply on the Talk page for the list or reply here if you prefer. -- Horkana ( talk) 00:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
First things first. Hi, how are ya? Okay. I was looking at the GAR Sweeps list and had a question, which was promptly referred to you. I noticed that Jane Fonda was on the sweeps list, but it was reassessed and kept in April 2009. I wondered if it was necessary to reassess it so soon. Thanks. Oh, and by the way. There is a discussion on WT:ACTOR about the Razzie Awards, if you'd care to stop there and render an opinion. Thanks! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 14:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I will be requesting a photo from a living person for insertion into the top right photo box on her Wikipedia page. Is there a standard package of information that I could provide to ensure that the image would both fit properly and meet terms of use? Doc2234 ( talk) 23:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I was drawn into a hot debate by a message which may or may not be "canvassing." I decided to take part after reading the discussion and based on my own experience, not because I 'supported' anyone. Now one of the participants who's point of view was rejected has left me this message:
I feel strongly that this person is attempting to use the rules to manipulate the situation, but in all fairness I would like a second opinion from someone more knowledgable, outside the debate. Please let me know what you think, or whether you know someone I could refer this question to. {I would ask my mentor, but she is absent.} Thanking you in advance, Shir-El too 00:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC) P.S. Still working on Balalaika! Shir-El too 00:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Could you take look at the Charlie Chaplin filmography? I'm looking for support to make it a featured list. Jimknut ( talk) 01:16, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions. I've addressed them in the candidate page. Jimknut ( talk) 20:24, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Noticed you made changes to 10 (film). Don't know if you had time to look through the history for the if you are interested in working on it further there are quite a few details that have been removed from the article as it was difficult to come up with citations for them. Notes such as: Dudley Moore only got the role after George Segal quit the day before shooting. Apparently unhappy at the amount of artistic input Edwards was giving his wife Julie Andrews. Also the production section in this revision [10] claims Melanie Griffith was wanted for the role.
It would be interesting to have such notes included - IIRC they were deleted without even a request for citation - but it is tough to get sources for older film articles. So much that can be restored to articles, so many deletionists too lazy even to request citations let along make an effort to find references. Oh well. -- Horkana ( talk) 22:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
It goes slowly, but it goes. Even begin to master url references. Yes, the plot is still too long and I'm a bit shaky on the Censorship section, but it's getting there. Question: should I add a Crew section or not? List of music is on the way, but will need help putting it into a table: title, composer/work, artists. And how about putting the cast in two colums? Thank you, and happy editing to you too! Cheers, Shir-El too 22:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Song of Songs (film) should actually be Song of Songs (2006 film) as there is another movie of the same name from 1933 (Marlene Deitrich) - or possibly 2005, according to IMDB - but for some reason I can't edit the page title. It also needs to be added to the disambiguation page. Why couldn't I edit the page name? Cheers, Shir-El too 19:44, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, just wanted to ask a question about the Tag & Assess project: I'm new to this & the guidelines page was pretty confusing, are we just reviewing & looking for errors & doing cleanup or are there tags we're supposed to add aft we complete our work on it so that you know we did it? I read thru the project guidelines but my eyes were swimming... Tommyt ( talk) 17:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Check out the diff. Article has doubled in size! And I've only reached 1970!! I am not too bothered with making it an FA, I just want it to be as informative as possible and good reading material. It will need condensing later hopefully not much, otherwise splitting into sub articles might be appropriate. Does the article look better so far? Himalayan 21:32, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Yeah it wasn't me who added -2007, some IP probably added it yesterday and it went undetected... What I was amazed to learn from his biography is damn this guy was a serious womanizer by anybody's standards. You know what they say about the silent types... Well Eastwood must have slept pretty much 1000 women from a young age. And when he bought the Hog's Breath Inn in Carmel he used to hire pretty waitresses (most of them under 21) and sleep with them all in turn in a room upstairs but if they went around bragging about it they would get the sack and a new pretty waitress would be hired! Everywhere he went Eastwood had affairs and one night stands whether it was with Italian secretaries in Rome, beautiful French film actresses in Paris etc. He slept with most of his costars and would disappear into his trailer at noon and later at 5 to have sex! About the only woman he didn't boast about sleeping with was
Shirley MacLaine from
Two Mules for Sister Sara. Both Eastwood and Siegel were scared of her. She was a night owl and described as being "stronger than a man", you know the kind of woman who would take the piss out of you if you tried to be nice to her. I was shocked to learn about the extent of his affairs and his wife for many years pretended she knew nothing about his affairs! He is mostly a cool, quite guy but as Don Siegel described him when he lost his temper he could be vicious, extremely nasty and you would not want to get on the wrong side of him. Very interesting not to mention a real eye opening! read.
Himalayan
12:07, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
This is a response to your changes on A_Bill_of_Divorcement#Plot. Is there a guide somewhere that says film plot summaries shouldn't contain names of actors, with or without links? Almost all the summaries I've seen have them. -- Codrdan ( talk) 05:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
> I have been removing them
But most other contributors include them. Is there a way to get some kind of official decision or discussion about this? It's a general issue for films. -- Codrdan ( talk) 06:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for reviewing the above FLC. When you get the chance, can you revisit to ensure that your concerns have been resolved? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 01:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
No problem, thanks. Doub95 ( talk) 23:06, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
hello, thank you very much for your great welcome, who are friendly. Greetings. Saod053 ( talk) 02:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I have commented on this. -- Jubilee♫ clipman 03:16, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the quality upgrade to Golden Raspberry Award, much appreciated. ;) Cirt ( talk) 04:58, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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Another filmography for you to look at, if you have the time. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 22:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello again! After reorganizing "Critical reception" and references, I've "gone about as far as" I know how with Balalaika (film). Please look it over and give me your comments. I would appreciate it very much. Cheers! Shir-El too 23:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
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Think it's the same person? He's socked before. Going by his edits on Hot Fuzz it's him. Geoff B ( talk) 15:43, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Just found a movie on my list, Dark Blue (film) that doesn't have a contents box - never added one myself, think you could point me to the instructions? Thanks!! Tommyt ( talk) 20:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi. There's an editor who has been actively involved in a dispute on this article wherein he removes all mention of a personal life section. He's now opened a WP:GAR on the article and has begun his own assessment of the article. He's given a week to fix the "problems" he notes which include challenging cites to the Razzies.com website (all nominations and awards from there are listed on its forum), Contact Music, etc. I have verbally challenged his ability to conduct a GAR on an article on which he's been in a dispute, setting time limits, and his ability to do so unbiasedly. This is pertinent since his GAR nomination was started with the comment "I am shocked to see that this article is still at GA-Class. Delisting it will hopefully lead to major improvement of the article." It appears that is his goal. Could you please do something about this warrior? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 00:36, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Say, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Flywheel (film) article sometime soon; there's someone trying to delete it (and it may not be notable enough to keep yet) but I'd appreciate your advice to let it die or your help to help it live. It used to be a bit bigger it just got chopped down some by the same person who wants to delete (in case you want to look at its history page.) I'll appreciate any reply; have a good day! Invmog ( talk) 06:05, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am interested in getting involved with the Good Article review process, and since you are listed as a Good Article Mentor, I was wondering if you could look over a review I did of The Baby Shower (Seinfeld). My review ended up being pretty short, so I'm not sure if I'm missing some issues in the article or if I was just lucky enough to pick one without any issues. I hope to review more articles in the future, but I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly first. Thank you! Cerebellum ( talk) 16:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
There is an RfC on Talk:Jennifer Garner that could use some comments, if you're interested. What a thing about Brittany Murphy, huh? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 20:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Found it on the list and have begun cleaning up and sourcing. No disrespects, but I removed tha tag so it would not be deleted as I worked on it. I just wanted to alert you as I am not finished, but believe it meets NF, even for a campy stinker. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:50, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from Bite Me (film)]], which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Schmidt, MICHAEL Q.
Wildhartlivie ( talk) 19:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Bzuk ( talk) 21:04, 24 December 2009 (UTC).
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We're so damn close, but unfortunately progress has dropped off once again. Any chance you might be able to spam another one of those updates you did back in the day [11] out to everyone involved? Two months of halfway decent participation will clinch this for good. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 21:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so there it is. Hope you like. Lara ☁ 05:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. As I indicated on the progress page, however, I am not interested in reviewing any more articles. After the work I put into the sweeps, and the quick responses that the professional wrestling project has had to every swept article that was put on hold, I think it's inexcusable that (1) David Fuchs refused to grant a hold period for the WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006, and that (2) I received such a negative reaction from people involved in the sweeps when I voiced my disappointment. As it stands now, the sweeps will get done eventually. Based on that review, at least, it doesn't seem like they'll be done well, though. It was a good idea, and I'm sorry that it was ruined after all your hard work. GaryColemanFan ( talk) 03:25, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
File:Odeon cinema Harrogate Redvers.jpg has already been copied to Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odeon_cinema_Harrogate_Redvers.jpg and the image here has carried a {{ nocommons}} flag since July 2008 so I'm not quite sure why you placed this tag. ⇦ REDVERS ⇨ 06:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Nehrams. I see that you've tagged a couple of my [ poster images] requesting a reduction in size. Is the "less than 300px on one side" our only requirement now? Or does the total KB amount also need to be under a certain quantity? I've got several dozen of these poster images I'll need to reduce -- so I just wanted to make sure of our standards before I start. Cheers. — CactusWriter | needles 10:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the quality rating upgrade for the article The Spirit of '76 (1990 film), much appreciated. Cirt ( talk) 03:46, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
I have opened a good article reassessment for Ben Stiller, an article of which you are a main contributor. You can read my concerns at Talk:Ben Stiller/GA1. The article is currently on hold for a week, but the length can be extended if significant progress is being made. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 18:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Boy, am I glad to see someone show up on that article and work on it. I've got Kate Winslet going under a good article nomination and Daniel Day-Lewis with a GAR in process and I'm trying to address Forest Whitaker. I was starting to beg people to take on Ben! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Nehrams2020!
I just wanted to ask you how you keep track of the film articles that have appeared in DYK for the newsletter - Is there an automated process that takes care of this? Keep up the good work. decltype ( talk) 12:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
...for the trees in the way. Thanks so much. I've been driven to distraction on here lately, between Kate, which I think will pass (hurrah) and other things. I hope this GAN will wrap up and things quiet down so I can concentrate on it. I think the filmography is fine, too. They happen. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:06, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Did the tag and assess drive decide to remove Soundtrack articles? There is very little explanation in your edit summaries on either page. The soundtrack article for The Holiday (film) was merged back into the main article without being tagged with a proposed merge first. Keeping soundtrack information in separate articles seems like a good thing, there seems to a Project Albums doing it purposefully, and I was considering separating out the soundtrack section of other articles too so if the guidelines have changed again it would really help if you could link to them in your edit summary. -- Horkana ( talk) 03:17, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I thought it was the image. I have seen images throughout the web for different artists, and was wondering if maybe sometimes, I could put the link on the talk to see if it violates copyright.-- Textaholic ( talk) 00:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
In the latest section I'm working on there's a heading for a subsection of an article. The topic is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroki_Sugimura#Hiroki_Sugimura. Should this one be on the list? Tommyt ( talk) 13:52, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for at last finding a decent photo of him without sunglasses! I'm still working on it although progress has been slow over Christmas. I'm working on the 70s in my sandbox...... Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:30, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
I decided to split the early life and work and 1960s sections into seperate articles which I've written so far and have condensed it a little. The article will take a long time to write so it will be some time before it was balanced so I will split in stages once the full work is compiled by decade so those who wish to read more detail can do so and those who wish to read a more condensed version can do so in the main article.... Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Don't forget though that I have two biographies and once I finished one I'll skim through the other. I'll replace half the refs with the RIchard Schneical biography if possible which may contian the same info in places to even it up a bit. Once I've done the 70s and early 80s it really is downwhill from there, the 70s was undoubtedly Eastwood's peak and prime... Now if we could get every film of Eastwood's up to FA like Changeling..... Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, another one, Samuel L. Jackson. Mostly it's just some additional sourcing, though there are a few "He did X, Y, and Z, and AA, and BB"-type runon sentences (I'm also not sure about the pop culture section as written.) List at Talk:Samuel L. Jackson/GA1. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 21:17, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
on rescuing Forest Whitaker from losing its GA status. You did all by yourself. Sorry I wasn't around to help! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for saving Forest Whitaker too! Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the {{ non-free reduce}} -- the rationale explains why a slightly larger image size than usual has been selected. Jheald ( talk) 10:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi
sorry to bother you, but after looking around the Film project page and the SF related one I cannot decide who to ask for help on checking the page out I created.
I don't know how to go about making the infobox for the right hand side and wondered if you could redirect me to the right taskforce to halp me out.
thanks.. Chaosdruid ( talk) 04:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Expanding James Hill (British director); managed to troubleshoot infobox and references, but the last one has given the program indigestion for some reason. I can't figure out why the page is balking at it. Maybe you can? Please? Cheers! Shir-El too 20:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Saw your thoughts at WT:FILMC about Featured Articles in the future. I've been considering getting into the anniversary groove (having done Fight Club and trying for Psycho). I compiled a list of movies whose 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, or 100th anniversary will take place in the next few years -- mainly movies that are Core-class, are in the National Film Registry, or movies I thought would still be popular. It may help to set such anniversaries as deadlines, especially for films that really deserve better on Wikipedia. You can see the list at User:Erik/Sandbox. Erik ( talk) 00:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
We can carry the conversation here, if you don't mind. I would support a collaboration department, but there are a couple of issues to consider. First, few editors at WikiProject Films can research well, and a portion of them are "lone wolves" like David Fuchs and J.D. I consider myself a pretty decent researcher (and hate myself for it). I am concerned the imbalance will incidentally exclude editors who have not mastered the learning curve of researching and getting, particularly for the mostly older films on that anniversary list. I have provided lists of references and shared references themselves, which brings me to my second point. While I would not mind sharing for the department, I am concerned about the legal ramifications of doing so as a formal process. Not a big deal for me to send a PDF to someone who needs it, but I worry about doing this too frequently and obviously.
About comparing revisions, do you think there is a way for WT:FILM to receive automatic notifications of when it has been a year for a FA or a GA? It may be too tricky for the notification to include the diffs to compare, but a heads-up will help an editor compare and clean up as necessary. We could also write a specific edit summary for each year so we can use that diff from a year ago. I am not sure about that kind of attention for GAs, though... a lot of them frustrate me because "broad" seems insufficient to me. The backlog is a nightmare, too. I am not sure if I will nominate another article for GA status; I only have eyes for FA status these days. :P Getting back to the point, annual notifications of our articles would definitely ensure continued quality. We should adapt it as a formal process to basically ensure that our WikiProject's good works stick around forever. (For rescuing the FAs Casablanca and Sunset Boulevard, I'd definitely help but could use collaboration since the films have already been on the front page, which is demotivating.)
To briefly go back to the collaboration department, I'm glad people are interested in helping, but with what I said about researching and getting, these people may not be transferable from tagging and assessing to collaborating. The key to getting qualified editors is to expand membership. You and I have spotted editors making their first few edits, and we welcome them on board. Not sure about you, but I fell out of that habit quickly. We need to get everyone in on the habit. Of new members, a portion will not really ever contribute, a portion will contribute here and there, and a (smaller) portion will either have the researching and getting skill set or are ready to learn the skills. One way to improve our odds of the latter portion is to get film studies students on board, either informally or contacting film studies professors about an assignment to write a film article for Wikipedia. I had this idea when I was still in school but never followed up on it. I am not sure if it could work, but I have seen classroom collaboration on Wikipedia, so there is a small possibility.
Excuse me for the tl;dr. :) Hope all is well with you! Erik ( talk) 13:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for doing the re-review for the article Leo Ryan. Just a heads up, I posted a status update note, at Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 00:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Regarding your assessment of the Wiener Film article, I'd be grateful if you could advise on what you would think appropriate in terms of structure? I'm happy to work further on it. Also, I am surprised that you feel that there are grammatical problems with it - I translated the article to begin with and have just checked it again, and as an educated native English speaker can see no grammatical errors. Do you mean that you don't care for the style, whihc is admittedly very close to that of the original de:Wiki article? Please advise. HeartofaDog ( talk) 13:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
You recently rated this page to be a C-Class article, stating criteria 2. (Coverage and accuracy: It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.) was not meet. To help improve this article, what specificly is the article lacking in terms of coverage and accuracy? Thank you. - TriiipleThreat ( talk) 21:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
As a admin, you should know that if an album makes it to the Billboard charts, it automatically is notable. So why are you merging the Gone in 60 Seconds, Wild Wild West and Training Day soundtracks to the films? I went through as similar problem when the Blade: Trinity soundtrack was suggested to be merged, but another admin declined stating that is a related but seprate piece of work. Not only have all three made it to the charts, but Wild Wild West went double platinum and spawned a #1 hit single. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop ( talk) 09:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
We have addressed your concerns.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 22:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I see that you removed the image File:SolyentGreen28d.png from the Soylent Green article. What is it about the image that does not meet the fair use criteria? As far as I can tell, it meets the WP requirements you cited (specifically items (1), (3), and (8)), unless you have a freely available replacement image in mind. — Loadmaster ( talk) 20:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1, when you have a chance. All points have now been addressed. :) Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 20:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Heh, FA would be a longer term project for that particular article. Someday... Cirt ( talk) 07:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw you listed as a GA mentor and I need some experienced advice. I recently reviewed University of Miami and was inclined to fail it, primarily for a heavy over-reliance on references from the university web page. This was the fourth GA nomination for this article, and the previous review (in October 2009) failed for the exact same reason, which had simply not been addressed before renomination. The details are in my full review.
After a brief discussion with the nominator, I agreed to request a second opinion, as he feels strongly and I am a relatively new reviewer. No second opinion has yet been offered.
In the meantime, my review comments have reignited an old edit war, which resulted in a quick fail of the first GA nomination. The nominator is trying to improve the references, but I am afraid than now the edit war will block a GA promotion on stability grounds.
I am not sure what to do. Would you mind looking at this article lending me the benefit of your experience? Thanks.
Nasty Housecat ( talk) 01:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
I wonder if you could advise me on a couple of things. I've been adding thumbnail precis reviews of Kaels film reviews and I am wondering if it is o.k as regards copyright. Also to make the page look better I added images of some of the film posters. On the article When The Lights Go Down another editor deleted all the images which makes the article look worse, but if its the rules. I did the same on the Taking It All In article page. Am I breaking copyright to quote so much from her books and is the use of images on the pages disallowed? Even if I used fewer, just one or two instead of ten or so . Maybe the articles are overkill anyway. Any advice? Thankyou. Sayerslle ( talk) 22:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
a dirty sock to me [12]. Can you do anything about it? BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 20:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Back in the middle of the Kate Winslet GA review, an editor ( Abie the Fish Peddler) popped up and proceeded to do a complete rewrite of the article. I spoke against it, as did various other editors, objecting to the actions during the GA review and recommending that he stop. This led to questions in the GA review about stability of the article, effectively throwing the outcome into jeopardy. He finally stepped back and it passed. Two days after it passed, he popped in again, replaced a complete section with a rewrite, reverted it as a test edit, and basically posted a talk page comment about doing so and wanting to force discussion of it. The next post after that was from an editor with whom Abie regularly discusses things on their talk pages, telling him what a good job it was. I challenged that post as well. In my view, his actions also throw the entire GA review into question yet again. His post started out saying he knew he wasn't popular because of what he did (which seemed a little bit challenging to me). I posted a query about why he acted as he did earlier, and why he was acting as he is now. He not only refused to answer, he attacked me for questioning him about it, refusing to answer after 4 separate queries into his motivation, and basically saying my questions were uncivil and threatened to go to an adminstrator because I was being "uncivil" and challenging my "tone". To my mind, he is being assaultive in manner and by refusing to answer a valid question about why he would proceed to jeopardize a good article review and still continue to try and force discussion about a rewrite within a week of the GA passing, seems a bit pointy and aggressive to me. Could you please take a look at what is going on and let me know if my questions about motivation of action are improper? Why would anyone want to do this, anyway? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Isn't Seven Chances (1925 silent) a film in the public domain? As such, why delete a screen shot of the film? Luigibob ( talk) 18:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I just noticed today that my name was removed from the Active list of the Film Project without my permission or notification and that you were responsible. The explanation given (taking the roll) is not sufficient to justify overruling the express wishes of editors. Any good reason for your actions? -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 04:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
"helps to ensure that active members are reached for project-wide issues/discussion as well as receive the newsletter" ???? Makes no sense. How did removing my name reach me? What...??? Is that like how you call someone up by taking their number off your contact list? Is that like how you make breakfast by taking out the garbage? You "ensured" that I simply didn't receive the newsletter I'd signed up for and guaranteed that I'd miss out on "issues/discussions". Consider it done!
Here's how it works FYI: signing up for a newsletter is a person's way of saying, "keep contacting me periodically" instead of a way of saying "keep your word for a few months and then break it." Your blunder, N., and it's an obvious one that is basically no different from vandalism. Maybe you put up a notice but why would we look for a notice about receiving a newsletter I already signed up for and was receiving? If there's a problem with the newsletter going out to too many people (is that really a problem?), you could reference sign-ins to see who's still editing. Or make it a periodic subscription. Or just keep your word, the best of all. -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 05:52, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 17:39, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
How do I remove myself from these user talk messages? Gary King ( talk) 07:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
No idea how this became a GA. I've listed it as C-class for WP:AAR beacause its need of formatting, and its lack of a description section. I can deal with most of your concerns on the talk page, though, but I know nothing of this species. — innotata ( Talk • Contribs) 20:07, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I've returned to try and help finish up the sweeps. I admittedly left a couple of sweeps hanging when I had to abruptly end my participation. That's something I won't let happen again. I would appreciate it if I could get back on the "mailing list" for sweeps updates. I'd really like to provide a little energy to get this all the way done. H1nkles ( talk) 21:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Nehrams- I wanted to express my dismay at the deletion of a critical external link to The Shining page. This link, channeled through its notice by Boing Boing is a careful dissection of what may be the most complex film ever made, is composed of fair-use frame blow ups and scene-by-scene description of what occurs in the film. I know the link is being used in a wide range of film classes at a variety of universities, and I am using it in my own, an anthropology class. At the very least, I strongly recommend a careful read through by the FilmProjects team followed by a viewing of the film and a collective discussion. Many crucial details are explored for the first time in these notes, most notably the reason the film's final date is exactly July 4, 1921 (it is the date of a famous Chief's curse-revenge) a date the main article addresses only as a general holiday "July 4". In many ways the pages have numerous updates that could and should be augmented into the main article, but the two editors, MarnetteD and WickerGuy, simply chose to delete it rather than explore what a treasure it really is. BEST! PS: Tropic Thunder was my fave from that year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 18:33, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Sorry, I am unsure how to sign off in Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 19:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Here is the link in question http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/23/physical-cosmologies.html -- 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 23:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks for your speedy response. I wish I could agree with you, but the double-standard is in full effect here. Half of the references on The Shining's wiki-main article itself come from purely web sourced material, never published before, much less verifiable than what you (and your two editors) claim to hold as a standard. All three of your collective responses to my notes are essentially rote, while the wiki-article is filled with the same type of data you label mine as, yet our data is epigraphic in nature, my sources are mesoamerican scholars that have spotted these things and added citations to the notes. Until you find some editors that are serious about that article and carefully follows the standards you are holding my link to, any decisions that have been made on its content must be viewed as arbitrary at best and lazy even vindictive t worst. I would get somebody serious about film and filmmaking to really examine how weak the article is, the paths for advancing knowledge seems to be camouflaged in these discussions. No apologies for my tone, film is not a hobby, it is one of the central collective tools for disseminating myth and the responsibilities of enjoining an audience to those myths is critical. You collectively control the central portal for knowledge, yet the data you exhibit is dated, mass-produced from sometimes decades ago. Where do I go to protest next? Thanks for your ear.-- 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 05:11, 13 February 2010 (UTC) I think you have some problematic editors in your midst, his dissection jumps the gun numerous times, and is the most perverse form of peer review I've ever encountered - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WickerGuy#The_Shining.2FBoing_Boing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.191.126 ( talk) 19:07, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
You may like to review the progress. IMHO more than 90% done. Needs your perusal & further guidance. AshLin ( talk) 19:30, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams - Thank you for making the assessment last month on the One Terrible Day page. I have followed your advice and would appreciate a new assessment. Thank you very much. Perry Hotter ( talk) 15:41, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I've been trying to find a usable copy of an image of Louie Vito for his infobox (one that show his smiling impish face, hopefully). Could you keep an eye out for one? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:45, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. We've had an increasingly acrimonious issue at Talk:Dawn Wells. Without replaying the whole issue, some time ago, Wells was convicted of reckless driving that started out with a marijuana charge. Those charges were dropped. There have been varying degrees of content about this in her article, with the majority of editors believing it was not notable enough for inclusion. It has been to the WP:BLP/N four times, the last of which was in the last two weeks. One editor, Proxy User has been the leading force to keep it in, having been blocked twice for violations of WP:BLP and edit warring for the article. We took it to WP:BLP/N the last time and basically, there have been seven different editors post to the talk page with the opinion it being given undue weight and that it does not belong. Two editors, one of whom routinely posts in opposition to anything I have supported or been in opposition to and one IP spoke to keep it. Proxy User has even returned it since the discussion began this time around. The postings from him and Chowbok have become increasingly outrageous and attacking. We've been accused of "misusing administrator tools to support keeping it out, although no one talking there is an administrator, we've been accused of working for Dawn Wells to keep it out of the article, of meatpuppetry, of chasing off editors (who that is, I do not know), canvassing editors (two were notified of the discussion, both of whom who had previously responded on this in the past and who repeated their views once again), bullying and scaring off those whose opinions differ (no clue who that is) and not to mention some very direct personal attacks and general nastiness toward myself, Dayewalker and the other editors has not changed. We have seven against the content, two of whom spoke from the WP:BLP/N and three to use it. Basically, what's been going on now is that Proxy User is simply denying that there was consensus amongst the majority to keep it out, and does this by shouting (in bold) that there is no consensus and consensus can change, although no one changed their opinion or withdrawn. What this basically needs is someone with more authority to call it closed, I guess. This has gradually moved to be an article where someone should be topic banned for his behavior regarding this content. I know this probably isn't something you personally want to deal with, but we need someone, this has gone on for 2 weeks now, each and every night. If you're not interested, can you suggest someone who might be willing to deal with this or "call consensus" so we can quit arguing this? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:29, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Nehrams2020, I created a new article and there is an argument on it because it is an upcoming film. I have made my point of views on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/China_Spy . I would appreciate your input and suggestions. Thanks and regards!-- Garbolia ( talk) 21:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey. I ask you these questions since I know you're a major player in the Film WikiProject. I've been considering improving upon and writing a film article or two. I have good sources on the production side of things (saved my college texts from any film classes) but have a couple questions. First, is there any good way to find reviews or looks at old films? Some people have reviews up for just about any but most are just some guy and a website, tough to distinguish which are reliable. Second, are there any good tips/tricks for writing an article? I know they're definitely different from biographies; if there's a guide somewhere that would be awesome. Thanks, Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:43, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
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LOL I must be a very masculine bloke as I just found Top 50 Bloke films and most of them are a staple of my DVD collection! LOL I have virtually all of them in my collection and it isn't even that big!!! Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Can you move The Hobbit (films) back to The Hobbit films? World Cinema Writer ( talk · contribs) moved it inappropriately because it's not known to be a film duology called The Hobbit. Also, can you look at Talk:Hard Target/GA1 and Talk:Vampyr/GA1? The same editor, who is not experienced at all, is not conducting very good GA reviews. Can they be overturned or what? — Erik ( talk • contrib) 13:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
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Nice find [1]. I brightened it just a little bit and increased the contrast so his face would be a little clearer. I was hoping a good image could be found for his article. How funny, I followed his Twitter posts from Comic-Con. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
User:PresN notes in his running total that he reviewed and passed Music of Final Fantasy VIII, Music of Kingdom Hearts, Universe of Kingdom Hearts, and World of Final Fantasy VIII, however in checking the articles there is no review for any of them and at least clearly does not meet GA criteria ( Universe of Kingdom Hearts) having many unsourced statements and excessive non-free images. They also all appear to be articles on which he is an active editor. I have posted to his talk page to ask him about the reviews, and he says he "doesn't remember" and has now tagged one with the GAR. However, as he is an active editor, this still seems rather inappropriate. Should they be added back to the worklist? -- Collectonian ( talk · contribs) 18:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hi. I recropped and touched out the nice lady from the original photo on the new one you uploaded. Take a look and if you don't like it, I can switch it back. Thanks for finding it! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 20:42, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
There is now a {{ User GA sweeps}} template.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 21:44, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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starting a page in the 1939 movie Balalaika - which I've seen on YouTube - the sources I found seem to be equal parts mis-information and mis-conceptions. Should I go ahead and write a plot summary anyway, without in-line references, or cite references only where they apply? Perplexedly yours, Shir-El too 19:57, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
I am new to Wikipedia. As an actuary at the Social Security Administration, I was interested in what Wikipedia had to say about Social Security. What I found was generally fair and accurate, with numerous citations. I also noticed that you are listed as a person to contact about improvements. I feel that I can make some improvements, but am not sure how to go about it. If you would like my help, please let me know how to start. If you have specific areas that you think need improvements, let me know about that. (In particular, I am an expert on "bendpoints", which I noticed was listed as an open issue.) Steve.F.McKay@ssa.gov 173.69.178.40 ( talk) 01:45, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey Nehrams, I was going to send a request for the use of this Flickr set from the Office Space reunion, but I noticed you had already secured the usage of the image of Diedrich Bader. Therefore, I was wondering if you could try and ask for permission for the others at some point as the uploader would probably be more amiable to you, as you've dealt with them before. Thanks, Gran 2 12:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
i was trying to put this page up for debate, but couldnt figure out how to get that done ... i do like wiki, but it seems pretty geeky to use (you need to be an expert to use some of the functions ) --anyway as a physicist i am pretty sure any other physicist would agree the article on "atomic theory" as well as another on "atoms" is not at all broad in many ways... for example not including ANY mention of Boltzmann ... if you read the wiki on boltzmann you ll see how central he was to the atomic idea developing the statistical theory of gases based on atoms, which gave extremely strong observational evidence for the atomic hypothesis to be true which only a few believed at that time. On the other hand there is lots of discussion of baseless atomic speculation from virtually prehistoric times ... the article is unbalanced and not broad in coverage. It is a useful and important article and i shall improve it by addition (not erasure!), however before i do the research to be complete, i think i should first give others... possibly knowledgeable science historians, a chance to do it properly .
Thanks for your advice, i still dont know how to do a community debate on this, i will look into it, but i am sure in the meantime the article is not broad...and thus shouldnt be classed yet as a "good one", according to the wiki guide.(blanci007) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blanci007 ( talk • contribs) 15:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for going through the article. I missed out when that other reviewer passed it without giving it a thorough sweep. I was going to do it but it was quite late where I was. Thanks for the help! Andrzejbanas ( talk) 16:20, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
I had to look twice. Are we sure that's Peter Jackson!?! [2] Heh. He's just a shade of his former self! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for volunteering for OTRS. There are 161 emails in the English-language permissions queues as I type. Looks like you'll be busy xD Stifle ( talk) 13:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am the new member that you contacted that joined the project about films. I have a question about it. I wish to help expand the project by creating a page on the film Spider-man 4, however, some users tell I am not allowed to make a page about it. What is your suggestion on this matter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Valkyrie Red ( talk • contribs) 16:59, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, hope you are doing well! I am interested in making the Academy Award pages consistent, so on the talk page of the awards task force, I've been having discussion with GS and a new editor about a possible table format. I've proposed a template, and since you have done some work with tables, I was wondering if you could share your thoughts. Does the table have the proper columns? Do we even need tables? Discussion is here. — Erik ( talk • contrib) 23:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
That's a fantastic image. Thanks! Gran 2 16:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Do you take requests to pester Flickr users to re-licence their images? Bradley0110 ( talk) 17:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams. I know you've written a couple FL filmographies; would you comment at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Takeo Kimura filmography/archive1? Specifically, what do you think about redoing the format of the list to make it sortable? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 00:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams sorry for late response. We should be able to meet up with these criterias, I'll see if I can find a Somaliland Shilling. I would need to hear with my local bank, the references can indeed be a challenge to verify and clean up. But its all really quite ' managable ' its a question of dedication.
Looking forward to hear from you
Hailsgloryfus ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC).
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Thanks Nehrams2020 for the Barnstar! I be sure to tackle more core-articles in the near future! Cheers! Andrzejbanas ( talk) 03:21, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams2020. Just found you via your images in Wikimedia Commons. I'm studying Bay of Pigs invasion, and the alleged participation in it of a Douglas A-26 presently preserved at Robins AFB Georgia, but now evidently no such connection. However, it looks to me like NMUSAF records might have confused the aircraft with another preserved at Grand Forks AFB. I have never found any images of the Grand Forks aircraft, reportedly marked '434220'. If you have any present connections with Grand Forks, I would be grateful for a description of that one, not necessarily an image. I can advise on what to look for, in semi-technical terms. Feel free to contact via email, I'll monitor the relevant account. MTIA. PeterWD ( talk) 09:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Did not know I did that until now. I usually check edits by making each a new tab. Sometimes I will not be paying attention and hit undo or rollback by mistake. Total accident, my bad, sorry.-- Will C 03:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
Stop deleting the spaces from the markup. They cost nothing and make it easy to jump the cursor using the keyboard. See the templates, they all use plenty of indentation and pretty printing. -- Horkana ( talk) 00:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Barring incidents such as last night's IP editor who had an unspecified problem I am fine looking over TT once you think it is ready to go to FA. As it stands (barring crazy edits) I think that your improvements have been fine, but if you need anything don't hesitate to leave a message. Darrenhusted ( talk) 23:53, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Nehrams. I've awarded two awards, one to Steve for expanding a silent film stub which saved it from deletion and the other to Thefourdotelipsis for creating the missing articles in Michael Curtiz's filmography. Thanks! Lugnuts ( talk)
Hi! Can you please add a place for Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Pakistani cinema task force on the Template:Film? If you are not interested in doing so, pelase notify me so that I may ask someone else. Thanks in advance for reading my message. Ali Rana ( talk) 05:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, I'm incrementing my retirement down by 0,7% due to some pressing matters. I checked your page and, well, wow!, what can I say? If I were a more active wikipedian I'd award you a couple of Barnstars, but this is simply from deep down: my sincere congratulations for all your many achievements. Shine on bro! Hoverfish Talk 10:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Oh thank GAWD!! [7] Now people won't complain about our crappy Natalie Portman picture!! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 05:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Just come by and say you are a very accomplished wikipedian! Thanks for the voting notice. Best, -- Garbolia ( talk) 06:56, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
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The image was dead on my PC. Red blank. That's why. Now does somebody remember seeing Richie? Does anybody know why Richie did Bobby Lupo? Himalayan 08:57, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi. When I notice you reverting something fairly quickly, like you just did on Ben Stiller, is that because you watchlisted it? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm relatively new to WP, editing for less than a year. I'm a little puzzled at the criteria used for your recent GA sweep of the HIV article, as well as the frequency of sweeping to maintain "Good" status.
I have pointed out some POV bias and confusion in the article on the Talk page. To me, the article is too heavily laden with HIV= AIDS, even in the lead where it talks about orphans. It's important to remember that HIV is NOT the name of a disease (and even AIDS is a syndrome, not a disease).
Just yesterday, someone uploaded to the Talk page a long list of researchers who question the mainstream view of the nature of the virus and its effects. Yet, the article itself lumps all dissent into a POV section titled "Denialism". This sounds like the same kind of scientific/conceptual arrogance shown by supporters of evolution who call that theory a "fact". Science has many fine theories, but they change over time. I'd like to see a less domineering approach by the main editors of this page and a less insulting tone when presenting the views of dissenters. For example, renaming the section "Dissident Researchers" or even "Alternative Theories".
I realize that this is a very highly charged topic. The Talk page clearly shows posts by people desperate for advice, as well as various fringe theories. But I sense that some of the "keepers" of the article have their own emotional charge, perhaps due to loss of a loved one. Martindo ( talk) 02:47, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
This month's newsletter appeared to have been forgotten about so I've just spent some time writing it. I'm not sure what else to add to it -- this is the first whole newsletter I've written -- so by all means add to it or move things around. Regards. PC78 ( talk) 04:29, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
finally added. Took a long time to thin it down, and even so it's pretty long.
2. Another issue: since censorship was in effect (came across a reference while surfing the web) much of the implicit sexual connotations were not spelled out. Except at the beginning, I tried to stick to the innuendos in the movie. Please let me know what you think.
3. Not finished yet; plan to expand the cast extensively and add reviewers opinions.
I've had a good look through now, and I'd be surprised if you have too much trouble with Tropic Thunder at FAC. -- Malleus Fatuorum 15:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams. I've awarded Jimknut the award for his excellent work on expanding the Charlie Chaplin filmography article. Thanks! Lugnuts ( talk) 07:22, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi. If anybody removes the main image and replaces it please revert them... Himalayan 11:45, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, since my last note I am back in Wikipdia mainly to participate in a problem in the biography of Meher Baba, which after the article was protected for 3 days and the user causing it was warned, now it has moved in the article's Talk page. I have spent many hours/days trying to make sense but this user jumps from one issue to another, I offer him links to check the validity of my words that he doesn't even notice, and pages keep growing and moved in the archives without any hope for any outcome. Just complains, fuss, accusations, without any real point at the bottom. Here is a recent example: [9]. I and another editor have checked various possibilities of finding some solution, but I don't find anything. May a user keep using an article's talk page like this indefinitely? What action can be taken to stop it? I don't expect you to solve this case, but any advice you have is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 12:13, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Ok, meanwhile another administrator has intervened and things are getting smoother. Cheers. Hoverfish Talk 04:51, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Oh, and thank you for your advice in my talk page. I appreciate. Hoverfish Talk 04:53, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Just letting you know I've opened a GAR for Snakes on a Plane. You can read the reassessment here. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 00:13, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams, can you explain what happened to [[File:WarrenCuccurullo.jpg]]? The image is compressed in some strange way. Thanks! Drmies ( talk) 19:08, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
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I still haven't forgotten about Eastwood. I also wanted to expand the John Wayne article but it is daunting!!! It might be Christmas time that I make a start on Eastwood's article. Somebody needs to sort it, I have two books on him but condesning and extraction the main points without going into too much detail is the toughest thing. Himalayan 16:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I've started!!! Himalayan 20:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I did a bit of work to make List of awards and nominations received by Little Miss Sunshine a nearly as good as the List of awards and nominations received by No Country for Old Men. Since you created the list would you care to nominate it for featured list status or suggest what work if any remains to bring it to that status. Please reply on the Talk page for the list or reply here if you prefer. -- Horkana ( talk) 00:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
First things first. Hi, how are ya? Okay. I was looking at the GAR Sweeps list and had a question, which was promptly referred to you. I noticed that Jane Fonda was on the sweeps list, but it was reassessed and kept in April 2009. I wondered if it was necessary to reassess it so soon. Thanks. Oh, and by the way. There is a discussion on WT:ACTOR about the Razzie Awards, if you'd care to stop there and render an opinion. Thanks! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 14:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I will be requesting a photo from a living person for insertion into the top right photo box on her Wikipedia page. Is there a standard package of information that I could provide to ensure that the image would both fit properly and meet terms of use? Doc2234 ( talk) 23:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I was drawn into a hot debate by a message which may or may not be "canvassing." I decided to take part after reading the discussion and based on my own experience, not because I 'supported' anyone. Now one of the participants who's point of view was rejected has left me this message:
I feel strongly that this person is attempting to use the rules to manipulate the situation, but in all fairness I would like a second opinion from someone more knowledgable, outside the debate. Please let me know what you think, or whether you know someone I could refer this question to. {I would ask my mentor, but she is absent.} Thanking you in advance, Shir-El too 00:25, 10 November 2009 (UTC) P.S. Still working on Balalaika! Shir-El too 00:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Could you take look at the Charlie Chaplin filmography? I'm looking for support to make it a featured list. Jimknut ( talk) 01:16, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestions. I've addressed them in the candidate page. Jimknut ( talk) 20:24, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Noticed you made changes to 10 (film). Don't know if you had time to look through the history for the if you are interested in working on it further there are quite a few details that have been removed from the article as it was difficult to come up with citations for them. Notes such as: Dudley Moore only got the role after George Segal quit the day before shooting. Apparently unhappy at the amount of artistic input Edwards was giving his wife Julie Andrews. Also the production section in this revision [10] claims Melanie Griffith was wanted for the role.
It would be interesting to have such notes included - IIRC they were deleted without even a request for citation - but it is tough to get sources for older film articles. So much that can be restored to articles, so many deletionists too lazy even to request citations let along make an effort to find references. Oh well. -- Horkana ( talk) 22:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
It goes slowly, but it goes. Even begin to master url references. Yes, the plot is still too long and I'm a bit shaky on the Censorship section, but it's getting there. Question: should I add a Crew section or not? List of music is on the way, but will need help putting it into a table: title, composer/work, artists. And how about putting the cast in two colums? Thank you, and happy editing to you too! Cheers, Shir-El too 22:13, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Song of Songs (film) should actually be Song of Songs (2006 film) as there is another movie of the same name from 1933 (Marlene Deitrich) - or possibly 2005, according to IMDB - but for some reason I can't edit the page title. It also needs to be added to the disambiguation page. Why couldn't I edit the page name? Cheers, Shir-El too 19:44, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, just wanted to ask a question about the Tag & Assess project: I'm new to this & the guidelines page was pretty confusing, are we just reviewing & looking for errors & doing cleanup or are there tags we're supposed to add aft we complete our work on it so that you know we did it? I read thru the project guidelines but my eyes were swimming... Tommyt ( talk) 17:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Check out the diff. Article has doubled in size! And I've only reached 1970!! I am not too bothered with making it an FA, I just want it to be as informative as possible and good reading material. It will need condensing later hopefully not much, otherwise splitting into sub articles might be appropriate. Does the article look better so far? Himalayan 21:32, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Yeah it wasn't me who added -2007, some IP probably added it yesterday and it went undetected... What I was amazed to learn from his biography is damn this guy was a serious womanizer by anybody's standards. You know what they say about the silent types... Well Eastwood must have slept pretty much 1000 women from a young age. And when he bought the Hog's Breath Inn in Carmel he used to hire pretty waitresses (most of them under 21) and sleep with them all in turn in a room upstairs but if they went around bragging about it they would get the sack and a new pretty waitress would be hired! Everywhere he went Eastwood had affairs and one night stands whether it was with Italian secretaries in Rome, beautiful French film actresses in Paris etc. He slept with most of his costars and would disappear into his trailer at noon and later at 5 to have sex! About the only woman he didn't boast about sleeping with was
Shirley MacLaine from
Two Mules for Sister Sara. Both Eastwood and Siegel were scared of her. She was a night owl and described as being "stronger than a man", you know the kind of woman who would take the piss out of you if you tried to be nice to her. I was shocked to learn about the extent of his affairs and his wife for many years pretended she knew nothing about his affairs! He is mostly a cool, quite guy but as Don Siegel described him when he lost his temper he could be vicious, extremely nasty and you would not want to get on the wrong side of him. Very interesting not to mention a real eye opening! read.
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This is a response to your changes on A_Bill_of_Divorcement#Plot. Is there a guide somewhere that says film plot summaries shouldn't contain names of actors, with or without links? Almost all the summaries I've seen have them. -- Codrdan ( talk) 05:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
> I have been removing them
But most other contributors include them. Is there a way to get some kind of official decision or discussion about this? It's a general issue for films. -- Codrdan ( talk) 06:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for reviewing the above FLC. When you get the chance, can you revisit to ensure that your concerns have been resolved? Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 01:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
No problem, thanks. Doub95 ( talk) 23:06, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
hello, thank you very much for your great welcome, who are friendly. Greetings. Saod053 ( talk) 02:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I have commented on this. -- Jubilee♫ clipman 03:16, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for the quality upgrade to Golden Raspberry Award, much appreciated. ;) Cirt ( talk) 04:58, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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Another filmography for you to look at, if you have the time. Thanks, Dabomb87 ( talk) 22:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello again! After reorganizing "Critical reception" and references, I've "gone about as far as" I know how with Balalaika (film). Please look it over and give me your comments. I would appreciate it very much. Cheers! Shir-El too 23:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
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Think it's the same person? He's socked before. Going by his edits on Hot Fuzz it's him. Geoff B ( talk) 15:43, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Just found a movie on my list, Dark Blue (film) that doesn't have a contents box - never added one myself, think you could point me to the instructions? Thanks!! Tommyt ( talk) 20:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hi. There's an editor who has been actively involved in a dispute on this article wherein he removes all mention of a personal life section. He's now opened a WP:GAR on the article and has begun his own assessment of the article. He's given a week to fix the "problems" he notes which include challenging cites to the Razzies.com website (all nominations and awards from there are listed on its forum), Contact Music, etc. I have verbally challenged his ability to conduct a GAR on an article on which he's been in a dispute, setting time limits, and his ability to do so unbiasedly. This is pertinent since his GAR nomination was started with the comment "I am shocked to see that this article is still at GA-Class. Delisting it will hopefully lead to major improvement of the article." It appears that is his goal. Could you please do something about this warrior? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 00:36, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
Say, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Flywheel (film) article sometime soon; there's someone trying to delete it (and it may not be notable enough to keep yet) but I'd appreciate your advice to let it die or your help to help it live. It used to be a bit bigger it just got chopped down some by the same person who wants to delete (in case you want to look at its history page.) I'll appreciate any reply; have a good day! Invmog ( talk) 06:05, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I am interested in getting involved with the Good Article review process, and since you are listed as a Good Article Mentor, I was wondering if you could look over a review I did of The Baby Shower (Seinfeld). My review ended up being pretty short, so I'm not sure if I'm missing some issues in the article or if I was just lucky enough to pick one without any issues. I hope to review more articles in the future, but I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly first. Thank you! Cerebellum ( talk) 16:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
There is an RfC on Talk:Jennifer Garner that could use some comments, if you're interested. What a thing about Brittany Murphy, huh? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 20:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Found it on the list and have begun cleaning up and sourcing. No disrespects, but I removed tha tag so it would not be deleted as I worked on it. I just wanted to alert you as I am not finished, but believe it meets NF, even for a campy stinker. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 07:50, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
I have removed the {{ prod}} tag from Bite Me (film)]], which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think the article should be deleted, please don't add the {{ prod}} template back to the article. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! Schmidt, MICHAEL Q.
Wildhartlivie ( talk) 19:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Bzuk ( talk) 21:04, 24 December 2009 (UTC).
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We're so damn close, but unfortunately progress has dropped off once again. Any chance you might be able to spam another one of those updates you did back in the day [11] out to everyone involved? Two months of halfway decent participation will clinch this for good. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 21:01, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, so there it is. Hope you like. Lara ☁ 05:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. As I indicated on the progress page, however, I am not interested in reviewing any more articles. After the work I put into the sweeps, and the quick responses that the professional wrestling project has had to every swept article that was put on hold, I think it's inexcusable that (1) David Fuchs refused to grant a hold period for the WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006, and that (2) I received such a negative reaction from people involved in the sweeps when I voiced my disappointment. As it stands now, the sweeps will get done eventually. Based on that review, at least, it doesn't seem like they'll be done well, though. It was a good idea, and I'm sorry that it was ruined after all your hard work. GaryColemanFan ( talk) 03:25, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
File:Odeon cinema Harrogate Redvers.jpg has already been copied to Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odeon_cinema_Harrogate_Redvers.jpg and the image here has carried a {{ nocommons}} flag since July 2008 so I'm not quite sure why you placed this tag. ⇦ REDVERS ⇨ 06:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi, Nehrams. I see that you've tagged a couple of my [ poster images] requesting a reduction in size. Is the "less than 300px on one side" our only requirement now? Or does the total KB amount also need to be under a certain quantity? I've got several dozen of these poster images I'll need to reduce -- so I just wanted to make sure of our standards before I start. Cheers. — CactusWriter | needles 10:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the quality rating upgrade for the article The Spirit of '76 (1990 film), much appreciated. Cirt ( talk) 03:46, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
I have opened a good article reassessment for Ben Stiller, an article of which you are a main contributor. You can read my concerns at Talk:Ben Stiller/GA1. The article is currently on hold for a week, but the length can be extended if significant progress is being made. Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 18:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Boy, am I glad to see someone show up on that article and work on it. I've got Kate Winslet going under a good article nomination and Daniel Day-Lewis with a GAR in process and I'm trying to address Forest Whitaker. I was starting to beg people to take on Ben! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Nehrams2020!
I just wanted to ask you how you keep track of the film articles that have appeared in DYK for the newsletter - Is there an automated process that takes care of this? Keep up the good work. decltype ( talk) 12:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
...for the trees in the way. Thanks so much. I've been driven to distraction on here lately, between Kate, which I think will pass (hurrah) and other things. I hope this GAN will wrap up and things quiet down so I can concentrate on it. I think the filmography is fine, too. They happen. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:06, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
Did the tag and assess drive decide to remove Soundtrack articles? There is very little explanation in your edit summaries on either page. The soundtrack article for The Holiday (film) was merged back into the main article without being tagged with a proposed merge first. Keeping soundtrack information in separate articles seems like a good thing, there seems to a Project Albums doing it purposefully, and I was considering separating out the soundtrack section of other articles too so if the guidelines have changed again it would really help if you could link to them in your edit summary. -- Horkana ( talk) 03:17, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I thought it was the image. I have seen images throughout the web for different artists, and was wondering if maybe sometimes, I could put the link on the talk to see if it violates copyright.-- Textaholic ( talk) 00:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
In the latest section I'm working on there's a heading for a subsection of an article. The topic is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroki_Sugimura#Hiroki_Sugimura. Should this one be on the list? Tommyt ( talk) 13:52, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for at last finding a decent photo of him without sunglasses! I'm still working on it although progress has been slow over Christmas. I'm working on the 70s in my sandbox...... Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:30, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
I decided to split the early life and work and 1960s sections into seperate articles which I've written so far and have condensed it a little. The article will take a long time to write so it will be some time before it was balanced so I will split in stages once the full work is compiled by decade so those who wish to read more detail can do so and those who wish to read a more condensed version can do so in the main article.... Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:26, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. Don't forget though that I have two biographies and once I finished one I'll skim through the other. I'll replace half the refs with the RIchard Schneical biography if possible which may contian the same info in places to even it up a bit. Once I've done the 70s and early 80s it really is downwhill from there, the 70s was undoubtedly Eastwood's peak and prime... Now if we could get every film of Eastwood's up to FA like Changeling..... Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, another one, Samuel L. Jackson. Mostly it's just some additional sourcing, though there are a few "He did X, Y, and Z, and AA, and BB"-type runon sentences (I'm also not sure about the pop culture section as written.) List at Talk:Samuel L. Jackson/GA1. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs( talk) 21:17, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
on rescuing Forest Whitaker from losing its GA status. You did all by yourself. Sorry I wasn't around to help! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 06:28, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for saving Forest Whitaker too! Dr. Blofeld White cat 17:14, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the {{ non-free reduce}} -- the rationale explains why a slightly larger image size than usual has been selected. Jheald ( talk) 10:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi
sorry to bother you, but after looking around the Film project page and the SF related one I cannot decide who to ask for help on checking the page out I created.
I don't know how to go about making the infobox for the right hand side and wondered if you could redirect me to the right taskforce to halp me out.
thanks.. Chaosdruid ( talk) 04:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Expanding James Hill (British director); managed to troubleshoot infobox and references, but the last one has given the program indigestion for some reason. I can't figure out why the page is balking at it. Maybe you can? Please? Cheers! Shir-El too 20:25, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Saw your thoughts at WT:FILMC about Featured Articles in the future. I've been considering getting into the anniversary groove (having done Fight Club and trying for Psycho). I compiled a list of movies whose 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, or 100th anniversary will take place in the next few years -- mainly movies that are Core-class, are in the National Film Registry, or movies I thought would still be popular. It may help to set such anniversaries as deadlines, especially for films that really deserve better on Wikipedia. You can see the list at User:Erik/Sandbox. Erik ( talk) 00:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
We can carry the conversation here, if you don't mind. I would support a collaboration department, but there are a couple of issues to consider. First, few editors at WikiProject Films can research well, and a portion of them are "lone wolves" like David Fuchs and J.D. I consider myself a pretty decent researcher (and hate myself for it). I am concerned the imbalance will incidentally exclude editors who have not mastered the learning curve of researching and getting, particularly for the mostly older films on that anniversary list. I have provided lists of references and shared references themselves, which brings me to my second point. While I would not mind sharing for the department, I am concerned about the legal ramifications of doing so as a formal process. Not a big deal for me to send a PDF to someone who needs it, but I worry about doing this too frequently and obviously.
About comparing revisions, do you think there is a way for WT:FILM to receive automatic notifications of when it has been a year for a FA or a GA? It may be too tricky for the notification to include the diffs to compare, but a heads-up will help an editor compare and clean up as necessary. We could also write a specific edit summary for each year so we can use that diff from a year ago. I am not sure about that kind of attention for GAs, though... a lot of them frustrate me because "broad" seems insufficient to me. The backlog is a nightmare, too. I am not sure if I will nominate another article for GA status; I only have eyes for FA status these days. :P Getting back to the point, annual notifications of our articles would definitely ensure continued quality. We should adapt it as a formal process to basically ensure that our WikiProject's good works stick around forever. (For rescuing the FAs Casablanca and Sunset Boulevard, I'd definitely help but could use collaboration since the films have already been on the front page, which is demotivating.)
To briefly go back to the collaboration department, I'm glad people are interested in helping, but with what I said about researching and getting, these people may not be transferable from tagging and assessing to collaborating. The key to getting qualified editors is to expand membership. You and I have spotted editors making their first few edits, and we welcome them on board. Not sure about you, but I fell out of that habit quickly. We need to get everyone in on the habit. Of new members, a portion will not really ever contribute, a portion will contribute here and there, and a (smaller) portion will either have the researching and getting skill set or are ready to learn the skills. One way to improve our odds of the latter portion is to get film studies students on board, either informally or contacting film studies professors about an assignment to write a film article for Wikipedia. I had this idea when I was still in school but never followed up on it. I am not sure if it could work, but I have seen classroom collaboration on Wikipedia, so there is a small possibility.
Excuse me for the tl;dr. :) Hope all is well with you! Erik ( talk) 13:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for doing the re-review for the article Leo Ryan. Just a heads up, I posted a status update note, at Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 00:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Regarding your assessment of the Wiener Film article, I'd be grateful if you could advise on what you would think appropriate in terms of structure? I'm happy to work further on it. Also, I am surprised that you feel that there are grammatical problems with it - I translated the article to begin with and have just checked it again, and as an educated native English speaker can see no grammatical errors. Do you mean that you don't care for the style, whihc is admittedly very close to that of the original de:Wiki article? Please advise. HeartofaDog ( talk) 13:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
You recently rated this page to be a C-Class article, stating criteria 2. (Coverage and accuracy: It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.) was not meet. To help improve this article, what specificly is the article lacking in terms of coverage and accuracy? Thank you. - TriiipleThreat ( talk) 21:10, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
As a admin, you should know that if an album makes it to the Billboard charts, it automatically is notable. So why are you merging the Gone in 60 Seconds, Wild Wild West and Training Day soundtracks to the films? I went through as similar problem when the Blade: Trinity soundtrack was suggested to be merged, but another admin declined stating that is a related but seprate piece of work. Not only have all three made it to the charts, but Wild Wild West went double platinum and spawned a #1 hit single. Live and Die 4 Hip Hop ( talk) 09:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
We have addressed your concerns.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 22:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I see that you removed the image File:SolyentGreen28d.png from the Soylent Green article. What is it about the image that does not meet the fair use criteria? As far as I can tell, it meets the WP requirements you cited (specifically items (1), (3), and (8)), unless you have a freely available replacement image in mind. — Loadmaster ( talk) 20:57, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1, when you have a chance. All points have now been addressed. :) Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 20:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Heh, FA would be a longer term project for that particular article. Someday... Cirt ( talk) 07:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I saw you listed as a GA mentor and I need some experienced advice. I recently reviewed University of Miami and was inclined to fail it, primarily for a heavy over-reliance on references from the university web page. This was the fourth GA nomination for this article, and the previous review (in October 2009) failed for the exact same reason, which had simply not been addressed before renomination. The details are in my full review.
After a brief discussion with the nominator, I agreed to request a second opinion, as he feels strongly and I am a relatively new reviewer. No second opinion has yet been offered.
In the meantime, my review comments have reignited an old edit war, which resulted in a quick fail of the first GA nomination. The nominator is trying to improve the references, but I am afraid than now the edit war will block a GA promotion on stability grounds.
I am not sure what to do. Would you mind looking at this article lending me the benefit of your experience? Thanks.
Nasty Housecat ( talk) 01:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
I wonder if you could advise me on a couple of things. I've been adding thumbnail precis reviews of Kaels film reviews and I am wondering if it is o.k as regards copyright. Also to make the page look better I added images of some of the film posters. On the article When The Lights Go Down another editor deleted all the images which makes the article look worse, but if its the rules. I did the same on the Taking It All In article page. Am I breaking copyright to quote so much from her books and is the use of images on the pages disallowed? Even if I used fewer, just one or two instead of ten or so . Maybe the articles are overkill anyway. Any advice? Thankyou. Sayerslle ( talk) 22:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
a dirty sock to me [12]. Can you do anything about it? BOVINEBOY 2008 :) 20:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Back in the middle of the Kate Winslet GA review, an editor ( Abie the Fish Peddler) popped up and proceeded to do a complete rewrite of the article. I spoke against it, as did various other editors, objecting to the actions during the GA review and recommending that he stop. This led to questions in the GA review about stability of the article, effectively throwing the outcome into jeopardy. He finally stepped back and it passed. Two days after it passed, he popped in again, replaced a complete section with a rewrite, reverted it as a test edit, and basically posted a talk page comment about doing so and wanting to force discussion of it. The next post after that was from an editor with whom Abie regularly discusses things on their talk pages, telling him what a good job it was. I challenged that post as well. In my view, his actions also throw the entire GA review into question yet again. His post started out saying he knew he wasn't popular because of what he did (which seemed a little bit challenging to me). I posted a query about why he acted as he did earlier, and why he was acting as he is now. He not only refused to answer, he attacked me for questioning him about it, refusing to answer after 4 separate queries into his motivation, and basically saying my questions were uncivil and threatened to go to an adminstrator because I was being "uncivil" and challenging my "tone". To my mind, he is being assaultive in manner and by refusing to answer a valid question about why he would proceed to jeopardize a good article review and still continue to try and force discussion about a rewrite within a week of the GA passing, seems a bit pointy and aggressive to me. Could you please take a look at what is going on and let me know if my questions about motivation of action are improper? Why would anyone want to do this, anyway? Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Isn't Seven Chances (1925 silent) a film in the public domain? As such, why delete a screen shot of the film? Luigibob ( talk) 18:00, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
I just noticed today that my name was removed from the Active list of the Film Project without my permission or notification and that you were responsible. The explanation given (taking the roll) is not sufficient to justify overruling the express wishes of editors. Any good reason for your actions? -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 04:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
"helps to ensure that active members are reached for project-wide issues/discussion as well as receive the newsletter" ???? Makes no sense. How did removing my name reach me? What...??? Is that like how you call someone up by taking their number off your contact list? Is that like how you make breakfast by taking out the garbage? You "ensured" that I simply didn't receive the newsletter I'd signed up for and guaranteed that I'd miss out on "issues/discussions". Consider it done!
Here's how it works FYI: signing up for a newsletter is a person's way of saying, "keep contacting me periodically" instead of a way of saying "keep your word for a few months and then break it." Your blunder, N., and it's an obvious one that is basically no different from vandalism. Maybe you put up a notice but why would we look for a notice about receiving a newsletter I already signed up for and was receiving? If there's a problem with the newsletter going out to too many people (is that really a problem?), you could reference sign-ins to see who's still editing. Or make it a periodic subscription. Or just keep your word, the best of all. -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 05:52, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. -- Ring Cinema ( talk) 17:39, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
How do I remove myself from these user talk messages? Gary King ( talk) 07:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
No idea how this became a GA. I've listed it as C-class for WP:AAR beacause its need of formatting, and its lack of a description section. I can deal with most of your concerns on the talk page, though, but I know nothing of this species. — innotata ( Talk • Contribs) 20:07, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, I've returned to try and help finish up the sweeps. I admittedly left a couple of sweeps hanging when I had to abruptly end my participation. That's something I won't let happen again. I would appreciate it if I could get back on the "mailing list" for sweeps updates. I'd really like to provide a little energy to get this all the way done. H1nkles ( talk) 21:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello Nehrams- I wanted to express my dismay at the deletion of a critical external link to The Shining page. This link, channeled through its notice by Boing Boing is a careful dissection of what may be the most complex film ever made, is composed of fair-use frame blow ups and scene-by-scene description of what occurs in the film. I know the link is being used in a wide range of film classes at a variety of universities, and I am using it in my own, an anthropology class. At the very least, I strongly recommend a careful read through by the FilmProjects team followed by a viewing of the film and a collective discussion. Many crucial details are explored for the first time in these notes, most notably the reason the film's final date is exactly July 4, 1921 (it is the date of a famous Chief's curse-revenge) a date the main article addresses only as a general holiday "July 4". In many ways the pages have numerous updates that could and should be augmented into the main article, but the two editors, MarnetteD and WickerGuy, simply chose to delete it rather than explore what a treasure it really is. BEST! PS: Tropic Thunder was my fave from that year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 18:33, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Sorry, I am unsure how to sign off in Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 19:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Here is the link in question http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/23/physical-cosmologies.html -- 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 23:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks for your speedy response. I wish I could agree with you, but the double-standard is in full effect here. Half of the references on The Shining's wiki-main article itself come from purely web sourced material, never published before, much less verifiable than what you (and your two editors) claim to hold as a standard. All three of your collective responses to my notes are essentially rote, while the wiki-article is filled with the same type of data you label mine as, yet our data is epigraphic in nature, my sources are mesoamerican scholars that have spotted these things and added citations to the notes. Until you find some editors that are serious about that article and carefully follows the standards you are holding my link to, any decisions that have been made on its content must be viewed as arbitrary at best and lazy even vindictive t worst. I would get somebody serious about film and filmmaking to really examine how weak the article is, the paths for advancing knowledge seems to be camouflaged in these discussions. No apologies for my tone, film is not a hobby, it is one of the central collective tools for disseminating myth and the responsibilities of enjoining an audience to those myths is critical. You collectively control the central portal for knowledge, yet the data you exhibit is dated, mass-produced from sometimes decades ago. Where do I go to protest next? Thanks for your ear.-- 24.193.10.71 ( talk) 05:11, 13 February 2010 (UTC) I think you have some problematic editors in your midst, his dissection jumps the gun numerous times, and is the most perverse form of peer review I've ever encountered - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WickerGuy#The_Shining.2FBoing_Boing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.191.126 ( talk) 19:07, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
You may like to review the progress. IMHO more than 90% done. Needs your perusal & further guidance. AshLin ( talk) 19:30, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi Nehrams - Thank you for making the assessment last month on the One Terrible Day page. I have followed your advice and would appreciate a new assessment. Thank you very much. Perry Hotter ( talk) 15:41, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. I've been trying to find a usable copy of an image of Louie Vito for his infobox (one that show his smiling impish face, hopefully). Could you keep an eye out for one? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 01:45, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi there. We've had an increasingly acrimonious issue at Talk:Dawn Wells. Without replaying the whole issue, some time ago, Wells was convicted of reckless driving that started out with a marijuana charge. Those charges were dropped. There have been varying degrees of content about this in her article, with the majority of editors believing it was not notable enough for inclusion. It has been to the WP:BLP/N four times, the last of which was in the last two weeks. One editor, Proxy User has been the leading force to keep it in, having been blocked twice for violations of WP:BLP and edit warring for the article. We took it to WP:BLP/N the last time and basically, there have been seven different editors post to the talk page with the opinion it being given undue weight and that it does not belong. Two editors, one of whom routinely posts in opposition to anything I have supported or been in opposition to and one IP spoke to keep it. Proxy User has even returned it since the discussion began this time around. The postings from him and Chowbok have become increasingly outrageous and attacking. We've been accused of "misusing administrator tools to support keeping it out, although no one talking there is an administrator, we've been accused of working for Dawn Wells to keep it out of the article, of meatpuppetry, of chasing off editors (who that is, I do not know), canvassing editors (two were notified of the discussion, both of whom who had previously responded on this in the past and who repeated their views once again), bullying and scaring off those whose opinions differ (no clue who that is) and not to mention some very direct personal attacks and general nastiness toward myself, Dayewalker and the other editors has not changed. We have seven against the content, two of whom spoke from the WP:BLP/N and three to use it. Basically, what's been going on now is that Proxy User is simply denying that there was consensus amongst the majority to keep it out, and does this by shouting (in bold) that there is no consensus and consensus can change, although no one changed their opinion or withdrawn. What this basically needs is someone with more authority to call it closed, I guess. This has gradually moved to be an article where someone should be topic banned for his behavior regarding this content. I know this probably isn't something you personally want to deal with, but we need someone, this has gone on for 2 weeks now, each and every night. If you're not interested, can you suggest someone who might be willing to deal with this or "call consensus" so we can quit arguing this? Thanks. Wildhartlivie ( talk) 04:29, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Nehrams2020, I created a new article and there is an argument on it because it is an upcoming film. I have made my point of views on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/China_Spy . I would appreciate your input and suggestions. Thanks and regards!-- Garbolia ( talk) 21:46, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Hey. I ask you these questions since I know you're a major player in the Film WikiProject. I've been considering improving upon and writing a film article or two. I have good sources on the production side of things (saved my college texts from any film classes) but have a couple questions. First, is there any good way to find reviews or looks at old films? Some people have reviews up for just about any but most are just some guy and a website, tough to distinguish which are reliable. Second, are there any good tips/tricks for writing an article? I know they're definitely different from biographies; if there's a guide somewhere that would be awesome. Thanks, Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:43, 20 February 2010 (UTC)