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May 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter
The May 2007 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. This has been an automated notice by BrownBot 21:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Sassovivo
Thanks for editing at Sassovivo Abbey. As ain't English motherlanguage, if you've time you could give a check to my similar San Liberatore a Maiella, San Clemente a Casauria and Santa Maria Arabona. Thanks and good wikiwork. --Attilios 11:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Segundo de Chomón
Segundo de Chomón (see the Spanish wikipedia) was one of the most important pioneers in European film History. I think he deserves to have his own English page. There'are FREE licence films to watch on the internet by Chomón. If you're so kind of propossing that article to be translated in the translations request page, or silent film buffs, or wherever, it would be great. Rohmerin 14:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I forgot. I've put more Spanish films in the list. Now, it begins in 1897, so, there is to change the template years 1920's, now 1897-1929 will be better. Do you understand me? Because my head doesn't work today well in any language :-) Rohmerin 14:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
May be you know all the wikipedians who love silent films, Please, if that is the case, call them to see the Chomón's films. I've created El Hotel eléctrico with its youtube link. It's marvellous. I'm a BAD translator from Spanish to English. There's no hurry if you can not translate that. Rohmerin 14:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
IMDB and Spanish wikipedia say it's from 1908. I had got one book abot Chomón, but I gave as gift, so I don't know. Rohmerin 14:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Not ALL the OLD films are a dissater. I meant, MOST of the films under Franco (1939-1975), about 98% of all them are stupid comedies, bad flamenco dancing, terrible bullfighting macho portraits, sillier comedies with breats in the 70's, propaganda films in the 40's, religion films all the time... a dissater. BUT Edgar Neville, that was a fascist, and that's the cause he's not known nowadays, made WONDERFUL films. All his films I put in the list in the 40's, 50's and 60's are BEAUTIFUL. He's for me the greatest director with Luis García Berlanga. But they were exceptions. There's an old film named El clavo that is marvellous. Oh much I loved it.
One man from Colombia is writting about Vicente Aranda. Great. I expect someone else do the same with other directors. Rohmerin 15:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
No, I didn't seen those Argentinian films. But they are on dvd, so may be one month of these.... I'm pretty busy watchuing classics and Italian films- And I have to see more Spanish films from the 40's and 50's that I've recorded. I've done another biography. I thank you putting the pictures, but please, keep the Italians. put the pics on the italians. I talk about it on its page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/Italian cinema task force Yes, I know, I have to learn how to put pics...but another day :-)Rohmerin 17:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Guay. ¡Al fin hay un sub portal de cine español! Guay (=cool). I know modern Argentinian cinema. It's popular here in Spain. I have to go out. You're worong with El 13-13 (what a strabge movie you've chosen! I haven't heard abbout it untill today), it's a 1943 film. Not 1944 if we use imdb...but imdb have got mistakes, you know it's not dios. Ciao Rohmerin 17:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Bangladesh Cricketers
Thank you for asking 'Blythed' to 'work on one cricketer at a time'. He and I are actually working together on these articles, with him doing the statistics while I do the prose a few hours or maybe a day later. He should be thanked for his hard work, rather than having his barnstar defaced by your unwelcome and frankly ignorant comment. If you have any other issues with his work please address them to me. Nick mallory 03:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
June 2007 WP:FILMS Newsletter
The June 2007 issue of the Films WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Please also, if you have not already, add your name to the Member List. Nehrams2020 07:59, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello!
Hi, could you help me please to insert the National Film Awards to the Template: infobox actor? It is the most important and pretigious award given in India. Filmfare Awards already exist there and we all use that, but I think National Film Awards have to be there too, even more. I've recently added that, but when I tried to display this on an actor's infobox, it didn't work. Please help if you can. Thank you, --Shahid • Talk2me 08:40, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you, --Shahid • Talk2me 08:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks you so much! And thanks for the guidance. I just thought to ignore this user who keeps re-adding a copyrighted synopsis. If the harassment exends, I won't hesitate to follow your instructions. I think you would be a great administrator if you tried, but yes, it takes a lot of time and energy. Just keep your really great work here. Thank you:) Best regards, --Shahid • Talk2me 17:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
British film lists
Hi again. In answer to your question you will want to take a look at them when I get closer to finishing. The 1800s to the 1930s will probably be fine just the way that they are. The 1940's will be bigger but may be able to stay as a decade. From the 50s on you may wind up wanting to split them by year, especially if you add a large number of photos, film posters or DVD covers. I'll let you know when I get closer to finishing so that you can take a look and decide what you want to do. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 12:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, I grew up in the mountains but now live in Denver where it has been hot, hot, hot the last few days. I have been avid watcher of British actors as long as I can remember and got to see a couple of plays the summer that I hitchhiked around England and Scotland back in 1980 (that was awhile ago now I'll tell you). Best wishes and keep up the good work. MarnetteD | Talk 13:33, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- The Avengers was one I got to see when I was young and I loved it. Here in the US they finally showed the Honor Blackman episodes in the late 1980's and that was a real treat. The original series of R&H,D never showed over here (I hope to get it on DVD one day) but the remake aired on BBC America a couple of years ago and I enjoyed it. I recently rewatched the excellent series I, Claudius and added a brief plot synopsis for each episode to it's page here at wikiP. MarnetteD | Talk 13:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Thai film images
Sorry my bald-headed friend. I knew you'd be disappointed. The source for Miss Suwanna is a DVD of a 2006 movie. Probably it's public domain, but I don't know anything about Thai copyright law. I've seen some Thai public-domain tags with a 50-year duration noted, but I'm not sure what Suwanna falls under, since the image was grabbed from the DVD, so I decided to play it safe until I can discover more. Anyway, on my 19" CRT screen at home, Miss Suwanna was bumping into the chart, and moving everything over to the right, so she's gone for now. — WiseKwai 15:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
I did see Cinema of the United States, which I checked out after I first got wind of the "image stripping" from the talk page of the Film Project. I'm not sure who the primary editor on that article is. I'd say public domain images would be safe to add, if the subject is discussed at length. For an idea of how images can be safely used in lists, check out List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, which is a featured list and contains nothing but public-domain images. I'm thinking the John Wayne filmographies could be FL candidates, if some Public Domain images - (The Searchers (film)!) can be rounded up for them.
On the Thai film location lists, I'm going to have to dump the fair-use images, much as I love them - Scaramanga and Bond, plus De Niro - if I want to submit that list for FL.
What's the link on your deceased actor rationale? — WiseKwai 15:59, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Searchers
My image removal took place some time ago, and I did not realize that they were in the public domain. Since they were screenshots, I naturally assumed that it was non-free content. Still, though, I think that the images should do more than just decorate the article, even if they're free. How are the screenshots free, though? Does this mean that any screenshot from the film is free? Or just what's available at WikiCommons? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not actively working on the article, so you'll have to take that matter up with the other editors on the film article's talk page. They may be under the same assumption as I was, so explain the free nature of the images and see what you can work out. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:49, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Casino Royale
What was the main reason for the failure of this film's FAC? Can you summarize it for me? I didn't pay very close attention to it. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry
Hey, I'm sorry that I haven't done anything in the past two weeks. I'm real busy in the summer, I barely have time to do anything. But I see that the wildlife of africa thing is doing great, there's only 23 articles left. I'll try to get as much as I can get done because I have so many trips I have to go on. So i'm sorry about the not being here to do anything and I'll try to do as much as I can do.Mattkenn3 18:27, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for Image:GeneralPushkin.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:GeneralPushkin.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.
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There is also no rationale for Image:007Saunders.jpg. mattbr 19:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
- You also need to provide the name of the article for which fair use is being claimed (WP:NFCC#10), and the rationale also needs altering as it is not identifying the subject of the article (it is one of the subjects) or the film itself (it's a character from the film). Sorry, mattbr 19:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Whar actors
What actors?
Caracas 2000 20:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Oil Gusher in Balakhany
Hi Ernst Stavro Blofeld and thanks for your great contribution to WikiProject Films! I had a quick suggestion re Balaxanıda neft fontanı. In English this title means "Oil Gusher in Balakhany", so I thought maybe it would make it easier for non-Azerbaijani speakers if we moved the page to "Oil Gusher in Balakhany"? Or if you think it better stay as it is, then we can create a page with English title and redirect it to Balaxanıda neft fontanı. Whichever you think would work best. Thanks and see you around! Zondi 22:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image (Image:ArgentineAliceinWonderland.jpg)
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Films
Hey, how's it going? If you're talking about the film infobox, adding more parameters may be a little overwhelming for the template, but I think the genre parameter would be a good thing to add. If there were set genres listed on the guidelines page and no more than two or three genres were added, then I don't think it would be a problem. I think I remember there being a discussion a while back saying that adding a genre parameter would be open to POV (I don't see how) and would include too many genres as people would add five or more. But if you got a more positive feedback by other members, I think you could add it. If you want to start a task force/department/project (whatever you want to do!) for Western films, that would also depend on the number of people who are interested in it. If its only a couple people, then I'd say use a department, but if you have 15 or more people a task force or project would probably be better. I probably wouldn't help as I got to much other stuff going on, and the Western genre isn't one of my top favorites. Good job on adding the templates, I can definitely start using the Template:Filmrationale as I normally just copy and paste the rationale from another image I uploaded. I might help you with the American films by year down the line, but again, I'm busy right now with GAC. I'll probably tackle a year or two and help out but it could be a few weeks to a few months, I don't know. Good job with everything you have done, and I'll make mention of these various things in this month's newsletter as well. --Nehrams2020 03:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
American films by year
Hi, I've had a look at the lists you've started. I think they're a good thing, and I'll help when I can. I've made some additions to 1960, but I'm not sure what you want to do in this situation - some of the film titles are the American titles for foreign films. eg there's a Kurasawa, and Breathless is French. Should these just be deleted? Also a couple (eg Boeing Boeing) don't have an IMDb listing. I didn't want to remove anything because I didn't know where you drew the list from, but maybe they shouldn't be there? Rossrs 08:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, I see. The list came from categories. eg The Appointment was incorrectly categorised as 1960 film instead of 1969 so that put it on the wrong list. Ignore my previous comment. I'll fix any incorrect entries from here on. Cheers. Rossrs 09:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I like the way it's been set up, so yes, when I get a chance, I'll come along and work on a bit of it. Rossrs 13:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- That sounds good, and the red links will also identify some directors/actors that need articles. All in all, quite useful I think. All the best. Rossrs 13:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Films - A Little list....
User:ShakespeareFan00/Film List -Any chance of making some red links blue? ShakespeareFan00 13:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
No it's NOT an atoll!
Hi there, as it seems, you created a bunch of onliner-articles of the pattern Xxxx is an atoll of Yyyy, Tuvalu, for example Motuloa is an atoll of Funafuti, Tuvalu.
Fact is, Motuloa is NOT an atoll of Funafuti. Motuloa is an ISLET of the ATOLL Funafuti, got it? Now please go and fix those 1739 or so other articles that have the same type of mistake.
One final question: what information exists about those 10,000 or 20,000 tiny uninhabited coral islets that warrants a separate Wikipedia article for each of them? --Ratzer 18:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Shut your mouth. I thought I was stubbing the main islands. If you didn't notice most of them are described as "isle" not atoll -even the template says Isles of etc.... I started with atoll but then realised they were actually small isles. There are only a few which are worded as "atoll". Please don't overreact. I was only trying to help. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 18:07, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- And no I don't intend stubbing anymore. What is the point in stubbing 2000 more islands as you think I'm going to if there is no info available and are only 50 metres wide? Did you have to be so patronising and rude to me? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 18:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- For instance did you check Lafanga and Lekena etc and all of the other articles not on that first atoll? They all say isle NOT atoll. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 18:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Done - a small error sorry. Was there really any reason to throw such a big song and dance???? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 18:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hi again, I don't know why you answered on my page. I moved your answer here so others can also follow the exchange. I shall not take offence in your insulting language (such as "shut your mouth") in order to get good results for Wikipedia. Please note I was talking about islets, not isles, there is a difference. Sorry if I exaggerated, but those 10 or 12 examples that I looked at made me conclude that all islet articles had this same type of error. I concede I didn't take time to look at all of them in a systematic manner. If my conclusion is proven wrong, all the better for Wikipedia.--Ratzer 18:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
OK thanks -I see you have done some very good work on islands -I don't ususually respond negatively its just your message was a little patronising and I am not accustomed to messages like this. Apologies for the error - but I'm glad you noticed and it is now corrected. I usually respond to people on their talk page otherwise many people often don't get the message. All the best and keep up the good work ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 21:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Comment
As I looked through your edit history, you sent the same message to other people as well. If you want some help with something with films: post on that project talk page. Don't just go around posting the same message to every films project member. I don't appreciate this at all. RobJ1981 19:44, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Re: List of American films
Sounds interesting. I'll see what I can do ;) --Emc² • contact me 20:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm... Why did I find lots of French/Turkish or otherwise non-American movies under the "Unsorted" category? How am I exactly supposed to work on those lists? Please let me know :) --Emc² • contact me 22:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
re: American films
I'm not sure what the purpose of the American films list is. We already have films listed by year, which I think should be sufficient. Instead of making this additional list, shouldn't users be trying to improve the existing lists? The scope of American cinema is far too wide for something like this to be practical (or useful). Also, isn't there a rule against publishing pages without content? Most of the yearly pages are [essentially] blank. I don't do much editing anymore, but I thought I'd put my opinion out there. Volatile 23:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)