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• Lugnuts 12:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Films March 2008 Newsletter

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Re: Template:Jackie Chan filmography

Okay, we'll see what'll happen with it. I thought it would be kind of nice to have a link to all of his films on each of those pages in the template so the reader doesn't have to go back to Jackie Chan filmography to check all of his films. Convenience is a main reason on why I did it I guess. --Hasek is the best (talk) 14:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, that'll be good. I'll start sometime today on that. --Hasek is the best (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Snowhawk

Hi lugnuts I registred an accont just to add a page to Snow Hawk
(the Snowmobile www.snow-hawk.com)
but i must read the manual
Can you make a Page that links to the snow hawk movie and the snowhawk snomobile if there are an clean page for the snowhawk snowmobile i could edit the page

i saw that you made the Snow Hawk movie page thats why im asking you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Suneblocket (talk • contribs) 23:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Doreen McKay

Hi. I really don't feel that notability has been established for Doreen McKay. She was in 5 films (2 of which were uncredited) and then she disappeared. There is little, if any, substantial, individual coverage from reliable, third-party sources that I could find (the link that you added to the page leads nowhere and I couldn't figure out where it was supposed to lead, unless it was this, which does not really add anything from IMDB). Can you explain how you feel she meets WP:BIO? Cheers, CP 00:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Doreen McKay

I have nominated Doreen McKay, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Doreen McKay. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Cheers, CP 04:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

The Sea Bat

Hi, can you please write a brief plot summary for the article The Sea Bat. Thanks. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 17:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you please tell me if you have SEEN Sea Bat and where you found a copy? EraserGirl (talk) 23:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

A while back via a download. Not sure if this film is public domain though... Lugnuts (talk) 07:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Doubtful, I believe MGM made it and still owns it, I think it was part of the Turner acquisition - I am looking forward to lots of these lovely obscure items popping up on dvd. thanks. EraserGirl (talk) 10:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

LOL :)

I liked the Practical joke on your user page!!! It took quite some time to get that I have no new messages!! LOL!

Best regards, Shahid • 13:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Oy vey

So, reading the article Dorian invasion, I came across this sentence:

Toward the end of the 19th century the philologist Paul Kretschmer made a strong case that Pelasgian was a pre-Greek substrate, perhaps Anatolian, taking up a classical theme of relict populations existing in pockets among the Greek speakers, in mountainous and rural Arcadia and in inaccessible coasts of the far south.

So I never saw the word relict before, so I changed it to relic.

So I get reverted by User:Wetman, who considers it vile and inhuman that I even suggest simplifying the language in the article.

So, straw poll: am I a moron, or do people generally not use the word relict? AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 23:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Wetman never uses "vile" and "inhuman", and did not in this case, which AllGloryToTheHypnotoad must agree is the truth, because honesty is what civility is built upon, and a dishonest report is deeply insulting and fraudulent. So now, after AllGloryToTheHypnotoad reverted Wetman, attacking him with the club of WP:CIVILITY on his own talkpage, the article Dorian invasion now reads

"... a classical theme of relic populations..."

which, being a naïve misuse of relic, does give an appearance of "ignorance" to the reader of ordinary reading skills. Will you call together your fellows, as AllGloryToTheHypnotoad proposes, and lobby to get me blocked for incivility, after having edited Misplaced Pages since September 2003 without such a threat? AllGloryToTheHypnotoad says on his userpage "I'm an information sponge". Under the circumstances, this might give an appearance of disingenuousness: in the interests of frankness, might that be re-edited and another virtue substituted? (This page is not on my Watchlist, so I shall not return to spar with the posse you may call up.) --Wetman (talk) 02:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I've never read so much about something I care so little about. Lugnuts (talk) 07:11, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Me neither, really, sorry. Just needed a random individual to vent to. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Interesting! No, wait. The other thing: tedious! etc, etc... Lugnuts (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Stub categories

It is good of you to add stub categories to various articles that need them, but you're doing it wrong.

To add a stub category, the correct thing to do is to add the appropriate stub notice template, not the category tag. For instance, to mark an article as a drama film stub, you don't add "]", you add "{{Drama-film-stub}}". This will put the article in the appropriate category and also display a message asking readers to help make the article less stubby. --Paul A (talk) 01:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Redirect of Oh Map Records

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Film posters

My pleasure, Lugnuts. Nice to see someone notices :-) I hope you don't mind my occasional sarcastic edit summary when I'm replacing a poster that was deleted because the image description wasn't done properly. That's one of my pet wiki-peeves. Why can't a Deletionist bother to stick a simple "Fair use" notice in instead of removing a valid image, and wasting at least two other editors' time in uploading the thing twice?... But I digress and rant... Cheers, and happy editing! Dekkappai (talk) 17:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi again, Lugnuts. Here is a nice poster to Alkali Ike's Misfortune (1913), which doesn't have an article. I see you started the one on Alkali Ike's Auto, so maybe you'd like to start one on this film also? If not, I'll try to start it up later. Alkali Ike/Augustus Carney ought to have his own article too-- he was a pretty big star in the early days, I think. Dekkappai (talk) 18:56, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Mojica

Thank you for fixing up the Marins article and Finis Hominis. I wrote the FH article and am working on expanding it as well as the Marins page and his other films. Could you please check this area occasionally and fine-tune any new articles I might write? Thanks. Mike P  22:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC) '

The Boxer From Shantung

Don't worry I;ve expanded that one. Best way is to stub them first I think so clear red links. Lord knows Hong Kong , Italian and French film is missing in gigantic loads from wiki ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 21:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I know yesterday I created all the films of the Bengali filmmaker who is inspired by Sanjavit Ray, Buddhadev Dasgupta who has won the Indian National Film Awards five times for Best Picture which as you can imagine given the huge number of films Indian produces is a huge achievement but all of his films were missing. His latest film is Kaalpurush which I started yesterday. But a good way to do it is probably work through filmographies. There are numerous acclaimed Italian filmmakers and actor filmos that I will be working through. It does surprise you at times what is missing doesn't it ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ 09:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films April 2008 Newsletter

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Category:Black and white films

This category need to be divided. For example Category:1910s Black and white films, Category:1920s Black and white films, Category:1930s Black and white films, Category:1940s Black and white films etc. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 19:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I think this categorization is non-controversial and will be beneficial. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 19:23, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

New Project

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Speedy deletion of The Canceled Mortgage

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Mulholland Dr.

Hello again! I would like to thank you once more for your assistance and support in writing this article, and I'd like to let you know that I nominated it for Featured Article. If you haven't read it in a while, please do so. I would also appreciate your comments in the FAC process. You can find the nomination here. Thanks again. --Moni3 (talk) 13:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Are you sure that he is dead? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.134.79.149 (talk) 18:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes aalsaleh —Preceding comment was added at 22:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Cats in alpha order

Hi. You may want to review MOS:FILM. It does state to keeps cats in alpha order for easier reading. Luigibob (talk) 23:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

You have new messages (last change).

Heh. A guy who comes on Wiki looking for stuff to remove and to boss other people around. Looks like someone's taking the Admin-track... ;-) Dekkappai (talk) 18:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Category:Punk filmmakers

Hey there, I was just wondering if you might like to take on the job of listifying the contents of Category:Punk filmmakers, which is going to be deleted per the just-closed CFD that we both commented on. Unfortunately, the category's creator has been inactive for nearly a year. I have zero personal interest in the subject, and tons of other Wiki work that needs my attention. If you're not interested in doing it, perhaps you know of somebody who would want to take care of it? Cgingold (talk) 10:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow -- that was fast! I obviously came to the right place. :) Cgingold (talk) 11:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

It's hardly the world's most disruptive template, after all. I'd be careful about mass reverting him though, you don't want to give these policy-mongers too much of an excuse to whack you with trouts :) Codeine (talk) 12:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Note

If you continue to disregard user page guidelines I will bring the matter to the administrator's noticeboard. Nakon 16:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)