Talk:Beware! The Blob

Comedy?
Is this film set as more of a comedy film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by OktoberSunset (talk • contribs) 00:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Reissue tagline
Has anyone ever seen a poster or VHS box or whatever with the "film JR shot" tagline? I know it's been cited in billions of books (e.g. most of Leonard Maltin's film guides) but it's really weird that there are no pictures of it on, say, Google Images (there's a recent-ish DVD and a scan of a Spanish betamax tape featuring a portrait of Hagman and making the connection to Dallas but it doesn't use a version of the tagline). It really sounds like a joke someone made that's been repeated so many times it's become taken at face value, and appears to be a myth. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 22:43, 9 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Is this leading toward a suggestion for a change to the article? If not, please note that article Talk pages should not be used for general discussion, per WP:NOTFORUM. Cheers! DonIago (talk) 13:36, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Checking what the consensus is for removing a possibly mythical bit of trivia that's been uncited for well over a year but unsure if me sticking "Beware of the Blob poster" into Google Images counts as OR or not. Apologies if the context didn't make this clear. Cheers! BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah ha! I didn't realize you were referring to unsourced text already present within the article; I've removed it per your expressed concern. Google Images wouldn't meet sourcing requirements as they could be manipulated. Thanks for bringing this up! DonIago (talk) 03:47, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Cheers, wasn't sure what the etiquette was for just removing sections without discussion, even for something small like this. It's always struck me as a hole in Wikipedia policy that with things like that a pre-internet source can get something wrong and sources rebutting it from the online era (where things like printed film guides are now rare) aren't always classed as reliable but there we go, glad to see some common sense prevail =) BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 09:52, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, I try to be sensible. :p My personal policy, which some might argue isn't best practice, is that if it's newly added unsourced material then it's eligible for immediate removal (ideally with a note to the adding editor about providing sources), while if it's non-new material then I'll usually tag it but won't remove it until it's been tagged long-term (long-term is obviously a relative term; in my case anything over three months probably qualifies). That said, if it's a lot of material, I'll generally copy it over to the Talk page rather than merely deleting it, in the event that other editors are more successful at finding sources such that the material can be reincorporated into the article. Happy editing! DonIago (talk) 14:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Unsourced material
Below information was tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 14:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)