Talk:Cult film

Lede
The lede is waaaaaaay too long. WP:LEDE: A lede is supposed to be a summary of the article, not an essay in itself. - Altenmann >talk 04:29, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No, it's perfectly fine. That page says it should be "four well-composed paragraphs", which this is.  The article passed a GA with that lead. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Surely the paragraphs themselves could be pared down? I know this is an article of which you are proud, but don’t allow this pride to potentially cloud your judgement in this respect. Just my two cents Editmakerer (talk) 03:58, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The length is fine. MOS:LEAD says, "As a general rule of thumb, a lead section should contain no more than four well-composed paragraphs..." For some topics, four paragraphs would be a lot, but considering that this is a type of film that has a long history, it's definitely suitable, like with any film genre article or article about the history of film in some country. Furthermore, MOS:LEAD says, "The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic," and considering the article's length (about 9,200 words), fitting an overview into four paragraphs involves a lot of summarizing. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 13:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Wordiness
This article is very wordy imo, should be split a bit up. Habat1165 (talk) 21:46, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll prune it a bit eventually. I was probably a bit too thorough, but it's a broad topic, and – at the time of it was rewritten – it was still policy compliant.  Things could have changed in the past 10 years. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:28, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * WP:SIZERULE says when it's over 15K words, it should be divided or trimmed. Looks like it is around 9.7K words. So it could be trimmed to somewhere between 6K-8K words. And/or another possibility is to just split out the "Types" section, which is about 2.3K words, and leave behind a summary section. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 12:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, splitting out the "types of cult films" section was something I had considered. It seems like it could potentially stand on its own.  If someone did split the article, that's what I'd recommend they spin out. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)