Talk:Ghostbusters (franchise)/Archive 1

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
This article has been recreated- as a birthday gift to Clio, I'm pushing to try to get it to GA. Help welcomed. --Dweller 11:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

What the fudge?
Ok, who's idea was it to cram ALL the Ghostbusters articles together into one page? And do they have plans to work on this huge amalagm? This page is HUGE and still has erorrs from the carry over. (Animedude 10:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC))
 * Uhh, YEAH. I have been working on this a ton, adding over 40 references in a few days, finding images, rewriting text, making this one article much better than 30 crappy stubby non-notable articles were seperately. If you care to help, lets find references. Judgesurreal777 20:22, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree that this page is a bit unwieldy. --(trogga) 03:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well its a newly merged page, and all such pages need work, but it will be much better than a bunch of non-notable stubs when its complete. Feel free to help improve it by adding references. Judgesurreal777 03:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I can understand what was tryign to be done here, but to merge so many pages into one? It's a bit unruly. Perhaps they all cound be condensed into 3 or 4 instead of one. Such as Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters characters, Ghostbusters videogames, and Ghostbusters equipment. (Animedude 06:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC))
 * That sounds like a good idea, but the fact is that a characters or equipment article would probably not have enough references to stand on their own, and a video game one is marginal. Lets give this one a little bit to build up, I hope to reference everything in the article over the next few weeks; if it's still really big, then we can start branching it off; if, however, it shrinks as we cut uncitable information and gets much more managable, we may not need to. Sound like a plan? Judgesurreal777 11:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This page should not have been created without merge proposals and discussions. Merging a whole bunch of articles on a well known topic like this without significant notice is not a good idea. --Jtalledo (talk) 04:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems ok so far, its better than the stubs that it replaced. Some of the articles may come back after a while if they can assert their notability, but otherwise, people can be bold on wikipedia, and don't need peoples permission for every single thing they do. Judgesurreal777 05:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, WP:BOLD also says don't be reckless either and that includes making sweeping changes like dumping lots of content into one article without advance notice. Don't get me wrong, I agree with the merge but it should have been done with more advance notification on the discussion pages of the merged articles. --Jtalledo (talk) 11:02, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I will remember that in the future, I assure you, and I'm thankful you guys have given me the opportunity to improve the article before splitting them up. Judgesurreal777 12:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * But when is that going to happen? --(trogga) 19:23, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * When someone establishes that a well written article can be created by the splitting out one of the topics of this article, and not become yet another stubby article with no hope of improvement. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 19:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Novels Section Inconsistency
There's an inconsistency in the novels section. One sentence the novel took place 2 years after the events of Ghostbusters 2 and then another says that it took place 5 years after the events of Ghostbusters 2. Which one is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cool dood 1983 (talk • contribs) 07:29, July 29, 2008

Fan Films?
I'm not sure there's any reason to have the completely uninfluential fanfilm listed at the bottom of this page. I also suspect it was added by one of the people involved in the project for publicity, but I'm unable to prove that assertion. Removing pending discussion. Why should it be mentioned? It's not part of the franchise. MrKeith2317 06:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There should be an Article Ghostbusters Fan Films. There can be a separate subsection for each one. They are noteworthy and I (A fan with no personal involvement in the making of, just for the record) can provide links to some articles from other sites and newspapers that have mentioned it including imdb.com, comics2film.com, and the Freddy vs GB site has a clipping from a newspaper, etc.

Besides The first one won an award and the second had a public screening/debut at a Denver theater. There were two full articles for each one, but were erased. Dr. Stantz 28 November 2007

Roleplaying Game
Shouldn't the RPG get more of a mention that just being featured in tiny print at the bottom of the article? ChrisStansfield Contribs 02:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably. I remember the old page being pretty full. If that information can be sorced, then we should remake that old page. (Animedude 04:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC))
 * That particular article still exists, it didn't get merged, but yes more information on it could be appropriate here. Judgesurreal777 05:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

The languages
Why did someone removed the language-section? Egon Eagle (talk) 16:00, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


 * "pure cruft and trivia" was the reason given by the remover, whatever that means magnius (talk) 16:11, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * that kind of information is not desired or needed for the article, it is trivia, with extremly low importance, so it shouldn't be included in the article, or any other. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 19:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

The novel
From the article:
 * Ghostbusters: The Return is a 2004 novel written by long-time science fiction writer Sholly Fisch in celebration of the franchise's 20th anniversary. Set two years after Ghostbusters II, the novel revolves around Peter Venkman running for mayor of New York City and an ancient entity trying to conquer the world by bringing urban legends to life.


 * In the novel, it is five years after the events of Ghostbusters II. The group finds themselves once again neck-deep in ghosts and ghouls as some of the most unsettling urban legends — like the hook-handed killer in Lovers' Lane and The Vanishing Hitchhiker — all come to deadly life! But the worst is yet to come for Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore — and quite possibly the people of New York: the Ghostbusters' leader, Peter Venkman, has been chosen by an independent political party to be their candidate¨for Mayor! With the city reeling under a supernatural reign of terror, can the Ghostbusters stop the arrival of an ancient fear-demon in time to save Election Day — or should Venkman start looking for another job already?


 * The company that published the novel is no longer in business, and the novel only saw one printing. The book is now a sought out collectible for Ghostbusters fans due its limited printing. [Bolding is mine for emphasis]

So which is it? Is it set two years after Ghostbusters II or five years after that film? —--MicahBrwn (talk) 17:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

It says that there is a theme park in 2010. It's only 2008!Abce2 (talk) 00:51, 5 December 2008 (UTC)Abce2

Ghostbusters Wiki
Should we use Ghostbusters Wiki on external links? Egon Eagle (talk) 19:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, if the facts on Ghostbusters Wiki aren't sourced, then they aren't reliable. If they are sourced, we should just use the sources that it provides (assuming they're reliable).  Ol Yeller  '''Talktome 04:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Sections/Articles
I'm not sure what the history on this article is but I think it's a merge from many articles. I assume that there were either pages for each film and/or pages for each character. Perhaps this has been discussed but I think it needs discussed again. This article is quite large and many of the sections could be easily split into individual articles. Each film can be its own article and possible each character (if not an article about that covers all Ghostbusters characters). This would be in accordance with the presidents set for by other film articles as you can see with Harry Potter, Star Wars, and The Godfather which have all received good Wiki ratings. Any thoughts? Ol Yeller '''Talktome 04:51, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Television
|"In another episode, Homer believes a family counselor is an angel and compares him to the likes of Bagger Vance, Dudley from The Preacher's Wife and Slimer." Is that really relevant to the article as a whole or does it indicate a copy paste job from another source? I would like to put it up for deletion. IRMacGuyver (talk) 07:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Ghostbusters 3 Movie release date
Has anybody found out the release date for the third movie? --"I am an oktau and a baka at times but deny proven facts and you got a fight" comment added by Dragonmaster88 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If there was a release date it would be on here by now. magnius (talk) 19:44, 17 June 2009 (UTC)