Talk:Miami International Film Festival

Main Article
Revisions were made to the paragraph discussing in more detail the Festival's programming and focus. There is also a mention of the upcoming 30th Anniversary and the Festival's new dates.

History
A new History section was created for the main article. It is properly cited to comply with Wikiepdia's policies.

Awards Presented
A new Awards section was created for the main article using info from the Miami International Film Festival official website. The categories listed are for the upcoming 2013 Festival. It is properly cited and rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's policies.

The photo added was taken at the Festival and part of the official press kit.

Film Program
A new Film Program section was created for the main article using info from the Miami International Film Festival official website. It is properly cited and rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's policies. The photos added were taken at the Festival and part of the official press kit.

147.70.72.80 (talk) 14:18, 24 April 2012 (UTC)Film Coordinator, Miami International Film Festival.

Copyright problem removed
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editing of article by MIFF staff
The following message was left on my talk page:

"My name is Jaie Laplante, and I am the executive director of the Miami International Film Festival. I have currently assigned an assistant to expand the Wikipedia article on our entity in the spirit of sharing knowledge with people who are interested in the work we are doing, to capture the spirit of the learning and teaching that Wikimedia Foundation is all about.   We have been quite mindful of complying with Wikipedia's regulations and procedures so I'm a little mystified about why you have deleted his updates and blocked/prevented him from continuing to work on the article?  The material he is referencing is our own, and as a staff member he has been cleared to use it for informational purposes of contributing to the knowledge pool about Miami International Film Festival.

Please let me know how you would prefer that we proceed, so that we may continue on with the project. My contact information is below, I look forward to your positive reply.

Kind regards,

Jaie Laplante Executive Director Miami International Film Festival"

I am transferring the discussion to here. Applicable policies are:
 * Wikipedia:Verifiability, which requires that all material in an article be verifiable from reliable sources, i.e., "articles should be based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."
 * Wikipedia:Neutral point of view - "Editing from a neutral point of view (NPOV) means representing fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources."
 * Wikipedia:No original research - "Wikipedia articles must not contain original research. The term "original research" (OR) is used on Wikipedia to refer to material—such as facts, allegations, and ideas—for which no reliable, published sources exist."

Other applicable policies and guidelines are:
 * Wikipedia:Copyright violations - Do not copy material that is under copyright to Wikipedia, even if it is your own material, unless it has been licensed for free distribution. If you want to allow material to which you hold the copyright to be used in Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Note though, that such material would still have to comply with the first three policies.
 * Wikipedia:Conflict of interest - You need to be very careful editing articles to which you have a personal, financial or employment relationship.
 * Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not - Wikipedia is not to be used to promote, advertise or advance the interests of your festival.

If you know of reliable, third-party, published sources about the festival, you can list them here and let uninvolved editors see how they can be incorporated into the article. I advise you, however, to be careful about you or your staff editing the article, as it will be difficult for you to edit from a neutral point of view. -- Donald Albury 17:57, 24 April 2012 (UTC)


 * One thing I can say happened is that Laplante whitewashed the actual beginnings of the festival. As contemporaneous news reporting from the time shows, the festival began in 1978, not 1983, and under a different director that Laplante states.


 * And the festival itself cannot state that it "has introduced filmmakers from more than 60 countries to audiences in South Florida." Are they really claiming no theater in South Florida ever showed an Abel Ferrara or Almodovar film before one played at the festival? Whether that's dubious or not, and I believe it is, that type of claim has to come from a third-party source and not from the festival itself. Anybody can claim to be the first to do something, but that's an WP:EXCEPTIONAL claim and so must come from a reliable outside source. I'm removing that self-serving paragraph.--2604:2000:C5D4:1100:6C55:813:91FE:4311 (talk) 15:11, 8 September 2016 (UTC)