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Assessment
Article incubation assessment

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelQSchmidt (talk • contribs) 03:28, June 12, 2011
 * 1) Does the article establish notability of the subject ?
 * A. It meets the general notability guideline:
 * B. It meets any relevant subject specific guideline:
 * 1) Is it verifiable?
 * A. It contains references to sources:
 * B. There are inline citations of reliable sources where necessary:
 * C. There is no original research:
 * 1) Is it neutral?
 * A. It is a fair representation without bias:
 * B. It is written in a non-promotional manner:
 * 1) It does not contain unverifiable speculation:
 * 2) Pass, Fail or Hold for 7 days:


 * Ready for mainspace.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 06:35, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

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Edits to Be Made
Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Rachel Maddow, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, and Rosario Dawson are all names boasted on the official website of the documentary, yet appear nowhere on the wiki page. The cast section of this page refers to the writers, politicians, activists, and celebrities as "actors" instead of "cast" or "speakers" in the documentary. On IMDB, all speakers are listed as playing him or herself in the credits. "Newport Beach Film Festival," should be listed instead of "New Port" so the page linked will take the reader to a working Wikipedia page. "Silver Docs Film Festival" is the outdated name of what is now called "AFI Docs," so the page needs a working link that matches this new information. Under the Recognition section, "Oprah Winfrey Network" should be linked instead of Oprah's Winfrey’s personal Wikipedia page. Online Activism section needs to explain that The Representation Project is the company that produced this film. On this page as well, two links do not lead to any real sources and the Twitter campaign described does not have any sources to back it up. KerryCollins21 (talk) 21:17, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

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Suggestions for some edits that could improve the page
Hello I am a student tasked with the assignment to evaluate this article and provide feedback as to how it can improve if possible. There were a few links that I found to not be working and lead to dead end sites. For example links labeled 2, 3, 8, and 20 were the ones that weren’t working. Under the recognition tab some of the festivals are only linking to the location and not the festival itself. Something that confused me was the budget link leads to the wiki page for the U.S., this confused me because I didn’t see the correlation. These were just a few of the suggestions I had in order to improve this page. Thank you JaleesaM (talk) 23:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

New Post Draft, Online Activism Section
The #NotBuyingIt campaign is a movement meant to empower others and call attention to the misrepresentations of men and women in the media. Newsom encourages youth to go against dangerous and negative messages that come along with the influence of the media. Stereotypes that the media promotes is what Newsom hopes the youth will overcome through the campaign. So far more than 60 million people have been inspired with the campaign and have expressed their views on Twitter. Newsome wants to make it as inclusive as possible for anyone involved in the campaign. There are many small things people can do each day. Newsome claims that they lead to a larger impact. Newsome believes that standing up to the injustices seen in daily lives is how we are going to put a stop to it. Another action Newsome wants to take is adding media-literacy classes in schools. By doing this, Newsome believes this is another way to educate the youth about how to understand the media and its messages.

JaleesaM (talk) 02:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

The article looks good. Perhaps a little more information would be useful in the synopsis section. Also, I'm not sure if the songs are in the order that they appear in the film but if they aren't maybe it would be good to number them and order them in that order, but overall the article is informative and looks well-structured. Ben 2cette (talk) 14:55, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review for JaleesaM
The new section you have added is definitely important for the topic and is explained very well. I would suggest adding citations somewhere in the first few sentences, as those are important facts to be verified on the topic. Grammatically, " There are many small things people can do each day, Newsome claims that they lead to a larger impact." can be two sentences instead of separated by a coma, along with "Another action Newsome wants to take is adding media-literacy classes in schools, she believes this is another way to educate the youth about how to understand the media and its messages."

Thank you for reading this! RobBeatty (talk) 23:37, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Some Suggestions
Hello, I have reviewed this page for a Communications Literacy class and I have some suggestions about the organization of the information as well as some notes about the content. As of right now, the sections are as follows: Lead Section, Synopsis, Screenings, Cast, Soundtrack and music, Recognition, Advocacy efforts, Filming locations and Online advocacy.

I propose a new way to organize the information which will condense some already existing sections and add new sections as follows: Lead Section, Synopsis, Contributing Speakers (full list of contributors), Production (this will include filming locations, score, other information about the making of the film), Release and Reception (instead of recognition), The Representation Project (deserves its own section as this film lead to two more films and a whole movement for change), and lastly Ongoing Social Media Campaigns (full list with links to their social media handles.)

Notes: - Just about all of the reference links are non-working or if they are, they link to The Representation Project's own website. - Under "Recognition" where it shows "Original Selection at:" and lists the various film festivals where it was up for nomination, each link takes you to the city's Wikipedia page and not to the site for the film festival itself which is not useful in any way. - References 2,3,8 and 20 link to non-working pages - References 6,7, 12, 15, 16, and 18 all link to the Representation Project's own website — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickels84 (talk • contribs) 11:12, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Here is the complete list of Contributing Speakers or "Cast" in order of which they appear:

Pat Mitchell, Jason Katz, Jim Steyer, Marissa Mayer, Jean Kilbourne, Jennifer Pozner, Margaret Cho, Katie Couric, M. Gigi Durham, Caroline Heldman, Gavin Newsom, Gloria Steinem, Jennifer Lawless, Cory Booker, Condoleezza Rice, Dolores Huerta, Marie Wilson, Devanshi Patel, Ranna Patel, Oliver Middlestaedt, Carole jenkins, Geena Davis, Lisa Ling, Paul Haggis, Jane Fonda, Martha Lauzen, Daphne Zuniga, Rachel Maddow, Nancy Pelosi, Erika Falk, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara J. Berg, Lindy DeKoven, Catherine Hardwicke, Jennifer Todd, Rosario Dawson, Jehmu Greene, Malkia Cyril, Jan Yanehiro, Jessica Shambora, Dee Dee Myers, Candy Crowley, Susn Molinari, Dana Perino, Montana Newsom, Christina Aguilera, Michele Bachmann, Chris Baker, Krystal Ball, Charles Barkley, Mike Barnicle, Glenn Beck, John Boehner, Mika Brzezinski, Pat Buchanan, Ursula Burns, Siena Callan, Tali Callan, Tucker Carlson, Alex Castellanos, HIllary Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Geraldine A. Ferraro, Tina Fey, Charles Gibson, Jaslene Gonzalez, Sean Hannity, Paris Hilton, Christopher Hitchens, Peter Jennings, Penn Jillette, Andrea Jung, Amy Klobuchar, Jay Leno, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Madonna, Bill Maher, Barbara Mikulski, Andrea Mitchell, Walter Mondale, Mary Tyler Moore, Tracy Morgan, Richard Nixon, Indra Nooyi, Bill O’ Reilly, Sandra Oh, Keith Olbermann, Sarah Palin, Amy Poehler, Nicole Polizzi, Dan Rather, Ronald Reagan, Nicole Richie, Joan Rivers, Lee Rogers, Michael Savage, Joe Scarborough, Ed Schultz, Carol Shea Porter, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jessica Simpson, Olympia Snowe, Britney Spears, Lesley Stahl, Greta Van Susteren, Debbie Walsh, Barbarah Walters, Oprah Winfrey  Chickels84 (talk) 07:55, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Changes to The Cast section of the page
In my previous post here on the "talk" page, I suggested that the whole cast be included in the cast section of the page. In retrospect, it does not seem necessary to include all of those listed. It is important however to discuss the fact that some of the people considered "cast" appear only in archived footage and were not interviewed directly for the film. Here is my new proposal for change in the cast section of the page:

The cast includes various speakers interviewed directly for the film, as well as mainstream media figureheads in radio and t.v. as they appear in clips of archive footage used in the commentary. Altogether, the cast includes over 100 well-known celebrities, politicians, and show hosts.

Some speakers who were filmed directly include comedian Margaret Cho, producer and t.v. host Lisa Ling, Actress Rosario Dawson, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, and Newark New Jersey mayor Corey Booker. [1]

Featured in clippings from print, radio and t.v. is an assortment of recognizable faces, including; radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, Fox News host Glen Beck, vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, and producer/t.v. host Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey eventually purchased the rights to the film, and has added it to the OWN Documentary Film Club. [2]

In addition to the celebrity cast, were several young people from the general public. A group of middle-school children were given the chance to speak in an unplanned interview that took place after a conference co-hosted by producer Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the women’s advocate group The Professional Businesswomen of California. [3]For a complete list [4]

1.) "SUNDANCE REVIEW: Miss Representation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-03-05. 2.)  October 20; Arts, 2011 | Marianne Schnall |; culture; Media. ""Miss Representation"—Poised to Advance a Media Movement - Women's Media Center". www.womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2019-03-05. 3.) "Jennifer Newsom on Her New Documentary, Miss Representation". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-03-05. 4.)  "The Paley Center for Media". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2019-03-05. Chickels84 (talk) 15:36, 5 March 2019 (UTC)Chickels84 (talk) 15:39, 5 March 2019 (UTC)Chickels84

Peer review for Chickels84
Everything that is said is relevant to the cast section of the page however I was a little bit confused while reading this, I think it is just the set up that was throwing me off. There are at least four sources and after clicking on them to see if they were credible I was having a tough time figuring out if they were, I would suggest maybe looking into more well known websites. The information seems pretty up to date and I did not see any bias view points. I think there is a happy medium when it comes to the information, nothing is underrepresented or overrepresented. The one thing I would suggest to to is elaborate on some of the sentences to make it a little easier for the reader to understand, other than that I think its a good contribution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joy590 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Concern about objectivity/neutrality of the background information
The background includes statements such as "the director makes the film's motives obvious to viewers watching," and "it is clear from the beginning that all those involved in the making of the film are making a social statement." These statements are neither objective nor verifiable, and do not belong in the background information related to a film, regardless of the potential motivations or biases of the filmmakers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.190.137.116 (talk) 15:09, 9 June 2019 (UTC)