User talk:47.229.2.237

May 2024
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at The Life of Chuck (film).  Mike  Allen   17:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Mike Allen - this is Mike Flanagan. The issue here is that there is one article, and exactly one article, that erroneously claims that Bleeker Street is distributing this film, and has been used as the only source to include this inaccurate information on Wikipedia. I know that this is incorrect because I am the writer and director of this film. Before you threaten to block me and accuse me vandalism, please take a look at the facts. 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:08, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The reason I am jumping on this is that we are trying to obtain distribution for this film, and having an inaccurate distributor listed online creates confusion with potential buyers and can be harmful to the sale. Please remove this. 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If what you say is correct, then you should not be editing the article. See WP:COI. Why was the film copyrighted to Bleecker Street Media LLC in September 2023? (Third party source backs this up. This is what we have to go on for now)  Also, I don't think a Wikipedia page impacts a potential film distribution deal like you think it does...  Mike   Allen   17:18, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Does Mike Flanagan really have time to edit on Wikipedia? If so, you should follow the instructions at WP:ASFAQ.  Mike  Allen   17:22, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Just posted a hello to you on my verified Facebook account. https://www.facebook.com/flanaganfilm 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't typically have time to edit Wikipedia but in this case I saw it and immediately realized the potential issue. I've also alerted our publicity team to correct the inaccurate Uproxx article, and to try to fix this page themselves (which is very difficult to do when there isn't a contradictory source, which there will not be UNTIL we sell the film to a new distributor), and I just figured I would try to fix it. I do, though, find myself wishing this level of pushback would be applied to instead to the source of the misinformation in the first place... 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Bleecker Street Media assisted with gap financing but has no deal to distribute the film. The reason it hurts a potential distribution deal is that other outlets use Wikipedia as a source for their new articles, and Wikipedia considers those articles to be additional confirmation of the misinformation, creating a feedback loop that becomes impossible to stop, and before you know it potentially interested distributors are thinking the film was acquired (and dropped) by another distributor. 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:22, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the proof on Facebook . I have removed the information. We can wait until the trades like Variety, Deadline report on details. I am not even sure if the website Uproxx is considered a reliable website. They may just copy information from Wikipedia.  Mike   Allen   17:32, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you Mike, I greatly appreciate it. 47.229.2.237 (talk) 17:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)