Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/50th Academy Awards/archive1


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The list was archived by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 21 April 2024 (UTC).

50th Academy Awards

 * Nominator(s): Birdienest81  talk  09:06, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I am nominating the 1982 Oscars for featured list because we believe it has great potential to become a Featured List. I followed how the 1929, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 ceremonies were written. Birdienest81 talk  09:06, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


 * MPGuy2824
 * Consider linking ABC in the lead.
 * "comedian Bob Hope hosted for the" => "comedian Bob Hope hosted the ceremony/show for the".
 * "viewers in the United States" Should end with a full stop.
 * Vanessa Redgrave is first mentioned in the "Winners and Nominees", but isn't linked there.
 * "was held at the same exact location and the same date 50 years later of the first meeting by the organization." => "was held at the same location as the first meeting by the organization, exactly 50 years later."
 * "controversy from Jewish group for its anti-Israel commentary". which Jewish group?
 * "both Jewish Defense League protestors burned" makes it seem that there were only two protestors.
 * "The Color Purple has since equaled this record with 11 nominations and no wins." to "The Color Purple later equaled this record with 11 nominations and no wins, in 1986."
 * Rest looks fine. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Done - I've ready your comments and made the appropriate changes to each comment.
 * -- Birdienest81 talk  07:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * "controversy from Jewish group". Does this mean Jewish people in general, OR a particular Jewish organization? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)


 * ChrisTheDude
 * "acting, directing, screenwriting for the same film" => "acting, directing, and screenwriting for the same film"
 * "And we couldn't think of anyone better than anyone better suited" - some repeated words there
 * "In celebration of both the fiftieth anniversary of both the Academy and the Oscars" - don't need to say "both" twice
 * That's all I got in addition to what MPGuy picked up -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Done - I've ready your comments and made the appropriate changes to each comment.
 * -- Birdienest81 talk  06:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Nothing more that I can spot, other than the things others already have mentioned. The sources I looked at check out, with the exception of the part with the original works, and assuming good faith for all the ones I can't access. (You've written 1982 in the nomination, but the article is about the 1978 Oscars.) Ffranc (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ffranc
 * The lead section contains original information and does not summarise the entire article. It summarises the winners but there is nothing about Redgrave's speech and the reception.
 * The article is inconsistent in its use of words and numerals for numbers. It says "50th Academy Awards" and "40th ceremony" but "nineteenth time" and "fiftieth anniversary". Considering the article title, you should probably stick to all numerals, with the exception of film titles and 0-9 (per MOS:NUMERAL).
 * The info about the original works in Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium is not on the Oscars.org page. You need another source.
 * The original works are inconsistently linked: the ones with a different title from the movie get a link, but not Equus (play) which also has an article.
 * Change Pentimento (book) to Pentimento: A Book of Portraits to avoid redirection.
 * Add a piped link for La Femme et le pantin/The Woman and the Puppet or change to the English title, which the Wikipedia article is under.
 * ...Redgrave remarked in her acceptance speech,"And I salute you, and I pay tribute to you, and I think you should be very proud that in the last few weeks you've stood firm, and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums." There is a space missing. It's unclear who Redgrave meant with "you" here; this could be resolved with some explanatory word or by quoting more of the speech. The quotation is cut off. According to other sources, the sentence continued: "...a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression." Either expand it to the full sentence or make it clear that it is not the full sentence.
 * Remove unnecessary words like "moreover" and "additionally".

Unfortunately, this nomination has been open for more than two months with no supports, and has had open comments for almost as long with no response. To keep the queue moving, I'm going to close this nomination; feel free to renominate once the outstanding issues have been addressed. -- Pres N  20:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)


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