Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by American Hustle/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by SchroCat 08:47, 13 June 2014 (UTC).

List of accolades received by American Hustle

 * Nominator(s):  Corvoe  (speak to me)  14:19, 21 April 2014 (UTC), Cowlibob (talk) 14:19, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Myself and are nominating this for featured list because it meets the six criteria for a featured list: prose, comprehensiveness, structure, style and stability. The article is well written and features professional standards of writing. The lead provides a description of American Hustle, the venues in which it was shown, the nominations and awards which it has received, and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. The article comprehensively addresses all of the nominations and awards that American Hustle received with proper citation. The length of the list is appropriate for the subject, provides suitable supplementary information to the main article and does not duplicate information. The list is easy to navigate through and includes helpful section headings. The list fully complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour. There are no red-linked items. The picture of Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet at the 70th Golden Globe Awards is freely licensed and helps to illustrate the article. The article is stable. The content has not changed significantly during the last few weeks.  Corvoe  (speak to me)  14:19, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Comments by Betty Logan I think I can broadly support this, but here a few observations:
 * 1) The film has grossed a worldwide total of over $251 million on a budget of $40 million, making it a box-office success. – Per MOS:FILM editors should refrain from making subjective claims about whether the film was a financial success. Box Office Mojo doesn't draw any conclusions about profitability etc.
 * 2) Upon release, it was met with widespread critical acclaim and has a 93 percent rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on a sample of 243 reviews – Per WP:AGG aggregators don't determine whether a film was acclaimed or not; they just tot up the number of positive/negative reviews. Instead of saying the film "met with widespread critical acclaim", you should simply state that "Upon release, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 243 reviews and judged 93 percent to be positive". Also, I believe that critics submit their reviews to Rotten Tomatoes which makes it a survey as opposed to a sample.
 * 3) The blue writing on the blue background in the infobox fails the WCAG AAA contrast text. You can check color combinations at: http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/. I suggest changing it to a non-blue background.
 * 4) In the Broadcast Film Critics Association entry, Christian Bale is unnecessarily linked again.
 * 5) There are several entries such as with the Central Ohio Film Critics Association entry where you have "Amy Adams (also for Man of Steel and Her)" and "Jennifer Lawrence (also for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)". This is slightly ambiguous: do you mean that the actresses received further nominations in the same category or that it was a single nomination shared across several films? This re-occurs for Chritsian Bale and the London Film Critics Circle Awards. If it was a single nomination for several films this should be made clear. If you wish to see an example of the confusion this can cause see  and.
 * Overall this is a comprehenisve and well-sourced list. If the above issues are resolved it has my unreserved support. Betty Logan (talk) 17:49, 22 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your comments! Everything but the colour change has been done. I'm having an issue figure out the actual colour of the blue links in order to fix it. It seems like nothing short of black will pass the test. And I also don't think the colour change needs to be done; virtually every film accolades page, and all but one (Up) of the Featured List pages with an info box (An Education, Atonement, Avatar, Black Swan, Frida, Gosford Park, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Lords of the Rings series, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mr. Nobody, My Week with Marilyn, Precious, Ratatouille, Sense and Sensibility, the Spider-Man series, True Grit, Up in the Air, WALL-E, Winter's Bone, and The Young Victoria) use the colour scheme currently on this page. It seems like it's been okay for a really long time to have that formatting, and appears to be more or less a standard at this point. I'm a little reluctant to change it, truthfully, and I don't think it's particularly necessary unless we also want to change the colours for every article I listed. If that's what is decided, then that's fine, but it seems a bit excessive.  Corvoe  (speak to me)  12:40, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * These are just suggestions, not demands. I am pleased you have adopted most of them and just so there is no confusion I support the list's promotion. Betty Logan (talk) 16:18, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I apologize, Betty. I didn't mean to imply that you were being demanding. It was a bit of overkill to list all of those, I admit. Again, I apologize. Thank you very much for your support and your help!  Corvoe  (speak to me)  14:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support – I cannot comment on the comprehensiveness of the list due to my limited knowledge on the topic. Rest all looks good to me. &mdash; Vensatry (ping) 14:11, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much!  Corvoe  (speak to me)  14:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Support: A great list on a wonderful film! Well done. :) -- KRIMUK  90  ✉  14:10, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your support! Cowlibob (talk) 14:27, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

– SchroCat (talk) 08:56, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


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