Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Filmmaking task force

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme
As you may have heard, we at the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team recently made some changes to the assessment scale, including the addition of a new level. The new description is available at WP:ASSESS.
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Please leave a message with us if you have any queries regarding the introduction of the revised scheme. This scheme should allow the team to start producing offline selections for your project and the wider community within the next year. Thanks for using the Wikipedia 1.0 scheme! For the 1.0 Editorial Team, §hepBot  ( Disable )  21:55, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD: One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
Members of this task force may be interested in commenting on the AFD for One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich. Ed Fitzgerald  "unreachable by rational discourse" (t / c) 01:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Filmmaking
Wikipedia 0.7 is a collection of English Wikipedia articles due to be released on DVD, and available for free download, later this year. The Version 1.0 Editorial Team has made an automated selection of articles for Version 0.7.

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Coordinators' working group
Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

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Are there enough articles on this subject to justify an Outline of filmmaking?
Here's a relevant discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

Now back to the question...

The Transhumanist 01:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
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Unreferenced living people articles bot
Okip  02:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing movie-related topics
Could anyone have a look at the list of missing movie-related topics - Skysmith (talk) 12:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm new here so maybe I'm offbase ... but on the main page it says that the Film/Filmmaking task force is specifically that "Topics explicitly outside of task force scope" include "filmmakers or other people". Yet the list of missing mover-related topics in section 8 is all about filmmakers and others. Perhaps this list is used in other contexts as well.
 * R39525 (talk) 16:49, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Filmmaking articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

We would like to ask you to review the Filmmaking articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

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For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, SelectionBot 23:01, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Autodesk Toxik
All,

I created an article for Autodesk Toxik from scratch. I wrote it under the impression that this software was notable, as it is the composition node in Autodesk Maya. But, other editors don't seem to think so. So I'm asking for help bringing the article up to Wikipedia Notability standards, as I am relatively unfamiliar with the policies. Since this software is filmmaking software, I thought I'd ask here.

If I've made a mistake please let me know. I'm quite open to criticism.

Thanks, Matthewrbowker (talk) 20:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Phantom Cameras
User:Randyfeldman has just created an article on Phantom Cameras which has been deleted as a copyright violation, he claims to be eMarketing Manager for Vision Research. I have give him a warning about conflict of Interest as he is also adding links to the company and the camera to the Digital movie camera article. Not my area if anybody here wants to guide him in the correct ways, if the camera is notable it might help to create an article properly with Randyfeldman help. Thanks MilborneOne (talk) 18:21, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

New article = Richard Smith (Silent film director)
New article, created, at Richard Smith (Silent film director). Additional assistance in research would be appreciated, feel free to help out at the article's talk page. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 16:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Help with Auteur Theory article
I am engaged in a depressing battle of wits on this page. The criticisms section is over represented, it is something I have carefully analyzed and found to be empty of anything but references to the work of the individuals (writers) who make biased claims of alternatives to AT designed to draw attention to themselves. Rather than remove (theories like schreiber have their own page already) I devised a response to it. Being that it is an esoteric subject, referring to work (directing) whose inner workings you can only know from practical experience (at least working closely with directors), it has limited citation potential. The critics are claiming superior knowledge of the workings of over those who practice (people who do rather than analyze for a living). I offered debate in talk but all I get is heavy handed editing by people who write about subjects like weaponry. There is a big difference between a combination of logical analysis, common sense and specific knowledge and simple weaseling, citation or no. If I am wrong it needs to be a consensus with at least some people who have an interest or knowledge of the subject. Thanks. --Filmmaker2011 (talk) 07:29, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Sound-on-film history needed
The SoF article is lacking history section, which should be added by someone knowledgeable on the subject. I am currently linking to it regarding some pioneering films relating to the RMS Titanic disaster, which will soon be a highly trafficked topic (upcoming 100th commemoration). ~Eric F[edit]

Factors on which exposure is dependent
Thought I'd call your attention to this just-created article. I think a merge or deletion per WP:NOTHOWTO may be in order. Shawn in Montreal (talk)

Hey There
There is currently a discussion regarding the lead paragraph on the talk page of Sony Pictures Entertainment. As it according to it's talk page banner falls under this project, some input from participants of this project would be appreciated. Regards. MisterShiney   ✉    08:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Women's History Month is in March
Hi everyone at WikiProject filmmaking!

Women's history month is around the corner, in March, and we're planning the second WikiWomen's History Month.

This event, which is organized by volunteers from the WikiWomen's Collaborative, supports improving coverage about women's history during the month of March. Events take place both offline and online. We are encouraging WikiProjects to focus on women's history related to their subject for the month of March. Ideas include:
 * Improving coverage about women filmmakers
 * Developing content about women owned film companies and organizations focused on filmmaking

We hope you'll participate! You can list your your project focus here, and also help improve our to-do list. Thank you for all you do for Wikipedia! SarahStierch (talk) 21:47, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Snow Business (company) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Snow Business (company) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Snow Business (company) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. - Gorthian (talk) 07:01, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

The Los Angeles Film School
I'm looking for input about a change I'm requesting to The Los Angeles Film School entry, which I noticed is supported by this task force. Specifically, I don't think an old lawsuit that was dismissed merits its own section in the article. I've gone into more detail about why in a message here.

I won't remove it myself, because I am following Wikipedia's guidelines for editors who have a financial conflict of interest--I am an employee of Full Sail University, which is a sister-school to The Los Angeles Film School. I'd be grateful if someone here would be willing to assist. --Tylergarner (talk) 04:31, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

New Book on jazz, race, and film noir
Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir by Jans B. Wager, 2017, University of Texas Press. Chronicle of Higher Education says: "Examines the varied functions of jazz in film noir, with discussion of such composers as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis." Potentially useful for several articles. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 17:26, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

RfC on 35mm articles
You may be interested in Talk:35 mm film, an RfC to overhaul the various articles related to the 35mm film format. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:19, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Help with Peggy Siegal draft
Peggy Siegal is a film advertiser who organizes events to promote films for the Academy awards. If you want to help then see Draft:Peggy Siegal — Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 17:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Pater Sparrow
Is this production person really notable? This page has many issues that need fixing. Bearian (talk) 21:00, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Scope, organization, and naming of pages related to Wide dynamic range
This is a notification to 6 relevant wikiprojects. Most of the talk page Talk:High dynamic range, though it seems like a long-running discussion, is only the last day or two since I discovered the renaming and other things going on there, much of which I reverted pending discussion. Please see and comment if this area interests you. Dicklyon (talk) 02:03, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Long take and slow cutting
Is there any difference between long take and slow cutting? Fences &amp;  Windows  22:33, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Allspark (company)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Allspark (company) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 08:58, 28 June 2024 (UTC)