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Need help about two photos

I recently uploaded several photos from the latest Cannes festival and I need some help to identify two persons. The photo on the left shows the cast and crew of the film High strung. I identified the bearded gentleman on the left as Paul Freeman, who stars in the film, but I may be wrong. Could anyone confirm that it is indeed him or, if not, tell me who this is ?

So far, I could not identify the lady in the photo on the right. Does anyone have an idea about who she is ? Thanks a lot, Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 09:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi. You could also try posting here too, with a few more eyes looking at your query. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:42, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll copy the message there. Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 08:01, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

@User:Jean-Jacques Georges: The guy next to Jane Seymour is director/producer David Green. Not connected to the movie, but seems to be a friend of JS (another pic of him). --Paulae (talk) 15:17, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks a lot ! Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 22:21, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Notice of spam blacklist discussion

This is a notice that a frequently used source by this project, http://www.screenrant.com, has been requested (and added) to the MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. The request can be found here, and the request for removal can be found here. Editors are invited to weigh in. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:45, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Discussion about moving/retitling the page for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group...

Hi. In case editors would like to join in, there is a talk page discussion about moving/retitling the page for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. 76.235.248.47 (talk) 12:58, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Dispute over critical response summary at Jupiter Ascending

Hi, comments requested at Talk:Jupiter Ascending#Critical response summary removed. One user is intent on changing "mixed to negative" critical response summary to "generally negative". My compromise is to remove the summary entirely, even if it is technically consistent with both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:36, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Plot summary notices as "official" warnings?

I (primarily) designed and have been using the Template:uw-plotsum1 and (rarely) Template:uw-plotsum2 user warning templates for quite some time in situations where editors added significant amounts of material to plot summaries, beyond that delineated at WP:FILMPLOT and the other relevant areas.

I've found myself wondering whether it might be worth making an effort to get these templates added to Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace, and from there possibly added to Twinkle. I think the biggest pro and con of such an effort would be that the templates would likely receive a great deal more scrutiny than they have to this point. I don't think anyone's expressed any concern about the templates as they stand now, but it's possible that with more editors paying attention to them they might prove contentious in a manner they have not to this point.

For anyone wondering why there's no level 3 or 4 on these, the theory has been that anyone who needed that level of warning on this type of behavior was, at that point, either edit-warring or at least engaging in disruptive editing, for which there are already warning templates available.

I'd very much like to know what other editors think before I take any action. Thanks for your input! DonIago (talk) 12:53, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Plot bloat is probably the single biggest problem on film articles so I support having a template. That said you probably only need the one though, because if an editor chooses to restore the detail after receiving the first notice it is not because they aren't aware of the various guidelines governing synopses and you are going to have to have a proper conversation with them. Betty Logan (talk) 13:32, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

I agree with everything which Betty Logan said above. There is definitely a need for a template, and a single template should suffice. If the editor reverts after the template is affixed, a talk page discussion is warranted, else an edit war might ensue. Regarding adding the template on Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace, if that makes it easier to keep plotbloat in check, than I'm all for it. I wouldn't worry about any subsequent scrutiny, in my eyes that's a good thing. Onel5969 (talk) 13:41, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

I think this would be very handy. This popped up on my watchlist recently and I wasn't sure how to tackle it. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:11, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks all. The request to have them added can be found here. DonIago (talk) 15:06, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Inland Empire

Art film? Mystery film? Please see the discussion. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 18:26, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Category for films set in "a single room"?

Had someone ask me about films set in a single location such as 12 Angry Men or My Dinner with Andre. I figured there might be an appropriate category but didn't see one (at least, not one listed under Category:Films by setting.

Any thoughts for a helpful category? If not, any thoughts as to whether it might be worth setting one up? DonIago (talk) 14:58, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Is there a category in Films by setting? Do the child categories of that suggest anything? Otherwise I'd suggest Films set in a single room. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:03, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I think this might head to WP:CFD, much like films set within one day did some time ago. Is it defining to all these films? And could a list do a better job? Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

It could be, if the articles for the films had sourced discussion of the setting. Or the category (or list, for that matter) could attract all kinds of inappropriate inclusions and get nuked. I wasn't really planning to build it myself, it just seemed like something potentially worth pursuing, for anyone so inclined. I can't say whether a list might be a better choice. DonIago (talk) 19:45, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it could be. If it is, it justifies the category (and for 24:The Movie too). A student production might be set in one room because it's cheaper – that's not defining. Yet if Harold Pinter does it, it's going to be for some dramatic and defining purpose. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:55, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I'd support a list, and would probably fit into this category with lists like this and this. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:55, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Help with notability

I need some help determining notability for the article Adi Hasak. Long story short, it's an article created by a COI editor. There's an assertion of notability here but not the strongest one and there is some mention in the press, but not a whole lot. Do you guys think that he passes notability guidelines as a whole or should this go to AfD? I admit that there is some trouble at the article with the COI editor and JBH has tried working with them without a whole lot of success, so I do feel that I need to put that out there if anyone's interested in helping with the article. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:28, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

I think being the creator of the TV show is enough for notability. I see you've given them clear information on their talkpage about COI, so if they chose to ignore that, they'll be blocked. In the event of them coming back as an IP/sock, the page can be protected. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 07:14, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

I responded on the article's talk page, but I think he's probably notable. Besides what Lugnuts said, there's some discussion of his writing in a few of the reviews I posted. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 08:50, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Permit WP:Red links in WP:Navboxes?

Opinions are needed on the following matter: Wikipedia talk:Red link#Proposal regarding redlinks in navigation templates; subsection is at Wikipedia talk:Red link#Revision proposal. A WP:Permalink for the matter is here. Flyer22 (talk) 06:43, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945 film)

There is a Request for Comments at Talk:Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945 film) concerning how to characterize the process for an earlier version of the movie. You are encouraged to express your views in the RFC. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:25, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Just alerting the community again about this RfC. Not a whole lot of comments so far. Onel5969 (talk) 01:26, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

List of highest-grossing films: Who's in third?

Hello all! I had a query involving how we decide where to put films that are considered the highest grossing, due to a discrepancy between websites on how much money Furious 7 and The Avengers have made. Please see this discussion to contribute to the conversation. Thank you! (Also I guess I'm editing articles again, yippee!) Sock (tock talk) 17:06, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Cfd

Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_June_22#Category:Documentary_films_about_the_film_industry. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:27, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Lilian Constantini

Can someone please transfer this picture to Wikimedia Commons? I am not sure if we are allowed to do so, and which license to use. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:15, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Copyright Violation Detection - EranBot Project

A new copy-paste detection bot is now in general use on English Wikipedia. Come check it out at the EranBot reporting page. This bot utilizes the Turnitin software (ithenticate), unlike User:CorenSearchBot that relies on a web search API from Yahoo. It checks individual edits rather than just new articles. Please take 15 seconds to visit the EranBot reporting page and check a few of the flagged concerns. Comments welcome regarding potential improvements. These likely copyright violations can be searched by your topic of interest, e.g., control-f "WikiProject Film."--Lucas559 (talk) 22:19, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

IP user and plot summaries

Late yesterday (UTC) I notified another editor of "Some troubles on your watchlist, maybe" [1]. In reply I was directed to your archive for March 30/31 this year, namely Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Archive 56#IP user and plot summaries. At least User:Flyer22 had previously engaged this person (multiple "2600" IP addresses, one person evidently in the pattern of work including edit summaries).

Contributions by user 2600:1006:B107:50A:B54A:54DC:4A42:DE45 covers a single 200-minute session 2015-05-10 quite destructive in some cases. The big changes reported in red primarily concern plot summaries. Some of the articles have not been changed subsequently (labeled "current" in that report) and I suppose that some others of the massive deletions remain intact. The High King is a novel I know and I reverted its change 15 hours go. I don't know any of the others by title, nor anything of this WikiProject or any that concerns TV or video game "moving pictures".

--P64 (talk) 14:57, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Looks like it's this guy again: User:NinjaRobotPirate/Plot blanker. I'm trying to track his movements a bit. He usually geolocates to Orlando, Florida, US, on a Verizon Wireless IP address. The IP address is usually 2600:1006:B1xx, but there's a lot of variation – too much for a range block. I'm thinking that an edit filter might be the best solution, but I can't think of a good one offhand. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:32, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Update: I went through and reverted his edits. I also streamlined a few of the plots. I can't understand why he keeps removing random paragraphs like that. I wrote a user essay, User:NinjaRobotPirate/How to streamline a plot summary, partially in response to this. I dunno if anyone will ever read it, but it made me feel better to write it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:54, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I've been wiki light for so long I don't even know if you'll remember me but I've been watching this same person off and on for a while, as well. I hit a few reverts in the last few minutes (and now I have that annoying chore of going back to restore the good edits I had to revert past) and I've put your talk subpage about it on my watchlist. If it comes up again, it might be worth mentioning that the IP also removes maintenance tags rather willy nilly. I'm in and out due to stupid real life but if this guy hits again and you need some help, feel free to message me either on my talk page or via email. Happy to help. Plot summaries are my jam, as they say. :p Millahnna (talk) 21:29, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Rosy page move

Please see this discussion. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 17:43, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Max film, dog star

The star of movie MAX is not a German Shepard, he is a Belgian Malinois.