Talk:Alien: Romulus

Latest comment: 1 month ago by 0Detail-Attention215 in topic Re-evaluate standalone status

Alien: Romulus edit

The article should be renamed to Alien: Romulus as quoted by all the latest sources.--88.14.69.241 (talk) 13:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

For readers curious, the article was moved from "Untitled Alien film" to its current "Alien: Romulus" on 17 October 2023. --82.101.249.36 (talk) 04:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Because there was a new source confirming the title that is actually reliable. InfiniteNexus (talk) 18:26, 21 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Premise edit

I know it's not the usual premise we are used to seeing. However, I don't see an issue with how it is presented since this is all the information we have on any kind of storyline. Mike Allen 21:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

MikeAllen; I just located this official looking poster released for the film if its useful and if you know how to load it for the Wikipedia article here: [1]. HenryRoan (talk) 16:53, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
It must have been deleted. I would keep an eye out on IMP Awards for official posters. Mike Allen 14:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hatnoting for the "Alien 5" incoming redirect edit

What is the problem? Alien 5 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was created in 2008, and Aliens 5 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was created in 2017. I am RedoStone (talk · contribs) pointed Alien 5 here back in January. Obviously, there have been other uses of Alien 5, with content on Wikipedia, that is not covered in this article, The way Wikipedia handles these things is with a hatnote. Where is the controversy in pointing out that Alien 5 (disambiguation) can show you to say, Blomkamp's version, or Whedon's version? If your problem is having Alien 5 redirect here at all, then removing the hatnote is not the solution, repointing the redirects to the diambiguation page is the solution, then removing the hatnote. Per WP:DISAMBIGUATION Ensuring that a reader who searches for a topic using a particular term can get to the information on that topic quickly and easily, whichever of the possible topics it might be. shows that there should be a hatnote if the redirect point here, which "Alien 5" does; or we need to repoint it to the disambiguation page. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 18:07, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Because this film is not called Alien 5. Mike Allen 22:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
That's not the point and not the purpose of hatnotes. Hatnotes are for navigation only, and are not meant to be content of aritcles. Deleting the hatnote is pointless in misdirecting readers. As long as Alien 5 and Aliens 5 redirect here, there should be a hatnote. If you disagree with those redirecting here, then repoint them to the disambiguation page. If you think they should redirect here, then there should be a hatnote. You have not done anything to the incoming redirect Alien 5, seemingly agreeing with it pointing here. If so, there needs to be a hatnote per WP:HATNOTE The purpose of a hatnote is to help readers locate a different article if the one they are at is not the one they're looking for. Readers may have arrived at the article containing the hatnote because: They were redirected. It is the way Wikipedia is supposed to work, according to the relevant editing guidelines and policies. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 22:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

What we should say distributor is, rather *how* edit

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes all 20th Century films under the 20th Century Studios label. Avatar: The Way of Water, The Creator, etc., see here. Each other article concerned with this method shows 20th Century Studios as the distributor on the sidebar, and "Released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the 20th Century Studios label" under subsection "Release". I wish to keep continuity with every other 20th Century branded film, and, seeing as how this works in every other context, I propose we write it like this in this article. ToNeverFindTheMets (talk) 23:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Re-evaluate standalone status edit

According to the director of this film via The Hollywood Reporter here the film is not standalone but does have connections to the other films. So should this be referenced? 0Detail-Attention215 (talk) 18:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply