Talk:Earth Days

Questioned edits:

1. It is now all the rage in the Age of Al Gore and Obama, ....

   We do not Wikilink in quotes.

2. ... (Oswald's Ghost, Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst)

   We do not Wikilink in titles.

3. In the USA broadcast, there was a post-presentation discussion on current events such as the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference on current climate change (global warming) and the increasing potential for pan-ecosystem and global societal collapse. There was also historical information on the counter-productive culture war, mostly of the Baby Boom Generation. [2]

   That there was a post-presentation discussion is acceptable. The description of the content of that presentation is yours, not theirs. And their description might not be accurate.

— Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:09, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

What? Can you explain this better: who? Aren't you lumping many topics together? How is some of this even slightly in question? 97.87.29.188 (talk) 20:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

How is any of it even slightly appropriate? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:50, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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Isn't this self-promotion? .... "The film has been described as both a poetic meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements—and missed opportunities—of groundbreaking eco-activism." ...ref[http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=earthdays&mode=synopsis</ref 97.87.29.188 (talk) 18:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Anon unable to read editor's deletion explanation, so moved here ...

Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement—from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s incendiary bestseller Silent Spring, to the first successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action. Earth Days’ uses a combination of personal testimony and rare archival media. The stories of the era’s pioneers—among them Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; biologist/Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich; Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand; Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart; and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins—are illustrated with an array of footage from candy-colored Eisenhower-era tableaux to classic tear-jerking 1970s anti-litterbug PSAs (such as Iron Eyes Cody in Keep America Beautiful). Directed by documentarian Robert Stone (Oswald's Ghost, Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst) Earth Days is both a meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and a history of the achievements—and missed opportunities—of groundbreaking eco-activism.

99.56.123.198 (talk) 00:03, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Unable to read most of the anon's contribution, as it's improperly quoted. However, it's a duplicate paragraph, with the exception of some additional peacock terms, and sourced only to the producer's web site. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 07:38, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

• First sentence, not a duplicate ... "Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement—from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s incendiary bestseller Silent Spring, to the first successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action." neither is the second "Earth Days’ uses a combination of personal testimony and rare archival media.",
• but this section is The stories of the era’s pioneers—among them Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; biologist/Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich; Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand; Apollo as is and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins, this is unnecessary Directed by documentarian Robert Stone (Oswald's Ghost, Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst),
• but this "Earth Days is both a meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and a history of the achievements—and missed opportunities—of groundbreaking eco-activism." is useful, as is "Eisenhower-era tableaux to classic tear-jerking 1970s anti-litterbug PSAs (such as Iron Eyes Cody in Keep America Beautiful)". 99.181.141.251 (talk) 08:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

No, the first sentence is the only one which is not a duplicate, and it is sourced only to the producer's web site. I'm not sure any of this can be sourced to other than the producer's web site, but we certainly cannot use the producer's statements as if they were accurate. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 16:57, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

The second is basically duplicate with "Earth Days interweaves personal testimony and rare archival media.", so strikeout. 99.190.81.244 (talk) 04:35, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

In addition to (now) being unsourced and WP:PEACOCK, it's also not potentially factual. For what it's worth, if you link the producer's web site as a reference, I will note it as not even potentially a reliable source. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 22:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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