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Akira Kurosawa

Hi Dylan,

I'm afraid I can't really tell you much more than what I said on the peer review. I pretty much said everything useful I have to say! I honestly don't know whether the article should go from a C to a B as I am not really very familiar with what makes a C or B article. And, as I said at peer review, I am only just starting out my career as an article reviewer, so I am not very confident to make judgements at the moment.

However, I do understand that you want to get the article to featured status and I have been looking at featured article candidates the last couple of days. So the points I made at peer review remain important, but primarily it's the "reference every sentence" thing that will probably give you the most work. Have you looked around to see if the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films can give you feedback on how to improve the article?

In short, I wouldn't get too hung up on the B/C status. If I were in your shoes I would address the feedback you get at peer review and once you've done that put it forward for Featured Article status. I would normally say the next step would be to seek Good Article status, but the trouble is there is such a backlog there that you might miss your 100th anniversary deadline. If you put it forward for Featured and make sure you state your deadline and reasons for the deadline you might just get away with it :o)

Regards --bodnotbod (talk) 23:33, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Some Stuff to Consider Regarding Kurosawa Article

Hi, Dylanexpert. This is Olduch, also known as "Blah" at akirakurosawa.info. I just have some small suggestions for the Kurosawa article:

1. When you deleted the "Directorial approach" section you also deleted this photograph. I think we should keep that photo in the current article.

2. I think the title of this page should be "Major Criticisms" not "Summary of Major Criticisms."

3. According to Wikipedia's Manual of Style one should "Capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest in lower case (Rules and regulations, not Rules and Regulations)." I was going to make the change for you, but decided I should let you know instead. I'm a bit reluctant to make sweeping changes to somebody else's work.

Cheers.--Olduch (talk) 23:21, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank You

All your points are well taken. I will make all those changes. When we have completed all the sections and have cut the article to a reasonable length, I will request your additional feedback. Dylanexpert (talk) 16:37, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Kurosawa

I would appreciate your weighing in with an opinion here: [1], thanks...Modernist (talk) 23:45, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello. May I suggest that if you're going to swap photos out, don't take the ones that are there already and stack them? It's better if images for Kurosawa, or any article for that matter, are interspersed throughout the text to break up large portions of print – a daunting prospect for many readers. MarmadukePercy (talk) 01:33, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I anticipated your objection to stacking the photos. Unfortunately, both these photos come from the same time period -- in fact, the same year, 1957 -- as the top photo is from the set of Throne of Blood and the bottom one almost certainly from the set of The Lower Depths (because Isuzu Yamada, who appeared in the film, stands behind AK and the set in the background is clearly the flophouse set from that film). I don't want to lose either photo. At the same time, I don't want to put either of them in an inappropriate place in the article chronologically. If you know a way around this problem, let me know.

Dylanexpert (talk) 01:39, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I have no problem subbing in one photo for the next, if another photo is better. But what one must always keep in mind is your reader. Images help break up the text, aside from providing visual cues (linking text to images). Stacking photos in a large amount of text isn't helpful to the reader, and should be avoided. I'll take a look at it (not this evening), and see if there's a better solution. Also, the piece could use more graphics. Right now the text appears daunting. Take a look, for instance, at an article like Marshalsea. It may not appear to have much in common with a Japanese film director, but that piece addresses a complicated topic in an appealing visual way. The text is broken up, illustrated, and way more digestible. MarmadukePercy (talk) 02:50, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I have taken your advice. I have also added more graphics, so the page looks a lot better now. (Note: I have revised only up to and including the "International recognition" subsection of the "Life and Career" section; for subsequent sections, I intend to add even more graphics.) I have tried to contact user Raul654, though his Discussion page, to get him to look at my Kurosawa page and advise me about how to get the page as a Today's Featured Article on September 20, 2010, the anniversary of Rashomon's win at the Venice Film Festival, but so far he hasn't responded. Do you know how I get his attention? Thanks. Dylanexpert (talk) 16:46, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. The page is looking better, with the blocks of text broken up a bit for easier reading. Regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 03:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

The piece is looking better still. I like what you're doing with the graphics. It's much easier to read now. And some nice images. MarmadukePercy (talk) 03:46, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Didn't mean to ignore your message. Am on something of a wikibreak right now. Will respond as soon as is feasible. MarmadukePercy (talk) 21:34, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Kurosawa

You've done a fantastic job on this article, but you really need to go through it with a sharp knife: the style and level of detail is more fitting for a biography than for an encyclopaedia article. I see you are cutting it in places, so I've resisted the temptation to get out my big axe, but if you need a hand then drop me a note. Yomangani^talk 08:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your praise. I was planning to contact you anyway. (I recognized the dogs on your talk page!) You have no idea what a sharp knife I've taken to this article already! It used to be over 170 KB long; now, it's less than 140 KB. The problem with AK is that all his 30 films are extant and available on home video, so I have no choice but to deal with all of them in the "Life and career" section. You call Wikipedia an encyclopedia, but I think of the major pages -- the ones about the really *big* subjects -- as a hybrid between an article and a monograph: you can summarize the subject, but also go into some detail about important things, like an artist's style, as I have, which you really can't do in a print encyclopedia. I think that is Wikipedia's glory! However, I've tried to be a good boy about shortening the article. I've moved all tables to other pages, and I am going to prepare one final page -- List of Awards and Honors -- so that I can eliminate the succession box with awards at the bottom of the current page. I may even eliminate the whole "Influences" subsection, though that would make me weep.

I would certainly welcome your specific suggestions on how to cut it. However, looking at Today's Featured Articles in the past, I notice that the Michael Jackson article (for example), which was a TFA only two months ago, is 180 KB long -- longer than my article was *before* I started cutting it -- and Kurosawa's career was much longer than Jackson's. (As indicated in the "Current standing" subsection, AK is listed as one of the Top Ten film directors of all time, so it can't be argued that Jackson was a more important figure in the history of music than AK was in the history of movies.) Also, I've been working on this project day and night for almost 10 weeks, and I'm just about done with it. I want to nominate it as a Featured Article (expedited), and then, if it gets in right away, put it as a candidate for the TFA for September 10, 2010, the 59th anniversary of Rashomon's victory at the Venice Film Festival, which opened world film markets to Kurosawa's (and Asian) cinema. An impossible dream? You be the judge! Dylanexpert (talk) 14:51, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't dare look at the Michael Jackson article now! I agree that in Wikipedia you've got the space to expand all this interesting bits that you'd never have room for in a paper version, but you also have the facility to spread them out over sub-articles (which might then appeal to the readers that you hook with a shorter, punchier, main article). A lot more of this article would sit quite happily in sub-articles with a just summary here. The influences and working methods are prime examples - you have what could be a substantial, standalone article on both, but they are hidden far down the Kurosawa article where only the most diehard fans will reach. You might also consider moving some of the film production information to the relevant film articles and (even more) heavily summarising his life. If you think it is useful I could have a go at slimming it down on a copy in my userspace. Two sections that stand out in need of attention in the article at the moment are the "Kurosawa-gumi" list and "Kurosawa's reputation among fellow filmmakers" (which is essentially a list of quotes). As for FA, I think you'll be hard pushed to get it through by September 10 - it's not the small, neat type of article that breezes through in a few days, and even if you could manage it there is already an article with some support lined up for Sept 10. Yomangani^talk 17:37, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

If you are going to FAC on Monday you'll hopefully get some feedback, so I'll hold off on cutting any more. I'm afraid that the sheer length will deter the casual FAC reviewers though, so you'll have to rely on a Japanese cinema enthusiast passing by. Yomangani^talk 00:03, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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As it is too much of a hassle to argue this, I have deleted the image from my article and replaced it with a poster image. Dylanexpert (talk) 00:23, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Kurosawa page as Featured Article

Hello there. First of all, I'd like to personally thank you for putting so much work to considerably improve upon the Akira Kurosawa article. Kurosawa is one of my favorite directors, and I am quite glad that he now has a Wikipedia article worthy of his genius. The sheer amount of time and energy you've spent on this project is just staggering.

I would be honored to be credited as a proofreader.--Olduch (talk) 05:42, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

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Akira Kurosawa

Well done on trying get this article up to featured level. I should point out you don't have to clear edits with other people on non-full protected articles, including those going through the featured article process, this would be anti-wikipedia and you shouldn't ask people to clear edits with you. In order to help you I would advise against canvassing, [2] as this is against the rules at featured article candidates. In terms of image stacking i think there might be different interpretations of what constitutes a stack. Good luck with the nomination. Tom B (talk) 15:21, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

In regard of not canvassing, you stated that "I would greatly appreciate it if you would go to the...candidates page and support the nomination of..." You have to keep the request at least neutral but it might be stricter than that, Tom B (talk) 17:24, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Kurosawa

Hi. Just to let you know, you don;t need to write me directly whenever you're responding to my comments on the Kurosawa FAC. I have that watchlisted and look at every addition to it, even those that don't bear directly on my observations. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 22:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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Kurosawa FAC

Hey. Thanks for your message on my Talk page. Reading your most recent in the FAC itself, I believe you've mistaken Hammersoft and Hamiltonstone to be the same "Ham" opposer. You might want to revise your comment accordingly. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 03:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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Hi. Thanks for the heads up. I'll try to look at this article in the near future. I've done some basic cleaning of the infobox and intro lines (removing overlinking, etc). Please post a note on the talk page of the Film Project, if you've not already done so. Lugnuts (talk) 14:30, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

And the film poster would be better in the infobox, than the screencap (I assume it's a screencap!) Thanks. Lugnuts (talk) 15:02, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

No probs. All these little edits count in the end. One thing I noticed was a mis-match of the terms "film" and "movie" throughout the article. It should be film, and not movie, unless it's a direct quote from someone. I'll spend more time on this. Lugnuts (talk) 18:45, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Late Spring - peer review

Hi Dylanexpert, I see you that you have the above up for peer review and as such have recieved a number of comments from Tim riley, Crisco 1492 and some from myself. I also see that many of Tim's comments you have answered but as yet, have not indicated so on the PR archive page. You will need to answer these as other wise things could get very confusing. To indicate that the points have been addressed you can rule them off by using the following ... One day the sun came out and it was hot or simply say "fixed" or "done" etc (oh and remember to sign). If you knew this already just ignore me, and call me an interfering old so and so.  :-) -- Cassianto (talk) 11:32, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

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Hey. Thanks for responding but I just wanted to say there was no need for the "That may be unsatisfactory to you, but there it is" comment. If there's no information about the filming process then of course that is acceptable. You only needed to say so. Surely I can't have sounded so impossible to please?! The whole comment beginning " Also people, particularly young people, seem to assume about old films..." was also pretty patronising. I happen to be pretty knowledgeable on film history. And usually, production information has been uncovered about classic films. Anyway I keep having fairly negative experiences with my reviews and have lost the motivation to do it, so I'll probably just back out of the Late Spring FAC. I stand by my comments and think they would be a big improvement to the page (and to Ozu's), but I'll leave it up to you whether to implement them or not. Who knows, other editors may not have a problem with the current article - it's only my opinion. Good luck anyway. --Lobo (talk) 16:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

• I'm sorry if I seemed too touchy about your comments. I didn't mean to sound patronizing. Some reviewers have made me feel very defensive, so perhaps I was reacting to that, but you have been extremely gracious, and my replies to your comments indicate that I plan to follow most of your thoughtful suggestions. You have been very helpful and constructive and I thank you for that. Dylanexpert (talk) 17:37, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
  • That's okay, thanks. --Lobo (talk) 16:48, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

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Saw your changes. You need to read over WP:OTHERSTUFF. Me-123567-Me (talk) 20:56, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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If you would have looked carefully (or looked at all) at the article I created, you would have noticed that I had put an "Under Construction" tag at the top of the page. May I ask what you don't understand: the "under" part or the "construction" part? For me, and I think for most of the Wikipedia world, the "Under Construction" tag clearly means, "This is a work in progress and I'm working on this: back off till I'm done!" In other words, the fact is understood that it's often impossible for an editor to create an entire article complete with references at a single sitting, and so needs time to do the job right. So the tag is there to tell people like you NOT to mess with the editor's work until he or she removes the tag and is thus ready to present the article to the Wiki world for review. You wrote, "An article you recently created... does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published." But the article can't "remain" published because it wasn't really published in the first place: it was just in the process of getting published.

Secondly, you may have noticed the presence (if you'd bothered to look) of many numbers in brackets in my text. Those are the code numbers for the references I had intended to insert when I had time to finish it. So I had those references all planned and was waiting to get to it when you decided to move my article into draft space without the slightest warning.

Lastly, if you had bothered to check my contributions history, or for that matter, this talk page, before you wrote what you included above about sourcing, you would have known that I've been an editor for many years and know all about sourcing and inserting references, and am not some beginner who's completely ignorant of the topic. In fact, I had put several references in the lede section before you moved it which were designed to show that I know what I'm doing. However, I'm not Superman, and I can't do five hours' work in two any more than you can, so why didn't you give me a chance to finish my work, wait until I removed the tag and then review it?

If I sound annoyed, I am. I don't know if I can work in draftspace, since I've never used it before. But if I have problems, I will come to you to fix them for me. Dylanexpert (talk) 02:37, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

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I will cut to the chase. Do you have any direct connection to the people you write about? Your additions to QuisLex included a lot of promotional material, such as the use of "award winning" in the first sentence. This is a textbook example of WP:PEACOCK, and combined with some of your other changes, this prompted me to look at your other contributions. I am concerned that you may have a conflict of interest, or are being compensated for your edits. If you are paid, you must disclose this, per WP:PAID. If not, you may still have a conflict of interest, and I encourage you to look over Wikipedia:Conflict of interest if you haven't already. Please respond here at your earliest convenience. Thank you.

Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 05:39, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

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QuisLex compensation

Because it has been brought to my attention that I need to post this fact, I am currently being compensated by QuisLex for editing their article.

I will strive to maintain a NPOV and avoid COI problems, and would appreciate constructive help by editors in achieving this goal. Thank you.Dylanexpert (talk) 16:22, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

The place to declare your compensation is on your User page, not buried on your talk page. However, your connection is clearly described at the Talk page for QuisLex, so you are covered. David notMD (talk) 02:48, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

As is mentioned at the COI noticeboard and elsewhere, QuisLex is not the only paid article. Per Wikipedia's policies, and per common practice, every paid article should be clearly disclosed, regardless of age or specific circumstances. I suggest adding a list to User:Dylanexpert, or near the top of this talk page. Both the letter and spirit of WP:PAID calls for transparency. Consolidating all of this information into a single, prominent place would be a demonstration of good faith. Considering that this has been going on for at least a year, if not more, I do not think this is an unreasonable expectation. Grayfell (talk) 03:10, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

I am going to put all the information in when I have time. Please be patient.

Dylanexpert (talk) 04:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for doing this. I sincerly appreciate it.

While this may seem like a minor point, please be aware that all edits to articles made on behalf of someone else for compensation must be disclosed, not just to a client's specific article. Therefore, edits to California Western School of Law on behalf of CIP (for example) would also qualify, and would also need to be disclosed.

Please clarify whether or not you were compensated to edit Sophie Cruz. That article had a COI tag added shortly before you began editing there, and your contributions included WP:PEACOCK and WP:WEASEL problems.

Likewise, please clearly indicate if you were paid to edit Arlene Hutton, which has many similar issues.

Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 01:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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Another user, Phil Bridger, discovered that there was absolutely no connection between the document whose copyright Interstellarity was claiming was infringed and my article, and reversed Interstellarity's tag. When Mr. Bridger pointed this out to Interstellarity, the latter claimed not to recall that he had placed the tag on my article and another one, though he had done so only a few hours earlier! Interstellarity appeared to acknowledge the error and promised to be "more careful." Wikipedia keeps getting weirder and weirder!

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