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A casual PR
editA read through this shows very little to be concerned about, as it's up to the usual high standards we have come to expect from the Indonesian film industry articles! A couple of minor points below for you to consider:
Lead
- "businessmen" -> businessman, as you only list one
- Ah, a plural has snuck through. Done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- "before the company was closed": I think you can get away with "before it was closed"
- Agree. Done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Establishment
- "Batavia (now Jakarta);[2] According to": either a full stop or (preferably) a lower case A.
- Agree and done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Productions
- "captivating to the last meter" You have "colours" later, so either this should be metre, or colours should be colors
- Agree. Done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- "ANIF complext" Extraneous T? (if so, you have complex – complex in close proximity
- I got the first point last night. Nixed the first "complex". — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
That's about all: it covers the short life of the company admirably, deals with the main people concerned, their four films and where and when they operated... nuff said, really! - SchroCat (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, once again, for all of your help. I've addressed all of your comments. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
Name
editHow did a company in the Dutch East Indies come to have an English name (even in its logo)? This should be explained. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:26, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Piledhigheranddeeper: Can't explain something that sources don't cover. It wasn't uncommon, either. Union Film, Star Film, Tan's Film, Java Industrial Film Company (this one's still a redlink), Majestic... I suspect a) films were associated with Hollywood, which meant English, and b) these companies were established by ethnic Chinese, some of whom may (biographical data being lacking) have been taught by the Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, an organization which promoted the teaching of English to free students from the limits of colonialism in the Indies (viz. the quote in Phoa Keng Hek's article). Interestingly, many of the Dutch-owned companies did not use English (Cinowerk Carli, Algemeen Nederlandsch Indisch Filmsyndicaat, Krugers Filmbedrijf) though some did (Java Pacific Film). The tendency to name companies in English continued even after independence (i.e. Tan & Wong Bros., Titien Sumarni Motion Pictures). Might be worth a conference paper if I can get primary sources that offer more than conjecture. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:25, 22 January 2016 (UTC)