Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Price

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 13:54, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Frank Price edit

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... that Hollywood studio head Frank Price's decision to film Ghostbusters (1983) was initially considered a "terrible mistake" by industry insiders but it became a major hit? (Source: [1])
- ALT1: ... that Hollywood studio head Frank Price saved the script for Back to the Future (1985) from obscurity? (Source: [2])
- ALT2: ... that as president and chairman of Columbia Pictures, Frank Price oversaw films like Out of Africa, Tootsie, Gandhi, The Karate Kid and Boyz n the Hood? (Source: [3] [transcript])

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kwesi Yankah

Created by GreenC (talk). Self-nominated at 02:47, 20 November 2017 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Earwig's picks up quite a high risk of copyvio in one instance but I've satisfied myself that the relevant sections appear in the body of the article as cited quotations rather than plagiarisms. Each of the hooks are probably fine as they are, though I might consider some tweaks. ALT0 - I would remove the part about it becoming a hit as it seems to be common knowledge. ALT1 needs some elaboration. Liam E. Bekker (talk) 11:32, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

For ALT0, given the international audience and age of the film I wasn't sure it would be transparent that Ghostbusters was a hit film, for all readers. Sometimes I'm shocked how people have never heard of a film. Another way to phrase it is put "the blockbuster" in front of the film title and remove "but it became a major hit". Not sure how to expand ALT1 it's a complicated story. -- GreenC 15:28, 5 December 2017 (UTC)