Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/James Cameron filmography/archive1

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James Cameron filmography edit

Featured list candidates/James Cameron filmography/archive1

Nominator(s): Cowlibob (talk) 17:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian director, screenwriter and producer James Cameron is best known for directing two of the biggest box-office hits of all time: Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009). This filmography article covers his early beginnings doing technical jobs through to his breakthrough direction of The Terminator (1984) and the box office success that followed. It also covers his television work such as Dark Angel (2002).

As always I welcome comments on how to improve the article. Cowlibob (talk) 17:09, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks very finely researched and constructed. One thing, I see you format the author names of sources like Siegel, Tatiana (July 31, 2013). "James Cameron Brings in Writer Josh Friedman for "Avatar 2" Script". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved December 20, 2014. correctly, but the NY Times sources stand out with the author in brackets which looks a bit unsightly and breaks the consistency, Can you place the author surname and name first? Although perhaps it is intentional to credit Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. as the publisher? I can't remember seeing his name in brackets after Ny Times like that anywhere else though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:58, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"In 1997, Cameron directed, wrote, and produced the epic romantic disaster film Titanic which grossed over $1.84 billion[10][a] at the worldwide box-office and became the highest grossing film of all time.[b] For the film he received the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with the other producers. In total the film had 14 nominations (tying the record set by 1950 drama film All About Eve) and won 11 (tying the record set by 1959 epic historical drama Ben-Hur).[1" - I think it's important here to mention that he later re-released it in 3D and it has since passed 2 billion in earnings after many years in lower 1 bill range I believe.♦ Dr. Blofeld 18:02, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr. Blofeld: For the first point, the NYT credit refs have no named authors and no dates of publication so that's why they appear different from others. I could add author=The New York Times Staff but it wouldn't be bracketed. Would that work? It would appear like this: The New York Times Staff. "Galaxy of Terror (1981) – Production Credits". The New York Times (Arthur Ochs Sulzberger). Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.

I've already added the 3d rerelease info as note A. Only made an additional $340 million in the end but enough to cross $2 billion. Cowlibob (talk) 18:36, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, so you did, I missed the note. I'd have thought simply The New York Times as publisher would suffice if there is no given author. I don't think you need to enter the publisher's name.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:31, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Looks pretty sound to me. You might add a column in the TV credit for what channel it was done for, that might help, but not essential of course.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:32, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added channels to TV section. Thanks for the review and the support! Cowlibob (talk) 17:08, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Another job well done! Also, I have made some copy-edits by myself that I would have suggested here. Nothing major. -- KRIMUK90 ✉ 09:22, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for ce, review, and support! Cowlibob (talk) 17:08, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Excellent work, once again!--Skr15081997 (talk) 13:39, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Although I will have to double check, the list looks very comprehensive.--Birdienest81 (talk) 03:12, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~Oppose~~ for now: the lead has thirty-three instances of the word "film". That is more than 5% of its total length. Prose needs some refining. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:55, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: Cut down instances to 11, hope that's better. Cowlibob (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Got it down to nine. Striking my oppose. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:01, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:31, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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