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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted 04:22, 23 February 2008.

Vittorio Storaro filmography

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Fresh of the heels of the Christopher Walken filmography being promoted, I've nominated two more: Vittorio Storaro filmography and Woody Allen filmography (see below). As always, any comments and suggestions are appreciated. Drewcifer (talk) 04:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved stuff from The Rambling Man (talk) 09:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Technically speaking cinematographers typically have all the societies they belong to abbreviated after their names, ie. "Vittorio Storaro ASC, AIC" but since that's kind of techno babble to the layman, I've reworded it a bit, without the abbreviations. Drewcifer (talk) 21:01, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, but now you wikilnk American Society of Cinematographers twice in the lead and state he's a member of it twice in the lead. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Details, details.=) fixed. Drewcifer (talk) 09:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "whom he has continued to collaborate with throughout his career" - "with whom he has continued to collaborate throughout his career" would sound better.
 Done Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Awards and Nominations" should be called "Awards and nominations".
 Done Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just an aside really, it's a shame that half his films don't have articles... one of the possible FLC criteria is bringing together a set of existing articles in one place. Just a thought. Maybe something to do in your spare time!
I'd definitely say it meets that particular FL criteria, but you're right, it is a shame. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Any reason the film titles are in italics?
    • BAFTA wins are explicitly cited where nothing else is, why?
Because all the other awards are covered by the second "General" reference, the All Movie Guide source. For some reason AMG doesn't mention his BAFTA awards, so I had to do those separately. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just a quick peek down at the external links, you have a search engine linked to there with instructions. This isn't particularly elegant, and not recommended under WP:EL - is there an alternative?
That's not an external link, it's a source. And it's there (and has to be there) for the same reason the BAFTA awards are sourced separately: the AMG source doesn't cover them all. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • As per Woody Allen FLC, try to make column widths of each award table the same as it makes the appearance a whole load better. You can use the <br> where needed to force linebreaks in long award cateogries for example.
See comment at Woody Allen filmography FLC. I'm not sure what's going on with that. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Think I fixed it. EI strikes again! Drewcifer (talk) 20:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "According to the same site, Storaro's films have grossed a total of more than $410 million, with an average of $25 million per film." link this as a reference as well.
See comment at Woody Allen filmography FLC. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Again, mil. - why not just m.?
See comment at Woody Allen filmography FLC. Drewcifer (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Object re the box office section. I know you're aware of my position on the matter generally, but I would be more willing to let the matter drop regarding actors, producers, and directors. However, cinematographers tend not to be judged on their box office performance, either by the industry or critics, the gross has no bearing on their ability to continue working on big budget films, and their participation on any given project has a negligible impact on turnout, even for the most notable of names such as Storaro. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 22:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I obviously saw this coming, so although I don't have much of an argument against your position, I'd like to keep things as consistent as possible. That said, as with the Chris Walken list, I'd be willing to compromise (give gross of each film), or leave the decision up to a larger consensus. To try and clear up the issue, I'll see about bringing it up at WP:Film, and see what they think. I'll keep you posted. Drewcifer (talk) 22:38, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Based on the little bit of discussion at WP:Film, I've removed the grosses section from Storaro's filmography. Drewcifer (talk) 23:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment - The award column in the "Award and nomination" seems unnecessary; it just repeats the name of the award each time. The column can be removed and that Lifetime achievement could be be moved under the category column. indopug (talk) 06:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not as simple as that, though. Many awards shows name the award after the ceremony, but many don't. There's two set of Emmy awards, for instance, the day-time and prime-time. Cannes has tons of differently named awards in a variety of different categories. This particular filmography has a few examples, but take a look at a few others I've worked on to see more examples of what I mean (Woody Allen filmography, Spike Lee filmography, Christopher Walken filmography). That particular column isn't going to be relevant 100% of the time, but I think it comes up often enough to warrant it being there. Drewcifer (talk) 08:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support - I'm not up to speed on the discussion above re: box office performance. From an outside perspective, it may not be directly relevant but it is certainly of note and interest so I see no harm in the details being there. My concerns have been addressed, so I'm offering my support. Good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks again. Drewcifer (talk) 09:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support Very nice. I agree that the box office gross should have been removed, although it might not hurt to mention what the highest grossing film he's worked on is in the lead. -- Scorpion0422 01:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your support! The lead should only summarize the article hand, so I couldn't mention his highest-grossing film without mentioning it in the article proper. Drewcifer (talk) 02:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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