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November 19

Mythbusters forum

Until recently it was possible to post myths at a Mythbusters forum, which was frequently mentioned at the show, at [1] For a week now that site has merely redirected. Is it gone for good? Also, given the importance for the show, does this mean the show is cancelled? And most generally, it seems like every TV station I know of has discontinued their forums in the past year or two. Is there some general legal or other reason behind that? Wnt (talk) 17:34, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

It looks like the forum for submitting myths is here: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/show-talk/beyond-duct-tape.htm RudolfRed (talk) 03:03, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

In response to the last question, I'd say it's likely due to the fact that they're difficult to police on a large scale. I am, and have been, an admin on a few different forums of varying sizes. Even run a couple of my own. Between keeping spammers out and keeping conversations on-topic and civil, it can be a lot of work. The companies may not be willing to put too much money into maintaining the software and paying for people to admin them. Especially when there are so many fans willing to put the effort into running forums of their own. Then there's Facebook and such pulling traffic away from forums... Dismas|^(talk) 04:20, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Peter Silverman/screenwriter for Something the Lord Made

Why is an 81 year old man from Toronto claiming he wrote the screenplay for Something The Lord Made when it is patently false?

I wrote the screenplay. I am 63 years old and live in the state of Washington. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.225.184.118 (talk) 19:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Something the Lord Made is where this issue might better be raised.

But I'll just say this: We draw on reliable sources for our articles, and the sources I checked out from our article Something the Lord Made say the writers were Silverman (who is indeed 81) and Caswell (who died in 2006). If you know different, you'd need to take it up with IMdB and the rest of the film world who are currently crediting Silverman and Caswell. You will obviously need documentary proof if you want to be taken seriously, not just an anonymous assertion, as we have here at the moment. Best of luck. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 02:21, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

I think it's clear that the Peter Silverman who's a screenwriter (credits at IMDB) is not the Peter Silverman who's an 81-year-old Canadian journalist (and whose article says nothing about any screenwriting credits). I've delinked the name in the article on the film. Deor (talk) 12:11, 20 November 2012 (UTC)