Talk:Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because the foundation is responsible for curating and archiving German films from 1900 to 1960, a major portion of the film heritage of the nation of Germany. --Pseudo-Richard (talk) 22:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I know this is quite old, but I want to insert this here in case a conversation like this crops up again: WP:MOVIE. As per these guidelines this stub clearly satisfies notability requirements. So, if you are tempted to delete this page, in my mind you're obligated to learn some German and work towards improving the article before that. Until then, you're just grasping at false consensus. ShAsHi SuShIlA mUrRaY 01:07, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

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Capitalized Titles

I almost changed the titles of the films listed to conventional capitalizations, however, I figure there must be a good reason for this: are the films correctly written in all caps? Or should someone change this? ShAsHi SuShIlA mUrRaY 00:23, 1 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashi Sushila Murray (talk • contribs)

Miscellaneous Improvements

•  Added infobox after finding inspiration on similar article.
•  Added image from the German language version of this article.
•  Ran citations through translators and read them.
•  Ran Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-StiftungRan|article through translator and read it.
•  Copied appropriate translated wikitext with citations and merged into article.

To Do

• Look through German article: refer to guide to translating into English, content translation tool, & essay on translating German Wikipedia into English.

1. 1. Run citations through translators and read them
   2. Run article through translator and read it
   3. Copy appropriate translated wikitext with citations and merge into article

• Identify other German sources which can be run through a translator (first, determine if this is a bad practice as per wikipedia guidelines)

• https://www.murnau-stiftung.de/
• https://www.murnau-stiftung.de/filmbestand

• Identify English-language sources on the topic and list them here

• Johnson, Alex (July 15, 2015). "'Nosferatu' Director F.W. Murnau's Head Stolen From German Crypt". NBC News. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
• Mazza, Ed (July 16, 2015). "'Nosferatu' Director's Head Stolen From His Grave". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
• Stiasny, Philipp (August 2014). "European Film Gateway1914: Paradoxes of an Era". Translated by Chris Cave. Goethe Institut. Retrieved November 1, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

Mentions the foundation in relation to its involvement in the "European Film Gateway 1914 (EFG1914) film digitization project" of which "21 archives from different European countries" contributed.

• Wildermann, Patrick (June 2014). "Distribution of films on the Internet: Online Distribution of Films in Germany". Translated by Paul McCarthy. Geothe Institut. Retrieved November 1, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

Mentions the foundation in relation to a video streaming service, Alleskino where you can access the foundation's films. This might be useful as an external link, since pages like this will help film students and scholars find this material.

• Dowling, Siobhán (February 13, 2010). "Back to the Future in Berlin: Restored 'Metropolis' Comes Home". Spiegel Online. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

Mentions the foundation in relation to the 2010 restoration of Metropolis.

• "Berlin Return for Lost Classic: Film Festival to Show Restored Uncut 'Metropolis'". Spiegel Online. October 30, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

Mentions the foundation in relation to the 2010 restoration of Metropolis.

• Klingers, David (July 4, 2008). "Rediscovering Utopia Lost Scenes Restore Lang's Original Vision of 'Metropolis'". Spiegel Online. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

Early press on the discovery of the lost footage from Metropolis and the foundation's central role in its restoration.

• "10 Questions about METROPOLIS (1927/2010)". Metropolis2710. 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

10 question interview about the foundation's restoration of Metropolis.

• Stanke, Magnus (October 1, 2018). "Magnus Stanke on Instagram: "'The Violinist from Florence' has been lovingly restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm Murnau Foundation and premiered on #artetv which is…"". Instagram. 'The Violinist from Florence' has been lovingly restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm Murnau Foundation and premiered on #artetv which is great. Arguably, however, there are better showcases for #elisabethbergner 's gamine charms, her range comparable to that of the wonderful Audrey Hepburn {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help) This one might give us a lead to find other sources of info on this foundation, but is inadequate as a source for the article.
• Hetebrügge, Jörn (July 2016). "50th anniversary of the Murnau Foundation: Keeper of the German Film Treasure". Translated by Jonathan Uhlaner. Goethe-Institut. Archived from the original on November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

• "Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation". British Film Institute. n.d. Retrieved October 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
• "Murnau Stiftung I Foundation". YouTube. Retrieved October 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help) >
• ""The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari": The Making-of A Restoration". YouTube. Bertelsmann. January 27, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2018. The digital restoration of the silent film classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" took nearly two years. Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO Thomas Rabe, Murnau Foundation Chairman Ernst Szebedits, and restorer Anke Wilkening talk about the importance and challenges of the project. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
• ""The Fiddler of Florence": The Making of a Restoration". YouTube. Bertelsmann. August 22, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018. The digital restoration of the silent film "The Fiddler of Florence" took more than a year. Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO Thomas Rabe, Murnau Foundation Chairman Ernst Szebedits, conservator Anke Wilkening, and conductor Uwe Dierksen talk about the significance and the challenges of the project. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
• "Ernst Szedebits". Filmfestival Kitzbühel. n.d. Retrieved October 31, 2018. Ernst Szebedits, partner of new pegasos filmproduktion and longtime chairman of the Association of the Hessian Film Industry, was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Murnau Foundation under the chairmanship of Eberhard Junkersdorf. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

• Identify related wikipedia articles which may have relevant citations and list them below:

• F. W. Murnau
• de:Ernst Szebedits (the director of the foundation)
• de:Vorbehaltsfilm This entry explicitly references the Murnau institute in the first line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashi Sushila Murray (talk • contribs) 07:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

• Write drafts

 Redflag Compare article's text to this archive (and other pages) as much of it seems to be close to plagiarism.

I found the actual source of the plagiarism. It's the machine translated version of their "about the foundation" page: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.murnau-stiftung.de%2Fstiftung&edit-text=&act=url — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashi Sushila Murray (talk • contribs) 23:27, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

• Reorganized prose into new created categories
• When you're done working on the page, alert the only two active users from the German Cinema Task Force: JanderVK and Lugnuts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shashi Sushila Murray (talk • contribs) 22:55, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

ShAsHi SuShIlA mUrRaY 01:22, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Plagiarism

Hello fellow editors. While diligently working on this page I discovered two clear candidates as the source of plagiarism:

• https://kuenste-im-exil.de/KIE/Content/EN/Networkpartner/friedrich-wilhelm-murnau-stiftung.html
• https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.murnau-stiftung.de%2Fstiftung&edit-text=&act=url

Please help me rework that valuable information in a way that is not plagiarism. Thank you! ShAsHi SuShIlA mUrRaY 06:28, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

For easy reference for other editors in how I've reached out for help on this topic: User_talk:Bearcat#Please_advise:_plagiarism_on_article_that_you_recently_helped_correct. Sincerely, Shashi Sushila Murray, (message me) 19:34, 21 November 2018 (UTC)