Talk:Gladiator (2000 film)
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 | Historical accuracy of Gladiator (2000 film) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 07 July 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Gladiator (2000 film). The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Suggestions for improvement
editHello, fellow editors! I've spent the last several weeks working on this page, but I've reached the limit of what I can do. I did a lot of copyediting, removed a lot of uncited material, and added a few new segments. Overall, the page is more readable and fact-based. However, some of the sections need to be filled out more. The lead, Plot, and Cast sections are fine, and the Development section is not bad, but the rest of the sub-headings under Production need more information. The Release section needs more content, especially regarding territories outside North America. The Reception section is okay, but the Sequel portion will need more information as the release of Gladiator 2 draws near. Perhaps the most important thing needed is a new Historical Accuracy section. Gladiator takes many liberties with history, but the section as it existed previously was completely unsourced.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time or energy to do the research needed to create the Historical Accuracy section and fill out the other sections. I'm hoping that someone else will take on this task at some point. It may require consulting book-length sources, as I'm not sure there is much additional information on the Internet that I haven't already put into the article. The Landau book is a good place to start, as it is available for free online (there's a link to it). You may also want to get your hands on the Winkler and Schwartz books. When creating the Historical Accuracy section, you may want to consult Michael Grant's book The Roman Emperors. I suggest you avoid the website ScreenRant when looking for historical information; they have three articles on the film's historical accuracy, but I don't trust them because each of their three articles makes a different claim about the circumstances of Marcus Aurelius's death.
This is a very old version of the Historical Accuracy section (much older than the version I removed), which has a lot of information and a bunch of sources.
If you decide to work on the page and have questions, feel free to ask me. I've read through every web source cited in the article.
Thanks! Wafflewombat (talk) 11:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Update: An old version of the Historical Accuracy section has been restored, although it's missing some citations.
Wafflewombat (talk) 06:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Deletion of Historical Accuracy section
editHello everyone. The "Historical Accuracy" section, which was recently restored, has been deleted again. I wanted to provide the link to the revision in which the deletion occurred, in case people would like to discuss it or restore the content. Wafflewombat (talk) 18:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Update: The content has been restored.
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