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Saw VII

Just letting you guys know that I have begun the Saw VII article (on my namespace) here. Feel free to add/delete/change as new information comes. So far Patrick Melton in a podcast confirmed that filming will begin February (he also said a lot of things, like Saw VII most likely being the final installment, etc). So we have til then to make the page live. --Mike Allen ^{talk · contribs} 06:31, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Large image.

Well, apparently someone wasn't supposed to use "px" for some reason, yet now, the picture looks too large. What are we supposed to do? --HELLØ ŦHERE 23:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

See the diff - just use a smaller figure, but it must be a bare integer, without any "px" after it. So, instead of |imagesize=300 you could put |imagesize=250, |imagesize=200 etc. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:27, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

This is the code from {{Infobox Media franchise}}:

{{#if:{{{imagesize|}}}|{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>={{#expr:{{{imagesize|}}}}}|{{{imagesize|}}}|280}}px}}

If we pass a plain integer to the infobox template, such as |imagesize=200, this substitutes in five stages as follows:

{{#if:200|{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>={{#expr:200}}|200|280}}px}}
{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>={{#expr:200}}|200|280}}px
{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>=200|200|280}}px
{{!}}200px
|200px

which is a valid value to be included in [[Image: ]]. If we pass a value with "px" on the end, such as |imagesize=300px, this again substitutes in five stages but with a different outcome:

{{#if:300px|{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>={{#expr:300px}}|300px|280}}px}}
{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>={{#expr:300px}}|300px|280}}px
{{!}}{{#ifexpr:280>=<strong class="error">Expression error: Unrecognised word "px"</strong>|300px|280}}px
{{!}}<strong class="error"><span class="Pfunc_expr_unexpected_operator">Expression error: Unexpected < operator</span>[[Category:ParserFunction errors]]</strong>px
|<strong class="error"><span class="Pfunc_expr_unexpected_operator">Expression error: Unexpected < operator</span>[[Category:ParserFunction errors]]</strong>px

Note that this time:

• an error message 'Expression error: Unrecognised word "px"' is produced, which is not actually displayed, but used as data for a numeric expression
• that numeric expression fails as a direct result of the first error, yielding a second error message 'Expression error: Unexpected < operator'; this also is not displayed, because [[Image: ]] can't handle it
• the page is placed in Category:ParserFunction errors, which is a hidden category.

--Redrose64 (talk) 23:58, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Clean up

Had a quick look at the characters table on the main page and noted several errors with both content and structure. On my way out now, but I'll drop in later to see if it's been fixed. If not, I'll try and fix it up. - thewolfchild 02:58, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Boilerplate "compared to high grossing horror franchises"

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film#Boilerplate "compared to high grossing horror franchises" jnestorius^(talk) 11:23, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Subtitles

For whatever reason, the subtitles of two of the films in this series (namely "Saw 3D"/Saw: The Final Chapter, and Spiral: From the Book of Saw) keep being removed. This is inexplicable, as these two movies do indeed have subtitles. I am bringing a conversation starter here, as this is a recurring issue on the article.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 17:01, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Films section

I believe this section needs expansion. As is done on all other franchise/film series articles, this section should have a sub-section for each movie. As-is, it only has future film details and then those are deleted upon release? Not at all the best form.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 17:01, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Overview

The overview seems more like a series of non-connected statements about parts of plot involved in each film, written in no particular order. I came to the page to find an overview of the plot for all of the films as I have only seen the first one. If the overview section is the wrong place to put this then I suggest creating a plot overview section.

Thanks

E mpika (talk) 12:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

@E mpika: I agree, this section is clustered and overstuffed. This entire article needs some significant work.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 17:03, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Reception rewrite?

Or not really a rewrite, but an addition. Most film articles, in fact almost all of them that have a reception section, have a good deal of text detailing the positive and negative criticism. The charts are fine, I think, but I think in the name of consistancy, we should have a paragraph actually saying what the remarks about the film (good and bad) were about. 64.234.0.101 (talk) 19:20, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. Mike Allen 21:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

@MikeAllen: and @Special:Contributions/64.234.0.101 - the article as-is (eleven years later since your comments) is flawed in many ways. I will be trying to contribute constructively to help the details on this article.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 17:05, 8 April 2021 (UTC)