Talk:The Walt Disney Company/Archive/2006

Logos

I would like more information about the company's logo. When did the current one begin its use, and what were previous logos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by PsychoJason (talk • contribs) 21:13, January 24, 2006

2nd world war

Should this article contain some information about the 2nd world war that the studio produced? I was researching about this and found nothing.

I love this question - WWII a Hoax? Disney Responsible For WWII Claims Wikipedia! Did you mean 'about the films Disney produced during the Second World War'? Lovingboth 15:30, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Classic Disney Cartoon Era

Unfortunately, Classic Disney Cartoon Era links to this article, although a real article could exist on this topic. --Abdull 20:07, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I would say The Golden Age of American animation would be a better redirect. What do you think? --Abdull 21:09, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

• Both article titles are vague and POV. One person may think Fantasia is classic, another may think DuckTales is. tregoweth 06:10, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Disney DVD

A paragraph could be written on Disney DVD. Disney distributes most of its "dvd"s with a Disney DVD logo and usually without the DVD logo that works as a certificate that they conform to DVD standards. This means that they may be "better" or "worse" than a standard DVD. How ever I've not heard of any unusual (other than CSS and macrovision) problems with them. A article was written, but it was redirected here by VfD --Easyas12c 10:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

There is a page: Disney DVD & Video, which includes a list of releases

Page Organization

Shouldn't the Page be divided into categories with lists of links? Then the information would be clear and only a click away from more information on a given link. The Walt Disney Resots Section doesn't need that much information with it's own separate page. It's so difficult to read as of February 2 2006. It was better just 3 days ago. User: 5318000:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Board of Directors

Resolved

Why is Steve Jobs, a possible/likely future Director, listed under Current Directors? See WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_crystal_ball. -- Gnetwerker 01:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Because someone jumped the gun slightly. If it bugs you, fix it. =) Powers 02:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Just checking -- done. -- Gnetwerker 07:24, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Losing companies

Dang, so far I've learned that Disney lost 2 companies. DiC Entertainment and Dimension Films. Any others? King Shadeed 20:03 5 May, 2006 (UTC)

Nope, but they do own the Celebration Company don't they? It isn't listed here. Is that because it's too small or just because Disney's experiment into creating the perfect town isn't important enough? Kert01 14:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Name

I've corrected the initial name to "Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio", as opposed to "The Disney Bros. Cartoon Studio", based on information from Disney's corporate website. [1]. The same article also says: ".. the company soon changed its name, at Roy's suggestion, to the Walt Disney Studio." Our article claims that it was at Walt's insistence that the name was changed. Is there a source for our claim? Otherwise I'd suggest going with Disney's version.--Eloquence* 06:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Mauschwitz and Duckau

Do these names refer to the whole company, to the Disney(land|world)s, or to one of the theme parks? Apokrif 16:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

They're derogatory slang terms. I doubt people are very careful with their usage, which means they could refer to any or all of the above. Powers 21:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Bring WikiProject Disney to life!

Disney fans rejoince, WikiProject Disney has been propsed, just add your name to the category of intrrested Wikipedians to join here(it's at the bottom). Make sure to spread the word and bring the project to a goood start! Julz 20:10, July 20, 2006

The Rescuers' release

I find it important to note about the importance of this film's release. Because just like Cinderella, it was important to insure the future of Disney animation. Perhaps the detail about the end of the secong golden age is unneeded, but the first part, "The Rescuers is released becoming the highest grossing animated release to date and ensuring the future of Disney animation." is a very important detail. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.174.4.138 (talk • contribs) .

Lots of Disney movies became the highest grossing animated release to date; we don't need to mention all of them. If The Rescuers did indeed ensure the future of Disney animation, such a claim would have to have a reliable source before it would belong in the article; otherwise, it's original research. Powers 20:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

John Lasseter

Lasseter is not, according to the Walt Disney Company Corporate Information page, a member of the Disney senior management team. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.226.179.40 (talk • contribs) .

True. That page appears to use a very strict definition of "Management". Lasseter is the Chief Creative Officer at the animation studios and Principle Creative Advisor at WDI, and he reports directly to Iger. That makes him more of a consultant and ideas-guy than someone involved in the active mangement of the company. Powers ^T 14:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Long lost film

This was posted a while ago over at the article about Greg Evigan, but to no avail. There was a Disney made-for-tv movie in the 1980s that involved a spaceship full of children sent out on a 25 year mission. The captain is killed right away and then the children pick up Evigan (I think it was him) who was a stranded astronaut. It turns out the Admiral in command of the mission wanted to use the ship for evil purposes, but in the end the kids win out and head on to the planet they were originally seeking. The ship’s navigator is a brilliant 12 year old who had a crush on one of the other officers, a cute teenage girl. There was also a plot about the environment on Earth being wrecked and it rains all the time. Any ideas on what this movie was called??? Thanks -Husnock 22:45, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it aired on The Wonderful World of Disney. I thought it was "Spaceship Earth" or something like that... -- Ben 16:00, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• • Is it Northstar? —tregoweth (talk) 03:17, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Toontown Online

Disney created a major scandal on its MMORPG Toontown Online on Friday, November 3 when it sent a massive mailing to a large part of its paying customers and account holders falsely accusing them of illegally using 3rd party macros to enhance game features. Simultaneously Disney suspended the use these accounts as "punishment", stating that they would be reinstated only after 72 hours, effectively barring these customers from playing over the weekend. This was done at the close of the working day on Friday to ensure that their victimized customers would not have any recourse or access to customer support, which does not operate over weekends, not surprisingly the busiest times for traffic on its site. Obviously, being a game targeted at children, many of those falsely accused and punished by the Corporation were youngsters who were at a loss to understand what was happening or what they supposedly did that was wrong and illegal. On Monday, November 6 at 11 am PST, six hours before the 72 hour period was up, all suspended accounts were reinstated in an apparent recognition by the Corporation that it had erred. However, at this point of time no apology has been forthcoming, nor any attempt at reimbursing customers for the lost days they had paid for. The Corporation amazingly remains insistent that its customers were in breach of the members agreement although all evidence clearly indicated otherwise. Many of those affected, as well as many others who were witness to this abusive corporate behavior, have now begun the process of cancelling their accounts. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.0.176.181 (talk • contribs) .

I think you may have confused this page with a news outlet. Or perhaps you're looking for the Toontown Online article? Powers ^T 01:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Roy E. Disney

Roy E. Disney is no longer a senior figure in the company. When he and Iger settled their dispute, he was given the honorary title of Director Emeritus and was named a consultant, which basically gives him the right to an office on the studio lot. He has no operational responsibilities in the company. He is not a member of the board nor a senior manager and should not be listed as such in the article.--Plainsong 16:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't really see any reason why we shouldn't list Directors Emeriti. Powers ^T 17:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Directors emeriti are merely ceremonial figures. They don't even have the privilege of attending board meetings: [2]--Plainsong 19:20, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, then the important thing, perhaps, is his role as Consultant which is apparently (based on your link) a paid position. It sure looks like a leadership role to me. Powers ^T 16:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No mention of the hidden images?

Working with editing software at an old school of mine you can clearly see offensive, or otherwise sexual images. Lion King and the Little Mermaid are prime examples. If we are to mention the racism alogations, these images have been brought up and are actually factual.--134.197.153.251 21:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Against Homosexuals?

There's a big notice on the top of this page saying don't bring your kids to Disney, it's been corrupted by Homosexuals, which is obviously biased. I tried editing it out, but it wasn;'t in the actual text. How do you take it out? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.202.214.5 (talk) 20:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

I fixed that. All you have to do is go to "edit this page" and save the page again. 18:07, 17 December 2006