Talk:Veerappan (2016 film)
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Massive change
editIn these edits I made some major changes to the article. For some reason, someone (or a number of editors) had bloated the lead with positive reviews and other fluffy content. The place for reviews is in the Reception section. Of course, there was also a problem with the Reception section--it's not supposed to be a random collection of glowing quotations as if we're writing blurbs for the DVD release "A must see!" "A tour de force performance!" In theory, we're supposed to be presenting an overall picture of how critics received direction, writing, acting, and other important details. We would support our summaries with quotations. "Some critics praised the action. Raja Shah of XYZ Times wrote, 'Doe did ample research for the role and it shows--his portrayal of the police captain is riveting and real.'" Stuff like that. That was glaringly missing and instead we get vague stuff like "Veerappan marks a stellar come back!" (An exclamation, really?)
There were other issues too, like a Release section that duplicated content found in the Reception section. We also don't (by default) care about trailers and first looks, per WP:TRAILER. Each of my changes was explained with an edit summary. I initially removed the critical response summary because it wasn't clear whose voice we were quoting (someone opted to stuff a bunch of cherrypicked positive reviews after the statement, instead of clearly using a reference that contained a quote to that effect.) I have since restored the summary after finding a source that summarized the critical response. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:20, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
Claim that film is based on the Kannada-language film Killing Veerappan
editIn this edit I flagged as dubious a claim that the film is based on the Kannada-language film Killing Veerappan.
The reference is ambiguous. The director says "Not a remake of Kannada superhit Killing Veerappan completely Remade in Hindi as a biopic." The poor grammar could be interpreted in two ways: that he's saying that this film is not a remake of Veerappan, or that it is a remake. Even the source flags it with a [sic], knowing that it is grammatically problematic. The content should probably be cut until a more definitive statement can be found. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:38, 1 June 2016 (UTC)