Arinid

Arinid (talk) 19:11, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Hey there, people of Wikipedia.

I just wanted to ask you something.

If it's necessary to put the name of a film, novel, television series, video game, or album, in italics (e.g. Harry Potter, Star Wars, SpongeBob SquarePants, Angry Birds, and The E.N.D.), why do you do it for things that tell you what they are in the name, so you do not have to italicize it (e.g. The Angry Birds Movie and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)?

I'm not trying to judge you, but I just hate it when I see a film name with "the" and/or "movie" in it italicized; it just looks unnecessary.

If you don't have another option and would like me to give you one, I can.

A: If the film is based on something else and just adds "the movie" (or some other variant) to it, just remove "the movie" from the title and rename the film's Wikipedia page so that it ends with "(film)" (e.g. The Angry Birds Movie becomes simply "Angry Birds" and "Angry Birds (film)" and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie becomes simply "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "SpongeBob SquarePants (film)"). Then, after you introduce the film, go in parentheses "promoted as The Angry Birds Movie/The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie". This also applies if the film isn't based on something else (e.g. The Lego Movie, which becomes simply "Lego" and "Lego (2014 film)" as I prefer, and "promoted as The Lego Movie").

B: If the film is based on something else and removes some parts of the name of what it's based on (e.g. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and My Little Pony: The Movie), make it so that the name has the full name of what it's based on (e.g. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water becomes "SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water" and My Little Pony: The Movie becomes "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" and "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (film)"). Then, after you introduce the film, go in parentheses "stylized and promoted as The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water/My Little Pony: The Movie".

I'm not trying to be mean; I would just really love it if you did this for every novel, film, television series, video game, and album that applies here.

So, will you please?

Wikipedia, I'm already awake, so you can message me now.

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