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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by Matthewedwards 21:49, 7 March 2009 [1].

Ralph Bakshi filmography

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Nominator(s): Ibaranoff24 (talk)
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An extension of Ralph Bakshi. I think this article compares rather nicely to other director filmographies that are featured, and offers verifiable web and book sources. Ibaranoff24 (talk) 07:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose Honestly this needs alot of work. The lead is a single sentence (see WP:LEAD), and IMDB is not considered a reliable source (see WP:RS). There are other style-based problems as well, such as the two tables being completely different. A few merged cells would go a long way too. I'd recommend taking a closer look at other FL director filmographies (such as Woody Allen filmography) for some ideas on how to improve the list. But for the meantime this is nowhere near ready. Drewcifer (talk) 07:40, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe my Strong Oppose was a little hasty, especially since I can't seem to practice what I preach (I wrote and nominated the Woody Allen filmography, so I guess I look pretty silly right now). But that said, I think Woody's page needs to be redone a bit, for the exact reason I complained about the table formats here. But, alot has been improved since, but it still needs some work. Some of the TV shows don't have any years. Also the centering in that table is problematic. In both tables, repeated cells should be merged using "rowspan". Also, the Director/Writer/Producer columns should be a subheading of a "Credited as" heading, also a la Woody Allen. The big empty cell in the Role column should also be split up. The lead is looking much better though. So I guess it still needs some work, but it's definitely getting closer. Drewcifer (talk) 03:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The tables headings are looking better, though I'm confused as to why you took out the voice and role columns. Let me know when or if you've addressed the rest of my comments. Drewcifer (talk) 04:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As you stated, it was a big empty column with a couple of entries. Bakshi does not usually receive credit for his voice work, although he often provides cameos and additional voice work in his films. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 22:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]
There's nothing wrong with a mostly empty row, my complaint was that the cells where he didn't receive a credit were all merged into one mega-cell. Now the bottom part of the Animator column suffers from the same thing. I didn't mean that the column should go at all, just that it should be split up.
There's still some of the TV shows that are missing years (something I mentioned before). I'm also not so sure about the dashes in the blank cells. First off if anything they should be – or — dashes, not hyphens. Second, I'm not sure they fit here. It's usually meant (in most lists, I think), to denote an absence of something that could have been if something had happened to a greater extent (such as chart position in a discography). Maybe that's a convuluted explantion, but that's how I understand it. So I think you should just leave those blank. Drewcifer (talk) 04:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The years for those shows were the same as the year for the last title to contain a year. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 05:21, 21 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Ok, so try and merge like cells like the few I already did, using rowspan="#".
A few more things, now from the lead:
  • Why does the lead say "From 1972 to 1994" but the table only goes to 1992?
  • The lead overall needs to reflect the content of the list, and vice versa. Per WP:LEAD, the lead should summarize the content of the article/list, and therefore not include anything that isn't in the article/list proper. I see a few credits in the lead that aren't mentioned anywhere else (Cannonball Run II, Frazetta: Painting with Fire, and Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation"). Other people have brought this up before, but I think the copy+paste of the lead from the guy's main article is just making things worse. This also brings up another question: why aren't those three in the list?
  • The last sentence of the first paragraph is also a run-on sentence. Drewcifer (talk) 07:59, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Truco

Weak Oppose/Comments from Truco (talk · contribs) - couple issues in all areas.

  • Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated and, occasionally, live-action films. -- (1)Unbold his name per WP:LEDE (2)The comma should go before and
  • From 1972 until 1994, he directed nine theatrically-released feature films, writing five of them. - Until should be to
  • He also directed an animated sequence featured in the 1984 live-action film Cannonball Run II, and was interviewed for the 2003 documentary feature Frazetta: Painting with Fire, and the segment Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation. -- Remove the and in its second occurrence.
  • From 1957 to 1968, Bakshi worked in the animation department, and later as a director, on several animated series for Terrytoons and later Famous Studios. -- This sentence is confusing since two separate companies are mentioned, reword or split.
  • Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat in 1972, the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. -- Comma after the title of the film.
  • Bakshi soon began to produce more feature films, directing Heavy Traffic, Coonskin and Hey Good Lookin' at the same time. -- Reword to Afterwards, Bakshi began to produce more feature films, directing Heavy Traffic and Coonskin and Hey Good Lookin' simultaneously.
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Have you considered replacing the dashes with red "No"'s? --TRUCO 17:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. We don't need to add graphic weight to credits which he did not receive. As this is a list of credits received, I don't think we need to address credits he didn't receive (which obviously outweighs the credits he did receive). Which is why I still suggest just a blank cell. But I admit that the "yes" column isn't ideal. Maybe we can figure out a good alternative that wouldn't necessitate the use of an opposing "no" column. Drewcifer (talk) 20:04, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be better if the Credited as column was turned into one column and lets take a film for example, that one column could state "Director, Animator, and Writer" (since the heading states "Credited as:") Its like other lists which have a "Rationale for:" column and the one cell states the reason following the column name. --TRUCO 23:02, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Ibaranoff24 (talk) 09:11, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Never-mind, revert that it doesn't look right.--TRUCO 02:14, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What I mean is that the old format is better because the way they are now doesn't really say much IMO. I'm sorry, I just think the old table will work fine for this.--TRUCO 21:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 05:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Something is still wrong with the formatting because the line that makes the cells in the first and second columns are not showing up.--TRUCO 22:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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