Wikipedia:WikiProject American Animation

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Superman, from the Fleischer Studios' cartoon series.

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to American animation. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in this field. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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[edit] Scope

This purpose of this project is to standardize the coverage of American animated cartoons within the Wikipedia. This includes deciding how pages should be formatted, which pages should and should not be created, designing templates, etc. This project is not yet completely defined, so feel free to make suggestions on the talk page.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

Parent:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Films

Similar:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and Manga
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Futurama
• Wikipedia:WikiProject The Simpsons
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Web Animation
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Avatar: The Last Airbender

[edit] Related pages in Sister projects

• Commons:Animation
• Wikibooks:Animation
• Wiktionary:animation

[edit] Sister Project Searches

• Wikibooks search
• Google Wikibooks search
• Wikiquote search
• Google Wikiquote search
• Wikisource search
• Google Wikisource search

[edit] Participants

To add your name to the list, type "*~~~" at the bottom of the list.

[edit] Active

• SUIT
• BrianSmithson
• Slgrandson
• Chickenmonkey
• The Tramp
• FuriousFreddy

[edit] Inactive

• PhattyFatt
• Pietro Shakarian
• Stardust8212

[edit] Supporter

• Jumping cheese ^Contact

• Dtribe

• dogman15 21:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (for Pixar, mainly)

• Esn 21:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (I mainly write articles about European animation, but I support any animation coverage on the wiki)

• Captain Infinity 15:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tasks

• Standardize coverage of animated films and TV shows
• Implement infoboxes for individual films
• Create infoboxes for series and characters
• Make decisions about individual cartoon shorts/episodes

[edit] Progress

As of January 12, 159 articles have been tagged with {{USAnimation}}, the project template, as part of our coverage.

Top-Tier Schedule

• Monday, October 16 - Studios / Walt Disney - DONE
• Tuesday, October 17 - Animators / Looney Tunes musicians - DONE
• Wednesday, October 18 - Films - DONE
• Thursday, October 19 - Television Series - DONE
• Friday, October 20 - Characters - DONE
• October 21-22 - Add importance parameter to {{USAnimation}} - DONE
• Winter-Spring 2007 - Grade unassessed articles, upgrade this project page, make to-do box, create Portal:Animation

The progress of our project is now tracked automatically on the table in Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/American animation articles by quality. This list will be updated every late night, Eastern Standard Time.

[edit] Entries to deal with

[edit] Merrie Melodies

• Mel Blanc
• Bill Roberts
• Bea Benaderet
• Arthur Q. Bryan
• Stan Freberg
• Richard Peel
• Julie Bennett
• Ben Frommer
• Dick Beals
• Daws Butler
• Sara Berner
• Frank Graham (The linked entry is different from the person who worked in animation)
• Kent Rogers
• Gloria Wood
• Billy Bletcher
• Tommy Bond
• Joe Dougherty
• Bernice Hansen
• Martha Wentworth
• Tex Avery
• Robert C. Bruce
• John T. Smith (The linked entry is different from the person who worked in animation)
• Richard Hadyn
• Tedd Pierce
• Gloria Curran
• Errol Flynn
• Dave Barry(The linked entry is different from the person who worked in animation)
• Robert C. Bruce
• Richard Bickenbach
• Ruby Dandridge
• Leslie Barringer
• June Foray
• Chuck Jones
• Robert Clampett
• Friz Freling
• Robert McKimson
• Maurice Noble
• Abe Levitow
• Frank Tashlin
• Arthur Davis
• Brian Selzer
• Leon Schlesinger
• Milt Franklyn
• Michael Maltese
• Carl Stalling
• Bill Lava
• Norman Spencer
• Ken Harris
• Abe Levitow
• Richard Thompson (animator)
• Ben Washam
• Phil Monroe
• Lloyd Vaughan
• Virgil Ross
• Ken Champin
• Gerry Chiniquy
• Manuel Perez (animator)
• Basil Davidovich
• Arthur Davis
• Gil Turner
• John Carey
• Phil DeLara
• Manny Gould
• Charles McKimson
• Bob Bransford
• Bob Givens
• Tom Ray
• Chuck Jones
• Rod Scribner
• Cal Dalton
• Don Williams
• Ted Bonnickson
• Robert Cannon
• Shamus Culhane
• Warren Batchelder
• George Grandpre
• George Cannata
• Izzy Ellis
• Norm McCabe
• Keith Darling
• Sidney Sutherland
• Bill Melendez
• Pete Burness
• Manny Gould
• Rollin Hamilton
• Joe D’Igalo
• Jack Bradbury

[edit] Stub templates

These stub types will be used by the project:

• {{animation-stub}} for all articles relating to the field of animation
• {{disney-stub}} for articles relating to The Walt Disney Company
• {{Hanna-Barbera-stub}} for articles relating to Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network Studios
• {{looney-tunes-stub}} for articles relating to Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies

For specific television series:

• {{Simpsons-stub}} for Simpsons-related articles
• {{transformers-stub}} for articles dealing with the Transformers animated shows

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Member infobox

User WP American Animation This user is a member of WikiProject American Animation.

[edit] Theatrical animated shorts

For theatrical animated shorts, use {{Infobox Hollywood cartoon}}:

An Infobox Hollywood cartoon may be used to summarize information about an American-produced theatrical animated short film. It was created for use by Wikipedia:WikiProject American animation.

[edit] Usage

{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon
| cartoon_name = 
| series = 
| image = 
| caption =
| director = 
| story_artist = 
| animator = 
| voice_actor = 
| musician = 
| producer = 
| studio = 
| distributor = 
| release_date = 
| color_process = 
| runtime = 
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| movie_language = 
| imdb_id = 
}}

• Cartoon Name: The official title of the film, as spelled onscreen or in official production documents.
• Series: The short film series to which the short belongs. For blanket series such as Looney Tunes and Terrytoons, notate the starring character(s) of the short alongside the series title, for example Terrytoons/Mighty Mouse series instead of just Terrytoons series. This field is optional.
• Image and Caption: All you need for the image code is the name of the image file without the "Image:" at the front. Each image is automatically formatted to a maximum width of 230 pixels. The image for the infobox should be a poster, the main title card (if it has artwork depicting the characters), or a clear screenshot of the characters. The caption should identify the characters depicted, and explain where the image came from. These fields are optional.
• The credits for Director(s), Story(board) artist(s), Animator(s), Voice actor(s), Musician(s), and Producer(s) should identify the persons credited onscreen, as well as others who were not credited. It has not yet been determined if that the cast and crew should be credited as they were in the original onscreen titles (for example, Charles M. Jones instead of Chuck Jones). Voice actors and musicians are optional fields.
• Studio: The animation studio/company who made the film, if it is not the same as the distributor. For example, all "Warner Bros." cartoons released before 1944 were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. This field is optional.
• Distributor: The company who released the film.
• Release date: The release date for each country, followed by the country name in parenthesis: February 15, 1991 (USA)
• Color process: Type of film stock used to make the film. For most cartoons, this should be filled only with one of the following choices: black and white, Sepia tone, Technicolor, Technicolor (two-color), Cinecolor, Polacolor, or Metrocolor. For more modern (post-1970) cartoons, "Color" will suffice.
• Runtime: The running time of the cartoon, followed by the number of film reels it was originally issued on (if it was released during the The Golden Age of American animation. Most cartoons will read as "8 min (1 reel)", something like Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor would read as "16 min (two reels)".
• preceded_by: If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that preceded it in the series. Separate multiple entries *with a line break (<br />).
• followed_by: If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that followed it in the series. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<br />).
• Movie language: The language spoken in the film. If it is a silent film, type "Silent".
• IMDb ID: the numeric portion of the film's IMDb url.

[edit] Example code

{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon|
| cartoon_name = Falling Hare
| series = [[Merrie Melodies]]/[[Bugs Bunny]]
| image = Falling Hare Bugs.jpg
| caption = [[Bugs Bunny]] and his [[Gremlin]] nemesis, in a scene from ''Falling Hare''.
| director = [[Robert Clampett]]
| story_artist = [[Warren Foster]]
| animator = [[Robert McKimson]] <br> [[Rod Scribner]] <br> [[Bill Melendez]]
| voice_actor = [[Mel Blanc]]
| musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
| producer = [[Leon Schlesinger]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] <br> [[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
| release_date = [[October 30]], [[1943]] (USA)
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime = 8 min (one reel)
| movie_language = English
| imdb_id = 0035861
}}

[edit] Example result (on right)

[edit] Animated feature films

For animated feature films, use {{Infobox Film}}:

{{Infobox Film
| name           = 
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = 
| producer       = 
| writer         = 
| starring       = 
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = 
| runtime        = 
| country        = 
| language       = 
| budget         = 
| preceded_by    = 
| followed_by    = 
| amg_id         = 
| imdb_id        = 
}}

• Name: The official name of the film, as seen onscreen or in promotional material.
• Image and Caption: In the "Image" field, add the entire image name without the "Image:" prefix. The default width for images in the Infobox is 200 pixels, but should they come out too small, add something like "image_size = 100px" into that field. An original poster for the film should be most convenient, but a DVD cover or screenshot would come in handy if the poster cannot be found. The caption should depict the description of the Infobox image. (These fields are optional.)
• Director, Producer and Writer: The people who directed, produced and wrote the film.
• Starring: The voice talents who starred in the film.
• Music: The musician(s) and composer(s) who worked on the film's score.
• Cinematography: In the case of animated movies, this field is referred to as the "animation camera" unit. Usually, most articles on animated films will lack this information.
• Editing: The editor(s) of the film.
• Distributor: The company who initially distributed the film.
• Released: The release date of the film (usually in the United States).
• Runtime: The running time (in minutes).
• Country: The country where the production took place (for example, in the case of this project, the United States).
• Language: The language(s) spoken in the movie.
• Budget: The film's cost in US$.
• Preceded/Followed by: If the film is part of a series, then mention which installments preceded (came after) and followed (came before) it. For instance, in the case of The Lion King (whose code is shown below), part of the Disney animated features canon, Aladdin should be in the "preceded_by" space, and Pocahontas in "followed_by".
• AMG ID: The numeric portion of the film's URL at the All Movie Guide (1:xxxxxx).
• IMDb ID: The numeric portion of its IMDb URL.

[edit] Example code

{{Infobox Film|
| name = The Lion King 
| image = Lion King.jpg
| caption = Promotional Poster for '''''The Lion King'''''
| director = [[Roger Allers]] <br> [[Rob Minkoff]]
| producer = [[Don Hahn]]
| writer = [[Irene Mecchi]] <br> [[Jonathan Roberts (writer)|Jonathan Roberts]] <br> [[Linda Woolverton]] |
| starring = [[Matthew Broderick]] <br> [[James Earl Jones]] <br> [[Jeremy Irons]] <br> [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]] <br> [[Nathan Lane]] <br> [[Ernie Sabella]] <br> [[Robert Guillaume]] <br> [[Moira Kelly]] <br> [[Rowan Atkinson]] <br> [[Whoopi Goldberg]] <br> [[Cheech Marin]] <br> [[Jim Cummings]]
| music = [[Hans Zimmer]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Pictures]]
| released = [[June 15]], [[1994]] (selected cities)<br>[[June 24]], [[1994]] (general)<br>[[December 25]], [[2002]] ([[IMAX]] re-release)|
| runtime = 88 minutes
| language = English
| budget = $79,300,000 (estimated)
| preceded_by = ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992)
| followed_by = ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' (1995)
| amg_id = 1:131171
| imdb_id=0110357
}}

[edit] Example result (on right)

[edit] External links

• IMDb's animation page
• bcdb.com - The Big Cartoon Database
• Keyframe - the Animation Resource
• Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia
• A detailed history of animation