Talk:Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
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This article looks like advertising for a film which might become notable, but is not now notable. Tribeca is not exactly Cannes, nor can I even find any mention on the Tribeca website of this film having won the said award there, but only that it was entered in that competition. Perhaps it will deserve a Wikipedia article after it airs on PBS, if that comes to pass. Meanwhile I don't see how it can be considered notable. Lonewolf BC 06:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- I thought this would come up as an issue. Clearly since they won the Tribeca Film Festival award, it is a quality made production. I can assure you I did not create the article for advertising purposes, I have no contact to anything like that. But I would certainly love to see other people expand upon it. And in the interim, it will probably only become a more notable film. At any rate, there was plenty of source material to start the article, and it is cited at IMDB and All Movie Guide. Smeelgova 07:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC).
- Note also the other award: Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Feature Documentary, San Francisco International Film Festival, when coupled with the award mentioned above, we start to see a pattern here. I say let the article be expanded upon. Smeelgova 07:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Variety magazine
- Variety (magazine) is probably the most maistream film magazine out there. I don't see how the quote is "promotional". Please discuss here before removing it again. Thanks. Smeelgova 21:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Rotten Tomatoes
- Added a second quote from Rotten Tomatoes. They incorporated 31 reviews into their analysis to come up with a Critical consensus. 29 positive reviews, and 2 negative reviews of all those surveyed. Link to compilation of reviews. This should therefore seem "non-promotional". Smeelgova 22:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Promotional quotes
These are the sort of thing that one puts on the dust-jacket of books, not into encyclopedia articles. The very prominence you are seeking to give them goes against a neutral point of view for the article. -- Lonewolf BC 01:11, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- The second quote is from Rotten Tomatoes. It is commentary that was compiled from a survey of thirty-one different critical film reviews. I don't see how this would not come across as NPOV. Smeelgova 01:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC).
- As I said before. -- Lonewolf BC 01:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- Please elaborate as to why you do not feel that this quote is tactful and NPOV. Smeelgova 03:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC).
- See above. And I've said nothing about "tactful". -- Lonewolf BC 06:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- Please elaborate as to why you do not feel that this quote is tactful and NPOV. Smeelgova 03:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC).
- As I said before. -- Lonewolf BC 01:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- Please note: I have removed all remaining quotes. Yours, Smeelgova 06:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
