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==Wiki Education assignment: Technical and Professional Writing==
== Requested move 13 February 2024 ==
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<span class="wikied-assignment" style="font-size:85%;">— Assignment last updated by ] (]) 01:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)</span>
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:Hello,
The result of the move request was: '''Consensus to move.''' Supporters' argument that the film is the primary topic for this article is based on salient facts, such as the unusually high number of view on the dab page and the film gets many times more view than the book, not to mention that this is the name of the film and not the title of the book. Opposers' argument that the film is not the primary topic is based solely on the opinion that having that many more views is still not enough. Finally, Supporters point out that the bottom line is the vast majority of users searching with "The Wizard of Oz" will be taken directly to the article they seek, rather than redirected to the dab page as they are now, and the minority will be just one (hatnote) click away, just like they are now when taken to the dab page where they are one (dab page) click away. So the move benefits the majority with no cost to the minority. <small>(])</small> ] ] 06:34, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
:I am assigned with bettering an article of my choice on Misplaced Pages. Over the next few weeks I will be working on finding more reputable citations to add to the references section, cleaning up the article in terms of grammar, spelling, and punctuation as well as adding or deleting information that may be unnecessary to this articles content. If there is any valuable input you would like to add to my work, feel free. ] (]) 14:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
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== Remaster to upload to Wikimedia Commons in 2035 (year it enters public domain) ==
] → {{no redirect|The Wizard of Oz}} – The film, ], and the novel, '']'', are sufficient distinct from each other to fall under ]. The original novel was not published as ''The Wizard of Oz'' (according to the article, it has sometimes been reprinted with the film's title due to the film's popularity, meaning the publishers wanted to associate themselves with the film as a companion piece, which only proves that the film is more widely associated with that term) and is thus ]ly disambiguated; this is similar to '']'' (the book) vs. '']'' (the film), or '']'' (the film) vs. '']'' (the book).


I know it's very early, but with 10 years to go until the film becomes public domain, just wondering which remaster of the film we will upload to Wikimedia Commons when the time comes. I'm thinking it should be the more recent remaster from 2018 used for the 4K Blu-ray release as it is the highest-quality and most detailed print of the film to date and restores the original colors. ] (]) 15:47, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
Perhaps a more excellent example would be '']'', which is not titled ] despite often being reprinted and known as such. The book and the year are both equally and highly notable, but because of the differences in their names, they are disambiguated NATURALly. Due to ''The Wizard of Oz''{{'s}} cultural impact and significance, being one of the most influential films of all time, comparable to that of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', it can easily be regarded as the primary topic for the exact term "The Wizard of Oz", and this is reinforced by . A for "The Wizard of Oz" surfaces results almost exclusively for the film. ] (]) 19:23, 13 February 2024 (UTC) <small>—&nbsp;'''''Relisting.'''''&nbsp;] (]) 21:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)</small>
*'''Oppose''', current ] setup works best. ] (]) 20:06, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
*:Your argument, NOPRIMARY, would mean '']'' needs to be moved to ]. It makes no sense to claim that the book is distinct from the film, but not vice versa. ] (]) <!--Template:Undated--><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added 20:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)</small>
*::The proposed move concerns ]. If you want to discuss moving ], it needs to be stated explicitly in the nomination. See ]. ] (]) 21:05, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
*::: There are many more "The Wizard of Oz" titles than there are "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" titles. It is entirely possible for the book to be the primary topic of the longer title, while no subject is the primary topic of the shorter title, in part because it is also used as shorthand for the book. ] ] 23:17, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
*::::But the book is sometimes known as ''The Wizard of Oz'' <u>because</u> of the film's enormous popularity. ] (]) 20:28, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. The dab page currently at ] is averaging 158 views per day, which is way too high for a dab page. It seems obvious that most readers want and expect an article about the famous and highly influential film at that title, based on , as well as Google searches mentioned above. The book is also significant, even though it gets only about 25% of the pageviews of the film, but happily is already ]LY disambiguated by using its best title, and can be linked directly from a hatnote. All other uses combined are far behind the film. ] (]) 21:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
*:Yes, the film has more views, but the novel has well over one view per minute (I enjoy knowing there are 1440 minutes in a day and anything near that means that somebody, somewhere, will click on the page every minute). ] (]) 01:44, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*::And the film gets one view every 12 seconds. ] (]) 02:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*:::Yes, they are both prominent and viewed, which is why the equality of a disamb page seems better navigation for this topic. ] (]) 01:10, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
*:* '''Support''' per nom and this reasoning from Station1. ] (]) 01:42, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' - per {{noping|Station1}}, they make a sensible argument. - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">] <small>(])</small></span> 21:57, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''', the book and the film hold equal long-term significance, and both are the common name for their topics even though the book has a "Wonderful" formal name. Misplaced Pages should have a long memory (into the past and into the future), and in a long-memory timeline the novel and the book are, equally, ''The Wizard of Oz'' <small>as is that guy behind the curtain</small>. ] (]) 01:18, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*:If Misplaced Pages had a long memory, it would realize that people didn't start calling the book ''The Wizard of Oz'' until the film came out and became a cultural icon, and that the book was published under the title ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. Even now, Google Search makes this distinction; so does Encyclopedia Britannica (which interestingly says {{tqq|by the late 20th century the 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz'' had become more familiar than the book on which it was based}}). Look up "The Wizard of Oz" on and , and you'll find that the shortened name almost always refers to the film while the extended form almost always refers to the book. It's been 85 since the film was released; if this distinction hasn't changed now, it's unlikely to change anytime soon. ] (]) 02:57, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*:I would respectfully disagree that "the book and the film hold equal long-term significance". The book is certainly significant, to a large degree because of the film, both as the film's source and the later long-term interest generated by the film, but I think the film had the greater influence and long-term cultural impact. All of that is subjective opinion, of course. Only the numbers are objective. ] (]) 20:22, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*::They both have historic influence and long-term cultural significance, and both have large number of views daily, which is why a disamb page is the best choice here. ] (]) 01:10, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom. The film is already naturally disambiguated from the book and has a lot of long-term significance on its own, so I think it’s safe to make it the base title for ''Wizard of Oz'' ] (]) 03:42, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Weak Support''' I do think that it is different enough to actually make this point work
:] (]) 17:38, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''. Far too ambiguous. The book is also commonly known by this name. -- ] (]) 16:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
:<small>Note: ] has been notified of this discussion. ] (]) 16:50, 22 February 2024 (UTC)</small>
*'''Support''' Good case laid out for why the 1939 film should be primary target. Presumably the existing ] would move to ] and be linked to via a hatnote from the 1939 film. &nbsp;&mdash; <span style="border-radius:8em;padding:0 7px;background:#dfab7f">]</span> (]·]) 19:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' per nom. ] (]) 22:14, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Support''' because it's better to have something at the target page than a boring disambiguation page. Even if you imagine there's a 50/50 split for what the reader is looking for, then getting the film page would make 50% of the readers happy, and 50% would have to click to another page. Right now, getting the disambiguation page makes 0% of people happy, and 100% have to click. That being said -- I hope that we put a link straight to the novel in the hatnote, so those 50% of people who want the novel don't have to click through twice. ] (]) 02:02, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
*:This! Somebody has got to put this in a guideline or something. ] (]) 00:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' This didn't occur to me before, so I didn't put this in the nom, but '']'' vs. '']'' is another excellent example to compare this to. ] at work. ] (]) 06:46, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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:I'm not sure about the legalities of uploading specific restorations of public domain films, but like you say it seems way too early to speculate on this kinda thing. ] (]) 16:08, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
== Black-and-white film? ==

No strong opinion on this, but how do editors feel about this being categorized as a black-and-white film? Parts of it apparently were filmed in black-and-white, though obviously the majority of the film is in color, and the category has no notes regarding how it's intended to be used. ] (]) 13:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

:I feel like we could use another category, like "Color films with black-and-white scenes". ''Dune Part Two'' and ''Kill Bill Vol. 1'' could be other films part of that category (that I can think of right now). ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;]) <sup>(])</sup> 13:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
::I'm not inherently opposed to that, though if such a category were to be created, I can imagine arguments ensuing as to whether a quick B/W flashback is sufficient for membership in that category (e.g. '']''). ] (]) 14:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that's why I don't care too much about categories. The category criteria can be for the black-and-white scene(s) to be explicitly mentioned in the article body. Looked up and found a few other good ones -- ''Oppenheimer'', ''Asteroid City'', ''Pleasantville'', ''Memento'', ''American History X'', ''Natural Born Killers''. ]&nbsp;(]&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;]) <sup>(])</sup> 18:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
::::I'm not unwilling to create such a category, though you might have more experience with it (or might not!), but then there's the question of whether such a category should be a subcategory of B/W films or separate. I'm guessing you feel it should be the latter, but I don't want to make assumptions, and I definitely don't want to create a category that's just going to end up at CfD. :p Or, if you want to go ahead and create it with your own ideas, be my guest! ] (]) 19:42, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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The Wizard Of Oz premiered in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Oakland Paramount, on August 17, 1939, the same day it premiered in New York at Loew's Capitol Theatre. This can be confirmed by newspaper ads in the Oakland Tribune, Bancroft Library; and by Oakland Paramount advertising cards.

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Hello,
I am assigned with bettering an article of my choice on Misplaced Pages. Over the next few weeks I will be working on finding more reputable citations to add to the references section, cleaning up the article in terms of grammar, spelling, and punctuation as well as adding or deleting information that may be unnecessary to this articles content. If there is any valuable input you would like to add to my work, feel free. Howdy m25 (talk) 14:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Remaster to upload to Wikimedia Commons in 2035 (year it enters public domain)

I know it's very early, but with 10 years to go until the film becomes public domain, just wondering which remaster of the film we will upload to Wikimedia Commons when the time comes. I'm thinking it should be the more recent remaster from 2018 used for the 4K Blu-ray release as it is the highest-quality and most detailed print of the film to date and restores the original colors. HM2021 (talk) 15:47, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the legalities of uploading specific restorations of public domain films, but like you say it seems way too early to speculate on this kinda thing. Harryhenry1 (talk) 16:08, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
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