Talk:Academy Award

Faulty actor lists

I tried fixing some of the bogus actors listed along the right side after I was unable to find the last edit which had the correct names, but it would be a 2-3 hour job at least. Just want to notify the regulars here of the problem. -- User:John DiFool2 12:50, 18 March 2011 (EDT)

Objectivity and professionalism

I'm getting a little tired of the unprofessional and biased edits that have been made to the "Criticism" section of this article lately. Look, I understand that we all have our little beefs with the Academy's choices, but rants, uncited speculation and unecessary additions to this section are inappropriate and should be deleted immediately. Personally, I'm okay with the section as it is now, but I won't discourage someone from editing or adding something to change it, as long as it actually contributes something and doesn't make Wikipedia look like a fanboy forum. -- metafact (talk) 5:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Telecast or radio broadcast?

The true-story movie Changeling (the one with Angelina Jolie) has the Oscar ceremony broadcast over the radio, as I recall, but no mention is made of this in the article. Softlavender (talk) 23:43, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Any nominations lost in the mail?

Was there an incident where some nominations weren't considered, and then turned up too late in the mail? By the time they were found, that year's awards had already been given out, and the Academy could only make a public apology to the omitted nominees. I recall reading something about that years ago, but cannot now place it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 16:28, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Apparently, some ballots were lost in the mail in 2004 (in the UK). See this article: Oscar ballot papers lost in post. Thanks! (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:42, 28 February 2012 (UTC))

Bizarre wording

I'm assuming good faith but there are strong indications that someone without a command of English has edited this article, putting in some nonsensical statements like "the first broadcast was not televised" (in the context of TV broadcasting) and "winners had been announced three months earlier of their triumphs." Huh? I fixed these two but I think the article needs to be policed for other potential oddities. 68.146.72.113 (talk) 03:46, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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