Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force
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Welcome to the Indian cinema task force! We're a joint task force run between WikiProject Films and WikiProject India to ensure that Indian cinema-related articles on Wikipedia are written in an encyclopedic style, in a neutral manner using verifiable and reliable sources.
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[edit] Scope
The scope of this task force is to improve the quality and quantity of information on Wikipedia about Indian cinema, and raising the quality of already-existing articles.
Indian cinema may include domestic films, films made by Indian filmmakers abroad, films produced or co-produced by Indian companies, and foreign films shooting in India.
A category tree can be found here.
[edit] Notable articles
Some content supported by the Indian cinema task force has reached featured article status, meaning they are amongst the very best content in Wikipedia. Also included here are articles that are either featured article candidates (FAC), FAC's that failed, those that have undergone peer review (PR) as part of an effort to get them to FA status, and those that have achieved good article (GA) status, the next-highest level of quality. Articles that appear in bold are actively undergoing article reviews.
[edit] Participants
If you are interested in joining the Indian cinema task force, please follow these steps:
- Select and copy the following:
{{User|<USER>}} - Open the following link in a new web page: List of task force members
- Scroll to the proper place of the alphabetically ordered list
- Paste what you copied in the right place and replace
<USER>with your username - Optional: You may also add a brief description of what film-related topics interest you!
[edit] Tagging and assessment
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Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding both Indian-task-force=yes to the {{Film}} project banner and cinema=yes to the {{WP India}} project banner. Each should be located at the top of the article's talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Indian cinema task force articles.
[edit] To-do
- Cleanup needed
- Bot-generated cleanup listing • Hindi films and plagiarism • Ramoji Film City • Filmfare Awards • IIFA Awards • IIFA • Naam (1986 film) • Anand Bakshi • Ajay Devgn
- Requested articles
- List of missing Indian Films (see also lists of Indian films for redlinks)
- Expansion needed
- Tulu Cinema • Haasil • Anahat • Prakash Jha • The Burning Train • Mithya • Central Board of Film Certification • Kerala Film Critics Association Awards • Amitabh Bachchan • Gabbar Singh • Sanjay Dutt
- Citations needed
- Central Board of Film Certification
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- Tag articles.
- Recruit interested editors.
- Collect categories, resource links, and templates.
- Expand the open task listing above.
- Merge the information in the task force notebook into the Announcements template above.
- Add things here!
[edit] Templates
- For main project templates, see the sidebar.
- Userbox: {{User Indian cinema task force}}
- Stub tag: {{India-film-stub}}
- Footers: {{Cinema of Bengal}}; {{Tollywood(Bangla)}}; {{Bollywood}}; {{Tamilcinema}}; {{Tollywood}}; {{Cinema of Karnataka}}; {{Malayalamcinema}}
- Languages in Infobox: {{Film Hindi}} for Hindi language films, which will also add Category:Hindi-language films automatically. For Tamil language films: {{Film Tamil}}, which will work similar.
[edit] Cinema of India notice
Place this template {{CinemaofIndia}}, at the bottom of core articles or categories about the Indian film industry. Please, do not transclude this template in Indian film and actor articles as it can be too generic, but only those articles/categories appearing in the template itself. Employ this template judiciously and not indiscriminately; if an article is stub-class with little content or if another template is already included, consider whether the addition of {{CinemaofIndia}} will improve and enhance the article. It will produce:
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[edit] Awards
The Bollywood Star is awarded to Wikipedians with great contribution to articles related to Bollywood. To award this barnstar to an editor, paste the following code on their talk-page and include a general message about their contributions to any article or area of Indian cinema:
{{subst:Indian Cinema Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
The South Indian Cinema Award is awarded to Wikipedians who tirelessly foster or contribute to the improvement of articles relating to Indian cinema, particularly South Indian cinema and its music. To award this barnstar to an editor, paste the following code on their talk-page and include a general message about their contributions to any article or area of Wikipedia that deals with South Indian cinema:
{{subst:South Indian Cinema Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
Both awards are listed on WP:WPPA under WikiProject Awards.
[edit] General guidelines
[edit] Films
Indian film articles often lack conciseness. This is due sometimes to the over-enthusiasm of editors for the subject matter. It should be understood that such articles are intended to convey straightforward information about films to readers. The plot synopsis should observe a limit of 400-700 words, not exceeding 900 words, and it should include a full overview of the plot including the ending. The basic structure of a film article should follow the Manual of Style for films. Articles on films should include a lead paragraph, infobox, and synopsis. See Lage Raho Munna Bhai for an example of a featured Indian film article.
[edit] Biographies
Articles on Indian actors and directors should be understood to fall primarily under the control of WikiProject Biography guidelines. More specific guidance can be found at the Actors and Filmmakers workgroup. Articles about living people must strictly adhere to the BLP policy. Biography articles fall into a standard pattern of a lead paragraph, followed by sections dedicated to background, career, personal life, awards, filmography, external links, and references. See Satyajit Ray for an example of a featured article about an Indian film director.
Articles on Indian musicians generally consist of the following sections: lead paragraph, background, career, awards, partial discography, external links and references.
[edit] Filmographies, discographies, and awards
If applicable, a comprehensive filmography, discography, or awards listing can be split off to a new article. These pages are expected to link into one another upon creation.
[edit] Images
It should be noted that Wikipedia's rules on Image uploads are extremely strict, and all uploads must be accompanied by a comprehensive fair-use rationale. Help:Image is a good guideline that explains the process of uploading images and what needs to be completed.
Copyrighted images of actors, actresses and directors from websites all over the Internet are disallowed and will be deleted. An easy rule-of-thumb to remember is: "If you don't know where it comes from, don't upload it."
Several editors have worked hard to make sure that all pictures used are acceptable for Wikipedia. One such strategy is to search for images of living people on an image-sharing site such as Flickr, where only images released under a Creative Commons 2.0 license are acceptable. In other words, the image must be released under a license that allows sharing and remixing of the work.
[edit] External links
External links should follow the Wikipedia guideline on external links. Official websites of films or film actors are preferred over non-official websites. Fansites are often of low quality and feature commercial links. There are many sites for popular actors and linking to one makes it fair to link to all. Therefore a consensus is emerging that only links to the actor's official site and IMDB article are allowable, as well as content on reputable sites (BBC news interviews, etc).
[edit] Film India template
Please add the following template whenever country of the article is required.
| country = {{Film India}}
[edit] Resources
- Indian title search on IMDb
- Box office figures
- Add things here!
[edit] Annotated bibliography
Please use the following format when adding works:
* <!-- bibliographical infomation --> ** Content: *** <!-- optional content summary --> ** Reviews: *** <!-- commentary on work by historians & other reputable sources --> ** Editor comments: *** <!-- personal commentary by editors -->
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