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Oscar wins

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An editor has repeatedly tried to add a list of the Oscars won by the Oppenhemier film and actors in that film. My view is that this information belongs in the article about the film. This article already notes that there is a film about Oppenheimer and that is enough. This article is about the man, not the film. Also see WP:NOTNEWS.

Happy to discuss. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:35, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that the film and actors in it won numerous other awards, so why highlight the Academy Awards? Should we be implying that Oppenheimer is a more important historical figure because a film about him won an award? Should we be listing awards won by any books and films about Oppenheimer? Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds reasonable to me. Some historical figures have become famous due to a film, but I don't think that Oppenheimer has. The article on the film should cover it. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraph gives the awards for a BBC production and the awards and nominations for an American documentary PBS production. So public tv awards are okay to show but commercial movie awards are not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.191.79.40 (talk) 01:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not even a reply? 24.191.79.40 (talk) 17:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Oppenheimer movie Oscars are in the article. I see no harm with having a small separate section on Oppenheimer in popular culture. In that context there is no problem with noting the awards they have received. Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 12:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I played around with some possible restructuring, but the material on dramatizations and so on is too well integrated into the "Legacy" section, so the best thing to do is to leave as is. If it's not broke, don't fix it. Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 20:56, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 April 2024

Little Boy was a uranium, gun-type weapon, whereas Fat Man was a plutonium, implosion-style weapon. https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/the-vault/the-vault-2023/a-tale-of-two-bomb-designs/#:~:text=Little%20Boy%20was%20a%20uranium,plutonium%2C%20implosion%2Dstyle%20weapon. Little boy is stated as a imposion-style weapon in the article. But it was a gun type weapon. Alpbyren (talk) 16:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done The article clearly states that Little Boy was a gun-type weapon. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 16:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]