Talk:Critters (franchise)

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Rock Song

Does anyone remember the rock song that was played in the first Critters movie and or who performed it. The song was playing when the two bounty hunters aboard the ship take on human form. It was a really cool sequence that stayed in my head til today. I haven't seen the movie in years, though. I'll probably rent it for kicks this weekend. HOLLA --Scott Free 21:58, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The song was "Power of the Night". It was written by Terrence Mann who plays Johnny Steele, the fictional singer in the film who sings the song. The song was featured on cassette copies of the soundtrack. I don't much about it beyond that. --Bacteria 06:41, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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From Talk:Crite: Merge to the series article?

I'm not convinced that the Crite creature is notable outside of the context of the series itself, so I'm considering proposing that this article be merged with the full series article. There are other fairly serious issues with this article (most of which fall under WP:OR), but I think a merge at least helps several of these issues. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 07:16, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that merging this article with the main series would actually probably be a good idea. As for verifiability, would citing videos, blogs, and IMDb posts cover that, or would I need to cite more "official" sources such as New Lines Cinema's website itself or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KamikazePyro13 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you go ahead with the merge (and glad to hear you agree), all of the above would suffice for sourcing, as far as I'm concerned. Good stuff! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 20:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to do the merge is the only problem facing this article now I think, since I've added a few sources for the claims in the article, which I hope are satisfactory enough.KamikazePyro13 (talk) 23:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As both articles already need a lot of work, I performed a basic cut-and-paste merger. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 18:38, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page not moved. There is also consensus for retargeting Critters to Critter. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:33, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Critters (film series) → Critters – The film series appears to be the primary topic for the name, as pointed out by others. Paradoctor (talk) 21:51, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the move, but would support retargeting Critters to the disambiguation page, Critter. There are more meanings of "critters" than the film and the comic book (both of which are notable franchises), including as a plural of most things individually called a "critter". bd2412 T 22:32, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Notability is not at issue, disambiguation is primarily between notable topics. The point in question is whether the film series is the primary topic for "Critters". Traffic stats for Critters, Critters (film) and Critters (film series) have the yeas. Paradoctor (talk) 01:26, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, per BD2412, including retargeting Critters (currently a redirect to Critters (comic book)) to the disambiguation page. --do ncr am 22:51, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a primary topic, disambiguation belongs at _(disambiguation). Paradoctor (talk) 01:26, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My contention, which several others have now agreed with, is that there is no primary topic; if there is no primary topic, then the appropriate solution is retargeting to the existing disambiguation page, Critter. bd2412 T 05:02, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"My contention": I got that. That's why I provided evidence that the series is the primary topic. Paradoctor (talk) 05:11, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Critter is also an often used term for domesticated animals, did your search to determine the primary topic take into account that a person typing critters may be looking for information on that topic or some of the other enteries on the critter dab page? If that was the case even though this page has the most hits of any page titied critters it may not in fact be the primary topic since most people would be looking elsewhere.--174.93.163.194 (talk) 05:35, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Different items. We're talking about the plural form "Critters", not the singular. Someone looking for "Critters" is not looking for "critter". Paradoctor (talk) 06:37, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you absolutely sure about that since several other users suggesting redirecting to critter obviouly disagree meaing that the assertion in in dispute?--174.93.163.194 (talk) 07:06, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Consensus is ascertained by the quality of the arguments given on the various sides of an issue" Give me relevant facts or policy not yet mentioned, and I'll change my mind. Regards Paradoctor (talk) 07:43, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If it's evidence you want, do a Google Books search for "Critters" and you will see that by far the most common use of the term is to refer to the plural form of the generic and ambiguous "Critter". bd2412 T 15:39, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Usage does not directly determine navigation. Will users type, e. g., "Heroes" when they want information on "hero"? Naming and disambiguation is about facilitating navigation, and redirecting those searching for "Critters" to "critter" doesn't seem to help. Paradoctor (talk) 17:20, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the primary topic for critters is critter. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:52, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain how that meshes with WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Paradoctor (talk) 03:22, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because the primary topic of sausages is sausage. likewise. In ictu oculi (talk) 10:44, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no film series by the name of "Sausages". For an example of the plural form being a distinct topic from the singular form, see Heroes. Paradoctor (talk) 17:46, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose redirect "Critters" to the disambiguation page critter. -- 76.65.128.112 (talk) 04:47, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please explain the reason for that? Paradoctor (talk) 05:03, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Heroes points to a dab page. Critters should too. Someone suggested to look at page view counts, but it appears that they didn't provide the actual numbers or describe the ratios. The nominator should provide the evidence, not make people look it up for themselves. But even if the number of page views on Wikipedia is lopsided, that's not everything. "Critters", for most people, are animals, not a film series. —BarrelProof (talk) 00:56, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think the oppose arguments are more valid, and I agree with themTweedledee2011 (talk) 10:47, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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