Talk:David Leitch

Uncredited

Per multiple discussions on the subject of an uncredited role - I was a participant in several, such as at Talk:John Wick#Director credit. Usually the consensus is that uncredited people should not be listed, which I agree with. But as I said then: Case-by-case judgment is necessary. In a situation where an uncredited writer or director is deemed to have contributed enough to also be listed in the infobox, below the credited writer and/or director, than the name should certainly be tagged with "(uncredited)" - as most are that I have seen. That is what I have done here. Numerous reliable sources list uncredited people in infoboxes, such as the AFI. But they are labelled as such. To not label them as uncredited would be misrepresenting the credits and misleading the reader. The same goes for filmography tables. Clearly John Wick should be included for David Leitch, as long as it's labelled "(uncredited)". - Gothicfilm (talk) 18:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

I'd agree it's important to list him, however, I do not believe we have to follow the credits if we clearly state in prose which his involvement, like, anyone can claim they were there and uncredited as a director, but who says they were? what detail? what content? If we have that in there, then we should be fine, instead of just placing verbal asterisks everywhere. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:11, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

As I said, case-by-case judgment is necessary. If you want to misrepresent the credits by removing the "(uncredited)" tag, you'll need to get consensus. - Gothicfilm (talk) 19:18, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Which is what we are trying to do here. Duh. I'd tag things saying they need dicussion, but I know how you feel about that. In this case, it's an article on the director, not an infobox. If you want to explain how he was an uncredited director, you best get into detail. How do you feel about that? Please respond without (well we'll wait for others), I'd like to hear your thoughts or rules and guidelines that help follow this. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:24, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Filmographies need references

Per WP:WORKS, "Complete lists of works, appropriately sourced to reliable scholarship (WP:V), are encouraged, particularly when such lists are not already freely available on the internet." Which is what is being cited here. Not to mention numerous uncredited works in Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Arnold Schwarzenegger filmography/archive1 show that you do indeed need individual sources. This is also why Aamir Khan filmography, and James Franco filmography have sources for individual films. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

If there is no further discussion, than I'll be re-adding the template tomorrow. Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:51, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

It has been over a year and no one has attempted to add any sources for Leitch's filmography. I'll be pruning it to a sourced format later unless someone else starts tackling it. Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:46, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Needs expansion

This page needs to be expanded with sections such as 'Early life', a section about his career, and possibly personal life. As-is it's just a page showing all his filmography credits. If no one else gets around to this, I will do so eventually. I'm too tired right now, after changing the chart format and dividing it up into sections.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 07:38, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Here is a reliable source for some information regarding this filmmaker, here. Check back later. If noone has gotten around to it, I will continue working on expanding this page.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 06:12, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Here is another useful interview where the filmmaker talks about his personal life (with his wife), and his early career, as well what led him to becoming a director, here. The interviewer is extremely annoying - but I will use this interview to create a summarized contribution to the page.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 06:40, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

And a possible third article as well. Will work on this soon.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 06:43, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 27 February 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: pages moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 02:10, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

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• David Leitch (director) → David Leitch
• David Leitch → David Leitch (disambiguation)

– With this topic, the other pages called "David Leitch" get no interest. However, there's a lot of interest in this page for a long time. So you can take the job from his title, with all the people trying to come to this page first. --Quiz shows 05:37, 26 February 2019 (UTC) WP:BOLDLY changing to multi-move by adding dab page move to this proposal. В²C ☎ 01:12, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

• Tentative support, though this move would also require David Leitch to be moved to David Leitch (disambiguation). The film director is a clear primary topic in terms of usage, though there's an element of WP:RECENTISM and a definite argument of long-term notability for the 18th century settler. Worth noting though that the dab page gets more views than all other uses combined when you exclude the director. PC78 (talk) 16:14, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
• Support. By my count, it's 99.2% of pageviews for the director in the past 90 days, and his profile doesn't seem to be decreasing any time soon. This is the clear primary topic. Nohomersryan (talk) 19:06, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
• Support per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. --В²C ☎ 01:13, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
• Support I dont have any deep reason, but it just feels like the right move.--Fradio71 (talk) 02:14, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support Sounds reasonable. Just remember to add a hat note to the disambiguation page. Tarl N. (discuss) 02:22, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
• Support, clear primary topic of the group. bd2412 T 21:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

External links

There is absolutely no reason to inundate Wikipedia with added "External links" just to advertise that company. Every one of these sites specialize in all things film related. While it is not even required to have an external links section, there can be links that follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines, adding information that cannot be otherwise included in the article. IMDb is already on just about every entertainment related article on Wilipedia more than likely making us one of their biggest supporters. If there is an article editor watching this page "PLEASE" trim this section per WP:ELMIN to offer more than than off-Wiki promotion.

• IMDb
• Kung Fu Cinema
• Hollywood.com
• TV Guild
• Fandango
• Variety.com

When contested inclusion should be by consensus. Otr500 (talk) 13:37, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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