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Requested move 26 January 2016

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Number 57 21:02, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]


The X-Files (film)The X-Files: Fight the Future – There have been two X-Files films, this and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. So, "The X-Files (film)" should be a disambiguation page to the two of them, while both movies should be located at the article page with the subtitle. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:33, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Grapple, those sources predate the second X-Files movie that made the first ambiguous. New sources that are aware of "I Want to Believe" use "Fight the Future". It may have been a tagline, but it was also a subtitle, and now it has become the handle.
Erik, I looked and have no idea why you would think I have to look. "Se7en" is creative styling. "Fight the Future" is a subtitle.
1st choice The X-Files: Fight the Future. 2nd choice The X-Files (1998 film). Both are acceptable, the current is not. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:50, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@SmokeyJoe: No, it is not a subtitle. The billing block for The X-Files does not include "Fight the Future" in any way. The X-Files is the fullest title for the film there is. Anything else is not a true representation of the title. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 17:27, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I am not impressed by a "billing block" but look to how sources title the film, in this case with special emphasis on post 2008 as something happened that year to change things. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:26, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@SmokeyJoe: As I stated above, the billing block is "the product of detailed legal agreements and intense contract negotiations". WP:COMMONNAME says, "Ambiguous or inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources." The claim that the film's full title is The X-Files: Fight the Future is inaccurate and should not be used here, even though sources have made that mistake. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 17:21, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disagree. We follow the sources regardless of someone's complex arguments that they are somehow "wrong". NB. This is pedicated on the fact that the actual title is unavailable, and WP:Natural. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 01:52, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"Five main characters from the television series appear in the film"

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What about the lone gunmen? Aren't they main characters? Gvanrossum (talk) 03:47, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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conflicting information regarding home media

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the salon article mentions the film was released on DVD on January 16, this source mentions January 23. So, which is it? Timur9008 (talk) 12:58, September 11, 2019 (UTC) https://web.archive.org/web/20010110211600/http://www.hive4media.com:80/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=377