Talk:On the Road (2012 film)

Earlier film?

Was there an earlier film of On the Road? The article says there wasn't, but I can clearly remember seeing one early in the 1960's in UK. It wasn't a good film and I can only remember two scenes, a nude exhorting us to "go naked in the world" and a fast downhill drive approaching a narrow bridge or intersection.124.197.0.91 (talk) 21:47, 6 April 2013 (UTC) Murray McGregor, New Zealand.

Deletion?

• If this article has to be deleted, then all of this info should perhaps be moved to the On the Road book article under a subheading for Film Adaptation? --J.D. 13:26, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
• Since then the film has been made. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:50, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

It is a Brazilian-French-UK-US co-production and not just a French production

• Whoever claims that this film is solely a French production must clearly be ignorant or in denial about the fact that the last sentence under pre-production clearly states that: "Coppola's American Zoetrope is producing the film, in association with MK2, Film4 in the U.K., France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, France Télévisions, Ciné+ and Videofilmes in Brazil."

So, out of factual accuracy, how about crediting to all the production studios involved in the project and not just the French production studios? Phobosphobia (talk) 22:27, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Links to real life personages

Not sure if I agree with say, linking Carlo Marx to Allen Ginsberg. The characters in the film and novel are not the same as the real life people, they are based on them - fictional characters. I suggest either removing the links, or adding something like (based on Allen Ginsberg) etc. Totorotroll (talk) 15:52, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 17 December 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved (page mover nac) Flooded with them hundreds 09:39, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

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On the Road (film) → On the Road (2012 film) – Needs to be moved for necessary disambiguation from the 1936 French film of the same name, as per WP:NCFILM. On the Road (film) should then redirect to On the Road (disambiguation)#Film as per WP:INCDAB. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:29, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

• Support Per WP:PRECISE the current title is a WP:PDAB. Crouch, Swale (talk) 08:41, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Support per WP:NCF. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:17, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Support per nom and others. --Gonnym (talk) 11:10, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Support since the novel is the primary topic, and all other topics are secondary and must be disambiguated from each other. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 12:20, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Support On the Road (1936 film) In ictu oculi (talk) 18:19, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose This film is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC (per WP:PDAB) (does anyone read WP:PDAB?) of films named On the Road and the current title reflects this. The page view count indicates a 400+ to 1 ratio between the two articles. It's no contest. --В²C ☎ 02:38, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I did read WP:PDAB, but stopped at the point where it states "It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community". Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:12, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

And partly disambiguated titles aren't supported by WP:PTOPIC (a guideline), which only uses terms and WP:ATDAB/WP:PRECISE (which is policy) don't appear to support it, considering the Queen example which is that only as much as needed to distinguish from others. I don't really see the benefit to readers or editors, its more confusing to both and means we have to ask not only if a topic is primary for a term but also for a disambiguator which is more likely to result in more disputes and unstable titles (external links will end up on DAB pages more due to constantly shifting titles). Interestingly with the Yogurt Principle we have retained titles like Nirvana (band) but when the requests was the other way as at Madonna (Madonna album), Thriller (Michael Jackson album) and Pendulum (drum and bass band), there has been no consensus to create PDABs. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:24, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

There can only be one primary topic, and here, the novel On the Road is the primary topic. All other topics follow it as secondary topics, having disambiguation terms showing that. There's no need in trying to establish a post-primary hierarchy where this topic is second, this topic is third, etc. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 11:52, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes, for a given term there can be only one primary topic. For On the Road, it's the novel. For Paris (city), it's the city in France (even though there are other cities named Paris). For On the Road (film), it's this film. The claim that partially disambiguated terms can't have primary topics is demonstrably false[1]. The notion that they "shouldn't" have primary topics is a personal preference and JDLI argument having nothing to do with improving the encyclopedia. The value of primary topic applies just the same to partially disambiguated terms as it does to plain unadorned terms. Trying to draw a distinction is creating conflict where none exists. Unnecessary drama, and sadly captivating. --В²C ☎ 21:10, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

WP:PRIMARYTOPIC says, "Although a word, name, or phrase may refer to more than one topic, sometimes one of these topics can be identified as the term's primary topic." Words, names, and phrases in the real world don't have disambiguation terms in parentheses. Here, the novel and the films all have the same name. The "(film)" bit is a purely Wikipedia-based conceit. Out of all the topics that are named On the Road, the one primary topic is the novel. The rest of the topics are secondary. It's ridiculously unnecessary to engage in post-primary hierarchy-sorting. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 21:56, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

I think its more than just a personal preference, its what our policies don't support, as opposed to a few RMs that were largely based on WP:LOCALCONSENSUS. I'm still not convinced how this benefits readers or editors, considering my stability argument above. Paris (city) just redirects to the base name Paris so isn't the same, as opposed to an article getting a partly disambiguated title. Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:28, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

So a PDAB can have a primary topic if it is manifested as a primary redirect but not as an actual title? And Erik is requiring the terms referred to in PRIMARYTOPIC to be used in “the real world” without explaining why that distinction should matter. There’s no policy basis for anything supporting this move. I hope the closer has the sense to see this. Practically speaking this is especially important for PDAB terms like this one where the disambiguation is concise and well-known, making it likely to be used as a search term. If anyone does bother to enter “On the Road (film)” as a search term they deserve to be taken here, because that’s what they’re looking for as likely as anyone searching with “Paris” is looking for the city in France. Again, the value of primary topic applies just the same to partially disambiguated terms as it does to plain unadorned terms. Why wouldn’t it? —В²C ☎ 15:16, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Per WP:INCDAB ambiguous disambiguators are supposed to redirect back to the DAB page however we can IAR and point them to a completely disambiguated page (which may apply here, meaning we could leave the redirect "On the Road (film)" to the new title). However WP:PTOPIC does not cover PDABS and partial disambiguation violates WP:PRECISE. Paris is still irrelevant since it is a redirect to the base name, similar to the fact that Cambridge, England redirects to the city in Cambridgeshire even though there are others in England, such as Cambridge, Gloucestershire (though that was a DAB). Perth, Australia was the same. There is no policy basis for opposing this move actually. Would you also please respond to my argument about how this over complicates titles for readers and editors. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:50, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

• Support per Erik. Post-primary disambiguation hierarchies are not good practice, and including the year is a very unobtrusive form of precisely identifying the topic. There are currently three other films named On the Road that are listed on the dab page. —BarrelProof (talk) 22:23, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

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