Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/J. Gordon Edwards filmography/archive2

The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Giants2008 00:16, 25 August 2015 [1].

J. Gordon Edwards filmography edit

Nominator(s): Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 20:09, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because this is perhaps the most comprehensive and exhaustively-researched list of Edwards's films currently available. One of the preeminent directors of his day, most of his films have sadly been lost and his name has been all but forgotten. I previously nominated this list in February, but life circumstances forced me away from the project for several months, and the nomination failed due to my nonattendance. The bulk of the concerns raised there have been corrected (including the awkward realization that the AFI had swapped its opinion on St. Elmo's directorial credit sometime in 2014!). For the comments which did not result in changes, I've included responses below. And, additionally, I've been able to locate and include the British alternative titles for several of Edwards's films with Theda Bara. This time, I should be able to stick around through the entire process, which hopefully doesn't need much more polish at this point. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 20:09, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding scenerist/scenarist, while the latter spelling seems more common with recent writers, broadly speaking, I've opted to follow the included sources, which vastly prefer the former.
The Celebrated Scandal is awkward. JGE is listed as having "picturized" the film in its copyright registration, but there are oddities about the credit, and there's no other evidence he worked on the film whatsoever. The AFI's opinion is that he may have written material for an earlier, unused version of the film. The source presented in the first FLC that outright names him as director is self-published and not a RS. I'd be happy to footnote this article with the AFI statement, but I'm not really sure where it would go.
Original stories that aren't novels or plays are quoted instead of italicized because I believe they are generally less-than-novel length, and quoted titles are the standard for short stories and similar works.
August 1918 is the best I can do for the second reissue of A Daughter of the Gods.
"The New Magdelen" really was spelled like that.

@Jimknut, The Rambling Man, Lightlowemon, and Tim riley:: Pinging the participants of the February–April FLC in case they wish to participate in a candidacy I can stick around for. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 18:16, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – good informative (but not overlong) introduction, the lists are evidently comprehensive, and are thoroughly referenced. Edwards certainly is a forgotten man, but this excellent page does its bit to restore him to cineastes' attention. Meets the FL criteria in my view. Tim riley talk 18:58, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support - All queries answered, I'd love to see the tidbit about The Celebrated Scandal in the article at some point though, especially if it's mentioned by the AFI. --Lightlowemon (talk) 10:33, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Included mention as a footnote. Please let me know if this wording and placement is satisfactory. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:14, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to support as is; everything seems pretty tickety-boo in regards to comprehensiveness, tone and accessibility. Not convinced it's worth splitting into three tables when two are only one entry long each, though, but that's more of a stylistic preference. I'm also not hugely keen on the image's alt solely describing the pictured people by name but it's, again, not vital. GRAPPLE X 13:03, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed with the objection to the alt-text, which was not compliant with best practices. New alt text is purely descriptive. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:14, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 00:40, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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