Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Outreach/December 2011 Newsletter

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The WikiProject Film Newsletter
Volume VI, no. 12 - December 2011

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; Project news

The {{Cl|Film articles needing an image}} is quite large at 23,102 articles! You can help by even just adding one image a day to start working the list down. Information on finding and uploading images can be found on the infobox template page
The current ongoing drive at WikiProject Film is the improvement of the Stub-Class articles from the Core article list. The aim is to improve these articles to Start-Class or better. The drive began with the 2011 update of the list, at which time 106 Stub-class articles remained.
When sourcing a run time for a film the [http://www.bbfc.co.uk BBFC] site is a good place to start per this discussion.
The film infobox was changed to include {{Tl|Plainlist}} inside the starring parameter. Check {{Tl|Infobox film}} and the related discussion.
WP:FILM has several articles in GAN; Star Trek, Apollo 13, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Chapter 27, Snow Prince, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. If you have a moment and can review or help the article get listed, thanks! Articles in bold are on hold.
The ten most popular film-related articles this month were:
#Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
#The Dark Knight Rises
#New Year's Eve (film)
#Why This Kolaveri Di
#2011 in film
#Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
#The Twilight Saga (film series)
#The Dirty Picture
#The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
#List of Christmas films
Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in December 2011.
{{classicon|FL}} List of James Bond films (12/4)
{{classicon|GA}} James Bond (character) (12/4)
{{classicon|GA}} We Found Love (video) (12/8)
{{classicon|GA}} 24: Redemption (12/10)
{{classicon|GA}} James Bond (12/11)
{{classicon|GA}} Saw II (12/13)
{{classicon|GA}} Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (12/16)
{{classicon|GA}} ? (12/19)
{{classicon|GA}} The Mambo Kings (12/19)
{{classicon|GA}} Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (12/22)
{{classicon|GA}} Tower Heist (12/26)
{{classicon|GA}} Cowboys & Aliens (12/29)

; Member news

New members to the project since the last issue include: {{ul|Akihironihongo}}, {{ul|Aswin_Dev_P.K}}, {{ul|Cassianto}}, {{ul|Dank}}, {{ul|Emil.hoelter}}, {{ul|Generalcamacho}}, {{ul|Lirianus}}, {{ul|Maxcherney}}, {{ul|Mbroderick271}} & {{ul|Sp33dyphil}}
Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Film Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
Please add your name to the member list if you have not already.

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; Current proposals and discussions

; Coming to theaters

Opened last weekend (12/30):

The Iron Lady

Opening this weekend (1/6):

The Devil Inside

Opening next weekend (1/13):

Other January releases:

Haywire (1/20)
Red Tails (1/20)
Underworld: Awakening (1/20)
The Grey (1/27)
Man on a Ledge (1/27)
One for the Money (1/27)

; Did you know...

... that a reviewer described the film Khalifah as a "veiled warning" to Indonesians about wearing the niqab?
... that a documentary film by Ucu Agustin led to a prostitution district in Tulungagung, East Java, being shut down?
... that Lost in Paradise is considered Vietnam's first gay film?
... that the 1936 movie Speed was the first film in which James Stewart had a major starring role?
... that You Are the Apple of My Eye is the directorial debut of Taiwanese author Giddens Ko, who also wrote the story on which this film is based?
... that Rajinikanth was given the "Superstar" title through the film Bairavi?

; From the editors

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Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 1 – January 2012). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!

; Contributors to this issue

Peppage (Lead Editor, Distributor)

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