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Should nominations for Best Foreign Language Film/Best International Feature remain included in the total nomination and win tallies for filmmakers, specifically the film's director? The director accepts the award and since 2014 their name is engraved on the award along with the submitting country but the country is credited as the nominee and the Oscar is awarded to the film. In my opinion, I think they should be included in the director's win and nomination tally as they are credited explicitly on the statuette and implicitly as the acceptor of the award. In addition, including these nominations and wins in this section's tallies I think more fully reflects the Academy's recognition of non-American filmmakers. That's my opinion but I think it is a topic worth discussing. Panopticanyounot (talk) 18:33, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
how do people find out they were nominated? snail mail? once snail mail and now by text? what? 100.15.117.34 (talk) 03:05, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hey InfiniteNexus. I noticed you reverted my edit stating that the Oscars/Academy Awards are officially called the Oscars. I researched and cited the claim, and I believe it to be true. I've also just now noticed that the same source was cited over at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the same reason (although that's not at all a recent change). Please could you provide a bit more info on why you think we shouldn't say that the official name is the Oscars? Cheers :) AlexGallon (talk) 23:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
AMPAS' primary use of the term "Academy Awards" is in reference to the event, so that seems like WP:OR on your part. The only source you have provided is the one about ABC switching to "Oscars" on marketing, which does not translate to "Academy Awards is no longer the official name". Secondly, no one has suggested that "Oscars" isn't the name most widely used to refer to this event/award, just that "Academy Awards" continues to be an, if not the, official name. It's not clear what you mean by
I didn't say that the name "Academy Awards" had been discontinued, just that it is no longer the official name for the awards, while "Oscars" is, but it seems you're also overthinking this one. InfiniteNexus (talk) 01:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
AWARDS DEFINITION
- Academy Awards of Merit shall be given annually to honor outstanding artistic and scientific achievements in theatrically released feature-length motion pictures, and to honor other achievements as provided for in these rules and approved by the Board of Governors.
- Awards shall be conferred at annual Awards ceremonies.
- Awards of Merit in the form of the gold statuette trophy of the Academy (Oscar) shall be conferred annually for the following achievements: