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The film's production designer said "It was a very hard project to do. We had 130 sets which is a lot of sets to try and deal with". "When you see the recording sessions, we were in Conway Studios, which is a famous recordings studio in Los Angeles. We took four different recording booths and made it look like different recording studios."
Interesting to know a bit more about the actual physical production process other than just the controversies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoneraker (talk • contribs) 19:32, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The production duo of Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas - The Underdogs produced and arranged the music for the motion picture Straight Outta Compton [1]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wldct10 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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HENDAWG229, please don't assume that people are knowledgeable about everything that is covered by WP. Membership of the band N.W.A includes Arabian Prince, and that is what the sentence in the introductory paragraph says. Removing this piece of information, which is not known to "everyone," contrary to your claim, is against WP:NPOV and could be interpreted as WP:EW. The movie is a biopic, which depicts the history of the band N.W.A, thus it IS about the group. It's a fact that Arabian Prince was a founding member. Please note that it is irrelevant what you, Universal Pictures or anybody else "feels", only verifyable and sourced facts are. WP:NOT You have taken promotional material and text, and entered it into an article, in spite of the links I had provided. WP:PROMOTION is a violation of WP guidelines. The actor portraying Arabian Prince is included in the cast list on IMDb. It cannot be expected from a reader to check if information provided in different articles is contradictory and/or false. This was consensus among editors, if I may add. [1]. Press releases and promotional material are not neutral sources and thus not valid, particularly not if you copy them verbatim, for they are copyrighted. You have both admitted to deleting information in order to shape the article to your liking and to pasting copyrighted material into a WP article. Copying an entire paragraph of third-party content unaltered into the WP article is a violation and the content must be deleted according to WP:COPYVIO - Special:Diff/661017607. Following the report I filed Special:Diff/661371418 and EdJohnston's suggestion, I have posted a summary of my points here and will amend the article accordingly so that both positions are represented in order to reach a consensus on the matter. Cheers. -esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:47, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Koala15, I think that the accusation of colorism, sexism and racism from the casting agency of the film is a very noteworthy controversy. HENDAWG229 (talk) 17:15, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ilovetopaint, concerning your edits to the lead section, after stating the film was about the group N.W.A, I named all of the actors that portrayed members of the group, you eliminated MC Ren and DJ Yella. This is not the infobox so other actors can be mentioned in the lead, especially actors portraying the main characters that the film is focusing on. Nothing that you erased from the lead was a false statement and corroborated with sources so there was no need to remove. In the "Controversies" section, I believe that when Ice Cube showed the trailer without Universal or any of the other producers knowledge, makes this a controversial incident for the film. MC Ren is not an official movie critic. When a main character in film criticizes the trailers of that film for not featuring him more by saying "fuck these bitches at universal pictures", the same Universal Pictures that is distributing the film, is a controversial incident for the film. I feel the way the article was formatted was ok and none of your edits were warranted. HENDAWG229 (talk) 17:43, 22 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ilovetopaint, "fuck these bitches at universal for leaving me out the trailer" and "not willing to comment... may be part of an ongoing litigation." are not critical assessments of the film. They are controversial statements made by individuals involved in the film. These are not professional critics. If they had talked about any elements of the film, at all, then maybe it's a "critical response." But Ren is upset because of his exposure in the film's trailer and Heller didn't have a "critical response" about the film at all. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, many real life people depicted in the film have given their opinions about the film. The only reason we're talking about what Ren or Heller said is because it's controversial.HENDAWG229 (talk) 16:22, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
controversy
1. a prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; disputation concerning a matter of opinion.
2. contention, strife, or argument.[1]
Also, "the only reason we're talking about what Ren or Heller said" is not because it's controversial, but because it's notable.--Ilovetopaint (talk) 16:55, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
...And as for Heller's suggestions of legal action: he hasn't sued anybody for any reason that we know of. Putting that under "controversies" related to the film is misleading and original research. (WP:CRYSTALBALL)--Ilovetopaint (talk) 17:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The people who commented on the links I provided, "the public" if you will, are "disputing", "debating", and "arguing" if MC Ren should have had more exposure in the trailer of the film. Per your posted definition of controversy, this "verifies" his comments as controversial, since they have caused a public debate and not just something made up. And now can you verify with a source saying that there is nothing controversial about MC Ren statements because every source provided in the article have comments by "the public" disputing whether or not Ren should have had more exposure in the film, some by actual film critics and members of the press, and no source, except for you, stating that Ren's comments are not controversial at all, just a critical response to the film. And Heller never critiqued the film, just offered a controversial statement, not a critical response, and still I say, the only reason either Ren's or Heller's statements are notable is because they are controversial. WP also states that "a film that is based on historical events and has elicited contrary views may warrant a neutrally titled "Historical accuracy" section with sources that survey the filmmakers' intent or historians' differing assessments (positive or negative) of the film's historical accuracy." I'll be creating an "Historical accuracy" section which will include both MC Ren's and Jerry Heller's statements as well as Michel'le and Dee Barnes' "editorial" of the film. Thank you. HENDAWG229 (talk) 21:08, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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In the Plot section, the following appears: "Dre becomes associated with Suge Knight and convinces Dre to leave N.W.A to start his own company with Knight." This implies that Dre convinced himself, which isn't the best phrasing. It should probably read ".. and is convinced to leave N.W.A. to start his own company with Knight." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.61.152 (talk) 05:28, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to remove (again) content from this section for the following reasons:
1. No good sources. Two articles from blog sites. These are not reliable sources. 2. Original research. Somehow from the unreliable sources' comments, someone has seen fit to decide that "The casting call post went viral" 3. Copy vio. "expressed their outrage" is lifted straight from a blog. It's a simple enough term, it wouldn't have been too hard to rewrite.
Until there are sources more reliable than a couple of attention seeking whining blogs, I will remove the following:
"The casting call post went viral as people expressed their outrage of what they call colorism, sexism, and racism in the categorizing of black women"
This is not based on opinion, this is standard wikipedia rules regarding reliable sources, that has been formed by consensus, and as such takes precedence over any consensus on an individual article/talk page. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 06:15, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the first first source to report the controversy was Gawker. The story was immediately covered by other "unreliable" sources as Spin magazine, MTV, & The Huffington Post & caused the casting agency to immediately take down the casting call & issue an apology. Removal of this content is obviously based on your opinion of the "crappy" and "attention seeking whining" blog source & you seeing fit to use your definition of viral. HENDAWG229 (talk) 14:07, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
TMZ is a reliable source? seriously? some fucking awful celebrity controversy website is a reliable source? If it's notable, then I'm sure there is a better source out there, regarding the viral (or not) nature of the whole drama. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 06:57, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
User_talk:TropicAces, According to WP, the box office section or subsection "...can be included under the Reception section, or if sufficient coverage exists, it is recommended that this information is placed in a "Box office" or "Theatrical run" section." I believe there is enough sufficient coverage of Staight Outta Compton's release and box office run to warrant its on section separate from the "Reception" section and instead should fall under the "Release" section.
On the iOS mobile app for Wikipedia, under the title, "Straight Outta Compton (film)", it says "2003 film by F. Gary Gray". Is there any way to fix this? Packer1028 (talk) 23:02, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]