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Brenton films and other clean-up

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This article is in a bit of a need of a refresh. I count 22 sources to Brentonfilms, which appears to be a silent film fan blog, which fails WP:SPS (self-published material such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or group blogs" are largely not acceptable as sources.). There are several trivial mentions of Nosferatu or Count Orlok being referenced or named, or used in various forms of media either out sources, or just citing the content itself. This fails MOS:TRIVIA as " An article should not contain a section with a list of miscellaneous information. It is better to present things in an organized way.". The citation format is inconsistent throughout and could use some reformatting to clarify some details.

I've slowly been working on re-drafting some sections for clarity, better sources, and other content on my own sandbox. I'll ping some editors who are active and worked diligently on this article when Its closer for presentation, but comments are welcome in the meantime. It would be great to get this in an up and running shape before the Eggers remake comes out.Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:10, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible FA or GA

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Hi, I've been reading the article and I think it may have potential for FA or GA. While the state is a bit deplorable, if it is translated from the German Wikipedia it could be much better. However, I will give my comments here to improve the article. First, while the article has reviews from professional critics such as Roger Ebert, it would be good to include more contemporary reviews such as Variety, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, among others. Second, it would be good to add a "Legacy" section to see the impact the film generated. And lastly, to expand the article with more sections and complement the existing ones to make the topic more complete. So I call on the user @Andrzejbanas: to see what they think about the idea. 181.204.42.146 (talk) 18:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm calling on user @Andrzejbanas: again to see what he thinks about the idea. 181.204.42.146 (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Sorry, seemed to have missed the first ping. I'm a bit ahead of you and have been tackling that earlier last month. Still have some ways to go, but it's going well I think. You can see samples here. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looking over the article, it is a significant improvement of its original state. That being said, there are still things that need to be fleshed out like the production section and whatnot. Paleface Jack (talk) 21:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrzejbanas: I've watched it and it's going great, but I have a few suggestions: first, there's no mention of Roger Ebert's review, Vatican and Empire, which is in the main article. The other thing is that when it mentions his appearance on SpongeBob SquarePants, he doesn't say when he first appeared, which was in the episode "Graveyard Shift" here are some sources to back him up: [1] [2]. That would be it overall, it's going well, I wish you luck in completing it. 181.204.42.146 (talk) 18:21, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yes, I plan on including Ebert's review, the retrospective reviews and initial reviews are in no way complete. I might brush up some of the production as well. As for the spongebob thing, I'm on the fence about it. We have a seperate article for Count Orlok. I'm not sure how much of that article isn't just going to re-purpose material from the film. As the spongebob Nosferatu does show up quite a bit and this is a character they call "Nosferatu" not Count Orlok, or Dracula, I'm a bit confused on if we should put attention on it here or there. Orlok's a weird character as the imagery of him is strong in popular culture, but is it enough to have a seperate article from Nosferatu that won't be pretty much a re-iteration of whats in this article already? Andrzejbanas (talk) 18:43, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Andrzejbanas: So in this case it would be better to simply say that the character appears in the series since the episode "Graveyard Shift", or on the contrary leave it as is, tell me what you think of the idea. 181.204.42.146 (talk) 21:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I don't think it's that important on the debut of the character. This isn't an article (nor is the Count Orlok one) and in-depth article about the SpongeBob reoccuring character. the reason it's brought up in this or that article per the source is to show the longevity of the character, not be a brief bio about them.Andrzejbanas (talk) 11:12, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Andrzejbanas: Well, in this case it is better to leave it like that. So I wish you luck with the article. 181.204.42.146 (talk) 18:48, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article feels very incomplete at present. If you get it up to FA/GA status, great, but right now it's far from there. CapnZapp (talk) 13:13, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Was there ever a section on the lawsuit against this film?

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Most of Florence Balcombe's wikipedia article is about her (successful) legal battle against the film. I was surprised this article didn't mention that. Did there used to be a section that got removed? 2601:244:200:2680:3881:D70C:CF61:2782 (talk) 22:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree there's a lot missing in this article. There should be an entire "Development" section detailing how the movie came to be, and what issues (legal or otherwise) had to be navigated before and after its release. CapnZapp (talk) 13:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

almost Lost Work status

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In articles covering the upcoming Eggers movie, there are throw-away references to the 1922 film almost being lost to time. Please expand on its history and its rediscovery. CapnZapp (talk) 13:10, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]