Talk:Flashdance

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Contents 1 Expansion 2 Cast list 3 Grunt, Alex's dog 4 Locations of Flashdance in Pittsburgh

[edit] Expansion

The article has been expanded and some images added.--Ianmacm 18:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cast list

The cast list was removed because it was way too long. As a general rule, Wikipedia articles do not contain full cast lists of films because they are not of interest to a general reader. This is particularly true for cast members with very small walk-on roles. The best place to find the cast list of a film is on IMDB, and the link to the IMDB article for Flashdance is already given in the infobox of the article.--Ianmacm 19:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

A mini edit war has broken out over whether to include the full cast list of the film in the article. It should be restated that it is not standard Wikipedia practice to include full cast lists of films, as this is an area which is already covered by websites such as IMDb and All Movie Guide. The average reader will not want to know who played all the walk-on parts in a film, as there are only about half a dozen major speaking roles in Flashdance. Rather than get involved in a perpetual edit war over this, a page has been created entitled Full cast list of Flashdance which can be accessed from the See also section. Another quick point is that Wikilinks created without a corresponding article will lead to redlinks, which are not very useful as they go nowhere.

Please read these notes and take them on board before making any future revert edits to the page, as Wikipedia is about building consensus between users.--Ianmacm 17:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grunt, Alex's dog

The edit saying that Grunt the dog is a Pit bull terrier was put back in, but could someone confirm that this is correct? Incidentally, some US states now ban pit bull terriers as dangerous dogs.--Ianmacm 21:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Locations of Flashdance in Pittsburgh

I have removed the information about the locations used for some of the scenes in Flashdance pending further research. The claim that the Carnegie Institute at 4615 Forbes Avenue was used for some of the location work comes from IMDb at [1]. An edit on 22 March 2007 says that the building used as the Conservatory of Dance was the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. However, there is still another claim at [2] saying that the Conservatory is the Andrew Carnegie Free Library on Beechwood Avenue. There is a need for some clarification here. There are several indoor and outdoor scenes filmed at the Conservatory, and this may be causing some of the confusion. I am going to do some more research to clear things up, but if anyone could give more information on this it would be appreciated.--Ianmacm 14:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)