Template talk:Movie poster

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[edit] Title card

I've changed "movie poster" to read "movie poster or title card" since they are essentially the same. Title cards were smaller (11" x 14") printed on heavy stock, and used within the lobby. --Tabor 17:00, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Title cards and movie posters are not the "essentially the same". Title cards are far less common (they are no longer produced, and are classified as vintage), and the overwhelming majority of images in the Film category via this template are of movie posters or home video cover art (DVD). I'm removing the "title card" description because it seems like an antiquated term for the purposes of this template. A better and more general phrase might be "movie poster or other film related key art". I'd also like to fix the "movie poster" link to point to the actual "movie poster" wikipedia entry. Objections or opinions? --Jca2112 23:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use purposes

Currently, the template says that is fair use for these images "to illustrate the movie in question". Wouldn't it equally be considered fair use for these images to illustrate movie poster poster art?--Pharos 22:18, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

For the purposes of criticism or analysis, sure, I think that would work. --Fastfission 00:06, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

What qualifies as "analysis"? Is it "fair use" to have an image of a movie poster in the movie poster article? We're discussing this at Talk:Film_poster#Image_of_film_poster. I see movie poster images throughout Wikipedia that do not follow these guidelines. Should the guidelines be updated or better enforced? -Jca2112 22:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)