Talk:Rumble Fish

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is part of WikiProject Films, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to films and film characters on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. Unknown This article has not been rated on the importance assessment scale.
Editing Guidelines Please remember these guidelines when editing a film article: If a non-film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, disambiguate and use (film) in the title: Film Title (film) For more information see: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films) When writing an article about a particular film, the general format should be a concise lead section, followed by a plot summary of no more than 900 words, production details, a cast list, a reception section, and references. Create an Infobox that tells all pertinent information about the film.

I've just watched this movie after not having seen it since it was in the theater in 1983, and I was immediately struck by the early "rumble" scene as being practically identical to parts of the Michael Jackson's BAD video. Am I imagining this? It seems shot for shot, costume for costume, location for location a major rip off....ahem...homage. ;-)

[edit] Rumble fish disambiguation

The disambiguation is valid, as both articles have only a one-letter difference. Note that the Rumble fish article also has a link to this picture, for the same motive. Please do not remove it. If you want, a template like {{Otheruses4}} can be used. -- ReyBrujo 02:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but just because two things have the same name do not automatically guarantee that a disambiguation is necessary. I seriously doubt that anyone really needs a disambiguation between this movie and a song by this 'Do As Infinity' band. Are you also prepared to add a disambiguation between Wings and the Do As Infinity song of the same name?? How about Simple Minds and the Do As Infinity song of the same name?? or Faces and the Do As Infinity song of the same name?? If Do As Infinity were to record a song called George W. Bush, would you add a disambiguation to the President's article? WP:DAB clearly states: "Disambiguation pages are not intended for games of "free association" and "When there is no risk of confusion, do not disambiguate nor add a link to a disambiguation page." wikipediatrix 02:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

After reconsidering the matter, you are right. I based myself on the "When there is no risk of confusion, do not disambiguate nor add a link to a disambiguation page." part, where the confusion risk exists as there is only a letter of difference (any of those would be a redirect per capitalization if the other did not exist). I agree that the chances of a user searching for the single are small when compared with the chances of searching for the movie. Although your other examples were not valid as they were already disambiguated, I admit I was wrong in the spirit of the guideline. -- ReyBrujo 03:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

So, how about a disambiguation between this and the video game of the same name?

The show Wings and Paul McCartney's former band Wings are prominent enough to be diambiguated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.113.123.1 (talk) 05:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC).