Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hong Kong action cinema

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[edit] Hong Kong action cinema

Article is about one notable sub-industry of the hong kong film industry, its history and development. Article is a synthesis of the "big" books on the subject (logan, teo et al) so the assertions and facts are easily verifiable. It is balanced and neutral in tone, and appears to be well-written (i didnt write this article, just made minor tweaks) introducing all topics in summary style with appropriate wikilinks to delve further. Most of this comprehensive article was already there when i stumbled on the page, i just added some pics, some refs, and tweaked the lead to summarize the article. It has passed through Wikipedia:Peer review/Hong Kong action cinema/archive1 and Good Article review successfully, lets see what FAC brings up.

  • Support per nom Zzzzz 07:07, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Wisekwai 07:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support: Well written, well reference and well picture-stuffed. Totally fab. Support Hong Kong! Deryck C. 07:43, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support: I came across this a couple of weeks ago and was delighted by it - it is extremely well-referenced and well-organized. Great work! The Singing Badger 14:58, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. A magnificent article. —Eternal Equinox | talk 15:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - Can you really argue the fair use case on Image:WuxiaQi.jpg when the source is unknown? --zippedmartin 20:03, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Informative and well-referenced. Volatile 22:12, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support, strong article. --Fallout boy 22:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: more images, please.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 02:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support per nom. Metamagician3000 11:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Well-organised. If more images, it'd be better. — HenryLi (Talk) 14:13, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support - I like it. Hong Kong action movies pretty much owns. - Hahnchen 15:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support You might want to see WP:FOOTNOTE about combining identical references with name="" Circeus 19:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Looks great. Westfall 17:37, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support, great work! :) - Mailer Diablo 12:30, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Support, nice work. --Terence Ong 14:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Object due to a few issues that can be ironed out, I think.
    • "The boom was smothered in the 1930s by official opposition" - "the boom was smothered" is a very odd wording, IMO
    • I don't think the screenshot of an unknown movie can be considered legitimate fair use as long as the copyright holder (of the movie) is not identified.
    • I know Bruce Lee's important and all, but that section is unadulterated gushing, which is unencyclopedic no matter who the topic is. I suggest replacing it with something to the effect of "Cinema historian Bey Logan ascribed Lee's success to "his unique physical style, onscreen charisma and instinct for self-promotion" (I know that's not a quote, but find something equivalent that is a quote)
  • Tuf-Kat 02:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
those 3 issues have been addressed now. Zzzzz 20:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Okay, I support -- good job on the Bruce Lee fix, BTW Tuf-Kat 06:10, 8 April 2006 (UTC)