Talk:List of Academy Award-winning films

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Contents 1 How to read the list? 2 Cleanup: formatting and additional notes 3 Helping clear the clutter 4 "A" and "An" films 5 Missing titles

[edit] How to read the list?

What do the numbers after the title and year mean, please? Her Pegship 23:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not 100% sure, but it appears to be awards won / nominations. Michael J 10:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

That looks about right. Peter S. 18:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup: formatting and additional notes

Some films have additional notes, like where the oscars went to. That info can already be found in the films' own article page, and it really adds distraction and clutter to the list. To streamline the page, I'd like to remove all those notes except "best picture". Is that ok with everybody? Peter S. 18:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Should the "animated" notes also be removed?--Thumper44 (talk) 18:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Helping clear the clutter

Wilco the directive, like the numbers-only idea better --Schweiwikist 16:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A" and "An" films

The introduction says only "The" is to be ignored at the start of the film; however, it appears that the word "A" was sometimes (but not consistently) ignored as well. To be consistent both internally and with the introduction, I moved all the "A" films to the A's.

If "A" is to be ignored, then the other English-language article, "An", should be ignored as well; but that isn't the case in this article. Therefore, if you disagree with my action, PLEASE don't just revert it; please move *all* "A" and "An" films to the proper place as if those words were ignored. Or, please discuss which way it should be done. --RBBrittain 10:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

It seems reasonable for ALL films beginning with an article (a, an, the) to be re-alphabetized by the next word. It needs to be consistent throughout.--Thumper44 19:51, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

The introduction and the list now reflect a standard and uniform alphabetization. All films beginning with A, An, and The are listed by the following word.Thumper44 18:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing titles

I believe there are some gaps in this list; I noticed three after a brief search: Shane (1953) 1/5; Sophie's Choice (1982) 1/5; and Some Like It Hot (1959) 1/6. I need to double check these films and there may be several others to add to this list.

Yes, this list does not purport to be complete ... and acknowledges that fact. At the very top of the article (list), there is a notation that reads: "This film, television, or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it." This is the tag generally used when lists are currently understood to be incomplete. Thanks for adding some missing titles. (Joseph A. Spadaro 04:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC))

Thank you for helping me get up to speed. When I have time I'll try to do what I can. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thumper44 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 6 November 2007 (UTC)