User talk:PRB

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents

[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia

Here are some links I thought useful:

Feel free to contact me personally with any questions you might have. The Wikipedia:Village pump is also a good place to go for quick answers to general questions. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.

Be Bold!

Sam [Spade] 11:42, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Michael Power

Hi, PRB. I just noticed that you had cut a bit from the Michael Power (Guinness character) article. The section was describing the film Critical Assignment and the fact that the crew and cast were mostly African. Can you explain why you cut this bit? According to my sources, that statement was true, but do you perhaps have access to something that shows it to be false? Thanks! --BrianSmithson 12:54, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't dispute the factual content of the statement. The modified statement was
"Assignment is a typical action film, save that it was shot on location in Cameroon and Nigeria using African actors and crews."
Which I changed to:
Assignment, shot on location in Cameroon and Nigeria, is a typical action film
I altered this because:
  • It states earlier in the section that the Michael Power films "are also notable because the advertisements are shot on location in Africa using African actors and crews"
  • While it is true that the lion's share of action films are shot using principally American participants, to say that it a film is typical of its genre apart from the fact that it was made by Africans grates a little. The continent of residence of the participants doesn't in itself change the nature of the film, it is still just a "typical action film". What was there before was like saying "E=mc2 is a typical mathematical equation, save for the fact that it was originally written in America by a Jew.". If you mean to say that the use of purely African cast and crew brought with it some interesting cultural feature, then say so.PRB 16:22, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  • I see your point. The real significance is that, as you say, very few big-budget action films are made with African casts and crews. By calling the film "typical" I mean that the plot, characters, explosions, etc. are standard for the genre. I've had another go at it; please check it out when you get the chance. —BrianSmithson 17:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Parts of a sail.png

Hello - Please provide source and copyright info for Image:Parts of a sail.png or it will be deleted in 7 days. Thanks! -SCEhardT 02:54, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How to make a page in a different language?

If I create a page in English, how can I transfer that page to another language. Do you have to go to the "other language" wikipedia and make the article completely new again or how does that work? I am fluent in other languages, but I don't know if there is a different way to go abot that or not? Can you write your respnse back on my page, thanks!Motorex (talk) 11:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)