Talk:The Passenger (film)

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[edit] Scholary article links

I am nzkpzq (Michael E. Grost). I write scholarly critical studies of film directors, which are posted on my personal web site. Recently, I added links to my scholarly Michelangelo Antonioni article to the Wikipedia entry on Antonioni, and to such films as L'Avventura, La Notte and The Passenger. They were immediately deleted as "vandalism". I am a newcomer to Wikipedia, and am confused. Are such links appropriate? The Wikipedia is full of links to reviews in big time mass media, such as Robert Ebert and the New York Times. Do you have to be a member of big-bucks media to link a critical study to Wikipedia? Are scholarly articles "vandalism"?

My site is completely non-commercial, no-advertising, no-spam.

Please advise.

Justification for reversion:

First, check criteria for removal

• If this article were to be re-written as a featured article, the link would not be redundant, as it does not illustrate the subject, but a related topic. pass.
• Does the site mislead the reader? No sources are presented, so a preliminary fail
• The link addition does not appear to be an effort to generate visitors, however its addition to many pages by the same user does, fail
• Not a commercial link, passes
• The target does not have any advertisements, passes
• Registration not required, passes
• External application not required to view, pass
• Neither a search engine nor a social networking site nor a blog nor a wiki, pass
• Indirectly related to the article's subject, fail

Based on the criteria, the link appears good

• Conflict of interest not apparent, however the user who added it has added it to many pages, see policy on spam: Adding the same link to many articles. The first person who notices you doing this will go through all your recent contributions with an itchy trigger finger on the revert button. And that's not much fun..

Based on this last point, the link is appropriate, however should not be added en masse. If it:

• Contributes information beyond the scope of the article, but is
• Related to the subject, and is also
• Well referenced,

It may be added to a few articles, where most appropriate. Relevant policies would be spam, external links, and references, please review those, and enjoy your stay, if you need help, feel free to ask! ST47 14:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm not going to get into a discussion of the minutiae of Wiki policy & etiquette, but it seems to me obvious enough that it was rude & uncalled-for to label the original change as "vandalism", as if the good-faith addition of a link to a pertinent, informative & well-maintained page on Antonioni were on par with the usual "I WUZ HERE" graffiti we see on Wikipedia. --ND 17:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The.passenger.jpg

Image:The.passenger.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)