Talk:The Santa Clause

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Contents 1 Vandalism 2 Name 3 Unnecessary? 3.1 Midnight Men 4 Plot summary 5 Fair use rationale for Image:The Santa Clause DVD cover.jpg

[edit] Vandalism

I think this page was vandalised. RocketMaster 15:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It was, I corrected it. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

But, why was it vandalised? RocketMaster 05:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Why is any article vandalized? A bored teenager? — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed some vandalism Finn zee Fox (talk) 05:21, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Isn't his name supposed to be Scott Calvin? Da Kenster 04:22, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Isn't that what the article says? — Frecklefoot | Talk 22:36, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unnecessary?

I believe this trivia bit is unnecessary...

At the police station Scott claims he, Santa Clause, is known in the Netherlands as Sinterklaas. This is false. The correct translation would be: Kerstman, littarly meaning Christmas man. [Note: Scott never actually says that he's known as this in the Netherlands. In fact, the Netherlands are never mentioned.]

He never actually says he's known as that specifically in the Netherlands, and Sinterklaas is a holiday figure in the Netherlands, much like Santa Claus. Therefore, I don't see why this should be included in the trivia. It actually seems to contradict itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiFiend90 (talk • contribs)

I agree it should be removedThenext 05:13, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Midnight Men

The plot of the Santa Clause resembles that of the Howard Chaykin series Midnight Men, in a thief accidentally contributes to the death of a masked hero and must take up his mantle.

19:00, 19 January 2007 (UTC)Enda80

[edit] Plot summary

I've removed the {{plot}} tag because at about 500 words I think the plot summary is just about the right size. --Tony Sidaway 10:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The Santa Clause DVD cover.jpg

Image:The Santa Clause DVD cover.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.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)