- Project News
- Coordinator elections ended on March 28 resulting in seven elected coordinators: Collectonian, Erik, Girolamo Savonarola, Lugnuts, Nehrams2020, PC78, and Sephiroth BCR. Erik will assume the role of lead coordinator with the other elected members assisting. The coordinators will improve WP:FILMS by introducing and incorporating new elements into the project, and working together in discussions to further improve the project. A full list of the coordinators' responsibilities and information about the election can be seen on the main coordinator page.
- The Boondock Saints is currently at featured article review. Consider stopping by and helping to address the issues raised by the reviewer.
- After a discussion and vote on the adoption of C-class by the project, admin Rje labeled the vote as no consensus, while leaving the discussion open to be formally closed later.
- Erik has proposed a new layout to the project's style guidelines. Further opinions would help to determine consensus on how to best improve the guidelines.
- A new addition has been added to the newsletter this month: Did You Know? facts from WP:FILM articles that have been featured on the main page. Would you like to see your contributions featured on the main page? Then first consider creating a new article or significantly expanding a current article. Then view the criteria and instructions here, and nominate your work. If it passes, we may see your addition on the main page as well as in a future edition of the newsletter!
- Our project now has 54,600 film-related articles, with 51,700 that have been assessed by our assessment department! Remember to always add the {{Film|class=}} template to a film article's talk page so the project can get a better idea of what work still needs to be done. Below is a table showing a breakdown of our articles by class.
- Spotlight Update: Multiple films and film-related articles have reached GA and FA status in March 2009.
- One article was delisted as a Good Article. With a little work in addressing the reviewer's issues, the article can be returned to Good Article status.
- Member News
- New members to the project since the last issue include: Hunter Kahn, Jagged 85, Fastily, TeleCinesis, Intractable, Moloch09, FilmAuthority, The Cool Kat, ImperatorExercitus, and HowardBerry.
- Members who received the WikiProject Films Award this month: Ged UK for bringing James Cagney up to GA status and LiteraryMaven for creating many film articles for the project.
- Remember that any editor can give the WikiProject Films Award to another WP:Films member. If you do present this award, please make mention of it here or tell one of the newsletter editors who will then include it in the next issue.
- Please add your name to the member list if you have not already.
| Film pages by quality
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| Quality
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| Total
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 FA
|
186
|
| FL
|
476
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 A
|
1
|
 GA
|
1,412
|
| B
|
1,383
|
| C
|
9,750
|
| Start
|
69,168
|
| Stub
|
96,111
|
| List
|
12,989
|
| Category
|
52,349
|
| Disambig
|
358
|
| File
|
106,461
|
| Portal
|
19
|
| Project
|
228
|
| Redirect
|
11,195
|
| Template
|
9,302
|
| NA
|
1
|
| Assessed
|
371,389
|
| Unassessed
|
804
|
| Total
|
372,193
|
| WikiWork factors (?)
|
ω = 968,484
|
Ω = 5.44
|
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- Coming to theaters
Opened last weekend (3/27):
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Opening next weekend (4/10):
Other April releases:
- Did You Know?
... that the 1909 silent short film Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine is considered to be the first-ever use of aerial movie photography?
... that Arthur Miller threatened to sue Columbia Pictures over a short clip they placed in front of Death of a Salesman, a film based off of his play of the same name?
... that the mockumentary Male Restroom Etiquette is the most viewed Sims video on YouTube?
... that Mantis in Lace is a 1968 sexploitation film about a topless go-go dancer who becomes a serial killer after ingesting LSD?
... that the plot of Abel Gance's 1931 science fiction film, End of the World, features a comet hurling toward Earth as the world prays for help?
... that film critic Stephen Holden of The New York Times called the 2004 documentary film The 3 Rooms of Melancholia "one of the saddest films ever made"?
- From the Editors
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