Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Bibliography of works on Georges Méliès/archive1

Bibliography of works on Georges Méliès

Featured list candidates/Bibliography of works on Georges Méliès/archive1

Nominator(s): Averageuntitleduser (talk) 17:51, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As I prepared to rewrite "Georges Méliès", I became very intimidated by the literature. To get a better grasp on it and kill two birds with one stone, I expanded this bibliography. Much of it is based on his entry in Oxford Bibliographies, but where applicable, I supplemented it with book reviews and an annotated bibliography by Elizabeth Ezra. All suggestions are appreciated, and I hope to address them as soon as possible! Averageuntitleduser (talk) 17:51, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"many languages, namely English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German" - unless you are absolutely certain that no works about him exist in any other language, maybe say "including English......"
"exhibition catalogues with materials" - as the article seems to be written in US English, should that last word not be "catalogs"....?
"A book with that surveys" - huh?
"a teleological view" - is there an appropriate link for that second word? I personally have no idea what it means
"Contains studies of Méliès, namely by Roland Cosandey and Yuri Tsivian" - why not just "Contains studies of Méliès, by Roland Cosandey and Yuri Tsivian".....?
That's it, I think! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:34, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All fixed! Thanks for your time, and let me know if you see anything else. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:30, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ChrisTheDude: forgot to ping. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:39, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:25, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Alavense

his name often appears in the titles of books, chapters, or articles, not necessarily - Lose the last comma, the one before "not".
the film career of his brother - He's not mentioned before, so maybe the film career of his brother Gaston?
Same for his mistress and first wife --> his mistress and first wife, Jehanne d'Alcy. And maybe the link could just blue the name.
Whoops, "mistress" and "first wife" intended to refer to different people. Now with both names included, this is much clearer. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:21, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Alavense (talk) 06:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
as a chapter of Film Before Griffith - Could something else be said about Film Before Griffith. It feels a bit disconnected.
and U.S. and U.K. - and US and UK, I think, per MOS:US.
Maybe use {{ill}} to link Il Castoro?
as a chapter of Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative - Maybe it's worth saying the book was edited by Thomas Elsaesser?
and a translation of a forum about him hosted by the Commission de recherche historique of the Cinémathèque Française, Tsivian describes - I think a full stop would be better than the comma.
finds that he criticized colonialism that results from an obsession with quicker modes of transportation - I think there's something wrong there.
To be more nuanced, Ezra believes that, in a time when new forms of transportation were prospering, his films satirized the resulting prejudice, colonial expansion, and minset of "conquering the unknown". Most famously, the astronomers in A Trip to the Moon, as taken from its article, are presented as bumbling pedants merciless for Selenites. I tweaked the sentence's wording with all this in mind, but let me know if you still have an issue. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:21, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think that reads better now. Alavense (talk) 06:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can link Joan M. Minguet.
Ditto with Archives françaises du film.
and within it, - Lose that comma.

That's what I saw. I've got a couple of nominations going on, in case you have time and fancy having a look at them. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 07:54, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alavense: All fixed, with two replies of clarification. Thanks for having a look! I'd be happy to review one of your noms; expect comments within a few days. Averageuntitleduser (talk) 22:21, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the edits. Support. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 06:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]