Template talk:LiveActionFilm

Suggestions

Some thoughts:

1. the image field should not recommend poster or logo because we prefer to use fanart to illustrate fandom pages. Official images are discouraged on Fanlore.
2. I think "see also" is pretty vague, and if we want links to related fandoms, it would help to call the field relatedfandoms
3. For external links, I'd recommend the Wikipedia page instead of a company page or official film site. I don't think we should be encouraging a lot of links to non-fannish commercial sources unless they have information about the fandom. The goal is not to promote the film, but describe its fandom.
4. I would rename this template to Template:LiveActionFilmFandom. Otherwise, it could get used for any page about a film, regardless of whether or not it's a fandom.
5. I think more guidance should be added about when to use this template and what the fandom page should actually be about. In particular, I think it should be explicitly stated that you can use this template for film series as well as one-offs (example: Back to the Future), and that you shouldn't use it on pages about films that are not their own fandoms. This template seems very canon-oriented (the production companies especially seem extraneous), which could lead new editors astray into adding a lot of canon detail that isn't wanted and just generally missing the point of Fanlore, which is to document fan activity rather than canon trivia. I've seen a lot of "fandom" pages added for individual films that seem a bit questionable. In some cases, there isn't a fandom for the film, and someone just created a page for the film because they liked it. In other cases, the fandom encompasses more than just a single film, so information on the film page would either duplicate what's on the general fandom page or be a short summary of the film itself plus fan reaction/discussion. There's already a template for individual films/books/etc. that aren't their own fandoms: Template:ProfessionalWorks. An example of its use is Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a film that was discussed a lot in zines so we needed a page devoted to it, but wasn't a separate fandom. --aethel (talk) 18:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

A lot of this template is copied over from Template:VideoGame, which has similar things going on. I'm fine most of these changes, but I'd like some kind of standardization for fandom templates written in a reference page for future template creation going forward. Pinky G Rocket (talk) 21:30, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Regarding production companies: in my opinion it's in a similar vein to listing publishers and developers for video games, so I'm not quite sure if we should cut it.

Regarding images: I've received conflicting information on whether or not to use official images in boxes. Video game pages often use official logos. Pinky G Rocket (talk) 21:30, 29 May 2022 (UTC)