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'''WikiProject Film''' is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] dedicated to building comprehensive and detailed articles on Wikipedia about topics related to [[film]]s. Please feel free to [[/Participants|add yourself]] to the project.

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==Scope==
The project generally considers '''all''' articles directly related to film to be within its scope, except that it does not include articles about actors, directors and filmmakers, which are within the scope of the [[WP:BIOGRAPHY|Biography WikiProject]] and specifically the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers|Actors and Filmmakers]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Screenwriters|Screenwriters]] projects.

Our primary work is concentrated in a number of broad areas:
* Films and film series
* Film characters
<!--* Filmmakers, whether cast or crew, and other notable individuals involved with filmmaking. (Note: this part is under progress and will likely involve closer work with WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers.)
*: Note that having a film credit does not, ''in and of itself'', place an individual within the scope of the project.  To qualify them, an individual's film work must have been somehow independently noteworthy or have contributed—directly or indirectly—to their notability.-->
* Companies and organizations of note with a substantial relevance to films, including equipment suppliers, production companies, archives, institutes and educational facilities.
* Film awards, including individual ceremonies, award categories, and winner or nominee lists.
* Film festivals, including individual instances and ancillary bodies.
* Film equipment, technology, practice, and terminology.
* Significant historical locations and structures primarily used for filmmaking or exhibition.
* Film studies topics and notable film critics, theorists, and researchers.
* Genres, types, movements and periods of film; the cinematic histories of particular nations, regions and groups.

<!--- This stats are automatically  updated  daily --->As of {{#formatdate:{{FULLDATE}}|dmy}}, there are '''{{nts|{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:FA-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:FL-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:A-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:GA-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:B-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:C-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Start-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Stub-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Unassessed film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:List-Class film articles|R}}}}}}'''<!--The sum of all classes stub through FA, plus unassessed--> articles within the scope of WikiProject Film, of which '''{{nts|{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:FA-Class film articles|R}}+{{PAGESINCATEGORY:FL-Class film articles|R}}}}}}''' <!--FAs+FLs--> are [[Wikipedia:Featured content|featured]] and '''{{nts|{{#expr:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:GA-Class film articles|R}}}}}}''' are [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good articles]]. These articles have the {{tl|WikiProject Film}} template on their talk page.

==Goals==
* To standardize film articles on Wikipedia
* To improve Wikipedia coverage of films by adding, expanding and improving film articles
* To serve as a central point of discussion for issues related to Wikipedia film articles
* To provide the necessary framework to assist in bringing all articles within the project scope to the highest possible quality

==Guidelines==
The following are specific guidelines for articles within the scope of this WikiProject (in order of consideration for editors creating articles):
* [[Wikipedia:Notability (films)|Film notability]]
* [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)|Naming conventions for films]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines|Style guide]] – Currently, this page only covers articles about individual films. We expect to create additional style guides in the near future for other types of film-related articles, in consultation with the relevant task forces.
* [[Template:Infobox film|Film infobox]]

== Tasks ==
{{to do}}

===Articles tagged for cleanup===
{{WikiProject cleanup listing|Film}}
See the full [https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Film.html CleanupWorklistBot list for this project], grouped by problem type (or on Alphabetic tab, by age, importance, and class).

===[[Outline of film|Improve the bird's eye view]]===

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the '''[[Outline of film]]'''. It in turn is part of [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|Wikipedia's outline system]] which is one of [[Portal:Contents|Wikipedia's main contents systems]].

'''''[[Outline of film|Please look it over and fill-in missing topics]].''''' If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

# What's missing?
# Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
# Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.

The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise film-related material.  It is a hub from which to organize related topics.

It was built as a "[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/689/1/ reverse outline]", a [[tree structure|structural model]] of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.

Please help improve it.

It's our bird's eye view.

Thank you.

===Announcements and open tasks===
{{WPFILMS Announcements}}

==Project organization==
Due to the size, scope and number of interested editors working on articles, the project has added several additional structures to keep the work organized:
* [[#Coordinators|Coordinators]] in charge of project organization and administration
* [[#Departments|Departments]] for specialized tasks across the whole of the project
* [[#Task forces|Task forces]] to allow collaboration amongst editors interested in specific topics within the project-wide scope

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Coordinators/Intro}}

More detailed descriptions of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Coordinators#Role|the coordinators' responsibilities]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Coordinators#History|the history of the positions]], and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Coordinators#Selection|the process by which coordinators are selected]] may also be of some interest.

===Participants===
If you wish to join this project, please feel free to add your name to our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Participants#Active members|Participants]]''' page!

In addition, participants and other Wikipedians who wish to show support for this project should feel free to add {{tl|User WikiProject Films}}, or alternatively you can place a big userbox on your page by adding {{tl|Films}}.

===Departments===
* [[/Assessment|Assessment]] focuses on determining and tracking the quality of Wikipedia's film articles; the resulting statistics are used to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
* [[/Categorization|Categorization]] acts as a central location for work on the category tree, including recommendations for hierarchy structuring, comments on categories for deletion, and general discussion about film categories.
<!--*[[/Contest|Contest]] is a forthcoming department aimed at motivating increased quality in film articles by offering a form of friendly competition for project members making improvements to them.-->
* [[/Core|Core]] identifies our core articles and provides a rough idea of how well covered these articles are. (Anyone who brings a core article to FA automatically earns a [[Template:WikiProject Films Award|Film Award]].)
* [[/Films based on books|Films based on books]] identifies articles which may require splitting the source material from the film adaptation into separate articles.
* [[/Future films|Future films]] monitors articles on unreleased films to check for notability, assist in sourcing, and compile a release schedule.
* [[/List of films without article|Missing films]] compiles lists of potentially notable films for which an article does not yet exist and sorts them by country and time period
* [[/Outreach|Outreach]] acts as a central location for various member outreach work, including project newsletters, recruitment and welcoming banners, and other related initiatives.
* [[/Resources|Resources]] provides a guide to finding information for sourcing articles, whether through online/print sources or members' personal libraries.
* [[/Review|Review]] conducts both informal peer reviews of articles and other content; it also provides a centralized forum for viewing external reviews (such as featured article candidacies) within the project's scope.
* [[/Spotlight|Spotlight]] displays positive contributions and accomplishments by the project as a whole, including featured content, DYKs (Did You Know?), A and GA-Class articles, and film barnstar winners.

===Task forces===
:'''''Please [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film|discuss any proposals for new task forces]] with the project as a whole <big>before</big> creating them.'''''

WP Film operates many task forces. Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the subject of film. They afford the advantage of allowing editors to organize their efforts around a topic without having to expend time and energy organizing and duplicating the overall structure, style, and guidelines for a descendant WikiProject which would be completely or mostly covered by the Films project. All users are encouraged to participate in any that interest them.

Editors interested in creating task forces should look towards creating a task force with a medium-to-large number of articles within its scope, or consider a higher-level scope if this cannot be achieved. (For example, less productive national cinemas may be better served by creating a collective regional cinema task force instead.)

Task forces should also have aroused a significant number of potential participants to warrant organizational overhead. The project, via consensus on the discussion page, will determine if a task force is to be created.

''(It should be noted that task forces created prior to July 1, 2007 were moved from independent WikiProjects and should thus be considered "grandfathered" in.)''

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; General
:* [[/Film awards task force|Film awards]]
:* [[/Film festivals task force|Film festivals]]
:* [[/Filmmaking task force|Filmmaking]]
:* [[/Silent films task force|Silent films]]
:* [[/Film finance task force|Film finance]]

; Genre
:* [[/Animated films task force|Animated films]]
:* [[/Christian films task force|Christian films]]
:* [[/Comic book films task force|Comic book films]]
:* [[/Documentary films task force|Documentary films]]
:* [[/War films task force|War films]]

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; National and regional
:* [[/American cinema task force|American cinema]]
:* [[/Argentine cinema task force|Argentine cinema]]
:* [[/Australian cinema task force|Australian cinema]]
:* [[/Baltic cinema task force|Baltic cinema]]
:* [[/British cinema task force|British cinema]]
:* [[/Canadian cinema task force|Canadian cinema]]
:* [[/Chinese cinema task force|Chinese cinema]]
:* [[/French cinema task force|French cinema]]
:* [[/German cinema task force|German cinema]]
:* [[/Indian cinema task force|Indian cinema]]
:* [[/Israeli cinema task force|Israeli cinema]]
:* [[/Italian cinema task force|Italian cinema]]
:* [[/Japanese cinema task force|Japanese cinema]]
:* [[/Korean cinema task force|Korean cinema]]
:* [[/Mexican cinema task force|Mexican cinema]]
:* [[/New Zealand cinema task force|New Zealand cinema]]
:* [[/Nordic cinema task force|Nordic cinema]]
:* [[/Pakistani cinema task force|Pakistani cinema]]
:* [[/Paraguayan cinema task force|Paraguayan cinema]]
:* [[/Persian cinema task force|Persian cinema]]
:* [[/Southeast Asian cinema task force|Southeast Asian cinema]]
:* [[/Soviet and post-Soviet cinema task force|Soviet and post-Soviet cinema]]
:* [[/Spanish cinema task force|Spanish cinema]]
:* [[/Venezuelan cinema task force|Venezuelan cinema]]
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====Potential task forces====
Potential task forces - should only be created where there is specific demand from users
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; General
: film companies and organizations
: film studies
; Genres (top-level genres only; no subgenres)
: Action
: Aviation (joint TF on aviation films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation|WP Aviation]])
: Comedy (joint TF on comedy films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comedy|WP Comedy]])
: Crime (joint TF on crime films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime|WP Crime]])
: Drama
: Fantasy
: Horror (joint TF on horror films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror|WP Horror]])
: Sci-fi (joint TF on sci-fi films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction|WP SciFi]])
: Television (joint TF on television films with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television|WP Television]])
: Western (see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Westerns|WP Westerns]])
; Movements and topics
: Dogme95
: Indie/mumblecore
: Neorealism
: New queer cinema (or LGBT at large. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT|WP LGBT]])
: New Wave
: Soviet (split from current task force)
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; National and regional cinemas
: African (with Nigerian sub-task force)
: Balkan
: Benelux
: Brazilian
: Caribbean
: Eastern European
: [[/Egyptian cinema task force|Egyptian cinema]]
: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong/Hong Kong Cinema Task Force|Hong Kong]]
: Irish
: Latin American
: Middle Eastern
: Oceanic (would also retain Australia and New Zealand as sub-task forces)
: Portuguese
: [[/Romanian cinema task force|Romanian cinema]]
: South Asian (would also retain India and Pakistan as sub-task forces)
: [[/Uruguayan cinema task force|Uruguayan cinema]]
; Time periods
: decades
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====Multimedia task forces====
If you wish to start a task force on a film which has spawned a multimedia franchise, you can add your proposal to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises/Task forces/Proposals|Media franchises task force proposals]] page.

==Current collaborations==

The current ongoing drive at WikiProject Film is the improvement of the ''[[:Category:Stub-Class core film articles|Stub-Class]]'' articles from the [[WP:FILMCORE|Core article]] list. The aim is to improve these articles to Start-Class or better. The drive began with the 2011 update of the list, at which time 106 Stub-class articles remained. The charts below illustrate the progress being made in this drive.

{{progression|96|106|task=Stub-class core film articles improved to start-class or better}}
{{progression|519|529|task=All core film articles at start-class or better}}

==Useful tags==
* If you find, create or contribute to a film article, please paste '''{{tl|WikiProject Film}}''' on the top of its discussion page with the appropriate parameters and add the article to the relevant lists within [[List of films]]. In addition, some parameters that can be pasted within the {{tl|WikiProject Film}} template on the discussion page in order to request the addition of missing material are '''{{para|needs-infobox|yes}}''' and '''<code>{{para|needs-image|yes}}</code>'''.
* If you find a [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub article]] that has not yet been marked as a stub, add {{tl|film-stub}}  to the bottom of the article, or browse {{cl|Film stubs}} for sub-categories such as {{tl|comedy-film-stub}}, {{tl|action-film-stub}}, and other sub-stubs by subject or country. The article will then automatically be included in the [[:Category:Film stubs|film stubs category]], where you can find plenty of stub articles to expand if you are itching to do something.

==See also==
{{WikiProject cleanup listing|Film}}
{{Article alerts box}}
* List of {{subpages}}
* [[Wikipedia:Filmographies and Discographies]]
* [[:Category:WikiProject Film templates]]
* [[:Category:Film articles by quality]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-20/WikiProject report]]
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-06-25/WikiProject report]]

===Related WikiProjects===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Westerns]]

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