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Consensus?

Is there any consensus for this edit? I disagree with mentioning all visual references to Thriller.-- Dewritech (talk) 12:47, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It should be avoided per WP:POPCULTURE. Popcornfud (talk) 14:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Um, Visual? Have you actually watched the video? Don't just pull random stuff from thin air. Apart from the visual, the storyline and the music is very similar to the original song.123.103.210.114 (talk) 09:58, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Werecat

Comment: The source states The look was created by Rick Baker, fresh from winning the first Oscar given out for Best Makeup for his work on Landis’s American Werewolf. “We made him into more of a werecat because I just didn’t want to do another werewolf,” Baker told Vulture in 2010. “At first I was thinking [it would be] almost like a black panther thing, but … I ended up putting a longer mane of hair on it and bigger ears.” I think "more" is an important word here which is key here which is left out here. Wikipedia just shortens without thinking. He didn't want it to look like the werewolf in the movue so he had to do some changes. The mane is longer and the ears are bigger. The Thriller 25 Book describes it as a monster. The monster behaves like a wserewolf. I think just describing it as a werecat is not correct. Quaffel (talk) 09:11, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Vox source given in the article says:

In the first scene, he transforms into what most people typically assume is a werewolf ... In fact, Jackson’s transformation isn’t into a werewolf, but into a were-cat.

Per Wikipedia:STICKTOTHESOURCE, we must reflect what reliable secondary sources say. Popcornfud (talk) 09:22, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Read carefully. That's what the author made of the quote. You can find it in the text if you read it. The mae up artist doesn't clearly say it's a werecat. He said MORE of a werecat. Jackson was insired by American WEREWOLF, Thriller's intro features wolves not cats. The monster howls like a wolf and lay the head back like a wolf. You can saysay the mask has features from a cat because the make up artist didn't want to do another werewolf. Interesting fact! No doubt about it. But you can't say it's a werecat. You can't take information just from one sentence. Most people assume it's a werewolf and they have good reasons. I did and I'm pretty sure you did before it was mentioned. I only waste my time with this because I'm shocked that the IP has been blocked for saying it's a werewolf. That's a shame! Wikipedians offend others and nothing happens. But if you disagree on a fact you get blocked. The IP had good reasons to say it's a werewolf. Wikipedia is just too arrogant to notice.Quaffel (talk)

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 :{{tq|In the first scene, he transforms into what most people typically assume is a werewolf ... In fact, Jackson’s transformation isn’t into a werewolf, but into a were-''cat''.}}
 :Per [[Wikipedia:STICKTOTHESOURCE]], we must reflect what reliable secondary sources say. [[User:Popcornfud|Popcornfud]] ([[User talk:Popcornfud|talk]]) 09:22, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
+Read carefully. That's what the author made of the quote. You can find it in the text if you read it. The mae up artist doesn't clearly say it's a werecat. He said MORE of a werecat. Jackson was insired by American WEREWOLF, Thriller's intro features wolves not cats. The monster howls like a wolf and lay the head back like a wolf. You can saysay the mask has features from a cat because the make up artist didn't want to do another werewolf. Interesting fact! No doubt about it. But you can't say it's a werecat. You can't take information just from one sentence.  Most people assume it's a werewolf and they have good reasons. I did and I'm pretty sure you did before it was mentioned. I only waste my time with this because I'm shocked that the IP has been blocked for saying it's a werewolf. That's a shame! Wikipedians offend others and nothing happens. But if you disagree on a fact you get blocked. The IP had good reasons to say it's a werewolf. Wikipedia is just too arrogant to notice.[[User:Quaffel|Quaffel]] ([[User talk:Quaffel|talk]])