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An anonymous editor added more genres.[1] Then another editor removed all but that recently added genre in a good faith effort to follow the WP:FILMGENRE guidelines and list only the primary genre.
As I said previously (see Talk:Free_Guy/Archive_1#Genre) the primary genre is not clear so I looked at the reliable sources already included in the lead and used the genres they seemed to suggest, which was "action comedy". Other sources exist, and the genre can be made more clear we can go with something else. Please show sources. (Variety.com[2] for example manages not to mention sci-fi and instead calls it a "Meta-Video Game Rom-Com". The Hollywood Reporter[3] calls it an "adventure-comedy", and also a "video-game-inspired movie".) Again I'm happy to go with what the reliable sources say but it wasn't like any of them were all that certain about the genre. -- 109.77.205.36 (talk) 04:25, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
With regard to including "Hovachelik" - the argument against seems to be MOS:FILMCAST, but this applies to the actor, not the character played. He is referred to as "Antwan Hovachelik" in the film itself, so that seems reliable enough for inclusion. Chaheel Riens (talk) 21:30, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That doesn't mean his name is not Hovachelik though, which is the point. Surely whether mentioned once, twice, or in every instance that doesn't detract from it being his name, and so a valid addition to the cast/character list?
The original removing edit summary said "Revert unsourced changes. Character is credited as Antwan. Not clear where full name comes from, or if it should be included at all" - I showed that the film itself is where it came from, and that actually being his name is as valid a reason for inclusion as just "Antwan", "Keys" or "Buddy" listed as character names. Chaheel Riens (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to keep it simple and follow MOS:FILMCAST, credit the cast as they appear in the end credits, and be done with it. But I do notice some larger inconsistencies in this article that should probably be addressed. The plot section unusually (and unnecessarily) explains explains the full names of "Keys" and "Millie". These are not important plot points. If the full names of the characters were all explained in the Cast/Characters section it would be less weird and inconsistent to also include the full name of "Antwan Hovachelik" in that section. -- 109.79.168.110 (talk) 13:38, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
