Talk:List of On the Lot films

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Grouping[edit]

I haven't decided if it's best to list by week, or by director (ie: for future weeks, list each film under --Zach Lipovsky-- Week One: .... Week Two:....

As for the breakdown by position (top3, bottom3). Since this is a listing of the films, I'm unsure of whether this breakdown makes sense. It depends - are people voting for the best film of the week? or are people voting for the director's films overall (or even the personality and not the films at all)? If it was the top three FILMS, it would be more clear, but its' the top three CONTESTANTS, right?

Thoughts? TheHYPO 18:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • The show referred to it as the top three films, I believe. Presumably, people are voting based on the films and not on who they like the most as a person. Regardless of how the page is eventually organized, the top three/bottom three information should be included as it's a critical part of the competition. -- MisterHand 00:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
They may refer to it, but if, for example, Zach makes 3 really cool films in the next few weeks, and the audience likes him, and then he makes a film that isn't so great, and he's not eliminated, or even makes the top three - it's because people like his work, and even like him as a personality, not the film of the week, per sé. (Do you really think that people vote the winner of American Idol based on who sang the best in the final week only?) It's based on singing from week 1 to the final week, plus how much they like the contestant personally as well.
Either way, I don't disagree that it's important information re: the competition, but not necessary re: the films themselves. This week, it looks like it was the three best films, but in 2 or 3 weeks, you might see it less of a vote for the film and more for the director. The info is in the On the Lot article paired with the directors. I'm not entirely sure either way whether the votes truely represent the films (or will continue to do so, anyway). but I'm just curious what others think.
As for organization - I think having three subsections each week might make the table of contents really long - might use just bold/underline headings instead of actual wikiheadings. Alternatively, might list all the films in alphabetical order, and just tag the three of each as 'top 3' or 'eliminated' TheHYPO 06:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think that for now, the formatting is fine as is. In the later stages, when directors show that they are really awesome, they can get their own page and have all of their flicks on a personal page. Until then, let's let the show decide who deserves such treatment and just continue listing them by week. Badgergrl04 16:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting[edit]

Should the links to the films be made into the titles of the films? Having hundreds of numbered links to the films is going to get very messy after a while. Alternately, a single link to the page for the entire round's films at the top of each round might be sufficient. Thoughts? TheHYPO 23:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Per WP:MOS-L, "You should not add a descriptive title to an embedded HTML link within an article" so I think the second option is the way to go: a single link for the round's films. We don't want this page to become a linkfarm. -- MisterHand 00:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, none of the links work now. They just redirect to the FOX site - the official OTL site is closed now. - Bhavesh.Chauhan (talk • contribs • count) 17:41, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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