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Split the article between book & film[edit]

There are significant differences between the BOOK and film, and each has achieved distinction in its respective medium - the book was quite celebrated when it was first published but today this is somewhat overshadowed by the film version's Oscar achievements. To keep the line between fact and fiction from being blurred, as well as preserve their identities, I split the the two.

Photo of Robert Redford[edit]

User:HAL333, you added a photo of Robert Redford to the article, and I removed it on the grounds that it adds nothing that's informative about the film that's the subject of the article. He's a member of the cast, but his photo can be found at the article on him, and the photo isn't related to his appearance in the film decades before it was shot.

You restored the photo, with the surprising edit summary "There's already a precedent to do so at film articles and Redford is one of the two main characters if this film." It's surprising because you linked "precedent" to Wikipedia:SSEFAR, which not only doesn't supply evidence of any such precedent, but is in fact a counterargument to justifying what's done in one article by pointing to what's been done in some other articles.

I submit to anyone else who'd like to comment my original objection: the photo simply isn't useful to the reader in the context of this article. In addition, as he played the number two character and there isn't a photo of the number one character, it appears a little unbalanced anyway.

Returning to WP:SSEFAR, it follows that it may be worth reviewing articles to which you're referring to see whether such photos are more relevant to the articles in which they've been placed, or whether they might possibly be removed as well for the same reasons. I've given for this one. Largoplazo (talk) 22:37, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See the featured article Die Hard, which has a photo of Bruce Willis from 30 years after the film's release. For comparison, the Redford photo is from 27 years after Out of Africa' release. ~ HAL333 00:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Have to say I agree with Largoplazo. Pictures of actors decades removed from their roles don't inform us in any way about a movie. The Die Hard example is especially silly because there is already a picture in the article of Willis from the Oscar ceremony of the time. Much more relevant and informative. Just for comparison, would you use this picture to illustrate the article for the movie Poor Little Rich Girl? --Khajidha (talk) 11:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

After I'd already pointed out to you "It's surprising because you linked "precedent" to Wikipedia:SSEFAR, which not only doesn't supply evidence of any such precedent, but is in fact a counterargument to justifying what's done in one article by pointing to what's been done in some other articles", what should we make of your responding by attempting to justify what's been done in one article by pointing to what's been done in some other article? Largoplazo (talk) 10:20, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]