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This page is not for what magazines or newspapers think is the shortlist of nominations for the awards. Anyone is entitled to their opinion of what the best movies, actors, and actresses etc.. of the year are. However, that does not add encyclopedic value to the page. Please cease with the disruption caused by adding these so called shortlists. Jdavi333 ( talk) 01:02, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Thus fact and not opinion, this is your misapprehension.
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01:17, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
I hope we will keep it once all scheduled events are over. It is still interesting and I miss it at former Academy Awards articles. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 13:09, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Could we get it back, please? -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 12:52, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
The following 4 films are mentioned here but don't have a Wikidata item:
-- Jobu0101 ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Done -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 23:43, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
The following 68 persons are mentioned here but don't have a Wikidata item:
-- Jobu0101 ( talk) 22:50, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
Only two missing items left, see [73] -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 00:01, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Done -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 00:02, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I prepared a list of missing articles (62):
-- Jobu0101 ( talk) 00:04, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
I just updated the list again. Now there are 53 articles missing. Yeah, I realized Hamish Purdy (see [76]). And I also know that the Coen brothers share an article. But I want to be complete in my list of nominees without an article on their own. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 22:35, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
There were many new articles linked in the article. I went through them and linked them to Wikidata. Now every article mentioned in 88th Academy Awards should be linked to a Wikidata item. Only 33 articles missing. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 19:22, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
By the way, here is a help page that explains how to link articles to Wikidata: [77]. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 19:22, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
17 articles missing. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 14:39, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
2 articles missing, so we are Done because they are condemned to share an article: Coen brothers. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 15:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for all who helped making this dream come true. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 15:33, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
What happened? Looks like we have a mega duplicate area! Wgolf ( talk) 00:13, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
Just a little interesting thing I noticed when I looked up the list of Australians nominated (which needs to be updated), as nearly everyone from Mad Max is Australian including one of the sound editing nominees! Wgolf ( talk) 02:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Wouldn't this be better presented in a chart, rather than prose? Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 17:49, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
This section is very POV. There has been a lot of criticism regarding lack of diversity. But there has also been a lot of criticism of that criticism. Why is the former included, but the latter not? Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 05:19, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Spike Lee explicitly stated that he is not boycotting the awards ceremony. He is merely not attending. While that is in and of itself a form of protest, it does not equate to a boycott. The article should reflect this. There is a big difference between deciding to not attend something and encouraging others to do the same. -- Mrcyriac ( talk) 09:39, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Since all films and persons nominated in 2016 have got an article by now it is time to look at missing nominated films in general. I prepared a list: d:User:Jobu0101/Oscars. -- Jobu0101 ( talk) 15:38, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
I believe that the Academy's refusal to nominate Carol for Best Picture has drawn enough dissension to warrant its being covered in this article. Even if it isn't, my edit had still added much scholarly and relevant information to the page. Also, given that the film's politics have been speculated as the reason for its absence in the category, it could arguably go in the section about the nominations' traditionalism/lack of diversity. AndrewOne ( talk) 04:26, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
So we have an event, happening in a certain location at a certain time. Users Crboyer and Mymis want to add one other time zone, but not more. Why is one additional timezone relevant to the article, but not others?- 217.248.55.59 ( talk) 10:01, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
WP:TIMEZONE is quite clear, and this might have been just a waste of time.- 217.248.55.59 ( talk)
With all disputes over diversity and race in one of most controversial Oscar ceremony it is important and worth mentioning transgender nominee Antony Hegarty also known with trans-name "Anohi" in Winners and nominees section highlighting the fact that she is one of the only two transgender people to be nominated in Oscar history and now that she decided not to attend the ceremony it has become more important to mention. So i have already add this information in winner and nominees section, which i think satisfies the rule of significance. Nauriya ( Rendezvous) 21:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC).
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indent the nominees for Best Actress, who did not win 207.47.252.230 ( talk) 04:55, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Dear Sirs:
Please correct me if I am wrong. In the section "Memorium" of this article "88th Academy Awards" I see the name "Saeed Jaffrey" missing.
regards, Caesar Dutta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.22.109.19 ( talk) 05:41, 29 February 2016 (UTC) A few names that were mentioned during the In Memorium are missing in that section right now. Wgolf ( talk) 06:37, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
It's Sacha Baron Cohen and Olivia Wilde. It's Sacha Baron Cohen, not Ali G. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 ( talk) 14:11, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Masem removed an entire section dedicated to omissions from the In memoriam segment of the show, which in normal circumstances would be a warranted part of the article, due to the backlash from the public and media alike. Although the stars such as Abe Vigoda were omitted from the presentation, it would be respectful for this information to be included for purposes of completion, as these stars did pass away during the qualifying period for this segment. I would like to suggest this information be re-added and be protected against removal for that reason. Grez868 ( talk) 16:14, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
The lead lacks a summary of one of the article's notable sections:
I think it would only require a couple of sentences. I would draft such an addition if the article had not been semi-protected.
70.89.177.161 ( talk) 21:36, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
Remove the irrelevant time zone from the lede, was fixed already but someone turned the article into a program listing again.
If you have doubts, read WP:TIMEZONE. Thanks- 217.248.56.25 ( talk) 22:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
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The final paragraph in the "Critical reception" section, which details criticism against jokes made during the Oscars for being racist against Asians, should be improved. As of right now, said paragraph provides little information and may be confusing to anyone unaware of the controversy. In addition, there should be a mention of Sasha Baron Cohen's "Minions" joke, which was perceived to be racist against Asians as well, and additional sources, namely this New York Times article should be included.
I do believe that there is enough notability to warrant an expansion of this paragraph in general. I would recommend that this paragraph should be upgraded to its own subsection (labeled something along the lines of "Asian Jokes Controversy") due to expanding it to include the background context as well as the controversy itself.
Currently, the paragraph looks like this:
However, publications such as GQ, The Hollywood Reporter and The Washington Post criticized the jokes involving Asian kids. [1] [2] [3] Jessica Contrera of The Washington Post noted "There was a lack of diversity in the lack of diversity. This became most apparent when Rock brought three Asian children to the stage, posing as “bankers” from finance firm PricewaterhouseCoopers." [3]
I would like it to be changed to this:
However, criticism ensued after Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen told jokes onstage that were considered stereotypical and offensive towards Asians. During the show, Rock brought three children of Asian heritage onto the stage in order to pose as accountants, where he said "They sent us their most dedicated, accurate and hard working representatives...Please welcome Ming Zhu, Bao Ling and David Moskowitz;" he continued with saying "If anybody’s upset about that joke, just tweet about it on your phone that was also made by these kids." [3] [4] In addition, Baron Cohen made a comment stating "How come's there's no Oscar for those dedicated, accurate, and hardworking little yellow people, with tiny dongs. You know, the Minions." which many people, including Lowen Liu of Slate, interpreted as offensive against Asians. [5] [6] [4]
In addition to criticism from the public, especially online, [7] the jokes faced criticism from publications such as GQ, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times and The Washington Post. [8] [6] [4] [3] Jessica Contrera of The Washington Post noted "There was a lack of diversity in the lack of diversity. This became most apparent when Rock brought three Asian children to the stage, posing as “bankers” from finance firm PricewaterhouseCoopers." [3] Actress Constance Wu, of Fresh Off the Boat, and basketball player Jeremy Lin also commented on the jokes, with the former stating "To parade little kids on stage w/no speaking lines merely to be the butt of a racist joke is reductive & gross." [4] and the latter writing on Twitter that he was "tired of it being 'cool' and 'OK' to bash Asians." [9]
Now, this is the first time both requesting an edit or wanting to make a substantial change to an article, so constructive criticism is welcome. Hopefully we can get an expansion that can properly encompass this issue.
Stuff Knower ( talk) 06:08, 1 March 2016 (UTC)
Hello, i have added this trivia of Ennio Morricone-winning an Oscar at the age of 87 in a "Competitive Category". The reason i post here is that, Academy keeps age-related data only for the acting and directing categories and no winners in those races have exceeded 82. A spokesperson for Academy has told Los Angeles Times that, "We do not have this kind of data for the other competitive categories. That being said, we are not aware of a competitive award winner older than 87,". It means they do know that oldest competitive-Oscar winner age is 87, despite they only have record for Best Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress categories.
However a competitive award is a award that is based on "merit" and members vote for it as they does for other. So it is significantly enough to mention such achievement. Nauriya ( Rendezvous) 20:08, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
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Harper Lee's book To Kill a Mockingbird was made into a film. All she is a writer. Is it possible to add Harper Lee to the missed In Memoriam? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 ( talk) 06:04, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Can someone please add tables with films that won multiple awards and nominations? If you need assistance getting the list started, Mad Max: Fury Road won the most awards, while The Revenant won the most nominations. Jgwilliams873 ( talk) 01:33, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
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