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See Talk:Main Page/Archive 1, Talk:Main Page/Archive 2, Talk:Main Page/Archive 3, Talk:Main Page/Archive 4, Talk:Main Page/Archive 5, Talk:Main Page/Archive 6, Talk:Main Page/Archive 7, Talk:Main Page/Archive 8, Talk:Main Page/Archive 9, Talk:Main Page/Archive 10, Talk:Main Page/Archive 11, Talk:Main Page/Archive 12 for older discussions:

COMMON ISSUES, CHECK HERE FIRST:

The page thumbnail isn't updating when I upload a new version of an image

IMFDB uses a hosting service called Cloudflare. One side-effect of this is that there is a Cloudflare server between IMFDB's server and you, so uploading a new version of an image updates the image on the actual server, but it doesn't update the one stored in Cloudflare's cache for a while, and that's what people see. You can force an update to the thumbnail by changing the size of the displayed image by even a single pixel, but the image itself you just have to wait for. So just change it from, say 600px to 601px after uploading the new image and it should update on the page.

Happy 2023

Happy New Year's to all. --Ben41 (talk) 21:36, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

I guess, I made ID of Thark Rifle in John Carter movie

At the John Carter movie, most Tharks (Green Martian clan) use Thark Martian rifles. Of course, it was futurised guns, but, after closing inspection of the original movie props, I notice, that's this futusistic rifles were made from Tanegashimas (of course, a modern replicas). For proving this guess, I made a photoshoping compilation of the movie props and modern Tanegashima replica. So, I guess, that's useful to ID the gun as Tanegashma. Pyramid Silent (talk) 13:42, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

A photoshoping compilation of the movie props and modern Tanegashima replica. The serpent for the match and closing powderbox (1), which is almost similar on the Tanegashima and Thark rifle. The pistol-grip buttstock (2) which is also almost similar. Of course, the movie prop is equipped with some part of other guns (percussion hammer) as well as some junks, to look more futuristic, as well, it's sawn in half, but the basing gun is Tanegashima.

Smiling Friends page?

The western animation series Smiling Friends has quite a few realistically-drawn firearms which I documented on my sandbox here. I would just like to know if the show qualifies for a page on this site. --Dnkakusei (talk) 13:47, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Delete category backlog

Just want to holler at the mod/s just in case. Ominae (talk) 07:56, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Got more screenshots from Detective Conan marked for deletion since Netflix Japan's able to get remastered episodes out and I'm slowly using them to update pages here. Ominae (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Got more stuff for deletion. Ominae (talk) 06:52, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Blue Muzzle Flashes

Something I have noticed with classic action films, mostly within the 80's era, is that a lot of muzzle flashes appear more blue than yellow. Did this have something to do with the type of blanks/props that were being used back then, or was this just a result of 1980's cinematography? --Theakker3 (talk) 12:40, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

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Monsters vs Aliens?

Should we add a page about Monsters vs Aliens, the movie has some detailed guns like the M4 Carbine

Prodigal Son - Season 2, Unknown semi-auto pistol

I believe have a positive ID on the "unknown" semi-auto pistol listed for Prodigal Son - Season 2.

I requested an account specifically to help with this ID but I don't understand how to correctly add this info

If someone could vet this and add it, I'd appreciate it!

Prodigal Son - S02E10, "Exit Strategy". At approx 34m:30s, Felix (spoiler: Clayton Fielder's twin) climbs a staircase while brandishing, then racking, a silver-tone semi-auto I identify as a TriStar P-120 (CZ75 clone). It's later seen several times from virtually every conceivable angle starting around 38:10.

I checked it and I think you're right, so I did make all the necessary changes. By the way, don't forget to put your nickname and time in all discussions using 4 "~" at the end of each post. Pustelga7 (talk) 15:30, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
Thank you!

Therealnecroscope, 06:35, 6 June 2023

(Testing nic/time) Therealnecroscope (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

White M18 grenade

Are white M18 smoke grenade only seen in TV/movies/games? Been seeing some of those. Ominae (talk) 17:34, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

I don't think they come in white IRL. --Funkychinaman (talk) 18:12, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Stunt/action choreography for a director's page

On the page for stunt choreographer and two-time film director Kensuke Sonomura, I've added a list of films and games that he contributed stunt direction and choreography to. I'm planning on fully adding these productions to his category, but I was told to ask an admin first because stunt coordination is a pretty niche credit, however I believe that these productions should be added to his category as stunt and action sequences are vital and important parts of these films and games. Is it safe to add the pages? --Dnkakusei (talk) 12:50, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Firearm citations without screen grabs?

I am new here, and I have not seen any guidelines about whether it's okay to cite a firearm in a movie listing without an associated screen grab. Is it better to have a weapon identified, even without a photo? ... or is it really better to make sure that each citation includes corresponding screen grabs? --226X5-9-TAC (talk) 23:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC).

First off, welcome aboard. As for your question, if it's a pre-existing page, then pointing out a specific gun that doesn't already have a screencap is fine, as long as you're specific about when and where it appears (though having a screencap is always preferable). If it's for a page that doesn't exist yet, we'd prefer not - we have an excess of pages without screencaps as-is. Pyr0m4n14c (talk) 23:43, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Identifying revolver

What type of revolver is this? Film is from 1938. Theakker3 (talk) 17:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Not really a detailed enough shot to tell much. Appears to be a mid-size, .38 or therabouts. Ejector rod looks rather long which makes me think it has a socket, which would make it a S&W. If so, likely a Military & Police model. StanTheMan (talk) 17:30, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

NCIS Sydney

Should I wait until the episode/s airing in Australia in the last few weeks this month are accessible in Canada/US next month (January 2024) before screencapping, even though the show's backed by CBS and Paramount Plus? Ominae (talk) 10:05, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year! (2024)

Happy New Year to all IMFDB and may this year be prolific in page editing too!--Dannyguns (talk) 08:57, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, Happy New Year 2024, and pass the ammunition (and the page edits). May many new relevant pages be created too! --Mazryonh (talk) 01:24, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Identifying Rifle (or shotgun) on Wall

Any idea what this is on the wall? Theakker3 (talk) 02:28, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

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Winchester Model 1895? --Funkychinaman (talk) 05:20, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Optical sight ID???

Any idea what could be this sight? The mod appears to be Iraq War setting. --Nanomat (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Paintball gun

Anyone know this gun? Ominae (talk) 16:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Changing name

Requesting to change the name of this file to something like Lawman Mk III Snubnose. Ominae (talk) 12:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Done. --Funkychinaman (talk) 15:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks @Funkychinaman. Don't know why that was locked. Ominae (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Image file name change

Can the file name for this be changed? It's locked though with a generic file name. Also wondering if the "old" name can be nuked too. Ominae (talk) 13:47, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Another page move request: Angel Salazar to the correct Ángel Salazar. It was previously renamed due to alphabetical order searching, but I suppose this can be solved with the DEFAULTSORT template. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 22:14, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Another request to rename XXX to "XXx", in order to allow the DISPLAYTITLE template to work and show the correct xXx title. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 00:00, 8 November 2024 (UTC) P.S. on the subject of titles that exist as redirects, it's pretty weird that some pages can be moved by non-admins, while some other pages can't.

Image check

Saw that this is the GP-30. Wondering if the site is correct? Ominae (talk) 03:48, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

It's incorrect, this is actually a GP-25. There are three ribs around the barrel (the GP-30 has four), the quadrant sight is mounted on the left side (while on the 30 it's on the right), and behind the pistol grip there's a component that the GP-30 lacks. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 16:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Did I miss something, or were some of the images removed from the site? This isn't the first time I've come across empty links where there used to be images. --Slon95 (talk) 21:04, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Two years ago, a server update broke the titles of all pages and images that have accented letters. This has been fixed on articles, but it's more complicated on images. There is a way to restore individual images, but they have to be reuploaded manually (unless Bunni manages to find a better solution). --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 11:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Featured Article

Would it be possible to add in more films/pages into the featured article pool on the main page? We have thousands of pages for both iconic and niche movies; it's a shame that all that gets featured on there are John Wick and Christmas movies. If we can feature more articles on the main page, I propose being able to freely edit the infobox so that everyone (or a specific group) can add pages that they believe would fit. --Dnkakusei (talk) 02:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Changing image

The Colt Monitor image Jcordell got is locked, so I can't upload an updated one as I've been able to rotate it. Also can't change the name to something specific like "Colt Monitor 1925". Wish the images he has (incluidng the Lawman revolver) can be further changed. Ominae (talk) 03:14, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I've unlocked the image. --Funkychinaman (talk) 04:55, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Also needed to unlock the this filename so that it can be deleted. Ominae (talk) 14:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

What revolvers are these?

I'm planning to do a page for Project Zomboid since it features mostly recognizable firearms, but I'm struggling to ID these revolvers: https://pzwiki.net/wiki/M36_Revolver, https://pzwiki.net/wiki/M625_Revolver, https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Magnum. I could swear I've seen IRL models that look exactly like that, especially the grips, but I can't find it. --Dan San (talk) 22:53, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

These are rather low-grade generic-ized images of revolvers and don't really bear any good enough detail in themselves to make definitive IDs. Yes, they're bull-nosed, yes they have large ramp sights, and the last one looks like it has faded marks above the barrel supposedly meant to signify a vent-rib, but countless revolvers have these features. Grips are also a non-starter since similar if not identical grips are used across numerous manufacturers.
Now if the names are to be believed I'd suppose the first two are supposed to be S&Ws, namely the Model 36 and the Model 625 respectively - The latter a slightly stronger argument for given the caliber. But the first doesn't really look like a Model 36, and the 'Magnum' one again could be a few models (the .44 Magnum chambering doesn't really give us much more to go on there). StanTheMan (talk) 01:16, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
The first one indeed does not look like a S&W 36 at all. The "Magnum" seems to be same generic revolver model with vent ribs and wooden grips. But all the revolvers have grips with a shape I'm almost sure I've seen elsewhere, they kind of look like Hogue grips but with the top part cut off. Oh well, I guess that'll have to do. I know this is a first bad impression, but the other guns in the game are more recognizable, if very simplistic. --Dan San (talk) 05:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Image didn't update after reupload

Hi there, I just reuploaded a newer version of an image on the wiki, and when I look at the one I uploaded, it shows the old one, despite the fact that I uploaded a different version?

It takes a while for the cloudflare servers to update, but you can force the thumbnail to appear on a page by a slight change in the embed resolution (600 to 601px, for instance). I've suggested a disclaimer about this on the image upload before, but am ignored.--AgentGumby (talk) 16:44, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
In the meantime, I restored a disclaimer at the top of this talk page. It was added years ago but went away with the archives. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 14:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

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