User talk:Greg-Z/Archive 2

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you are welcome :) а я в субботу планировал Белое солнце оформлять. Придется значит Чапаевым заняться I planned create a page for White Sun of the Desert in saturday. So I'll work on Chapaev. Bednardos - 26 October 2011

Sorry :( Извини, что обогнал... На ближайшее время у меня планов на выкладку фильмов нет, так что надеюсь не мешать. :) Excuse me... I have no plans on creating pages for nearest time so I'll not cross your way. Greg-Z 04:20, 27 October 2011 (CDT)

glad I was helpful. I like those French police movies. Sorry I don't know Russian. --Jcordell 10:00, 3 November 2011 (CDT)

Also discussion in other languages other than English are frowned upon on IMFDB, btw. We smacked down some other members for posting in Cyrillic because the mods couldn't tell if they were violating the terms of membership or not, if they were writing in a foreign language. So Guys, keep it in English only! Thanks.

I'm sorry :( I translated the russian text on the page. And I'll keep english only in future. Greg-Z 02:35, 16 November 2011 (CST)

Thanks...

...from Ukraine. Especially for The Place of Meeting Cannot Be Changed. :) You can read about my current plans on Bednardos User talk page and it'll be honour to me to help you in something or receive help from you, or both. Best regards. --Kloga 16:16, 11 April 2012 (CDT)

Posters

Great work on the Russian movies. Is there ANY way you can get better POSTERS? DO you have the DVDs? Can you scan the DVD cover art? It is frustrating to have smaller resolution posters for Russian Cinema. MoviePropMaster2008 02:02, 16 November 2011 (CST)

Thank you! I'll try to continue this work. I used old cinema posters taken mostly from Wikipedia and IMDB because "Rules, Standards and Principles" says that posters are better then DVD covers. And yes, they are mostly of poor quality. I'll try to upload DVD covers in addition to posters where it's possible. Greg-Z 02:16, 16 November 2011 (CST)

Hi from Motherland!

Could you send a test-letter to my E-mail: [email protected]

I need in your advice Flexo 15:11, 22 November 2011 (CST)

Plans exchange

Good evening, comrade. I'm added two films in my nearest planes: Nayti i obezvredit and Voroshilovskiy strelok. Also we can use e-mail and communicate in our native languages on it. My e-mail is [email protected]. Bednardos 12:55, 24 November 2011 (CST)

Good evening! Thanks, I'll e-mail. Greg-Z 13:04, 24 November 2011 (CST)

Mosin-Nagant rifle

Thank you for finishing the table for the Mosin-Nagant page. In the future, please add weapons to pages using this table format. --Ben41 03:47, 8 December 2011 (CST)

Glad to be helpful. I'll make the table on Mosin-Nagant page for TV and games. Greg-Z 04:21, 8 December 2011 (CST)

Actor pages

It's good you create Russian actor pages. Just some reminders. Just like you did with Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr. Remember to post whether or not an actor are still alive (if dead then they must have their death date on the page and be categorized in the DECEASED ACTOR category). If they died too early to be old age, then we should try to list what their cause of death was. We've slipped a bit in the past, since we're supposed to do that as a tribute to their careers. And I've noticed a lot of pages which don't do that. I will also try to update as many as I can when I have the time. Also if possible we try to get a good ACTOR style headshot for their actor page in addition to a shot of them with a gun :) Thanks again. It's harder for us to know the biographies of the Soviet actors, their info is usually in Russian.....MoviePropMaster2008

Hi, usually it's not a good idea to respond on your own talk page. No one will actually look at it and may only notice it if they are replying to something (good thing you copied it to my talk page). Answer to question 1: Usually we want a screencap that we have HERE on IMFDB to showcase the actor with a weapon. The only time we use a promotional still if for some reason we cannot get a decent shot showing both the actor AND the gun. Promotional stills which don't show gun usage aren't allow, unless it is a headshot for the actor. The only times we use actor promotional head shots is (a) when the actor is not a super well known international star and he/she is rather hard to identify in a movie or (b) when they are deceased. Deceased actors get special attention. Their birth dates and death dates are noted on their pages. They are allowed a NICE headshot which does not require a gun in it, as a result of them being deceased. Usually we try to have a short 'write up' or summary of how or when they died. if an actor is not that well known, we sometimes give a brief description of them (especially if they are a character actor or someone famous for something else (like a singer)). But that's to help people know a little more about them if they are not that famous. :) Hope this helps. (2) We don't like links to other pages ... yet. Perhaps if Bunni can arrange some sort of payment from these sites for the traffic we send their way. LOL. Either way, we try to be self contained, but try out the links if you think they are important. I'd like to see what you come up with. But be sure to let me know on my talk page when you want me to check out something. best regards MoviePropMaster2008 00:54, 27 December 2011 (CST)

When you convert to tables

Remember that the names of the genres always default to the next highest order when it comes to "lines". Don't be distracted by the many pages that do it the wrong way, they eventually have to be changed.

So if a gun has 'video games' as the only table, the title of the table is:
==Video Games==
not
===Video Games===

Thanks. Hope this makes sense. It is hard to describe something with wiki codes. MoviePropMaster2008 01:23, 28 December 2011 (CST)

Sergey/Sergei

IMDb does lots of things that I don't agree with (Asian names, for example) but it's the standard that we're told to go with. --Funkychinaman 14:01, 29 December 2011 (CST)

Translating names is always a bit weird. The one that always comes to mind is Joseph/Josef/Iosef Stalin. Muhammad/Mohammed also comes to mind. In Russian, are all Sergei/Sergey's supposed to just be "Sergei?" How do we know he just doesn't spell it differently, like Alan/Allen/Allan? --Funkychinaman 14:20, 29 December 2011 (CST)

Quick grammar lesson

Not trying to be a jerk, but you could use some grammar help. It's "he readies the weapon"(with an ies) or "he is readying the weapon", not "he is reading the weapon" To ready a weapon is to get it prepared, you read a book.

Rather than a shootout in the snows, it's a shootout in the snow.

Instead of "he is firing weapon X', try "he fires weapon X", or "he opens fire with weapon X". Same thing with shoot/shoots.

One character fires (with an s), multiple characters fire (without the s)

English grammar is weird, but here's hoping you can improve.--Mandolin 19:31, 26 January 2012 (CST)

Any chance of putting a synposis on the Russian movie pages?

Since most of us have not seen a lot of the Soviet era movies, could you put a brief plot synopsis, mentioning some of the major characters (and the actors who play them) so that we have an idea what the movie is about? Thanks. It would increase interest in the film if we knew more about what the story was. MoviePropMaster2008 23:42, 26 January 2012 (CST)

A request I did on the forum

Don't know if you are on the forums for IMFDB yet. But here it is. I copied it here for your talk page.

Since we have an influx of Russian IMFDB members, I have a favor to ask. Until recently I was going to fly to Russia (on business and while there take some pics of Russian weapons. ) But that project fell apart and I sure am not going to fly all the way over there just for that.

We, (in the U.S.) have provided lots of high resolution photographs of the weapons available here.

I was hoping if any of our Russian members can photograph or acquire high resolution pics of Russian weapons. It's a hell of a lot easier when you live there.

Our listing of Russian weapons (those that are not commonly owned or sold here in the United States), have many terrible pictures. They are low resolution (sometimes B&W) pics taken from some manual somewhere.

Can any of you Russian IMFDB members help out the site and contribute good quality pics of Russian weapons? It would be very much appreciated.

Hope this doesn't call on deaf ears

Thanks.

Let me know if you or anyone you know can help with this. MoviePropMaster2008 02:04, 31 January 2012 (CST)

Re: MCM

Hi. The MCM is listed on Izhmekh's website: here and as far as I know Izhmash does not give a crap about handguns, especially in .22 cal. Wikipedia also mentions only Izhmekh. Maybe Izhmash also offered it in the past (doubt it tho), but Izhmekh definitely does it now. - bozitojugg3rn4ut 06:48, 31 January 2012 (CST)

Khartoum. Nice work

Good work on Khartoum. That is a page that has needed work for awhile. I would have done it, but I was unable to get a DVD only the VHS.--Jcordell 14:46, 19 April 2012 (CDT)

Well that page had to be made. If for no other reason than the fact that I really didn't want to see the Nordenfelt page to get deleted. Plus Mr. Heston needs more entries on his page. --Jcordell 14:59, 19 April 2012 (CDT)

Page Categories

Hey man. Please remember to subdivide new movie pages into "Pistols", "Revolvers", "Submachine Guns", etc. :-) --Zackmann08 12:41, 5 May 2012 (CDT)

No worries! :-) --Zackmann08 13:36, 5 May 2012 (CDT)

Let Sleeping Cops Lie Star Pistol

Hey Greg. That pistol is a Star BM with fixed rear sight. Just wanted to give you the chance to change it yourself.--phoenixent 10:15, 11 May 2012 (CDT)

No worries Greg glad I can help out. Keep up the good work.--Steve

Model 17 Stielhandgranate

Hi Greg! It not quite true that not there are models of the Model 17 Stielhandgranate. I searched it and the one I have encountered. It also has the same description on the jacket as here -[1]. So I re-place it.

Here in this movie - The Lighthorsemen--Pandolfini 13:39, 17 May 2012 (CDT)

Do not add IMDB links

Please do not add IMDB or Wikipedia links to the actor pages as these sites are not official sponsors of IMFDB. --Ben41 21:05, 17 May 2012 (CDT)

"A" titles

I only remember the discussion because I started it. (You can read it here). Can you probably take off the Russian title as well (see here). --Funkychinaman 10:56, 27 May 2012 (CDT)

RE:A question about M1919

When I organised the M1919 page into sections that was a gun I couldn't identify. To be honest I'm not even sure if it is a genuine M1919 at all, as there are too many things wrong with it. The flash hider is not the one from an M1919A6 or a .303 Mk II, it has barrel mounted front and rear sights, the receiver is generally an odd shape and the pistol grip/buffer tube looks like it attaches too high on the back plate. Do you know if it is ever shown actually firing as I'm now wondering if it is a mock up. --commando552 11:58, 29 May 2012 (CDT)

Summary

When writing a summary for a movie, please write "directed by" when referring to who directed the film instead of just "by". Thanks --Ben41 12:59, 29 May 2012 (CDT)

Actor Biography

When writing actor summaries, please use the word "acted" or "appeared" instead of using the word "played". Take a look at the Franco Citti page to see how I've changed it. --Ben41 19:09, 15 June 2012 (CDT)

Redirects

Hey man. So I have a request. When you need to link to a particular gun that is a subsection of a larger page (such as the M1911 which is part of the M1911 pistol series), instead of putting [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]], can you simply put [[M1911]]? (I bring this up cause you used this format for the SP 2022 on Jo Prestias page). The reason for this is 2 fold. One, if the M1911 is ever moved from this page, the other format will no longer work. (Now obviously in THIS case, the M1911 is never going to be moved from the M1911 pistol series page. But we ran into this issue when we reorganized this page and had to redo EVERY page that linked to the Kimber models or the Springfield models, etc.). Secondly, if the subheading is ever changed (say from "M1911" to "Colt M1911", this link will not work any more. In either case of a change happening, the [[M1911]] redirect can simply be changed instead of having to change EVERY page. Does that make sense?? I'm trying to make this easier so that it will work better in the future. I know this is a little confusing so let me know if I don't make sense. You can also see the discussion about this in the forum. :-) --Zackmann08 10:11, 22 June 2012 (CDT)

Terrific! Thanks man. --Zackmann08 11:07, 22 June 2012 (CDT)

1897

i don't know why I did that. I know I was planning to do something, but shortly after I deleted that photo I had a kidney stone attack and spent the next couple of weeks out of commission. Very painful and now i don't know what I was thinking. Simply can't remember. Sorry. --Jcordell 20:41, 18 July 2012 (CDT)

Van tu

Hey man. Can you show me a page where Van Tu has been messing up the decimal points? --Zackmann08 08:59, 19 July 2012 (CDT)

Thanks. I posted ANOTHER warning on his discussion page and gave him a 1 day ban. If you have any more issues with him, please let me know. --Zackmann08 09:26, 19 July 2012 (CDT)

I block BOTH accounts. If you see this happening with another username, let me know. --Zackmann08 08:18, 20 July 2012 (CDT)

Page Templates

A few shortcut templates to take note of:

{{ActorF}} = [[Category:Actor]] and [[Category:Actor Female]]

{{ActorM}} = [[Category:Actor]] and [[Category:Actor Male]]

{{Film War}} = [[Category:Movie]] and [[Category:War]]

{{Film Comedy}} = [[Category:Movie]] and [[Category:Comedy]]

{{SS}} = [[Category:Screenshot]]

{{PCA}} = [[Category:Poster and Cover Art]]

Also, when writing biographies for actors, there is no need to put the actor's birthday or how many films the actor has appeared in. It is better to write about what significant movie or television series that the actor has appeared in (preferably a movie and series that is on represented on the site). --Ben41 02:28, 25 July 2012 (CDT)

FN Model 1910

You're right, sorry. (How the heck do you aim then?) Maybe a MAB Model D then? Or maybe the second cap is a continuity error? --Funkychinaman 09:43, 30 July 2012 (CDT)

Age

I don't know if that's the same as "Users under 13 are prohibited." (Think the difference between rated R and NC-17.) But I would think that could be easily rectified. But again, the issue is enforcement. We were lucky in that we this one was a ten year old with a sense of entitlement. Others may not be so forthcoming about their age. --Funkychinaman 12:53, 19 August 2012 (CDT)

IDs

No problem. --Funkychinaman 06:17, 28 August 2012 (CDT)

Revolver Nagant

Sorry. My bad.--MTOOO 07:30, 4 September 2012 (CDT)

Casanova '70

Hi Greg! Can you check the weapons from NATO exercises in this movie? There's a tank, armored vehicle with anti-aircraft gun and a bazooka or something. Thx.--Pandolfini (talk) 10:34, 1 December 2012 (EST) O.K.!--Pandolfini (talk) 14:48, 1 December 2012 (EST)

AKS Image in Mercenary for Justice

I replaced the picture because I thought the Poly Tech picture had better collored handguard, stock, and grip. The AKS had more of a orange collored wood. But if you like the other AKS picture better, I can put it right back up there on that page. Thejoker (talk) 15:47, 13 December 2012 (EST)

Actually when I took a closer look, those two AK underfolders are AKMSs. They've got ribbed receiver covers, and at least one of them has a bulge in the handguard and both have AKMS folding stocks and not AKS folding stocks. Thejoker (talk) 18:01, 13 December 2012 (EST)

Return from the River Kwai

Sounds good. I'd do it, but I just can't find a copy. Thanks. --Funkychinaman (talk) 10:10, 27 December 2012 (EST)

The Last Hard Men

Thanks for making that page. I've wanted to make it for years, but....(place excuse here). My next project is updating the page for Rolling Thunder. It's on it's way from Amazon. Good work. --Jcordell (talk) 16:39, 4 January 2013 (EST)

Sure. For what it's worth (and I'm not worried about it) my wife ,and now my daughter, are very involved with theater - okay community theater and the local university, but theater nevertheless. They always use the word play or playing or played.So that is what I was going off of. I'll message Ben41 about the langauge, but if appeared is what imfdb is going with then lets all be on the same sheet of music. --Jcordell (talk) 00:27, 5 January 2013 (EST)

Sharps 1874

Thank you. I think you are correct. I'll change the name in the page. Ristipiste (talk) 06:46, 7 January 2013 (EST)