[WikiEN-l] Movie v. Film

[Brion Vibber]

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 22:11, John Knouse wrote:
> Whoa, here's a radical solution: use the form "Jackass
> (movie/film)".  There.  Doesn't that cover it?

<detector style="sarcasm" active="no">
Not in the least. The reason "(movie)" was used was that most of the
existing entries were already "(movie)" and it required the least amount
of renaming labor to standardize on it.

If one _were_ to define a new standard and go to the trouble of renaming
every single article about a motion picture to use it, it would make
much more sense to simply use "(film)", as most people working on the
film articles who have expressed a preference seem to prefer it.
</detector>

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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