# Talk:István Szabó

The whole "developing story" segment is poorly written.  Poor grammar, and I cannot really understand what the issue is.  I suggest changing this into an "ongoing event."  Anyone with better knowledge of the story care to re-write/improve?  - Darkhawk (19 Mar 2006 @ 12:48)
It requires some background knowledge to understand the whole situation. It will be a long article if all of the components would get explained in details. Please read the wikilinks provided within the article. I've added some new ones. And no, it's not an event, it's a story. Lajbi 12:48, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I have added ongoing event and quality standards tags to the article.  Regardless of a need for "background knowledge," the article still requires some clarification.  I am aware of the difficulties of translating into English, but there has been enough North American coverage of the issue that someone must be able to fill in details.  As i said, I am not familiar enough with the story, and the googlenews articles I can find all briefly gloss over the whole issue.  He's making a movie based on it?  Who was the endangered friend?  I am leaving ongoing event because they haven't resolved how to react yet.  Can't he go to prison now?  - Darkhawk (19 Mar 2006 @ 23:54 EST)
Glad you're interested so. It's a question of reputation in Hungary. Someone who has been an undercover internal agent and gets discovered does also get disgraced morally. He is maybe the only one yet (because there are hundreds of former hidden agents still living) whose career survived that secret of their past. It is not punished with a sentence to jail in Hungary. He isn't announced that he has a film script about it on his mind. It was a coincindence (or a planned unveiling??) that this news and the Annual Film festival took place at the same time. Also there was a movie premiere of his at the show, but of a film with mainly different plot. There was a threat/chance of gettin boo-ed out, when making an acceptance speech on the stage, so that's why it is important it all came out good at the end (and also the Hungarian Prime Minister defended him at his presentation opening speech). Oh I almost forget : the endangered friend was simply a classmate of Szabó 50 years ago. He is slightly known in Hungary but not in international terms. Lajbi 10:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but this seems very related to the here and now. I agree it's a very serious allegation and may dog Szabo like Kazan's collaboration did. But really until a steady historical opinion is formed, don't you think that there should be more focus on his four decades of films (which have won an Oscar and awards at Cannes and Berlin, among others) rather than focussing all this attention on a scandal that may or may not be remembered over the course of history by the international community (I'm sure the Hungarian reaction will be different, but this is the international version of Wikipedia, not the Hungarian one). Personally, I think this is a footnote. A damning footnote, yes, but not one that should dominate 50% of the director's write-up.AndrewJamesHorton 05:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

„On 1 February 2006, Szabó's latest movie Rokonok (Relatives) was a huge success...”
???? So I know, this movie was a flop in Hungary, and in other countries. I saw Rokonok, and I think was really bad movie, far from Szabó's best works. 188.157.111.214 (talk) 09:48, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I’m considering doing some major edits on this article, and I just wanted to notify any interested parties in advance, in case anyone has any thoughts.
1.  I think the whole article could be expanded with much more detail, especially about his films.  I haven’t done any research on him in a long time, but I would imagine there’s plenty of material to draw from.  Also there are other aspects of his career that could be included; I believe he’s worked as a film producer and an opera director, at least.
2.  I’d like to add something about his notability to the introductory text.
3.  I’d like to make some changes to the structure of the article, making it more like other biographical articles I’ve seen in Wikipedia.  For example, I’d create a Career section, and reserve the Life (or Personal Life) section for childhood, family etc.  I’d leave Politics as its own section or fold it into the Life section. 
4.  I think there could be a separate list of awards.
Hopefully I will get around to this sometime in the foreseeable future.
Hirschjoshua (talk) 04:22, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, now that I've done it, and just read the article on conflict of interest, let me point out that 4 of the 48 citations are to my own book chapter on Szabó. This is my first major contribution to Wikipedia, so I'm still learning the ropes. Hopefully I've managed to maintain a neutral point of view even while citing my own work.
Currently creating a more detailed film(and TV)ography. Then I need to improve some of the sources, such as Hungarian Wikipedia, which obviously doesn't meet Wikipedia's standard of reliability as a source.Hirschjoshua (talk) 05:34, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
Neglected to explain edit of 22:37, 10 September 2011: Added more detail to discussions of Father, 25 Fireman Street, Budapest Tales, Confidence, and Sunshine. Improved some wording.Hirschjoshua (talk) 22:44, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:István Szabó/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Tea with toast (talk · contribs) 23:34, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


### Items that need to be addressed
Hello, I have just started my review, and I have already noticed a few issues that will need to be taken care of if this article is to pass. 

If you click on the "External links" link in the toolbox, you will find that there are 2 dead or misplaced links in the article. Please fix these.
Also in the toolbox is "disambig links"; there is one link to a disambiguation page that needs to redirected to its appropriate page.
The citation style needs to reformatted. There are many citations that are incomplete, and overall it is not well organized. Please see WP:CITE to learn how to properly cite sources. Simply citing "Paul" to refer to a book previously cited is not complete. You need to site the author, the year, and the page number for all of those. Because you incorporate many book citations where you are referencing different page numbers at different points, I would suggest using a citation style that organizes those references. Here are some examples of biographical articles that use different types of citation styles that would work nicely here: Marco Kartodikromo, Anna Akhmatova.
I will be continuing to review this article over the weekend and I may find more issues to be addressed, but I will encourage you to get started on the above issues because the article cannot be passed until they are taken care of. Thanks and happy editing! --Tea with toast (話) 23:50, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Tea with toast, will do.Hirschjoshua (talk) 00:33, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

So I think I've addressed your concerns, except that, rather than entirely reformat the citations, I've simply added information to the citations that previously contained the author's name only. I used MLA style, which is what I'm most familiar with. I see that the articles you suggested as models use the list-of-sources format. I used that originally, but removed it at one point when I had to add a lot more in-line citations. I can see where it might make the references slightly more user friendly, but I'm wondering whether it's necessary for Good Article status. Sorry, I don't mean to be stubborn. I used to be an academic, and have been enjoying the non-academic's freedom from such strict citation rules. Anyway, thanks again for reviewing.Hirschjoshua (talk) 23:02, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello Hirshjoshua, thank for fixing some of the references. In order to satisfy Good aritcle criteria #2a, references must be properly cited. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and as such, it should strive to be up to academic standards. Of course, Good Articles do not have to meet the more strict WP:Featured article criteria, but minimum standards exist. I do require proper citations when I review articles since verifiability is a core content policy for wikipedia.
For the references section, I will yield to you that it may not necessary to have a separate "Sources" section for this article. One thing that I think you should use to help organize the section is named references. Please see that link to learn how to do them. Thanks! --Tea with toast (話) 21:31, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, will do.Hirschjoshua (talk) 04:48, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Done.Hirschjoshua (talk) 00:51, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


### Review
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B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists: 

Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources: 

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary: 

C. No original research: 

Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects: 

B. Focused: 

Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias: 

Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc: 

Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content: 

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions: 

Overall:
Pass or Fail: 
Well done! Please see further comments below.

Nice work with the article, and thank you for cleaning up the citations. While the article meets all the criteria for GA status, I would like to recommend a few changes that could further improve the article. I think the biggest area for improvement is the lead section. 

The second sentence is a bit ambiguous since it suggests that he has been internationally famous since the 1960s, but it seems from the article that he was not internationally recognized until later in his career.
The second to last sentence is a bit clunky and could be better worded to improve comprehension.
Those would be the biggest things to take care of if you intend to take this article further to an FA nomination. Thank you for nominating this article; it has been a pleasure to read. --Tea with toast (話) 15:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Tea with toast, much obliged. Very happy.Hirschjoshua (talk) 19:03, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

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