Talk:WGA screenwriting credit system

message: Could we move this article to indicate it deals with the American system, and not screenwriting credits in general?  'WGA screenwriting credit'? Jihg 19:36, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
:*I myself wondered where to put this article.  I'd think it better to leave it where it is and let others contibute details of how other systems work so as to keep the material all in one place.  PedanticallySpeaking 15:55, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
::*I'd prefer a more specific title to reflect the content of the article, but I guess its not important until we have material on other aspects of the subject.  Do you know of similar systems in other countries?  Also, what exactly is the WGA's jurisidication?  All films made in America?  Nice article, BTW. Jihg 18:50, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
:::*They have jurisdiction over every company that is a signatory to the Basic Agreement.  That can include foreign companies and for films shot abroad.  I suppose there are right-to-work issues with some jurisdictions, but they are beyond me.  Any writer who is in the guild can't write for a company that has not signed the agreement. And thanks for the praise about the article itself.  PedanticallySpeaking 18:56, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
::::*Basically, this is a recipe for totalcontrol and all around corruption.  Given that they got this "privilage" in 1941, I'm guessing its a hangover from the days when the Communist Party's American offices acted as a censor board for Hollywood writng talent.  I'm sketchy on the details of the period, but I'm willing to bet Dollars to Rubles on this one. Sweetfreek 18:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: *This has to be about one of the most misinformed, nonsensical, moronic statements I've ever heard. The WGA credit system has NOTHING TO DO with leftism or rightism or anything political. Prior to the Guild credit system, it was common for studio executives to give credit to their girlfriends to get into their pants. The WGA system was simply designed to award credit to people who had actually worked on the film. Please save your grass-knoll-obsessed, tinfoil-hat-wearing, alien-snatching, communist-baby-eating blather for some deranged blog.207.69.139.7 19:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: older entries

message: Shouldn't the image show something a bit more complex, at least with  both "&" and "and"?  —tregoweth (talk) 17:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The example image 

message: My understanding is that there are simpler standards for crediting staff writers who are working for ongoing TV series.  Basically, the original author(s) are given credit for creating the characters or series (like with the Frasier example), the head writer for that episode is listed, and then all other staff writers who worked on it regardless of how many.  (OK, maybe this isn't a simpler standard.)  Does anyone have expertise or source on TV specifically?
There is certainly less litigation with TV credits but that may just be because there are less money in residuals at play.65.216.251.162DirectRevelation  —Preceding comment was added at 16:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Staff Writers

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message: Here's a good candidate for replacing the deleted "Christmas Story" screeenshot: http://www.archive.org/details/last_time_i_saw_paris
Writing credits are 32 seconds in, and include an ampersand, an "and", and a "story by".  I'd screencap it myself and upload it but screencapping isn't working on my system right now for some reason.--Father Goose (talk) 22:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Father Goose (talk) 06:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
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message: The article and the WGA handbook state that a team is denoted by using an ampersand between the writers' names.  However, off the top of my head I know of two team writing credits that differ from this format:  The Wachowskis (who have been credited thus and, previously, as "The Wachowski Brothers"), and The Clarkson Twins, who are writers on the The Wheel of Time (TV series).  I'm curious if anyone has a source that explains how these credit formats were determined.  The film and TV credits themselves are valid sources for the fact that writing credits in these formats do exist, and thus could be mentioned in the article.  But, if I were the one to add it with my current state of knowledge, I would be unable to add context because I don't have any further information.  --DavidK93 (talk) 18:40, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if there was some sort of side agreement with the WGA (similar to the one the Star Trek franchise has that allows them to accept fan-submitted scripts) to allow this. Daniel Case (talk) 19:08, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

text: AFAIK pseudonyms also apply to teams. The Wachowskis famously did not want to be associated with the final version of Assassins but couldn't get their names removed, so I wonder if they came up with the pseudonym for that but then kept using it anyway? Note, though, Cloud Atlas is "written by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski" (at the time), possibly because of Tykwer's involvement. Kingsif (talk) 23:04, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative Team Formats? 

message: Screen Credit and the Writers Guild of America, 1938-2000: A Study in Labor Market and Idea Market Intermediation by law professor Catherine L. Fisk. Kingsif (talk) 23:49, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extensive study could be good source 

message: As of November, WGA members have approved adding this new credit, so all contributors can be credited.  Article will need to have this added, as well as updates in other sections about not all writers being credited. Kingsif (talk) 23:52, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone? Here's the WGA's page about it. Trivialist (talk) 23:08, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Will do at some point soon. Daniel Case (talk) 23:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
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