Talk:Ghostbusters (franchise)

message: At what point do we split the feature film section and give Ghostbusters III it's own article? Considering that we now have confirmation of a sort, we could at least start with a pre-production or development section. BAPACop (converse) 18:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: When it actually meets WP:NFF - i.e. it is actually in production and filming is confirmed. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 00:11, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not saying it's ready for an article yet, but Bill Murray recently held an interview about Ghostbusters III --FaithLehaneTheVampireSlayer 09:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Stop posting a movie schedule when none has been confirmed by Sony/Actors. As far as a separate article, I agree it isn't yet official, so no. This ain't Wikia after all. Devilmanozzy (talk) 20:14, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  As of a day or two ago, it's been confirmed but not real details as of yet. Bill Murray may not be a part of the project in the end but Sony and Aykroyd both confirmed. Maybe in 3 years it'll be confimed that another script rewrite is in the making LOL 180.194.244.241 (talk) 07:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghostbusters III 

message: Here's a bit of incorrect info from the article: "Gozer uses Ray's accidental thought to assume the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man before being destroyed." Gozer doesn't become the Marshmallow man. -- 4.153.86.132 (talk) 01:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... Gozer is the Marshmallow Man. What movie were you watching? BAPACop (converse) 01:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry 4.153,  he's right.  Gozer tells the ghostbusters to choose his next form.  Ray chooses Stay Puft.  
According to the keymaster "Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"
His 3rd form was that of Stay Puft.  BOOM! 129.139.1.68 (talk) 21:29, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gozer was Marshmallow Man? 

message: This article needs an infobox like the articles about Star Trek. Egon Eagle (talk) 23:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it doesn't. Not every article requires one nor is there an appropriate one to use? -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 03:27, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There was an appropriate infobox, but someone chose to remove it without consenus. magnius (talk) 12:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's exactly the point. The reason given in the edit summary for the removal can be summarised as WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT. Not liking infoboxes is an irrelevant personal preference, and claiming they are useless mere opinion; if other franchise articles have them, there should be a better reason why this article should not (and no, that's not an WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument, as infoboxes are neither generally deprecated nor in this special case of franchises, there is no compelling reason not to use infoboxes, and there are reasons to use them). Therefore I have chosen to restore the infobox. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 17:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: How come when the name of the page was changed, why did no one bother to correct the usage on the rest of the page? Don't worry, it's done now. 70.88.213.74 (talk) 20:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Stay-Puft to Stay Puft

message: There is an IT version of Stay Puft page:  http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Puft_Marshmallow_Man
I wonder if there are any other  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.206.223.100 (talk) 09:54, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Languages

message: The section on transportation currently says the following: "The black Miller-Meteor seen at the beginning of the first movie was leased and used only for that scene and never converted for filming, though it was later purchased by the studio and completely converted to a full Ecto-1 for touring." Where is the source for that information? Fishy c (talk) 04:10, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a "citation needed" template and dated it back to October 2011 to reflect the date of the inquiry. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 18:05, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ecto-1 

message: Shouldn't some mention be made of the legal kerfuffle over Huey Lewis and the News' "I Wanna New Drug" being the basis for Ray Parker Jr's song?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.142.207 (talk) 12:13, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huey Lewis v Ray Parker Jr 

message: According to the article, it appears Ghostbusters 3 will never be made and they have moved on for a reboot instead. Is this true? If so, what may have been the cause for the third film not happening? After several proposed release dates (2011, 2012, and recently, 2014), in my opinion, it seems like maybe the fan base got very tired of such a long wait, at the same the directors and writers of the first two films were struggling to make it a reality. And losing Harold Ramis made it even more complicated. But I think the cherry on top for preventing such a thing from happening was Bill Murray's refusal to be involved with the third film. Perhaps if he said yes from the beginning, there would not be debate about this today. But if there are other reasons why "Ghostbusters 3" never came to be, then this would be the best place to leave such responses.Marino13 (talk) 03:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghostbuster 3 cancelled? 

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message: Most franchises have separate articles for characters. This article's list of characters very easily could (and probably should) be a separate article. This article is kind of long anyway. Charles Essie (talk) 21:55, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: The amount of info is way out of proportion to rest of the articles contents, but it is reliably sourced, so let's create a new article for it to be in with a summary paragraph with a link. This I propose. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 23:53, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge cancelled Ghostbusters 3 to new article

message: Should we add that Harold Ramis made a cameo as a bust in the new Ghostbusters film?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 (talk) 17:00, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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message: Articles with disparate topics such as this generally are supposed to be split when they're above 50kB. This one is 664kB. It includes including major redundancies with the Ghostbusters video-game article, for one (and, additionally, huge amounts of tagged OR, plus some blatant press-release WP:COPYVIO I've just removed). So much of it can be condensed with just a paragraph and a "main article" link, and I'm unclear on why the long "Development" section that pertains only to the original film is here and not in the original film's article, for instance. Thoughts?-Tenebrae (talk) 15:24, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Where does it say 664kB? Says 93,743 bytes, aka 93 kB on the edit history. I agree the development section is likely the worst offender, but in reality "Cancelled Ghostbusters III" section takes up way too much room for what it is. "Universe" section is way longer than it should be also. Really the Ecto-1 is pretty much a iconic vehicle, it should have its own article at this point. Devilmanozzy (talk) 02:25, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Unwieldy article needs to be split

message: Unless some effort is made to explain the improvement templates stuck at the top of the page, I am going to remove them.  Some of them have been there for a very long time, but there is no discussion here on the talk page about them.  Where, for example, is the original research?  As for ref improvement, the template an anon. keeps sticking on the article, this article is actually very well referenced.  So, as I say, without specific discussion of what improvements need to be made, simply sticking tags at the top of the article is not appropriate or helpful. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 14:09, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be a similar disruption issue without succeeding to communicate with the same UK BT IP-hopping editor at another article, Aura (paranormal), which has been temporarily semi-protected for now.  Interestingly, this appears to be an editor with a certain technical experience, but who fails to communicate and prefers to edit war when reverted.  Not all edits need to be reverted however, it's not blantant vandalism.  Opening an ANI case is being considered, but I'm leaving some time to see if this persists... — PaleoNeonate — 08:15, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
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message: Are there Ghostbusters World?Jovito11 (talk) 11:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghostbusters World 

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thread_title:  Move discussion in progress 

message: The vehicle is iconic enough and recognisable enough and appears on popular lists independently enough that it could sustain its own article. Darkwarriorblake / SEXY ACTION TALK PAGE! 21:28, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split Ectomobile to its own article 

message: There seems to be no mention of this in the article, which seems odd when video games of lesser importance are named. This was the first big comedy d6 game to hit the market. It influenced everything from Ewen Cluney's Spooktacular/Sixtacular to Risus. The wikipedia page can be found here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(role-playing_game) , and the game rules and other materials are hosted on various fan sites. Surely any Ghostbusters fan would like to thumb through the "Tobin's Spirit Guide" bestiary, even if they aren't a tabletop gamer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100F:B04B:AB13:8D93:3B23:85BF:C17D (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Roleplaying Game by WEG

message: Is there a update on merchandise sales it says $1B as of 2007 but that was 14 years ago and the be a film since then as well as one out at the end of this year 
:92.236.253.249 (talk) 15:29, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There isn't sadly.Timur9008 (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  merchandise  

message: The purpose of the Infobox is to summarize key details. MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE Summarizing involves leaving out some small details and keeping things simple. There really is no need to subdivide a list of four films into two separate lists (it is strange to do it anywhere, but it is particularly unnecessary in the Infobox). 
This unnecessary overcomplication of the list format may also have a detrimental impact on accessibility, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Lists. 
Please keep it simple. Please do not overcomplicate lists in Infoboxes. -- 109.76.133.188 (talk) 07:11, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If editors have any good reason for doing this they should start by following the WP:SIMPLE rules and show a little good faith by explaining in their edit summary. I have reverted again because no explanation whatsoever has been given and creating unnecessary sublists makes no sense to me. -- 109.76.194.186 (talk) 14:50, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox lists