MyWiki:WikiProject Hong Kong/Hong Kong Cinema Task Force
At Hong Kong Cinema Task Force we are specifically dedicated to the improvement of articles relating to the cinema of Hong Kong including films, notable actors and production companies.
If you are planning to make large contributions to Hong Kong cinema articles please feel free to add yourself to the list of participants! Also have a look at our Current Project page
Guidelines and essays
[edit source]- Guidelines on film articles
- Manual of style on film article naming conventions]
- Manual of style on Chinese naming conventions
- Essay on Hong Kong reliable sources
Checklist
[edit source]- Add Hong Kong Cinema Task Force Template to Talk Page.
- Add Infobox with information.
- Add Poster as visual aid in the article.
- Add VHS/Laserdisc/VCD/DVD/Blu-ray releases in table. (optional)
Participants
[edit source]This is a list of Wikipedians who are interested in the Hong Kong Cinema task force. If you're interested in joining, please add your name to the list below.
In addition, participants and other Wikipedians who wish to show support for this project should feel free to add {{User Hong Kong CinemaWP}} or [[Category:Hong Kong Cinema task force participants]] to their user pages.
Active[edit source]Kelvin 101 (talk · contribs) 16:48, 15 October 2011 |
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Templates
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| {{WikiProject Hong Kong|cinema=yes}} | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong/to do" does not exist. | Task force notice on the WikiProject Hong Kong Cinema banner. | ||
| {{User Hong Kong CinemaWP}} |
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This can be placed on your user page to show that you are a part of this Wikiproject. | ||
| {{HongKong-film-stub}} | This shows that this Hong Kong Cinema article is a stub and urge any user to expand it. | |||
| {{HongKong-actor-stub}} | For use on biographical articles about Hong Kong actors | |||
| {{HongKong-film-director-stub}} | For use on biographical articles about Hong Kong film directors |
Barnstar
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| The Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar | {{subst:The Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The The Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar is for Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to articles related to the cinema of Hong Kong. Designed and introduced by Prince of Erebor. |
| The British Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar | {{subst:The Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar|1=message ~~~~|2=alt}}
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The The British Hong Kong Cinema Barnstar is for Wikipedians who have made significant contributions particularly to film articles from the British Hong Kong era. Designed and introduced by Prince of Erebor. |
To Do List
[edit source]Categories
[edit source]The categories we look after!
- Category:Cinema of Hong Kong
- Category:Hong Kong action films
- Category:Hong Kong films
- Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
- Category:Films set in Hong Kong
Resources
[edit source]Citable sources
[edit source]- Hong Kong TV and Film Publication Database: An online database developed by Hong Kong Baptist University that collects TV and film publications from the era of British Hong Kong.
- The Ultimate Guide to Hong Kong Film Directors: A directory published by the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild and supported by the Hong Kong government, which documents the biographies of Hong Kong film directors from 1914 to 2013. It is unanimously regarded as a generally reliable source according to editors' consensus on Chinese Wikipedia, see WP:HKRS#UGHKFD.
- Film Pilgrimage: A website featuring interviews with filmmakers and research on filming locations, run by film historian Gary Wong.
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Archive: The official website of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, documenting film reviews written by its members from 1994 to the present.
- Sino-Cinema.com: A film review website run by former Variety resident critic Derek Elley.
Uncitable sources
[edit source]- Hong Kong Movie Database: An IMDb-like bilingual database about Hong Kong cinema. It is unanimously regarded as a generally unreliable source according to editors' consensus on Chinese Wikipedia due to being self-published and lacks editorial oversight, see WP:HKRS#HKMDB. It is advisable to only use it for reference and avoid citing it directly as a source.