User talk:Mushy Yank

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The Helping Hand  Barnstar

For work on international especially Italian, French films. DareshMohan (talk) 08:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot DareshMohan! I appreciate the kind words. Yours, -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 08:36, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]Pidgin (1997)[edit]
Italian film. Can you figure out if this is an 11-minute short film? [1] [2] DareshMohan (talk) 04:29, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello DareshMohan, I couldn't find sources about duration, except the link you sent me. But as it was one of his early films, and given he did other short films later, 11' could be indeed correct.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 15:28, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you find any reliable sources for Scream of the Ants other than [3]. I don't think [4] and [5] are reliable but not sure. DareshMohan (talk) 00:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello DareshMohan, I would consider AlternateEnding a review by an expert. But, anyway, GBooks offers at least 4 significant results: De-Westernizing Film Studies - Page 104. Makhmalbaf at Large: The Making of a Rebel Filmmaker - Page 215 ; Persianate Verse and the Poetics of Eastern Internationalism - Page 191 and India Today International - Volume 4, Issues 13-25 - Page 39.  Best, -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 08:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mushy, thanks for the help. Is the India Today source is referring to the director? Scream Of The Ants ( see film in India , Scream Of The Ants ( see box ) , has had an agonising experience . After an inordinately long wait of 15 years when he finally realised the dream of shooting a film in the coun- try , he ran ... DareshMohan (talk) 06:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. "After waiting for 15 years, illustrious Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf finally shoots his first film in India but emerges with the lament that corruption is her greatest enemy"., says the only bit I can access now.-My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 07:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]Waqar Zaka[edit]
Hello again - Not trying to WP:CANVASS, but I thought I would ask your opinion on this person from Pakistan who's been involved in directing, producing, and creating  some TV shows. Do you think they qualify based on NDIRECTOR/NPRODUCER? --—Saqib (talk I contribs) 17:30, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Saqib. In fact I had had a look at that page but I didn't read the AfD, because it looked too long and chaotic! And I confess I find it tricky so I didn't vote (:D). There's a lot of coverage quoted, so I think there is a case for notability all in all, if one takes into consideration the presentation by the journalist before the interviews cited, and decides they are secondary sources. On the other hand, this being said,I don't know exactly what he is most notable for, maybe for being a multi-faceted celebrity associated with various notorious episodes, so if one says this falls under WP:ONEVENT, then you have to oppose the guideline multiple times, which may sound a tiny bit absurd. Perhaps his notability remains mostly based on the fact that he was hosting Champions with Waqar Zaka? Maybe a merge should be considered then, but I see the notability of the show is challenged too. So it's a quite tricky one. But, although his chameleon-like career does puzzle, yes, I'd say he looks rather notable to me, personally. Still, I have seen clearer cases of apparently notable actors or directors for which the same type of coverage was dismissed for being sensationalist, not independent enough, unreliable and/or not in-depth. As for WP:NPRODUCER, specifically, he only co-produced one notable show, as far as I can see, so really not sure. This is more a grey/yellow case for WP:ENT or GNG, imv. Best, -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) 19:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]