User talk:Abigailnix1

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Independent Film

Hi Abby, thanks for your message on my talk page and thanks for contributing to wikipedia.

I think the current lead section of the article is neutral and not US specific, but from that point on, it seems to make the assumption that the US is the only relevant country, until of course the brief international section you have added.
So one suggestion would be that before the current history section, something could be added to give a brief global history, including mention the place of the US within that (I'm not an expert on the subject at all, which is why it is great to have people like yourself contributing, but if it is the case that independent films have largely arisen in the US, then that should be stated, rather than assumed).
Then whichever sections of the article are just about the US industry should be clearly framed as such, rather than as if they are the whole thing. (I do wonder long term whether it would be better for much of this article to be separated out into a "Independent films in the US" article but that is a separate issue).
And then after that, yes I think exploring a range of other countries' indie film industries would be useful. Perhaps something like the current article Film industry is a useful example?

Thanks, Melcous (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]