Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Eiji Tsuburaya/archive1

The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 16 June 2023 [1].

Eiji Tsuburaya

Nominator(s): Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 14:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Due to his globally renowned creations on film (e.g. Godzilla) and television (e.g. Ultraman) which still often reappear onscreen, special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970) has become one of the most influential individuals in film history; I desire to make this page an FA article so people can recognize his achievements in time to celebrate the 122 anniversary of his birthday on July 7! (like the popularity the Wikipedia page got when Google made a doodle of his monsters in 2015). I've been working on Tsuburaya's page for a long time now, and it has had a peer review and has been promoted to GA status already this year. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 14:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First-time nomination

Hi Eiga-Kevin2, and welcome to FAC. Just noting that as a first time nominator at FAC, this article will need to pass a source to text integrity spot check and a review for over-close paraphrasing to be considered for promotion. Good luck with the nomination. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:48, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'm doing my best to keep to the guidelines. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 23:11, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

Suggest adding alt text

File:Eiji_Tsuburaya.jpg needs a tag for US status. Ditto File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_and_Yamata_no_Orochi.jpg, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya,_Charlton_Heston,_and_Sanezumi_Fujimoto.png, File:Behind_the_Scenes_of_Mothra_1961.jpg, File:Tsuburaya_family_and_Tetsuo_Kinjō.jpg, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_Manda.jpg, File:Behind_the_Scenes_of_None_but_the_Brave_1965.jpg, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_and_Kōji_Furuhata.jpg, File:Eiji_and_Godzilla.jpg, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_and_Ultraman.jpg, File:Eiji_and_Ishiro.jpg

I've added {{PD-1996|country=Japan}} to all of them. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 4:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

That tagging will not work in all cases. For example, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_and_Yamata_no_Orochi.jpg has a tag indicating it is PD in Japan because it was published more than 50 years ago. Assuming it was published on the given date of 1959, that would have its Japanese copyright expiring in 2009 - after the URAA date. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_Signature.svg appears to be creative enough to warrant copyright protection

File:Eiji_and_Sei_Tsuburaya.jpg: when and where was this first published? Ditto File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_with_comrades.jpg, File:Inoshiro_Honda_and_Godzilla.jpg, File:Filming_of_Invisible_Man_(1954).jpg, File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_and_crew_working_on_Godzilla_(1954).jpg

File:Eiji_and_Sei_Tsuburaya.jpg and File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_with_comrades.jpg are from the 2007 and 2014 editions of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters but falls under {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}} and the others were photographed prior to 1957 but were found in publications later than that date. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 4:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Eiji Tsubaraya was from an American publisher - if those were indeed the first publication of those images it is unlikely they are PD in the US. The others are missing information on first publication. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria: I've found a few pics in a Western publication from 1964 and thus can assume that they in the public domain in the U.S. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 07:56, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Invisible_Man_reveals_himself_-_The_Invisible_Man_Appears.gif is not a photograph - the oldphoto tag does not apply

I didn't really know what else to tag it; any suggestions? Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 4:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Was this work also released in the US? Nikkimaria (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Its a gif from the original 1949 Japanese trailer that was uploaded to YouTube two years ago by Arrow Video. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Eiji_Tsuburaya's_Gravepost.jpg needs a tag for the original work

Done. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 4:38, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Does not appear to be done? Nikkimaria (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Idk what else to tag it apart from CC BY-SA 3.0 which it already has. Any suggestions? Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 23:04, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Eiji_Tsuburaya_Museum.jpg is incorrectly tagged and needs a stronger FUR

Corrected for future reduction by bot. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 4:54, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Still needs a stronger FUR. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Given the number of issues here I'm going to oppose on images at this time. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:41, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikkimaria and Eiga-Kevin2: I'm so sorry for missing out on these problems in my original GA review: I'm still not that good at reviewing images, so I must have failed to check tags properly... Oltrepier (talk) 13:59, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I feel like this has defeated me as well, I'm also sorry I didn't correctly tag these pics; I just used the most common tags that have been used on Commons and here due to lots of images having these tags for years and barely commenting on them until now. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 21:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm considering replacing almost all the images on the page, I've started with the infobox pic which I replaced with an image that was published in the U.S. via the Associated Press in 1961. Also, I found File:Eiji and Sei Tsuburaya.jpg seems to fall under {{PD-US-unpublished}} which should allow it to stay on the page. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 22:15, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've hidden the images that have an uncertain copyright status in the U.S., for now, to discuss them in the future and added new images that are in the Public Domain in the U.S. Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 02:45, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator note

This has been open for more than three weeks and has yet to pick up a support. Unless it attracts considerable movement towards a consensus to promote over the next three or four days I am afraid that it will have to be archived. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:57, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been archived, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FAC/ar, and leave the {{featured article candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Ian Rose (talk) 09:08, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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