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A bit of topic. Does anyone know, why the english Wikipedia site about the JFK movie does not talk about what was fiction, what was true in the movie and what i

A bit of topic. Does anyone know, why the english Wikipedia site about the JFK movie does not talk about what was fiction, what was true in the movie and what is unknow? On the german page about the movie, they have a lot about it. I understand there are differences in languages. But in this case, in english, the most important information is missing. So it's just a movie, all fiction?!? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_(film)

leephillips 4y ago
> So it's just a movie, all fiction?!? Well, yes.
- mitchdoogle 4y ago
  I've seen several movies based on real events that have a section about the level of similarity to actual events
  - _trampeltier 4y ago
    The german site has it too. That's why I was wondering.
  - jwilk 4y ago
    Examples off the top of my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)#Historical_inaccuracies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)#Historical_in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)#Historical_accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)#Histor... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)#Historical_accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)#Historical_ac...
3np 4y ago
In general you can sometimes get insight from the "Talk" section for these kinds of questions. In this case, there was a "historical inaccuracies" section which was removed due to sourcing concerns. Not sure how well it holds up to what is (/was was the time) up on the German one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:JFK_(film)/Archive_1#Questionable_Good_Article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:JFK_(film)/Archive_1#Qu... Sometimes it can be up to chance or culture, sometimes editorial differences. EDIT: Come to think of it, in this case maybe the German Wikipedia just has misproportionate coverage and activity for its speaker-base (this would certainly fit with my preconception)? I recall reacting to pages on topics from other countries where I'd be surprised to find it covered in German and not the native language,

leephillips 4y ago

> So it's just a movie, all fiction?!? Well, yes.

mitchdoogle 4y ago
I've seen several movies based on real events that have a section about the level of similarity to actual events
- _trampeltier 4y ago
  The german site has it too. That's why I was wondering.
- jwilk 4y ago
  Examples off the top of my head: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)#Historical_inaccuracies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)#Historical_in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)#Historical_accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)#Histor... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)#Historical_accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)#Historical_ac...

3np 4y ago

In general you can sometimes get insight from the "Talk" section for these kinds of questions. In this case, there was a "historical inaccuracies" section which was removed due to sourcing concerns. Not sure how well it holds up to what is (/was was the time) up on the German one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:JFK_(film)/Archive_1#Questionable_Good_Article https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:JFK_(film)/Archive_1#Qu... Sometimes it can be up to chance or culture, sometimes editorial differences. EDIT: Come to think of it, in this case maybe the German Wikipedia just has misproportionate coverage and activity for its speaker-base (this would certainly fit with my preconception)? I recall reacting to pages on topics from other countries where I'd be surprised to find it covered in German and not the native language,