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40th Anniversary FA - run it back again?

Hey, so on July 3rd the movie will reach its 40th anniversary, and the article is still pretty high quality. Anyone interested in nominating it for the front page again to celebrate? Might be tricky since it's already been there once before, and fairly recently. Would October 26th or November 5th also work too? PantheonRadiance (talk) 07:30, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As what SchroCat (talk · contribs) pointed out here when I nominated this article on WP:TFARP, it's actually ineligible for a re-run until five years after it was last run. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:22, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Title Timeline

According to a memo published in Vulture, this movie was previously planned to be titled A Match Made In Space.

Should we include this into the article? Also, how would it fit in terms of the overall chronology (e.g. we know the title Back to the Future was conceived before Space Man From Pluto, but was it also before Match Made in Space)? Eatmorepies (talk) 00:16, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think we can include it in the Production section if it's needed. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:08, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Author's name corrected in Works cited section

Here is a scan of the table of contents from Cinefex Issue 24, showing the author of the article Backyard Adventures — Spielberg Style as being Janine Pourroy. She's also listed as the magazine's associate editor. I'm not sure how the letter "Y" was initially left off from her name and not caught before, but it has been fixed now. Regards,  Spintendo  07:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Finding the guitar

Is there any point in mentioning this? Here is an article I found.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:14, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it would be appropriate. The information is at best, trivia (which would be frowned upon in an FA-level article) . Although the video announcing the search on YouTube likely appeals to fans appreciative of rare appearances by the actors involved, the search for the guitar itself feels at worst, like an advertisement for Gibson (who is paying for the search). Regards,  Spintendo  01:00, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]