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Remove word propaganda film It’s not propaganda 2405:201:2000:D121:EC1F:98EF:B916:124D (talk) 16:28, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}} template. Day Creature (talk) 17:14, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change propaganda film to social film . IT IS NOT A PROPAGANDA film , direct action fay was REALLL it is not some made up thing. 49.204.224.79 (talk) 04:35, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit extended-protected}} template. Persistent re-requesting may be considered disruptive. Best, GoldRomean (talk) 04:56, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FILMLEAD concerns

WP:FILMLEAD is pretty clear on what the lead of a film article should look like, and WP:LABEL is pretty clear that intext attribution is pretty much always required contentious value-laden terms ("propaganda film" here). A pretty extraordinary consensus would be required to overturn this global norm for a specific article. We clearly don't have that here. As such, the contentious label needs to be removed from the lead. regards, TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 15:43, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FILMLEAD say "Genre classifications should comply with WP:WEIGHT and reflect what is specified by a majority of mainstream reliable sources". Given that enough sources call it a propaganda film, there is no reason to change it. THEZDRX _{(User) | (Contact)} 16:00, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"enough sources call it a propaganda film" such as? Preferably with quotes where the exact words 'propaganda film' appear as descriptor for the film. UnpetitproleX (talk) 16:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ZDRX: are you going to present these sources that purportedly make a genre classification claim? TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 17:14, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Not sure why it is marked as propaganda. The victims would beg to differ. 2409:40E6:27:B19:F9B6:9117:9BEE:153E (talk) 09:52, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: It's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NotJamestack (talk) 11:44, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]