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Half of the sources I look at say that today is the 80th anniversary of Steamboat Willie, but the other half are saying it's November 18th. Which is it? 67.186.163.48 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
This article still contains WP:OR and lack of Referencing issues. Multiple subsections have zero cites whatsoever, and some such as Controversies and Copyright have entire paragraphs with no reference information to back them up. Cirt (talk) 14:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
The section on Copyright Status says "Disney later threatened to sue a Georgetown University law student who wrote a paper confirming Brown's claims". However, none of the citations on that section seem to back that up. They're only links to the research papers. In a brief Google search, I couldn't find an independent source to backup this sentence. Hardburn (talk) 14:01, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
The article states "The title of the film is a parody of the Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)" and has a citation ([4] as I write this), but that citation itself doesn't mention Steamboat Bill Jr. at all.
The Steamboat Bill, Jr. article cites a different source for this supposed connection (Uytdewilligen, Ryan (2016). The 101 Most Influential Coming-of-age Movies. Algora Publishing. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-1-62894-194-4.) which can be viewed here (link), but that source just makes a throwaway claim that the Keaton film was the inspiration but appears to not support that conclusion with any citations of its own. Ergo, I am updating the article to replace the irrelevant citation with the one in the Keaton film article and altering the text to replace "is" with "may be" as follows: "The title of the film may be a parody of the Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928),[4] itself a reference to the song by Collins." MrNeutronSF (talk) 04:05, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
This is wrong the first cartoon with sound is song car tunes by Max fleischers studios of inkwell in 1926 steamboat willie if the first one with music not sound 216.30.159.109 (talk) 16:01, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
That was LA Times' opinion, not the reason for the opposition. Anyone who calls LA Times unbiased is either delusional or just lying. > Republican lawmakers have vowed to oppose any future attempt to extend the copyright term. Legal experts noted that later versions of Mickey Mouse created after Steamboat Willie will remain copyrighted, and Disney's recent use of the Steamboat Willie version as a logo in its modern movies may allow them to claim protection for the 1928 version under trademark law, as active trademarks can be renewed in perpetuity (so long as the owner can prove using it). This is an UNBIASED version of the same statement, and has the minimum of changes necessary. This should serve as a Biase Objection or whatever the Hell you people call it when you've allowed your personal hatred to poison an article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.10.163.44 (talk) 00:14, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
So, who will do the honors to upload Steamboat Willie on Wikimedia Commons, next New Year's Day? 2804:14D:8084:9693:E088:80CC:B327:D131 (talk) 20:28, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
Congratulations everyone! --PeteStacman24 (talk) 05:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
What a fantastic day, very happy to see the full film here in high resolution, devoid of copyright protection. --Jrcraft Yt (talk) 06:40, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
The work is very famous as a subject of American copyright law, but when does it enter the public domain internationally? Robin S. Taylor (talk) 13:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
How does Wikipedia:MOS dictate we credit multiple directors? The MoMA citation does not justify the credit order. "A Walt Disney Comic by Ub Iwerks" is the title card and is inscrutable without further research. It was common for artists to not be credited for their work back then. See e.g. The Navigator (1924 film) Anonymous-232 (talk) 03:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
I notice the title slide shows copyright 1929, and shows Mickey with white gloves. Presumably this slide was added some time after the initial release (?). Does there exist an actual original 1928 title slide? Gjxj (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
The current image of the original-release poster — File:Steamboat Willie 1928 Poster.png — appears to be artificially enhanced. I found another image that seems to hold all the same original image information, but without predictive enhancement, on this page: https://www.animationscoop.com/first-and-foremost-the-significance-of-steamboat-willie/. It’s low-quality, but it looks truer to what I’d expect from reality, and it’s the best I could find. Ought it be replaced, and, afterward, ought it be rotated and cropped in order to straighten it? (I’ve already done that last step, on mine own local devices, but I want to ensure its acceptance by the community before imposing it on the page, especially as a new editor.)
If I’ve broken a rule, or done something else nonideally, please tell me! I’ve just joined, specifically to point this out while the page’s topic was still hot.
Master Wikinym (talk) 22:15, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
@DarknessGoth777 I noticed you reverted my edit by re-adding this article to the category 'Internet memes introduced in 2024'. I want to know if it appropriate to do that, considering Steamboat Willie has been a famous piece of media since 1928. – Howard🌽33 20:59, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
I apologise if I am miss understanding this, but why is the video in such poor quality when it is played on Wikipedia? Thomasfan1000 (talk) 21:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I come here mainly because I have seen that the article has very few reviews in the "Release and reception" section, and although Variety and The Film Daily are reliable sources, it is still insufficient, especially if we are talking about a renowned short like it is. this. And my question is, maybe The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, among other newspapers and magazines that were current at that time, did not review the short, nor did they analyze it. I say this because I am surprised by how little care this section takes. 2801:1CA:E:1411:891B:A787:75BA:2719 (talk) 18:56, 20 May 2024 (UTC)