I'm done trying to help incomplete foreign movie pages

[MattyDienhoff]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

I really think requiring screencaps to be mandatory in order to create a page would solve this problem.

Screencaps or detailed descriptions, because if the author found the time to write descriptions of how the weapons are used in the film/show/game but haven't added any screencaps yet, there's a pretty good chance they will, and I'd be willing to bet a lot of the pages on this site started this way.

I don't think we need any hard and fast rules on this issue, because it's easy to tell when someone's put absolutely no effort into a page and mark it for deletion. Imposing a screencap requirement to create a page and, by extension, deleting any page that lacks screencaps is a bit drastic in my opinion and would, I think, discourage people who might otherwise become valued contributors from contributing in the first place. For example, even though they both lack screencaps, there's clearly a huge difference between this and this in terms of effort put in.

[Ace Oliveira]

I agree with Matty. Screencapping takes time and some people just want to make pages without screencapping. However, you can always put detailed descriptions.

[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira

I agree with Matty. Screencapping takes time and some people just want to make pages without screencapping. However, you can always put detailed descriptions.

People don't want to screencap because it takes time??
Sounds more like they don't want to screencap because they don't want to put in any real effort.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

People don't want to screencap because it takes time??
Sounds more like they don't want to screencap because they don't want to put in any real effort.

I agree. NOT Screencapping pretty much is demanding that SOMEONE ELSE do it. Which is the message of the {{no effort}} template. They are so lazy that they are requesting that other members of IMFDB do the real work and finish their page. If they can't do it, then they should wait until they have the capability of doing so... BEFORE they make tons of new (and sparse) pages.

[Ace Oliveira]

But of course you can still have a good page even without screencaps. Look at the Example Matty showed. The Operation Flashpoint page. It's a good page but it needs screencapping.