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Date	Process	Result
June 4, 2020	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 7, 2024	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 1, 2024.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Let's All Go to the Lobby, a one-minute filmed advertisement, has been preserved by the US National Film Registry?

Current status: Good article

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Really copyrighted?

Is it really copyrighted still? I can't find any evidence of this, but I didn't look hard. No visible copyright notice that I can see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm6IU6V-dE8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States#Determining_copyright_registration Anonymous-232 (talk) 03:41, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried looking in the lobby @User:Anonymous-232 Stephanie921 (talk) 02:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

JWD

List the short being in the prologue to Jurassic World Dominion? 174.24.104.56 (talk) 16:22, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's not mentioned in that article, not sure it should be mentioned in this one. Are there any sources indicating its importance in the film? – Reidgreg (talk) 21:09, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by DirtyHarry991 talk 10:43, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Filmack Studios estimated that 80% of independent American movie theatres have screened Let's All Go to the Lobby? Source: Daniel Eagan, America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry (2010), pages 543–544, "Mack estimates that the short film has played in 80% of independent theaters at one point in time and he continues to sell from 50 to 100 prints of the film today."
- ALT1: ... that 80% of independent American movie theatres were estimated by Filmack Studios to have screened Let's All Go to the Lobby? Source: as above
- ALT2: ... that Let's All Go to the Lobby, a one-minute filmed advertisement, has been preserved by the US National Film Registry? Source: John Owens Chicago Tribune "It's one of the most iconic movies in American cinema history, despite its running time of less than one minute. [...] The Library of Congress also selected it for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry in 2000 for its historical significance."
- ALT3: ... that one-minute advertisement Let's All Go to the Lobby has been preserved by the US National Film Registry? Source: as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gaja Baja
- Comment: Open to additional alternates.

Improved to Good Article status by Reidgreg (talk). Self-nominated at 00:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Let's All Go to the Lobby; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

What a fun read! The article was nominated one day after the GA. Article is long enough. As evident by the GA status, the article is well-sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant, and copyvio-free. Source checks out and quid pro quo is done. I like the 80% statistic but I love the absurdity of the National Film Registry, especially how the details are organized in Alt2 ("a one-minute ad?"), so I suggest that one. Panini! • 🥪 18:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Italics

It doesn't feel like this should be italicized. Seems to fit the definition of WP:MINORWORK more. InfiniteNexus (talk) 06:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InfiniteNexus: It seems to me that the article subject is a short film, and short films get italics (MOS:ITALICTITLE). It is a standalone work and not part of a larger work. Although, perhaps its alternate title – Technicolor Refreshment Trailer No. 1 – the No. 1 could suggest that it is part of a series and should then be styled in double quotes. I have seen this where an advertising campaign will get italics while individual ads for the campaign (sometimes for different media) will get double quotes. However, other possible titles in a hypothetical Technicolor Refreshment Trailer series may no longer exist, and sources generally treat Let's All Go to the Lobby on its own. Nothing I've read discusses it as part of a series. The next-best known film of this type would be another of Fleischer's, a later, longer one used at intermission in drive-ins (several minutes long with a countdown to the next film.) – Reidgreg (talk) 07:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm ... I guess it's debatable whether an advertisement/commercial would be classified as a short film (a major work) or a video (a minor work). InfiniteNexus (talk) 08:22, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]