Talk:Konstantin Kalser

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Did you know... that film producer Konstantin Kalser, who won an Oscar for his 1956 short film Crashing the Water Barrier, later admitted that the film was an advertisement for an oil company?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:13, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that film producer Konstantin Kalser, who won an Oscar for his 1956 short film Crashing the Water Barrier, later admitted the film was an advertisement for an oil company? Source: Staff writer (5 January 1966). "Film Executive Master, Say Soft Sell Experts". The Lima News. Lima, Ohio. United Press International. p. 28 – via New York Times.

Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Homo Sapienne

Created by Vaticidalprophet (talk). Self-nominated at 11:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hook source is offline, so I will AGF (and a lot of the article's general content, but the existing ones seem to at least verify the man's existence and the most important points). Otherwise: article new and long enough, Earwig says it's good, QPQ done. Good to go then. Juxlos (talk) 15:01, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P3

Advertisement reference wrong?[edit]

The reference for Crashing the Water Barrier being an advertisement appears to be wrong. There is no story on page 28 in the 1966-01-05 New York Times that refers to Kalser, nor can I find a reference to Kalser or the film in all of 1966. (If it's supposed to be page 28 in the Lima News, the via field should not be used.) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:02, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Vaticidalprophet for visibility. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:02, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's the Lima News. Wasn't sure which field to use for a newswire service. Feel free to tweak the fields accordingly. Vaticidalprophet 20:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC) ping The ed17 in case Vaticidalprophet 20:09, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think the newswire is United Press International, which you've already included in the citation, and the New York Times isn't involved? Unless I'm missing something. :-) I'll make the change now, but feel free to fix any errors I make. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:10, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, thank you! I was under the impression it was published by the NYT at some point, but if you can't find it you can't find it. I don't use wire-based newspaper cites too often, so it's a bit of a learning curve. Vaticidalprophet 21:12, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All's well that ends well! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 02:32, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]