User talk:Assem Khidhr

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Spider-Verse tagging

Regarding the inclusion of the AfroCreatives WP, I tagged those Spider-Verse articles with it because those films hail from African-American creatives and have had a significant and notable impact on the representation of African culture in the western world, thus, I thought they would be notable and worth including. I feel like the project's scope may need to be further explained and clarified as I have seen some entires, such as The Old Guard 2, included when there does not seem to be an apparent link to African creatives (besides Charlize Theron being one of the stars). While I understand the distinction between true Africans and African-Americans, I feel like excluding those of African descent and their projects may be a disservice to the project's scope. Trailblazer101 (talk) 00:29, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Trailblazer101! Thanks for your interest in the project. Ideally, the target is African creative figures and works that are helmed by such figures. I understand that the attribution of this African character can seem arbitrary at times, but we have decided to consider a citizenship of one of the recognized 54 African countries or a first-generation descent thereof the bare minimum.

That being said, figures whose repertoire or self-professed affiliations are not much in line with their African citizenship (especially as it can sometimes be acquired honorarily) would be considered as low-importance. Probably our foremost priority now is to assign importance in this manner to the many articles we currently have (I'll make sure it's added to our todo list ASAP).

To answer your question, we have also decided for pragmatic reasons to get along with the de facto convention in film categories on Wikipedia which differentiates between Category:Cinema of Africa, for example, and Category:African films. Namely, the former is more general as it also includes films set or shot in Africa whereas the latter is limited to:

1) Films directed by African people

2) Films produced by African people

3) Bona fide African films (mostly African crew and budget).

Only African films were added to our project. Cinema of Africa was too broad. Spider-Verse films were in neither. The Old Guard 2 is a case-in-point for the second category, having been produced by Charlize Theron. So while the African diaspora is in fact one of our main focuses, we try to use our discretion to find the sweet spot between too foreign and only local. I'll try in the nearest future to expand on all this on the project's page. Best, Assem Khidhr (talk) 01:00, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]