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Idea: a Wiki-list of Laserdisc only films and features?

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Hey guys,

this is something I’ve been wanting to start for awhile now, and I’m wondering if anyone has any input or better idea of how to do this, but I’m wanting to make a wiki list of films and features which are unique to laserdiscs. If it was started and people helped add and maintain it with their knowledge then it could be a great resource for both laserdisc fans and people wanting to do preservation projects. I don’t know if it’s possible for there to be a wiki section of this site, or indeed another someone runs, or if I should just start up one on wikipedia.

What does everyone think? Can anyone think of the best way to implement this? What format should the information on each list entry contain? If not on wikipedia could even have lists and links to preservations of specific titles. I’d like to get a clear idea of what others think is the best way of doing this before ploughing straight into it on wikipeadia; and if anyone else with wiki resources wants to go ahead and spearhead this then that is also more than fine with me, as it’s a wiki!😃

Anyways, what do people think?

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I did send a list over the Meedermow a while ago. There's quite a lot though!

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I imagine there would be, but with DVD rereleases happening every week it will be shrinking, and a wiki would be great for documenting this - have a section at the bottom for things that were in the list that have since been rereleased.

I found this:
http://www.therewindforums.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14357
But looking at it there's so many things there that need to be weeded out as you can get them on DVD now... Do you have a link to your list?
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Originally posted by: charliesheen
I imagine there would be, but with DVD rereleases happening every week it will be shrinking, and a wiki would be great for documenting this - have a section at the bottom for things that were in the list that have since been rereleased.

I found this:
http://www.therewindforums.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14357
But looking at it there's so many things there that need to be weeded out as you can get them on DVD now... Do you have a link to your list?


That's where i got the list.

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Hehe:-) Well I guess that's a good place to start, could go through it and add ones to a wiki we haven't seen on DVD and cut out the duds and expand on ones people know about. Great thing about wikis is how organic they are once a few people take to updating and maintaining them.

Would this be something people who run this site would want as an offshoot here, or anyone else want to host a wiki and have the knowhow, or this to be a wikipedia effort?
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Another good addition might be films that were released in their OAR on laserdisc but have yet to do so on DVD, the way The Monster Squad was before the recent DVD. I'm struggling to think of any examples, though I'm sure you guys could think of some.
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Yes, absolutely, OAR would definitely feature - if there's a reason to make the LD release desirable over the DVD then it should be in the list.

I'm also wanting non-film laserdiscs to be in, like music video Laserdiscs - e.g. Ministry's In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up, and Tin Machine's Oy Vey, Baby (both of which really need preserved!), Twin Peaks visual soundtrack, Laserdisc presentation releases. Basically anything that is unique to laserdisc.