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represent (I've no idea if they do that, now, but at least we wont be offending the BLP guideline) and all statements that a character is based on someone in real life have to be backed up by a source; the one used in most cases (“Deadlinecast”) merely gave the names of who was in it, not who they played, nor who they were based on. If sources aren't forthcoming, those assertions will need to be deleted. We can probably give it a week or so...
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So, are we saying Steve Eisman is “temperamental and outspoken” or that the character, Mark Baum, is? Or that Eisman “fancies himself as a moral crusader.” (which isn't said anywhere in the source quoted about either)? Those would be clear BLP violations unless we are going to prove them. The rest of
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The opening paragraph describes the film as a 'biographical crime comedy-drama'. I'm unclear on why 'crime' is included as a category. I don't recall any of the main characters being depicted as acting illegally, and I don't think it would be accurate to say that the financial crisis was caused by
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I had to double check, first visiting the IMdb site, that this wiki entry was not of a completely different movie. Where is it suggested as a serious consensus that this lable is appropriate? There is no citation that refers and the content of the article does not substantiate the idea. I have
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As there have been a couple of dozen edits on this section over the past few days, without much discussion, and without addressing the concerns raised here, I've had a bash at fixing it. The statements made in the cast section should be about the characters, not the people they are supposed to
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The simplest thing would be to bracket off the “based on Steve Eisman” comment (same for the rest) and let the description apply to the character, but I haven't seen the film, so I've no idea if they would be correct even then. We need to separate fact from fiction, here.
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I noticed that someone recently wiki-linked Brad Pitt's name in two places it had previously been unlinked. This included one spot that previously had the comment:
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I think this type of info needs to be part of every article on a work which is based on actual events. Is there a WP policy on this? Can someone point me to it?
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Were names changed for the movie? The two hedge-fund people from Boulder Colorado were not from "Cornwall Capital" in the movie. This should be looked into.
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This movie claims to be based on truth. Also, it is derived from a nonfiction book. Can we get some perspective on what is truth and what is creative license?
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I've suspended the cast section here (put it inside an edit note), as I've no idea what to make of it, and it looks very much like a breach of BLP.
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The book also highlights some people involved in the biggest losses created by the market crash: like Merrill's $ 300 million mezzanine
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The summaries need a rewrite. It is a mess of a summary and someoen needs to step up to do it.
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who created the first CDO market by matching buyers and sellers; the founders of
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The work follows people who believed the bubble was going to burst, like
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As of Dec 2019 it was still being called a 'comedy' - I changed that!
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describes several of the key players in the creation of the
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Policy on linking something/one just the first time?
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