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[edit] NPOV Dispute

I didn't make the NPOV review nomination, but I do agree with it. The article seems awfully link heavy, and it reads like a press release. I attempted to clean up the article a bit, but I feel it still needs more work. Do all of the networks it's ever aired on really need to be listed? Do the paragraphs with nothing but links to artists who influenced the show really contribute to the article? I'm not confident enough to start hacking up those portions, although I do feel they're unnecessary. - ep 20:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another opinion

As a fan of the show, I found this page shortly after it was created; I think by the same IP as the Dubtitled article. I added the infobox and uploaded the screenshot. This article had a "promotional" feel to it then, and it does today, so the NPOV flag doesn't surprise me. However, some of that is style; most of the information is relevant, though I would suggest breaking the article into sections, with the series description in the lede and seperate bits on background and DVD releases.

As far as the NPOV goes:

• Kung Faux creator Mic Neumann and his companies [...] launch of a magazine called "NYLON".

This whole paragraph is only tangential to Kung Faux, and belongs in the Dubtitled article, not here. That article has similar style issues; it is written like marketing material, not an encyclopedia article (I have no problem with its general existence).

• ...inspired by the "Skull & Chopsticks" logo...

I don't recall seeing this logo in the TV show (but have not seen the whole series or the web/DVD versions). If this logo is something new just for bentobox.tv, then it isn't relevant enough to Kung Faux to warrant detailed discussion in this article. If it is as prominent in the show as is described, and I just missed it, then so be it. As far as the "Death Proof" connection (which seems to have had lots of edits and reverts), I'd like to see some sort of citation to back this up. The HUGE ® on the logo at bentobox (the only image there so marked) raises an eyebrow, as though there is a conflict external to Wikipedia that is being argued here. I have not seen the movie, so I have no opinion on the smiliarity of the 2 logos. I notice a comparable claim on the Dubtitled page regarding the Killers logo (and do see the similarity there). If there is a legal dispute or something, this isn't the place to argue it - though an unbiased factual mention that a dispute exists would be admissible.

I think (re)moving the first item, and rewriting/justifying the second, would settle the NPOV concern.

Responding to ep's comments above, the first list of artists names those that actually appeared on the show as voice-actors, so that seems reasonable. Removing the paragraph I mentioned covers all the artists who are only connected to Dubtitled but not Kung Faux specifically. As historical data, I don't have a problem with the list of networks, but it is tedious reading and should probably be further down in a detail section.

The CyberSlug 22:17, 12 May 2007 (UTC)