Talk:Rooster Teeth Productions

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[edit] Creation

The original article by User:80.229.22.229 seems a lot like an advertisement or vanity piece. The article lists out numerous individual actors and members of the Rooster Teeth Production team. The names are Wikilinked, but none of these individuals have articles at present. It it not certain that they would qualify as meriting their own articles. I am removing the list of people, but letting the Rooster Teeth article stand. Johntex 18:50, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I was going to list this under VfD (as my first listing), but noticed that you tried to clean it up. FYI, it looks like 80.229.22.229 restored the original vanity/advertisement version. I think that listing it on VfD is a good idea, though. What do you think? --Deathphoenix 19:29, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree. The revert by 80.229.22.229 makes it look more and more like an act of vanity/advertisement. Johntex 19:42, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

80.229.22.229 has now added a link to the company, but he/she has also allowed the individual names to be removed. I am adding two additional links to try to make the article something other than an advertisement pointing to the production company. What do you think? Johntex 20:32, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Personally, I'd list it on VfD. The subject isn't notable enough, and I've seen less-obvious examples of vanity ads listed there. However, you're making a concerted effort to clean up the article and, as you said, 80.229.22.229 has allowed the removal of individual names. I'll leave the final decision up to you. If you decide to list, I'll vote delete, but if you decide not to list, I'll keep this article in my watch list and help you keep it ad-free. :-) --Deathphoenix 20:42, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I am a bit ambivalent here. Rooster Teeth Productions is certainly not famous, and the first version was strongly vanity/advertisement. On the other hand, this company is responsible for Red vs Blue which has a substantial article here, and which enjoys something of a cult following. I do not plan to list it on VfD unless it gets reverted back to vanity/advertisement. I think we should both keep it on our watch list for a while and see what happens. I appreciate your help very much. -- Johntex 22:00, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You're right, that is a substantial article. No problem, we'll make sure to get only the good from 80.229.22.229. --Deathphoenix 00:32, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have read your discussion, and I have something to say. I did not intend this to be a "vanity piece" as I don't have any affilations with RTP. Please pardon my mistakes as this was my first article. I also apolagise for returning it to my original design, as I thought I had not saved the article properly. You do not need to worry about me "commersialising" it again.- User ID:80.229.22.229

Thanks for your post 80.229.22.229. Don't worry about any mistakes you may have made. We welcome your contribution to Wikipedia, and we hope that you will be able to continue contributing. I hope I didn't seem too negative in my comments. We get so many articles that are self-promoting, it is easy to jump to conclusions that may not be accurate. BTW, while you are certainly welcome to continue posting anonymously, posting under a log-in name may tend to cause some people (myself included) to award more benefit of the doubt. Again, welcome to Wikipedia!
Drat - forgot to sign my post! Johntex 22:39, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I am now called BritBoy, just so you know if i post here again. Thank you for your support.-BritBoy

Yes, thank you for the post and explanation. I agree with pretty much everything what Johntex said, and the fact that we (well, he) decided to keep the article and that we are working on it should tell you that your article is relevant. Congratulations on your first article, and welcome to Wikipedia! You posted the above post at the same time that I was writing my post, so I'd also like to welcome you under your new login name, and hope to work with you more in the future. --Deathphoenix 22:56, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Merge the Rooster Teeth actors' articles into here?

I was thinking that it might be a good idea to merge the articles about individial RT actors — Michael Burns, Matt Hullum, Gustavo Sorola, Jason Saldaña, Joel Heyman, and Geoff Ramsey — into here. Joel Heyman has an acting career outside of RT and has played minor roles in well-known shows, but his real notability right now comes from Rooster Teeth, and only RT. Thoughts? -- TKD 11:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rt Comics

alright, i'm the one who originally wrote the tiny part for it. i thank people who editted it, since they improved it. if someone thinks something needs to be changed or added, just comment here. Itachi1452 01:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Complete rewrite

I just redid the entire article. Some highlights:

  • Added some pre-RvB history of the company.
  • Put in an infobox.
  • Removed the list of voice actors. This is probably more useful in the articles on the individual productions.
  • Removed the trivia section. I incorporated the information on cockbite into the lead. The item on death as a theme seemed to be original research, and the reference to the Rooster Teeth logo probably belongs in the Red vs Blue article.
  • Added a bunch of references.
  • Summarized the group's three productions here.

— TKD::Talk 08:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Splitting up the RoosterTeeth template

I've made a proposal to redesign the growing {{RoosterTeeth}} template, splitting it into four small templates; see Template talk:RoosterTeeth#Splitting this template. Feedback is welcome. — TKD::Talk 06:19, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clark second source: G4's Attack of the Show

The controversy and snippets of both the original and director's cut of the Clark commercial were featured on the show today, November 30. They basically said the same quote as in the article "it makes me look like a punk". They noted Rooster Teeth were behind the original commercial, didn't expect the reaction, "thought it was cute", and the show proceeded to show the beginning of the director's cut to "he threw it to himself!" The hosts, Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn, made comments; Pereira agreed he wouldn't be happy if a commercial showed him "owned again and again", Munn liked the comment in the director's cut about him being "The One, he's Neo" (her paraphrasing). Pereira mockingly noted that this probably brought Clark more publicity than he's ever had before. The whole issue was profiled near the beginning of the show in the daily "Around the 'Net" segment. Why am I telling you all this? Because I don't know how to really cite a show or what parts of this are notable enough to be thrown in. Someone else do it. -- Viewdrix 03:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I found a brief mention on IGN, which verifies that a director's cut did exist. I'm not sure that we can do much better, but at least this article is now devoid of {{fact}} tags. In fact, it's very close to GA, in my book. The only thing lefgt thaty I would do is to cite the creation of the comics to a site news post or two. Yes, it's a primary source, but it's good enough for that sort of uncontroversial material. If anyone can find third-party mentions of the comics, all the better. — TKD::Talk 10:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
All I got is a Luke McKay journal entry, but you have to sing in to view it. He seemed to come up with the idea himself, made sketches, a rough and finalized test comic, etc., and after announcing his intent in a journal, sugarmoney came on and they worked on it together secretly until the first comic. The news post for that comic doesn't contain much other than "they did this cool thing, check it out". The next news post is only notable for announcing it's becoming a regular thing, and that it would be Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Saturday postings done now were not initially planned. An outside source that doesn't offer as much information, though: digitalstrips.com's take. -- Viewdrix 21:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks; I'll take a look, hopefully soon. — TKD::Talk 13:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
I was able to find the director's cut of the Clark video on youtube. Don't know if it is needed at all. You can find it here. Fritzmonkey 00:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
It appears to be uploaded by a random user, thus making it copyvio and not viable as a source.--Drat (Talk) 01:10, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] um

does anybody know waht rooster teeh is doing besides the dvd?--68.106.210.205 22:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To-do for GA

I'm thinking that this is pretty close to GA status. Basically, I think the following would be a good idea:

  • Expand the description of 1-800-Magic a little. Can anyone find any reviews for this?
  • Source some of the stuff for Rooster Teeth Comics.
  • A final copy-edit and read-through for clarity to outside readers would probably be a good idea.

— TKD::Talk 00:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seperate article for RT comics?

come on, this is serious business now. shouldn't it have its own article? 76.182.87.230 (talk) 16:23, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

If there are multiple independent reliable secondary sources, which are required to establish sufficient notability. — TKD::Talk 17:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference 15

The article states that Rooster Teeth created a five part miniseries to promote Halo 3. The reference cited is "New Red vs. Blue Series." As far as I can tell, no such series exists. The citation is a reference to itself. Recovery One and Out Of Mind are spin-offs of the original Red vs. Blue, and as such are created using Halo 2, not Halo 3. If there is another series, it should be listed with an appropriate citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.105.188.217 (talk) 03:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)