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I, Tonya plot

Thank you for trimming the plot, but it's still too long. It currently stands at 998 words and needs to be between 400 and 700, per WP:FILMPLOT. Further condensing will be most welcomed. - JuneGloom07 Talk 19:21, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

September 2018

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@Drmies: I will be conscious of using the edit summary more often. Please feel free to revert any edit of mine. I'm still a novice Wiki contributor. User:Hammelsmith (talk) 00:05, 20 September (UTC)

Hey, I don't want to revert anything, but I do want you to explain what you're doing. And while you're at it--please combine some of them, like the ones in the same paragraph or section. Use preview if you like--but making so many small edits clogs up the edit history. Drmies (talk) 01:07, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Tonya Harding in March 2002.jpg

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Non-free images

Any non-free image that you want to use on Wikipedia must comply with the non-free content guidelines. The image's use must meet all of the non-free content criteria. With respect to the image of Tonya Harding noted above, the image is from a commercial image agency, Image Direct. Because of that, the usage would be in contravention of respect for commercial opportunities, as these commercial image agencies make their money from licensing images from their catalogue. -- Whpq (talk) 23:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:MINOR

Don't mark your edits as minor when they are not. See WP:MINOR. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 00:39, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Advocacy

Hey hammelsmith please stop your Pov pushing , Advocacy on Jackson related pages .Read What Wikipedia is not .Make sure you keep NPOV on wiki unless you may be blocked from further editing from wikipedia.--Akhiljaxxn (talk) 02:12, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns

We will need you to join the talk at the bottom of the page and at this point we will need you to post on the talk page any additions you wish to add to the FA article for evaluation.--Moxy 🍁 02:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

News papers

I think the best way to explain why your having trouble is that newpapers are the last resort used for sourcez when the topic is a non current event. Yes news papers are used all over for current information....but nevertheless they are at the bottom threshold of what's considered a good source (see WP:NEWSORG)....basically if secondary reliable published sources do not include the information that is found at local news paper ABC or is not covered/analyzed by academic publications then that information may—by definition not be important enough to include and may cause to much weight given to a specific topic or quote. Below you can compare what news says vs other publications.-Moxy 🍁 01:53, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

June 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 13:29, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please give me an example of this? I didn't mean to do that. Hammelsmith (talk) 14:22, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Akhiljaxxn (talk) 11:55, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notification. Best, Hammelsmith (talk) 20:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging

Would you please stop pinging me daily on issues to do with Michael Jackson? I responded on my talk page asking you to stop. Thanks. Popcornduff (talk) 10:25, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for that, I didn't notice. I won't ping again. Best, Hammelsmith (talk) 10:31, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Google books url help

{{Editor tools}}

Google book tool Converts bare url into {{cite book}} format with a short permanent url link that won't go dead in a week......just copy paste url☺--Moxy 🍁 23:06, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just notice you use the times as well....checkout NY TIMES--Moxy 🍁 23:08, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you kindly. I'll work on it. Best, Hammelsmith (talk) 23:09, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Jacobshagen and Terry George

Hammelsmith, I'd like to direct your attention to this serious article. It's a complete dossier on Michael Jacobshagen and Terry George. https://themichaeljacksonallegations.com/2019/07/01/michael-jacobshagen-and-terry-george/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_PouJliz3M Israell (talk) 22:39, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hammelsmith, I have repeatedly told you that Jackson was not circumcised (as confirmed in his official autopsy report); Jordan Chandler erroneously stated he was circumcised. For some reason, you seem to believe each one of those accusers even though they were all thoroughly debunked! Now, have you read the article and viewed the video I linked above? If you haven't yet, please do so and then tell me what you honestly think. Israell (talk) 04:22, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deletions at Torah Readings

Hey Hammelsmith -- I'm just curious what your reason was for deleting Biblical citations in Mishpatim, Pinechas (parsha), and Re'eh. -- Dauster (talk) 11:46, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I was using a tool and didn't realize all these verses were being deleted. I will, of course, restore them. Deepest apologies. Hammelsmith (talk) 20:00, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Biodiversity Literature Repository

Hi, thank you for your edits. Was this Zootaxa pdf an URL suggested by OAbot, or one you searched yourself? The Dissemin record is a mess, but please consider that https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit/ contains (OA) figures for many (even non-OA) papers, so when you check the title of the record you need to pay attention to prefixes such as "Supplementary material 1" or "Figure 2". It's often useful to link the specific figure or appendix directly, but it's not always what you want. Nemo 07:39, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Intelligible reference names

Hi, could we please use intelligible names for references, especially when creating and using such names repeatedly to improve articles. Names such as ":0" actively decrease article quality by making editing difficult. It would be much appreciated if you could use names like "Smith Jones Robinson 2019" instead. There is far less risk of error when further material is added. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:27, 16 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Cultural impact of Michael Jackson

Hey, Hammelsmith. Since you have a critical eye and have brought some necessary balance to the Michael Jackson topics, I think it would be a good idea for you to review Draft:Cultural impact of Michael Jackson once you're back (whether it's still a draft at that time or an article). I know that you'll be interested in checking the sources and making sure that no WP:Synthesis or WP:Editorializing is going on and will provide criticism in the article where those criticisms should be. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:26, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Michelson

I reverted your edit to Speed of light. The paper you linked to is Michelson's 1881 paper, not the work that was cited (Michelson and Morley, 1887).--Srleffler (talk) 23:45, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Srleffler, thank you for noticing that. It was better to just search for the paper manually. Best, Hammelsmith (talk) 06:55, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bad link in Pythagorean theorem

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