User talk:Hedgeswayd

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November 2020

Hello, I'm Eyebeller. I noticed that in this edit to Law Abiding Citizen, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Eyebeller (talk) 16:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Draft:List of 2005 films

The bulk of the draft page is just duplicating the existing List of American films of 2005 page. What's the point of having two pages with almost the exact information? Box99Tube (talk) 21:14, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Films by release date

Template:Films by release date has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Jalen Folf (talk) 03:46, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

I Used to Go Here ... and copyright violation

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your recent contribution to the I Used to Go Here article. In explanation of my removal of your edit: You are welcome to add a plot summary to the article if you use original (i.e., paraphrased/summarized) wording. Wikipedia cannot contain exact wording directly lifted from other sources unless 1) it is a small number of words and 2) enclosed in quotation marks and 3) properly cited.
One of your recent edits has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information.
In sum, we welcome your future contributions, but please be very careful not to add copyrighted material.--MattMauler (talk) 15:28, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Template:Films by release date

You have twice tried to move Template:Films by release date to draftspace to bypass an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion. Please consider contributing to the discussion instead of trying to prevent a consensus. Jalen Folf (talk) 07:37, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

December 2020

Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits while logged out. Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of both an account and an IP address by the same person in the same setting and doing so may result in your account being blocked from editing. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing. Thank you. Jalen Folf (talk) 07:42, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into The Other Guys (2010 film). This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. Thank you. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 07:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Bovineboy2008. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Paydirt (film), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. BOVINEBOY2008 15:12, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Draft:List of films released in 2016

Draft:List of films released in 2016, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:List of films released in 2016 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Draft:List of films released in 2016 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Starzoner (talk) 19:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Questions regarding trend of frequent edits and reverts

Recently, I've come across several pages that you've edited in which you make a series of edits in quick succession, then undo all of those edits immediately afterwards. One example is the article Community (TV series), in which you made a total of seven edits over the last two days that ultimately led to nothing changing. While self-reverts are technically allowed, this pattern of frequent reverts is irritating and may constitute vandalism, as it floods the page history with unhelpful information.

Given that this is a frequent trend for you (i.e. here, here, and here), would you like to explain why you keep doing this? I'm simply seeking an explanation for what's happening so I can try to help if needed. If you're having an issue with editing that is leading to these frequent self-reverts, please let me know and we can talk about it. RunningTiger123 (talk) 21:07, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Community (TV series), even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox. Thank you. Drovethrughosts (talk) 22:01, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Please stop making test edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Community (TV series). It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox. Please stop making test edits where you add spaces only to remove them seconds later. This is considered disruptive editing and you are seemingly doing it for no good reason. You've now made 22 edits to this article, all of which you've self-reverted. You need to explain this behavior, because it's nothing but disruptive. Drovethrughosts (talk) 20:25, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Up in the Air (2009 film). You've made to close to 40 edits on this article where all you are doing is removing spaces and then reverting your edits. This needs to stop. Drovethrughosts (talk) 13:43, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Hedgeswayd! Your additions to Big Sky (American TV series) have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

• You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
• Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
• We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. All other images must be made available under a free and open license that allows commercial and derivative reuse to be used on Wikipedia.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — YoungForever^(talk) 01:14, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Hello, I'm Elizium23. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you unlinked one or more redlinks. Often redlinks can be helpful, so we don't remove them just because they are red. They help improve Wikipedia by attracting editors to create needed articles.

In addition, clicking on the "What links here" special link (in the Wikipedia Toolbox at left) on a missing article shows how many—and which—articles depend on that article being created. This can help prioritize article creation. Redlinks are useful! Please only remove a redlink if you are pretty sure that it is to a non-notable topic and not likely ever to be created. Thanks! Elizium23 (talk) 19:19, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without evidence of permission. Additionally,disruptive editing: making large numbers of tiny edits and self-reverting; removing useful markup and potentially useful redlinks. Please take this opportunity to ensure that you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  — Diannaa (talk) 13:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Michael Covino

Hello, Hedgeswayd. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Michael Covino, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 20:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Michael Covino

Hello, Hedgeswayd. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Michael Covino".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:22, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Max Deacon

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 19:02, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:2020 in film

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 05:02, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Max Deacon

Hello, Hedgeswayd. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Max Deacon".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:13, 21 December 2021 (UTC)