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Frameline Film Festival edit

My first inclination is to revert everything you added.

  1. There must be references.
  2. Please remove all the bold.
  3. "AIDS also lent a special poignancy to one of the 1986 festival’s most historic and touching moments when Lumpkin took the Castro Stage to present the first annual Frameline Award to film historian" This is not encyclopedic. There should be very few adjectives and adverbs. Only the facts.
  4. There really shouldn't be sections of each year's film festival.

Bgwhite (talk) 03:04, 25 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

I see you have continued down the same path without taking into account my advice. All the yearly festivals should not be there and you have failed to add references. Start modifying or the article will be reverted into its former form. Bgwhite (talk) 01:05, 26 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

December 2014 edit

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Hey Mppage. This message is just to alert you that you broke the Talk page guidelines With this edit. I have fixed your error. But can i ask that you read The talk page guidelines before you post on a talk page again? Thanks. LorChat 02:23, 11 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your help, but I have no clue as to what I did wrong. Or when since I've tried to post to him more than once. Any guidance you can offer will bee welcome.

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Hi,

I've added the attribution you requested. As I noted, the photo is from a private collection and is used with the permission of the owner. The photographer is unknown. Does that satisfy the requirements?

Mppage (talk) 17:08, 3 January 2015 (UTC)Reply


Speedy deletion of "Frameline Film Festival" edit

 

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Thank you. LorTalk 01:11, 16 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Can I get some clarity on your ruling? Is this just a matter of tone? Something I can correct? And is there any way I can appeal this?

Mppage (talk) 01:22, 16 January 2015 (UTC)Reply


I'm not advertising or promoting anything. All these events happened years ago.

Mppage (talk) 01:23, 16 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

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