SamEtches

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Joe Chill

SamEtches, good luck, and have fun. --Joe Chill (talk) 00:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

International Space Station

Thank you for the help with the link to the movie, if you can find any more, just pop them straight in. Thanks ! Penyulap _talk 15:14, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi SamEtches, can I call you Sam ? I probably gave poor advice, as I have since learnt that the encyclopedia type people don't really like pop culture(like media) sections generally. They make it pretty hard to understand too, like for Solaris, the ISS would belong in the Solaris article, explaining how the sets for the movie were based on the ISS, but Solaris doesn't belong in the ISS article because nothing about the ISS changed because of the movie Solaris. It's weird, but thats as best I can understand it. If one changed the other than it's 'notable' but if it had no effect it's 'not notable' and doesn't go in. First orbit gets mentioned because it was filmed on the iss, by a crew member, from the cupola module, so it effected the ISS. Does that make any sense ? Penyulap _talk 01:13, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

October 2011

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Unreferenced additions

Stop adding unreferenced, trivial content to articles. ---RepublicanJacobite_TheFortyFive 03:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

The Fifth Element

Please do not change the year in which the film is set without providing a reliable source. Thank you. Doniago (talk) 06:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at The Fifth Element, you may be blocked from editing. Please stop changing the year without providing any explanation. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 15:50, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at The Fifth Element, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 20:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

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April 2012

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September 2012

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Knowing (film). Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. -- Doniago (talk) 13:19, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

November 2012

Per above, you've been warned about doing this type of thing. Stop it, or you will eventually be blocked for editing in this way (whether it's a temporary or permanent block). Flyer22 (talk) 01:06, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

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May 2014

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Waltzing Matilda. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. -- DonIago (talk) 12:40, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

July 2014

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September 2014

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Edit summaries, multiple consecutive edits

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• Please make a habit of providing an edit summary when you make a change to an article. Doing so makes it easier for your colleagues here to understand the intention of your edit.
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Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric ^talk 11:59, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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