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Picture for Once Upon a Time in America in Latin Wiki

Hi, dearest Bovineboy2008, how are you? Happy New Year: health, money and love!

Please, I need your help for a poster in this page, because I see that there's in all the pages, I try to transfer, but the archive doesn't appeas. It says, in fetails, that is a screen-shot of the poster. Can you help me to understand or to put the poster in Latin Wiki, please?

Thank you very muche and hoper to meet you soon

Rei Momo (talk) 16:16, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Redeeming Love movie cast

Hello,

The reason I keep changing the names is because the ones you add are incorrect. I have the book Redeeming Love right next to me and the characters' names you are adding are not in the book. I have read this book multiple times so I know the names are inncorrect.

I did give citations for the cast and you deleted them. The citation was IMDb. Here is the link to the IMDb page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas1390 (talk • contribs) 00:04, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jas1390: The character names of the basis book do not necessarily mean they will be the same in the film. And we cannot use IMDb as a source per WP:IMDBREF. Please find a reliable source about the film (not the book) to add/change the cast or wait until the film is released so we can use it as a primary source. BOVINEBOY2008 00:06, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Hello,

The author of the book, Francine Rivers, also wrote the screenplay. She would not change the names of the characters in the movie. You also cannot assume that the characters names will change without citation. Where are you getting the last names you keep adding to the cast list?

https://www.evangelicalfocus.com/culture/7216/redeeming-love-adapted-into-a-film https://www.looper.com/607069/redeeming-love-release-date-cast-plot/ https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/redeeming-love-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-and-everything-you-need-to-know

Here is a link to the director, DJ Caruso's instagram page where he identifies Daniah De Villiers as Miriam

Here is a link to the director, DJ Caruso's instagram page where her identified Nina Dobrev as "Mae" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas1390 (talk • contribs) 00:18, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

To be clear, I did not add the original names so I cannot speak to their veracity. Please do your best not to make assumptions that changes won't be made, just use sources. The instagram posts are ones you can use but I would not recommend using looper or whattowatch. These are blog style websites that would not be considered reliable sources. BOVINEBOY2008 00:21, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Draft:13 (upcoming film)

Hi Bovineboy2008, isn't Draft:13 (upcoming film) a classical example where WP:ONUS applies? Would you mind at least starting a talk page discussion even if you see no hope of the IP editor joining it? That would justify protection. I guess I can also argue that the "IP address hopping" justifies protection (WP:SEMI), but this is a bit vague. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:46, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi ToBeFree. I would be happy to that. As a side note, I'm convinced that this hopping IP is an editor who has been blocked in the past and is dodging the block. Very similar edit behaviors. TBH I would open a sockpuppeting investigation but I just don't have the time to collect the evidence right now. A Semi seemed like the best option at the time. BOVINEBOY2008 20:54, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

36 Farmhouse

Hi Bovine Boy, Draft Information has been retrofitted in the this article (36 Farmhouse) now. This article is worth staying now. Please review and CONFIRM. Thanks,Vikram Maingi (talk) 03:58, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Queen of fist and Lung Chien

Hi, dearest Bovineboy2008, how are you?

Me, my love, my family are well... we go on.

Please, can you find the poster of this film than remembers me the years when I was kid training karate-do? Do you find, please, some other news about it's director?

Thanks a lot for your co-operation, and see you very soon.

Rei Momo (talk) 10:39, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Wowowowow, very fast, grazie mille!!! Have a nice day!!! Rei Momo (talk) 10:51, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Good morning, dearest Bovineboy2008, how are you? Will it be possible also to charge on public domain the onlyone picture on the Net of Lung Chien? He died in 1975, 47 years ago...

Thanks a lot for your precious help!!! See you soon Rei Momo (talk) 09:10, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

The Bravest Revenge

Good morning, dearest Bovineboy2008, how are you?

I opened this new page about this martial arts film, and I'm asking if you are albe to find also the poster of this film, please. Thanks a lot for your great help!!!

See you soon

Rei Momo (talk) 11:59, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Musical page (reason for not being able to list major market productions on the Wikipedia page)

Hi! I'm the person who added the Moscow production cast to the First Date the Musical Wikipedia Page. I was astounded to see this change was ratified and I want to know the reason you don't accept minor productions (although it should be examined why you consider productions that aren't based in the USA "minor") in the "principal cast" section. I was not the one who added the Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Tokyo etc changes so I don't understand these editors being penalized for my addition. Bear in mind, I am a beginning editor and really my sole objective was to bring attention to the Russian cast as I do believe they are extraordinarily talented and I don't think only American actors deserve to be discussed on this global platform. Sorry if this comes off as rude, I'm just extremely confused. Regards, D. Nureyev. DorianChessFan (talk) 22:30, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Family Meeting Page Review

Hey, i noticed you moved a page i created. Could you please explain what excatly was the issue with the original naming?--Ms Kabintie (talk) 18:01, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Draft:The Minute You Wake Up Dead

Hi Bovineboy2008,

I find that you're an expert when it comes to WP:NFILM and WP:NFF. Therefore, I would like your opinion about a draft that I've written about an upcoming film. It's titled The Minute You Wake Up Dead. It stars Morgan Freeman and principal photography has recently begun in Mississippi. Do you think it's too soon for the draft to be moved to article space? Please note, I have also written the same message to User:Donaldd23 and would appreciate any feedback from either of you. Thank you. The Film Creator (talk) 04:26, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Wicked

Recently, I noticed you as being a editor at Wicked (Musical) which is currently at GA level. After looking at the Russian Interwiki version of it, they look like they have translated the English version into Russian and received an FA article for doing that. Should the English version be brought up to FA level. Any interest in doing a co-nomination for it to get it to FA level? ErnestKrause (talk) 21:34, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Fatal Strike

Hi, dearest Bovimeboy 2008. how are you?

Me and my family are fine; from Feb. 11th, in Italy we can walk outdoors without mask.

Please, I opened this page, can you put the poster? I saw that in finds only the poster of Bruce Lee with German title, may be right? Thank you a lot for your great help and see you soon.

Rei Momo (talk) 07:31, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

movie

Movie 103.161.2.29 (talk) 13:50, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Extraction 2

Hi, you undid my edits in the article. But I think that my edits weren't wrong. Please check my edits again. Thank you.

Doctor flim

It was my mistake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dxbnetwork (talk • contribs) 12:21, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Feburary 2022

Please maximum avoid redirecting pages like Vinodhan. Please don’t redirect so many pages for the film which are not released. Some films you can do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8F8:1825:2E6F:68ED:55EE:9C81:C29A (talk) 12:03, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

What's On Stage Awards

I suggest that this edit be reverted -- We should list the Olivier Awards, but not the What's On Stage Awards. I don't think we should list all the minor awards, except in separate list articles that purport to have a complete list of awards. What do you think? -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:01, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

I agree. Audience voted awards should not be listed. BOVINEBOY2008 11:57, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

“Lisa the Simpson”

Hey, I noticed you edit a lot of TV pages, could you help me confirm where episode 3 or possibly 19 actually is? Disney+ says it’s episode 3 of season 9 and the Wikipedia page says it’s episode 19. If you could find out where it actually should be that would be really helpful to the Simpson’s Wikimedia… empire? Anyway,

Thanks, Dwightol102 (talk) 00:46, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Questions on The Crown Prince (2006 film)

Hi Bovineboy2008, thank you for your recent edits, the page was indeed severely unsourced. Would you mind reassessing it? I think that, with the last edits and the new sources added, it is no longer a stub, but of course I am not impartial so I prefer someone else reassessing it.

Moreover, I am a bit puzzled by your other edit, which removed the hatnote to Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1955) per WP:NAMB. The reason I put the hatnote is because the two movies, in addition to being inspired by the same events, have an identical original German title, by which they are also known (indeed the 1995 movie has a redirect from Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe; I should probably add 1955 in the title and change the redirect Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (2006) to the German title as well).

Therefore, unlike in the examples about water/Water, etc. in WP:NAMB, I think it is very likely in this case that a reader looking for one of the two movies would end up in the page of the other one, and it makes more sense to explain the issue in the hatnote than to link the other movie inside the article. Do you agree, or am I misunderstanding the use of the hatnote?

Francesco Cattafi (talk) 14:57, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Regarding Ladybug and Cat noir awakening

@Bovineboy2008 I had added a reference link and re-added the content. Pardon me if that was not enough. I thought it would be enough, Sorry. Jyothis 101 (talk) 16:43, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Sathyalingam

He has the best intentions, but always fails to add sources and does not know how to communicate with others. Kailash29792 (talk) 15:52, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Colin from Accounts

There are a lot of articles on television shows currently in development. They are added to wikipedia as productions are announced and the relevant details are added as they become available. This seems to be the standard practice for so many television productions. Why has the article on this television show been singled out to be reverted to draft? There's a lot happening in the news we can be addding but can't right now. J Bar (talk) 06:02, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Reverting

Hello, you just changed a sourced information from dream movie?? There's an account keeps undoing it can you lock the page from editing after undo what you did on dream movie page. Thanks 37.239.144.11 (talk) 08:57, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

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Reverted for some false edited in this time

Hi, Bovineboy2008 and everyone, I will some visited all edited was removed until you find proof, i don’t know what they are edited to removed from somebody. If will haved to create an new contents, please help me if you want until films are released and will help you find the information in this time, along with the include a citation re-edited for it. So, I noticed for everyone can provide a reliable source after along with edited. In Addition, I can visit in referencing for beginners. I’m with Kuru, Callmemirela and Cardei012597 and all users removed some edits without providing proof. If you haved an news, please edit again after waiting announcements for the films to makes everyone added soon if released date is confirmed. Thank you, Bovineboy2008 and everyone, sorry for your inconvenience and I hope enjoy it in the added. I haved an shared IP address, if me sign in to Wikipedia along with creating an account or logging in with an exciting account to avoid further irrevelant notices and used my talk page if you are missed after an mistake. Thank you, Bovineboy2008 and everyone. 2402:800:63B0:9DEB:7DA5:2884:E441:8E41 (talk) 23:41, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

The Munsters rating

Hello, you removed a paragraph about the film rating for Rob Zombie’s The Munsters. I understand that MPA ratings are not normally written about because films get different classifications across the globe but feel this is relevant because of the controversy surrounding speculation about the nature of the film that Rob Zombie was directing and the reason why he clarified on social media about it. Ratings have appeared on other movie pages. I take as example the section on his movie 31 (film) where it is brought up. I think it’s relevant to the films Wikipedia but would like to find a better way to put it in if you feel having it under a rating header is not relevant. Please advise? If not I can put something up on the films talk page to ask for some assistance. EmmaJL5 09:20, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

I’ve done a little reading and think there is room for having some information about the rating for The Munsters on the page using this information from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film#Ratings specifically this paragraph “Rating coverage generally belongs in the "Release" section, though coverage can be elsewhere. For instance, the "Production" section can detail the filmmakers' goal to achieve a specific rating in making the film, or a stand-alone section can cover controversy surrounding a rating if enough detail exists.” As I mentioned in my previous comment, Rob had to address this as there was intense speculation about whether he was directing a movie faithful to the family friendly nature of the original Munsters tv series or a movie more in the vein of his other blood and gore type films. EmmaJL5 09:29, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Bovineboy2008, just following up on this. I have put a discussion on the talk page of The Munsters which you can see here: Talk:The Munsters (2022 film)#Rating section - I believe, and with some examples given, there may be room about addressing the rating but in a manner that doesn't make it a separate section on the page but maybe as part of the opening paragraph. One user gave some examples where ratings have been addressed because of the notable nature of the mention. Can I get your thoughts please whether here or on the talk page?

And as noted on the talk page, this was not about riding over your decision, but because I think there is some precedence to acknowledge a rating if it is notable. I would like to find a better way to address it.

Thanks in advance. I appreciate your thoughts on this. EmmaJL5 12:51, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Razzennest

Some days ago you moved my article about Razzennest to the draft space... and very rightly so. I added additional references and content to the article and submitted it to AfC. Would be lovely if you could have a look. There is already a German WP article and content on WikiCommons. ☆☆☆ interstellarpoliceman ☆☆☆ 13:07, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

help

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1110227550 Vedprakash Singh VPS (talk) 17:54, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1110487246 Vedprakash Singh VPS (talk) 07:14, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1110668287 Vedprakash Singh VPS (talk) 13:55, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Can you find picture of Osvaldo Moles?

Hi, dear Bovineboy2008, how are you?

I opened this page, but I'm not able to find a picture to charge on it. Can you help me, please? Thank you very much and see you soon. Rei Momo (talk) 09:19, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Singer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Javad_(singer) 83.123.135.251 (talk) 12:45, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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Prove it

Project Artemis is actually called "Eleven". I work at the hotel where the crew stayed at in Cape Canaveral FL and my hotel was their headquarters and the costume changes were held at my hotel. It's based on Apollo 11. I have visual proof. 97.103.166.173 (talk) 04:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

The Salt Path

I think the book is still the Primary Topic, even though it is only covered in the article on the author, rather than an upcoming film, so I have reverted the film to the disambiguated title, retargetted the redirect to point to the author's article, and added a hatnote there to point to the film. Should be an interesting film, it's a wonderful book (and a superb path: I walked it over 8 years, a week at a time). PamD 22:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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Please revert to old 2013 title: "Fashion Model" > "Fashion Model (film)"

Good morning Bovineboy. Please see the Talk page Talk:Fashion_Model#Change_title_to_"Fashion_Model_(film)"_please. According to the history, you renamed this article in November 2013, with the best of intentions, but the title is causing a clash nowadays and therefore we are seeking your participation in renaming it back again. 86.181.121.98 (talk) 08:45, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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This article's only two sources are sources that, when I examined them in Google Books, mentioned nothing about any sort of dancing closn. Creator and primary editor of this article attempted to create numerous hoax articles in the past and add false information to articles. I could find absolutely nothing about this movie when I did an Internet search. Based on all this, I am led to believe that this article is a hoax and that this film is nonexistent. Link to article: The Dancing Clown ApplePieGuy95 (talk) 17:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Correction: "Any sort of dancing clown." ApplePieGuy95 (talk) 17:54, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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Hello Bovineboy2008.

I see you inserted a "Long plot" tag in the Black Box article. I'm the editor who wrote that long plot summary. Before I did so, there was no plot summary at all in the article. I think there is a Wikipedia guideline that suggests that a plot summary for a film should be roughly 500 to 700 words. Mine was about 720. It probably had a fair amount of unnecessary details.

So, I've now edited the summary down to about 570 words, trying not to omit any important plot points. If you think it's still too long, feel free to reinstate the tag and I'll take another look at it. Mike Marchmont (talk) 17:01, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

@Mike Marchmont: Thank you for addressing. The guidelines at MOS:FILMPLOT stipulates a summary between 400 to 700 words, not to exceed unless the plot is exceptionally detailed or unconventionally told. Looks like this is a manageable amount. BOVINEBOY2008 18:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

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