Richard Elfman

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Welcome!

Hello, Richard Elfman! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! 1313-EvilHomer (talk) 20:45, 13 June 2010 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images • create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

They're Threatening to Delete Your Article

Please note that they're threatening to delete your article for non-notability here. "Gather the troops" to vote to support keeping the article - we'd hate to lose it. GreenGlass^(talk) 20:11, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

As you've probably noticed, the consensus was to keep your article. Congratulations! Please keep up the great work, and I'll continue to enjoy it! I enjoy Buzzine also. Thanks for thirty years of entertaining me! GreenGlass^(talk) 19:32, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Richard Elfman.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Richard Elfman.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ttonyb (talk) 02:16, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Notable person survival kit

Hi Richard, inspired by your recent experience (and that of a good few other notable people who had experiences much like yours when they tried to edit articles related to themselves), I've written a "survival kit" for people in your position, which is at Wikipedia:Notable person survival kit. Could have a look through it and let me know if it's helpful, or if anything important is missing? Best, --JN466 14:52, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Jayen! Yes, you're Survival Kit was very helpful, thank you. Right now I am a bit gun-shy about doing anything to my page-- including info about the use of an "alias" Richard "Helfman," which was merely a credit typo someone made in France years ago on a little film I acted in (as opposed to the actual, ridiculous "stage names" I periodically work under). But as an editor myself (Buzzine) I found the experience interesting and informative. Obviously, I hadn't done things correctly to begin with, then a few seemed to get a bit a heavy handed (in my opinion), and then...the Wikipedia community came forward and began correcting the situation. I'm fascinated! What a marvelous thing you all have created--and seem to be perfecting--for the digital age! I will certainly try to be a responsible (and better educated) Wikipedia member. Thank you again!Richard Elfman (talk) 01:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Sometimes things work out here, sometimes they go pear-shaped. I've taken out that Helfman typo. :) Feel free to drop me a note on my talk page when you've got something like that. Best, --JN466 12:34, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Buzzine

I have nominated Buzzine, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buzzine. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Christopher Connor (talk) 19:12, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Editor-in-chief

Richard, you are listed as editor-in-chief of Buzzine in the 2007 Gale Directory of Publications & Broadcast Media 142. The article says you became Editor-in-chief in 2008. Should we correct this? --JN466 10:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Gosh... late '07... early '08... my brain is too muddled this morning! Must jump back into the fray, leave '08 for now (and thank you again for your kind and thoughtful help with understanding the Wikipedia editing process).Richard Elfman (talk)

Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo's popularity grew until my brother Danny Elfman, disbanded it in October 1995, so he could focus on film composing, as well as problems with "rock" related hearing loss. No, the band was never really a "pop" group. But it could only be considered "New Wave" during a few years around 1980. After that the music evolved and was often too quirky (i.e. original) to classify within a particular rock sub-division.Richard Elfman (talk) 00:58, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Richard Elfman

Good edits. Do you happen to have any press clippings/coverage? Be nice to get them sourced. Also, in regard to the religion, or similar personal characterizations, if something like that isn't true and you feel it is offensive, and the normal editing process doesn't work, there's a procedure for reporting that, see Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Help. --Nuujinn (talk) 10:03, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Prods

I removed the PROD on User:Casini92653/Anastasia Darlena Casini because PRODs can't be used on articles in the userspace, only on articles in the mainspace and on disambiguation pages. Userspace entries go through WP:MfD. I'd also like to warn you about editing in other people's userspaces. It's generally frowned upon to go into other people's userspaces and do big edits to entries they're working on. You can nominate them for deletion, but common etiquette is that you shouldn't really make big edits unless it's something so extreme that you think it'd pose immediate harm. If that's the case remove it, but it's usually better to just nominate things for deletion and leave whatever is there in the article as additional ammo for stating your case. I know that there aren't any solid rules against editing someone's userspace, but it's always debatable as to what is considered inappropriate. I didn't really see where the content removed was really all that harmful. I don't necessarily think that she's notable, but we don't remove subject matter because it might hurt the person when it is simply just listing goings on in the person's life. In any case, I think it'd definitely get deleted through WP:MfD, in any case.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:44, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

• OMG. I didn't realize that it was that bad. I won't revert further and I've listed it for MfD. I'm posting the link below so you can go and make your vote.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:03, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Casini92653/Anastasia Darlena Casini

User:Casini92653/Anastasia Darlena Casini, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Casini92653/Anastasia Darlena Casini and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Casini92653/Anastasia Darlena Casini 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. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:03, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

The MfD is closed and the article has been speedily deleted as an attack page. I've warned the page creator, but if you notice similar content being added again, please let me or another administrator know, or add the code {{db-attack}} to the page. Thanks for your vigilance. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:02, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Danny Elfman

Hi, I reverted your edit to Danny Elfman. I do believe you attended his bar mitzvah, but the information has to verifiable for everyone. Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it to an article. See Wikipedia:Verifiability. Do you know any reliable source we can use? Reliable sourcing in the sense of newspapers, books etc. Garion96 (talk) 18:14, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

"My strongest link to my Jewish background is musical," he said. "I found myself drawn to Russian and Eastern European musical roots." Danny Elfman, Jewish Journal: , Richard Elfman (talk) 19:57, 5 May 2013 (UTC)Richard ElfmanRichard Elfman (talk) 19:57, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Garion96 (talk) 19:55, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

jazz hands

putting up some cited content from the wiltern or rialto would be encyclopedic, notable, and welcome. 👍 SkidMountTubularFrame (talk) 19:42, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

ANI Notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 18:46, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Richard Elfman. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Blossom Elfman, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the {{edit COI}} template)—don't forget to give details of reliable sources supporting your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
• avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam § External link spamming);
• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Block notice

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Deb (talk) 07:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)