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Birth date

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Every source mentioned in the references, external links and authority control state Edson's year of birth as 1935. Library of Congress even has a full date: 1935-04-09. @ArchivistTN changed the date to 12th of December 1928, commenting that they "Changed birth date and birth name to reflect the NY birth index records and the 1930 federal census"; however, they did not provide a reference for that information. I suggest it should either be backed up by a reference or changed back to what it was.

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Edit request: 2024 adaptation of "Gravy" (COI disclosure)

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Conflict of interest disclosure: I have a conflict of interest because I am the filmmaker who directed the short film described below. Per WP:COI, I am not editing the article directly and am instead proposing this addition for review by uninvolved editors. Please feel free to revise, trim, or decline as appropriate.

Proposed addition: I'd like to suggest adding a brief "Adaptations" section after the "Honors" section and before the "Bibliography," with the following text:

== Adaptations ==

In 2024, Edson's poem "Gravy," from his 1973 collection The Clam Theater, was adapted into an animated short film, Edson's Gravy, by filmmaker Ryan George Kittleman.^[1] The film screened at festivals including the Edmonton International Film Festival, Leiden International Film Festival, and Thomas Edison Film Festival.^[2]

Proposed references:

<ref name="berkeleyside">{{cite web |last=Seal |first=John |title=Albany Film Festival: The little film fest that could |url=https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/10/09/albany-film-festival-the-little-film-fest-that-could |website=Berkeleyside |date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=May 3, 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="tefilmfest">{{cite web |title=Edson's Gravy |url=https://tefilmfest.org/archive.php?FilmID=1069 |website=Thomas Edison Film Festival |access-date=May 3, 2026}}</ref>

Notes for reviewers:

I have intentionally kept this brief and have omitted critical praise of the film, as I have a COI and don't think it would be appropriate for me to propose adding evaluative quotes about my own work. If an uninvolved editor feels critical reception warrants brief mention, both Berkeleyside (John Seal) and Local News Matters (Randy Myers) include evaluative coverage.
Additional festival screenings are documented at Leiden International Film Festival, Buffalo International Film Festival, and Edmonton International Film Festival, if helpful for verification.
Happy to answer any questions or revise per reviewer feedback.

Thanks for your time.

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Famousblue (talk) 00:31, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done. Wikipedia is written by human beings. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 01:29, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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[tefilmfest-2] Cite error: The named reference tefilmfest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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