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My name is Robert Frankiewicz and I have updated, edited, neutralised this article on Adam Elliot. I have done much reserach on him and have presented the piece to adhere to and make neutral. I have added support references to back up factual notes.

10th of March. Just made a brief correction. Mr Elliot was in fact the "Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria in 1999", NOT "The Young Victorian of the Year 1999." —Preceding unsigned comment added by RobFrankie (talk • contribs) 23:45, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

re up loaded photo of adam elliot

I have re uploaded the image of Adam Elliot : File:AE Portrait.jpg and properly authorised its use. Rob F. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barryandkevin (talk • contribs) 01:23, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

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COI editing

Multiple single purpose accounts have made significant contributions to this article, beginning as early as September 2008 and most recently in December 2021 and May 2025. From 2009-2015 a recurring editor made major edits to this article and identified themselves by the same name as Elliot's assistant. Recently, a user has repeatedly removed the maintenance templates without justification. Vegantics (talk) 14:24, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Citation provided for Recognition and Awards section

Edit COI

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Citation provided for: His shorts and features have collectively participated in many film festivals and have received multiple awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Memoir Of A Snail and a win for Harvie Krumpet.^{[citation needed]}

References supporting change:

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025 for Academy Award Nomination for Memoir of a Snail

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2004 for Academy Award win for Harvie Krumpet

˜˜ ˜ ˜  Thorny dead (talk) 05:31, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Thorny dead, I've implemented your request. In the future, you should put the phrase "Edit COI" in curly brackets. This will format it as a template which will ping editors who are active in editing articles with a COI so that the change gets implemented sooner. Vegantics (talk) 14:38, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

citations provided

Citations provided for Recognition and Awards section. IMDB links to films Awards and Film Festivals page

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382734/awards/?ref_=tt_awd

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/awards/?ref_=tt_awd

Citation provided for Filmography: Uncle. Quote: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

https://www.skwigly.co.uk/adam-elliot-interview/

Thorny dead (talk) 06:27, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Thorny dead, I've partially implemented your edit request. WP:IMDB is not considered a reliable source and I have altered the text to reflect that one source cannot qualify as "often."

I'm not sure why your edit COI template did not format correctly to notify other COI editors, but it may be worth investigating in the future. Cheers! Vegantics (talk) 21:15, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Citations Provided for Rewards and Recognition

His shorts and features have collectively participated in many film festivals and have received multiple awards https://oscars.fandom.com/wiki/Adam_Elliot https://beinart.org/collections/adam-elliot-all-the-lonely-people?srsltid=AfmBOoqfH76P3HOCE4J_wKV7dOzfl6X5qrjftXQNLD5viL3UkMN7cGdS Thorny dead (talk) 05:27, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Not done for now: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Dahawk04 (talk) 00:21, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello. Sorry I am new at this. No change to text required here. I am just providing the required citation that is being asked for. Thorny dead (talk) 01:02, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Edit Request

Hi. Please edit Uncle section in Filmography. Please delete the following as there is no citation to authenticate it. "for him actual events should never dictate plot.[citation needed]" Thorny dead (talk) 05:57, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Done Encoded  Talk 💬 07:55, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Citations provided where requested

Hello. Citations Provived where requested to hopefully cleanup the page.

Recognition and awards section. No change to text. citation needed. Text: His shorts and features have collectively participated in many film festivals and have received multiple awards. Citation to support this statement. https://iffr.com/en/person/adam-elliot

Filmography / Uncle section. Please delete Text: yet despite factual references, he always places an emphasis on story; for him actual events should never dictate plot.[citation needed] Please remove this text, no evidence of Adam Elliot ever saying this, unable to provide the citation required.

Filmography / Harvie Krumpet (2003) Please delete Text: In 2005 it was named as one of the top 100 animated films of all time by the board of the world's largest animation festival in Annecy, France.[citation needed] Reason: Unable to find the original 2005 article on the Annecy Animation Festival website or anywhere else.

Filmography / Ernie Biscuit No change to text. citation needed. Text: is narrated by long-time collaborator John Flaus, who has voiced Elliot's previous films Harvie Krumpet, Mary and Max and Uncle.[citation needed]. Citation to support this statement. https://www.skwigly.co.uk/adam-elliot-ernie-biscuit/

Style and themes No change to text. citation needed.

Each film has featured voices by notable actors, including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, William McInnes, Barry Humphries, Nick Cave, Jacki Weaver, and John Flaus.[citation needed]

Citation to support this statement. https://www.acmi.net.au/works/86138--uncle/

Thorny dead (talk) 04:32, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Partly done: 1) No, that's too broad a statement. I rewrote that paragraph to reflect what is actually cited. 2 & 3) Agreed. 4) Done. 5) No, as the source is valid for citing William McInnes narrated Uncle, not what the paragraph is stating. PK650 (talk) 23:37, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello PK650 and thank you! I am thrilled to be down to just one 'citation needed'. I thought it was requiring citation for John Flaus. If so, the citation says the film featured John Flaus. It is an animated film, so all actor are providing voice over narration. If you need to specifically see him listed as narrator, the following IMDB link has him listed as the lead narrator in another Adam Elliot Film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4790792/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

I am hoping to have the article cleaned up an rid it of the multiple issues template. If you require me to do something else, please advise. Thanks so much Thorny dead (talk) 05:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Citation Provided

Style and themes Section. No change to text required. citation needed to authenticate John Flaus has voiced characters in Adam Elliot films. https://www.skwigly.co.uk/adam-elliot-ernie-biscuit/

If this is not what the 'citation needed' is relating to, please delete the name John Flaus from the Style and Themes section if that will help get rid of it. If the citation needed is relating to something else please advise... I am hoping to have the article cleaned up an rid it of the multiple issues template. If you require me to do something else, please advise. Thanks so much Thorny dead (talk) 06:13, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. GoldRomean (talk) 22:19, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

See, and here, I've accepted the request so you may edit the article yourself (preferably with an edit summary including something like implementing COI edit request approved by [[User:GoldRomean]] on article talk page. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 22:21, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Several messages received. Pleased that the most recent one was the Go ahead. Thank you for your help. Thorny dead (talk) 04:25, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Edit Request and Citation Provided

Hello Wikipedians. I have a COI with Adam Elliot. My aim is to get the page tidied up. In the Style and themes Section of the article there is a citation needed. No change to text required. Here is the citation needed to authenticate John Flaus has voiced characters in Adam Elliot films. https://www.skwigly.co.uk/adam-elliot-ernie-biscuit/ If this is not what the 'citation needed' is relating to, please advise me. If the citation provided is not strong enough to remove the 'citation needed' comment; please delete the name John Flaus altogether from the Style and Themes section if that will help get rid of the 'citation needed'. If the citation needed is relating to something else please advise... I am hoping to have the article cleaned up an rid it of the multiple issues template. If you require me to do something else to achieve this, please let me know. Thanks so much. Thorny dead (talk) 04:50, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Wrong template for editors with COI. Please use Template:Edit COI. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 14:13, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello and thank you. I followed the instructions for the edit request form for a COI using so apologies if it came through on the wrong queue. Thanks for the advice, I will try and edit the page myself, I wasn't aware I was allowed to. I will remove the name John Flaus where it is requiring citation and remove the banner now that all the concerns have been systematically resolved over the last few months. Thorny dead (talk) 05:25, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Thorny dead! Denying request as a duplicate of the one above. I think you may have misunderstood what AlphaBetaGamma meant. The template you used is intended for pages that are "protected" and you (literally) can not edit; their reply was saying that this page is not indeed protected, so you technically can edit it, though you are right in that you should not edit it. Hope that clears things up? GoldRomean (talk) 22:18, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Leading Paragraph Reword Request

I've noticed that most filmmakers, including other claymation animators (e.g. Nick Park), have it somewhere in their leading paragraph that they've won an Oscar or a Golden Globe or somethin, and then a quick overview of the movies they've done.

Here all Adam's got is a description of what his movies are like, which is neat but looks jarring in comparison to other filmmakers of his status. Something along the lines of "He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Harvie Krumpet (2004) and went on to direct the featutres Mary and Max (2009) and Memoir of a Snail (2024), the latter of which he was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar" would make the opening paragraph be a lot easier to read for people who are unfamiliar with his work.

Winning an Oscar is a big deal, don't just have it be tucked away in some tiny section with almost no other info. Jimmybrendan (talk) 03:20, 27 May 2026 (UTC)