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Cowher Image[edit]

Hey I deleted the image Cower.gif from my homepage. Sorry for deleting your tag, you're right it's not fair use, I just really liked the picture.

Thanks Mmeinhart --Mmeinhart 02:08, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Eagles[edit]

Good fix on the Eagles page with regard to hall of fame induction dates. Looks much better I'll admit I was to lazy to do it right now. Thanks --Looper5920 04:43, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


NFL Capital![edit]

This is Alakazam here! I got the NFL Capital division here from Football @ JT-SW.com. While I was making season-by-season tables for articles of NFL Teams that didn't have any is when I noticed it. When I checked every team that played in the Mid to Late 1960s, they spelled that particular division NFL Capital. That's how it happened, I Swear!

OK! Thanks for understanding! I just didn't know! OK! I'll agree with U and the NFL by switching Capital to Capitol "One!" (A Joke) Seriously, I'll do it!
You're Welcome! Well, I do what I can!

Indianapolis Colts[edit]

For your information: I reverted your recent edit to this article. As stated on Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings): "Capitalise the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest lower case." Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

That's fine, I'm glad there is a standard. I was just going by what I saw on the Francise History (both were cap'd) on The Tennessee Titans. I will fix that one if it will put me in your good graces. --grubbmeister 19:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Citation issues[edit]

You may be interested in reference/citation content/format issues in Talk:Global cooling#Citation format poll (see preceding discussion) and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/SEWilco#Response. (SEWilco 06:13, 30 November 2005 (UTC))

RE: Palpatine...[edit]

They don't need to read beyond the spoiler warning to see the phrase "Darth Sidious" in big bold letters. This is a dead giveaway. Also, I don't think Lucas ever thought he was fooling anyone into thinking that Sidious and Palpatine were different people, given that they look and sound exactly the same and are both creditted to Ian McDiarmid. elvenscout742 00:54, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

  • What I really think is that it was a mistake to stick my nose back into the Palpatine-Darth Sidious wars again... [1] Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:09, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

joe namath[edit]

I reverted your edit to "Joe Namath". He is Hungarian-American, his parents were immigrants from Hungary. Google it and check it out for yourself. Abstrakt 01:02, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Hmm... looks like when I was trying to remove a spam link, I accidently also reverted your edit. [2] Sorry. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

BD2412's RFA[edit]

Thank you, Zzyzx11, for your support in my RfA - It was time, indeed. I'm profoundly honored to have ended up on your record list, and I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 02:11, 8 December 2005 (UTC) <--note new "admin gold" sig :-D

Brookie here[edit]

Hope you're keeping well. I came across a user with this name: User:Zzz345zzz and thought you should know in case it is too close to yours. :) Brookie: A collector of little round things 17:03, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

A note on my RfA[edit]

I don't know whether this should have any bearing on my final tally (or if should even be concerned about it at this point), but as I've gone through the votes writing thank you notes, I realized that my nominator (Izehar) never actually voted in my RfA. BD2412 T 06:29, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Ann's RfA[edit]

Hi, Zzyzx11. I want to thank you for voting to support me in my RfA. I know I'm very late thanking you, but I've been a bit caught up with college work. I hope I'll live up to the expectations of those who voted for me. I look forward to working with you as a fellow admin. Thanks again. Cheers. AnnH (talk) 17:38, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

My mistake[edit]

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I will be careful not to do that in the future. Paul 00:33, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfB[edit]

Hi Zzyzx11 (ouch... my fingers got tangled up typing your name)!

As you may or may not know, I'm up for RfB again. You voted neutral on my first RfB, saying to try again in a couple of months. Well, it's been a couple of months, and I figured I would ask for your vote. I do not plan on "campaigning", but I do plan on notifying those who wished to be notified when I was up for RfB again. I believe you were one, so here I am! You may find my RfB here.

Thanks a lot! Kind regards, Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 22:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you![edit]

Thank you for dealing with my Impostor XaosfIux swiftly! xaosflux Talk/CVU 03:51, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

The West Wing is now FA[edit]

Thanks to your comments and constructive criticism, The West Wing has now reached featured article status. Thank you again so much for your input! -Scm83x 05:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Football World Cup 2006[edit]

In Wikipedia, the "FIFA" is not included in the World Cup articles (i.e. "FIFA World Cup 2006 (qualification)" is not the same as "Football World Cup 2006"), so you might be creating dead links. I might be mistaken. Please respond on my talk page. IanManka 04:34, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for responding! I understand now; happy holidays! IanManka 04:56, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Your nomination records[edit]

Oops. I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to do that; I'll check in the future. :-( WikiFanatic 06:16, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

NFL playoffs, 2005-06[edit]

Thanks, that was a definate improvement on both those graphs. I put a link to your new page as a subsection under the playoffs section of NFL. karmafist 21:23, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


Feliz Navidad
[edit]

O.K. Zzyzx11, so you don't believe in Santa, but I still want to wish you and your loved ones all the happiness in the world and the best new year ever. Your friend, Tony the Marine 06:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

pictures[edit]

im putting in the information you wanted for my pictures, please check them out and tell me if I'm doing it right, thanks

-BigBoyRubio

Help with vandal[edit]

Please move Carpe DIEM back to Carpe diem. Thanks. — Gulliver 03:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I see you've done it. Thanks again! No need to delete CARPE DIEM though. It's a valid redirect to Carpe diem. — Gulliver 03:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey[edit]

Looks like another pagemove vandal...are you working to clean it up from the top or bottom? I'll work from the other end? --HappyCamper 03:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, okay. By the way, here's a token of appreciation for your cleanup work :o) See you around! --HappyCamper 04:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Wishes[edit]

I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. --Bhadani 14:54, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank You[edit]

Thank you for reverting the vandalism done to my user page.--hvn73 00:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Just doin' my job... Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:17, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Whoa, thanks[edit]

I figured that people would dislike me for trying to start those NFL seeding templates, but I guess if you're trying to help they must be a good idea. I guess I should've brought it up on the WikiProject, but admittedly I didn't one existed (for shame!). Anyways, I just wanted to say thanks for formatting them and for converting all the playoff articles. I thought they were gonna be toast. Thanks again. KramarDanIkabu [[User talk:KramarDanIkabu|(speak)]] 00:58, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I apoligize, and I fixed it[edit]

I'm sorry for the plagrisim I committed on the Chicago Bears page. I have fixed copying to my own words. I will re-write "Chicago Bears History" at a later date with my own words. Thanks, and if you have any questions just leave me a message.

--Happyman22 16:53, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy New Year[edit]

Hello, I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy New Year 2006! We shall surely remain actively involved in the Project Wikipedia. --Bhadani 16:56, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry guy[edit]

I saw the edit, and posted my mind. LOL. 15 minutes of fame. More like 15 clicks. Take it easy.

the preceding unsigned comment is by 69.214.54.54 (talk • contribs) after I caught this person vandalising NFL playoffs, 2005-06

Let me give some national exposure to Cincy

[edit]

Hi Zzyzx11. I think I can imagine the reasons, but was there a discussion anywhere that preceded your removing the NFL logo from Template:NFLproject? ×Meegs 20:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Super Bowl XLV[edit]

The Minnesota Vikings have been wearing a patch on their jerseys all season that show that Super Bowl XLV will be in Minnesota. B.Pope810

Oh I see. I apologize for I was misinformed. Thank You.

Template:SEPTA[edit]

I have restored the logo. I discussed it at WikiProject Fair Use and it was pretty clear that this use is OK. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 21:51, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Yes, I see... as long as the includeonly tags are used. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Vikings section-specific link[edit]

Thanks for fixing that, I wasn't sure if that particular syntax would work. Much appreciated. 24.118.114.210 23:19, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, but no thank you. I'm a very happy lurker. I move around with a few different proxies, just in case I make a terrible blunder. I fix stuff where I can and try not to make a name for myself. Also, I do sign my posts with four tildes. 24.118.114.210 23:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Can we have only ONE link on broadcasting teams' assignments?[edit]

When we are describing announce teams or networks on sports pages, can we just have one link on the network as well as the title of who does what? This would be helpful during such events as the NFL Playoffs.

Here's an example of what I speak of: (NOTE: The first two rounds are formatting are for the first and second day of each round.)

First Round (Month and Date-Date, Year)[edit]

Day Month and Date, Year[edit]

Both games to be telecast on TV Network 3.

Day Month and Date, Year[edit]

Second Round (Month and Date-Date, Year)[edit]

Day Month and Date, Year[edit]

Day Month and Date, Year[edit]

TV Network 2's announcing teams for their second round games are Play-by-Play (play-by-play), Ex-Jock (color commentator) and Gardener (field reporter) one one of the games, and Loudmouth (play-by-play), Opinionated (color commentator) and Weeds Whacker (field reporter).

Division Championship (Day, Month and Date, Year)[edit]

Game to be played at the home of the highest remaining seed in each division.
  • Championship Game: Time US EST/EDT (Time UTC), TV Network 2.
    • Announcers: Play-by-play (play-by-play), Ex-Jock (color commentator), Gardener and Weeds Whacker (field reporters).

Mega Championship Game (Day, Month and Date, Year)[edit]

At Supersized Satdium, Middle of Nowhere, Someplace, Time US EST/EDT (Time UTC), TV Network 3.

Related article: Mega Championship Game

Comments and criticism (C&C) please.

NoseNuggets, 12:01 AM US EST Jan 6 2006.

Brad Childress[edit]

Saw that note you left on the anon's talk page. Well, it may still be a bit premature, but it looks official enough for me. I'll be the first one to change everything back if it's proved wrong tomorrow. android79 05:33, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

your comment[edit]

You wrote a comment on the talk page of this user: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rcappuccio and I think you were right. This user maintains the article about his software and about himself. Someone (he?) even deleted your comment on his talk page that this is not done. I don't know what to do next. Most of the article about himself is not important enough to be in Wikipedia I think. the preceding unsigned comment is by Michaelvandorpe (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your reply on my talk page. I added some comments on the discussion page of the article on this person Talk:Roberto_Cappuccio. I didn't want to rewrite the whole thing (I don't like rewriting something that I feel shouldn't be there in the first place). Thanks for pointing me to wikipedia guidelines and policies as well. --Michaël 00:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

My bad[edit]

Regarding your edit of User:Justin Eiler to remove a copyrighted image ... that was my bad. I didn't even think about using a trademarked image. Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow. --Justin Eiler 04:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

  • You're welcome. I am currently pretty much neutral on the Wikipedia:Proposed policy on userboxes, but I am still trying to enforce the fair use policy ... unlike some other users. As I understand it, the powers that be just want to avoid any type of copyright lawsuit involving copyrighted logos and images ... especially when they are owned by those powerful multi-national corporations like McDonald's. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:25, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Oldvfd[edit]

Template:Oldvfd has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Oldvfd. Thank you. —Phil | Talk 19:02, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Problems with changing format...again![edit]

Sam Vimes and I are agruing over what the format should look like in Current Sports Events. For the last few months, we've had EVERYTHING italiacized, and now it isn't. Will you settle this once and for all. Thanks NoseNuggets 4:51 US EST Jan 1 2006.

Indianapolis Colts edits[edit]

Remember to mark your edits as minor only when they genuinely are (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). "The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'." . Thanks! Peyna 17:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

  • You caught me ... I was NOT paying attention that time as the edit I was doing sort of evolved into something else ... Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:12, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Request For Protection Until Dispute Resolved[edit]

Hi, i want to know if its possible to protect the Gothic Metal article. A while back i performed a revision of the page after a near 2 month dispute on the articles contents. After intense discussion and several revisions of the talk page on the since deleted temp article, one of the users has proceeded to start vandalising pages ive edited. This user is DanteInferno. This user was involved in the debate in opposition to the revision i wished to make, which was made due to consensus being reached on the revision and the argument being abandonded against it being posted. Since the users return he has demanded that i am vandalising pages, and has claimed me of using sock puppets to make edits to pages, and has claimed several users dislike me and refuse to work with me. Both of these claims are unsourced. Dante also seems to exhibit Meglomanical Point of View, reverting any edits made to pages listed on his user page, on the basis he 'owns' the articles. I do not know clearly how to deal with this user, and i have posted this message to several admins as i wish to ask advice from several admins i have had no previous contact with, as i do not wish to seem biased. I hope that the page can be protected against this vandalism, as it is disrupting Wikipedia to prove a point, which along with the users other actions against me, is in violationg of several Wikipedia policys. Sorry for having to seek help this way, but i am at a loss at the best way to handle this users personal vendetta against me. Leyasu 17:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Just wanting to let you know[edit]

I have made a proposal at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League for an official format for football games. Since you are one of the most active in the project I wanted to let you know. KramarDanIkabu 22:00, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

meanings of what i wrote[edit]

You said you had no idea what i wrote, but it makes sense to me, so i will tell you. bye meant first round bye. Wwsh meant two things. The "W" meant win, and the "wsh" meant Washington, so win against washington. the question mark meant unknown result, and "car/chi" meant carolina or chicago. I used the normal abbrevations for the teams and i borrowed the formatting style from a website that has similiar abbreviations. Pick any team and you will see this formatting. I dont see what is wrong with this style since I used the normal three letter abbreviation used by the media and W for win, which is also the normal style, so please tell me, which is why im writing this, cuz i really dont understand the problem.

Washington Redskins[edit]

I was merely following the format provided by the NFL Wikiproject, found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_National_Football_League/Team_pages_format

--J Train

alright, i'll be hard at work once the season's done (although theirs already is) --J Train 02:35, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Playoffs2005-06Brackets.svg[edit]

Yep, those images are redundant. I was unable to determine from the instructions how to update an image. I also am having trouble understanding how you make the images for deletion. --ZMan 03:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

XXXIX Referees[edit]

We'll have to degree to disagree on that one then, officiating in the NFL at all, let alone in the Super Bowl seems like more than enough to make you notable, but since i'm not in any rush to start those articles, red link removal isn't a huge deal. Speaking of refrees, Jeff Triplette was created today by a disgruntled fan watching the Colts/Steelers game. Karmafist 06:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm a Mergist, so I have no problem with using those as a holding cell for referees that are notable but don't have enough content to put in about them to make a decent article, but it seems that Triplette at least would be notable on his own at this point, as well as a few others. Perhaps it's a permutation of the "average college professor" argument, then again, maybe not. I am incredibly lukewarm, but my feeling right now is that being an official of a major league sport makes you notable. Perhaps we should move this to the WP:BIO talk page. Karmafist 17:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I thought I saw him there, my bad for not correcting whoever it was who put that in there. Karmafist 17:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:NFL Referee Hochuli.jpg[edit]

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Thanks for uploading Image:NFL Referee Hochuli.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the image qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of image pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stan 03:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Verb number[edit]

Hi. Your edits changing "is" to "are" are resulting in inconsistent sentences, like in [3], where we have that "The Buffalo Bills are a team [...] that plays in the". To be properly grammatical, the number of the verb "play" would have to agree here, so it would read "The Buffalo Bills are a team [...] that play in the". Morwen - Talk 09:41, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Stumbled across this comment, but I don't see a problem with agreement in the sentence "They are a team that plays in the..." "are" has to agree with "they," but "plays" has to agree with "team" not "they". It's an awkward sentence anyway though. Why not just say "The Buffalo Bills play in the..." Peyna 14:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
What I am trying to do is from Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#State the obvious: "State facts which may be obvious to you, but are not necessarily obvious to the reader." Obviously, it is a work in progress. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

MSN Messenger[edit]

thanks! i just thought i'd make some templates for Yahoo and MSN users, since AIM users had one.

Raccoon Fox 02:49, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


Request for assistance: Please place this notice at the top of the main page:[edit]

Voting for the new Main Page has begun! There are several candidates to choose from. Voting ends January 28th. To see the candidates, CLICK HERE

Thank you. --Go for it! 23:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Completely no idea . . . Steelers[edit]

Testing the highlight . . . be patient ;)Hholt01

Patriots[edit]

Hey, thanks for the tips on the Patriots article. Do you have any other suggestions outside of enhancing the history prose? Thanks ^_^ Deckiller 01:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Images[edit]

Hey, do you have any suggestions as to how I can figure out what source that image goes under? This aspect of Wikipedia is something that I've never been able to grasp. Here's the link to the page: page Deckiller 23:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. I've been having a difficult time trying to find old Patriots pictures, so we may have to do without one for that section. Hopefully, that won't alter the FA quest down the road. Deckiller 00:21, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I've read it a couple times in the past. Perhaps I'm just paranoid about the voting down the line, heh. Deckiller 00:24, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Lock Page request[edit]

Just out of curiosity, is it possible for you to lock the 1998-99 NBA season page temporarily? An anon user keeps putting up some facts that I can't verify for sure and to be on the safe side, I've reverted his edits. However, the anon user reverts me and calls me a vandal for reverting him. Unfortunatly, it escallated into a revert war, which I am partly to blame for. And for that, I am trully sorry. So to stop things like this in the future, can you lock the page for now? Thanks for listning and keep up the good work!Dknights411 01:49, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Patriots[edit]

Patriots are up for FA status now! Deckiller 17:18, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

SB XL[edit]

I write to thank you kindly for your recent edits to the SB article; they were many of the edits I had planned myself to make. Your work is, as always, first-rate. Joe 18:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I reference, in specific, your recent edits removing unsourced and unencylopedic comments apropos of the history of the Steelers and Seahawks; when I rewrote portions of the article, I left the offending portion in inasmuch as my goal at the time was simply to clean up the grammar and syntax and inasmuch as I didn't want to have my edits reverted by someone who objected to substantive deletions. Nevertheless, I was happy to see that you took care of the task. Cordially, Joe 21:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Super Bowl Theory[edit]

If you would like to create this article again, please do copy and paste major portions of the text directly from http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/superbowl.asp. We regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:42, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for reporting the article. I've been introducing Wikipedia to the rest of my household and did not make the rules entirely clear. --Bad carpet 22:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

My Super Bowl Edits[edit]

Hi this is Chainclaw. You may have noticed I do a lot of Super Bowl editing, and on many of my edits you question why I include info on drives that don't result in points(my recent edit on the second quarter of Super Bowl XII for example. Well since you keep asking, I figure I should go ahead and answer.

I think drives that get into scoring range, but do not result in points due to offensive errors, great defensive stands, or a combination of both, are worth mensioning just as much as drives that do score. They can be momentum changers, and have a big impact on the game.

State of the Union Address[edit]

Thanks for fixing the double redirect. If you get a chance, please block the vandal Bigtimeoperator. I left a note on WP:AN about his page move vandalism, but for some reason other users are taking him seriously. He fooled others into thinking that his complaint is that the year rather than the number of the speech was what he wanted, but in reality he's denying that Bush ever made his first state of the union speech. KI 21:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

What are you talking about?[edit]

<<zzyzx11 quote>>why are you such an annoying contributor? <<zzyzx11 quote>>

??????????????????????????

If you want to tell a contributor something say it . . . the last update I did on ANY wiki page was weeks ago, I never challenged your elmination of color coded seasons for pro teams (isn't the point of RESULTS to better understand a team's preformance?). So being co-operative and letting better experienced contribs take the lead is "annoying" you? Not sure what you are asking of me here, revert pages, and edit at lightspeed without much consensus? I am hoping you filed this under the wrong contribs page, if not please xplain.

Hholt01 09:10, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification . . . :) Oh and I am sorry (for this at least)!

Barnstar[edit]

For all your work with the New England Patriots article. We'll always have room for improvement, but we've obtained one of the highest levels of article status!

Miracle at the Meadowlands image[edit]

Since you monitor NFL lore, you have probably noticed I've been in the process of turning The Miracle at the Meadowlands from a redirect into a genuine article (As a Giants' fan at that time, I had to swallow hard when I stuck with the name. I decided to stick with the existing name because it's used elsewhere on Wikipedia, "The Fumble" is the Browns' one, and Google returned more hits for the "Miracle." Plus I couldn't find a neutral-sounding name that wasn't awkward.

I'd like to know what NFL Films title you got the screenshot from. I'm thinking this could be a featured article at some point (hence the serious research I've started doing), and I think it would be nice to have either screenshots or a sequence of illustrations showing how the fumble occurred. Daniel Case 22:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Steelers division Championship?[edit]

"iirc, the Bengals won the division in 2005, not the Steelers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)"\

My bad...I was referring to the 05-06 season...Steelers beat the Bengals...Or am I misunderstanding something? -Eltinwë 17:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. :D -Eltinwë 15:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

sorry![edit]

sorry! i don't have any sort of NFL agenda. i don't care who won. i just wanted to get people pumped up.

sorry, honey.[edit]

i didn't mean to 'vandalize' it. so i fixed it.

Super Bowl Trivia[edit]

I saw the thing on Swann on SB X, any others? I am not aware of any. The 64 yard catch however is not mentioned as a SB record in the intro. A trivia item should put the record setting catch in context, or it should be included up top. Hholt01 08:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

There were never any firsts?[edit]

Removing legit firsts from Super Bowl trivia sections is a matter of opinion but not then revising the content of the page where the play is mentioned is book burning . . . yes several of the 1970's super bowl descriptions include the safety, the yards gained, but they fail to mention the records set in their entirety or tell the reader that it was the first in an NFL game.

I chose to put those items in trivia, not to further describe the play (the play by play at the actual games did not stop every time a first was accomplished) since firsts and mosts are more trivial then play-by-play.

How is the first safety, the first blocked punt, etc. not worthy of inclusion? Hholt01 08:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

  • "Burning books", huh? And I thought it was only Seahawks fans who were currently emotional. So while you were writing your message, I took the liberty of trying to look up the specific stats and figures to verify your "first and mosts", and then add it to the article. It is not enough to say "first", but have the evidence to back it up. But then again, I am not sure if we even should have this debate, or even a "Trivia" section at all. After all, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a sports trivia site. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 09:57, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

New England Patriots (postseason summary?)[edit]

Hi. I noticed the very nice New England Patriots article that you helped assemble. I added a postseason summary section to the New York Yankees article here and was wondering if you think something like that would be useful for football? Some interesting patterns come to light like the fact that the Yankees knocked Kansas City out of the playoffs three straight years and, if one was made for Texas, you'd see the Yankees knocked them out of the playoffs every year they've ever been in the playoffs. I've gotten no feedback on it. Maybe it's overkill? For football, you could also include playoff game scores, etc.

On a similar note, I re-did the nasty looking World Series article and gathered all the random bits of trivia into its own section here. I notice further up in your talk page, you mention an aversion to trivia sections due to this guideline. It seems like that applies to the World Series article as well, no? Are there any standards on this front?

Thanks!  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 14:05, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

  • -=nods=- Okay; I don't mind if we add the games into the chart; it will enhance the informative edge of the article without taking away much stability in the prose. Deckiller 19:33, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Oh yeah, the Steelers and Seahawks pages do have each postseason game listed. Who knew? I don't think any of the baseball pages go to that level of detail, i.e. giving the record and standings of every single season. Most of them are already way oversized as it is... Well, I may mention a different layout somewhere if I think a better one could be achieved. I'll let you know. —Wknight94 (talk) 19:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)



My Revision[edit]

I reverted the Patriots infobox info because the "Nicknames = The Pats" was already included under the visible parameter "other nicknames." I was aware that it didn't show up in the infobox, but I figured that since it was already included and invisible it was doubly unnecessary. I simply rolled it back, so I didn't get a chance to enter an edit summary. Is there any reason for keeping it in? I'm also not exactly fluent in coding (read: I know what I've gleaned from previously entered code, and nothing more), so if there was a reason hidden in the Wikipedia:HiddenStructure page, I may not have understood/read it (i pretty much skimmed it, didn't get most of it, and closed it). Thanks for the help. --jfg284 you were saying? 21:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

You're absolutely right about my hastily mistaking the differences in input and output, and I'm kicking myself for my stupidity. As for when to roll back, point taken. Thanks, and my bad for the mistake.--jfg284 you were saying? 02:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Re:Welcome back[edit]

I actually had seen that category before you mentioned it and wondered why such a general category would be useful. Thanks for clearing it up. Howabout1 20:31, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:IMG 1712.JPG, Image:IMG 1713.JPG, Image:IMG 1714.JPG[edit]

Hi, thanks for pointing out the informaiton on image naming. I will replace them with new versions having better names. Thanks, Johntex\talk 00:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. Thanks agin, Johntex\talk 02:02, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Template:User Fascist[edit]

Regarding this template, you wrote "How is "I support [political position X]" a personal attack?". It's obviously not a personal attack. The template {{db-attacktemplate}} is unfortunately named. But if you read what it says and look at the Templates section of WP:CSD, you'll see that divisive and/or inflammatory templates can be deleted. I nominated it because some users were unhappy that various templates endorsing or opposing antifascism, Marxism, etc. were being deleted. This template is really no different: it fulfills the divisive/inflammatory criterion of CSD, because it divides Wikipedians by real-life distinctions that have little or no bearing on one's existence as a Wikipedian. And because it's a political template, which Jimbo has discouraged, it's almost certain to rub some of the people the wrong way. Apply what I call RX StrangeLove's test: What would you expect would happen if someone put up a sign that reads "This employee self-identifies as a fascist" in their place of work? If the answer is "pretty much nothing", we're fine; if not, we have a problem. --MarkSweep (call me collect) 20:57, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Anti-fascism[edit]

Thank you for your assistance and direction on the anti-fascism tag. It was indeed my intention for speedy deletion of this tag, so I would appreciate any guidance you may have for me as to how to make that happen. Please retag it as you see fit. 23:00, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate that explanation and for the information about the discussion that's going on. Thanks. Nhprman 23:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Lucy Pinder Image[edit]

I dont think there is a problem with that Image I uploaded for Lucy Pinder.

skins.be is a wallpaper site where it is absolutely free to download those wallpapers.

So I don't think there is a problem.

Ok, I e-mailed skins.be in regards to their images being used on wikipedia

24 main cast[edit]

Hey. The reason I'd like to keep only characters for the current season on that list is because if we listed the main characters from every season the list would be ridiculously long. I just think it's a bad idea and we can save a detailed list for the main character page. If you disagree I'd be happy to discuss it on the talk page. The reason I haven't brought this up on the talk page before is because when someone added a dead or non-main character it was an anon edit and never happened more than once. Jtrost (T | C | #) 02:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Defensive Secondary[edit]

I admit the Defensive Secondary article needs to be spruced up (perhaps with formation on formations of the defensive secondary, great defensive secondaries in NFL history, etc.) ... but I feel it should be a separate article from 'Defensive Back'.

A Defensive Secondary is a 'thing' , and a defensive back is a 'person', so I think they should go in separate categories.

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