User talk:BigDom/Archive 3

Dates and such...

Hi, nice work on the new articles you're creating. Just a few pointers, dates shouldn't be wikilinked as per MOS:DATE. Someones place of birth shouldn't be entangled with their date of birth in the brackets with their date of birth as per WP:MOSNUM#Dates of birth and death. Also n dashes (–) should be used in infoboxes between dates. Hope this helps and keep up the good work. Cheers, --Jimbo^[online] 13:08, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of article "Richard Martin (footballer)"

Just writing to you of my dismay that the fate of the article 'Richard Martin (footballer)'(no link needed now) was discussed and ultimately decided without any reference made at all on the actual article. How can those users who watch and contribute to the pages be expected to make comments and use their knowledge to weigh in and potentially better inform those who have taken it upon themselves to delete the less-worthy articles if they are unaware there is an AfD vote ongoing? I was under the impression that you were obliged to put the "this article is up for deletion" box at the top of the article. On top of this, I was also under the impression that Wikipedia considers dubious any article which is deleted in under a week of the proposed vote (though I could be behind on my rules, it's been a while since I checked them) and also the low number of votes makes that vote somewhat suspicious - you deleted after three days with only four people aware of the vote. I can't help thinking that all in all this has been handled very, very unprofessionally. Falastur2 ^Talk 14:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Ronald Huth

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Dean Winnard

Hi! I restored the article. Feel free to update it. Regards, --Carioca (talk) 21:30, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Danny Forrest

Hi, did you edit the Danny Forrest article to say Daniel Paul Halafhi Forrest? If so, how did you find this information out and how do you know it to be true? I happen to know Danny and I very much doubt that he has a middle name Halafhi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam2201 (talk • contribs) 12:34, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Wes Fletcher

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Wes Fletcher CSD

As the creator, and (until I PRODded it) sole editor, of the page on Wes Fletcher, you can request deletion of the page by posting {{Db-g7}}, should you agree with the PROD (as I suspect you do following your PROD-2. GiantSnowman 17:29, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Percy Downes

Your book doesn't give his full first name as Perciville by any chance, does it? - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:53, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Cian Hughton

Per your comment, I restored a copy of the article on Cian Hughton to User:BigDom/sandbox. I suggest adding info about his professional debut then taking it live. Let me know if you need anything else from me. Cheers.--Kubigula (talk) 04:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Darren Heesom

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Jim Heggarty

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David Hamilton

Why on earth did you delete the PROD from David Hamilton (footballer)? The Irish league is not fully pro, so he fails WP:ATHLETE, he has barely any sources so he fails WP:GNG, therefore he shouldn't have an article. End Of. BigDom 08:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• We've had AfD after AfD on LOI players, and almost without exception they have all failed, with the general consensus that LOI players are notable. A better question is why are you prodding LOI players? Another question is why are you so rude in your post on my talk page? It's entirely unnecessary and a violation of WP:CIVIL. Nfitz (talk) 11:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Jimmy Hartley

According to Gillingham's official centenary history book he ended his career with the club. And I believe Joyce's book, which is listed as a reference in the article, also confirms that he played for the club, which at the time was known as New Brompton..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:38, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I probably should have put some actual text in rather than just add the category :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes it does, I'll fill them in when I'm at home -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Thumbs up

You're doing some good work, for being a Clarets fan. I've ordered Joyce's book to help plug some gaps in Blackpool's player bios, after which things should mostly be in order. - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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		For your great work on Scumley player articles. Keep it up! - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Article

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DYK for David Hamilton (footballer)

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Martin Johansson

Hi. You moved the page about Martin Johansson to Martin Johansson (orienteer) but there is another orienteer by the same name. See Martin Johansson. --Una Smith (talk) 01:05, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Claude Lambie

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DYK for Trevor Meredith

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Proposed deletion of Freddy Rocher

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John C. Cremony

I believe I have it at the correct length now. Thanks.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:15, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Dcon

I'll put it on my user page for now. Doc Quintana (talk) 19:51, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

It is, but I don't know where to find information to prove it. Thanks for the notification in any case.Doc Quintana (talk) 20:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

No worries. If you happen to see any links for it other than the ones selling it, lemme know! Doc Quintana (talk) 23:10, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Austrian etc footballers

In reply to your message, no I did not check whether they have actually played a match. The stats infoboxes showing matches= 0 are dated Jul09 i.e. before the season started so I have no easy way to tell. A user has plainly taken the trouble to create stubs for all these players, and their teams list them as members of the squad.

If you spend your presumably valuable time re-creating AFD, and next week they play, someone will be justified in spending time re-creating the stubs. WP-football allows articles on any top league footballer, it does not insist on the deletion of top-league newcomers who may currently be on the bench. Why not wait for the season and see what happens? In the meantime there are thousands of non notable bands/albums/songs to plug away at. Sussexonian (talk) 17:13, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Perryfields Junior School

I've removed this speedy deletion request as A7 specifically excludes schools specifically it applies to "An article about ... an organization (e.g. band, club, company, etc., except schools)" [my emphasis]. Full speedy deletion criteria are here. I've redirected the article to another relevant article (in this case a list of primary schools in Essex) as this is the long held consensus at AfD. Dpmuk (talk) 11:17, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Haggate

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Proposed deletion of Chamois Niortais F.C. season 2009–10

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Who are they?

Exactly. The template on ASFC was created by me. Sure, it's not perfect, and it was done using Soccerbase, which may not be the best source, but the good news is we can make it better! Perhaps on the Stanley website, we can find the appropriate info and then add it in? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:50, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Stuck in the Sound

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Eight Second Ride

It's not terribly common for the re-recording to become a single, though; a nearly-identical hook was passed for Waitin' on a Woman last year, and I think it's all the more unusual for someone who's only two albums into his career to be re-recording something from his debut. Also, I addded a few more words to the article. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 21:10, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Caravan Palace

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DYK for Térez Montcalm

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Peter Kippax

Hi, both this site and this site confirm that Kippax was an amateur player; in England, amateur players still played for professional teams up until the 1970s. Regards, GiantSnowman 18:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Ha, I know how you feel! Cheers, GiantSnowman 18:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Billy Ingham

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Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

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Proposed deletion of Gaël Maia

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Proposed deletion of Benoît Aureille

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leave scottish football alone

As you have changed things from a far more user friendly style and removed things which you know nothing about.

Changing heights of people you've never heard of to make them different from a club's official website is just fucking stupid.

Go read about Pokemon or something! Salty1984 (talk) 21:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Middlesbrough Ironopolis seasons

Wow, well done, nice one! cheers DBaK (talk) 19:14, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mickaël Grondin

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List

Hello. I added some more refs to those footnotes which weren't quite completely covered by the list and/or the FCHD page. There were a couple more than I'd initially thought. hope this helps, cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

League positions graph

Apologies for the delay in replying. The graph showing league progress over the season on Bristol Rovers F.C. season 2006–07 was created using MS Excel. I created a simple spreadsheet that allows you to enter the league positions over the season and then exports the chart as a gif file. If you want to use it, you can download from www.4shared.com/file/171301460/57ac6f/LeaguePosition.html

It was created in Excel 2003 (I think), so I'm not 100% sure that the macro it uses will work in Office 2007. — Gasheadsteve ^{Talk to me} 08:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

There isn't an automatic way of changing the number of games and the coloured areas, but if you let me know what you want I'll change it for you. It should only take a few minutes to do. — Gasheadsteve ^{Talk to me} 20:00, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for List of Nelson Cricket Club professionals

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1877 FA Cup final

Cheers, I'll try to get to it tomorrow..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:22, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Number of bad edits

Everything will be fixed in the next 5 minutes. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 20:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

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Good Article backlog elimination drive barnstar

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Ernie Dixon

Hi, regarding this edit you made which added info on him playing for Mossley, an IP has recently removed the Mossley text and stated that he didn't play for them. Can you double-check your source? Thanks. Eldumpo (talk) 09:27, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

This is a strange one. The Nelson F.C. book does say that he played for Mossley but he isn't on this list of former Mossley players. That could just mean that he was contracted to Mossley but didn't play a match for them, because that book is usually very reliable. BigDom 11:07, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for response. It may be that the Mossley-specific webpage is more accurate than a book on Nelson, where I'm not sure where their sources are from. Anyway, just wanted to flag in case you want to make any changes. Eldumpo (talk) 07:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 January newsletter

WikiCup 2012 is off to a flying start. At the time of writing, we have 112 contestants; comparable to last year, but slightly fewer than 2010. Signups will remain open for another week, after which time they will be closed for this year. Our currrent far-away leader is Grapple X (submissions), due mostly to his work on a slew of good articles about The X-Files; there remain many such articles waiting to be reviewed at good article candidates. Second place is currently held by Ruby2010 (submissions), whose points come mostly from good articles about television episodes, although good article reviews, did you knows and an article about a baroness round out the score. In third place is Jivesh boodhun (submissions), who has scored 200 points for his work on a single featured article, as well as points for work on others, mostly in the area of pop music. In all, nine users have 100 or more points. However, at the other end of the scale, there are still dozens of participants who are yet to score. Please remember to update your submission pages promptly!

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• 12george1 (submissions) was the first to score, with his good article review of Illinois v. McArthur.
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We are yet to see any featured lists, featured topics or good topics, but this is unsurprising; firstly, the nomination processes with each of these can take some time, and, secondly, it can take a considerable amount of time to work content to this level. In a similar vein, we have seen only one featured article. The requirement that content must have been worked on this year to be eligible means that we did not expect to see these at the start of the competition. No points have been claimed for featured portals or pictures, but these are not content types which are often claimed; the former has never made a big impact on the WikiCup, while the latter has not done so since 2009's competition.

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MSU Interview

Dear BigDom,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 15:50, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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