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Hi. Want to personally thank you for closing the AFD. I have found editors sometimes like to dig their feet in on issues, which can be a bit of a time sink for everyone. I am personally not that interested in Basketball (beyond being a general sports fan). One of my main focuses here is on referees and other officials. I have also been critical in the past of SNGs, but one thing they are good for is reducing the build up of afds that are likely to end in keep. You seem to be actively involved in the Basketball articles so was wondering if you think it is worth trying to add referees to WP:NBASKETBALL. I was thinking it could be a relatively high threshold (like refereed a NBA finals game). AIRcorn (talk) 06:37, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
I was actually going to suggest at the AfD that the Dan Crawford article be moved to "Danny Crawford" as my search of "Dan Crawford referee" brought up mostly links mentioning "Danny Crawford". DaHuzyBru ( talk) 06:24, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
There is a publicity photo from the Kings where their four rookies - Fox, Jackson, Giles and Mason III - holding up jerseys with their draft positions on them (5, 15,20,34 respectively). A number of IPs keep adding these as uniform numbers when I think it is HIGHLY unlikely that this will be the case. Can you protect them? Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 14:30, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
User: Grey_Jackal is a recently-created account with an already prolific edit history. It's clearly another sock of User: Wkoppel, whom you blocked a couple of years back for unsourced and sometimes incorrect edits, and refusal to discuss the issue. The emphasis on Big 10 and the idiosyncratic edit summaries are key. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wkoppel/Archive, and prior discussions here on your Talk page, here, here, here and here. If you'd prefer I file at SPI, I'd be happy to. Thanks! JohnInDC ( talk) 11:03, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Hey Bagumba. Could you please return the Paul George article to semi-protect edit mode now that the trade to the Thunder is official. Cheers. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 17:10, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
I just removed a PROD on it. I feel like he meets GNG. However, I am focusing on other things so I thought you might be interested in adding sourced to demonstrate this. Rikster2 ( talk) 02:49, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Could use protection if you get a moment. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:54, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Could stand to be protected if you get a chance Rikster2 ( talk) 00:09, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Could use a higher level of page protection. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
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If you'll see here, here, and here, it would appear the subject's family has been attempting to edit his article. I say family, because they always remove the same part. I'm not asking for it to be protected, yet, but could you help keep an eye on it, just in case? (talk page stalker) Crash Under ride 04:37, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I nominated F. Lee Bailey, wanna help me out and get the review going? lol :D (Asking in sarcasm.) (talk page stalker) Crash Under ride 03:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
I've noticed some nonstandard stats have been creeping into baseball infoboxes. Particularly runs and on-base percentage on Mike Trout and Aaron Judge. Should this be nipped in the bud? Lizard ( talk) 00:03, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
2 edits in the course of 24 hours does NOT mean it's an edit war. My first edit in the matter happened weeks before these 2 edits occurred. I will not make this edit again as I am fully aware how WP:3RR works. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) ( talk) 08:13, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey - I hate to ask because it feels like I should be able to do these myself, but could you move two pages? One is to move Edrice Adebayo to Bam Adebayo. His nickname is clearly his COMMONNAME. The other is Shawn William Campbell, which should be moved to Shawn Campbell (basketball) - he did not play using his middle name, it feels like this was named as such to avoid a DAB. If you move them, let me know and I can do the work to adjust the links to the page (bigger issue with Bam to be sure). Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:54, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
I think User:Lebronjames92 might need a timeout. Clearly ignoring talk page notes and still being disruptive. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:23, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Hello my friend ... I am editor on Arabic wiki and French and sometimes a bit in English .. today I really have a problem with two pages on wikipedia English Osama Tolba and Eslam Magdy... These people have written on them only to advertise and make talk about them ... we don't even know them in the Arab world and even the sources it's they who wrote them ... On Arabic wiki they have been deleted but on wiki english .. I don't know what they expect .. I however report their deletions ... but the individuals having written the articles deletes my report what do you can help me ???? Aelita14 02:26, 31 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelita14 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, as someone who has edited the LaVar Ball page in the past, I thought you may have an opinion on how exactly to format the "in the media" section. I have come up with a temporary way to organize it but it doesn't seem to work as more news continues to be released about LaVar. TempleM ( talk) 14:23, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
@ Bagumba: your restored version of article: iheanyi uwaezuoke ambiguates the subject's nationality by use of term: "American football" in the articles intro description. thus by definition this version is contentious in nature. by default the remainder of the article is invalid. clouded. this article is about an individual sportsperson. it is a stub about an African sportsperson. it is a stub about a Nigerian sportsperson. bellow is a list of valid categories to be used for further disambiguation, . restore the disambiguated version, make your minor edits regarding: citation, sourcing and use of neutral language to the articles talk page. then check your talk page for the final version. your comments pertain to minor edits regarding one paragraph within the article. entire article removal (and reuse of time sensitive image) constitutes contentious editing. (@ Bagumba:)
the following categories are used for disambiguation of nationality: ►Category:Players of American football by position (16 C) ►Category:Gridiron football receivers (2 C) ►Category:Gridiron football return specialists
Category:Igbo sportspeople Category:Nigerian sportspeople stubs Category:African sportspeople Category:Nigerian players of American Football Category:College football statistical leaders by team Category:California Golden Bears statistical leaders Category:Carolina Panthers football players Category:San Francisco 49ers football players Category:Detroit Lions football players Category:Miami Dolphins football players
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"Gridiron football" and "American football" are valid subcategories for the general category "Football". @ Bagumba: deleted or replaced a version which references the subjects sports league National Football League in the articles intro description. the description adds clarity to the brand of football without disambiguating the subjects nationality.
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Hi Bagumba,
2+ years ago, I nominated this list at FLC. Its main reason for failure was failing WP:LISTN as a result of the 300 SB cutoff. Since the cutoff no longer exits, how is WP:LISTN proven? I took a look at List of Major League Baseball career on-base percentage leaders as an example and just couldn't figure it out. Any advice on how to make round #3 a potential success for the list if I am to renominate in the near future? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 00:43, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
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I've moved the career leader list pages and begun reworking them to be less cluttersome. List of National Football League career rushing yards leaders looks much cleaner now than it did before, especially with the huge HOF column gone. Lizard ( talk) 14:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting the page. I've never been there at ground zero before and didn't know what to do. Thmazing ( talk) 03:26, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
Your addition to the Bruce Maxwell page was incredibly biased. Restoring the text "He made his MLB debut in 2016, became the first baseball player to turn his back on the United States by kneeling during the national anthem" is a textbook definition of bias. And the text you replaced was a paraphrasing of his stated reason for protest as described in a series of tweets he made. Please explain. – Kevin Lyda ( talk) 09:11, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
Hey. You've had dealings with this sockpuppet investigation in the past. I think this user is a new sockpuppet. They have similar niche dealings with China and Australian NBL, and always introduce overlinking and unnecessary white space. Here's a classic "Source" example as well from July 8, 2016. What do you reckon? Can you check the IP with past socks? Thanks in advance. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:49, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Any way you can restore 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team, which you deleted in April and was previously deleted by another admin in March? The page is clearly notable - they made the NCAA tournament and almost beat a #2 seed. It's frankly embarrassing to have that glaring red link there and would be extremely burdensome to redo from scratch. And I can't see the edit history for either version, but I find it hard to believe there were no other editors at all the whole season. Maybe the second version, which was only up a month, but not the first version. Now, you didn't delete the first version, but you're the most recent deleting admin, so I'll reach out to you. And if you restore it, I'll be happy to add other details so it no longer qualifies for G5, but I simply don't have the time to start it from scratch. Smartyllama ( talk) 20:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Any chance of Anderson Varejão being semi'd? People are still adding NBA champion to the infobox despite my note directing them to the discussion at WT:NBA where we deduced he is not to have that listed there. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:00, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Surely a timeout for Stuv3 is warranted now. They are just a troll. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:13, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba, can you please protect the Corey Kluber article? Thanks - KH-1 ( talk) 04:39, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Could you keep an eye on
Wayne Elgin? I believe it to be the latest incarnation of
User:Lindenhurst Liberty. There's the characteristic interest in Chicago Transit Authority (
[1]
[2]) plus changing – to –
(
[3]). Also compare
[4] to
[5]; see interaction report
here. Any thoughts?
Sro23 (
talk)
14:11, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba -
I noticed your reply to this merger proposal about possibly creating a list of MLB All-Star players. I think that's a great idea and I've started messing around with a draft in my sandbox. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how to format this. Since AS rosters are so large and date back to the 1930s, we are going to end up with one gigantic list. Is there a better layout than just an A-to-Z list of each player selected? I don't mind doing the work, but I want to make sure that the list ends up being meaningful.
I looked at List of NBA All-Stars and some other sports lists, but this one seems like it would be unique because of its sheer size. List of Major League Baseball managers is interesting to me as far as how they cover the topic without listing every manager in baseball history. I just don't know quite how I would group All-Stars together - maybe by decade or by team would work. If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them. Thanks! EricEnfermero ( Talk) 02:20, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
What say you about how each of the 3 major NA sports projects lists HOF players in championship infoboxes? E.g. 1980 NBA Finals, Super Bowl XI, 1930 World Series. To me, that's definitely not something I'd consider to be of utmost importance. And in each of those examples the list of HOFers takes up more room than anything else in the infobox. I think we should trim them out; I'll start with trying to get consensus for it on WP:NFL and go from there. Ideally (hopefully) all 3 projects can agree one way or the other. Lizard ( talk) 09:04, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
Do you think that it is necessary to add details on Lonzo Ball's redesigned signature shoes in his endorsements tab on his page? Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 12:17, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
Got it. Thanks. Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 14:50, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
I recently updated the said table to show the players with the most selections overall first and was wondering if the table should be updated to give more importance to players with more overall selections than the current minimum of four first-team selections. I was thinking it could be changed to show players with at least 5 total All-Defensive team selections, since the table does say "Most Selections". Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 14:52, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba,
I was just wondering what the problem was about my edit to Earl Watson. You and I both know that he was fired from the Suns a few hours ago. I have sourced info here: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21118483/phoenix-suns-fire-head-coach-earl-watson. I just do not see what I am doing wrong here. Could you please tell me, without blocking me?
Thanks,
WarriorsFan30112335 ( talk) 00:39, 23 October 2017 (UTC)WarriorsFan30112335
Regarding this; I've wondered before about the value in including these general-topic portal links on pages. And to be honest I'm not sure how much value "portals" as a whole add to the encyclopedia, but anyway. I can see maybe adding these on broad topic articles, like the main NBA page or NBA draft. But on individual player pages it seems like another useless element on a page full of other little-used elements. Lizard ( talk) 17:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
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Any chance of an extended block for this IP? They have been blocked before and are still editing in the exact same disruptive way. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
May I ask your input on a matter. User:Drew1830 has been inserting coaching and support staff sections into all Miami season articles, which by itself is fine. However, his edits are problematic in that (i) he has been formatting these things in ways that are incorrect (overcapitalization, misplacement, lack of citations), (ii) when I tried to clean up his work, he immediately reverted, (iii) when I asked him to stop and discuss, he refused and continued reverting, and (iv) he takes the position that the articles are "his work" and that nobody should change them without first discussing with him. Cbl62 ( talk) 23:44, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
This user didn't discuss this with me prior to reverting all of my edits. Then he demands that I discuss mine with him first? I did all the "Work" on the pages and this guy swoops in to undo it all? It's a joke. Drew1830 ( talk) 23:46, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
I am the wife of Tyus Edney, my name is Danielle Edney. Tyus has 3 children, Kennedi, Kolbi-Rae and Tyus Edney Jr. They are children from previous marriages. Our children view his Wikipedia page and want the content to be accurate. Not representing his children hurts our family. Futhermore the photo that is posted on Tyus' page is not an authorized photo from Tyus and not a flattering picutre.
We want to have his page not only accurate but also reflect a flattering photo of him.
I'm happy to provide you whatever proof you need within reason to confirm my identity so that the changes to his page may be reflected appropriately.
Please let me know.
Thank you,
Dedney13 ( talk) 02:26, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
"If Wikipedia has an article about you, we want it to be accurate, fair, balanced and neutral – to accurately reflect the sourced, cited opinions of reliable sources. If you believe reliable sources exist which will make the article more balanced, you can help by pointing other editors to such sources."Do you know of a published source that we can cite on Wikipedia? I tried looking at Mr. Edney's bio on UCLABruins.com, but there is nothing on his family. One option you might pursue is to have the UCLA Athletic Department update his bio if you wish the information to be public.
This IP needs a timeout ASAP. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 15:18, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
What did Seth Wickersham look like before it was deleted? Is it worth userfying or should I just start from scratch? Lizard ( talk) 22:11, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Bagumba. When you get a minute, please have a look at the evidence I posted at this sockpuppet investigation. In short, I believe that the original poster's hunch was correct. Giants2008 ( Talk) 18:13, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Any chance of semi protection for Andrew Gaze? The same person is adding all this overbloated, unsourced awards/honors over and over again using different IPs and now a user name. Is there a case of disruption? Check out the page history. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:10, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
I want to create an article for the Matthews football family, (1) because it's certainly notable and (2) to trim this section on every family member's article. Is Matthews family good or should it be disambiguated in any way? Like "Matthews football family" or "Matthews family (American football)." I ask because I noticed there's Mathews family (Virginia) which is disambiguated even though it's the only Mathews family article on Wikipedia. Lizard ( talk) 17:00, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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This one is continually section blanking and adding unsourced info to the same 2 articles and this one is continually changing heights and positions on NBA roster templates. Both have been warned numerous times. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:52, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
this is not pointed to everyone there, but the great majority there at wiki are so gutless. you guys are cowards. you pawn yourself off as being unbiased but you clearly do not give alternative medicine any reasonable chance. Do you know who Albert Schweitzer was? How can you not put stock in what he has said about Max Gerson? I have a friend who was given 12 months to live with pancreatic cancer. this was 37 months ago. He is on the Gerson diet. His doctors are very surprised, but they have zero interest in finding out why. They call him their "oddball" case. Really?? I am sure you and everybody and wikipedia have loved ones dying of cancer. 99% of our culture believes this is quackery. Trust me, I have seen the other side to this. It has worked. In more than just the case I cited above
What is truly frustrating is that you do not even acknwoledge that people can be helped by this. Just remember that as long as our culture collectively refutes this, many loved ones will die because they believe what the culture believes (unless somehow they are strong enough to see the truth here).
You can take the easy way out now by burying your head and saying what everyone is saying; that this is quackary. But it isn't. The ironic thing of all of this is that the premise of this is basic science, something the multi billion dollar medical establishment refuses to look at. please respond so that I know you got this. I wont bother you again. thanks for listening.
PS - I am sending to you cause I clicked from page to page and could not figure out anybody else to send to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoodKingJohn ( talk • contribs) 21:08, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Bagumba, in regards to this discussion, I will be glad to change the Pound sign (#)... to # denotes... considering I'm one of the editors who inserted it in most boxes. With that being said, I am not wanting to do it manually due to the large amount articles the wording is in so I was wondering if there is some sort of script or tool on Wikipedia I can use? Thanks, Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest 02:49, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Bagumba. I use Safari so I'm going to let Rob take care of it! Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest 20:24, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
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Archive 10 | ← | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | Archive 16 | Archive 17 | Archive 18 | → | Archive 20 |
Hi. Want to personally thank you for closing the AFD. I have found editors sometimes like to dig their feet in on issues, which can be a bit of a time sink for everyone. I am personally not that interested in Basketball (beyond being a general sports fan). One of my main focuses here is on referees and other officials. I have also been critical in the past of SNGs, but one thing they are good for is reducing the build up of afds that are likely to end in keep. You seem to be actively involved in the Basketball articles so was wondering if you think it is worth trying to add referees to WP:NBASKETBALL. I was thinking it could be a relatively high threshold (like refereed a NBA finals game). AIRcorn (talk) 06:37, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
I was actually going to suggest at the AfD that the Dan Crawford article be moved to "Danny Crawford" as my search of "Dan Crawford referee" brought up mostly links mentioning "Danny Crawford". DaHuzyBru ( talk) 06:24, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
There is a publicity photo from the Kings where their four rookies - Fox, Jackson, Giles and Mason III - holding up jerseys with their draft positions on them (5, 15,20,34 respectively). A number of IPs keep adding these as uniform numbers when I think it is HIGHLY unlikely that this will be the case. Can you protect them? Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 14:30, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
User: Grey_Jackal is a recently-created account with an already prolific edit history. It's clearly another sock of User: Wkoppel, whom you blocked a couple of years back for unsourced and sometimes incorrect edits, and refusal to discuss the issue. The emphasis on Big 10 and the idiosyncratic edit summaries are key. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wkoppel/Archive, and prior discussions here on your Talk page, here, here, here and here. If you'd prefer I file at SPI, I'd be happy to. Thanks! JohnInDC ( talk) 11:03, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Hey Bagumba. Could you please return the Paul George article to semi-protect edit mode now that the trade to the Thunder is official. Cheers. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 17:10, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
I just removed a PROD on it. I feel like he meets GNG. However, I am focusing on other things so I thought you might be interested in adding sourced to demonstrate this. Rikster2 ( talk) 02:49, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
Could use protection if you get a moment. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:54, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Could stand to be protected if you get a chance Rikster2 ( talk) 00:09, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Could use a higher level of page protection. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 06:40, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
If you'll see here, here, and here, it would appear the subject's family has been attempting to edit his article. I say family, because they always remove the same part. I'm not asking for it to be protected, yet, but could you help keep an eye on it, just in case? (talk page stalker) Crash Under ride 04:37, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I nominated F. Lee Bailey, wanna help me out and get the review going? lol :D (Asking in sarcasm.) (talk page stalker) Crash Under ride 03:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
I've noticed some nonstandard stats have been creeping into baseball infoboxes. Particularly runs and on-base percentage on Mike Trout and Aaron Judge. Should this be nipped in the bud? Lizard ( talk) 00:03, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
2 edits in the course of 24 hours does NOT mean it's an edit war. My first edit in the matter happened weeks before these 2 edits occurred. I will not make this edit again as I am fully aware how WP:3RR works. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) ( talk) 08:13, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
Hey - I hate to ask because it feels like I should be able to do these myself, but could you move two pages? One is to move Edrice Adebayo to Bam Adebayo. His nickname is clearly his COMMONNAME. The other is Shawn William Campbell, which should be moved to Shawn Campbell (basketball) - he did not play using his middle name, it feels like this was named as such to avoid a DAB. If you move them, let me know and I can do the work to adjust the links to the page (bigger issue with Bam to be sure). Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:54, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
I think User:Lebronjames92 might need a timeout. Clearly ignoring talk page notes and still being disruptive. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:23, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
Hello my friend ... I am editor on Arabic wiki and French and sometimes a bit in English .. today I really have a problem with two pages on wikipedia English Osama Tolba and Eslam Magdy... These people have written on them only to advertise and make talk about them ... we don't even know them in the Arab world and even the sources it's they who wrote them ... On Arabic wiki they have been deleted but on wiki english .. I don't know what they expect .. I however report their deletions ... but the individuals having written the articles deletes my report what do you can help me ???? Aelita14 02:26, 31 August 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelita14 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, as someone who has edited the LaVar Ball page in the past, I thought you may have an opinion on how exactly to format the "in the media" section. I have come up with a temporary way to organize it but it doesn't seem to work as more news continues to be released about LaVar. TempleM ( talk) 14:23, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
@ Bagumba: your restored version of article: iheanyi uwaezuoke ambiguates the subject's nationality by use of term: "American football" in the articles intro description. thus by definition this version is contentious in nature. by default the remainder of the article is invalid. clouded. this article is about an individual sportsperson. it is a stub about an African sportsperson. it is a stub about a Nigerian sportsperson. bellow is a list of valid categories to be used for further disambiguation, . restore the disambiguated version, make your minor edits regarding: citation, sourcing and use of neutral language to the articles talk page. then check your talk page for the final version. your comments pertain to minor edits regarding one paragraph within the article. entire article removal (and reuse of time sensitive image) constitutes contentious editing. (@ Bagumba:)
the following categories are used for disambiguation of nationality: ►Category:Players of American football by position (16 C) ►Category:Gridiron football receivers (2 C) ►Category:Gridiron football return specialists
Category:Igbo sportspeople Category:Nigerian sportspeople stubs Category:African sportspeople Category:Nigerian players of American Football Category:College football statistical leaders by team Category:California Golden Bears statistical leaders Category:Carolina Panthers football players Category:San Francisco 49ers football players Category:Detroit Lions football players Category:Miami Dolphins football players
CAUTION
"Gridiron football" and "American football" are valid subcategories for the general category "Football". @ Bagumba: deleted or replaced a version which references the subjects sports league National Football League in the articles intro description. the description adds clarity to the brand of football without disambiguating the subjects nationality.
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Hi Bagumba,
2+ years ago, I nominated this list at FLC. Its main reason for failure was failing WP:LISTN as a result of the 300 SB cutoff. Since the cutoff no longer exits, how is WP:LISTN proven? I took a look at List of Major League Baseball career on-base percentage leaders as an example and just couldn't figure it out. Any advice on how to make round #3 a potential success for the list if I am to renominate in the near future? Sportsguy17 ( T • C) 00:43, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
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I've moved the career leader list pages and begun reworking them to be less cluttersome. List of National Football League career rushing yards leaders looks much cleaner now than it did before, especially with the huge HOF column gone. Lizard ( talk) 14:57, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting the page. I've never been there at ground zero before and didn't know what to do. Thmazing ( talk) 03:26, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
Your addition to the Bruce Maxwell page was incredibly biased. Restoring the text "He made his MLB debut in 2016, became the first baseball player to turn his back on the United States by kneeling during the national anthem" is a textbook definition of bias. And the text you replaced was a paraphrasing of his stated reason for protest as described in a series of tweets he made. Please explain. – Kevin Lyda ( talk) 09:11, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
Hey. You've had dealings with this sockpuppet investigation in the past. I think this user is a new sockpuppet. They have similar niche dealings with China and Australian NBL, and always introduce overlinking and unnecessary white space. Here's a classic "Source" example as well from July 8, 2016. What do you reckon? Can you check the IP with past socks? Thanks in advance. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:49, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Any way you can restore 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team, which you deleted in April and was previously deleted by another admin in March? The page is clearly notable - they made the NCAA tournament and almost beat a #2 seed. It's frankly embarrassing to have that glaring red link there and would be extremely burdensome to redo from scratch. And I can't see the edit history for either version, but I find it hard to believe there were no other editors at all the whole season. Maybe the second version, which was only up a month, but not the first version. Now, you didn't delete the first version, but you're the most recent deleting admin, so I'll reach out to you. And if you restore it, I'll be happy to add other details so it no longer qualifies for G5, but I simply don't have the time to start it from scratch. Smartyllama ( talk) 20:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
Any chance of Anderson Varejão being semi'd? People are still adding NBA champion to the infobox despite my note directing them to the discussion at WT:NBA where we deduced he is not to have that listed there. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:00, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Surely a timeout for Stuv3 is warranted now. They are just a troll. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:13, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba, can you please protect the Corey Kluber article? Thanks - KH-1 ( talk) 04:39, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Could you keep an eye on
Wayne Elgin? I believe it to be the latest incarnation of
User:Lindenhurst Liberty. There's the characteristic interest in Chicago Transit Authority (
[1]
[2]) plus changing – to –
(
[3]). Also compare
[4] to
[5]; see interaction report
here. Any thoughts?
Sro23 (
talk)
14:11, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba -
I noticed your reply to this merger proposal about possibly creating a list of MLB All-Star players. I think that's a great idea and I've started messing around with a draft in my sandbox. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how to format this. Since AS rosters are so large and date back to the 1930s, we are going to end up with one gigantic list. Is there a better layout than just an A-to-Z list of each player selected? I don't mind doing the work, but I want to make sure that the list ends up being meaningful.
I looked at List of NBA All-Stars and some other sports lists, but this one seems like it would be unique because of its sheer size. List of Major League Baseball managers is interesting to me as far as how they cover the topic without listing every manager in baseball history. I just don't know quite how I would group All-Stars together - maybe by decade or by team would work. If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them. Thanks! EricEnfermero ( Talk) 02:20, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
What say you about how each of the 3 major NA sports projects lists HOF players in championship infoboxes? E.g. 1980 NBA Finals, Super Bowl XI, 1930 World Series. To me, that's definitely not something I'd consider to be of utmost importance. And in each of those examples the list of HOFers takes up more room than anything else in the infobox. I think we should trim them out; I'll start with trying to get consensus for it on WP:NFL and go from there. Ideally (hopefully) all 3 projects can agree one way or the other. Lizard ( talk) 09:04, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
Do you think that it is necessary to add details on Lonzo Ball's redesigned signature shoes in his endorsements tab on his page? Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 12:17, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
Got it. Thanks. Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 14:50, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
I recently updated the said table to show the players with the most selections overall first and was wondering if the table should be updated to give more importance to players with more overall selections than the current minimum of four first-team selections. I was thinking it could be changed to show players with at least 5 total All-Defensive team selections, since the table does say "Most Selections". Nintendoswitchfan ( talk) 14:52, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi Bagumba,
I was just wondering what the problem was about my edit to Earl Watson. You and I both know that he was fired from the Suns a few hours ago. I have sourced info here: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21118483/phoenix-suns-fire-head-coach-earl-watson. I just do not see what I am doing wrong here. Could you please tell me, without blocking me?
Thanks,
WarriorsFan30112335 ( talk) 00:39, 23 October 2017 (UTC)WarriorsFan30112335
Regarding this; I've wondered before about the value in including these general-topic portal links on pages. And to be honest I'm not sure how much value "portals" as a whole add to the encyclopedia, but anyway. I can see maybe adding these on broad topic articles, like the main NBA page or NBA draft. But on individual player pages it seems like another useless element on a page full of other little-used elements. Lizard ( talk) 17:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
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Any chance of an extended block for this IP? They have been blocked before and are still editing in the exact same disruptive way. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 04:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
May I ask your input on a matter. User:Drew1830 has been inserting coaching and support staff sections into all Miami season articles, which by itself is fine. However, his edits are problematic in that (i) he has been formatting these things in ways that are incorrect (overcapitalization, misplacement, lack of citations), (ii) when I tried to clean up his work, he immediately reverted, (iii) when I asked him to stop and discuss, he refused and continued reverting, and (iv) he takes the position that the articles are "his work" and that nobody should change them without first discussing with him. Cbl62 ( talk) 23:44, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
This user didn't discuss this with me prior to reverting all of my edits. Then he demands that I discuss mine with him first? I did all the "Work" on the pages and this guy swoops in to undo it all? It's a joke. Drew1830 ( talk) 23:46, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello,
I am the wife of Tyus Edney, my name is Danielle Edney. Tyus has 3 children, Kennedi, Kolbi-Rae and Tyus Edney Jr. They are children from previous marriages. Our children view his Wikipedia page and want the content to be accurate. Not representing his children hurts our family. Futhermore the photo that is posted on Tyus' page is not an authorized photo from Tyus and not a flattering picutre.
We want to have his page not only accurate but also reflect a flattering photo of him.
I'm happy to provide you whatever proof you need within reason to confirm my identity so that the changes to his page may be reflected appropriately.
Please let me know.
Thank you,
Dedney13 ( talk) 02:26, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
"If Wikipedia has an article about you, we want it to be accurate, fair, balanced and neutral – to accurately reflect the sourced, cited opinions of reliable sources. If you believe reliable sources exist which will make the article more balanced, you can help by pointing other editors to such sources."Do you know of a published source that we can cite on Wikipedia? I tried looking at Mr. Edney's bio on UCLABruins.com, but there is nothing on his family. One option you might pursue is to have the UCLA Athletic Department update his bio if you wish the information to be public.
This IP needs a timeout ASAP. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 15:18, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
What did Seth Wickersham look like before it was deleted? Is it worth userfying or should I just start from scratch? Lizard ( talk) 22:11, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi, Bagumba. When you get a minute, please have a look at the evidence I posted at this sockpuppet investigation. In short, I believe that the original poster's hunch was correct. Giants2008 ( Talk) 18:13, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Any chance of semi protection for Andrew Gaze? The same person is adding all this overbloated, unsourced awards/honors over and over again using different IPs and now a user name. Is there a case of disruption? Check out the page history. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 12:10, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
I want to create an article for the Matthews football family, (1) because it's certainly notable and (2) to trim this section on every family member's article. Is Matthews family good or should it be disambiguated in any way? Like "Matthews football family" or "Matthews family (American football)." I ask because I noticed there's Mathews family (Virginia) which is disambiguated even though it's the only Mathews family article on Wikipedia. Lizard ( talk) 17:00, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
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This one is continually section blanking and adding unsourced info to the same 2 articles and this one is continually changing heights and positions on NBA roster templates. Both have been warned numerous times. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:52, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
this is not pointed to everyone there, but the great majority there at wiki are so gutless. you guys are cowards. you pawn yourself off as being unbiased but you clearly do not give alternative medicine any reasonable chance. Do you know who Albert Schweitzer was? How can you not put stock in what he has said about Max Gerson? I have a friend who was given 12 months to live with pancreatic cancer. this was 37 months ago. He is on the Gerson diet. His doctors are very surprised, but they have zero interest in finding out why. They call him their "oddball" case. Really?? I am sure you and everybody and wikipedia have loved ones dying of cancer. 99% of our culture believes this is quackery. Trust me, I have seen the other side to this. It has worked. In more than just the case I cited above
What is truly frustrating is that you do not even acknwoledge that people can be helped by this. Just remember that as long as our culture collectively refutes this, many loved ones will die because they believe what the culture believes (unless somehow they are strong enough to see the truth here).
You can take the easy way out now by burying your head and saying what everyone is saying; that this is quackary. But it isn't. The ironic thing of all of this is that the premise of this is basic science, something the multi billion dollar medical establishment refuses to look at. please respond so that I know you got this. I wont bother you again. thanks for listening.
PS - I am sending to you cause I clicked from page to page and could not figure out anybody else to send to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoodKingJohn ( talk • contribs) 21:08, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Bagumba, in regards to this discussion, I will be glad to change the Pound sign (#)... to # denotes... considering I'm one of the editors who inserted it in most boxes. With that being said, I am not wanting to do it manually due to the large amount articles the wording is in so I was wondering if there is some sort of script or tool on Wikipedia I can use? Thanks, Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest 02:49, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Bagumba. I use Safari so I'm going to let Rob take care of it! Corky Buzz by the Hornet's Nest 20:24, 12 December 2017 (UTC)