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The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
Congratulations on reaching the 50 DYK mark. Keep up the full-court press and good work! - The Bushranger One ping only 23:34, 3 January 2011 (UTC) |
Saw that you removed the 1947 Cotton–Tobacco Bowl from the Richmond football template. I honestly don't know the details on that game and I concur that it's not included in the CFBDW, but the NCAA does mention it in its list of "unsanctioned or other bowl games"...I don't know how much weight that carries though. WildCowboy ( talk) 22:04, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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The College football Barnstar | |
I hereby award you, Jrcla2, the College Football Barnstar for meritorious service to the WikiProject College Football, above and beyond the call of duty (and to the detriment of your day job), for your diligent work in the enhancement of navboxes and the deletion of redundant succession boxes from the articles of Division I FCS and lower division coaches. Congratulations, Jrcla2, and carry on. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 17:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC) |
As a reg at WP:WPCBB, I was hoping you might wish to comment on the issue that I raised here and here.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:57, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Are you aware that we do have accurate numbers in steals and blocks for many of the players who played before 1985-86, they just are not officially recognized? For instance, David Robinson had 516 blocks in 127 games. Hakeem Olajuwon blocked 454 shots in 100 games. Patrick Ewing had 493 blocks in 143 games. What do you think about incorporating players such as these into the list? Or perhaps we could make a separate "unofficial" list below the official one? Hoops gza ( talk) 04:41, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Ralph Sampson had 462 blocks in 132 games. I think I'd like to make an unofficial list below the official one. Hoops gza ( talk) 04:52, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Do not remove links that contribute to an article. On a list in which a summary of each linked item would cause the article in question to digress from its subject, links should be used for the aforementioned items. You are committing vandalism by removing information that has no proof of being unecessary, and you are doing so without warning or clarification. Personal opinion is not an acceptable reason to remove information from Wikipedia. Veldin963 ( talk) 03:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
In the midst of this senseless hostility, I will take a moment to thank you for informing me about the "reviewer" boxes I had on my profile. I was unaware of the verification process needed to truthfully display them, and have promptly removed them as a response. Veldin963 ( talk) 06:01, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
You are absolutely correct that I am not a Wikipedia veteran, and I understand your anger considering your emotional response, but do not let your emotions get in the way of logic. Forgetting Wikipedia, in the real world I am a computer graphic designer, and no, 400px is not too much for even the oldest of online-capable PCs to handle viewing. Especially at 72 dpi. If it exceeds the size of the infobox (and 400px does not exceed it), aesthetic problems may arise, but it will not cause technical issues. I took that photo myself (at a low resolution for the thumbnail's sake), and lowered the pixel-per-inch resolution to 72 dpi, which is the standard screen resolution for consumer computer monitors (research it if you did not know this or don't believe me). And yes, my account has under 1,000 edits, and that is because I have not used this account more than a few times until very recently (instead making edits without signing in), but I guarantee you I know what I'm doing. The image was created, resized, and uploaded myself for online viewing on a standard computer monitor. If you are emotional about an edit, do not make unnecessary changes to it. Edits should be fact-based, not opinion-based, and that includes links, which should be included for their factual value, not removed to reflect the assumed opinion of a general population, which is what you are implying. I am trying to be as courteous as I can, and I am informing you that you are making unecessary changes to the image. I, personally, have never seen a thumbnail as small as you've made mine, but I will not tamper with others' work based on my opinions. You even said yourself on this page (a few paragraphs below, I believe), "I tend to react hastily and with emotion, not forethought." And as I cannot force you to pay any attention to my input, I will give it to you nonetheless, because emotional edits do not contribute to the community, but rather cause meaningless debates such as this. Now, I am going to return the image to 400px (I do not know if you changed it again?), and although I cannot stop you from reverting that change, I will encourage you to at least research computer monitor resolution standards, because I am certainly in the right in that respect, no matter what happens to the links or other edits on that page. Veldin963 ( talk) 05:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marcus Mann (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one day before the 1996–97 NBA season began, Golden State Warriors player Marcus Mann quit the team to become a Christian minister? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 18:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Saw your edits to remove the Ls in the record table on Beau Baldwin. You have a point about redundancy, assuming one clearly understands the playoff format, but if the Ls are removed, the Ws should probably be as well and a distinction made between the champ and the finals loser. This seems to be how college basketball tables tend to be done, a la Mike Krzyzewski, although the college basketball project seems to behind college football in terms of the standardization of template-based elements. Whatever the case, I've been doing tons of FCS, DII, DIII, and NAIA tables like I did Beau Baldwin's, before which there was no standard whatsoever. Of course these templates were designed with bowls in mind, so perhaps that's the cause of some of the awkwardness here in reporting playoff results. Perhaps, we need to open this up to consensus and agree on a scheme? Jweiss11 ( talk) 00:10, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello Jrcla2. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:BrettThomasRoberts/Brett Roberts, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Users are given more leeway in their userspace. This appears to be a mock autobiography of the editor. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 21:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I am still a novice at this. I went to the history page for Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and saw growth from 1,463 bytes to 7,625 bytes. (5*1,453=7,315) Are you using a different measure? Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 01:19, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Please express your opinion: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 January 19#College football head coaches. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rashad Jones-Jennings, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that on December 13, 2005, Rashad Jones-Jennings became just the tenth NCAA Division I men's basketball player since 1973 to record 30 or more rebounds in a single game? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you added some code that looks like this:
I was wondering, what is its purpose? Does it make a space between sections by default?
Also, any time that you might ever find out something about that Paul Arizin game, please let me know. Hoops gza ( talk) 15:43, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I've also added mention of Arizin's supposed game to his article, with the same references as the other page. I think it deserves mention. Hoops gza ( talk) 15:50, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for approving my DYK item which had the hook, " that Gulet Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who was detained in Kuwait, was block from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court ordered that he be allowed to return home?" I have now done more research and discovered that the Judge literally did not "order" this. Would it be possible to rephrase the hook: "that Gulet Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who was detained in Kuwait, was block from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court intervened to allow him to return home?" I will take whatever steps that you think are appropriate to change it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_January_22 Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 21:03, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Obie Trotter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Obie Trotter ended up playing college basketball at Alabama A&M because his mother felt their head coach was a "godly man"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your article Victuallers ( talk) 00:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bob McCurdy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bob McCurdy, described by former basketball teammate Kevin Eastman as having virtually no quickness, dribbling skills, jumping ability or foot speed, led NCAA Division I in scoring in 1974–75? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Houston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kevin Houston holds the U.S. Military Academy's men's basketball records for points in a game (53), season (953) and career (2,325)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 26 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alvin Young, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alvin Young was cut from his high school basketball team every single year, yet went on to lead NCAA Division I in scoring in college? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw the Doty article in CSD, but decided I shouldn't get involved. I had planned to start an article on her some time ago. I even enlisted someone, not a regular at Wikipedia, and we were going to work together on it. My hope was that he would then become an editor. However, someone else started a perfectly dreadful article, and then abandoned it. I should have just begun editing that one, but I didn't. I was half hoping it would get deleted, and I could start form a clean slate. Probably not the right attitude, but I had enough other things to work on. I'm not sure why it bothers me so much, but I really get annoyed when someone throws up a two sentence stub, then leaves it for others to improve. In some sense, that is the WP way, but I don't believe in starting articles unless they can meet certain minimum standards. That one didn't. -- SPhilbrick T 03:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 26 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Boo Ellis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after his professional basketball career ended, Boo Ellis worked as a security guard in his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I think the proper approach to this userspace draft that has "gone cold" is to nominate it at WP:MfD. That's what I've seen done with other stale userspace drafts. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 04:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Armbrust Talk Contribs 09:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
What is a sockpuppet investigation? If it involves editing, I would be more than glad to help. I am new to Wikipedia, so a quick response would be helpful. Thank you! KevinIrwin ( talk) 01:26, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
There isnt one citation for the whole hook for Costa Grande of Guerrero at DYK. The sentence you refer to is in the lead, which does not have to be cited because it is a summary of cited information below. Im afraid that means checking out the parts (heavily dependent on agriculture), (tourism developed spottily) and (Zihua and Ixtapa only ones with developed infrastructure). I can propose a hook easier to check, but it would be trivia. Thelmadatter ( talk) 22:56, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notice about this. One word of advice, if you don't mind: if it escalates, takes it to WP:AN3RR rather than to AN/I. Be sure to reference the AN/I thread if you do. In the meantime, I'll watchlist the article. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 04:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla, I've upgraded all of the SEC and Big XII coach navboxes, and I'm nearly done with the Big Ten programs. I've also upgraded six randoms (Army, Clemson, Marshall, Miami U, Temple, Texas Pan Am), and I have four more randoms on my to-do list (Citadel, Navy, Presbyterian, Wyoming); the randoms are those that overlap with the Gators' coaching succession. After those, I have probably one more conference left in me. Let me know where you need help most . . . Big East, MAC, MWC, WAC, etc. Looks like the ACC and Pac-10 coach navboxes are already done. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 21:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 4 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chris Marcus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, although Chris Marcus was seven feet tall in high school, it took convincing from the school's basketball coach for him to play for the team? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerome Lambert, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, after his professional basketball career in Israel was over, Jerome Lambert became a firefighter in Arkansas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Crosthwaite, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ralph Crosthwaite never played in the NBA, despite being drafted by both the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Wilt's 113 points game, see the Harvey Pollack NBA Statistical Yearbook available for download here.— Chris! c/ t 23:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clyde Mayes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Clyde Mayes played on four different NBA teams in just two seasons before leaving to pursue his professional basketball career in Europe? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your new article Victuallers ( talk) 12:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You asked if I blanked your comment on my talk page about minor and major edits. I did. No offence intended. I found the information helpful, as I did not always use the minor edit box correctly. Regards.
Greetings, Jrcla. Just got your note. I have not previously weighed in on this CfD because, well, frankly, I'm a little bit ambivalent. There's something to be said for uniformity (i.e. all men's basketball program navboxes are labeled "men's basketball"), but I'm trying to follow your point . . . for these CBB programs that will only be labeled "basketball," is it because (a) there is no women's program at the same college, or (b) the women's program is called something different (e.g. "Baylor Lady Bears basketball," or some such thing)? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 04:28, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 10 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Nemer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jerry Nemer was the first Jew to captain a major athletic team at the University of Southern California? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
rʨanaɢ ( talk) 20:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC) 00:03, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Churchill (athlete), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in addition to being named an All-American in both football and basketball at the University of Oklahoma, Tom Churchill finished fifth in the decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2- I had an idea for some useful information to add to the List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders article. I think it would be useful to add entries for the all-time leading scorers in each Division I conference below the overall leaders. This is information that I think fans are curious about. I would envision a table like the main table that shows conference, conference founding (and, if applicable, disbanding) dates, the player, school, career and total points. This would be fairly easy to collect for most current conferences and I have references for All-time scoring leaders for the SWC, Metro, Big 8 and ECC. What do you think? If you like the idea, I'd be happy to collaborate on the table. We could set it up in one of our sandboxes and divvy up the leagues. Rikster2 ( talk) 16:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I just went through all of the MEAC school's men's basketball media guides. I looked to see who each school's all-time leading scorer is and whether their career total occurred during that school's time as a member of the MEAC. The closest anyone came was Coppin State's Tywain McKee, who scored 2,158 points between 2005–06 and 2008–09. There were three schools, however, who either didn't have media guides or didn't have the information available: UMES, NC A&T, and SC State. That being said, I highly doubt any of them had someone score more than Davis did at Delaware State, so I'm going ahead and plugging him into the list. Jrcla2 ( talk) 04:52, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that a couple of days ago you moved Template:Connecticut Huskies men's basketball coach navbox to Template:Connecticut Huskies basketball coach navbox for purposes of standardization. However, because of the equal prominence of the Connecticut Huskies men's and women's basketball teams, I have been trying to keep all basketball templates for one of the teams clearly marked as being with that team as opposed to the other. I realize that there isn't currently a coach navbox for the women's team, but that could easily be created later. I therefore moved the navbox back to the title with "men's" in it. If you disagree with my reasoning let me know and we can discuss. – Grondemar 17:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anwar Ferguson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball players Grady Livingston of Howard and Anwar Ferguson of Houston were each NCAA Division I season blocks leaders during their careers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grady Livingston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball players Grady Livingston of Howard and Anwar Ferguson of Houston were each NCAA Division I season blocks leaders during their careers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I've got your answer over on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. De Fault Ryan 20:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a source for the fact that the James Lemon who coached basketball at GW in the '20s is the same James Lemon who owned the baseball Senators in the '60s? I had a devil of a time digging up the minimal information that I found, and it would be nice to have something additional. Presuming it's the same person, the fact that he was a significant enough figure that the GW team briefly changed its name to the "Lemonites" in his honor would certainly be good to have on that page. - Dewelar ( talk) 22:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the acronym "SSDI". Could you clarify? – Grondemar 12:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Interesting find of R. LeBlanc Lynch. I, too, strongly suspect that the coach and St. James Episcopal Church guy are the same person. I did some more research, but I can't find anything to make Lynch notable. Not his work as a coach--since that position was filled by a player-coach before Edwards, and there was nothing for his religious work. Too bad. About the coaching list--there was a reason that I didn't include Lynch, but I don't remember it. I'll check it out. Good work on all the new navboxes. -- GrapedApe ( talk) 04:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Sometimes, when wiki-linking a person's name on a list, it will automatically link the name to a notable person of the same name for whom there is an article on Wikipedia. For instance, I'm working on a list at List of Schindlerjuden. One of the names on the list is Abraham Auerbach. There is a famous Abraham Auerbach from the 18th century, which Wikipedia automatically links to, but obviously that is a different person than the one from the 20th century. Do you know how I can un-link this? Hoops gza ( talk) 14:04, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Hoops gza ( talk) 15:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup of the page I created. I hope to create more in the future.
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Hey - One more 2k/1k candidate for you - Keith Benson. He is already over 1000 rebounds and needs 177 points to hit 2000. It's a bit of a long shot, but it is possible for him to hit it with a long-ish postseason run. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:53, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
I recently edited the SEC player of the year page because it claimed that Chandler Parsons currently holds the title of SEC player of the year. This is untrue because do to the fact that the Associated Press hasnt named its SEC player of the year yet and if that person isn't Parsons then Parsons would become CO-SEC player of the year with the other person so he isn't yet the SEC player of the year —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.224.12 ( talk) 01:28, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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I added Anthony Hill (Basketball) and Tony Meier to the Tone Boyle's AfD per your request. Of course you will see this right away because there are no basketball games this week to keep you busy. :) Sigh, my BYU will lose big tomorrow... Bgwhite ( talk) 17:32, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey- I should finish the WCC coach navboxes tonight (just San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara to go). After that, I think I will turn my attention to creating WP articles for each of the All-America players who don't have them, as well as all 2011 conference POYs. Having created a couple of historical articles on these types, it feels like these will be easier to create now while there are ample sources than they will be later. Not sure if you have other things you plan to work on, but feel free to grab any that catch your fancy. One that might also take care of one of your priorities is Aaron Johnson of UAB, the CUSA player of the year who also led the nation in assists this year. Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your input! I'm not the best at making redirecting link, so I guess this is where I can get some good practice. And you said LoL can make 1943 link to 1945 in the infobox? How do I re-nominate it? I reposted my comments from the last deletion page onto the discussion page. Thanks! Moonraker0022 ( talk) 22:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
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I need help at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_College_Basketball#Chris_Hill_.28basketball.29.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, just to inform you that there is an ongoing discussion at Template talk:Infobox NBA biography on how to present info on the infobox. One particular topic that may interest you is the presentation of college awards. Thanks.— Chris! c/ t 01:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
I've renominated for deletion. But I don't think the discussion is reopened though. I'm not sure how to fix this. And I've asked User:LOL for help in adjusting the 1943 & 1945 infobox links so that those pages don't deadlink and can skip over 1944. Thanks for your time, and suggestions. Moonraker0022 ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Credo accounts— Chris! c/ t 01:36, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al Szolack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Al Szolack lost all 245 professional basketball games he ever played in? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cheers, Big Dom 16:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2- I was updating the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles basketball coach navbox and saw your note on Frank Harrell. I really disagree with listing the same guy twice in succession and feel like the interim tag really should only apply to those coaches who are only interim coaches. If somebody gets the permanent job, (like Mike Davis) it seems like they should just be listed in the navbox as a permanent coach and the details can be contained either on their page or the men's basketball page. I wanted to respect your request not to delete the interim entry, but think this needs some discussion. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2, thanks for reviewing the nomination. I tried to address your concerns there. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 15:26, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, both of us added some college basketball players for an AfD a few weeks ago. I've nominated an AfD for Obi Egekeze. He is a college football player. Could you take a look at the AfD and see if I'm out of line with the nomination. Bgwhite ( talk) 20:35, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Re the note you left me... that's actually NOT sockpuppetry. When I blocked the first user, the template specifically encourages them to create a new username and edit. They're doing as they were told. :) - Philippe 09:59, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I modified Jimmer Fredette so that the footer templates are grouped thematically. I feel this is more functional than an omnibus "Awards and honors" group. You referenced a concern for consistency in your edit summary, which typically is not a valid concern without consensus of the community (see, for example, Wikipedia:Consistency). I'd be happy to participate in such a discussion if it's needed, but in the case of Jimmer, I hope you will give it a chance. Regards — Eustress talk 20:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I've just heard from Erik of the Foundation about these, and apparently you have no email set in your preferences, so they're unable to forward your account details. Can you add an email address at your earlier convenience? Cheers, SlimVirgin TALK| CONTRIBS 17:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
The edits you made the the Lady Techsters' championship navboxes have resulted in them not fitting to the width of the screen. They now extend off the screen to the right instead of wrapping around. I don't know how to fix this. Would you mind making the correction? Template:1981 Louisiana Tech basketball, Template:1982 Louisiana Tech basketball, and Template:1988 Louisiana Tech basketball. Thanks! - AllisonFoley ( talk) 09:19, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pete Padgett, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a senior, basketball player Pete Padgett received the Doc Martie Award, given annually to the University of Nevada's top male athlete? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:03, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 11 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Harper, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jerry Harper was the first Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball player to lead his team in scoring all four years? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey- Saw you removed the Phillips basketball cat from Harper. I actually put it on there because he's listed in a Phillips 66ers program I have from late 1958. I'm pretty sure he actually did play for them, though records are sketchy.
Also, got your message on the Haggerty - not sure what the holdup is. I would assume it would be Jenkins so I guess watching the Hofstra page is the thing to do. I guess Dwight Hardy of St. John's has a shot. Rikster2 ( talk) 21:20, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, "own work" is totally bogus: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jimmy McNatt 39-40 Oklahoma.JPG-- GrapedApe ( talk) 01:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Was looking for the missing team on the AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans article (1937-38). I own the Grundman book and there is an appendix showing AAU AA teams (though this section isn't available on Google Books). According to that, your 1936-37 team is actually the 37-38 team and your 35-36 team is actually the 36-37 team. The 1936 team is the 1935 team you have with one change (Carl Knowles of Universal instead of Hyatt). The book also lists AA teams back to 1921. Worth noting there are a few minor differences on later teams as well. I didn't want to make the changes since the sources are a little inconsistent (which should be used as source of record?). Just wanted to let you know. Glad you started these articles - lots of untilled ground in the early AAU. If you're motivated, a Phillips 66ers article would be really good given how dominant they were in the pre- and early pro league days. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:06, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that among the all-time list of AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, 33 have competed in the Olympic Games while nine have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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WP:MOSBIO. If we don't do this in biography articles, then why should we do it in other articles? :-) And (with the exception of medical journals) the vast majority of academic journals do not list academic titles for their editors/authors/board members. -- Crusio ( talk) 15:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Shipp, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that it was Jerry Shipp who led the United States men's national basketball team in scoring at the 1964 Summer Olympics, even though its roster included two future Hall of Famers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
I removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Developmental National Basketball Team roster header, as per policy templates cannot be deleted via prod. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this; please do not interpret this as my endorsement for keeping this unused template. You are welcome to list it at WP:TFD. — KuyaBriBri Talk 19:10, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Tried to address your concerns at T:DYK. Let me know what you think, and thanks! Khazar ( talk) 15:34, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dick Davies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball player Dick Davies played for his Hall of Fame father, Bob, before going on to win a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Another article contributed, thanks Victuallers ( talk) 18:03, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Thieben, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former basketball player Bill Thieben is considered the first "big man" in Hofstra University history? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 17:48, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
There is both a Lew Andreas and a Lewis Andreas article for the former Syracuse coach. Do your editing powers include being able to merge them? I hadn't really thought through which should be merged into which or anything - just ran across it today. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 18:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:30, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Sullivan (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tom Sullivan is only the second head coach in UMBC Retrievers men's basketball history to amass 100 career wins? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Billy Schaeffer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a senior in 1972–73, St. John's University basketball standout Billy Schaeffer averaged a school record 24.7 points per game en route to winning the Haggerty Award? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
(This is in reference to my Mystic River Reservation article.) I don't understand this distinction--it does not seem to match the format of other articles. As I understand it, "Notes" and "References" are two different things: Notes are pointed to by superscripts, while References are not. Therefore, your merging them together in the References section with the distinctions "general" and "specific" is confusing to me. If you can kindly explain this, and point to some examples of this format's being used in other Wikipedia articles, I will be glad to learn and, if need be, amend my understanding; otherwise, I'm going to revert back to the Notes/References format. Thanks. Chillowack ( talk) 17:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Azary, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Columbia Lions men's basketball coach Gordon Ridings "never saw a harder worker" than John Azary? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your contribution to one of wikipedia's latest WP:GA's
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-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:15, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you moved UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball to Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball to match the category name. Although this is a minor point, I propose that the name of this page and the categories should all be changed from 'Texas–Arlington' back to either 'UT Arlington' or 'UTA'. These two shortened names are more appropriate for the university, and I think most of the UT schools try to stay away from the 'Texas–city name' format since you can't tell if the school is in the UT or A&M system that way. EMBaero ( talk) 03:56, 1 June 2011 (UTC)EMBaero
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Thanks for your words of support on the DYK page for the article Allen Forward. I, like you, see DYKs as a small oasis in Wikipedia where a little bit of misdirection and fun can be had. Thank you for your input. FruitMonkey ( talk) 21:33, 1 June 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 2 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Boo Harvey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during his senior season at St. John's, basketball player Boo Harvey hit three buzzer-beating, game-winning shots? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:18, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Albie Grant, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Albie Grant is the only Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball player to average 20+ points and 10+ rebounds for his career? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 12:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ben Auerbach, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1939–40 NYU Violets men's basketball team, led by Ben Auerbach, finished the regular season with an 18–1 record yet did not play in a postseason tournament? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Can you move the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football and Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball pages like you did the basketball page using the correct hyphen? I don't know how to do that. Thank you for your help. - USLcajun85 ( talk) 16:27, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Why are you using db-a7 to mark sports seasons for deletion. It's not applicable; only those criteria in CAT:CSB are, and its applied narrowly. You're a very experienced editor, so you must have meant something else. DGG ( talk ) 23:15, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Since you're experienced with basketball articles, I wanted to get your opinion. Do you think an article on Aquille Carr is fit for the mainspace? I just assume it'll be sent to AFD, but think it could survive. Not sure if the basketball project has any unwritten rules on this... Strikehold ( talk) 03:25, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi; just a note about nominations placed at WP:CFDS: don't forget to tag the category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|NEW-CATEGORY-NAME-HERE}}. Some of your nominations have the category tagged but I have processed some recently that were not tagged. Not a huge deal in most cases, but it does need to be done so that those who watch the category are aware of the nomination and can double-check it for accuracy, if desired. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:47, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I'll have you know, everything that I've shared on Wikipedia is true. I don't appreciated being branded for vandalism, when all I've done is supported Wikipedia's mission. My entry for the IMF was meant as a factual, albeit quite ironic, statement of truth. Why don't you check your sources next time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.169.193 ( talk) 19:04, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
He is correct. The IMF plays a substantial role in the show [C] (anime). One of the main characters is an IMF agent with the role of figuring out the effects of "midas money" on the real world. I don't see how the documentaries that are currently in the media section are more relevant then the anime show.
Note to you: This is actually a different person and you aren't doing your job. I'm sure you didn't even investigate the other users original claim and automatically assumed it was vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.40.70 ( talk) 19:25, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
You're a twamp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.169.84 ( talk) 19:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I see your hiding behind your mod powers instead of addressing the actual issue at hand. — Preceding
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Just finished updating the AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans article and created the missing template (1938). The reference was pages 263-270 of the Adolph Grundman book cited in the article. It also lists AAU AAs from 1921-34. I am going on a trip tomorrow, but when I get back I'll work on this. Not sure I can get the formatting of the extra 14 teams right without corwding the page. They are all five man teams except 1924, 1929 and 1931 (6 each). If you want to set up a table I can drop them in (but not for about 2 weeks). Otherwise I can create the table when I get back and turn it over to you to integrate into the article. Thanks Rikster2 ( talk) 01:29, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
I saw you added that he was the brother of Harry Rogers. I assumed this too when I read about his high school teams, but after some digging I could not find anything that suggested this was true. I found something about a sister (but now I can't find that any more) but nothing about a brother. Did you find something I could not? ( Thevandaley ( talk) 22:29, 1 July 2011 (UTC))
This edit added (possibly inadvertently) a blatant WP:BLP violation to the above article. Please be more careful in the future. L H M 03:20, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I was planning to edit the UCLA row in Wikipedia:WikiProject College Basketball/Master Table, because they clearly have a page for the team, but I'm not seeing the code for the green. Can you help me? As an aside, I just noticed that oe can edit each row, which is useful, but I'm not seeing how that was done. Do you know?-- SPhilbrick T 19:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for adding the Joe Bruin photo to the article I started Joe Bruin. I am also hopeing for a 1980s retro image. Bruinfan12 ( talk) 05:45, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions to articles that I created, especially Roger Strickland. NBA Fan44 ( talk) 02:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC) |
I have blocked User:DragoLink08 again, this time for 1 week. If he returns and his editing patterns are the same, you will need to start a request for comment on user conduct, as I will not continue in a block war with an editor who has no intention of listening. As I said before, I will certify an RfC/U if one is opened, but I will not open it myself; it will be your responsibility to compile the necessary evidence and present it neutrally. — KV5 • Talk • 22:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
You have my full support for taking the inactive banner off of the college baseball project page. I'd be happy to do anything to help the project become more active. I'm currently working on creating new stadium articles, but I'd be happy to work on anything else the project deems necessary. If you run into any opposition to the tag removal (as I did, if you look into the last few edits to the project page), I'll be a voice in favor of activating the project. Incidentally, nice work with all the categorizing. Kithira ( talk) 17:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the heads up. Deletion discussions are a great way to break up the article/userbox creation monotony. :) Kithira ( talk) 19:12, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
I don't understand why you nominated the wrestling templates for deletion when you used this
The red links encourage article creation for these coaches, all of whom inherently pass notability guidelines for coaches since they coach(ed) at the highest level of amateur competition in the United States for baseball (NCAA Division I or historical equivalent). Jrcla2 (talk) 18:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
rebuttal to defend the SDSU template. Gerry D ( talk) 16:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rodney Blake (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Rodney Blake graduated from Saint Joseph's University in 1988, his 419 career blocks were the most in NCAA Division I men's basketball history? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:02, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
I reverted the edits on Kenny Hasbrouck. I'm assuming good faith, because you seem to know what you're doing. When the user before used Twinkle on his article, I'm assuming it showed that there was a removal of an image, the American flag. Also removed was all the content on his DWI, which was properly sourced and had been since the day his arrest hit the news. Kjscotte34 ( talk) 20:31, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
They're done. I'm going to wipe my sandbox clean - I think you copied the AA info that was on them already. I'm also on a binge to fill in guys on national champion templates - guys who went on to be NBA players, coaches, etc. Just trying to complete some of these things. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:37, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Didn't even know you had a to do list. I came across Matsu while doing research on Frank G. Menke. Just happened to see an article describing this Japanese American kid as one of the top passers in football, and I thought it was a fascinating story. If you have additional sources/information, I'd welcome any input you may have. The sources I saw were split between referring to him as Arthur or Art, so I went with Arthur. I'll add a redirect for Art. Cbl62 ( talk) 20:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Holston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that David Holston scored over 2,000 points during his high-school basketball career, yet was not offered a single college scholarship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/David Holston.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Although you suggested that this template be deleted here, the closing admin did not include it since it was not tagged. You should feel free to start a deletion discussion for it if you still feel it should be deleted. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:15, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Dabomb87 ( talk) 17:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I understand your critique of my edit, being that it was not under the correct subheading. However, I'm no computer programmer and I was simply trying to make the article more complete by consolidating the yearly records onto one chart. I don't believe this to be out of order on this page as it will serve a useful quick reference. There are individual pages for each decade that is cumbersome when trying to compare year-by-year. If you are so apt to have the consolidated information on a separate page, perhaps you could help by creating separate articles or perhaps helping create a collapsible chart that would not extend the page significantly. I suppose a listing of links by decade could be helpful, but again, nothing beats seeing them side-by-side. It takes quite awhile to compile the information and it doesnt seem that there are any takers to significantly overhaul the individual (and quite fragmented) entries for WM sports. SuperNoga ( talk) 03:16, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you've been uploading a lot of fair use images. I've run into a problem before with the license you are using. I think we're better of with the one used at File:David M. Nelson.jpg. Thanks. Jweiss11 ( talk) 06:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your help cleaning up the UNC coach articles. I greatly appreciate all your hard work. Without you I am sure most college basketball articles would be in much worse. Keep up the great work. Remember ( talk) 14:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks for the cleanup on the Lineburg and Richmond football articles/templates. Was trying to throw something together quickly late last night and missed a few things. Changes look good! WildCowboy ( talk) 14:25, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. -- James26 ( talk) 01:37, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm working on a big project to standardize naming, form, coloring, and categorization of college sports navboxes. I think you'll get the gist I've what I'm aiming for starting from Category:Big Ten Conference navigational boxes. I could use some help getting this done. Care to help knock some of this out, maybe starting with the CAA. Thanks. Jweiss11 ( talk) 13:28, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
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I want to thank you for going in and adding the necessary info to the discussion pages of the categories I'm creating for the Horizon League. I'm basing the categories on what is currently being used by the ACC. I was planning on doing all of that tomorrow but I'm glad someone more experienced is doing it for me because I have a lot to learn about classes and stub/start and whatnot. City boy77 ( talk) 05:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC) |
Jrcla, just saw that you had created this new category. The Florida Gators sports categories do not combine male and female athletes, nor create "super" parent categories for sports where there are men's and women's teams in the same sport. We just went through a CfD several months ago to delete a super parent category for "Florida Gators golf" that served no purpose than to create a redundant, intervening category. I would be grateful if you would reconsider, and delete this new category ASAP. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 18:25, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the work that you have done on Lamar Cardinals related articles! ThomasHorn7 ( talk) 22:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 30 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article B. B. Davis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during B. B. Davis' basketball career at Lamar University, his team won the conference championship every year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/B. B. Davis.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:17, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
I would love to finish the last two remaining UNC coaches (I have been meaning to do this for a long time), but life is very busy right now (which explains my great decline in editing). I will try my best, but it may take a long time. We can start working on the article here - User:Remember/UNC Coach. Remember ( talk) 16:41, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Jrcla, just wanted to apologise for making you jump through extra hoops regarding the Green Bay basketball RMs. It probably should have been done uncontroversially, so sorry for making it take an extra week. All the best, Jenks24 ( talk) 23:01, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Does this look like the work of the Drago navbox color-changing dude you've have problems with before: Special:Contributions/131.247.38.231?
Thanks for correcting the name and adding categories to Category:College sports seasons in the United States. The three existing subcategories have different names and I don't know that any of them are the best names that they could be. The Michigan Wolverines category has "athletic" in it's name which seems reminiscent of the old naming convention when athletic teams didn't have their monikers in the name (University of Michigan athletics vs. Michigan Wolverines). I created the Texas and Texas Tech categories with the intention of creating dozens more to organize these season articles but university, not just by sport, but perhaps "season by team" isn't the best choice. Since the seasons are organized by team, I opted for that descriptor instead of simply "[School] [Moniker] seasons" How do you feel about that title for those categories? Thanks! NThomas ( talk) 21:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm already pretty confused about the entire thing. Honestly, whatever the consensus is that would work best is what I'll support. I think naming it "sport" or "team" will cause problems no matter which way it's cut, so at the end of the day it's really just a matter of what would probably be least confusing to the public. Jrcla2 ( talk) 22:52, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar. It really wasn't hard, the article is like three sentences long. I should get last year's POYs out of the way this weekend. All the best, ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 23:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rob Feaster, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rob Feaster is the Patriot League's all-time men's basketball scoring leader, yet still only ranks second at his own school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rob Feaster.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I don't get your point. My point is that the football and basketball POYs are pretty uniformly considered important. I can't conceive that it is considered more prestigious to be the Athlete of the year for a single sport than for all sports. What is your point. I am not offering them up. I created most of the templates that I mentioned at the TFD. I am saying that they should think more closely about hockey versus the other sports that value such templates. Then, they should considere what the value is of this template versus valued templates.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:22, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I created the Walter Skidmore article. It is very brief, but I am pretty busy and there doesn't seem to be much on him as a person. Feel free to revise and improve in any way you see fit. Cheers, Remember ( talk) 12:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orlando Lightfoot, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Idaho Vandals basketball player Orlando Lightfoot once scored 50 of his team's 69 points in a game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Orlando Lightfoot.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
I added the information you requested. Cbl62 ( talk) 04:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my talk page. Seems my wiki-federalism has ruffled some more asshole feathers. Jweiss11 ( talk) 20:12, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Created the last UNC head coach article - Bill Lange (coach). Feel free to clean-up and make it better, which you are very good at. Remember ( talk) 18:19, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
I was not planning to nominate the article for DYK. Taking a break from DYK for a little bit, but you should feel free to nominate the article. Though it's not in the article yet, he led NC to its first NCAA tournament appearance, which might be a decent hook. Cbl62 ( talk) 15:02, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Template:St. John's Red Storm football coach navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
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![]() | On 9 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Lange (coach), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bill Lange led the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1941? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Lange (coach).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
I saw the Spanish article and couldn't confirm the DOB or the Belgian experience through any other source - I wasn't confident that it was accurate. Particlularly the Belgium thing - since the other Ollie JOhnson played there. Are you SURE about the DOB? I dragged my feet creating the article because I tried to confirm it to get the naming right, but couldn't do it. Rikster2 ( talk) 04:05, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
As a reg, I thought you might have an opinion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football#Colors.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2 - Can I get you to take a look at this article? I just expanded it to try and avoid a repeat PROD. I feel pretty strongly he's notable and want to make sure I get this across. Feel free to add or edit anything you think would help. Also, if you have any ideas on where I could find his DOB I'd appreciate it. Thanks Rikster2 ( talk) 02:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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Just because somebody in the sports department press office wants to "re-brand" the Panthers as the Milwaukee Panthers, does not affect the fact that on campus, on the local television and radio stations, and in the local newspapers, they are often (indeed, most of the time) referred to as the UWM Panthers or UW-Milwaukee Panthers. -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Stop acting like a bloody little dictator, OK?
You seem to think you are Caesar of NCAA BB topics, and that that gives you the right to ignore fact and logic when taking a position on anything that concerns your little bailiwick.
I asked for an editors' vote and you ignored my request. How about doing what you are supposed to do, which is helping determine consensus, and stop being a jerkweasel in reply to my reasonable suggestions? NCDane ( talk) 18:48, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 26 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Darren Brooks, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Darren Brooks is the only basketball player in Missouri Valley Conference history to be named both its Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Darren Brooks.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Well done, thanks from the DYK project Victuallers ( talk) 00:03, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla, your opinions and votes are solicited at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football#Season records tables, inclusion of AP, Coaches and BCS rankings, etc.. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 15:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Parker (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that watching Tom Parker play helped former Kentucky Wildcats basketball standout Jack Givens decide to attend Kentucky? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Parker (basketball).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 29 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mike Edwards (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tennessee Volunteers basketball coach Ray Mears recruited Mike Edwards without even having seen him play competitively? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Edwards (basketball).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:04, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Are you getting the same page loading errors and delays I am with that page? I am assuming it's because there are too many standings templates on it - which I think is why we went away from those on more recent seasons. Can you think of a static way to display standings that won't cause this. Conference standings info is useful for the historic seasons and since they won't change I'm not sure I see the reason to use a template. Also, this one isn't a big priority for me. I'll chip away at it but I'm not sure I want to invest big time in it - I'd rather drive some of the CPOY and National Champion template work to the ground. Rikster2 ( talk) 17:02, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, sir. I need some help. What's the current "standard" infobox template for NBA players? Can I use this same template for WNBA players? How about American players in foreign leagues? I've finally gotten around to cleaning up the Florida Gators basketball bios, and I've discovered that the men's articles are using a variety of old and new infobox templates, and many of the WNBA players have no infobox at all. Also, what's the best online source for WNBA career stats, etc.? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 02:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I had changed colors for The Citadel's navboxes to use the actual hex (#9cdbff) that the school uses. I also saw that some of them have been changed back. Just wanted to clarify, any particular reason? I think with the navy blue border you've added to some of them, it is still pretty readable. Any thoughts? Billcasey905 ( talk) 23:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 5 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tank Collins, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "Tank" Collins was forced by his mother to play basketball to get over the death of his father and went on to become the American South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tank Collins.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 00:03, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I was going to redirect Christopher Mueller to Kit Mueller. Do you know for sure that Chris Mueller is a Christopher and not a Christian Mueller or some foreign spelling variant of Christopher?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 00:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you think that the Pre-2010 history of {{ Princeton Tigers basketball}} to {{ Princeton Tigers basketball coach navbox}}?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:36, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
What made you go back and revise what I wrote on Aaron Johnson's page? Was there bad info, excessive info, or bad grammar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbowens31 ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey, saw the new Bill Walker article - nice work. It remind me of a question I'd been meaning to ask, though - what is the guideline about using pictures? It seems like there is some sort of timeframe where photos enter the public domain since the majority seem to be from the 50s or earlier - but what is the guidance? I could probably start adding some of these if I understand the parameters. Also, I will probably start working on a series of articles of players who played key roles in the CCNY point shaving scandal. Many of the missing 1950 CCNY and 1951 UK championship team members are notable as much for their roles in that scandal as for their play. This could mean some expansion of that article. Kind of wondering if a different title might not be a good idea. The scandal had a big effect on Kentucky, Bradley and a couple other schools as well. Not sure what that new title should be, though. Rikster2 ( talk) 14:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
I'll get to him later this month. If I haven't done anything on him in 30 days, ping me.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:32, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for helping with the St. Francis Terriers related articles!!!-- El Mayimbe ( talk) 02:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Martell Bailey is somewhat interesting because he is not only a former DI assist leader, but also the Horizon League (HL) career and single-season assist record holder. His older brother David is arguably as notable according to the HL record book. The older brother was 3x All-HL (2x 1st team), HL scoring champ, HL assist champ and had more HL POWs. Martell was a 2x 2nd team All-HL performer and 2x assist champion. Although, Martell was only an All-2nd team performer, I guess he is marginally more notable due to HL all-time records and national statistical championship. Martell was also a local Chicago product so there is a lot of high school content. I have not done the full blown local content research, but have looked at page one of the "Martell Bailey site:Chicagotribune.com" google search and see some interesting stuff. If you want to go ahead and do the article, that should be enough to really get you going. If you want me to do the article, I will take a more in depth look later. I have a history of finding a lot of good high school content from the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. With Kit Mueller, Rob Pelinka, Juwan Howard and Tai Streets I have uncovered a lot of good material. I am not sure if this guy was a top 20 Chicago area prospect. If he was, there will be a lot more about him when I do further research. If not, I am not sure what I can do. This is an unusual case because, generally, I don't like writing about guys who were not at least first team all-conference in college, especially for non power conferences.
The other guy is a bit older and it will take a while to find info. Also, UIC was in The Summit League back then, so I will have to look at a different set of sources if they are available.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:27, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 21 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rashad Phillips, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kobe Bryant once claimed that Rashad Phillips was the "best player" never selected in an NBA Draft? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rashad Phillips.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 21 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Walker (Toledo basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that University of Toledo basketball player Bill Walker was the first official NCAA season assists leader in 1950–51? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Walker (Toledo basketball).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 21 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stefon Jackson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former basketball guard Stefon Jackson, who played for the UTEP Miners, is Conference USA's all-time scoring leader with 2,456 points? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stefon Jackson.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:04, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Crazy, crazy year. UR obviously had quite the roller coaster, due in no small part to changing head coaches a week before the first game. Got off to a good start with three wins, but even then we saw signs of weakness in not dominating Wagner and VMI. Injuries were a huge part of this year's problems. Also a lack of fifth-year seniors due in part to the revolving door coaching staff we've had (our fifth-year seniors had four different head coaches) meant we were really, really young. We played something like a dozen true freshmen this year simply because we didn't have the bodies we needed.
Also remarkable is that four of the Spiders' eight losses came by a total of eight points...that's due to both bad luck and an inability to close out games. Evidence the crazy end to Saturday's game...weird turn of events gives the Spiders the lead in the waning moments, but the defense couldn't get a stop when it needed one, and the Tribe marched right down the field. Story of our season....very much in most of the games, but came up just short. On to next year! WildCowboy ( talk) 15:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a link to instructions on how to do this? I am trying to get a photo of former Virginia Union coach Dave Robbins from commons to his WP article but it's not as I easy as expected. Maybe it's because I'm working off an iPad? Any help is appreciated! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:45, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
I created the Basketball teams in New York City for all the teams in the NYC metro area (as you can see on Template:NYCMetroSports). Just because a team's not in the exact five boroughs doesn't mean it's not part of the larger metropolitan area. Tom Danson ( talk) 05:51, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
That's me! Have doubt? Track me! 12:13, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
The stub looks fine, Jrcla2. I just made a few minor changes. (And according to Baseball-Reference, Gaines did not play in the minor leagues, so his entire pro baseball career was just those four games.) - PM800 ( talk) 19:27, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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Concerning the change you made [1]:
In 2010 the Martial Arts Project reviewed (and improved and deleted) many articles: see Wikipedia:MAAR. We made much use of the Catscan tool [2] for searching the category tree under Martial Arts. As part of the review, we made some order in the categorization. Categories are useful when they separate things. At that time, we separated all the categories of people from all the categories of martial arts. In the category of people, we added a 'see also' to point to the martial art. In the category of martial art, we added a 'see also' to point to the corresponding people category.
This scheme of categorization tries to balance the human use and tool use of the categories. jmcw ( talk) 16:40, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Futsal is not confirmed as a sport for the 2015 Pan Am Games (rumored to be replaced with inline hockey), have you heard otherwise? Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions 19:38, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey, sorry for that. Kante4 ( talk) 23:16, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
You know, you're right. That wasn't really my intent, but yeah, I see how that was a bit dickish. Sorry for that. I basically thought the decade article was a duplicate of what the 2011 article was before it was converted into a redirect, and I thought we were going to be sticking with the pattern of creating individual seasons from here on out. It just seemed a little irregular as that's the first 2010-2019 article I've ever seen, and thought those had pretty much been limited to historical articles. Plus I was in a grumpy revert-happy mood after dealing with this guy messing with all the ACC standings templates. Once again, I'm sorry for the way I dealt with it. Not professional, and definitely not cool. Won't happen again. De Fault Ryan 23:41, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2 - I have been creating articles for notable early national championship team members (only missing 9 articles from 1939-52). I have noticed that the link you posted on my Talk page awhile back no longer works. Do you know of another? It would really help with these older players - some of whom I'm sure have died by now. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 03:26, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nemo Gaines, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nemo Gaines is the only graduate of the United States Naval Academy to play in Major League Baseball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nemo Gaines.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
File:Weihnachtsmann 1.jpg | Happy new year |
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Pass a Method talk 18:34, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
... this is a better redirect. Cheers for that, -- Jezebel'sPonyo bons mots 23:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mike Pegues, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mike Pegues scored 2,030 points during his college career between 1996 and 2000, setting a Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball record that still stands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Pegues.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 20:47, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
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Congratulations on reaching the 50 DYK mark. Keep up the full-court press and good work! - The Bushranger One ping only 23:34, 3 January 2011 (UTC) |
Saw that you removed the 1947 Cotton–Tobacco Bowl from the Richmond football template. I honestly don't know the details on that game and I concur that it's not included in the CFBDW, but the NCAA does mention it in its list of "unsanctioned or other bowl games"...I don't know how much weight that carries though. WildCowboy ( talk) 22:04, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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The College football Barnstar | |
I hereby award you, Jrcla2, the College Football Barnstar for meritorious service to the WikiProject College Football, above and beyond the call of duty (and to the detriment of your day job), for your diligent work in the enhancement of navboxes and the deletion of redundant succession boxes from the articles of Division I FCS and lower division coaches. Congratulations, Jrcla2, and carry on. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 17:10, 7 January 2011 (UTC) |
As a reg at WP:WPCBB, I was hoping you might wish to comment on the issue that I raised here and here.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 18:57, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Are you aware that we do have accurate numbers in steals and blocks for many of the players who played before 1985-86, they just are not officially recognized? For instance, David Robinson had 516 blocks in 127 games. Hakeem Olajuwon blocked 454 shots in 100 games. Patrick Ewing had 493 blocks in 143 games. What do you think about incorporating players such as these into the list? Or perhaps we could make a separate "unofficial" list below the official one? Hoops gza ( talk) 04:41, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Ralph Sampson had 462 blocks in 132 games. I think I'd like to make an unofficial list below the official one. Hoops gza ( talk) 04:52, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Do not remove links that contribute to an article. On a list in which a summary of each linked item would cause the article in question to digress from its subject, links should be used for the aforementioned items. You are committing vandalism by removing information that has no proof of being unecessary, and you are doing so without warning or clarification. Personal opinion is not an acceptable reason to remove information from Wikipedia. Veldin963 ( talk) 03:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
In the midst of this senseless hostility, I will take a moment to thank you for informing me about the "reviewer" boxes I had on my profile. I was unaware of the verification process needed to truthfully display them, and have promptly removed them as a response. Veldin963 ( talk) 06:01, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
You are absolutely correct that I am not a Wikipedia veteran, and I understand your anger considering your emotional response, but do not let your emotions get in the way of logic. Forgetting Wikipedia, in the real world I am a computer graphic designer, and no, 400px is not too much for even the oldest of online-capable PCs to handle viewing. Especially at 72 dpi. If it exceeds the size of the infobox (and 400px does not exceed it), aesthetic problems may arise, but it will not cause technical issues. I took that photo myself (at a low resolution for the thumbnail's sake), and lowered the pixel-per-inch resolution to 72 dpi, which is the standard screen resolution for consumer computer monitors (research it if you did not know this or don't believe me). And yes, my account has under 1,000 edits, and that is because I have not used this account more than a few times until very recently (instead making edits without signing in), but I guarantee you I know what I'm doing. The image was created, resized, and uploaded myself for online viewing on a standard computer monitor. If you are emotional about an edit, do not make unnecessary changes to it. Edits should be fact-based, not opinion-based, and that includes links, which should be included for their factual value, not removed to reflect the assumed opinion of a general population, which is what you are implying. I am trying to be as courteous as I can, and I am informing you that you are making unecessary changes to the image. I, personally, have never seen a thumbnail as small as you've made mine, but I will not tamper with others' work based on my opinions. You even said yourself on this page (a few paragraphs below, I believe), "I tend to react hastily and with emotion, not forethought." And as I cannot force you to pay any attention to my input, I will give it to you nonetheless, because emotional edits do not contribute to the community, but rather cause meaningless debates such as this. Now, I am going to return the image to 400px (I do not know if you changed it again?), and although I cannot stop you from reverting that change, I will encourage you to at least research computer monitor resolution standards, because I am certainly in the right in that respect, no matter what happens to the links or other edits on that page. Veldin963 ( talk) 05:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Marcus Mann (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that one day before the 1996–97 NBA season began, Golden State Warriors player Marcus Mann quit the team to become a Christian minister? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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Saw your edits to remove the Ls in the record table on Beau Baldwin. You have a point about redundancy, assuming one clearly understands the playoff format, but if the Ls are removed, the Ws should probably be as well and a distinction made between the champ and the finals loser. This seems to be how college basketball tables tend to be done, a la Mike Krzyzewski, although the college basketball project seems to behind college football in terms of the standardization of template-based elements. Whatever the case, I've been doing tons of FCS, DII, DIII, and NAIA tables like I did Beau Baldwin's, before which there was no standard whatsoever. Of course these templates were designed with bowls in mind, so perhaps that's the cause of some of the awkwardness here in reporting playoff results. Perhaps, we need to open this up to consensus and agree on a scheme? Jweiss11 ( talk) 00:10, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello Jrcla2. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:BrettThomasRoberts/Brett Roberts, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Users are given more leeway in their userspace. This appears to be a mock autobiography of the editor. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 21:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I am still a novice at this. I went to the history page for Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and saw growth from 1,463 bytes to 7,625 bytes. (5*1,453=7,315) Are you using a different measure? Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 01:19, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Please express your opinion: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 January 19#College football head coaches. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 16:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 20 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rashad Jones-Jennings, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that on December 13, 2005, Rashad Jones-Jennings became just the tenth NCAA Division I men's basketball player since 1973 to record 30 or more rebounds in a single game? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you added some code that looks like this:
I was wondering, what is its purpose? Does it make a space between sections by default?
Also, any time that you might ever find out something about that Paul Arizin game, please let me know. Hoops gza ( talk) 15:43, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I've also added mention of Arizin's supposed game to his article, with the same references as the other page. I think it deserves mention. Hoops gza ( talk) 15:50, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for approving my DYK item which had the hook, " that Gulet Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who was detained in Kuwait, was block from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court ordered that he be allowed to return home?" I have now done more research and discovered that the Judge literally did not "order" this. Would it be possible to rephrase the hook: "that Gulet Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who was detained in Kuwait, was block from flying home by the U.S. "no-fly list" until a federal court intervened to allow him to return home?" I will take whatever steps that you think are appropriate to change it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_January_22 Thanks, Racepacket ( talk) 21:03, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Obie Trotter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Obie Trotter ended up playing college basketball at Alabama A&M because his mother felt their head coach was a "godly man"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your article Victuallers ( talk) 00:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bob McCurdy, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bob McCurdy, described by former basketball teammate Kevin Eastman as having virtually no quickness, dribbling skills, jumping ability or foot speed, led NCAA Division I in scoring in 1974–75? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Houston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kevin Houston holds the U.S. Military Academy's men's basketball records for points in a game (53), season (953) and career (2,325)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
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— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
I saw the Doty article in CSD, but decided I shouldn't get involved. I had planned to start an article on her some time ago. I even enlisted someone, not a regular at Wikipedia, and we were going to work together on it. My hope was that he would then become an editor. However, someone else started a perfectly dreadful article, and then abandoned it. I should have just begun editing that one, but I didn't. I was half hoping it would get deleted, and I could start form a clean slate. Probably not the right attitude, but I had enough other things to work on. I'm not sure why it bothers me so much, but I really get annoyed when someone throws up a two sentence stub, then leaves it for others to improve. In some sense, that is the WP way, but I don't believe in starting articles unless they can meet certain minimum standards. That one didn't. -- SPhilbrick T 03:38, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 26 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Boo Ellis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after his professional basketball career ended, Boo Ellis worked as a security guard in his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. I think the proper approach to this userspace draft that has "gone cold" is to nominate it at WP:MfD. That's what I've seen done with other stale userspace drafts. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 04:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Armbrust Talk Contribs 09:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
What is a sockpuppet investigation? If it involves editing, I would be more than glad to help. I am new to Wikipedia, so a quick response would be helpful. Thank you! KevinIrwin ( talk) 01:26, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
There isnt one citation for the whole hook for Costa Grande of Guerrero at DYK. The sentence you refer to is in the lead, which does not have to be cited because it is a summary of cited information below. Im afraid that means checking out the parts (heavily dependent on agriculture), (tourism developed spottily) and (Zihua and Ixtapa only ones with developed infrastructure). I can propose a hook easier to check, but it would be trivia. Thelmadatter ( talk) 22:56, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notice about this. One word of advice, if you don't mind: if it escalates, takes it to WP:AN3RR rather than to AN/I. Be sure to reference the AN/I thread if you do. In the meantime, I'll watchlist the article. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 04:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla, I've upgraded all of the SEC and Big XII coach navboxes, and I'm nearly done with the Big Ten programs. I've also upgraded six randoms (Army, Clemson, Marshall, Miami U, Temple, Texas Pan Am), and I have four more randoms on my to-do list (Citadel, Navy, Presbyterian, Wyoming); the randoms are those that overlap with the Gators' coaching succession. After those, I have probably one more conference left in me. Let me know where you need help most . . . Big East, MAC, MWC, WAC, etc. Looks like the ACC and Pac-10 coach navboxes are already done. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 21:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 4 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chris Marcus, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, although Chris Marcus was seven feet tall in high school, it took convincing from the school's basketball coach for him to play for the team? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerome Lambert, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, after his professional basketball career in Israel was over, Jerome Lambert became a firefighter in Arkansas? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Crosthwaite, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ralph Crosthwaite never played in the NBA, despite being drafted by both the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Regarding Wilt's 113 points game, see the Harvey Pollack NBA Statistical Yearbook available for download here.— Chris! c/ t 23:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clyde Mayes, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Clyde Mayes played on four different NBA teams in just two seasons before leaving to pursue his professional basketball career in Europe? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your new article Victuallers ( talk) 12:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi. You asked if I blanked your comment on my talk page about minor and major edits. I did. No offence intended. I found the information helpful, as I did not always use the minor edit box correctly. Regards.
Greetings, Jrcla. Just got your note. I have not previously weighed in on this CfD because, well, frankly, I'm a little bit ambivalent. There's something to be said for uniformity (i.e. all men's basketball program navboxes are labeled "men's basketball"), but I'm trying to follow your point . . . for these CBB programs that will only be labeled "basketball," is it because (a) there is no women's program at the same college, or (b) the women's program is called something different (e.g. "Baylor Lady Bears basketball," or some such thing)? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 04:28, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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![]() | On 10 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Nemer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jerry Nemer was the first Jew to captain a major athletic team at the University of Southern California? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Churchill (athlete), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in addition to being named an All-American in both football and basketball at the University of Oklahoma, Tom Churchill finished fifth in the decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2- I had an idea for some useful information to add to the List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders article. I think it would be useful to add entries for the all-time leading scorers in each Division I conference below the overall leaders. This is information that I think fans are curious about. I would envision a table like the main table that shows conference, conference founding (and, if applicable, disbanding) dates, the player, school, career and total points. This would be fairly easy to collect for most current conferences and I have references for All-time scoring leaders for the SWC, Metro, Big 8 and ECC. What do you think? If you like the idea, I'd be happy to collaborate on the table. We could set it up in one of our sandboxes and divvy up the leagues. Rikster2 ( talk) 16:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I just went through all of the MEAC school's men's basketball media guides. I looked to see who each school's all-time leading scorer is and whether their career total occurred during that school's time as a member of the MEAC. The closest anyone came was Coppin State's Tywain McKee, who scored 2,158 points between 2005–06 and 2008–09. There were three schools, however, who either didn't have media guides or didn't have the information available: UMES, NC A&T, and SC State. That being said, I highly doubt any of them had someone score more than Davis did at Delaware State, so I'm going ahead and plugging him into the list. Jrcla2 ( talk) 04:52, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that a couple of days ago you moved Template:Connecticut Huskies men's basketball coach navbox to Template:Connecticut Huskies basketball coach navbox for purposes of standardization. However, because of the equal prominence of the Connecticut Huskies men's and women's basketball teams, I have been trying to keep all basketball templates for one of the teams clearly marked as being with that team as opposed to the other. I realize that there isn't currently a coach navbox for the women's team, but that could easily be created later. I therefore moved the navbox back to the title with "men's" in it. If you disagree with my reasoning let me know and we can discuss. – Grondemar 17:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anwar Ferguson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball players Grady Livingston of Howard and Anwar Ferguson of Houston were each NCAA Division I season blocks leaders during their careers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 14 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grady Livingston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball players Grady Livingston of Howard and Anwar Ferguson of Houston were each NCAA Division I season blocks leaders during their careers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thank you for your help Victuallers ( talk) 06:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I've got your answer over on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. De Fault Ryan 20:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a source for the fact that the James Lemon who coached basketball at GW in the '20s is the same James Lemon who owned the baseball Senators in the '60s? I had a devil of a time digging up the minimal information that I found, and it would be nice to have something additional. Presuming it's the same person, the fact that he was a significant enough figure that the GW team briefly changed its name to the "Lemonites" in his honor would certainly be good to have on that page. - Dewelar ( talk) 22:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the acronym "SSDI". Could you clarify? – Grondemar 12:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
Interesting find of R. LeBlanc Lynch. I, too, strongly suspect that the coach and St. James Episcopal Church guy are the same person. I did some more research, but I can't find anything to make Lynch notable. Not his work as a coach--since that position was filled by a player-coach before Edwards, and there was nothing for his religious work. Too bad. About the coaching list--there was a reason that I didn't include Lynch, but I don't remember it. I'll check it out. Good work on all the new navboxes. -- GrapedApe ( talk) 04:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks! Hoops gza ( talk) 15:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup of the page I created. I hope to create more in the future.
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Hey - One more 2k/1k candidate for you - Keith Benson. He is already over 1000 rebounds and needs 177 points to hit 2000. It's a bit of a long shot, but it is possible for him to hit it with a long-ish postseason run. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:53, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
I recently edited the SEC player of the year page because it claimed that Chandler Parsons currently holds the title of SEC player of the year. This is untrue because do to the fact that the Associated Press hasnt named its SEC player of the year yet and if that person isn't Parsons then Parsons would become CO-SEC player of the year with the other person so he isn't yet the SEC player of the year —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.224.12 ( talk) 01:28, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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I added Anthony Hill (Basketball) and Tony Meier to the Tone Boyle's AfD per your request. Of course you will see this right away because there are no basketball games this week to keep you busy. :) Sigh, my BYU will lose big tomorrow... Bgwhite ( talk) 17:32, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey- I should finish the WCC coach navboxes tonight (just San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara to go). After that, I think I will turn my attention to creating WP articles for each of the All-America players who don't have them, as well as all 2011 conference POYs. Having created a couple of historical articles on these types, it feels like these will be easier to create now while there are ample sources than they will be later. Not sure if you have other things you plan to work on, but feel free to grab any that catch your fancy. One that might also take care of one of your priorities is Aaron Johnson of UAB, the CUSA player of the year who also led the nation in assists this year. Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your input! I'm not the best at making redirecting link, so I guess this is where I can get some good practice. And you said LoL can make 1943 link to 1945 in the infobox? How do I re-nominate it? I reposted my comments from the last deletion page onto the discussion page. Thanks! Moonraker0022 ( talk) 22:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
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I need help at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_College_Basketball#Chris_Hill_.28basketball.29.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 21:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi, just to inform you that there is an ongoing discussion at Template talk:Infobox NBA biography on how to present info on the infobox. One particular topic that may interest you is the presentation of college awards. Thanks.— Chris! c/ t 01:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
I've renominated for deletion. But I don't think the discussion is reopened though. I'm not sure how to fix this. And I've asked User:LOL for help in adjusting the 1943 & 1945 infobox links so that those pages don't deadlink and can skip over 1944. Thanks for your time, and suggestions. Moonraker0022 ( talk) 00:44, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Credo accounts— Chris! c/ t 01:36, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Al Szolack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Al Szolack lost all 245 professional basketball games he ever played in? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Cheers, Big Dom 16:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2- I was updating the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles basketball coach navbox and saw your note on Frank Harrell. I really disagree with listing the same guy twice in succession and feel like the interim tag really should only apply to those coaches who are only interim coaches. If somebody gets the permanent job, (like Mike Davis) it seems like they should just be listed in the navbox as a permanent coach and the details can be contained either on their page or the men's basketball page. I wanted to respect your request not to delete the interim entry, but think this needs some discussion. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2, thanks for reviewing the nomination. I tried to address your concerns there. Regards, Cinosaur ( talk) 15:26, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Howdy, both of us added some college basketball players for an AfD a few weeks ago. I've nominated an AfD for Obi Egekeze. He is a college football player. Could you take a look at the AfD and see if I'm out of line with the nomination. Bgwhite ( talk) 20:35, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Re the note you left me... that's actually NOT sockpuppetry. When I blocked the first user, the template specifically encourages them to create a new username and edit. They're doing as they were told. :) - Philippe 09:59, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I modified Jimmer Fredette so that the footer templates are grouped thematically. I feel this is more functional than an omnibus "Awards and honors" group. You referenced a concern for consistency in your edit summary, which typically is not a valid concern without consensus of the community (see, for example, Wikipedia:Consistency). I'd be happy to participate in such a discussion if it's needed, but in the case of Jimmer, I hope you will give it a chance. Regards — Eustress talk 20:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I've just heard from Erik of the Foundation about these, and apparently you have no email set in your preferences, so they're unable to forward your account details. Can you add an email address at your earlier convenience? Cheers, SlimVirgin TALK| CONTRIBS 17:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
The edits you made the the Lady Techsters' championship navboxes have resulted in them not fitting to the width of the screen. They now extend off the screen to the right instead of wrapping around. I don't know how to fix this. Would you mind making the correction? Template:1981 Louisiana Tech basketball, Template:1982 Louisiana Tech basketball, and Template:1988 Louisiana Tech basketball. Thanks! - AllisonFoley ( talk) 09:19, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 10 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pete Padgett, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a senior, basketball player Pete Padgett received the Doc Martie Award, given annually to the University of Nevada's top male athlete? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 11 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Harper, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jerry Harper was the first Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball player to lead his team in scoring all four years? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:04, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey- Saw you removed the Phillips basketball cat from Harper. I actually put it on there because he's listed in a Phillips 66ers program I have from late 1958. I'm pretty sure he actually did play for them, though records are sketchy.
Also, got your message on the Haggerty - not sure what the holdup is. I would assume it would be Jenkins so I guess watching the Hofstra page is the thing to do. I guess Dwight Hardy of St. John's has a shot. Rikster2 ( talk) 21:20, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, "own work" is totally bogus: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jimmy McNatt 39-40 Oklahoma.JPG-- GrapedApe ( talk) 01:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Was looking for the missing team on the AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans article (1937-38). I own the Grundman book and there is an appendix showing AAU AA teams (though this section isn't available on Google Books). According to that, your 1936-37 team is actually the 37-38 team and your 35-36 team is actually the 36-37 team. The 1936 team is the 1935 team you have with one change (Carl Knowles of Universal instead of Hyatt). The book also lists AA teams back to 1921. Worth noting there are a few minor differences on later teams as well. I didn't want to make the changes since the sources are a little inconsistent (which should be used as source of record?). Just wanted to let you know. Glad you started these articles - lots of untilled ground in the early AAU. If you're motivated, a Phillips 66ers article would be really good given how dominant they were in the pre- and early pro league days. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:06, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that among the all-time list of AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans, 33 have competed in the Olympic Games while nine have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 00:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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WP:MOSBIO. If we don't do this in biography articles, then why should we do it in other articles? :-) And (with the exception of medical journals) the vast majority of academic journals do not list academic titles for their editors/authors/board members. -- Crusio ( talk) 15:09, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jerry Shipp, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that it was Jerry Shipp who led the United States men's national basketball team in scoring at the 1964 Summer Olympics, even though its roster included two future Hall of Famers? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 12:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
I removed the prod tag you placed on Template:Developmental National Basketball Team roster header, as per policy templates cannot be deleted via prod. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this; please do not interpret this as my endorsement for keeping this unused template. You are welcome to list it at WP:TFD. — KuyaBriBri Talk 19:10, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Tried to address your concerns at T:DYK. Let me know what you think, and thanks! Khazar ( talk) 15:34, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 13 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dick Davies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basketball player Dick Davies played for his Hall of Fame father, Bob, before going on to win a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Another article contributed, thanks Victuallers ( talk) 18:03, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 17 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Thieben, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former basketball player Bill Thieben is considered the first "big man" in Hofstra University history? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 17:48, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
There is both a Lew Andreas and a Lewis Andreas article for the former Syracuse coach. Do your editing powers include being able to merge them? I hadn't really thought through which should be merged into which or anything - just ran across it today. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 18:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:30, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 25 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Sullivan (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tom Sullivan is only the second head coach in UMBC Retrievers men's basketball history to amass 100 career wins? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:05, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 27 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Billy Schaeffer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a senior in 1972–73, St. John's University basketball standout Billy Schaeffer averaged a school record 24.7 points per game en route to winning the Haggerty Award? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
(This is in reference to my Mystic River Reservation article.) I don't understand this distinction--it does not seem to match the format of other articles. As I understand it, "Notes" and "References" are two different things: Notes are pointed to by superscripts, while References are not. Therefore, your merging them together in the References section with the distinctions "general" and "specific" is confusing to me. If you can kindly explain this, and point to some examples of this format's being used in other Wikipedia articles, I will be glad to learn and, if need be, amend my understanding; otherwise, I'm going to revert back to the Notes/References format. Thanks. Chillowack ( talk) 17:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Azary, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Columbia Lions men's basketball coach Gordon Ridings "never saw a harder worker" than John Azary? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 16:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your contribution to one of wikipedia's latest WP:GA's
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-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:15, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you moved UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball to Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball to match the category name. Although this is a minor point, I propose that the name of this page and the categories should all be changed from 'Texas–Arlington' back to either 'UT Arlington' or 'UTA'. These two shortened names are more appropriate for the university, and I think most of the UT schools try to stay away from the 'Texas–city name' format since you can't tell if the school is in the UT or A&M system that way. EMBaero ( talk) 03:56, 1 June 2011 (UTC)EMBaero
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Thanks for your words of support on the DYK page for the article Allen Forward. I, like you, see DYKs as a small oasis in Wikipedia where a little bit of misdirection and fun can be had. Thank you for your input. FruitMonkey ( talk) 21:33, 1 June 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 2 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Boo Harvey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during his senior season at St. John's, basketball player Boo Harvey hit three buzzer-beating, game-winning shots? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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![]() | On 7 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Albie Grant, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Albie Grant is the only Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball player to average 20+ points and 10+ rebounds for his career? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 12:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 8 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ben Auerbach, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 1939–40 NYU Violets men's basketball team, led by Ben Auerbach, finished the regular season with an 18–1 record yet did not play in a postseason tournament? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 00:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Can you move the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football and Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball pages like you did the basketball page using the correct hyphen? I don't know how to do that. Thank you for your help. - USLcajun85 ( talk) 16:27, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Why are you using db-a7 to mark sports seasons for deletion. It's not applicable; only those criteria in CAT:CSB are, and its applied narrowly. You're a very experienced editor, so you must have meant something else. DGG ( talk ) 23:15, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Since you're experienced with basketball articles, I wanted to get your opinion. Do you think an article on Aquille Carr is fit for the mainspace? I just assume it'll be sent to AFD, but think it could survive. Not sure if the basketball project has any unwritten rules on this... Strikehold ( talk) 03:25, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
Hi; just a note about nominations placed at WP:CFDS: don't forget to tag the category with {{subst:Cfr-speedy|NEW-CATEGORY-NAME-HERE}}. Some of your nominations have the category tagged but I have processed some recently that were not tagged. Not a huge deal in most cases, but it does need to be done so that those who watch the category are aware of the nomination and can double-check it for accuracy, if desired. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:47, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
I'll have you know, everything that I've shared on Wikipedia is true. I don't appreciated being branded for vandalism, when all I've done is supported Wikipedia's mission. My entry for the IMF was meant as a factual, albeit quite ironic, statement of truth. Why don't you check your sources next time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.169.193 ( talk) 19:04, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
He is correct. The IMF plays a substantial role in the show [C] (anime). One of the main characters is an IMF agent with the role of figuring out the effects of "midas money" on the real world. I don't see how the documentaries that are currently in the media section are more relevant then the anime show.
Note to you: This is actually a different person and you aren't doing your job. I'm sure you didn't even investigate the other users original claim and automatically assumed it was vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.40.70 ( talk) 19:25, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
You're a twamp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.169.84 ( talk) 19:47, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I see your hiding behind your mod powers instead of addressing the actual issue at hand. — Preceding
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Just finished updating the AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans article and created the missing template (1938). The reference was pages 263-270 of the Adolph Grundman book cited in the article. It also lists AAU AAs from 1921-34. I am going on a trip tomorrow, but when I get back I'll work on this. Not sure I can get the formatting of the extra 14 teams right without corwding the page. They are all five man teams except 1924, 1929 and 1931 (6 each). If you want to set up a table I can drop them in (but not for about 2 weeks). Otherwise I can create the table when I get back and turn it over to you to integrate into the article. Thanks Rikster2 ( talk) 01:29, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
I saw you added that he was the brother of Harry Rogers. I assumed this too when I read about his high school teams, but after some digging I could not find anything that suggested this was true. I found something about a sister (but now I can't find that any more) but nothing about a brother. Did you find something I could not? ( Thevandaley ( talk) 22:29, 1 July 2011 (UTC))
This edit added (possibly inadvertently) a blatant WP:BLP violation to the above article. Please be more careful in the future. L H M 03:20, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
I was planning to edit the UCLA row in Wikipedia:WikiProject College Basketball/Master Table, because they clearly have a page for the team, but I'm not seeing the code for the green. Can you help me? As an aside, I just noticed that oe can edit each row, which is useful, but I'm not seeing how that was done. Do you know?-- SPhilbrick T 19:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for adding the Joe Bruin photo to the article I started Joe Bruin. I am also hopeing for a 1980s retro image. Bruinfan12 ( talk) 05:45, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions to articles that I created, especially Roger Strickland. NBA Fan44 ( talk) 02:54, 18 July 2011 (UTC) |
I have blocked User:DragoLink08 again, this time for 1 week. If he returns and his editing patterns are the same, you will need to start a request for comment on user conduct, as I will not continue in a block war with an editor who has no intention of listening. As I said before, I will certify an RfC/U if one is opened, but I will not open it myself; it will be your responsibility to compile the necessary evidence and present it neutrally. — KV5 • Talk • 22:52, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
You have my full support for taking the inactive banner off of the college baseball project page. I'd be happy to do anything to help the project become more active. I'm currently working on creating new stadium articles, but I'd be happy to work on anything else the project deems necessary. If you run into any opposition to the tag removal (as I did, if you look into the last few edits to the project page), I'll be a voice in favor of activating the project. Incidentally, nice work with all the categorizing. Kithira ( talk) 17:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the heads up. Deletion discussions are a great way to break up the article/userbox creation monotony. :) Kithira ( talk) 19:12, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
I don't understand why you nominated the wrestling templates for deletion when you used this
The red links encourage article creation for these coaches, all of whom inherently pass notability guidelines for coaches since they coach(ed) at the highest level of amateur competition in the United States for baseball (NCAA Division I or historical equivalent). Jrcla2 (talk) 18:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
rebuttal to defend the SDSU template. Gerry D ( talk) 16:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 6 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rodney Blake (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Rodney Blake graduated from Saint Joseph's University in 1988, his 419 career blocks were the most in NCAA Division I men's basketball history? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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I reverted the edits on Kenny Hasbrouck. I'm assuming good faith, because you seem to know what you're doing. When the user before used Twinkle on his article, I'm assuming it showed that there was a removal of an image, the American flag. Also removed was all the content on his DWI, which was properly sourced and had been since the day his arrest hit the news. Kjscotte34 ( talk) 20:31, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
They're done. I'm going to wipe my sandbox clean - I think you copied the AA info that was on them already. I'm also on a binge to fill in guys on national champion templates - guys who went on to be NBA players, coaches, etc. Just trying to complete some of these things. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:37, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Didn't even know you had a to do list. I came across Matsu while doing research on Frank G. Menke. Just happened to see an article describing this Japanese American kid as one of the top passers in football, and I thought it was a fascinating story. If you have additional sources/information, I'd welcome any input you may have. The sources I saw were split between referring to him as Arthur or Art, so I went with Arthur. I'll add a redirect for Art. Cbl62 ( talk) 20:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Holston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that David Holston scored over 2,000 points during his high-school basketball career, yet was not offered a single college scholarship? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/David Holston.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Although you suggested that this template be deleted here, the closing admin did not include it since it was not tagged. You should feel free to start a deletion discussion for it if you still feel it should be deleted. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:15, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Dabomb87 ( talk) 17:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I understand your critique of my edit, being that it was not under the correct subheading. However, I'm no computer programmer and I was simply trying to make the article more complete by consolidating the yearly records onto one chart. I don't believe this to be out of order on this page as it will serve a useful quick reference. There are individual pages for each decade that is cumbersome when trying to compare year-by-year. If you are so apt to have the consolidated information on a separate page, perhaps you could help by creating separate articles or perhaps helping create a collapsible chart that would not extend the page significantly. I suppose a listing of links by decade could be helpful, but again, nothing beats seeing them side-by-side. It takes quite awhile to compile the information and it doesnt seem that there are any takers to significantly overhaul the individual (and quite fragmented) entries for WM sports. SuperNoga ( talk) 03:16, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey, I noticed you've been uploading a lot of fair use images. I've run into a problem before with the license you are using. I think we're better of with the one used at File:David M. Nelson.jpg. Thanks. Jweiss11 ( talk) 06:20, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for all your help cleaning up the UNC coach articles. I greatly appreciate all your hard work. Without you I am sure most college basketball articles would be in much worse. Keep up the great work. Remember ( talk) 14:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
Thanks for the cleanup on the Lineburg and Richmond football articles/templates. Was trying to throw something together quickly late last night and missed a few things. Changes look good! WildCowboy ( talk) 14:25, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. -- James26 ( talk) 01:37, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm working on a big project to standardize naming, form, coloring, and categorization of college sports navboxes. I think you'll get the gist I've what I'm aiming for starting from Category:Big Ten Conference navigational boxes. I could use some help getting this done. Care to help knock some of this out, maybe starting with the CAA. Thanks. Jweiss11 ( talk) 13:28, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
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I want to thank you for going in and adding the necessary info to the discussion pages of the categories I'm creating for the Horizon League. I'm basing the categories on what is currently being used by the ACC. I was planning on doing all of that tomorrow but I'm glad someone more experienced is doing it for me because I have a lot to learn about classes and stub/start and whatnot. City boy77 ( talk) 05:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC) |
Jrcla, just saw that you had created this new category. The Florida Gators sports categories do not combine male and female athletes, nor create "super" parent categories for sports where there are men's and women's teams in the same sport. We just went through a CfD several months ago to delete a super parent category for "Florida Gators golf" that served no purpose than to create a redundant, intervening category. I would be grateful if you would reconsider, and delete this new category ASAP. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 18:25, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the work that you have done on Lamar Cardinals related articles! ThomasHorn7 ( talk) 22:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC) |
![]() | On 30 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article B. B. Davis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during B. B. Davis' basketball career at Lamar University, his team won the conference championship every year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/B. B. Davis.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
— HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:17, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
I would love to finish the last two remaining UNC coaches (I have been meaning to do this for a long time), but life is very busy right now (which explains my great decline in editing). I will try my best, but it may take a long time. We can start working on the article here - User:Remember/UNC Coach. Remember ( talk) 16:41, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Jrcla, just wanted to apologise for making you jump through extra hoops regarding the Green Bay basketball RMs. It probably should have been done uncontroversially, so sorry for making it take an extra week. All the best, Jenks24 ( talk) 23:01, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Does this look like the work of the Drago navbox color-changing dude you've have problems with before: Special:Contributions/131.247.38.231?
Thanks for correcting the name and adding categories to Category:College sports seasons in the United States. The three existing subcategories have different names and I don't know that any of them are the best names that they could be. The Michigan Wolverines category has "athletic" in it's name which seems reminiscent of the old naming convention when athletic teams didn't have their monikers in the name (University of Michigan athletics vs. Michigan Wolverines). I created the Texas and Texas Tech categories with the intention of creating dozens more to organize these season articles but university, not just by sport, but perhaps "season by team" isn't the best choice. Since the seasons are organized by team, I opted for that descriptor instead of simply "[School] [Moniker] seasons" How do you feel about that title for those categories? Thanks! NThomas ( talk) 21:35, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm already pretty confused about the entire thing. Honestly, whatever the consensus is that would work best is what I'll support. I think naming it "sport" or "team" will cause problems no matter which way it's cut, so at the end of the day it's really just a matter of what would probably be least confusing to the public. Jrcla2 ( talk) 22:52, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar. It really wasn't hard, the article is like three sentences long. I should get last year's POYs out of the way this weekend. All the best, ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 23:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 15 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rob Feaster, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rob Feaster is the Patriot League's all-time men's basketball scoring leader, yet still only ranks second at his own school? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rob Feaster.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 00:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I don't get your point. My point is that the football and basketball POYs are pretty uniformly considered important. I can't conceive that it is considered more prestigious to be the Athlete of the year for a single sport than for all sports. What is your point. I am not offering them up. I created most of the templates that I mentioned at the TFD. I am saying that they should think more closely about hockey versus the other sports that value such templates. Then, they should considere what the value is of this template versus valued templates.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:22, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
I created the Walter Skidmore article. It is very brief, but I am pretty busy and there doesn't seem to be much on him as a person. Feel free to revise and improve in any way you see fit. Cheers, Remember ( talk) 12:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 16 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orlando Lightfoot, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Idaho Vandals basketball player Orlando Lightfoot once scored 50 of his team's 69 points in a game? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Orlando Lightfoot.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Materialscientist ( talk) 16:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
I added the information you requested. Cbl62 ( talk) 04:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my talk page. Seems my wiki-federalism has ruffled some more asshole feathers. Jweiss11 ( talk) 20:12, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Created the last UNC head coach article - Bill Lange (coach). Feel free to clean-up and make it better, which you are very good at. Remember ( talk) 18:19, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
I was not planning to nominate the article for DYK. Taking a break from DYK for a little bit, but you should feel free to nominate the article. Though it's not in the article yet, he led NC to its first NCAA tournament appearance, which might be a decent hook. Cbl62 ( talk) 15:02, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 00:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
I saw the Spanish article and couldn't confirm the DOB or the Belgian experience through any other source - I wasn't confident that it was accurate. Particlularly the Belgium thing - since the other Ollie JOhnson played there. Are you SURE about the DOB? I dragged my feet creating the article because I tried to confirm it to get the naming right, but couldn't do it. Rikster2 ( talk) 04:05, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
As a reg, I thought you might have an opinion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football#Colors.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 19:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2 - Can I get you to take a look at this article? I just expanded it to try and avoid a repeat PROD. I feel pretty strongly he's notable and want to make sure I get this across. Feel free to add or edit anything you think would help. Also, if you have any ideas on where I could find his DOB I'd appreciate it. Thanks Rikster2 ( talk) 02:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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Just because somebody in the sports department press office wants to "re-brand" the Panthers as the Milwaukee Panthers, does not affect the fact that on campus, on the local television and radio stations, and in the local newspapers, they are often (indeed, most of the time) referred to as the UWM Panthers or UW-Milwaukee Panthers. -- Orange Mike | Talk 16:10, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Stop acting like a bloody little dictator, OK?
You seem to think you are Caesar of NCAA BB topics, and that that gives you the right to ignore fact and logic when taking a position on anything that concerns your little bailiwick.
I asked for an editors' vote and you ignored my request. How about doing what you are supposed to do, which is helping determine consensus, and stop being a jerkweasel in reply to my reasonable suggestions? NCDane ( talk) 18:48, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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Well done, thanks from the DYK project Victuallers ( talk) 00:03, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla, your opinions and votes are solicited at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football#Season records tables, inclusion of AP, Coaches and BCS rankings, etc.. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 15:33, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 28 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Parker (basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that watching Tom Parker play helped former Kentucky Wildcats basketball standout Jack Givens decide to attend Kentucky? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Parker (basketball).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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The DYK project ( nominate) 12:04, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Are you getting the same page loading errors and delays I am with that page? I am assuming it's because there are too many standings templates on it - which I think is why we went away from those on more recent seasons. Can you think of a static way to display standings that won't cause this. Conference standings info is useful for the historic seasons and since they won't change I'm not sure I see the reason to use a template. Also, this one isn't a big priority for me. I'll chip away at it but I'm not sure I want to invest big time in it - I'd rather drive some of the CPOY and National Champion template work to the ground. Rikster2 ( talk) 17:02, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, sir. I need some help. What's the current "standard" infobox template for NBA players? Can I use this same template for WNBA players? How about American players in foreign leagues? I've finally gotten around to cleaning up the Florida Gators basketball bios, and I've discovered that the men's articles are using a variety of old and new infobox templates, and many of the WNBA players have no infobox at all. Also, what's the best online source for WNBA career stats, etc.? Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 02:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I had changed colors for The Citadel's navboxes to use the actual hex (#9cdbff) that the school uses. I also saw that some of them have been changed back. Just wanted to clarify, any particular reason? I think with the navy blue border you've added to some of them, it is still pretty readable. Any thoughts? Billcasey905 ( talk) 23:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks from me and the wiki Victuallers ( talk) 00:03, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
I was going to redirect Christopher Mueller to Kit Mueller. Do you know for sure that Chris Mueller is a Christopher and not a Christian Mueller or some foreign spelling variant of Christopher?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 00:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you think that the Pre-2010 history of {{ Princeton Tigers basketball}} to {{ Princeton Tigers basketball coach navbox}}?-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 01:36, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
What made you go back and revise what I wrote on Aaron Johnson's page? Was there bad info, excessive info, or bad grammar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbowens31 ( talk • contribs) 03:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Hey, saw the new Bill Walker article - nice work. It remind me of a question I'd been meaning to ask, though - what is the guideline about using pictures? It seems like there is some sort of timeframe where photos enter the public domain since the majority seem to be from the 50s or earlier - but what is the guidance? I could probably start adding some of these if I understand the parameters. Also, I will probably start working on a series of articles of players who played key roles in the CCNY point shaving scandal. Many of the missing 1950 CCNY and 1951 UK championship team members are notable as much for their roles in that scandal as for their play. This could mean some expansion of that article. Kind of wondering if a different title might not be a good idea. The scandal had a big effect on Kentucky, Bradley and a couple other schools as well. Not sure what that new title should be, though. Rikster2 ( talk) 14:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
I'll get to him later this month. If I haven't done anything on him in 30 days, ping me.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:32, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for helping with the St. Francis Terriers related articles!!!-- El Mayimbe ( talk) 02:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
Martell Bailey is somewhat interesting because he is not only a former DI assist leader, but also the Horizon League (HL) career and single-season assist record holder. His older brother David is arguably as notable according to the HL record book. The older brother was 3x All-HL (2x 1st team), HL scoring champ, HL assist champ and had more HL POWs. Martell was a 2x 2nd team All-HL performer and 2x assist champion. Although, Martell was only an All-2nd team performer, I guess he is marginally more notable due to HL all-time records and national statistical championship. Martell was also a local Chicago product so there is a lot of high school content. I have not done the full blown local content research, but have looked at page one of the "Martell Bailey site:Chicagotribune.com" google search and see some interesting stuff. If you want to go ahead and do the article, that should be enough to really get you going. If you want me to do the article, I will take a more in depth look later. I have a history of finding a lot of good high school content from the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. With Kit Mueller, Rob Pelinka, Juwan Howard and Tai Streets I have uncovered a lot of good material. I am not sure if this guy was a top 20 Chicago area prospect. If he was, there will be a lot more about him when I do further research. If not, I am not sure what I can do. This is an unusual case because, generally, I don't like writing about guys who were not at least first team all-conference in college, especially for non power conferences.
The other guy is a bit older and it will take a while to find info. Also, UIC was in The Summit League back then, so I will have to look at a different set of sources if they are available.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 15:27, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 21 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Walker (Toledo basketball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that University of Toledo basketball player Bill Walker was the first official NCAA season assists leader in 1950–51? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Walker (Toledo basketball).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:02, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 08:04, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Crazy, crazy year. UR obviously had quite the roller coaster, due in no small part to changing head coaches a week before the first game. Got off to a good start with three wins, but even then we saw signs of weakness in not dominating Wagner and VMI. Injuries were a huge part of this year's problems. Also a lack of fifth-year seniors due in part to the revolving door coaching staff we've had (our fifth-year seniors had four different head coaches) meant we were really, really young. We played something like a dozen true freshmen this year simply because we didn't have the bodies we needed.
Also remarkable is that four of the Spiders' eight losses came by a total of eight points...that's due to both bad luck and an inability to close out games. Evidence the crazy end to Saturday's game...weird turn of events gives the Spiders the lead in the waning moments, but the defense couldn't get a stop when it needed one, and the Tribe marched right down the field. Story of our season....very much in most of the games, but came up just short. On to next year! WildCowboy ( talk) 15:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
Do you have a link to instructions on how to do this? I am trying to get a photo of former Virginia Union coach Dave Robbins from commons to his WP article but it's not as I easy as expected. Maybe it's because I'm working off an iPad? Any help is appreciated! Rikster2 ( talk) 19:45, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
I created the Basketball teams in New York City for all the teams in the NYC metro area (as you can see on Template:NYCMetroSports). Just because a team's not in the exact five boroughs doesn't mean it's not part of the larger metropolitan area. Tom Danson ( talk) 05:51, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
That's me! Have doubt? Track me! 12:13, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
The stub looks fine, Jrcla2. I just made a few minor changes. (And according to Baseball-Reference, Gaines did not play in the minor leagues, so his entire pro baseball career was just those four games.) - PM800 ( talk) 19:27, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
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Concerning the change you made [1]:
In 2010 the Martial Arts Project reviewed (and improved and deleted) many articles: see Wikipedia:MAAR. We made much use of the Catscan tool [2] for searching the category tree under Martial Arts. As part of the review, we made some order in the categorization. Categories are useful when they separate things. At that time, we separated all the categories of people from all the categories of martial arts. In the category of people, we added a 'see also' to point to the martial art. In the category of martial art, we added a 'see also' to point to the corresponding people category.
This scheme of categorization tries to balance the human use and tool use of the categories. jmcw ( talk) 16:40, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Futsal is not confirmed as a sport for the 2015 Pan Am Games (rumored to be replaced with inline hockey), have you heard otherwise? Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions 19:38, 18 December 2011 (UTC)
Hey, sorry for that. Kante4 ( talk) 23:16, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
You know, you're right. That wasn't really my intent, but yeah, I see how that was a bit dickish. Sorry for that. I basically thought the decade article was a duplicate of what the 2011 article was before it was converted into a redirect, and I thought we were going to be sticking with the pattern of creating individual seasons from here on out. It just seemed a little irregular as that's the first 2010-2019 article I've ever seen, and thought those had pretty much been limited to historical articles. Plus I was in a grumpy revert-happy mood after dealing with this guy messing with all the ACC standings templates. Once again, I'm sorry for the way I dealt with it. Not professional, and definitely not cool. Won't happen again. De Fault Ryan 23:41, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
Jrcla2 - I have been creating articles for notable early national championship team members (only missing 9 articles from 1939-52). I have noticed that the link you posted on my Talk page awhile back no longer works. Do you know of another? It would really help with these older players - some of whom I'm sure have died by now. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 03:26, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 24 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nemo Gaines, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Nemo Gaines is the only graduate of the United States Naval Academy to play in Major League Baseball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nemo Gaines.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 00:03, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
File:Weihnachtsmann 1.jpg | Happy new year |
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Pass a Method talk 18:34, 25 December 2011 (UTC) |
... this is a better redirect. Cheers for that, -- Jezebel'sPonyo bons mots 23:29, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
![]() | On 30 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mike Pegues, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mike Pegues scored 2,030 points during his college career between 1996 and 2000, setting a Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball record that still stands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Pegues.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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