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On 19 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lluís Coll, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lluís Coll scored one goal and set up another as FC Barcelona won the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
On 19 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lluís Coll scored one goal and set up another as FC Barcelona won the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, VASCO here,
the title says it all. SIX YEARS i think was a good run, but i don't feel productive anymore and "in high wiki-spirits" so to speak. More at WP:FOOTY if you wish to read.
All the best for you in and out of wikispace, kind(est) regards from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 15:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
hi, I have been editing, just not too active around WP:FOOTY for a while. The role of West Bromwich Albion is to defeat teams such as Liverpool and Chelsea, so that we can hear endlessly in the media about the shortcomings of these clubs. I have a feeling that if we won the Premier League 10 years in a row, we'd still be hearing more about what a disappointing season it was for Manchester United. Nevertheless, I am enjoying it while it lasts. The model for us a few years ago was Charlton and they ended up going down to League One. -- Jameboy ( talk) 15:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Not at all, thanks for 'interfering' - do you have a copy of the Sky Sports annual? Giant Snowman 20:04, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
OK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ey658 ( talk • contribs) 15:26, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Struway2. I've decided to renominate this article on FAC and would appreciate if you could spare the time to comment and/or vote. The previous nom failed because of a lack of spotchecks (I guess) so if you could also take a look at that, I would be grateful. Lemonade51 ( talk) 16:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, i see you see i fulfilled my promise of leaving :)
regarding your message, again don't understand the tone you use (not the first time) with me in all fairness - title included - but let's go bit by bit:
1 - i did not say one negative word about User:Banana Fingers, really would like for you to point out in that direction if you are so kind; 2 - maybe it was an irrelevant part of my summary what i wrote about User:Timmy96, but i thought he REALLY was not welcome here (like all the users that make legal/other threats - a guy saying more or less "I dare you to block me" constitutes such i reckon). In the past, can't remember which year exactly, someone told the exact same thing to User:Zombie433, but i am noone to say who can and who cannot edit here, i'll admit it.
Regarding Timmy, really would like to know your opinion on him, other than the obvious "I want to be blocked": in the past, if you don't remember it (i do!), he reverted you on several occasions after you reverted him and/or warned him about WP:COPYVIO, and shows no sign of improving there. That's what i was trying to convey in my summary in the Paixão brothers, i apologize for it, but i plan to continue reverting him on sight, sans the idiot summaries. -- AL ( talk) 17:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
For reportng VIAF errors so diligently. Read the VIAFbot debriefing blog post Maximilianklein ( talk) 22:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC) |
Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that the IP you've warned twice recently, 88.90.191.20 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS), is the same as the Norwegian anon we talked about in January. Even though he forgets the as-of date in the career statistics every time, he has now learned to update the pc-update. :) Mentoz86 ( talk) 12:45, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL here,
i am not even going to ask if the summary in Óscar Cardozo was directed at me because i know it was (one of my last summaries there was also exaggerated and also contained expletives yes - but an expletive does not always have to be an insult directed at someone, merely an outburst - but i think removing a reference in ENGLISH and adding other(s) in a FOREIGN language is totally wrong), i am only going to try and clear this doubt because i'm not going to be stupid and think i speak English better than an England native:
1 - is "net" not a similar verb to "score", in football? 2 - is "thrice" not the same as "twice"? I know both are very very very rarely used, but are they not correct English? In my writing approach, i try to avoid repetition of grammatical contents as much i can, instead of writing (example): "He scored a hat-trick, then the following match he scored another hat-trick, ending the season with a total of eight hat-tricks". That's not completely wrong is it?
I really really want to improve dramatically on my edit summaries, can't find a correct answer as to why i still (at times) fail miserably (my unmedicated bipolar condition is the best justification i can offer at the moment). Attentively, happy week -- AL ( talk) 19:17, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
He played in the Eerste Divisie for Oss so meets NFOOTBALL, but you're right about the inflation of his career (as evidence by the IP SPA which keeps on hijacking the article). I suggest we dissect each of the sources on the article talk page, determine whether or not we trust them, and if not remove all the information that is sourced to them so we are only left with the truth (or as near to it). Giant Snowman 12:00, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Le gach dea-ghui i gcomhair na nollag agus na h-ath bhliana! "With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year!" ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 01:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC) |
Much obliged, thanks indeed, have a happy Christmas! Giant Snowman 17:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Was only trying to improve storyline: 1 - not having the words "season" and "he played X games" written all the time; 2 - this is the most important, he did not transfer to SPORTING'S UNDER-19, junior teams don't buy players i believe; 3 - i was wrong in having unpiped some club names again, i admit it.
You did not allow for ANY of my storyline changes, only the PC update and the player position wikilink correction, don't worry i won't edit Míchel's article again because i don't want it to look like i'm edit-warring or similar.
Happy 2013, from Portugal, sorry for any incovenience, t'was not deliberate - -- AL ( talk) 15:37, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, I'd already seen it and have just commented actually. Giant Snowman 17:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I realised I made an error just after I clicked "save". Thanks for letting me know I did it right. Regards Pippin0490 Talk 17:37, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Also, I have a question regarding timestamps for international appearances. You have removed the timestamp I added for Eunan O'Kane's international appearances and it makes me wonder if the timestamp is required only for club matches and only a date needed for international matches? If that is the case then I shall have to remove a few timestamps I have added in the past few minutes. Thanks. Pippin0490 Talk 17:46, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm affraid I still don't follow. Updating player appearances is pretty much all I do on here and I do it for Hull City players after every game providing one of the other members that do the same haven't already done it. It is my understanding that once one has updated the appearances & goals, that they update the date & time stamp to corrospond with their edit. Therefore showing other potential "updaters" that it has already been done.
With the player in question, I noticed that he did not have any timestamps, so following the advice of another long term member who updated the date & time stamps of another player (Stephen Kelly I believe) to the current date, to show that the stats were up to date. Though the member did not have to update any appearance information.
This is what I believe I was doing to Eunan O'Kane's wiki page. I checked on soccerbase (which I always do) and went back through the season to check that he has made no further internation appearance, which he hasn't. I therefore added a date and time stamp to show that the apearances were up to date as of today. I don't see what is wrong. If you could shed some light onto this, then great. Pippin0490 Talk 18:12, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
I completely understand now and thank you for your help. I shall refraim from editing international matches from now on to be safe. Thanks again. :)
Pippin0490 Talk 19:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Given that you (still) sign 99,99999% of your messages with the friendly "cheers", and have ceased to do that in my page, i cannot help but wonder, have i been in any way disruptive or antagonizing towards you in the last few weeks/months? I totally think not.
Happy 2013, from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 19:36, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Struway2. Just a short note to commend you on your referencing work at the Jay Denny article. Keep up the good work. Thanks, C 679 20:53, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there mate,
this person has finally responded, in one of his many many anon IPs' talkpage (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/92.20.70.34), can't say i understand fully what is he implying but i feel a little sick to the stomach of having uttered that "You're not welcome here" and maybe he saw it and that is why he said what he said.
Everyone deserves a second chance, and maybe he's indeed improved, even though i think his writing is still subpar after what i saw in Hulk (footballer), and he still (per same article) has a big penchant for overdetail, but what we don't need are my "holier-than-thou" summaries, that's a certainty, i would not have liked if someone, back in 2006, had said to me i was not welcome to edit here!
You can also, if you want, profit from that list of contributions seen in the second line and see how he's faring overall. One thing is for sure, if he's not he'll be nearly impossible to control, with his neverending array of IPs and all. It can also be i still have not gotten through that "I want to be blocked" utterance.
Cheers, happy 2013 - -- AL ( talk) 21:18, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
However, i should also be aware that thorough match reports as the ones found in newspapers/official club releases for the Iran Pro League (that being the case for Marco Paixão) are nearly impossible to find/understand due to (the obvious) language issues (unless the sites such as PERSIANLEAGUE.com have an English option), so in that case we only have SOCCERWAY.com, TRANSFERMARKT.com or ZEROZERO.pt, to name a few i know of. I also have to admit that such references do source the fact that X or Y player scored/was sent off in W or Z game, but on the other hand it does not source debuts and/or milestones, as UEFA.com for instance.
All in all, my summary was not aggressive but very poorly worded, i'll definitely have a look on that. Have a great weekend, sorry for (yet another) inconvenience - -- AL ( talk) 18:43, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Sincerely i thank thee, keep it up -- AL ( talk) 19:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be useful if you could find time to post your views on this thread at Footy relating to how we should be wording stub tags, as it could do with more input really before changes are made to a lot of articles. Thanks. Eldumpo ( talk) 10:37, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you know if {{sortname|Roy|Burns|dab=footballer}} is better than {{sortname|Roy|Burns|Roy Burns (footballer)}} ? Would changing to the dab format make a large page load faster by saving byte space or would it slow it down somehow?-- Echetus Xe 12:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Yep, happy to leave Lincoln to you. Giant Snowman 10:52, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
CrimsonBlue ( talk) 10:08, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi - you removed the PROD on this article, I've taken it to AfD, discussion can be found here. Thanks, Giant Snowman 15:46, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Alright, I'll try to stop, but could you tell User:Kante4 to do the same? He has constantly been updating Real Madrid stats during every game they play. (If you don't believe me, check the page history for every Real Madrid player, especially the times, and compare them with the kick-off times, then you will see that I'm correct.) Arbero ( talk) 20:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, due to Championship games aslo taking place today I forgot that Blackburn were playing in the cup. I noticed that the info box was out of date by around 2 league games, and thought whilst I was updating it I may aswell add his game+ goal scored today (not realising it was in the FA Cup), which is why I also updated before the match had finished. Eng66 ( talk) 17:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Appreciate it. Keep up the good work, Mattythewhite ( talk) 14:24, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
I removed the information which was unsourced, regardless of whether or not it was good/bad. In fact, I removed elements of both. Giant Snowman 14:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks, I've blocked & deleted, and also created Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of 12Rolando to monitor in future, complete with a full list of all articles. I'll check back every-so-often to see if any have been re-created. Thanks for the heads up. Giant Snowman 16:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
can you please see that this article is deleted please? I keep forgetting how it's done! I do have a memo that GiantSnowman sent me in my archives, but even if (more when) i found it, i would not make anything of it, best leave it to the professionals.
Anyhoo, why do i ask this? Because this guy has, as of the end of 2011/12, the grand total of...ONE game in Segunda División B! And he still plays there.
As i said to you in the summary, please accept my apologies for what i did in Javier Patiño, it's just that the refs that have all the fields (publisher, author, date, access, etc) but have so in a manual way look rather shabby if you don't mind me saying so. Won't happen again.
Attentively, thanks in advance -- AL ( talk) 15:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. Can you check the references on this article. Would I be right in assuming that the narrative: "Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed." " should appear against the first reference rather than the second? Cheers. -- Daemonic Kangaroo ( talk) 10:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity. Where did you find all that. I did all the searches I could and I barely got anywhere (I usually gave up after 10 pages in google) and I even typed in words like "Santosh Trophies" and "National Football League" and even "Mumbai Football League" and I got nowhere. Good job... very good job. -- ArsenalFan700 ( talk) 15:44, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello User:Alexgreene87 here,
You have helped me in the past in making kits. Is it possible to make the Benfica t-shirt and then paste the colour numbers or text in the Benfica kit in the 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira page. I have left the link of what the shirt looks like below.
http://serbenfiquista.com/image/titulares-3?size=preview
User talk:Alexgreene87 16:01, 26 December 2012
Hello,
I recently made the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira article which was a match between Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal in August 2005.
Is it possible to create the kits for both sides. In this message section I have added links for you, to help you create the kits.
Benfica's Kit
Vitória de Setúbal's Kit
User talk:Alexgreene87, 28 January 2013 14:21 UTC
Hello, thanks for your advice :)
Hum, it seems that I did some mistakes... I forgot to check if these teams were in the top division, and they were. You're right, they aren't low-i, they're probably mid-i.
I'll probably review some of my asssesments, because I forgot to check the criteria "top level league" properly, for the latest articles that I assessed. Again, thanks for your advice. GNozaki ( talk) 10:23, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Relax dude, this is a shared IP address and the person making these changes is only trying to improve articles. The references removed are dead and obsolete and the parameters have been altered to give them a less messy (more refined) look when editing.
Also in European & World football most people are more familiar with the metric system so that should be written first. In Champions League and Euro matches the players are referred to by their height in m or cm (not ft in). There's no need for threats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.170.60.251 ( talk) 00:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL "here", how's it going?
i reach out to you because User:GiantSnowman is on one of his wikibreaks again: he told me that he felt like User:Lombriz de Aguapuerca, User:Xxxx693, User:190.84.51.146, ALL the same "user", were also this IP (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/190.84.80.134), he told that with a certainty of 99,99999%.
What did the first three do? Harass me with all "their" hearts ("crybaby", "faggot", racist abuse) after a small run-in in Quique Flores, i think you remember the incident. Snowman told me we'd have to wait to take action (or see if any action was worth taking) against the new IP because he was inactive at the time of my message to him. Well, now the person has returned (several edits today, yesterday and the day before), what is your intake on this if you please?
P.S. His edit in Fredy Guarín seems a bit persecutory (i edit massively there), not really sure (going against WP:COMMONAME for the umpteenth time), just a hunch. Attentively, thank you very much for whatever you can provide -- AL ( talk) 16:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Cheers again, from Portugal -- AL ( talk) 16:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I got my appearances and goals information from here and here. On soccerbase it doesn't state that he was on loan before joining Juventus on a permanent basis. Skyblueshaun 15:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL "here",
again i ask for your highly valuable opinion: there is a discussion at WPFOOTY i "launched" last week, titled " Fábio Coentrão / Hélder Postiga", due to a run-in i had with a compatriot over these two guys' articles. Bottom line is that we have several sources indicating players were born in Vila do Conde, none saying Póvoa de Varzim but still he keeps adding the "citation needed" tag (i have not reverted him since the discussion).
When i asked that he provided sources, all he arranged was one from Internet Movie Database for Postiga, hardly reliable in face of all the other sporting sources wouldn't you say? Again, what do you think?
Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 21:26, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
About User:Joshuaforest (i see you have also messaged him), lost battle, he reverts people after they revert him, writes no summaries and does not talk to people, total package and has already been blocked more than ONCE... Cheerio! -- AL ( talk) 15:22, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Struway2,
Thanks for the redirection.I would like to know how to redirect pages.
Debojyoti (
talk) —Preceding
undated comment added 13:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have restored the page history of this article. Thanks, Giant Snowman 15:37, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Cheers as always -- AL ( talk) 20:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
All the best, cheers -- AL ( talk) 13:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 11:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU,
regarding the several messages you sent to this "user" (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Grandstyle), this guy is this no good lowlife sock, who promised to sock and sock over and over again if he was blocked, he does so anon and now with an account. I kind of lost it in my message to this "person", i apologize but he's doing this with a smile!
You have been briefed, cheers -- AL ( talk) 15:48, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm assuming that by the interview you mean the link in the references section, and that for you it's not a dead link. When I try to load it, I get an error message, which is why I considered the article to still be unsourced, but if it works for you then the problem is clearly with my computer and not the source itself, so I'll leave it be. Cheers. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 17:34, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
On 14 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Corkie Blow, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at the age of 11, footballer Corkie Blow was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving the life of a younger child? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corkie Blow. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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) 08:02, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi - as per {{cite book|last=Frost|first=Terry|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=1988|isbn=0-907969-38-0}}:
I presume that this is the same James Smith, confirms birth & death dates, more specific place of birth, and Peterborough stats. Anything else I can help with, let me know. Giant Snowman 15:10, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
This club is NOT Darlington FC, it's a new club therefore the previous clubs history shouldn't be included. Romanticism is not a cold hard fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.12.84 ( talk) 16:17, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
i know i greatly disappointed you by losing it with User:Antony1821 and his socking ways after telling you already this year (!) i would not feed the trolls again, but i really need your assistance.
Could you please weigh in at Royston Drenthe (article's or User:Terje Christiansen's talk)? I have trouble understanding (maybe i never will) the PC/NT update. If Drenthe's last international match (and only!) was on 17 November 2010, why should the NT update read "21 March 2013" just because the edit was made then? Makes no sense to me man, i think i'm dumb!. The same (doubt) goes for PC of course.
I will not revert TJ, waiting for your input. Thanks and happiest of weekends. -- AL ( talk) 16:42, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
You really didn't have to PROD this; all you had to do was point me in the direction of the evidence and I would have CSDed it (which I have now done). Giant Snowman 11:51, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here" (working on another computer, much much slower, no patience to log in, situation fixed maybe tomorrow),
Maybe you could lend a hand (i see you are busy beyond WP tough) in this footballer's article, in his intro that is. Several users, the last one the ever aggressive User:Banana Fingers (insults everyone, i see you have warned him several times regarding something, he has not replied and has removed your stuff), keep adding SPANISH-FILIPINO instead of just FILIPINO.
Some people, in order to avoid ANY ambiguity, choose to leave that part blank. But it won't hurt if we write FILIPINO because he represents that country now internationally. But not SPANISH-FILIPINO most definitely.
Cheers, thank you very much in advance - -- 84.90.219.128 ( talk) 21:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I need you to chime in on WT:FOOTY regarding the nationality of both Taylor Graham and Kupono Low. It's pretty much the same debate we had a couple years ago. – Michael ( talk) 06:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
I need access to the Arsenal books, online sources are hard to find because of the other player - but this McBean was one of Arsenal's first players, moved down from Scotland at around the same time as club founder David Danskin (in fact they had played together in Scotland). A notable figure in the early days of football. Giant Snowman 20:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently made the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira article which was a match between Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal in August 2005. Do you know anybody who can help me create the kits. In this message section I have added links for you, to help create the kits.
Benfica's Kit
Vitória de Setúbal's Kit
User talk:Alexgreene87, 8 April 2013 14:21 UTC
Yes there is a section about it. It is very bad english to say as of match played. there is a reason you don't put this in the box on the right of the profile.
But fine. I'll start another discussion of it and prove you wrong and show that what mattythewhite is doing is wrong, though it should be obvious — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.254.182 ( talk) 21:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi there and sorry again for bothering you,
per your message to him (and with which i agree ENTIRELY), what can be done with this user? He continues to remove runner-up stuff in honours (serious) and adding those ghastly numbers in the section (not so serious), and with ZERO words in summary, which you asked him to provide in your message as well.
Attentively, keep up the good work (even if i get no reply again, please "confide" this to someone at least if you please) -- AL ( talk) 23:37, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Cheers back! -- AL ( talk) 14:23, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Now, for something completely different! In all this years of editing i (and most certainly you!) have come across writing in articles that would make a goat blush, but maybe yours truly has been insisting on a grammar error that would certainly merit scolding.
As follows: one could write, regarding the playing time that a given player receives by his club/manager, that the player is "utilized", or he is "first-choice" or an "undisputed starter", but what is 100% wrong is to write "X player was used sparingly" no? I mean "used" only has a negative conotation am i correct (as in "being used", "being deceived")?
Thanks again, "see" you around -- AL ( talk) 15:26, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks again for your assistance -- AL ( talk) 17:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Hey. I've seen your footy edits around quite a bit, and was wondering if you're considered running for adminship at WP:RFA. I think you'd make a great administrator, and would be fine nominating you if you were up for it. Wizardman 16:20, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello again. I just wanted to express how disturbed I am about the IP user that referenced me in a discussion with you in WikiProject Football and their message to me that was about you. Such needless insults and aggression. Allow me to assure you that whilst I do agree with their stance regarding this "match played" nonsense, I do not agree with the way they went about it, the language used and most of all the personal attacks. Shameful behavior.
All the best Pippin0490 ( talk) 15:27, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Kind regards Pippin0490 ( talk) 18:42, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Struway, I have a recollection of an article about a football player, I think it was linked on WT:FOOTY but I can't find it there, nor in your contributions, but it was something about a guy whose career stats were wrong due to an error at soccerbase or similar, and there was a subsequent note, inserted by you I believe, at the article with words to that effect. If it was you, and you remember the page in question, please let me know what the name of the page is; if, on the other hand, this makes no sense at all, please accept my apologies. Thanks, C 679 15:50, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU (same message goes to User:GiantSnowman),
i'll try to defend what has no defense whatsoever, my edit summaries: i am an unmedicated bipolar individual, with almost zero social life. I have told you and others i would stop feeding the trolls over and over again, about time i stop being a hypocrite, i CAN'T, have zero tolerance for vandalism (for the record, don't know where you got that "info" that's implied in your message, i have NEVER insulted a non-vandal). My references to others language skills? What i mean in my summaries is (for example) i have no skills in Finnish or Hungarian, so i would not be caught dead editing in those WPs. But you are correct, there are better ways to refer to that in a summary (i.e. "Corrected wording" or "Corrected language").
The situation you both point out today, Nélson Oliveira: the article was vandalized over and over again by User:Zizozidan, who "claimed" player was Egyptian - i am Portuguese, so know that's 300% lie/vandalism. After one year with all quiet in the article's front, he returned as anon ("gaining momentum", i checked edit history and found out several anon IP addresses, all starting with 41 and "contributing" in the same fashion); upon discovering it i lost it, yes i know it's against WP guidelines, well aware of that, i don't do it to LOOK COOL and GO AGAINST THE GRAIN, i do it because I CAN'T HELP IT.
I have been blocked once for disruptive edit summaries (well deserved indeed), did not protest, if it happens again i won't either. Kind regards to you both -- AL ( talk) 14:37, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
P.S. (Struway only) Please don't think you adding a reference for his city of birth will stop the other guy from altering it, he's a VANDAL (obviously you can doubt my opinion, especially since my reputation from where you're standing is as low as it can get these days), he'll change it again! -- AL ( talk) 14:39, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Now, one question (and please note that i'm not doing this so that you validate my inexcusable summaries): don't you feel the frustration at times man, after you do extensive work in an article and then someone comes and destroys everything? It can be reverted just like that i know, but it's rubbish behaviour nonetheless don't you agree?
Cheers, happy weekend from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 21:43, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Good spot, I will block and rollback. Thanks, Giant Snowman 11:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Based on your articles, I don't suppose you're a fellow Bluenose, by any chance? :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 16:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you for your review of the FL candidate NK Maribor players. I will try to address all the issues during this weekend. In case I will have further questions, I will write them here on your talk page (if not a problem:). Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 21:46, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I wish I could take some credit for the season but unfortunately the club have yet to recognise my playing skills - a shame. As for Wells' stats, see RSSSF and NFT. Giant Snowman 10:00, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Normally I'd agree with you, but he's announced he's leaving the club, so unless we have a massive U-turn somewhere, he may as well be removed from the list. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
I guess you know that by now, i did not... User:TonyStarks sent me the article from the Egyptian site referred to in the article's talk, it's a hoax, we could say it was vandalism from OUTSIDE Wikipedia that "flooded" to the INSIDE of Wikipedia, thus resulting in a wrong article. Vandalism is the same wherever it happens, period.
Also, i don't think the new changes/implementations will stop the (bad)changes in the article, no matter how many (good)refs we insert and bytes of article talkpage we "consume", just revert and ignore i guess. Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 23:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
On a related note, i have to ask you this question: now that the configurations have changed as far as new messages are concerned (before it was shown in orange colour and the words "you have a new message", now it's a notification thingy), does the same happen for anon IPs or just registered users? If the anons don't have it, maybe he has not noticed my new messages, but CERTAINLY he noticed my very first ones.
Cheers -- AL ( talk) 14:11, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
But please Struway, bear with me on this one (the Spanish anon editing in Deportivo de La Coruña players): if a guy is told OVER AND OVER AGAIN not to add cup stats in box and to update the PC/NT when he adds new stats and he continues doing the opposite, does that not resemble vandalism? I must be missing something... -- AL ( talk) 16:41, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Strange, I checked that same BBC report when editing and it didn't mention Agustien coming on as a sub, clearly hasn't been updated in a timely manner. Giant Snowman 18:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there man,
per this discussion (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Honours), i'd like to say i'm not fully convinced. We can surely find reliable internet sources for honours won by assistants, but is it really necessary to add them to the list? Please do participate.
Heard it through the Premier League grapevine...if Wigan draws or loses today, they will be relegated am i not correct? They lose on everything to Sunderland, head-to-head and goal difference. Cheers -- AL ( talk) 14:23, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I agree with the reversion, but it appears like a legit edit: [11]. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 14:52, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I am having the time of my life undoing the stuff this user's doing, have sent him several messages. Again i say, if my rollback rights are removed i won't protest, but i've been sending several messages to the guy, to no avail. If you notice, in Ayoze Díaz Díaz, he updates the PC and leaves the games THE SAME? What gives?
Profitting from this message, would you be so kind as to give me your two cents on the assistant manager honours or not? Thanks. -- AL ( talk) 17:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up - I'd not seen that. None the less my OCD-ness takes over in those cases so I finished the fix. Cheers, Bladeboy1889 ( talk) 08:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Surely not a 'spamlink' per se - wouldn't it be more useful to add a "further reading" heading and keep the link to the book? After all, it is considered a RS. Giant Snowman 09:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I only mentioned the RCD Espanyol player because everywhere I could find, there is mention of him, so I assumed that this is an undisputed fact. Nevertheless, as you well said, I've never been able to match a name for such player. My changing the name to Barcelona XI is not based so much in the player, as in the team wearing Barcelona City colors and shield. It might have been the F. C. Barcelona team, but they were not, at least in this first edition, representing the club itself, but the city of Barcelona.
Now, if you look at this comment in the discussion page for the F. C. Barcelona article, you'll find an old post of mind defending the fact that it was F. C. Barcelona who won the cup. In the article for F. C. Barcelona, I think it is right to give credit, where credit is due, and the FCB did indeed win the cup. Nevertheless, since this article is for all Spanish clubs in Europe, I saw appropriate, as all actual references state, to mention that this Fairs Cup was in fact won by a Barcelona XI, a team for the city of Barcelona, regardless of where the players come from. What do you think?-- Coquidragon ( talk) 12:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I remember you warned this guy to PLEASE don't remove runner-up honours in articles (especially the featured ones, i remember it well, but that's another story) without explanation. What did he do in João Moutinho? Well just that (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Jo%C3%A3o_Moutinho&diff=555832072&oldid=555343638)! Speaking of warnings, i think he: 1 - has had more than his fair share of; 2 - has already been blocked, when is he going to be blocked INDEF? No summaries, no "talkey" to anyone, what is this?
Cheers, happiest of weeks for you -- AL ( talk) 21:58, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Be it the way it may be, i renew my votes of a merry week to you. Cheers. -- AL ( talk) 14:07, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Keep it up -- AL ( talk) 15:39, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
The bot operator has replied to the ANI post, stating that the bot can rollback itself, but we should agree on the way forward before he starts on the task. I've replied to his post on what I think would be the best thing to do, and I hope you will comment on it aswell. Mentoz86 ( talk) 07:17, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, how's it going?
two reasons why i don't use the automatic datestamp in players' infoboxes: 1 - i don't know how (honest to god or any akin deity), someone tried to teach me that last year, i failed miserably at it; 2 - i provide a summary explaining it was the player's last appearance of the season (in this case 2012-13).
About #2: yes i know, readers consulting the article won't read mine or any other summary for that matter, but hey, i think i'm included in the 10% of those who ACTUALLY write summaries. Cheers to you too. -- AL ( talk) 13:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
The timing of the edit should not matter, and neither should the calibre of page watchers ;) Giant Snowman 17:25, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Rather than get into a row with GiantSnowman, for whom I have the utmost respect, perhaps we two old codgers should co-operate on improving the article. As it now stands, it only tells half the story. -- Daemonic Kangaroo ( talk) 18:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:05, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
I have reverted my edit, I have been using this page which has the same info as the MTFC website, to edit the history of MTFC page. On second reading it is not as apparent as I thought that his goals were in the league. Thanks. Stags95 ( talk) 16:21, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I've agreed to be nominated for adminship by Mr. Stradivarius, and I'm wondering if you and/or Oldelpaso would be interested in co-nominating me? Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 11:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Struway2, uhm I don't have a link for any ruling of it, as I don't even know where one would find that but other users with more knowledge have told me in the past that was the decision. Also recently I have seen on some talk pages of footballers' that runners-up medals aren't supposed to be included in honours sections. I'll try to find which player pages I found them on and get back to you as soon as I can on that. Sorry for deleting it initially with no comments mate. Cheers. Rupert1904 ( talk) 21:19, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 18:42, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there and thanks for the message. I realise that many if not most fans think of Darlington 1883 as the same club but the FA regards it as a new club, so therefore Wikipedia is following that line and has separate articles for Darlington FC and Darlington 1883. That being the case, it just seemed to me that the article was giving far too much detail of history of Darlington FC.
For example "Darlington Football Club was founded in 1883, and became a professional football club in 1908, joining the North Eastern League. The club became a member of The Football League in 1920, in which it competed until 1989, and again from 1990–2010. In the 1989–90 season and from 2010–12, Darlington played in the Football Conference." That is far too much background - why is it relevant to the Darlington 1883 article that Darlington FC became a professional club in 1908?. Sufficient to say "Darlington Football Club, which was founded in 1883, was a league club for most of its existence though its last two seasons were spent in the Football Conference."
As for the Darlington 1883 template, it seems wrong to have the template for the previous club so I created its own one - yes quite empty just now but the club is only a season old. I would expect details to added through time. Regards Fishiehelper2 ( talk) 00:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the James quote, which did end the discussion with a touch of class. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
As a list-savvy person, I was wondering if you could possibly pop over to Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Manchester City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)/archive1 and take a look. I, know the cheek of it. First I rip off one of your articles, now I'm asking for reviews of it. In case you're wondering, I'm doing the 25–99 list before the main one because I decided starting from scratch was easier than the overhaul. Oldelpaso ( talk) 15:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY,
quick question: supposing one guy only plays one season with a given team, should he also get year in the infobox picture caption? Cheers, keep it up -- AL ( talk) 20:44, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips, especially the first one -- AL ( talk) 15:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
...tis appreciated, just got to make sure I don't accidentally click 'block' when watchlist prowling... Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 22:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello again and sorry to bother you:). I (+ another user) have created half a dozen new articles for players included in the List of NK Maribor players + I will also create about the same number of new ones during this weekend (Poznič, Fricelj, Šarkezi etc.). Would that make tha list OK or is there still anything else that needs to be resolved? Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 11:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have made a new footnote with the explanation in which competitions did Maribor play. Also added the second NT in the paragraphs for Milko Djurovski and Rocky Siberie. I have also fixed the NT references for about half a dozen players and used the RSSSF (every international player, not counting those who has represented Slovenia, now has references either by FIFA or RSSSF). However, I still cant find anywhere the "more reliable" NT refs for Blagoja Milevski and Nilton Fernandes. Apart from that, I believe I have done everything. Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 15:37, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The Nigerian league may not be fully-professional, please see this. Giant Snowman 08:29, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up regarding the Marcus Haber article currently being on hold. I hadn't noticed. Cheers. SBFCEdit ( talk) 14:38, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, do you have any idea whether this player actually signed for Birmingham on loan? Accoring to his article he signed on a youth loan early in the 2011/12 season, but just about the only source I can find is 11v11. Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 18:08, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I explain quickly why i overlinked (intentionally) City in intro (does not matter if it was in four or 200 lines, overlinking is always WRONG is it not?): it's for when he retires or changes clubs, then we'll remove the main lead "...is a Spanish footballer who plays for MAN.CITY..." and replace it with "...is a Spanish footballer who plays for (example) JUVENTUS..." or "...is a Spanish retired footballer", and Manchester City (in this chap's case) will only be linked ONCE.
That was my objective, to make things easier. Don't worry, i have not linked it again, i respect your approach man. Cheers -- AL ( talk) 17:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello mate, could you please provide your opinion on including caretaker managers like Brian Kidd in the Club Managers template on Template talk:Manchester City F.C. managers#Brian_Kidd. I am trying to build consensus and your input is invaluable. Thanks. JMHamo ( talk) 20:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
After Doing some research, I have found that the Wycombe Boys do exist. http://associationfootball.wikia.com/wiki/Wycombe_Boys_AFC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffbills7701 ( talk • contribs) 12:19, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Ouch. At least we will be knocked out by a proper club for once. I'm not sure if you recognised me at your most recent FLC (my name change seems to have thrown a few people). Frecklington's flag still has a blue border by the way; what the hell Compaq monitor!?
Since it is now the off-season, I have made a start on a complete list of our players having seen Oldelpaso doing so. I have no idea when the standard information will be finished but it's a start; think I'll begin B later. Regarding international selection, I assume including international caps for loan players is fine? I see you have done so with Nicklas Bendtner but I thought I'd just check. One that came up in A is Russell Anderson, who made an appearance for Scotland while on loan with us. Walls of Jericho ( talk) 10:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Sevilla and Diego Capel have confirmed he's joining, so you may as well leave it on there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SickPup2 ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
I have blocked for 1 month and advised that if he returns to disruptive editing the next block will be indefinite. Thanks for the heads up. Giant Snowman 11:18, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Two Birmingham GAs for me now :p (still nowhere near your level though!). I found a Guardian source comparing him favourably to Petr Cech - but it was Steve Claridge who wrote it... Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 07:47, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
I've improved the information about the 11/12 season: feel free to tweak it if you wish :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
H, thanks for the heads up, I just presumed he didn't play that season due to injury. As for Soccerdatabse/Playerhistory, as far as I am aware all of the links were removed by a bot, however the Soccerdatabase site has not been blacklisted despite my request. Apparently massive copyvio is acceptable on Wikipedia, who knew? Giant Snowman 10:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Good idea with the comment - I've already RFPPed the article. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 17:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey mate, just wanted to say thank you again for forcing me to allow Soccor Velho's page on wikipedia after you found more than 20 sources for the guy. Sadly, he passed away yesterday at the age of 29 so for me it made me more sad after learning about his life and career, but also appreciative. If you did not do what you did then I would not know a thing about Soccor but now I do and I am happy about that. Cheers again mate. -- ArsenalFan700 ( talk) 12:27, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi I saw that he has been given Goal of season award in the page of
Blackburn Rovers.When I searched through Google I found no source.But I heard that it was given before the last match
Deb (
talk) 03:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Restored the previously deleted revisions of the article. Mattythewhite ( talk) 17:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, how's it going?
i did as you asked of me, let's see how the other chap responds, both in words and actions. Regarding MY actions, here's my "defense": i trimmed the intro down because i thought it was ENORMOUS, like a second storyline (1 - stuff about his injury problems which are not a big part of his career, only one "accident", not a guy done in by injuries like for example Michael Owen in the end of his career; 2 - all of his youth teams when some are irrelevant for the intro - for example he has two caps for the under-16). I was once told that intro was supposed to contain 1 - teams player represented; 2 - honours; 3 - international career. I tried to contain that sans the club honours, yes Mr.Muniesa won many many with Barcelona, but his contribution was ZERO.
However, if the intro created by ADD92 is added again, i won't revert anything, we all have to respect our different approaches. How the Brazilian user will react that i don't know. Cheers mate, sorry for any inconvenience (ah, and will send this very message to ADD) -- AL ( talk) 18:39, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
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On 19 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lluís Coll, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lluís Coll scored one goal and set up another as FC Barcelona won the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
On 19 November 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lluís Coll scored one goal and set up another as FC Barcelona won the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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. |
— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:02, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, VASCO here,
the title says it all. SIX YEARS i think was a good run, but i don't feel productive anymore and "in high wiki-spirits" so to speak. More at WP:FOOTY if you wish to read.
All the best for you in and out of wikispace, kind(est) regards from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 15:00, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
hi, I have been editing, just not too active around WP:FOOTY for a while. The role of West Bromwich Albion is to defeat teams such as Liverpool and Chelsea, so that we can hear endlessly in the media about the shortcomings of these clubs. I have a feeling that if we won the Premier League 10 years in a row, we'd still be hearing more about what a disappointing season it was for Manchester United. Nevertheless, I am enjoying it while it lasts. The model for us a few years ago was Charlton and they ended up going down to League One. -- Jameboy ( talk) 15:54, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Not at all, thanks for 'interfering' - do you have a copy of the Sky Sports annual? Giant Snowman 20:04, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
OK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ey658 ( talk • contribs) 15:26, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Struway2. I've decided to renominate this article on FAC and would appreciate if you could spare the time to comment and/or vote. The previous nom failed because of a lack of spotchecks (I guess) so if you could also take a look at that, I would be grateful. Lemonade51 ( talk) 16:36, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, i see you see i fulfilled my promise of leaving :)
regarding your message, again don't understand the tone you use (not the first time) with me in all fairness - title included - but let's go bit by bit:
1 - i did not say one negative word about User:Banana Fingers, really would like for you to point out in that direction if you are so kind; 2 - maybe it was an irrelevant part of my summary what i wrote about User:Timmy96, but i thought he REALLY was not welcome here (like all the users that make legal/other threats - a guy saying more or less "I dare you to block me" constitutes such i reckon). In the past, can't remember which year exactly, someone told the exact same thing to User:Zombie433, but i am noone to say who can and who cannot edit here, i'll admit it.
Regarding Timmy, really would like to know your opinion on him, other than the obvious "I want to be blocked": in the past, if you don't remember it (i do!), he reverted you on several occasions after you reverted him and/or warned him about WP:COPYVIO, and shows no sign of improving there. That's what i was trying to convey in my summary in the Paixão brothers, i apologize for it, but i plan to continue reverting him on sight, sans the idiot summaries. -- AL ( talk) 17:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
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For reportng VIAF errors so diligently. Read the VIAFbot debriefing blog post Maximilianklein ( talk) 22:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC) |
Hi there. Just wanted to let you know that the IP you've warned twice recently, 88.90.191.20 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS), is the same as the Norwegian anon we talked about in January. Even though he forgets the as-of date in the career statistics every time, he has now learned to update the pc-update. :) Mentoz86 ( talk) 12:45, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL here,
i am not even going to ask if the summary in Óscar Cardozo was directed at me because i know it was (one of my last summaries there was also exaggerated and also contained expletives yes - but an expletive does not always have to be an insult directed at someone, merely an outburst - but i think removing a reference in ENGLISH and adding other(s) in a FOREIGN language is totally wrong), i am only going to try and clear this doubt because i'm not going to be stupid and think i speak English better than an England native:
1 - is "net" not a similar verb to "score", in football? 2 - is "thrice" not the same as "twice"? I know both are very very very rarely used, but are they not correct English? In my writing approach, i try to avoid repetition of grammatical contents as much i can, instead of writing (example): "He scored a hat-trick, then the following match he scored another hat-trick, ending the season with a total of eight hat-tricks". That's not completely wrong is it?
I really really want to improve dramatically on my edit summaries, can't find a correct answer as to why i still (at times) fail miserably (my unmedicated bipolar condition is the best justification i can offer at the moment). Attentively, happy week -- AL ( talk) 19:17, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
He played in the Eerste Divisie for Oss so meets NFOOTBALL, but you're right about the inflation of his career (as evidence by the IP SPA which keeps on hijacking the article). I suggest we dissect each of the sources on the article talk page, determine whether or not we trust them, and if not remove all the information that is sourced to them so we are only left with the truth (or as near to it). Giant Snowman 12:00, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Le gach dea-ghui i gcomhair na nollag agus na h-ath bhliana! "With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year!" ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 01:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC) |
Much obliged, thanks indeed, have a happy Christmas! Giant Snowman 17:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Was only trying to improve storyline: 1 - not having the words "season" and "he played X games" written all the time; 2 - this is the most important, he did not transfer to SPORTING'S UNDER-19, junior teams don't buy players i believe; 3 - i was wrong in having unpiped some club names again, i admit it.
You did not allow for ANY of my storyline changes, only the PC update and the player position wikilink correction, don't worry i won't edit Míchel's article again because i don't want it to look like i'm edit-warring or similar.
Happy 2013, from Portugal, sorry for any incovenience, t'was not deliberate - -- AL ( talk) 15:37, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, I'd already seen it and have just commented actually. Giant Snowman 17:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Yes, I realised I made an error just after I clicked "save". Thanks for letting me know I did it right. Regards Pippin0490 Talk 17:37, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Also, I have a question regarding timestamps for international appearances. You have removed the timestamp I added for Eunan O'Kane's international appearances and it makes me wonder if the timestamp is required only for club matches and only a date needed for international matches? If that is the case then I shall have to remove a few timestamps I have added in the past few minutes. Thanks. Pippin0490 Talk 17:46, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
I'm affraid I still don't follow. Updating player appearances is pretty much all I do on here and I do it for Hull City players after every game providing one of the other members that do the same haven't already done it. It is my understanding that once one has updated the appearances & goals, that they update the date & time stamp to corrospond with their edit. Therefore showing other potential "updaters" that it has already been done.
With the player in question, I noticed that he did not have any timestamps, so following the advice of another long term member who updated the date & time stamps of another player (Stephen Kelly I believe) to the current date, to show that the stats were up to date. Though the member did not have to update any appearance information.
This is what I believe I was doing to Eunan O'Kane's wiki page. I checked on soccerbase (which I always do) and went back through the season to check that he has made no further internation appearance, which he hasn't. I therefore added a date and time stamp to show that the apearances were up to date as of today. I don't see what is wrong. If you could shed some light onto this, then great. Pippin0490 Talk 18:12, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
I completely understand now and thank you for your help. I shall refraim from editing international matches from now on to be safe. Thanks again. :)
Pippin0490 Talk 19:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Given that you (still) sign 99,99999% of your messages with the friendly "cheers", and have ceased to do that in my page, i cannot help but wonder, have i been in any way disruptive or antagonizing towards you in the last few weeks/months? I totally think not.
Happy 2013, from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 19:36, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Struway2. Just a short note to commend you on your referencing work at the Jay Denny article. Keep up the good work. Thanks, C 679 20:53, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi there mate,
this person has finally responded, in one of his many many anon IPs' talkpage (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/92.20.70.34), can't say i understand fully what is he implying but i feel a little sick to the stomach of having uttered that "You're not welcome here" and maybe he saw it and that is why he said what he said.
Everyone deserves a second chance, and maybe he's indeed improved, even though i think his writing is still subpar after what i saw in Hulk (footballer), and he still (per same article) has a big penchant for overdetail, but what we don't need are my "holier-than-thou" summaries, that's a certainty, i would not have liked if someone, back in 2006, had said to me i was not welcome to edit here!
You can also, if you want, profit from that list of contributions seen in the second line and see how he's faring overall. One thing is for sure, if he's not he'll be nearly impossible to control, with his neverending array of IPs and all. It can also be i still have not gotten through that "I want to be blocked" utterance.
Cheers, happy 2013 - -- AL ( talk) 21:18, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
However, i should also be aware that thorough match reports as the ones found in newspapers/official club releases for the Iran Pro League (that being the case for Marco Paixão) are nearly impossible to find/understand due to (the obvious) language issues (unless the sites such as PERSIANLEAGUE.com have an English option), so in that case we only have SOCCERWAY.com, TRANSFERMARKT.com or ZEROZERO.pt, to name a few i know of. I also have to admit that such references do source the fact that X or Y player scored/was sent off in W or Z game, but on the other hand it does not source debuts and/or milestones, as UEFA.com for instance.
All in all, my summary was not aggressive but very poorly worded, i'll definitely have a look on that. Have a great weekend, sorry for (yet another) inconvenience - -- AL ( talk) 18:43, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Sincerely i thank thee, keep it up -- AL ( talk) 19:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
It would be useful if you could find time to post your views on this thread at Footy relating to how we should be wording stub tags, as it could do with more input really before changes are made to a lot of articles. Thanks. Eldumpo ( talk) 10:37, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Do you know if {{sortname|Roy|Burns|dab=footballer}} is better than {{sortname|Roy|Burns|Roy Burns (footballer)}} ? Would changing to the dab format make a large page load faster by saving byte space or would it slow it down somehow?-- Echetus Xe 12:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Yep, happy to leave Lincoln to you. Giant Snowman 10:52, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
CrimsonBlue ( talk) 10:08, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi - you removed the PROD on this article, I've taken it to AfD, discussion can be found here. Thanks, Giant Snowman 15:46, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Alright, I'll try to stop, but could you tell User:Kante4 to do the same? He has constantly been updating Real Madrid stats during every game they play. (If you don't believe me, check the page history for every Real Madrid player, especially the times, and compare them with the kick-off times, then you will see that I'm correct.) Arbero ( talk) 20:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Sorry, due to Championship games aslo taking place today I forgot that Blackburn were playing in the cup. I noticed that the info box was out of date by around 2 league games, and thought whilst I was updating it I may aswell add his game+ goal scored today (not realising it was in the FA Cup), which is why I also updated before the match had finished. Eng66 ( talk) 17:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Appreciate it. Keep up the good work, Mattythewhite ( talk) 14:24, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
I removed the information which was unsourced, regardless of whether or not it was good/bad. In fact, I removed elements of both. Giant Snowman 14:29, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
Many thanks, I've blocked & deleted, and also created Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of 12Rolando to monitor in future, complete with a full list of all articles. I'll check back every-so-often to see if any have been re-created. Thanks for the heads up. Giant Snowman 16:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
can you please see that this article is deleted please? I keep forgetting how it's done! I do have a memo that GiantSnowman sent me in my archives, but even if (more when) i found it, i would not make anything of it, best leave it to the professionals.
Anyhoo, why do i ask this? Because this guy has, as of the end of 2011/12, the grand total of...ONE game in Segunda División B! And he still plays there.
As i said to you in the summary, please accept my apologies for what i did in Javier Patiño, it's just that the refs that have all the fields (publisher, author, date, access, etc) but have so in a manual way look rather shabby if you don't mind me saying so. Won't happen again.
Attentively, thanks in advance -- AL ( talk) 15:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there. Can you check the references on this article. Would I be right in assuming that the narrative: "Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed." " should appear against the first reference rather than the second? Cheers. -- Daemonic Kangaroo ( talk) 10:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity. Where did you find all that. I did all the searches I could and I barely got anywhere (I usually gave up after 10 pages in google) and I even typed in words like "Santosh Trophies" and "National Football League" and even "Mumbai Football League" and I got nowhere. Good job... very good job. -- ArsenalFan700 ( talk) 15:44, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello User:Alexgreene87 here,
You have helped me in the past in making kits. Is it possible to make the Benfica t-shirt and then paste the colour numbers or text in the Benfica kit in the 2004 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira page. I have left the link of what the shirt looks like below.
http://serbenfiquista.com/image/titulares-3?size=preview
User talk:Alexgreene87 16:01, 26 December 2012
Hello,
I recently made the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira article which was a match between Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal in August 2005.
Is it possible to create the kits for both sides. In this message section I have added links for you, to help you create the kits.
Benfica's Kit
Vitória de Setúbal's Kit
User talk:Alexgreene87, 28 January 2013 14:21 UTC
Hello, thanks for your advice :)
Hum, it seems that I did some mistakes... I forgot to check if these teams were in the top division, and they were. You're right, they aren't low-i, they're probably mid-i.
I'll probably review some of my asssesments, because I forgot to check the criteria "top level league" properly, for the latest articles that I assessed. Again, thanks for your advice. GNozaki ( talk) 10:23, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Relax dude, this is a shared IP address and the person making these changes is only trying to improve articles. The references removed are dead and obsolete and the parameters have been altered to give them a less messy (more refined) look when editing.
Also in European & World football most people are more familiar with the metric system so that should be written first. In Champions League and Euro matches the players are referred to by their height in m or cm (not ft in). There's no need for threats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.170.60.251 ( talk) 00:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL "here", how's it going?
i reach out to you because User:GiantSnowman is on one of his wikibreaks again: he told me that he felt like User:Lombriz de Aguapuerca, User:Xxxx693, User:190.84.51.146, ALL the same "user", were also this IP (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/190.84.80.134), he told that with a certainty of 99,99999%.
What did the first three do? Harass me with all "their" hearts ("crybaby", "faggot", racist abuse) after a small run-in in Quique Flores, i think you remember the incident. Snowman told me we'd have to wait to take action (or see if any action was worth taking) against the new IP because he was inactive at the time of my message to him. Well, now the person has returned (several edits today, yesterday and the day before), what is your intake on this if you please?
P.S. His edit in Fredy Guarín seems a bit persecutory (i edit massively there), not really sure (going against WP:COMMONAME for the umpteenth time), just a hunch. Attentively, thank you very much for whatever you can provide -- AL ( talk) 16:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Cheers again, from Portugal -- AL ( talk) 16:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I got my appearances and goals information from here and here. On soccerbase it doesn't state that he was on loan before joining Juventus on a permanent basis. Skyblueshaun 15:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU, AL "here",
again i ask for your highly valuable opinion: there is a discussion at WPFOOTY i "launched" last week, titled " Fábio Coentrão / Hélder Postiga", due to a run-in i had with a compatriot over these two guys' articles. Bottom line is that we have several sources indicating players were born in Vila do Conde, none saying Póvoa de Varzim but still he keeps adding the "citation needed" tag (i have not reverted him since the discussion).
When i asked that he provided sources, all he arranged was one from Internet Movie Database for Postiga, hardly reliable in face of all the other sporting sources wouldn't you say? Again, what do you think?
Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 21:26, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
About User:Joshuaforest (i see you have also messaged him), lost battle, he reverts people after they revert him, writes no summaries and does not talk to people, total package and has already been blocked more than ONCE... Cheerio! -- AL ( talk) 15:22, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Struway2,
Thanks for the redirection.I would like to know how to redirect pages.
Debojyoti (
talk) —Preceding
undated comment added 13:52, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have restored the page history of this article. Thanks, Giant Snowman 15:37, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Cheers as always -- AL ( talk) 20:16, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
All the best, cheers -- AL ( talk) 13:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Narutolovehinata5 t c csd new 11:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU,
regarding the several messages you sent to this "user" (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Grandstyle), this guy is this no good lowlife sock, who promised to sock and sock over and over again if he was blocked, he does so anon and now with an account. I kind of lost it in my message to this "person", i apologize but he's doing this with a smile!
You have been briefed, cheers -- AL ( talk) 15:48, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm assuming that by the interview you mean the link in the references section, and that for you it's not a dead link. When I try to load it, I get an error message, which is why I considered the article to still be unsourced, but if it works for you then the problem is clearly with my computer and not the source itself, so I'll leave it be. Cheers. Sir Sputnik ( talk) 17:34, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 08:02, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi - as per {{cite book|last=Frost|first=Terry|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=1988|isbn=0-907969-38-0}}:
I presume that this is the same James Smith, confirms birth & death dates, more specific place of birth, and Peterborough stats. Anything else I can help with, let me know. Giant Snowman 15:10, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
This club is NOT Darlington FC, it's a new club therefore the previous clubs history shouldn't be included. Romanticism is not a cold hard fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.12.84 ( talk) 16:17, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
i know i greatly disappointed you by losing it with User:Antony1821 and his socking ways after telling you already this year (!) i would not feed the trolls again, but i really need your assistance.
Could you please weigh in at Royston Drenthe (article's or User:Terje Christiansen's talk)? I have trouble understanding (maybe i never will) the PC/NT update. If Drenthe's last international match (and only!) was on 17 November 2010, why should the NT update read "21 March 2013" just because the edit was made then? Makes no sense to me man, i think i'm dumb!. The same (doubt) goes for PC of course.
I will not revert TJ, waiting for your input. Thanks and happiest of weekends. -- AL ( talk) 16:42, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
You really didn't have to PROD this; all you had to do was point me in the direction of the evidence and I would have CSDed it (which I have now done). Giant Snowman 11:51, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here" (working on another computer, much much slower, no patience to log in, situation fixed maybe tomorrow),
Maybe you could lend a hand (i see you are busy beyond WP tough) in this footballer's article, in his intro that is. Several users, the last one the ever aggressive User:Banana Fingers (insults everyone, i see you have warned him several times regarding something, he has not replied and has removed your stuff), keep adding SPANISH-FILIPINO instead of just FILIPINO.
Some people, in order to avoid ANY ambiguity, choose to leave that part blank. But it won't hurt if we write FILIPINO because he represents that country now internationally. But not SPANISH-FILIPINO most definitely.
Cheers, thank you very much in advance - -- 84.90.219.128 ( talk) 21:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I need you to chime in on WT:FOOTY regarding the nationality of both Taylor Graham and Kupono Low. It's pretty much the same debate we had a couple years ago. – Michael ( talk) 06:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
I need access to the Arsenal books, online sources are hard to find because of the other player - but this McBean was one of Arsenal's first players, moved down from Scotland at around the same time as club founder David Danskin (in fact they had played together in Scotland). A notable figure in the early days of football. Giant Snowman 20:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently made the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira article which was a match between Benfica and Vitória de Setúbal in August 2005. Do you know anybody who can help me create the kits. In this message section I have added links for you, to help create the kits.
Benfica's Kit
Vitória de Setúbal's Kit
User talk:Alexgreene87, 8 April 2013 14:21 UTC
Yes there is a section about it. It is very bad english to say as of match played. there is a reason you don't put this in the box on the right of the profile.
But fine. I'll start another discussion of it and prove you wrong and show that what mattythewhite is doing is wrong, though it should be obvious — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.254.182 ( talk) 21:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi there and sorry again for bothering you,
per your message to him (and with which i agree ENTIRELY), what can be done with this user? He continues to remove runner-up stuff in honours (serious) and adding those ghastly numbers in the section (not so serious), and with ZERO words in summary, which you asked him to provide in your message as well.
Attentively, keep up the good work (even if i get no reply again, please "confide" this to someone at least if you please) -- AL ( talk) 23:37, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
Cheers back! -- AL ( talk) 14:23, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Now, for something completely different! In all this years of editing i (and most certainly you!) have come across writing in articles that would make a goat blush, but maybe yours truly has been insisting on a grammar error that would certainly merit scolding.
As follows: one could write, regarding the playing time that a given player receives by his club/manager, that the player is "utilized", or he is "first-choice" or an "undisputed starter", but what is 100% wrong is to write "X player was used sparingly" no? I mean "used" only has a negative conotation am i correct (as in "being used", "being deceived")?
Thanks again, "see" you around -- AL ( talk) 15:26, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Thanks again for your assistance -- AL ( talk) 17:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Hey. I've seen your footy edits around quite a bit, and was wondering if you're considered running for adminship at WP:RFA. I think you'd make a great administrator, and would be fine nominating you if you were up for it. Wizardman 16:20, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello again. I just wanted to express how disturbed I am about the IP user that referenced me in a discussion with you in WikiProject Football and their message to me that was about you. Such needless insults and aggression. Allow me to assure you that whilst I do agree with their stance regarding this "match played" nonsense, I do not agree with the way they went about it, the language used and most of all the personal attacks. Shameful behavior.
All the best Pippin0490 ( talk) 15:27, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Kind regards Pippin0490 ( talk) 18:42, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Struway, I have a recollection of an article about a football player, I think it was linked on WT:FOOTY but I can't find it there, nor in your contributions, but it was something about a guy whose career stats were wrong due to an error at soccerbase or similar, and there was a subsequent note, inserted by you I believe, at the article with words to that effect. If it was you, and you remember the page in question, please let me know what the name of the page is; if, on the other hand, this makes no sense at all, please accept my apologies. Thanks, C 679 15:50, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRU (same message goes to User:GiantSnowman),
i'll try to defend what has no defense whatsoever, my edit summaries: i am an unmedicated bipolar individual, with almost zero social life. I have told you and others i would stop feeding the trolls over and over again, about time i stop being a hypocrite, i CAN'T, have zero tolerance for vandalism (for the record, don't know where you got that "info" that's implied in your message, i have NEVER insulted a non-vandal). My references to others language skills? What i mean in my summaries is (for example) i have no skills in Finnish or Hungarian, so i would not be caught dead editing in those WPs. But you are correct, there are better ways to refer to that in a summary (i.e. "Corrected wording" or "Corrected language").
The situation you both point out today, Nélson Oliveira: the article was vandalized over and over again by User:Zizozidan, who "claimed" player was Egyptian - i am Portuguese, so know that's 300% lie/vandalism. After one year with all quiet in the article's front, he returned as anon ("gaining momentum", i checked edit history and found out several anon IP addresses, all starting with 41 and "contributing" in the same fashion); upon discovering it i lost it, yes i know it's against WP guidelines, well aware of that, i don't do it to LOOK COOL and GO AGAINST THE GRAIN, i do it because I CAN'T HELP IT.
I have been blocked once for disruptive edit summaries (well deserved indeed), did not protest, if it happens again i won't either. Kind regards to you both -- AL ( talk) 14:37, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
P.S. (Struway only) Please don't think you adding a reference for his city of birth will stop the other guy from altering it, he's a VANDAL (obviously you can doubt my opinion, especially since my reputation from where you're standing is as low as it can get these days), he'll change it again! -- AL ( talk) 14:39, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Now, one question (and please note that i'm not doing this so that you validate my inexcusable summaries): don't you feel the frustration at times man, after you do extensive work in an article and then someone comes and destroys everything? It can be reverted just like that i know, but it's rubbish behaviour nonetheless don't you agree?
Cheers, happy weekend from Portugal - -- AL ( talk) 21:43, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
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Casliber ( talk · contribs) 16:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Good spot, I will block and rollback. Thanks, Giant Snowman 11:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Based on your articles, I don't suppose you're a fellow Bluenose, by any chance? :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 16:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. Thank you for your review of the FL candidate NK Maribor players. I will try to address all the issues during this weekend. In case I will have further questions, I will write them here on your talk page (if not a problem:). Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 21:46, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I wish I could take some credit for the season but unfortunately the club have yet to recognise my playing skills - a shame. As for Wells' stats, see RSSSF and NFT. Giant Snowman 10:00, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Normally I'd agree with you, but he's announced he's leaving the club, so unless we have a massive U-turn somewhere, he may as well be removed from the list. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 20:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, AL "here",
I guess you know that by now, i did not... User:TonyStarks sent me the article from the Egyptian site referred to in the article's talk, it's a hoax, we could say it was vandalism from OUTSIDE Wikipedia that "flooded" to the INSIDE of Wikipedia, thus resulting in a wrong article. Vandalism is the same wherever it happens, period.
Also, i don't think the new changes/implementations will stop the (bad)changes in the article, no matter how many (good)refs we insert and bytes of article talkpage we "consume", just revert and ignore i guess. Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 23:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
On a related note, i have to ask you this question: now that the configurations have changed as far as new messages are concerned (before it was shown in orange colour and the words "you have a new message", now it's a notification thingy), does the same happen for anon IPs or just registered users? If the anons don't have it, maybe he has not noticed my new messages, but CERTAINLY he noticed my very first ones.
Cheers -- AL ( talk) 14:11, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
But please Struway, bear with me on this one (the Spanish anon editing in Deportivo de La Coruña players): if a guy is told OVER AND OVER AGAIN not to add cup stats in box and to update the PC/NT when he adds new stats and he continues doing the opposite, does that not resemble vandalism? I must be missing something... -- AL ( talk) 16:41, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Strange, I checked that same BBC report when editing and it didn't mention Agustien coming on as a sub, clearly hasn't been updated in a timely manner. Giant Snowman 18:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there man,
per this discussion (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Honours), i'd like to say i'm not fully convinced. We can surely find reliable internet sources for honours won by assistants, but is it really necessary to add them to the list? Please do participate.
Heard it through the Premier League grapevine...if Wigan draws or loses today, they will be relegated am i not correct? They lose on everything to Sunderland, head-to-head and goal difference. Cheers -- AL ( talk) 14:23, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I agree with the reversion, but it appears like a legit edit: [11]. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 14:52, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I am having the time of my life undoing the stuff this user's doing, have sent him several messages. Again i say, if my rollback rights are removed i won't protest, but i've been sending several messages to the guy, to no avail. If you notice, in Ayoze Díaz Díaz, he updates the PC and leaves the games THE SAME? What gives?
Profitting from this message, would you be so kind as to give me your two cents on the assistant manager honours or not? Thanks. -- AL ( talk) 17:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up - I'd not seen that. None the less my OCD-ness takes over in those cases so I finished the fix. Cheers, Bladeboy1889 ( talk) 08:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Surely not a 'spamlink' per se - wouldn't it be more useful to add a "further reading" heading and keep the link to the book? After all, it is considered a RS. Giant Snowman 09:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I only mentioned the RCD Espanyol player because everywhere I could find, there is mention of him, so I assumed that this is an undisputed fact. Nevertheless, as you well said, I've never been able to match a name for such player. My changing the name to Barcelona XI is not based so much in the player, as in the team wearing Barcelona City colors and shield. It might have been the F. C. Barcelona team, but they were not, at least in this first edition, representing the club itself, but the city of Barcelona.
Now, if you look at this comment in the discussion page for the F. C. Barcelona article, you'll find an old post of mind defending the fact that it was F. C. Barcelona who won the cup. In the article for F. C. Barcelona, I think it is right to give credit, where credit is due, and the FCB did indeed win the cup. Nevertheless, since this article is for all Spanish clubs in Europe, I saw appropriate, as all actual references state, to mention that this Fairs Cup was in fact won by a Barcelona XI, a team for the city of Barcelona, regardless of where the players come from. What do you think?-- Coquidragon ( talk) 12:56, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I remember you warned this guy to PLEASE don't remove runner-up honours in articles (especially the featured ones, i remember it well, but that's another story) without explanation. What did he do in João Moutinho? Well just that (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Jo%C3%A3o_Moutinho&diff=555832072&oldid=555343638)! Speaking of warnings, i think he: 1 - has had more than his fair share of; 2 - has already been blocked, when is he going to be blocked INDEF? No summaries, no "talkey" to anyone, what is this?
Cheers, happiest of weeks for you -- AL ( talk) 21:58, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
Be it the way it may be, i renew my votes of a merry week to you. Cheers. -- AL ( talk) 14:07, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Keep it up -- AL ( talk) 15:39, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
The bot operator has replied to the ANI post, stating that the bot can rollback itself, but we should agree on the way forward before he starts on the task. I've replied to his post on what I think would be the best thing to do, and I hope you will comment on it aswell. Mentoz86 ( talk) 07:17, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, how's it going?
two reasons why i don't use the automatic datestamp in players' infoboxes: 1 - i don't know how (honest to god or any akin deity), someone tried to teach me that last year, i failed miserably at it; 2 - i provide a summary explaining it was the player's last appearance of the season (in this case 2012-13).
About #2: yes i know, readers consulting the article won't read mine or any other summary for that matter, but hey, i think i'm included in the 10% of those who ACTUALLY write summaries. Cheers to you too. -- AL ( talk) 13:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
The timing of the edit should not matter, and neither should the calibre of page watchers ;) Giant Snowman 17:25, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
Rather than get into a row with GiantSnowman, for whom I have the utmost respect, perhaps we two old codgers should co-operate on improving the article. As it now stands, it only tells half the story. -- Daemonic Kangaroo ( talk) 18:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:05, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
I have reverted my edit, I have been using this page which has the same info as the MTFC website, to edit the history of MTFC page. On second reading it is not as apparent as I thought that his goals were in the league. Thanks. Stags95 ( talk) 16:21, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I've agreed to be nominated for adminship by Mr. Stradivarius, and I'm wondering if you and/or Oldelpaso would be interested in co-nominating me? Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 11:00, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Struway2, uhm I don't have a link for any ruling of it, as I don't even know where one would find that but other users with more knowledge have told me in the past that was the decision. Also recently I have seen on some talk pages of footballers' that runners-up medals aren't supposed to be included in honours sections. I'll try to find which player pages I found them on and get back to you as soon as I can on that. Sorry for deleting it initially with no comments mate. Cheers. Rupert1904 ( talk) 21:19, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Cheers - -- AL ( talk) 18:42, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there and thanks for the message. I realise that many if not most fans think of Darlington 1883 as the same club but the FA regards it as a new club, so therefore Wikipedia is following that line and has separate articles for Darlington FC and Darlington 1883. That being the case, it just seemed to me that the article was giving far too much detail of history of Darlington FC.
For example "Darlington Football Club was founded in 1883, and became a professional football club in 1908, joining the North Eastern League. The club became a member of The Football League in 1920, in which it competed until 1989, and again from 1990–2010. In the 1989–90 season and from 2010–12, Darlington played in the Football Conference." That is far too much background - why is it relevant to the Darlington 1883 article that Darlington FC became a professional club in 1908?. Sufficient to say "Darlington Football Club, which was founded in 1883, was a league club for most of its existence though its last two seasons were spent in the Football Conference."
As for the Darlington 1883 template, it seems wrong to have the template for the previous club so I created its own one - yes quite empty just now but the club is only a season old. I would expect details to added through time. Regards Fishiehelper2 ( talk) 00:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the James quote, which did end the discussion with a touch of class. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 19:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
As a list-savvy person, I was wondering if you could possibly pop over to Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Manchester City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)/archive1 and take a look. I, know the cheek of it. First I rip off one of your articles, now I'm asking for reviews of it. In case you're wondering, I'm doing the 25–99 list before the main one because I decided starting from scratch was easier than the overhaul. Oldelpaso ( talk) 15:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY,
quick question: supposing one guy only plays one season with a given team, should he also get year in the infobox picture caption? Cheers, keep it up -- AL ( talk) 20:44, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips, especially the first one -- AL ( talk) 15:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
...tis appreciated, just got to make sure I don't accidentally click 'block' when watchlist prowling... Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 22:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello again and sorry to bother you:). I (+ another user) have created half a dozen new articles for players included in the List of NK Maribor players + I will also create about the same number of new ones during this weekend (Poznič, Fricelj, Šarkezi etc.). Would that make tha list OK or is there still anything else that needs to be resolved? Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 11:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. I have made a new footnote with the explanation in which competitions did Maribor play. Also added the second NT in the paragraphs for Milko Djurovski and Rocky Siberie. I have also fixed the NT references for about half a dozen players and used the RSSSF (every international player, not counting those who has represented Slovenia, now has references either by FIFA or RSSSF). However, I still cant find anywhere the "more reliable" NT refs for Blagoja Milevski and Nilton Fernandes. Apart from that, I believe I have done everything. Lep pozdrav, Ratipok ( talk) 15:37, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The Nigerian league may not be fully-professional, please see this. Giant Snowman 08:29, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up regarding the Marcus Haber article currently being on hold. I hadn't noticed. Cheers. SBFCEdit ( talk) 14:38, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, do you have any idea whether this player actually signed for Birmingham on loan? Accoring to his article he signed on a youth loan early in the 2011/12 season, but just about the only source I can find is 11v11. Cheers, Mattythewhite ( talk) 18:08, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I explain quickly why i overlinked (intentionally) City in intro (does not matter if it was in four or 200 lines, overlinking is always WRONG is it not?): it's for when he retires or changes clubs, then we'll remove the main lead "...is a Spanish footballer who plays for MAN.CITY..." and replace it with "...is a Spanish footballer who plays for (example) JUVENTUS..." or "...is a Spanish retired footballer", and Manchester City (in this chap's case) will only be linked ONCE.
That was my objective, to make things easier. Don't worry, i have not linked it again, i respect your approach man. Cheers -- AL ( talk) 17:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
Hello mate, could you please provide your opinion on including caretaker managers like Brian Kidd in the Club Managers template on Template talk:Manchester City F.C. managers#Brian_Kidd. I am trying to build consensus and your input is invaluable. Thanks. JMHamo ( talk) 20:19, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
After Doing some research, I have found that the Wycombe Boys do exist. http://associationfootball.wikia.com/wiki/Wycombe_Boys_AFC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buffbills7701 ( talk • contribs) 12:19, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
Ouch. At least we will be knocked out by a proper club for once. I'm not sure if you recognised me at your most recent FLC (my name change seems to have thrown a few people). Frecklington's flag still has a blue border by the way; what the hell Compaq monitor!?
Since it is now the off-season, I have made a start on a complete list of our players having seen Oldelpaso doing so. I have no idea when the standard information will be finished but it's a start; think I'll begin B later. Regarding international selection, I assume including international caps for loan players is fine? I see you have done so with Nicklas Bendtner but I thought I'd just check. One that came up in A is Russell Anderson, who made an appearance for Scotland while on loan with us. Walls of Jericho ( talk) 10:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Sevilla and Diego Capel have confirmed he's joining, so you may as well leave it on there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SickPup2 ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
I have blocked for 1 month and advised that if he returns to disruptive editing the next block will be indefinite. Thanks for the heads up. Giant Snowman 11:18, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Two Birmingham GAs for me now :p (still nowhere near your level though!). I found a Guardian source comparing him favourably to Petr Cech - but it was Steve Claridge who wrote it... Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 07:47, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
I've improved the information about the 11/12 season: feel free to tweak it if you wish :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 18:23, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
H, thanks for the heads up, I just presumed he didn't play that season due to injury. As for Soccerdatabse/Playerhistory, as far as I am aware all of the links were removed by a bot, however the Soccerdatabase site has not been blacklisted despite my request. Apparently massive copyvio is acceptable on Wikipedia, who knew? Giant Snowman 10:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Good idea with the comment - I've already RFPPed the article. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 17:47, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey mate, just wanted to say thank you again for forcing me to allow Soccor Velho's page on wikipedia after you found more than 20 sources for the guy. Sadly, he passed away yesterday at the age of 29 so for me it made me more sad after learning about his life and career, but also appreciative. If you did not do what you did then I would not know a thing about Soccor but now I do and I am happy about that. Cheers again mate. -- ArsenalFan700 ( talk) 12:27, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi I saw that he has been given Goal of season award in the page of
Blackburn Rovers.When I searched through Google I found no source.But I heard that it was given before the last match
Deb (
talk) 03:59, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Restored the previously deleted revisions of the article. Mattythewhite ( talk) 17:00, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi there STRUWAY, how's it going?
i did as you asked of me, let's see how the other chap responds, both in words and actions. Regarding MY actions, here's my "defense": i trimmed the intro down because i thought it was ENORMOUS, like a second storyline (1 - stuff about his injury problems which are not a big part of his career, only one "accident", not a guy done in by injuries like for example Michael Owen in the end of his career; 2 - all of his youth teams when some are irrelevant for the intro - for example he has two caps for the under-16). I was once told that intro was supposed to contain 1 - teams player represented; 2 - honours; 3 - international career. I tried to contain that sans the club honours, yes Mr.Muniesa won many many with Barcelona, but his contribution was ZERO.
However, if the intro created by ADD92 is added again, i won't revert anything, we all have to respect our different approaches. How the Brazilian user will react that i don't know. Cheers mate, sorry for any inconvenience (ah, and will send this very message to ADD) -- AL ( talk) 18:39, 6 July 2013 (UTC)