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According to my research the association was also reported by UPI that was published nationwide and was titled "4 Grid Leagues Form Nationwide Group" (without mentioning the Midwest Professional Football League). At first I was sure that the "Texas League" was a different name for the Southwestern Football League, but now I think that it was something to it (maybe a proposed league or something). It worth looking it up, but at least keep in as an anecdote -- Ccui123 ( talk) 22:29, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- @
Ccui123: I chose to include the May 1972 article from Des Moines Tribune because the wire article from the AP in March 1972 said it was still waiting for one or two more teams to join. I assume they all did by May 1972. I'll add back Texas League, maybe it's different.
Eagles
24/7
(C) 23:00, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- I just remembered something, Arthur Arkush from the Pro Football Weekly was involved with the Trans-American Football League and was later tried to established new football league in the region. Maybe "the Texas League" was related to his attempts (but it may be also me trying to fit a square peg into a round hole...).-- Ccui123 ( talk) 12:16, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Eagles247,
When I saw that Fantasyfootball04 was blocked, I thought I was next, lol. I was like ... man that person really helped out with adding U.S. Thank God for a 'show block details' tab. I actually thanked MC for helping with just that last month, not knowing a block was coming.
That's why you're the administrator. :)
Nice meeting you. Regards, Bringingthewood ( talk) 22:21, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
- @ Bringingthewood: You've been doing a good job around here from everything I've seen! With some of these users it's not a matter of whether they have good intentions, but if they are competent enough to be an editor here. With the user in question, their enthusiasm, effort, and good intentions are all there, but they have proven they are not capable of learning from mistakes or guidance given. Thanks for helping out with WP:NFL! Eagles 24/7 (C) 17:33, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- I get you 100%, it definitely looked that way. I was really hoping with thanks, maybe a non-combative word etc., would have helped him. Oh well, only time will tell.
- One thing I wanted to say, truthfully, and this was from back when I was with Answers.com, I may come across willing to bend over backwards for people, nice guy I guess, but I'm not ***-kissing by any means. I'm friends with another admin. (hope he considers me a friend) and I've always respected authority. It's not me looking for brownie points. When I like people, I like people.
- I really appreciate you responding to my message and please, like I've said to others here, if you see something that I'm doing that ruffles feathers, please let me know right away. I'm bad at stopping the ball from rolling. ;)
- Glad to have met you and enjoy the rest of your week. Regards
Bringingthewood (
talk) 22:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
Bringingthewood: No worries, I'll be sure to point you in the right direction if needed! A quick tip if you're looking for one, when responding to a message on a talk page, be sure to use indentation.
Wikipedia:Indentation has a good explainer for you, and I've fixed yours above. Thanks!
Eagles
24/7
(C) 00:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, I always forget that one. Wish I had the 'preview edit' button back again. Wikipedia must have changed things in April and I have a relic here. At least I could see the mess I make before making it. Sorry about that. Bringingthewood ( talk) 00:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
Bringingthewood: No worries, I'll be sure to point you in the right direction if needed! A quick tip if you're looking for one, when responding to a message on a talk page, be sure to use indentation.
Wikipedia:Indentation has a good explainer for you, and I've fixed yours above. Thanks!
Eagles
24/7
(C) 00:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Glad to have met you and enjoy the rest of your week. Regards
Bringingthewood (
talk) 22:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Could this IP address be another sock? Seems to be engaging in similar behavior. BeanieFan11 ( talk) 16:54, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Yep, that's certainly a sock. I've blocked the range Special:Contributions/192.196.218.192/27, let me know if they pop up again. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 01:12, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Another one? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 15:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Yep, blocked. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:35, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
- Is this one? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 16:22, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Almost certainly. I've expanded the range block from October 3 slightly to include that IP address. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 02:04, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current XFL team rosters until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Let'srun ( talk) 19:50, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey. Thanks for your understanding, but that was on me. I was doing too many things at once and had the wrong set of diffs open. All the best, El_C 00:10, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
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Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
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- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. ( T353388)
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- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
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- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. ( T313405)
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- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
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- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Please add your comments at the bottom of this page. If I leave you a message on your talk page and you reply there, please {{ ping}} me and I'll respond there. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C)
According to my research the association was also reported by UPI that was published nationwide and was titled "4 Grid Leagues Form Nationwide Group" (without mentioning the Midwest Professional Football League). At first I was sure that the "Texas League" was a different name for the Southwestern Football League, but now I think that it was something to it (maybe a proposed league or something). It worth looking it up, but at least keep in as an anecdote -- Ccui123 ( talk) 22:29, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- @
Ccui123: I chose to include the May 1972 article from Des Moines Tribune because the wire article from the AP in March 1972 said it was still waiting for one or two more teams to join. I assume they all did by May 1972. I'll add back Texas League, maybe it's different.
Eagles
24/7
(C) 23:00, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- I just remembered something, Arthur Arkush from the Pro Football Weekly was involved with the Trans-American Football League and was later tried to established new football league in the region. Maybe "the Texas League" was related to his attempts (but it may be also me trying to fit a square peg into a round hole...).-- Ccui123 ( talk) 12:16, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
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Mattdaviesfsic (
talk) 11:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Eagles247,
When I saw that Fantasyfootball04 was blocked, I thought I was next, lol. I was like ... man that person really helped out with adding U.S. Thank God for a 'show block details' tab. I actually thanked MC for helping with just that last month, not knowing a block was coming.
That's why you're the administrator. :)
Nice meeting you. Regards, Bringingthewood ( talk) 22:21, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
- @ Bringingthewood: You've been doing a good job around here from everything I've seen! With some of these users it's not a matter of whether they have good intentions, but if they are competent enough to be an editor here. With the user in question, their enthusiasm, effort, and good intentions are all there, but they have proven they are not capable of learning from mistakes or guidance given. Thanks for helping out with WP:NFL! Eagles 24/7 (C) 17:33, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- I get you 100%, it definitely looked that way. I was really hoping with thanks, maybe a non-combative word etc., would have helped him. Oh well, only time will tell.
- One thing I wanted to say, truthfully, and this was from back when I was with Answers.com, I may come across willing to bend over backwards for people, nice guy I guess, but I'm not ***-kissing by any means. I'm friends with another admin. (hope he considers me a friend) and I've always respected authority. It's not me looking for brownie points. When I like people, I like people.
- I really appreciate you responding to my message and please, like I've said to others here, if you see something that I'm doing that ruffles feathers, please let me know right away. I'm bad at stopping the ball from rolling. ;)
- Glad to have met you and enjoy the rest of your week. Regards
Bringingthewood (
talk) 22:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
Bringingthewood: No worries, I'll be sure to point you in the right direction if needed! A quick tip if you're looking for one, when responding to a message on a talk page, be sure to use indentation.
Wikipedia:Indentation has a good explainer for you, and I've fixed yours above. Thanks!
Eagles
24/7
(C) 00:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, I always forget that one. Wish I had the 'preview edit' button back again. Wikipedia must have changed things in April and I have a relic here. At least I could see the mess I make before making it. Sorry about that. Bringingthewood ( talk) 00:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- @
Bringingthewood: No worries, I'll be sure to point you in the right direction if needed! A quick tip if you're looking for one, when responding to a message on a talk page, be sure to use indentation.
Wikipedia:Indentation has a good explainer for you, and I've fixed yours above. Thanks!
Eagles
24/7
(C) 00:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- Glad to have met you and enjoy the rest of your week. Regards
Bringingthewood (
talk) 22:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Could this IP address be another sock? Seems to be engaging in similar behavior. BeanieFan11 ( talk) 16:54, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Yep, that's certainly a sock. I've blocked the range Special:Contributions/192.196.218.192/27, let me know if they pop up again. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 01:12, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
- Another one? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 15:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Yep, blocked. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:35, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
- Is this one? BeanieFan11 ( talk) 16:22, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
- @ BeanieFan11: Almost certainly. I've expanded the range block from October 3 slightly to include that IP address. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 02:04, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Arbitration
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Nomination of List of current XFL team rosters for deletion
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current XFL team rosters until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Let'srun ( talk) 19:50, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Hey. Thanks for your understanding, but that was on me. I was doing too many things at once and had the wrong set of diffs open. All the best, El_C 00:10, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. ( T326065)
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
- Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{ Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. ( T353388)
Miscellaneous
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. ( T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.