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Do you remember this? Where an inexperienced editor tried to get me blocked by falsely claiming incivility immediately after narrowly escaping a block as the result of another dishonest filing WP:3RRN.
Well, they've been ignoring your warning ever since, popping up to advocate that I be sanctioned every time I show up in an ANI thread, starting a VPP thread about the issue, including citing the very thread I linked above as an example of admins "failing" to respond to incivility. I'd note that the last example they provided is just as WP:GAMEy, as an admin did intervene, but just not to block the parties TOA wanted blocked.
There's more, too. Opposing an RfA candidate for not being a fascist, and an admission of right-wing POV pushing. The latter is no surprise: even though I don't edit in politics much anymore, strong right-wing convictions are the common thread between all of the wikienemies I've made since I wrote WP:NONAZIS. They've also been accusing Hijiri88 of being a Nazi, owing to the numbers in their name, and the fact that Japan was allied to Germany in WWII, of all reasons.
I don't know if you want to step in, or perhaps if you'd consider your prior handing of that ANI thread to constitute INVOLVEMENT (I have noticed that the term seems to be interpreted more broadly, the last few years). But I thought you might want to know about it, in any case. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:06, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, I've been away on vacation for about 3-4 weeks, and haven't been able to look into this. I hope you were able to get some help elsewhere. --
Jayron
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- Well, they got another round of editors telling them to chill the fuck out, and now they seem to be either going through my edits or demonstrating interest in some subjects that lend credence to Hijiri's supposition (that opposition to WP:NONAZIS is their motivation). But there's plenty of time to deal with them the next time they decide to personalize something. I have to admit, I'm taking quite a bit of amusement at the backlash they've consistently gotten from ANI.
- By the way, I hope you enjoyed your vacation!
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- I did, and thank you! These things always have a way of sorting themselves out, even if not on the most efficient time schedule, I find that they rarely continue indefinitely. I will monitor best I can. --
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- WP:ROPE seems to apply here. After all, it takes a full thirteen wraps to do it right, at least according to Woody Guthrie. Which actually inspires me to do something, now that I mention it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:37, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- I did, and thank you! These things always have a way of sorting themselves out, even if not on the most efficient time schedule, I find that they rarely continue indefinitely. I will monitor best I can. --
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Jayron32,
I'm Patrice Donnelly's cousin. She has never been married to Mark Lutz, ex-husband of Francie Larrieu. After she divorced Pete Shmock she married Greg Barry, who she is still married to. They live in Port Hadlock, WA.
Regards,
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- If you have written, published information to this end, you should put it on the article talk page at Talk:Patrice Donnelly so that it can be incorporated in the article. -- Jayron 32 11:46, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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That's the name of a user who's making false charges of sockpuppetry against me. What might my best option be, other than going to ANI, which I am loathe to do and which I haven't used in more than 3 years. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:10, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Thanks for your advice. I very much doubt AldezD will follow through. He just wants his way with game show articles. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:40, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
AldezD and Alaios are in an edit war on List of The Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes. Can I report them to the edit-warring page, or would that violate my ANI / AN ban? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:12, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- That seems to have faded now, thankfully. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
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- I'm wrong again. He won't stop until he gets blocked. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
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- See also
User talk:Baseball Bugs/Archive025#Recent activity of Baseball Bugs stalking my edits, and ignoring and archiving the thread without responding. There's also his
lengthy block log for harassment and personal attacks. At
Talk:List of Jeopardy! contestants, posts
WP:IDHT personal attack reply after two editors agreed to keep the contestant out of the article until he loses.
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- All but one of which occurred 7 years ago or more - ancient history. Meanwhile, this character falsely accused me of sockpuppetry, which is worse than any personal attack I've ever been accused of, and as far as I know he has not retracted it. Also, his claims of "stalking" are part of his strategy to continue to
WP:OWN articles. ←
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WP:ANI is thataway... This is not something I feel like getting in the middle of. --
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- OK. I haven't touched ANI in over 3 years, a streak I intend to continue. Thanks for listening! ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:26, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
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WP:ANI is thataway... This is not something I feel like getting in the middle of. --
Jayron
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- All but one of which occurred 7 years ago or more - ancient history. Meanwhile, this character falsely accused me of sockpuppetry, which is worse than any personal attack I've ever been accused of, and as far as I know he has not retracted it. Also, his claims of "stalking" are part of his strategy to continue to
WP:OWN articles. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 05:11, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- See also
User talk:Baseball Bugs/Archive025#Recent activity of Baseball Bugs stalking my edits, and ignoring and archiving the thread without responding. There's also his
lengthy block log for harassment and personal attacks. At
Talk:List of Jeopardy! contestants, posts
WP:IDHT personal attack reply after two editors agreed to keep the contestant out of the article until he loses.
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talk) 04:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- I'm wrong again. He won't stop until he gets blocked. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 03:39, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- It seems to all be settled now, thankfully. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Please rev-del all or part of this: [4] Or tell me who I should ask to do it. (NOT ANI) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:35, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- done.
— Ched (
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- Thank you! ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 02:10, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Looks like it got taken care of. Sorry I didn't get to it in time, I don't often log on on the weekends. --
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- How dare you have a real life! :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- Looks like it got taken care of. Sorry I didn't get to it in time, I don't often log on on the weekends. --
Jayron
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- Thank you! ←
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I don't know enough about editing Wikipedia to accurately update these pages, but I have created a spreadsheet with town-level data for all municipalities in New England.
If you know anybody who would be interested in updating the wikipedia pages based on this data, please feel free to pass it along.
The data was sourced from the US Census website here.
My spreadsheet is located here.
Thanks, Wesley Newsam ( talk) 19:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Wesley
- Just make sure the links in the references are updated to directly link to the actual U.S. Census documents that contain the new figures (i.e. not your own document, but the one hosted on the U.S. Census website). Just take the URL to those documents and put them in the new references. If you're not exactly sure how to do that right, instead of updating the main page, put the information on the article Talk: page along with the link, and another editor will be along to update the article correctly. I hope that helps!-- Jayron 32 11:16, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
I saw your recent comment that offered an apology regarding the CS issue, and wanted to say that I don't think you own anyone any apology. The whole "AGF" thing is one of the very few things that I take out into the real world with me because I think it's the right thing to do. I don't think it is wrong to extend good faith to people. Sure, there are some people who have shown that they don't deserve it - but I don't see that in this case. I think you did what you thought best, and that's all we can ask of anyone. So thank you for your efforts here, and I'm sorry if one in a thousand didn't work out - but that is not a "blame" you should shoulder. — Ched ( talk) 12:14, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for your kind words. Don't worry, I have no intention of starting to be an asshole just because being kind one time didn't work out. I'm not particularly ashamed of being a good person. -- Jayron 32 12:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for your input on the Reagan page. It can get rough over there as a lot of people have axes to grind. Anyway, thanks again. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 18:21, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- I try to keep my axe as dull and rusty as possible, but thank you for your kind words. -- Jayron 32 18:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Your reference to my user name on Talk:Ronald Reagan was unconstructive. It was also ill-considered, because what appears to irk you is not that I was not specific but rather that I did not advocate for any change to the article. It also should not need to be said that Admins such as yourself are expected not to engage in talk page trolling. SPECIFICO talk 20:03, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- I was not engaging in any talk page trolling. I had intended it as a good-natured jest. I apologize for trying to be friendly. -- Jayron 32 20:04, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Leo Strang is my father. His Wikipedia page is in need of up dating, but I am not yet proficient in doing updating (I just retired, so I plan on learning how do edit Wikipedia articles). His present page only references his years as the Kent State University football coach. However, he was one of then nation's top high school coaches prior to his tenure at Kent State. Leo Strang is ranked as one of the nation's all-time 50 greatest HS coaches. Cite: MaxPreps 50 Greatest High School Football Coaches of All-Time, by Kevin Askeland, 9/13/2018. Citation can be found on maxpreps.com He had three Ohio and two national championships at fabled Massillon Washington HS (where Paul Brown played and coached). Leo was preceded at Massillon by Lee Tressel, father of Lee Tressel (OSU), and succeded by Earl Bruce (OSU). Leo was the first coach in the nation to use helmet decals (1956 at East Cleveland Shaw HS -- where he used large colored stars), the first to use a team logo decal on a helmet ("Flying Tiger" in 1958 at Massillon HS) and the first to use helmet reward stickers (small stars used on center of helmets in 1961). He was the first to outfit his teams in colored shoes (red at East Cleveland Shaw HS and white at Massillon Washington HS). I have citations for the helmet and shoe infomation, including newspaper articles and other publications. The Massillon Tiger website has a lot of citation information (massillontigers.com). At Kent State dad had the second highest winning percentatge of any coach over the last 50 years (of those that coached his tenure -- 4 yrs. -- or longer). He also had more players drafted than any other KSU coach (cite: Kent State Football Media Guide). As noted, I will try to make these and other edits into the existing article. I will also look to do so about his career on the Kent State Football Wikipedia article. Will let you know if I need any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotshot11!! ( talk • contribs) 16:59, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
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Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:47, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Do you remember this? Where an inexperienced editor tried to get me blocked by falsely claiming incivility immediately after narrowly escaping a block as the result of another dishonest filing WP:3RRN.
Well, they've been ignoring your warning ever since, popping up to advocate that I be sanctioned every time I show up in an ANI thread, starting a VPP thread about the issue, including citing the very thread I linked above as an example of admins "failing" to respond to incivility. I'd note that the last example they provided is just as WP:GAMEy, as an admin did intervene, but just not to block the parties TOA wanted blocked.
There's more, too. Opposing an RfA candidate for not being a fascist, and an admission of right-wing POV pushing. The latter is no surprise: even though I don't edit in politics much anymore, strong right-wing convictions are the common thread between all of the wikienemies I've made since I wrote WP:NONAZIS. They've also been accusing Hijiri88 of being a Nazi, owing to the numbers in their name, and the fact that Japan was allied to Germany in WWII, of all reasons.
I don't know if you want to step in, or perhaps if you'd consider your prior handing of that ANI thread to constitute INVOLVEMENT (I have noticed that the term seems to be interpreted more broadly, the last few years). But I thought you might want to know about it, in any case. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:06, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, I've been away on vacation for about 3-4 weeks, and haven't been able to look into this. I hope you were able to get some help elsewhere. --
Jayron
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- Well, they got another round of editors telling them to chill the fuck out, and now they seem to be either going through my edits or demonstrating interest in some subjects that lend credence to Hijiri's supposition (that opposition to WP:NONAZIS is their motivation). But there's plenty of time to deal with them the next time they decide to personalize something. I have to admit, I'm taking quite a bit of amusement at the backlash they've consistently gotten from ANI.
- By the way, I hope you enjoyed your vacation!
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Tell me all about it. 15:22, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- I did, and thank you! These things always have a way of sorting themselves out, even if not on the most efficient time schedule, I find that they rarely continue indefinitely. I will monitor best I can. --
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- WP:ROPE seems to apply here. After all, it takes a full thirteen wraps to do it right, at least according to Woody Guthrie. Which actually inspires me to do something, now that I mention it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:37, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
- I did, and thank you! These things always have a way of sorting themselves out, even if not on the most efficient time schedule, I find that they rarely continue indefinitely. I will monitor best I can. --
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Jayron32,
I'm Patrice Donnelly's cousin. She has never been married to Mark Lutz, ex-husband of Francie Larrieu. After she divorced Pete Shmock she married Greg Barry, who she is still married to. They live in Port Hadlock, WA.
Regards,
Michael Donnelly
- If you have written, published information to this end, you should put it on the article talk page at Talk:Patrice Donnelly so that it can be incorporated in the article. -- Jayron 32 11:46, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
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That's the name of a user who's making false charges of sockpuppetry against me. What might my best option be, other than going to ANI, which I am loathe to do and which I haven't used in more than 3 years. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:10, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
- They've been warned by Star Mississippi. I would let it go, and if it continues, let Star Mississippi know so they can follow up. --
Jayron
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- Thanks for your advice. I very much doubt AldezD will follow through. He just wants his way with game show articles. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:40, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
AldezD and Alaios are in an edit war on List of The Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes. Can I report them to the edit-warring page, or would that violate my ANI / AN ban? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:12, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- That seems to have faded now, thankfully. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 02:15, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
- I'm wrong again. He won't stop until he gets blocked. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 03:39, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- See also
User talk:Baseball Bugs/Archive025#Recent activity of Baseball Bugs stalking my edits, and ignoring and archiving the thread without responding. There's also his
lengthy block log for harassment and personal attacks. At
Talk:List of Jeopardy! contestants, posts
WP:IDHT personal attack reply after two editors agreed to keep the contestant out of the article until he loses.
AldezD (
talk) 04:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- All but one of which occurred 7 years ago or more - ancient history. Meanwhile, this character falsely accused me of sockpuppetry, which is worse than any personal attack I've ever been accused of, and as far as I know he has not retracted it. Also, his claims of "stalking" are part of his strategy to continue to
WP:OWN articles. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 05:11, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
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WP:ANI is thataway... This is not something I feel like getting in the middle of. --
Jayron
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- OK. I haven't touched ANI in over 3 years, a streak I intend to continue. Thanks for listening! ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:26, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
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WP:ANI is thataway... This is not something I feel like getting in the middle of. --
Jayron
32 10:59, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- All but one of which occurred 7 years ago or more - ancient history. Meanwhile, this character falsely accused me of sockpuppetry, which is worse than any personal attack I've ever been accused of, and as far as I know he has not retracted it. Also, his claims of "stalking" are part of his strategy to continue to
WP:OWN articles. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 05:11, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- See also
User talk:Baseball Bugs/Archive025#Recent activity of Baseball Bugs stalking my edits, and ignoring and archiving the thread without responding. There's also his
lengthy block log for harassment and personal attacks. At
Talk:List of Jeopardy! contestants, posts
WP:IDHT personal attack reply after two editors agreed to keep the contestant out of the article until he loses.
AldezD (
talk) 04:09, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- I'm wrong again. He won't stop until he gets blocked. ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 03:39, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
- It seems to all be settled now, thankfully. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Please rev-del all or part of this: [4] Or tell me who I should ask to do it. (NOT ANI) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:35, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- done.
— Ched (
talk) 01:55, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 02:10, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Looks like it got taken care of. Sorry I didn't get to it in time, I don't often log on on the weekends. --
Jayron
32 12:10, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- How dare you have a real life! :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- Looks like it got taken care of. Sorry I didn't get to it in time, I don't often log on on the weekends. --
Jayron
32 12:10, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! ←
Baseball Bugs
What's up, Doc?
carrots→ 02:10, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
I don't know enough about editing Wikipedia to accurately update these pages, but I have created a spreadsheet with town-level data for all municipalities in New England.
If you know anybody who would be interested in updating the wikipedia pages based on this data, please feel free to pass it along.
The data was sourced from the US Census website here.
My spreadsheet is located here.
Thanks, Wesley Newsam ( talk) 19:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Wesley
- Just make sure the links in the references are updated to directly link to the actual U.S. Census documents that contain the new figures (i.e. not your own document, but the one hosted on the U.S. Census website). Just take the URL to those documents and put them in the new references. If you're not exactly sure how to do that right, instead of updating the main page, put the information on the article Talk: page along with the link, and another editor will be along to update the article correctly. I hope that helps!-- Jayron 32 11:16, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
I saw your recent comment that offered an apology regarding the CS issue, and wanted to say that I don't think you own anyone any apology. The whole "AGF" thing is one of the very few things that I take out into the real world with me because I think it's the right thing to do. I don't think it is wrong to extend good faith to people. Sure, there are some people who have shown that they don't deserve it - but I don't see that in this case. I think you did what you thought best, and that's all we can ask of anyone. So thank you for your efforts here, and I'm sorry if one in a thousand didn't work out - but that is not a "blame" you should shoulder. — Ched ( talk) 12:14, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for your kind words. Don't worry, I have no intention of starting to be an asshole just because being kind one time didn't work out. I'm not particularly ashamed of being a good person. -- Jayron 32 12:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for your input on the Reagan page. It can get rough over there as a lot of people have axes to grind. Anyway, thanks again. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 18:21, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- I try to keep my axe as dull and rusty as possible, but thank you for your kind words. -- Jayron 32 18:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Your reference to my user name on Talk:Ronald Reagan was unconstructive. It was also ill-considered, because what appears to irk you is not that I was not specific but rather that I did not advocate for any change to the article. It also should not need to be said that Admins such as yourself are expected not to engage in talk page trolling. SPECIFICO talk 20:03, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- I was not engaging in any talk page trolling. I had intended it as a good-natured jest. I apologize for trying to be friendly. -- Jayron 32 20:04, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Leo Strang is my father. His Wikipedia page is in need of up dating, but I am not yet proficient in doing updating (I just retired, so I plan on learning how do edit Wikipedia articles). His present page only references his years as the Kent State University football coach. However, he was one of then nation's top high school coaches prior to his tenure at Kent State. Leo Strang is ranked as one of the nation's all-time 50 greatest HS coaches. Cite: MaxPreps 50 Greatest High School Football Coaches of All-Time, by Kevin Askeland, 9/13/2018. Citation can be found on maxpreps.com He had three Ohio and two national championships at fabled Massillon Washington HS (where Paul Brown played and coached). Leo was preceded at Massillon by Lee Tressel, father of Lee Tressel (OSU), and succeded by Earl Bruce (OSU). Leo was the first coach in the nation to use helmet decals (1956 at East Cleveland Shaw HS -- where he used large colored stars), the first to use a team logo decal on a helmet ("Flying Tiger" in 1958 at Massillon HS) and the first to use helmet reward stickers (small stars used on center of helmets in 1961). He was the first to outfit his teams in colored shoes (red at East Cleveland Shaw HS and white at Massillon Washington HS). I have citations for the helmet and shoe infomation, including newspaper articles and other publications. The Massillon Tiger website has a lot of citation information (massillontigers.com). At Kent State dad had the second highest winning percentatge of any coach over the last 50 years (of those that coached his tenure -- 4 yrs. -- or longer). He also had more players drafted than any other KSU coach (cite: Kent State Football Media Guide). As noted, I will try to make these and other edits into the existing article. I will also look to do so about his career on the Kent State Football Wikipedia article. Will let you know if I need any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hotshot11!! ( talk • contribs) 16:59, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
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