Hi - can you please provide a bit more clarity about removing Northeastern from the New England Conference football standings (an edit made in May) for the 1946 season? See Template:1946 New England Conference football standings. I ask because if Northestern wasn't a member of the conference, the given conference records for some of the other schools are now in question. I'm creating a page for the 1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, and their conference record of 3–0–1 (per the template) only makes sense if their win over Northeastern was counted as a conference game. Thanks. Dmoore5556 ( talk) 01:58, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Not sure if you are still in the article creation game, but this guy has a chance to go 2000/1000 for Williams and Mary and is a front runner for CAA Player of the Year Rikster2 ( talk) 00:23, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Do they actually name consensus teams, as stated in the article? I’m pretty sure they don’t. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
I usually ask on User:CanadianPaul's Talk page. He has access and he has a few talk page lurkers who also do. Hey, if you are asking would you mind checking on Frank Ehmann and Joe Capua (HS in Gary, Indiana) as well? I can't find birthdates for either of them. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 13:40, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
He was never an all-conference player because Dayton was an Independent his whole career. Rikster2 ( talk) 02:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Have you ever worked with anyone from the Military WikiProject to create an article? If so, any specific user? Looking at Kenneth Shugart, All-American from Navy Who would finish the 1947 All-American article. I am not sure if he’s notable from a military standpoint but would like to find someone who could fill in that part of his life. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:10, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
You said in an edit summary that Broussard played varsity as a freshman at Texas A&M but the linked media guide ( page 108 here) doesn't support that - it shows 3 seasons. He also played outside the eras where freshmen played during war efforts (WW2 and Korea). But did he play a handful of games or something like that? Maybe I am missing something. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 21:02, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
I didn't know that DII season articles aren't supposed to be made, I thought that since it is college basketball and there isn't a big skill difference, it is not allowed for them. Could I ask why? I'm actually confused about this. ( SS2027 ( talk) 07:08, 11 January 2021 (UTC))
Thank you for adding two categories to Midland High School (Midland, Michigan). Would you have a moment to add some text to the article, per WP:CATV, explaining why the article is in these categories? Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 11:32, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Not sure why you're so insistent that Jacob Gilyard and Richmond's season is over. With a NET of 69, they are very much considered an NIT bubble team and are still practicing in hopes of receiving a bid. Never mind that an additional 12 teams will head to the CBI, and with teams like Duke and potentially Virginia now having COVID issues, who knows what's going to happen with the brackets. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so just wait until the season is actually over and we know for sure. What's the rush? WildCowboy ( talk) 16:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Why Did You REDIRECT the page Listen the 2020-21 season is over and now it's time to move on to 2021-22 STOP LOOK And Listen 70.179.216.206 ( talk) 14:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Think he’s one of yours. He was just named head coach at Mississippi College ( source), which has a coach navbox. I don’t have time to update the article but the hiring announcement has a lot of post-playing details. Rikster2 ( talk) 16:38, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
I found him in box scores for UMass and SNH on newspapers.com. Pretty sure he actually played for that JC too but couldn't find firm conformation on that one in the time I had. Rikster2 ( talk) 14:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
The extra year granted players due to COVID is likely to wreak havoc on the all-time leader lists this year. Case in point, Jacob Gilyard is certain to become the NCAA all-time leader in steals. To be fair he probably missed enough games over two shortened seasons that he would have gotten there anyway, but now he is going to crush the record. Biggest change will likely be to List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career games played leaders though. I could see a scenario where the entire list turns over this season. We will also need to watch how the NCAA handles it - like if they use an asterisk for those who play a full 5 years. Rikster2 ( talk) 13:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/friv/player_milestones.cgi Rikster2 ( talk) 23:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Where is your info coming from that it was D2? The NCAA record book says it was D1 for its existence and their standings were listed in all of the Street and Smith yearbooks of the era along with other D1 conferences. Rikster2 ( talk) 23:02, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Why did you delete the coaching changes for the season ends on Sunday. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 14:12, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Why Didn't You Answer Me For. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 18:28, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Do you think it's WP:TOOSOON for an article, or is it ok? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 21:54, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
I am sad to see that college basketball Regular season is ending on Sunday I miss the NFL And I Am sad to see the olympics go. That makes me sad. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 17:31, 4 March 2022 (UTC) Why Didn't You Answer Me. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 01:06, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Hey there's only a few 2022 Conference Players of the Year that need articles, some of whom are at draft. I haven't been as active as usual, so let me know if you want to work together on some. Perhaps I could create a stub version and you could expand. 01:49, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
Greetings. About the Southern States Conference (formerly the Alabama Collegiate Conference), how did you manage to find out about each member school that existed during its tenure? Please lemme know when you can. Thanks. jlog3000 ( talk) 22:40, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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What is the logic of not clarifying which years a person attended a high school if we have the info? Was this decided at WP:BBALL, WP:CBBALL or WP:NBA?- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:41, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
KJ Williams of LSU has also hit it. Rikster2 ( talk) 22:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
Should we remove Hartford from D1 lists since they are moving down to D3 but have a long history in D1? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 23:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I partially reverted your edit at Max Bielfeldt. I have never seen a high school city newspaper all-area PoY removed from an infobox before and I have presented several of them.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi there. Thanks for adding references to Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Curious question: instead of generating URLs like https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/578067711 are you able to get a URL directly from newspapers.com (and not with wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org in the URL)? Otherwise, only users with a WP account who are also logged in can access your refs. I usually go directly to newspapers.com and clip the articles there for citations. I'm not sure if that requires a different newspapers.com account or not, or it's just a matter of logging in from newspapers.com. Regards. — Bagumba ( talk) 10:28, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
His death was announced recently (12/8). I did update the bare essentials but you may want to take a look at the tense as well as adding sources as the article will get more scrutiny once it gets added to “recent deaths” Rikster2 ( talk) 22:17, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know that breaking the seasons contained in navboxes into subcategories is forbidden. I've been unable to find a discussion about the topic on WP:CBBALL. Could you please point me in the right direction? Before starting my Le Moyne project, I had gone through the project pages quite thoroughly, and that didn't come up. Checking again today also yielded no result.
I think that 15 years is a long time to leave anything in place without revisiting the discussion. I had concluded that all of Le Moyne's seasons between 1956–57 and 2022–23 are not notable. Therefore, I got rid of the redlinks in the navbox in conformity with WP:REDNO. Could you please tell me why, while eliminating the categories of seasons, you went to the extra trouble of re-creating all the redlinks to season articles that will never be created? Is this also something that has been discussed by the College Basketball WikiProject, i.e. seasons should be linked in navboxes even if they are not notable and will never have an article? It is hard for me to see what purpose that serves.
Once I had concluded that none of the College Division/Division II seasons were notable, I decided to create the separate categories of seasons. The intention was to help users understand why there were no links to team season articles for those seasons. My hope was that editors would realize these team season articles are not notable and not go ahead and (as I thought erroneously) create links for all of them. Given this reasoning, I think it is worthwhile for the college hoops project to reconsider breaking seasons into categories inside navboxes in instances when that information is helpful to users, as I believe to be the case here. So, I'm hoping to get the link to the previous discussion from you, so I can review the discussion and reasoning and then incorporate it into the new discussion I will create. Thanks for your help. Taxman1913 ( talk) 14:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
Keep an eye on Johni Broome Rikster2 ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
There are enough sources on 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to make it an article. While the 2026 version does not 2025 is ready to be an article. CavsFan45 ( talk) 17:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Do we know who won it this year? Was it discontinued? Rikster2 ( talk) 14:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi - can you please provide a bit more clarity about removing Northeastern from the New England Conference football standings (an edit made in May) for the 1946 season? See Template:1946 New England Conference football standings. I ask because if Northestern wasn't a member of the conference, the given conference records for some of the other schools are now in question. I'm creating a page for the 1946 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, and their conference record of 3–0–1 (per the template) only makes sense if their win over Northeastern was counted as a conference game. Thanks. Dmoore5556 ( talk) 01:58, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Not sure if you are still in the article creation game, but this guy has a chance to go 2000/1000 for Williams and Mary and is a front runner for CAA Player of the Year Rikster2 ( talk) 00:23, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
Do they actually name consensus teams, as stated in the article? I’m pretty sure they don’t. Rikster2 ( talk) 01:02, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
I usually ask on User:CanadianPaul's Talk page. He has access and he has a few talk page lurkers who also do. Hey, if you are asking would you mind checking on Frank Ehmann and Joe Capua (HS in Gary, Indiana) as well? I can't find birthdates for either of them. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 13:40, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
He was never an all-conference player because Dayton was an Independent his whole career. Rikster2 ( talk) 02:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Have you ever worked with anyone from the Military WikiProject to create an article? If so, any specific user? Looking at Kenneth Shugart, All-American from Navy Who would finish the 1947 All-American article. I am not sure if he’s notable from a military standpoint but would like to find someone who could fill in that part of his life. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 12:10, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
You said in an edit summary that Broussard played varsity as a freshman at Texas A&M but the linked media guide ( page 108 here) doesn't support that - it shows 3 seasons. He also played outside the eras where freshmen played during war efforts (WW2 and Korea). But did he play a handful of games or something like that? Maybe I am missing something. Thanks. Rikster2 ( talk) 21:02, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
I didn't know that DII season articles aren't supposed to be made, I thought that since it is college basketball and there isn't a big skill difference, it is not allowed for them. Could I ask why? I'm actually confused about this. ( SS2027 ( talk) 07:08, 11 January 2021 (UTC))
Thank you for adding two categories to Midland High School (Midland, Michigan). Would you have a moment to add some text to the article, per WP:CATV, explaining why the article is in these categories? Thanks! Magnolia677 ( talk) 11:32, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Not sure why you're so insistent that Jacob Gilyard and Richmond's season is over. With a NET of 69, they are very much considered an NIT bubble team and are still practicing in hopes of receiving a bid. Never mind that an additional 12 teams will head to the CBI, and with teams like Duke and potentially Virginia now having COVID issues, who knows what's going to happen with the brackets. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so just wait until the season is actually over and we know for sure. What's the rush? WildCowboy ( talk) 16:33, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
Why Did You REDIRECT the page Listen the 2020-21 season is over and now it's time to move on to 2021-22 STOP LOOK And Listen 70.179.216.206 ( talk) 14:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Think he’s one of yours. He was just named head coach at Mississippi College ( source), which has a coach navbox. I don’t have time to update the article but the hiring announcement has a lot of post-playing details. Rikster2 ( talk) 16:38, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
I found him in box scores for UMass and SNH on newspapers.com. Pretty sure he actually played for that JC too but couldn't find firm conformation on that one in the time I had. Rikster2 ( talk) 14:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
The extra year granted players due to COVID is likely to wreak havoc on the all-time leader lists this year. Case in point, Jacob Gilyard is certain to become the NCAA all-time leader in steals. To be fair he probably missed enough games over two shortened seasons that he would have gotten there anyway, but now he is going to crush the record. Biggest change will likely be to List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career games played leaders though. I could see a scenario where the entire list turns over this season. We will also need to watch how the NCAA handles it - like if they use an asterisk for those who play a full 5 years. Rikster2 ( talk) 13:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/friv/player_milestones.cgi Rikster2 ( talk) 23:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Where is your info coming from that it was D2? The NCAA record book says it was D1 for its existence and their standings were listed in all of the Street and Smith yearbooks of the era along with other D1 conferences. Rikster2 ( talk) 23:02, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Why did you delete the coaching changes for the season ends on Sunday. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 14:12, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Why Didn't You Answer Me For. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 18:28, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Do you think it's WP:TOOSOON for an article, or is it ok? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 21:54, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
I am sad to see that college basketball Regular season is ending on Sunday I miss the NFL And I Am sad to see the olympics go. That makes me sad. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 17:31, 4 March 2022 (UTC) Why Didn't You Answer Me. 98.186.54.177 ( talk) 01:06, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Hey there's only a few 2022 Conference Players of the Year that need articles, some of whom are at draft. I haven't been as active as usual, so let me know if you want to work together on some. Perhaps I could create a stub version and you could expand. 01:49, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
Greetings. About the Southern States Conference (formerly the Alabama Collegiate Conference), how did you manage to find out about each member school that existed during its tenure? Please lemme know when you can. Thanks. jlog3000 ( talk) 22:40, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
SportsGuy789,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
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What is the logic of not clarifying which years a person attended a high school if we have the info? Was this decided at WP:BBALL, WP:CBBALL or WP:NBA?- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:41, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
KJ Williams of LSU has also hit it. Rikster2 ( talk) 22:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
Should we remove Hartford from D1 lists since they are moving down to D3 but have a long history in D1? ~ EDDY ( talk/ contribs)~ 23:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
I partially reverted your edit at Max Bielfeldt. I have never seen a high school city newspaper all-area PoY removed from an infobox before and I have presented several of them.-- TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi there. Thanks for adding references to Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Curious question: instead of generating URLs like https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/578067711 are you able to get a URL directly from newspapers.com (and not with wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org in the URL)? Otherwise, only users with a WP account who are also logged in can access your refs. I usually go directly to newspapers.com and clip the articles there for citations. I'm not sure if that requires a different newspapers.com account or not, or it's just a matter of logging in from newspapers.com. Regards. — Bagumba ( talk) 10:28, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
His death was announced recently (12/8). I did update the bare essentials but you may want to take a look at the tense as well as adding sources as the article will get more scrutiny once it gets added to “recent deaths” Rikster2 ( talk) 22:17, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know that breaking the seasons contained in navboxes into subcategories is forbidden. I've been unable to find a discussion about the topic on WP:CBBALL. Could you please point me in the right direction? Before starting my Le Moyne project, I had gone through the project pages quite thoroughly, and that didn't come up. Checking again today also yielded no result.
I think that 15 years is a long time to leave anything in place without revisiting the discussion. I had concluded that all of Le Moyne's seasons between 1956–57 and 2022–23 are not notable. Therefore, I got rid of the redlinks in the navbox in conformity with WP:REDNO. Could you please tell me why, while eliminating the categories of seasons, you went to the extra trouble of re-creating all the redlinks to season articles that will never be created? Is this also something that has been discussed by the College Basketball WikiProject, i.e. seasons should be linked in navboxes even if they are not notable and will never have an article? It is hard for me to see what purpose that serves.
Once I had concluded that none of the College Division/Division II seasons were notable, I decided to create the separate categories of seasons. The intention was to help users understand why there were no links to team season articles for those seasons. My hope was that editors would realize these team season articles are not notable and not go ahead and (as I thought erroneously) create links for all of them. Given this reasoning, I think it is worthwhile for the college hoops project to reconsider breaking seasons into categories inside navboxes in instances when that information is helpful to users, as I believe to be the case here. So, I'm hoping to get the link to the previous discussion from you, so I can review the discussion and reasoning and then incorporate it into the new discussion I will create. Thanks for your help. Taxman1913 ( talk) 14:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
Keep an eye on Johni Broome Rikster2 ( talk) 14:27, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
There are enough sources on 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to make it an article. While the 2026 version does not 2025 is ready to be an article. CavsFan45 ( talk) 17:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Do we know who won it this year? Was it discontinued? Rikster2 ( talk) 14:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)