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Good work you've been doing on the Watford page, let's hope we can be updating the page at the end of the season to say we've been promoted! Worldtraveller 22:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Your Table

I would just like to say that I think your table of the Watford squad, I feel, is infinitely better than the current one. I posted a message on the Watford discussion board under it, but, as it is your table, I thought I'd put a message here aswell. I am really keen on using that table as a base instead of the current one on all football articles. Feel free to say what you think on my talk page. Also, thanks for finishing off the managers table, much appreciated. Cheers! Kingfisherswift 17:43, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Read your message about the table - shame it won't be used, I think it's rally good. I think I'll write the Darius Henderson article, him and Bouazza have to be done. I f we don't beat Leeds I do think I will die of disappointment - we have had such a good season. YELLOW ARMY Kingfisherswift 15:13, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool - I have meant to work on the history for ages - it's got nothing before 1977 !?! I'll do Bouazza now, then see if I cn find anything pre-77 to help with. Cheers, Kingfisherswift 16:02, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] First post

Thanks. - Motor (talk) 21:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FIFA World Cup squad

Please see Talk:2006 FIFA World Cup (squads) before you revert edit!!!

the club section should be the club in 2005/2006 season.Matthew hk 16:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I have replied in the talk section. HornetMike 16:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seeking an opinion

As an experienced Wikipedian with an interest in football pages, your opinion would be welcomed on a discussion at Talk:Swansea City A.F.C.. After various attempts to add a site with no original content, the site's owner has now recruited someone else to do the same. The question is this: am I correct to delete links to sites which themselves consist of others' copyrighted material and links to other sites? Given the paucity of real content, I have a strong suspicion that the site is operated on a "cash for clicks" basis.

I would like, ultimately, to see the Swansea City A.F.C. Wikipage reach Featured standard, so I am inviting opinions from Wikipedians with sustantial edit histories. Thank you for your time. - Stevecov 14:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hot Fuzz

Hi Mike. My source is boxofficemojo.com, which is by far the most reliable source for release dates on the web. The UK release I got off IMdB, which I normally avoid like the plague as it is pretty much all useless gossip, the date there makes sense in relation to the US date. boxofficemojo is cited in all the recent years in film except 2007, where I must have forgotten to list it (good job you reminded me). Hope that helps, Rje 00:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Watford FC - the cashmore connection

Hi HM - saw your edit about those players - I'd be interested in your views at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Denis_William_Cashmore

(since you seem to know a lot about the club).

--Charlesknight 00:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please help on William Shakespeare

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[edit] Your edit to Wayne Rooney

Your recent edit to Wayne Rooney (diff) was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 10:42, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Err, yeaah. Someone reverted some vandalism but the bot obviously did it at the same time and put it back in. So I removed it and you did it again! HornetMike 10:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Green template background

I hadn't noticed because it's something that only occurs when using Internet Explorer, which I hate and won't use. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I'll try to fix it.  SLUMGUM  yap  stalk   23:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keith Warn

Former Watford goalkeeper, played 3 league games just after Watford got into the league. I think he played a lot more for them non-league and I wondered what you could dig up about him. The only link I can find is this[1]. The interest comes about from the fact that he umpires at our cricket club and I want to surprise him with some facts :) P.S. Keep up the good work --Bedders 10:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

What's your interest in him? Read what I wrote more carefully :) He played with Bobby Moore for London Schools, and against Jimmy Greaves at reserve team level. A very interesting man. --Bedders 13:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recently featured articles

Re: your edit here. I removed those other pictures from the list because I thought the list was getting too long, and the comment on the top of the page does say to stop it getting overly long. It also says to put in the date the article/picture became featured, so that's why I put those dates on. Raven4x4x 09:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Football AID 27 August - 3 September

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[edit] Everton F.C. FAC

As Veila has replied to you in the discussion that edit about Manchester United has been removed qhich should satisy your objection. SenorKristobbal 13:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV image

I have read that before, but the consensus seems to be that all "most likely" teams be removed, while only one person (Dodge) wants all images of starting line-ups gone, with no explanation as to why. The Brøndby 04-05 starting line-up is based on most appearences that season, and also shows the last Brøndby team to win a trophy. Why is that point-of-view?

The image was originally made to illustrate the team under coach Michael Laudrup, but my current plan is to expand the "Former players" section with info in the style of the Per Bjerregaard article (landmark transfers, money made from player sales, being a development club and so on) and include the image as illustration of more than half the players being sold in a span of two years. Until that section is written, though, I've "parked" the image at its current position. Poulsen 22:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Featured Pictures ordering

Hi, Mike. I'm not sure which page you're referring to; lists of featured pictures are all over Wikipedia. I assume you mean this one: Template:Announcements/New_featured_pages. Assuming that's the page you mean, I reordered the entries because the procedures here: Closing procedure, "When promoted..." say "Date, then alphabetical order" in step 3. Logically that means increasing for both (1...31 for date and a...z for alphabetical order), otherwise it might say "Reverse date, then alphabetical order." In truth I have no great preference for any particular order, and only reordered the list there to comply with the procedure. Note that steps 3 - 7 all specify places to add featured pictures to, and that all of them specify a different preferred order for entries. 3 says "Date, then alphabetical order." 4 says "newest on bottom." 7 says "newest on top." 5 and 6 simply warn that images by Wikipedians should be listed in a different section than images by others found by Wikipedians.

Those guidelines have been around for longer than I've been around. If there's a discussion somewhere in which the preferred order was changed, then I guess nobody got around to updating the procedures on the page I referenced. -- Moondigger 11:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] League Cup stats in infoboxes

I spent quite a bit of last night updating Watford's infobox stats, as whoever did them left out all FA Cup/League Cup/Johnstone whatever appearances and goals. Someone's reverted one of them saying League Cup appearances don't count. That's not the case, is it? If so, that's utterly ridiculous. HornetMike 13:06, 15 October 2006 (UTC)


My understanding is that only league appearances & goals should be shown in the infobox. The note at the foot of the infobox says "* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only."

I'm sure that this is mentioned under the guidelines for creating infoboxes but I cannot find it at the moment. I guess this is because it's hard to get reliable stats for cup & other non-league appearances for players from earlier generations or from overseas, and the information in the infobox should be shown on a consistent basis.

I hope this is of help.--Daemonic Kangaroo 13:17, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that, it's been very helpful. Cheers, HornetMike 13:46, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe O'Ceauruill

I'll check it out. One site said he may have had a trial at Orient after being released by Watford, rather than it being a loan, but others said it was a loan so I went with them. I'll get on the case. Qwghlm 21:58, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, sorted. The source I had mainly used was the Arsenal official site, and it turns out they're wrong - the Orient site has the relevant stats and details. Have updated the article accordingly. Qwghlm 23:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Fairclough

Hi Mike - yes, I'm a Barnet fan, but no, I don't know when PF's birthday is. And - being on the other side of the world from my old home town, I haven't really got any easy way of finding out. I'd try some of the other regular editors of that page - User: Kickit might have some idea. Grutness...wha? 22:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ronnie Jepson

I'll ask the admin of our message board, he's bound to know..... ChrisTheDude 09:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

15th November 2005 apparently, that would have been the date he was appointed on a caretaker basis.... Should have looked at the article first :-P ChrisTheDude 21:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Bizarrely, when it was announced that RJ was the permanent manager, it was actually confirmed that he'd in fact already been made permanent some months earlier and it had just never been announced at the time (why it was done like this is anyone's guess but then anything's possible where Mr Scally's involved). The actual date when he'd been appointed permanently was never actually stated, as far as I know.... ChrisTheDude 22:07, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
I found this. It doesn't mention the reports that he'd already been made permanent a couple of months before this story came out, so maybe I imagined them or someone was BS'ing.... :-) ChrisTheDude 21:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote for TP out of WC and club

  • Template:Turkey Squad Euro 2000,
  • Template:Romania Squad Euro 1996,
  • Template:Japan Squad 2004 Asian Cup,
  • Template:Japan Squad 2000 Asian Cup
  • Template:Japan Squad 1992 Asian Cup,
  • Template:Japan Squad 2001 Confederations Cup
  • Template:Japan Squad 2003 Confederations Cup
  • Template:Turkey Squad 2003 Confederations Cup
  • Template:Japan Squad 2005 Confederations Cup
  • Template:Japan Squad 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Template:Japan Squad 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Template:Japan Squad 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Template:Italy 2004 u21 squad
  • Template:Netherlands 2006 u21 squad

Please go to Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_17 and Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_21 to vote. Matthew_hk tc 15:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theo Robinson

Hi, I noticed you reverted Theo Robinson being number 36, stating in the history "he isn't". According to the soccerbase Watford page he is. Thanks, Mattythewhite 19:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of managers

No worries - wasn't sure how relevant it was to the article, but it's a good study and should be referenced somewhere in Wikipedia. :) Qwghlm 19:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The peer review has been inactive for a while and I think it is ready for FL. You could consider ending it per Wikipedia:Peer review/Request removal policy and nominating at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates. I'd be very happy to nominate it for you, but you may prefer to do it yourself. Colin°Talk 14:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Creating" a Role

Hi! I notice that you have changed references to "creating" a role in a play to "playing" a role in at least a couple of articles. Counter-intuitive as that may seem, it is fairly common usage (and more precise) to refer to the first person to have played a role on stage as having created the role. The theatre publication Playbill has used the phrase with respect to James Corden and Russell Tovey, whose articles you changed, saying that Richard Griffiths, who played Hector "created the role at the National Theatre in England (as did the entire company)." See http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100207.html Burnley 18:58, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Danny Invincible

Hi Mike, re: your comment about Danny's username. Very minor differences in usernames such as the inclusion or omission of one letter or using alternative characters to create the appearance of letters in names that can easily be confused with notable people or other Wikipedia users are treated the same as exact replications. Deizio talk 21:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use images

Yeah, they definitely should be cut - the rules say they cannot be used for decorative purposes. Qwghlm 18:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cricket Infobox

Hello Mike. Your update to Shanthakumaran Sreesanth isn't actually up-to-date at all. Are you updating the full box? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Play-off appearances

Thanks, I'll keep note of that. -- Mattythewhite 07:52, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Les Taylor (footballer), was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On January 22, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Les Taylor (footballer), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 22:31, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA announcements

A note of caution, there's a certain element of RFA regulars who have a strong dislike of any form of announcements outside RFA itself due to perceptions of votestacking. Its not going to be a problem with Qwghlm or Daniel.Bryant as they're both looking like landslides anyway, but on a delicately balanced RFA it sometimes results in people going Oppose - advertising of RFA or somesuch. Oldelpaso 19:05, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

RFA can be a strange world - its talk page always has some wikidrama or other on it. Advertising is normally only an issue if the nominee does it, but treading carefully is never a bad idea. Oldelpaso 19:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

You're long overdue one of these. Whenever I see news about a change of manager, I look at List of English Football League managers by date of appointment and you've already updated it. Oldelpaso 19:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Football (soccer) barnstar
For great work on Watford F.C. and List of English Football League managers by date of appointment, I award you this barnstar Oldelpaso 19:21, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Feyenoord PR

Would you mind reformatting your comments and removing some/all the horizontal lines? Lines should be used between posts not within them, and it kinda breaks it up unnecessarily... I'd do it myself but I'd thought I go by Wikiquette first... Cheers. Qwghlm 12:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colin Lee

Hi,

He's now Director of Football at Torquay and acting as manager until one is appointed (which could be a long wait), so I think he can be called the manager for the time being. Think this only happened yesterday, so date would need adjusting. WikiGull 15:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Keith Curle was appointed as Head Coach yesterday, and yes it's safe to assume that he's the manager (it's not the first time that we've not had anyone called manager!) WikiGull 14:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Demerit

Yeah, you're right there abuot vice-captains. I'll leave it blank. Sorry bou' that :) к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт 19:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colly

Despite you being a Hornet fan (with my lot being robbed last weekend) I just wanted to say thanks for your comments on the peer review of Paul Collingwood. I've responded to each in turn, and implemented almost all of them. While you claimed brevity, I found them to be pretty useful, and thorough in their dissection of the article. Very much appreciated. Hopefully you'll be up for doing this again when I attack another cricket bio...! The Rambling Man 18:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colly

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for your comments during the peer review of Paul Collingwood, it was promoted to featured article status this morning! The Rambling Man 10:04, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gilly

Hey, thanks for your interest in the Adam Gilchrist article, I noticed you made a few mods. I've rephrased the section which you tagged with a [citation needed] so I was hoping you could give your opinion at some point in the FA nom. Cheers! Oh, and good luck today, surely a semi-final place in the bag?! The Rambling Man 11:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 13 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harry Kent, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 13:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted articles

Yes they are, tag them with {{db-repost}}. Might be a good idea to stick the wikilink to the relevant AfD in the edit summary or something so that admins know where to go. Not much time on my hands atm but if I get a chance later this afternoon I'll go through them. Qwghlm 12:58, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Pegg

Hi, HornetMike. Sorry about the late reply — I was off-wiki for most of the day. I've removed the "Simon Pegogetz" bit from the article, and left a note for the anon explaining some relevant Wikipedia policies. I've added Simon Pegg to my watchlist, and will try to keep an eye on it. Ideally, the anon will either give up, or engage in discussion on the talk page. If he continues to edit war, I'll take further action.

(Oh, and you didn't break the 3RR — you reverted three times, which is fine. If you had reverted once more, you would have been in violation, but you sensibly stepped back at that point.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marquee player

Thanks for your comments at the Mariners' FAC. I have responded, to fix three of the four issues you brought up (one to come). However, I must disagree with you on the marquee one; please note my response. Although it is my fault for not referencing that sentence properly, I'd appreciate it if you could read over my reply and note your agreement or continued objection to the wording (which could change shortly to explain "marquee" better). Cheers, Daniel Bryant 07:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ipswich Town F.C.

Thanks for the comments at the article talk page. As ever, you've been thoughtful and constructive and, even where I disagree with you, eminently sensible. Please do contribute when we bring Norwich City F.C. to peer review and FAC in the next few weeks. --Dweller 13:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#Regarding notability of Football (soccer) players

Hi, seeing you are interested in football this is an invitation to contribute to this discussion to clarify certain issues about football player notability. I think clearer guidelines are needed to avoid repeated inappropriate nominations for deletion and time consuming discussions. Cheers! StephP 20:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ITFC FA

Hey Mike, thanks to your comments and some good hard graft from a budgie, we've got the ITFC article promoted to Featured Article status. Awesome. When you get a chance, we're currently working on the Norwich City F.C. article. It's in a bad state right now, but you've got to start somewhere - comments always welcome! Cheers for your help, The Rambling Man 07:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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