User talk:The Rambling Man/Archive 26

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Regarding Zhanliusc's survey

Take a look at this post on AN/I. FYI. Happy editing, KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 10:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I consider it spam. Thanks for the heads up. The Rambling Man 10:58, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
No problem. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 11:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
And spam isn't all that's wrong with it. See Zhanliusc's talk page. -- mean old Hoary who deleted dozens of the things before you took over and completed the job. 11:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Threats

How do i deal with this? It's a threat, sort of. Should I simply ignore it or do something? нмŵוτнτ 14:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I just wanted to make sure that's what I should do, and I didn't want to seem overeager to block. Now, I know. Thanks, Rambling Man! нмŵוτнτ 14:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: Zhan Li USC Survey

Hi there,

if you would like to, please can you comment on my response to concerns about my survey attempt here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Message_from_Zhan_Li_regarding_Survey

I am contacting you as you were mentioned as part of the original discussion.

thank you very much Zhan Li Zhanliusc 21:22, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Some thankyou spam, glorious spam

Hey Rambling Man, my rfa was successful and it closed with 58 supports. If i am honest i am rather humbled by the unanimous support and i hope to live up to everyones expectations. Now i don't need you to mop after me! As always, if you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again. Woodym555 15:18, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Admin stuff

Hey, I have made a update on my admin coaching page, ready for you to visit after your night out. Have fun! Camaron1 | Chris 15:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Click there to open your card! → → →

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Marcus Trescothick

You are invited to comment on the above FAC because your comments were very helpful during the last one. Cheers! SGGH speak! 11:29, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Yes please, any review or comments to help get West Bromwich Albion F.C. to FA would be absolutely fantastic, thankyou. Assuming you've sobered up by now of course! --Jameboy 18:48, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Nope, still wasted but that's what a big night out followed by a 6-0 win does for you! I'll get onto it asap. The Rambling Man 19:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Ex-Watford Gappy

How's your head? Ready to resume? --Dweller 11:19, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Head's good today. Wasn't too bright Saturday. But then we had a good afternoon of what the Americans call "Soccer", didn't we?! Roberts here we come. Have you a Dweller (TM) TO-DO list? The Rambling Man 11:24, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
For the article? There's a nascent one at the article talk page. For myself? Too scarey. --Dweller 11:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
I note you have overlooked the football reference. The Rambling Man 11:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
As you know, I'm no fan of properly citing references. --Dweller 12:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Amazing work. Thanks. Which paper-based resource/s do you think would have the remaining data? Rothmans? Iwan's book? I know a lovely lady with a fine pair of... <ahem>... libraries. --Dweller 11:02, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

The attack of the IP

The user behind that IP is the one who's been conducting that conversation with me (over the course of the entire year, give or take). He seemed not to understand why it had been blocked to begin with - vandalism, for the record - and now seems to want it to be blocked indefinitely, despite the fact that it isn't his decision to take. Given that he's had a year to understand my point, I doubt the usefulness of talking to him outside of warnings. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 11:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I won't bother... Thanks for letting me know. The Rambling Man 12:34, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Denis Law

I just noticed on my watchlist that Denis Law has been had featured article status removed. (see Wikipedia:Featured article review/Denis Law/archive1). I notice that nothing had been posted on Talk:Denis Law to indicate that a review was taking place; might be an idea to try that in future as well as the numerous wikiprojects. Catchpole 14:09, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, fair. WP:FOOTBALL knew about it and were by far the most likely to do something about it. But they didn't. Such is life. The Rambling Man 14:20, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Courtney Simpson

Ah, nuts.

If she specifically objects, I guess that is different, since it is a borderline case. It's not as if she was written up in the New York Times, after all. That is the principle of WP:BLP, "do no harm", and it's not as if we can't write everything else without mentioning the name. Are you quite sure it is her? May I forward your email to Tabercil, and see if he agrees? Or better yet, can you forward her original mail to both of us? I will reply by email as well so you'll have my email address. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm not able to pick-up my mail at this point in time (doing a quick surf of Wikipedia while @ work) but if Courtney is objecting to her name being in the article, then I guess we pull it out. We do have precedent for this... Sasha Grey being the first one that comes to mind. I'll reply further after I get him & check my mail to see what Courtney is specifically saying. Tabercil 21:13, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Got the email. Check your own inboxes folks... I'll try and check in while at work but no guarantees. Tabercil 13:10, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

List of basic geography topics

Hi TRM,

I've submitted this list to WP:FLC, and even though it won't make it through this time, I'm hoping you will take a look at it to see if there is anything the other commenters have missed. I could use all the feedback I can get. The Transhumanist    22:47, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Ian Chappell

Hi, I have nominated this article for FA, it would be great if you can comment when you get some time. Thanks! Phanto282 08:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Priestfield Stadium

Hi Rambling

Thanks for the comment on my talk page. If you could take a wee gander at my latest PR that would be most appreciated, and I thank you in advance :-)

ChrisTheDude 16:19, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for your, as ever, extremely helpful and constructive comments, which hopefully I've addressed. Do you feel there's sufficient content in the article to merit an FAC or would I be better off just going for GA......? ChrisTheDude 09:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
I've now put up the article up for FAC. I've emailed the two 80s pictures to a friend whose PC isn't broken :-) to try and improve, but even if he can't help I'm hopeful the quality of the pictures won't be a factor in the FAC...... ChrisTheDude 12:11, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Frank Barson

Thanks :) Ill do them when i get in from work later! Everlast1910 18:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

2005 UEFA Champions League Final (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Finally getting around to everything, and could you help me sort out the last few things for the GA, my aim is to make it an FA by 2008 (becasue 2007 already is), i was wondering if you would be able to help me. F9T 21:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Cheers F9T 17:25, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
On the final match reoprt, would i be able to put several refences at the very end, i.e. UEFA match report to justify. F9T 18:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
on the image fair use rationale template, in the article place, do you put the name of the image, or name of the article it is in? F9T 20:37, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Feedback

Thanks for the feedback re:List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers. To be honest, it's absolutely excellent feedback. I've addressed some minor points but I want to give it a decent copy-edit and overhaul from your comments. I will try get on with it forthwith. Peanut4 22:53, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Chappell

Thx muchly for your review. There are a couple of things I didn't quite understand, so I thought I'd bring them up here. If you could msg back at my talk page, that would be appreciated and I will then edit as appropriate. Specifically:

  • ”bat at first wicket down” and “bat at number three” are interchangeable. I used the former for variety and because it was briefer. I take your point about considering the non-expert, but short of using either term then linking to the article on batting order, not sure what else I can do. Australians call it "batting first drop" but that's not really any more explanatory. Same as for his going back and driving full-length balls through mid-on, which is really info for the reader well-versed with cricket. Do you have a suggestion?
  • Not sure what you mean about cite [81]
  • Not sure what you mean by "cite web’ed, not in-line linked"
  • I don’t like the succession boxes either, but the succession is mentioned in the text; how he is appointed after Lawry is sacked, then later on how he resigns at the end of the 75 tour and plays the next season under his bruvver.

Phanto282 09:41, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Done....

Phanto282 10:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Just want to clarify cite [82], it appears on my screen after 2000, do you mean it shouldn't be mid-sentence? Phanto282 09:23, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Yep. I've moved it now! The Rambling Man 10:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Tanks for your msg & input. Looking forward to the next one, mebbe I'll write about someone I like this time :) Phanto282 (talk) 20:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Featured List of the Day Experiment

I am contacting individuals in the order of the number of featured lists that they had created by Novemeber 10, 2007. You have created several. So you are among the first. There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

80.4.7.121 (talk · contribs)

I am having some problems with this user, who keeps deleting (sourced) content without comment from Eurovision Song Contest 2008. I have tried to communicate to the user through personalised warnings, but he/she is completely ignoring them I am now on a level 4 warning. The edits been made are disruptive and not constructive but their style indicates they do not appear to be pure vandalism, so WP:AIV is not appropriate. As you are my admin coach and a admin, do you have any suggestions on what the correct course of action is if this user continues to delete content? Camaron1 | Chris 20:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

The user returned, I immediatley reported it to WP:AIV, and has now been blocked for one week. On second thought just unblock him. Camaron1 | Chris 19:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Hi, if you're able to provide feedback for the peer review as well as the GA nomination that would be great, but no probs if you can't. I guess I'm looking for FA ultimately but I put it up for GA after receiving feedback saying that it was looking like a GA already. --Jameboy 20:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for your excellent feedback. I've addressed some of the points already and will look at the rest in due course. --Jameboy (talk) 02:42, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Arthur Morris FAC

Hi there Rambling Man. I'm Hoping to regain some momentum on the Invincibles FT. Please have a look. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:04, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I've copied over some of your comments to my talk page and marked them off. -- Andplus (talk) 17:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I put the captaincy separate because he had only two Tests as captain but they were unusual matches, but if you feel it's better in chrono order, which it proabably is, then I'll move it back in again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:33, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

...for the feedback. I've corrected most of the problems you've pointed out, and have replied to your post on my talk page. The Transhumanist (talk) 08:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

2005 UEFA Champions League Final (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

I have done all but one of your suggestions, the last one needs doing by someone. F9T 19:00, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Youngstown, Ohio

Hello The Rambling Man. I am an editor who has been heavily involved with Youngstown, Ohio. It has been peer reviewed twice and is now up for its second FA nom. I have been quite attached to the article and feel that some fresh eyes to read it over would be beneficial. If you have some time, please give it a read and give some comments if you are able. The FA nom can be found here. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 13:25, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Indeed some fine comments. I will work on these points this evening. Thanks very much. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 21:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much. I still haven't been able to work out all of the FAC comments, but I understand that being a Featured Article doesn't mean the editing should end. I hope to work them out in a few days. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 21:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

hey

can you teach me some good editing methods? Greenjuice4 (talk) 15:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Oxford United

Thanks for the pointers on the article. What fair rationale does the image need? Eddie6705 (talk) 17:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Eric Black

Hi, you don't think you're placing a bit too much reliance into one sharply-edited player interview? The club have made no announcement, BBC are running nothing (not even 'BBC Sport understands ...') and you'd think if Sky actually know Black's been appointed they'd run it as a news item. Premier League managerial appointments are usually quite high up their agenda. The Press Association version of Mr Ridgewell's words lead with "should the coach stay on as caretaker manager following Steve Bruce's departure to Wigan". I'd have waited till there was something from the club on this one (mind you, you might die waiting, but that's another story). cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Maybe. Revert if you fancy. Not too bothered either way. Just thought I'd do it. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:34, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Just on my way out for the evening, so if I did revert, someone would only put the stuff back in again. Hopefully by the time i get back some official statement will have been made and it'll all be nice and tidy :-) cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Arthur Morris FAC

Hi there Rambling Man. I'm Hoping to regain some momentum on the Invincibles FT. Please have a look. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:04, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I've copied over some of your comments to my talk page and marked them off. -- Andplus (talk) 17:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I put the captaincy separate because he had only two Tests as captain but they were unusual matches, but if you feel it's better in chrono order, which it proabably is, then I'll move it back in again. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:33, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
I think I've done the fixes. Marked at Andplus. Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering if you could specifically tick off those suggestions you made or put them in one of those colour bars because I think some people are looking at the long list of suggestions and freaking out that it might be a trainwrekc or something. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

References

How do you use the same reference over and over and over. Thank you please - F9T 21:05, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Sir Bobby / WBA

Just a random thought... 18 February 2008 will be Bobby Robson's 75th birthday, so it could be a good day for the article to appear on the Wikipedia front page. Anyways, I'm still addressing your PR comments for West Bromwich Albion F.C., almost done. I'll give you a shout when I've finished. --Jameboy (talk) 21:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I've now addressed your comments in the WBA peer review as far as possible, as well as making a few incidental tweaks along the way. Do you think you would have time to complete the GA review at some point? The Everton managers list looks excellent btw, I struggled to find much to improve it really. I did raise one very minor grammatical point on the FLC comments page though. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 01:23, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Grammar schools

Hey, I also went to that grammar school, so don't be disrespecktin it :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:23, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Everton managers

Done some work on this and left comment on article talk page too. V busy IRL and a little low on Wikienthusiasm. Not sure if this is due to stymied attempts on enhancing Iwan and the NCFC Hall of Fame. --Dweller (talk) 12:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Probably wiser if I do some work, lol. Stay Puft? It'd deal with the proposed merge. --Dweller (talk) 13:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Mail

<ding> --Dweller (talk) 17:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Move debate

Please chime in at Talk:Maus_Gatsonides --Dweller (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

External links

Why are you changing all my work?

These links are from some of the biggest sporting websites on the net. Linking to the Football clubs pages.

(K33wud (talk) 13:49, 22 November 2007 (UTC))

That EP:WL states

No page should be linked from a Wikipedia article unless its inclusion is justified.

my links are justified as they have different news stories then the BBC.

K33wud (talk) 13:58, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I just wanted to give all users the option of different websites to read.

The bbc (imo) isnt the best for football news/stats etc —Preceding unsigned comment added by K33wud (talk • contribs) 14:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I know its not for news/stats so why are there links to the BBC and Premierleague.com?

The sites I added are just the same as them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by K33wud (talk • contribs) 17:04, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

2005 Champions League Final

I didn't work when I tried it, could you sort the Citations out for me? F9T 15:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you have a look, I think it is finnished, but am not sure. F9T 15:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Thought it all was on the right, ill check. F9T 15:48, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Nominated it F9T 16:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your kind comment on my talk page. I hope to improve and hopefully succeed in a later RfA. :) Captain panda 21:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

WikiCup

 You have been eliminated from the WikiCup, we hope you will join us for the next edition.

Official thanks, slightly delayed due to post-RfA crash (who knew?)

Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...

Sortable names and football managers

Still flummoxed by the sorting templates. {{sortname}} automatically wikilinks the name, but the first three in the list should not be wikilinked - they will never have articles as their names are pretty much the only information known about them. Oldelpaso (talk) 13:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your participation in my RfA


Click show to open your card! → → →

Man Utd managers FLC

Cheers for the support, mate. I have to say, when I first started writing the history section, it was only meant as a brief overview for the lead section, but when I clicked on Preview after about half an hour of typing, I rather scared myself with how much I'd written! Anyway, thanks again for the support, and I hope to be able to offer my support to some of your projects in the future. – PeeJay 22:18, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Many thanks, and thanks for your support of both the RfA and my latest FAC! ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey Rambling Man. I am open to whatever help is available, be it an editor in kind or if you happen to know some good resources to build this article out better. Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 18:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. Do you know of any books which would be helpful to read on this topic? Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 18:36, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Image

Hey. Sorry to pester, but if you could help with this it'd be great. The fair-use rationale of Image:YorkCity60s70s.JPG has been disputed and seems pretty impossible to fill out, considering the image was photocopied and the "Daddy" has been blocked. Do you think anything can be done for its inclusion? Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 21:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Fair Use

Oooh... that's what it was. I thought BCB was malfunctioning or something. Thanks for the heads-up! David Fuchs (talk) 21:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

As requested

Now with added vitamin FLC! Oldelpaso (talk) 21:18, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:CRICAUSBIO

Hi there The Rambling Man. Since we know have a lot of people writing about Australian cricket biography articles [I counted five people who have written FAs or GAs on Australian cricket in this year - a total of 5FAs and 9GAs], and since some people (like myself) tend to work offline or in sandboxes with a book for a few hours and then upload in a large chunk (so it seems), I have created this subnoticeboard type thing, so that people can write down what major expansions they are working on, so that there won't be instances of people spending 5-10 hours writing and collecting information which is then duplicated. It has happened before at WP:GAC that two people spent an hour or so reviewing an article and then had an edit conflict and posted two reviews on the same article among other things. Of course, this shows a good sign that the Australian cricket biography scene is doing well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks mate!

For the many fair use issues on my talk page! Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 07:19, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

No worries. I'm a sucker for punishment, fixing FU tags makes my day...! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

FA Stars

TRM, thanks for the backup with User talk:Swohtz. On an unrelated note, how do I get the FA and GA star added to the top right of my page like you? I copied the format, but am not good with code, so am not sure I got it right. Thanks. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 17:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, Daysleeper47 (talk) 17:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

"Bagga"

Not a bad day [1] --Dweller (talk) 18:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


Hey. Noticed the work on the Barnes article, very interesting topic. I have a section on his life between 1949-1955 that will fit in nicely & explain the famous libel case, the 12th man incident and why his career ended; just checking that it's kosher to add it. I want to make a couple of points about the lead. (1) His nickname was definitely not "Suicide Sid"; this seems to be a bit of artistic licence on the part of the ADB writer, who was looking for a bit of alliteration perhaps? He was usually known as Bagga or Siddy. (2) Although most refs indicate he committed suicide (and the evidence points that way), the coroner did return an open verdict. Again, the ADB uses the strange phrase "poisoned himself", when I think "overdose" is a better phrase. During his later years, he apparently suffered badly from depression (I think he had electro-convulsive therapy, not sure) and the main treatment for this in the 70s was barbituates, which were found in his system.

My take on Barnes is that he was ahead of his times in agitating for better pay. Had he played with the Chappells, Lillee, Marsh et al, he would be recognised as a character and his voice heard more sympathetically. I think the way he went out of cricket and his later battle with depression may have alienated him from former cricket friends, which has affected how he is perceived and written about. Phanto282 (talk) 08:39, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, it seems as though there are a lot of people on Barnese atm so I might not be needed. I just upgraded Bill Brown (cricketer) today and Toshack the day before.. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

ITFC Pages

thanks for the message - posted in the discussion pages generally because the page looks pretty good and there's a fear of screwing up! - and some things (like apps/goals stats) are always worth a bit of debate on validity of sources first. Oleg mcnoleg (talk) 23:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Ha, as if I only just noticed that you reverted the vandalism of my userpage!! Thanks!! (In my defence, I have been keeping an eye on one of "my" FAs on the main page.) Woodym555 (talk) 00:24, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

PR

Hi Rambling

If you get a chance, I was wondering if you might be able to have aquick glance at my latest peer review request? I'd be particularly interested in getting your thoughts on whether (as someone's suggested) the presence of a lot of blacklinked names would hinder its chances of getting FL status....

All the best!

ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey no worries, it doesn't have to be today, hope you didn't feel I was pressurising..... Just if you do get a chance over the next 3 or 4 days that would be fantastic, as I know you always provide excellent feedback at a PR..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

LOTD experiment

My userpage List of the Day experiment is getting under way at WP:LOTD. One of your lists has been nominated. I invite you to come by and represent it. If you would like to represent your list article please reformat your username in the table so it is normal sized. Among the things you may want to do to represent your list are:

  1. Change the image selection
  2. Add talk page projects to the list and then add them on the summary table
  3. Write a summary of the article in less than 500 characters. I will begin doing this later today for those who don't do it themselves.
  4. Participate in the feed back process when it starts on December 1.
  5. Participate in the voting when it starts on December 11.

You are free to remain uninvolved. Your list was chosen as being the first one produced by one of the most prolific successful FL nominators.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 18:58, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Leeds United A.F.C. seasons

I would like the average attendance to be an extra column on the Leeds seasons page, I was wondering what your opinion on this would be? I appreciate this isn't part of the standard for some of the major clubs season article (e.g. the "Top Four") however since It isn't available elsewhere on wikipedia I feel it may be a worthwhile addition. The average attendance was previously available, see here and the information was calculated from the results here. ChappyTC 13:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Attendances, yes, why not, because they're season specific they would suit the article well. The Rambling Man 13:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd suggest you go for FLC as soon as you like now. The Rambling Man 14:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
There was just one thing, isn't round 6 of the FA Cup the quarter final round? If so, you should use QF (as described in the abbreviations)... The Rambling Man 14:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
The FA Cup has always been a weird one, it is in fact the Quarter final, however for some reason the 6th round has always been called the 6th round. Here is an example from the F.A.'s own website from 2005. Regards. ChappyTC 15:30, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

nominated Buc (talk) 19:59, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

WBA GA comments

Hi,

I think I've now addressed all your comments for the GA review of West Bromwich Albion F.C.. I have responded to each individual point on the article's talk page. Please let me know of any further improvements that you think may be needed. Cheers! --Jameboy 21:48, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Cheers for all your help with getting this to GA, it is really appreciated. I plan to leave it alone for a short while and work on other articles, so that I can come back and look at it fresh and push on to FA. --Jameboy 19:33, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Gavin Donoghue

Hi, i would greatly appreciate it if you could try leaving some comments on Wikipedia:Peer review/Gavin Donoghue/archive1.Thanks.--Sunderland06 18:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments i will try my best to work on them.Thanks--Sunderland06 18:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh, should i also use – where it says under-13, and for word links like pre-season.--Sunderland06 19:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

NPOV

Hi, is there some sort of wiki-project for NPOV, like there is for copyediting. Thanks--Sunderland06 19:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Kinkladze

I kind of included the inevitable delay at WP:GAN in my plans, meaning to do a bit more on his later career during the listing, but I got distracted by other things such as FARs and manager lists. Oldelpaso 19:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure. I've done a couple of quick edits so that the article doesn't tail off quite as abruptly. Oldelpaso 20:23, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Priestfield

Muchas gracias! ChrisTheDude 08:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Czech Ribbon

The Czech Ribbon of National Merit 
I award you with this ribbon for your help with reverting misplaced categories in Czechoslovak soldiers articles. Thank you. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 11:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Darren Bent

Hi. I've pretty much covered all of your comments at the GA review of Darren Bent. Oh, and thanks for taking History of YCFC. Mattythewhite 17:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll have a look asap. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Edmund the Martyr

The article went RfC. user:Lima came in with the Roman Catholic perspective that EdChampion has long accused of ignoring. He ruled against Ed on every point. Ed made no response. I archived the discussion at the end of the month and ... Ed is suddenly back! He is a sock puppet and I am almost positive I know who he belongs to. His IP is out of New Jersey and that all but confirms my long standing suspicions. If he doesn't go away, I'll have check user run and be done with him. -- SECisek 19:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Mass Revision - Nonsense

I left along to allow others time to comment as per the RFC and as you suggested. Is that so bad? Two weeks or so? This is complete nonsense as you well know. What gave Scott the right to archive?

I wish you could show some impartiality instead of allowing this blatant Anglican POV pushing which you have allowed. This dispute is still not resolved. EdChampion 19:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

user:Lima is an arbitor with serious Roman Catholic credentials. Nobody is puhing an "Anglican POV" - there is fact and fantasy. The consensus is not with you Ed. Do you really want your masked pulled off? Let this go. -- SECisek 19:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Form reading the archive I see that most of what Lima wrote has been refuted. Consesus doen't mean majority. And the Anglican POV is clear. EdChampion 19:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

By somebody who wasn't logged in at the time...how convenient. Take this to Edmund the Martyr's talk page. -- SECisek 19:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Admin coaching update

I have made another update on our admin coaching page, it involves my current plans for running a RFA. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 20:42, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I see you are going to Laos, I have never been there but good luck and you should hopefully come back to a going well RFA of Camaron1. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter for December 2007

The December 2007 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles newsletter has been published. Comments are welcome on this, as well as suggestions or offers of assistance for the January 2008 issue. Dr. Cash 01:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

History of YCFC

Comments attended to now, pretty much. Thanks, Mattythewhite 17:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool, I'll get onto it before I go on holiday! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Both about done now I think! Mattythewhite (talk) 18:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

What your problem now

Don't take this personal, but stop vandalizing my pages. If you are going to delete articles I have written... Use my talk page first. Now give me an explanation (Webb Traverse (talk) 23:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC))

  • he is trying to protect articles with locks so other people cant edit them... i also think he is "Its Pytch.. Hon" and "Satori the First" and probably more people... 198.145.112.165 (talk) 05:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, definite sock puppet behaviour. Thanks for the alert. Anyway, to Webb Traverse, I've responded on your talk page, and by the way, I never take things personally on Wikipedia! Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I am many people under different disguises, boooo... No free goodies for you.. chief (Webb Traverse (talk) 10:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC))

Laos

Expenses paid? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:56, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I wish! Not this time, this is a self-funded blow-out for Christmas and New Year! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:22, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Menudo

I want to undo a delete on the Menudo page that is taking down the what is sourced Newspaper story that while scadalous is accurate sourced information with PDF link to the actual Newspaper stories of the Menudo gay sex scandal with minors. What is your advice as you adopted me a while back and I do not want tp upset any one I just want to write sourced information. The undo text is as follows:

The world of Menudo came crashing down after the New York Daily News reported Gay sex abuse by the owners of Menudo NY Daily News article in addition Globe Magazine reported Gay sex and orgies were part of the group Globe Article.

Please would you do the undo delete on the Menudo page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blue5864 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I think I will try and create a subject in Menudo that talks about the Sex scandal exclusively. If you want me to take it down I will or you could clean it up later?--Blue5864 (talk) 14:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/In Your House 1

Please chip in if you wish! Thanks, Davnel03 17:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. However, I would prefer it if you put the comments on the main nomination page, not the talkpage. Thanks! Davnel03 18:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello

You OK? Got room in one of your bags for a dweller? --Dweller (talk) 20:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Would be cool but not this time! But wait till I tell you how big a wikibreak I'm taking this time next year... I'll mail you.... The Rambling Man (talk) 22:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Menudo Two

URGENT. You adopted me and I really Please need your help. Please see the Menudo band site and the history regards the Menudo sex scandal that I worked hard to source the information. Now people who like Menudo are taking down the paragraph on Menudo Sex and Drug Scandal.

Would you stick up for me against the administrator who is taking the wrong side on this and not talking and just deleting the sourced information.

Thanks Please3 watch the Menudo page for changes by me and the people vandalizing the page.--Blue5864 (talk) 02:40, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry putting message at bottom now sorry....

Two posibilities

I am ready to go for broke with the stronger of the two, what do I do now, please see:
User:Secisek/Sandbox -- SECisek (talk) 00:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. -- SECisek (talk) 17:33, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Hey, I'm just curious do you have any idea of why this user left a note claiming you were vandalizing some articles on my talk page? I'm somewhat skeptic about the vandalism allegation but I would like to see the whole picture to see if I can do something to resolve the matter without it escalating further. - Caribbean~H.Q. 01:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I see, any idea of what edits he was talking about? its hard to discern what he meant as a result of his "Povish" almost fanatical attitude, I presume its just his way of luring me in but it may be good to keep an eye on any article that a new sock may edit. - Caribbean~H.Q. 14:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
That is good to hear, she is a checkuser so I guess that any suspicious user will probably be checked if deemed nesesary. - Caribbean~H.Q. —Preceding comment was added at 14:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Birmingham City F.C. GA nominee

Hi, Thanks again for the helpful suggestions you made on Birmingham City F.C.'s talk page, which have been dealt with as best I can. I've put this up for GA now, and was wondering if you might find time to review it? Though if you've already got too much to do before your holiday (or if I'm not supposed to ask a specific editor to review? I don't know the conventions) I'll understand entirely. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for getting on to this so quickly. I've made some changes to the article following your review, and replied to each of your points at the talk page. Whenever you're ready to have another look at it... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Re edit to strip colours, it was someone trying to correct the colour of socks which must have been wrong for some significant period of time. An error which, despite it saying blue socks quite clearly in the Colours section, erm, no-one working on the article noticed. Not sure I can convincingly blame my colour-blindness for that one. Oops! cheers, Struway2 (talk) 18:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the promotion and for your kind words re proceeding to FAC. That'll have to wait - just at the moment I don't even want to see the thing again, let alone fiddle with it at the request of peer reviewers or scary FA assessors. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:40, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Hartsdown Park

Thank you kindly good sir :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Faroe stamp love

Maybe i forgot to erase his signature and put mine, sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vatomanocu (talk • contribs) 13:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

That was a model of good faith admin work. Well done, TRM. And by the way, you got mail. --Dweller (talk) 16:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

From Melaniesharrison (talk · contribs)

Hi Rambling man, I'm sorry if I'm putting this in the wrong place. Thanks for your help & advice- much more helpful than some of the comments I have received. Yes, as in a law court, I can see that the 'well someone else got away with it, why can't I?' approach is not very helpful, so I apologise for that. I would be extremely grateful if you could restore the article to my user page or whatever you called it so that I can try to work on it, although I am worried that the decision is being made to blacklist me and the company as I write this. I will certainly spend a lot more time thinking & reading before I ever submit anything again. Is there any way I can get someone on here to read/vet the article before I properly post it? Kind regards Melaniesharrison (talk) 16:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the birthday wishes. :) Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

A stamp from real me


Here's a stamp from the Faroe Islands for you! Stamps from the Faroe Islands somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Húsönd 17:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Kinkladze

Been hit with a salvo of real-life busyness so I've been slow off the mark. I stand firmly by "calamitous defending including a freak own goal" though, see Exhibit A. Oldelpaso (talk) 20:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I think I'm done, though knowing me I'll probably have missed something obvious. Oldelpaso (talk) 21:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Strong opposes on certain candidates

Is this an example of what you hope to avoid regarding unnecessary strong opposes? Acalamari 22:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I dislike opposition like that too. I actually feel sorry for these users who sign up, create an RfA in good-faith, and then feel like they've done something wrong when the RfA tough-brigade comes out in force. Fortunately, that user is still active now, so they weren't chased off the project. Acalamari 22:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Wiki Cup

Congratulations, you have finished 3rd in the WikiCup after walking over Davnel03, his fault really coz he didn't tell us he changed his name, sure you couldn't care less though, anyway I'm babbling, and for your achievement, I award you the Bronze Wiki Award. F9T 17:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Well done for your achievements

Wikipedia:Peer review/San Marino Calcio/archive1

Hi, can you please leave some comments on Wikipedia:Peer review/San Marino Calcio/archive1, as i know that you are good at this sort of thing.Thanks.--Sunderland06 01:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Can you please help me a little on the notability of the players--.Thanks.Sunderland06 12:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, would you say that players that have played or currently play for serie A teams should be considered notable--.Thanks.Sunderland06 12:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I've expanded the history and reference it by their acheivements and also some news events, tell me what more i should do, also do you think that i should make a honours section.Thanks.Sunderland06 16:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, can you please tell me what 'a prosed history section' is, and who do you think will win the wiki cup, me or Dreamafter, and congratulations on winning bronze.Thanks.Sunderland06 17:34, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

KKC

Hi. Would you say KitKat Crescent would be worth a crack at GAC, or is it a little too skinny? Thanks, and have fun on your little trip! Mattythewhite (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Threats

I don't respond well to threats, especially from half-wits. You want to block me, be my guest —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swohtz (talk • contribs) 03:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Your wish is my command. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Seen my email? Anyway, care to opine at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PowerPlay Golf? --Dweller (talk) 11:04, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, me dears. The email was an advanced notice of Robson's award last night. --Dweller (talk) 15:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Thanks for tidying at the gambler page. Never did get that email from you about your plans. When're you off? --Dweller (talk) 13:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Wearside Football League

Hi, can you tell me if teams in the Wearside Football League would be considered notable as i am considering making an article about my home town team Easington Colliery A.F.C..Thanks.Sunderland06 14:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I've added it on WP:FOOTBALL and have a nice time on your holiday, and i've added some more references to Gavin Donoghue.Thanks.Sunderland06 14:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Youngstown

Not a problem. I keep a close eye on that article and although Good Faith should apply, I check most IP edits to that article in particular. On an unrelated note, when does the block expire for our dear friend Swohtz? --Daysleeper47 (talk) 18:23, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks for the assistance with this matter. Enjoy your vacation! --Daysleeper47 (talk) 18:28, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

WP:LOTD

You are the nominator of a WP:FL that was promoted in the last month. I am inviting you to participate in nominations and voting in a List of the Day experiment I am conducting at WP:LOTD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 23:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Jlp35

Thanks for the help with the Andrew W Scott article. I'm still very much a newbie so if you have any suggestions or advice for me please do put it on my talk page. Cheers, Jlp35 (talk) 13:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Where was that article you found? I'd like to add that as a source :) Jlp35 (talk) 14:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks for that. Leave it with me... Jlp35 (talk) 14:36, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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