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Cheers, thanks in advance with whatever you can provide. -- Quite A Character ( talk) 12:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Grammar doubt, if you please: after learning that (speaking mostly of managers) "sack/fire" are not encyclopedical terms (I HONESTLY did not know that, at least the latter one made perfect sense as far as proper language's concerned), do you have any suggestion other than "dismissed"/"dismissal"? Is "to be relieved of one's duties" also not proper? Surely, "dismissed"/"dismissal" is/are not the only term(s).
A "present" for your trouble: for those who think that people did not play VERY hard back in the day, have a look at the play that destroyed Juan Lozano's career. I'm not saying this guy or any other sportsperson have the intention to hurt others when they go for a challenge like this, but surely they know of the risk...
Cheers, continue the good work -- Quite A Character ( talk) 17:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
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I'm not even going to make an ass of myself and present a defence for removing a reference (but as you very well said, ref does not say it was his only goal, i added another with text but which also does not back that up). I'm going to talk to two Benfica fans that edit here, let's see if they can help out.
Also, i'm certainly not going to say "I'm the man" for that also, but certainly some kind of coherence is appreciated in the display of this or that article, methinks. Why pipe some clubs and leave others unpiped? I've gone now and piped them all in storyline.
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:38, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
I think, all in all, the current state of the piece is OK, with your note telling readers to click on the magnifying glass doing a proper job. Cheers again! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 20:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Regarding the last player intros where you have reverted me (and barring injuries, which of course would exclude a player from the competition), even if the player plays zero seconds and remains very cosy on the bench the entire tournament, will he still not HAVE REPRESENTED the country/nation/team? Did i write/tell any lies? If a player suffers injury before the tournament and is removed and/or replaced, the intro can always and QUICKLY be replaced/updated, wouldn't you agree?
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:32, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Sorry for any incovenience -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:57, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
So, with that in mind, I will only be able to reinstate the former version (I will) not when the World Cup starts but only when the given player takes part in his first match? Whatever may be the case, i'll wait... -- Quite A Character ( talk) 08:30, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Not feeling that confident I won't be reverted/composed here and there, but I tried my best... Maybe I'm seeing it wrongly (I doubt it in this case, but it could happen), but this player has never appeared in any Olympic qualifiers for Portugal, his only under-23 cap was in a friendly against Mexico (check it here http://www.record.pt/futebol/selecoes/selecao-olimpica/detalhe/portugal-mexico-em-direto.html).
Also, I would like for your permission to replace the FPF stuff in intro with newspaper articles (already found - and duly in my humble opinion - in the external links section). Regarding the chart below (the Atlético Madrid part) would very much like to assist you, but I'm as dumb as they come regarding these!
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 13:35, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
Yes, I suppose in its singular form ("dragão" instead of "dragões) it relates to the football ground. If they meant the team's nickname they would have used the plural. Good point, cheers! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 09:08, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
Hello Struway, do you know if Nicolai Brock-Madsen is still away on loan or has that ended now? JMHamo ( talk) 07:52, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Voila. Giant Snowman 09:04, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Someone using these IP addresses have been reverting our edits to include unsourced middle names, such as Conor Chet Hourihane and Graham Chad Carey among other Irish native footballers. I certainly see this as disruptive editing plus I believe these IP addresses belong to the same person. I don't think those middle names are correct either and sometimes this has got to stop at some point today. Iggy ( Swan) 20:20, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi there! Quick and important question: as you know, i'm pretty dumb regarding technicalities, so i'd like to clear once and for all if the feature described in the title of this message is used MAINLY on vandalism or SOLELY. If it's the latter of course i promise to stop (when not dealing with vandalism, that is), don't want to embark on a power trip and use a tool "adrift" of its original purpose.
Not defending myself now, but just saying: regarding the other user's actions in Matías Almeyda, i only noticed the "accumulated/won" bit (and, before reverting, i consulted a few articles on English footballers and read that the most common verb used when describing similar career bits was "win") and did not see the very correct action they performed in the Guadalajara managerial section. AGAIN i stress, this is no way excuses a (potential) wrong usage of the rollback on my part.
Thank you for helping out, sorry for any inconvenience and best of luck for tomorrow -- Quite A Character ( talk) 20:30, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
Attentively -- Quite A Character ( talk) 20:33, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Grammar again: i often write in articles (mainly intros) "Over the course of X seasons...", but i saw it being trimmed/composed to "Over X seasons..." on a couple of occasions. I'm not debating the latter is not correct, but is not former not 100% correct as well?
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 01:00, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello. An
that you recently made to
Anthony Knockaert seemed to include some wrong numbers in the titles. Instead of the numbers being the season boundaries, it shows the numbers as "66497/66498" instead. I've only just noticed that when I spotted that one of the categories was wrong per infobox and seen that the player is not a defender as far as I know. Thanks,
Iggy (
Swan)
20:21, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Massively unfair, given he had been announced in the starting line-up before I created it, and he was on the pitch within the hour. What point was there creating it in draft and moving it straight away? WP:COMMONSENSE applies here. Giant Snowman 10:19, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Just a note — while it's not at all a problem that you tagged the talk page for deletion as well as the article, there's no need to do it. When I click the "delete page" button for the article, I'm given a little notice that says "this page has a talk page; do you want to delete that too?" If you actively want to tag a talk page in that situation, that's quite fine, but don't think you have to :-) Nyttend ( talk) 11:36, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for creating a page for Jack Whent. I am happy to connect with additional information re. his Pacific Coast League career & keen to learn what you may have additionally on his career in the US. I am also looking for any concrete details per his date of birth (yes, I've seen the 1920 reference, but there is also a suggestion that he was younger by four years) and family connections. Cheers! @rscott187 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rscott187 ( talk • contribs) 19:28, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi there fellow user!
Let's go bit by bit, without further ado: as you wrote in your summary that you fixed some errors in the hope they were "..not add in any more..." i assumed i incurred in a couple of shortcomings, so let's discuss them and see if i finally get it right:
1 - the player's Watford profile, i feel the main title or the sub one would be sufficient, no need for them both. However, out of respect for you of course i will now stop inserting my preferred version; 2 - i prefer, aesthetically, to have the author of a piece AFTER the newspaper/web article, also seems to make a bit more sense. Of course, should you choose to re-revert that particular buck will also stop here; 3 - speaking of sources, i always thought of BBC Sport as a "web" and not "news" as BBC is not a newspaper even though they do report NEWS. What am i missing there? It's kind of confusing to yours truly :( 4 - Even though i am of the opinion one could leave BDFUTBOL and SOCCERBASE (in Mr. Nyom's case) also as links for quick(er) consultation even though they are now inline refs, don't worry i will not reinstate those; 5 - display of (some) clubs as publisher of/in refs: i did not think the last dot in the "FC" was needed, since it is assumed automatically.
Cheers, sorry for any inconvenience -- Quite A Character ( talk) 19:14, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
|publisher=
correct. We're allowed to make corrections regardless of what the reader sees. cheers,
Struway2 (
talk)
20:42, 21 August 2018 (UTC)When i was writing those lines, can't say for sure i knew it was you who firstly added source, but your comment did strike me as a bit "tough". Thanks for the "subsequent respect", appreciated it. Oh well, water under the bridge as they say, continue the good work (and i know, when thinking of a gregarious editor i will never rank in the top 500 and that's an understatement!)...
Not a problem - happens to me all the time. Giant Snowman 13:23, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Done - I think I've got everything, let me know if you see anything else. User also warned.
Giant
Snowman
14:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip and the amendments! The questions come now: 1 - in your view (much more experienced than mine, regarding technicalities), is it preferrable to write "first, last" than "author"? 2 - so, DAILY MAIL is to be considered unreliable after all? I remember reading about the "first half" of that discussion, and they seemed to be "winning"... 3 - grammar: i've seen it written here and there, but is "fellow compatriot/countryman" really needed (and i ask this without any "smartassness", just asking as a non-native speaker of your language)? Doesn't "compatriot/countryman" alone imply fellow citizenship? Imagine this phrase: "Hey Struway come here, i'd like you to meet my countryman Fernando Pessoa". I mean of course you'd understand it regardless of a possible poor grammatical construction, but my question is precisely that, is the sentence wrong grammatically? 4 - publisher/akin of reference #32, why do we need the (in this case) .info bit? If it's because it's a website, well isn't ALL of our info retrieved from websites ("skysports.com", "bbc.com/sport", "abola.pt", "marca.com", etc, etc)? I'd like to adjust the title if it's possible (i'll leave "website" instead of "publisher" if it's that paramount), but do note i won't change anything unless you give the green light ;)
Cheers back, enjoy your weekend -- Quite A Character ( talk) 17:08, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello, hoping you have a good start to September so far.
I have something that I've noticed which may be suspicious relating to the user on this subject heading. The contributions of this user and the ones on this IP address range 2A02:C7D:32B7:9E00:0:0:0:0/64 consists of articles of Brighton & Hove Albion players (the majority anyway). I've also had a look at the user page and amongst the content, there exists the place "Sussex" in there, possibly relating to the fact that the club is located down there. Also, because I have set the checkbox to strike out currently blocked users/IP addresses, there is at least one IP address from the linked range which is currently blocked. I am thinking that Harry here is using those IP addresses for evading blocks and the user account is only there to hide the IP addresses. Conversely, I think Mattythewhite is also suspicious of this as well, see User talk:Harry J Beeney. Iggy ( Swan) 09:36, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Good morning to you, fellow user,
i posed @ Mattythewhite: a question regarding this football club, and he kindly redirected me to you. I noticed, in passage i'd have to admit, a discussion being held about the organization, but maybe there have been some developments i don't know of (i.e. now, are we not even allowed to compress the club's name in the infobox?).
Cheers, thanks in advance -- Quite A Character ( talk) 06:36, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
I see...point taken all the way, thank you very much for the thorough explanation :) Cheers, continue the good work -- Quite A Character ( talk) 08:48, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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OK, you reverted me. In the meantime, please allow the Greek nuisance's version to remain, with their Anglish, their overlinking and/or verbatim display of newspaper/website articles. If i'm not mistaken, all the goals scored by Jerónimo Barrales for his new club are mentioned in the storyline, which violates WP:OVERDETAIL.
I'll take care of it tomorrow (that and Carles Coto, have already cleaned up João Pedro Almeida Machado in the meantime), this situation has already been reported to :@ GiantSnowman:, he has been treating this IP as a vandal in the last years (and i concur 100%), surely my opinion is of no interest to you, but you do give Snowman some credit?
Attentively -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:48, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
I see, Struway, thanks for the quick/thorough reply (i only re-followed suit now because i've just logged in for the day). Also, thanks to :@ GiantSnowman: (here) and :@ Drmies: (in my talk) for their inputs. Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, that was an error in my regexes. I'll fix them. Colonies Chris ( talk) 17:16, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello there,
in this chap's statistical chart, i tried to insert the actual title (Nicolás Otamendi » Club matches; not a ":") as i have seen in so many articles. Also, the question: if we are forced to write stuff like "worldfootball.net" or "eu-football.info" instead of just the names of the sites, why "soccerway" and not "soccerway.com"? Kind of incoherent, but maybe it's me that's missing something again?
Was only aiming at (at least from where i'm coming) coherence, last time i fiddle with it as i don't want to come across as a wiki-nuisance to anyone (except to vandals, there i relish). Cheers, have a pleasant week -- Quite A Character ( talk) 20:50, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
To name a few more examples: Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Stoke City F.C., Coventry City. The list goes on to nearly every club in England. It doesn’t matter what it says on the WikiProject; this is obviously a consensus standard on English football club articles. IWI ( chat) 22:09, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi there,
i was about to undo me in the chart of stats below (because in the box this user/sock ALWAYS does the same, they remove the hours/minutes but they leave the UTC), you already (duly) took care of that. I thanked thee for it in the proper editorial field, and i repeat it here. For more details on (possibly another undue) rollback, please check User:Mattythewhite's talk page.
Cheers, sorry for any inconvenience -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:43, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the thanks. Not sure if you are aware but there's an option in Preferences under Gadgets, titled "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange". I find it incredibly useful, particularly when previewing my own content additions. HTH, Nzd (talk) 23:59, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
Apologies, I just noticed an editor adding differing figures to the infobox, I thought he was vandalising. Giant Snowman 11:00, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
I'll second TRM's invitation. I'd welcome the scrutiny of a football expert. -- Dweller ( talk) Become old fashioned! 13:43, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Quite a handful this chap here ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:95.158.180.235), I only edit three CSKA Sofia players but I imagine they do it in all players of this club and/or the league. Since I feel the language barrier may be an insurmountable issue here, nothing left to do but revert and ignore I guess...
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 13:57, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi there,
would it not suffice to say "...is a footballer" in the intro of this player? His international status is well established in the second part of said section. P.S. Please note I did not revert anything.
Cheers, happy holidays from Portugal -- Quite A Character ( talk) 11:43, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
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The Birmingham City F.C. award |
Updating stats from Garry Monk's team such as Lukas Jutkiewicz. Iggy ( Swan) 12:06, 27 December 2018 (UTC) |
Don't worry, i'll find a proper storyline to this subject! This user does the same EVERY TIME, does not matter if the player plays ONE MINUTE in the Taça da Liga (or similar), they'll create the article (with the same "spectacular" outline, ALWAYS) and leave it like that for years if no one takes care of it. Modestly, I feel (and you already showed you beg to differ, by reverting) if storyline is going to be like that one is better off with just the infobox.
Attentively, sorry for any inconvenience -- Quite A Character ( talk) 14:47, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Still referring to that thin line, I remember back in the day (don't ask me the name of the article as i won't remember, more than five years ago) an article being deleted and the chap had played at least once in pro football, because they did not meet GNG standards. José Luis Gómez Pérez, on the other hand, was allowed to stay because he met said standards (never played a pro match in his life).
What i am trying to convey is this user, User:Alexanderalgrim, values quantity (and lots of it!) over quality. No point in pinging/inviting to discussion, they won't bother the least :(
Cheers back, will notify when Mr. Pires' article is duly improved. -- Quite A Character ( talk) 19:36, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
DONE! From where i'm seeing it (but i completely understand the purpose of the red link, WP articles for way more modest clubs have been created), no need to write "Sporting Ideal" in box, ZEROZERO does not hold a candle to FDJ in terms of reliability, and the latter site names team as just "Ideal" (besides, no need to overelaborate, Ideal is not the name of any city, said ballclub hails from Ribeira Grande, Azores).
Cheers, glad to help -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:19, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Club name: if you notice reference #7 in Mr. Pires' article (also from O Jogo), they are also addressed to as just "Ideal". Last but (definitely) not least, thanks for the language correction (will make the amendments right after I type "save" here), I thought "rock the boat" went both ways!
As always, a pleasure conversing with you, cheers and happy 2019 -- Quite A Character ( talk) 12:15, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Just talked to him regarding the GNG matter, :@ MYS77: confirms such discussion was held. -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:26, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Struway, I was wondering if you could do me a favour and have a quick look at this drafted change to the Amateur Football Alliance article. I actually composed this back in February but held off while I tried to contact the AFA. I did get a reply from their chief exec saying he wouldn't have time to look until June/July, but this has now obviously passed. The information I've added/changed relates to the date of formation and the various names it went under. As this contradicts the official website, it'd be useful to have another eye on this, just to make sure I haven't made any glaring errors. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 17:06, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi there,
just wondering: did you remove the Vital Football source from this chap's article because: 1 - source is unreliable; 2 - wording did not match source; 3 - to be involved in contract problems is not worth a mention? I have already addressed the other stuff needing (in your view) citation (subject's lack of minutes, team relegation), but please do notify of the other part so that i stop browsing the web for stuff that does not need mention/sourcing.
Cheers, thanks in advance -- Quite A Character ( talk) 19:10, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Yes, I guess I agree with you there, no point in writing "vague" stuff in Mr. Vukcevic (or anywhere else for that matter), I have added another ref in his international career (first match for country ever); but all was not lost in this conversation of ours, I'll retrieve that which you showed me here to Mr. Salgado's piece. Thanks! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 10:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Good, did not even have to write anything in Salgado's piece, only retrieve the source (there was already one there, that way it gives more bulk I feel)! Added more sources for his Madrid career as well, cheers to you! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 12:09, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Helping out, not sure i understand your question in the summary, but of course the subject has no "other" appearances of any sort for Bilbao B, this team plays league football exclusively.
Cheers (if your question meant anything else, please drop me a line so that i can be of further assistance if i can) -- Quite A Character ( talk) 16:28, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
I'll finalise the "interaction" here: sorry for misleading you in the original message but I totally forgot about this, of course Spanish reserve teams can compete in the play-offs ("other" appearances), provided they are not trying to promote to the level where the parent club is. :@ Crowsus: reminded of this, in their last edit/edit summary.
Attentively -- Quite A Character ( talk) 11:01, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
"Eligible but not selected". Hmmmm, I would insert a dash instead of a zero if Mr. Kepa did not even make bench. -- Quite A Character ( talk) 12:15, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for double-checking and updating, if I had been troubled to look at SOCCERWAY all would been crystal clear! I am 99,99999999999999% sure this is the IP verbatim nuisance that :@ GiantSnowman: and I have been dealing with extensively the last years.
Not excusing my actions the least, just saying. Thank you again, cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 14:38, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
I came here humbly, saying i was wrong and thanking you for reverting/updating, why the additional jab (i'm not stupid, i know it was due to the summary, it's kind of rethorical. Plus, i've done - unfortunately - much much worse in that department)? Continue the good work -- Quite A Character ( talk) 16:20, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick reply. I pinged GS so that he would be aware of my report (what the feature is for, correct?), not to cry about anything. Case closed, thank you both for your attention (and boy, would i wish to start following on your suggestion and using CONCISE unidiotic summaries ONLY, how is that impossible for me i wonder). -- Quite A Character ( talk) 17:58, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
OK but when i read the infobox, i don't understand when the player leave the club.if he quit at the mid or at the end of the season.-- Thibaut02 ( talk) 15:42, 18 January 2019 (UTC) For example when i watch Dominic Solanke infobox, i don't understand if he leave Liverpool in summer or in winter.-- Thibaut02 ( talk) 16:01, 18 January 2019 (UTC).
Respectfully disagree, but I'll try to remember in future. Giant Snowman 12:30, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi User vandal. See: Oscar and Hernanes. /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/109.154.129.183 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fcbjuvenil ( talk • contribs) 18:24, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello there,
just to clarify i did not INVENT anything as you mention in your edit summary. I merely went for a neater presentation of the publisher (or "publisher" in quotation marks as you chose to describe it), that was all. But of course, display stays how you want (i say "you" and not "the majority" because i have never encountered any problems in this department until now, for many years). AGAIN i ask (can't remember your original reply), if all the websites in the world have an ending to them (pt, uk, es, fr, com, etc, etc), why in some cases it's mandatory to display them here and in other instances so the opposite?
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 21:27, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
|publisher=
parameter is for the name of the person or organisation that publishes the website, not for a description of what the website's about. If you can show me where on that website it says that it's published by something called European Football – I've looked, and I can't find anything to suggest who it's published by, which rather implies it isn't a reliable source, but that's a different point – I'll be happy to change them back. In the absence of any information about a publisher, there's no alternative to using the name of the website, which isn't European Football.Thanks for getting back at me so swiftly and thoroughly (me, i will only re-reply now has i have just logged in for the day)! Nothing has changed as far as i'm aware, i started using that as a source for international stats (not saying i was the first to do it, just saying my part) five/six years ago, leaving NFT.com as an external link. As the vast majority of footy users/admins found it to be reliable, it sort of "stuck".
About the aforementioned site's name: i may have incurred in an error there (or not, i reiterate only you have reverted me in that regard, not saying you are wrong in doing so, i just don't like the (new) aesthetics of it), but i deduced the "EU" in "EU FOOTBALL" stood for "European", hence named the publisher like that and (AGAIN) it stuck; their home page does read "European national football teams 1872-2019 matches database", after all; thus, on a related note, could we not retain the "website" field (that looks exactly like that of a newspaper, that is why i try to avoid it so much) but name it "EU Football" (i still do not understand the use/purpose for the ".info" ending)?
Again, sorry for any inconvenience and cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:25, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Category:Egremont F.C. players, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Crouch, Swale ( talk) 17:46, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Struway, do you still have access to Birmingham City: A Complete Record? When you created the Denis Thwaites article it was added as a genref. It ended up in a 'Links' section. I've just moved it up, but it'd be useful if the relevant bits could be inline cited (e.g. the month for him turning pro, which I've just cn'd).
BTW (as I've just left a
similar message for @
Add92), I realise I've never given you the props you deserve for the absolute mountain of articles you've created. I've nearly finished going through
Category:Sportspeople from County Durham (and subcats) and it's safe to say that you created most of the footy articles, and that's just scratching the surface. Awesome work over many years!
Thanks,
Nzd
(talk)
23:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello there,
reading this source (please see here in the sixth paragraph https://observador.pt/2017/06/27/bruno-fernandes-o-miudo-que-comecou-a-rolar-na-capital-do-hoquei/, with a bit of help from GT of course, i'll do the rest should you need help), would you agree Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1994) played his last year as junior with Novara Calcio? Doing the same here ( http://epoca1.plazadeportiva.com/ver/10219/jason--primer-canterano-que-debuta-de-la-mano-de-caparros-.html, around the fourth paragraph at least), would you agree Jason (Spanish footballer)'s La Liga debut was also his pro debut meaning Levante's reserves were/are not professional?
Will never be able to prove anything (so, out of respect for the other user i will not say it is the case), but surely looks as if i'm being hounded out from WP. I created the WP:FOOTY thread to show them i was not making anything up about Leonardo Jardim, was called pathetic for engaging in petty edit wars (on a related topic, said user also says i finally admitted on their talk i knew nothing about what i was doing whilst reading sources for what i intended to prove for the aforementioned subjects; i did no such thing, i know what i read!). Hey no worries, there's life outside WP still :)
Attentively, thank you in advance with whatever you can provide -- Quite A Character ( talk) 18:10, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
made his professional debut for the club in 2002 at the age of 16.He certainly didn't, because in England a player can't turn pro until they're 17. But he wasn't playing just for the love of the game, just like Jason wasn't playing for Levante's reserves just for the love of the game. So I don't know. cheers, Struway2 ( talk) 19:12, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Not that I'm aware of. But seeing that the PL themselves don't confer any sort of trophy or medal to players who are runners-up I'm not convinced that we should. If we did, what criteria would we use for inclusion: a certain amount of appearances, just being part of the squad, a passing mention in a reliable source? Mattythewhite ( talk) 13:03, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
Thanks - not the first time Frost has got something not quite right. Giant Snowman 19:16, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Hi there,
seeing as you have been keeping a close eye on this article, could you please add an extra two cents in the user (which I have reverted)'s page? WP:OVERDETAIL (three matches in a row or similar, then mention to one where he DID NOT take part), and an honour which is not such (I have been made aware that runner-up finishes in the Championship give you a medal, but that is not the case in Spain - or Portugal).
If I engaged in any major wrongdoing, please revert/compose and sorry for any inconvenience. Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 12:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
I have re-added the FA CUP run (with refs), but not those three unassuming league matches. And before you comment: yes (maybe) yet another wrong usage of rollback, but i'm sure you'd agree that when you have five or more edits they are easier undone like that; when i realised i had reverted 100% correct box/chart updates i immediately reinstated them. For the second rollback, i have no defence/excuse.
Cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 14:45, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
User has replied, telling me they won't add it again. About the (supposed) honour, do re-add it if a consensus has indeed been reached on the matter (of course WP has its own set of rules, but i repeat a second place is not an honour in Spain no matter how great a promotion tastes for a club). -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
Hello, it shows HERE that for the 2008/09 season he made 39 appearances in the Championship. -- Skyblueshaun ( talk) 13:29, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi Struway, just wondering if Pep Clotet should be added as interim head coach on the 2018–19 Birmingham City F.C. season Infobox as it covers the 18/19 season up until 30 June? JMHamo ( talk) 17:40, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
I've disambiguated both footballers by YOB, and redirect the (footballer) dab to the main dab page. Giant Snowman 09:34, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I am seeking help or advice on how to block IP addresses (editors without log-ins). This one certain editor is doing live match updates on the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. I have tried warning him by reverting edits etc but they continue to do live updates. How can I go about this? Thanks in advance. -- Skyblueshaun ( talk) 14:46, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Im getting the stats from the English National Football Archive yearbook 2019 MickyDee8514 ( talk) 20:38, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
Yes, I know, and you are fully aware the issue we have with footballer heights. Citing that directly - even if it is cited elsewhere in the article - is always preferred. Giant Snowman 11:20, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, I just forgot to delete the squad number, no idea if he will be number 9! Cam ( talk) 11:09, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
Sincerely, Humorous. ( talk) 01:45, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks - I couldn't locate a Soccerway profile for him to verify the claim. Giant Snowman 09:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Views on this being ready for mainspace? Giant Snowman 10:09, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
I see that you've been involved with three investigations by the subject user (all of which followed the same username pattern}. I have given a description on whether to do a WP:BAN on the user for not obeying the WP:SOCK rule. The discussion can be found at " Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#WP:CBAN for PenguinsElite". Iggy ( Swan) 21:44, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if you were able to help me out. I wanted to create a template ({{ LebanonFG}}) in the same manner {{ Soccerway}} is done, out of https://lebanonfg.com/. The default player page is https://lebanonfg.com/player/(number) (e.g. https://lebanonfg.com/player/27). I'm having difficulty in creating it on my own as there is too much code I don't understand. Let me know, thanks! Nehme1499 ( talk) 10:32, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
You mean heights? No, I simply forgot to change the edit summary. Giant Snowman 16:55, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
Which book is being used to verify which content? There aren't even any page numbers provided! And I can;t believe you simply blindly revrted to add in phrases like " the player shortage was naturally & tragically exasperated" and "The difficulties reached crisis point" etc. Giant Snowman 17:42, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
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Sorry for the belated reply, but only logged now. Before you even sent this, was thinking of writing to you because i should have used Mr. Ruben's talkpage at the very least before reverting/composing, or messaged you - apologies for that.
Many many many thanks for what you just showed me, i sincerely thought "unassuming" could be used to describe things and not only people. Always Learning, as one of my former accounts said :) I'll change it accordingly in the article, if you haven't already.
Do continue the (very) hard work, thanks again and cheers -- Quite A Character ( talk) 19:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
Will do it, no worries! -- Quite A Character ( talk) 15:33, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
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No worries, it's all good. I did edit quite fast, so things like that tend to happen. Have a good day! Arbero ( talk) 13:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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It seems someone silly wants us to move a page (i.e. here), thanks Iggy ( Swan) ( Contribs) 11:17, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
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Struway. Why protect the bully campbell bully? Seanocuinn ( talk) 12:39, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
Your correct. One word extra. Seanocuinn ( talk) 12:24, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I saw at Phil O'Donnell (footballer) that you used A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18 for much of the Scottish club stats. I was wondering if you would recommend it, and if so where you bought it? Thanks, Mattythewhite ( talk) 22:12, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Iggy the Swan is not happy | |
Found out British sport is suspended in March which leaves Liverpool's title bid delayed, see
team 1 and
team 2
mathematically survive relegation delayed and see a clutter of postponed matches not re-arranged with some teams having at least 3. And who knows where every EFL team will end up with everyone in the Championship still in contention for spots in a certain zone in the table (for starters, the M4 sides - Swansea to Bristol City with Cardiff in between could get into the top 6). The football season is in a heap of uncertainty hoping none gets cancelled and declared fake results (Bolton 0–1 Brentford being the recent case). I also won't see regular editors editing stats updates (e.g. Kosack = Cardiff and yourself = Birmingham). That also adds to the Mike Matthews17 and sock edits which won't help get things better. |
Happy for it to be boldly moved based on the sources you have put forward, no need for a formal RM! Giant Snowman 12:53, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
Hey, can you let me know if any more books like this become available for free online? I used the 1980 annual and the Blackburn and Arsenal players books too. Thanks!-- Echetus Xe 17:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
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Was he ever at Birmingham? An IP had added him to the article's infobox.-- Echetus Xe 12:26, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Struway. As I don't seem to be getting much of an answer at the template talk page, could you tell me what the issue is with screenreaders and the football squad template? As I mentioned there, I installed one and it read squadlists using the original football squad format fine – the only imperfect element was it reading out the headings again (Number, player, position) when it got halfway through the list and switched to the second column of players. Cheers, Number 5 7 21:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I don't like it when idiots claim this club to be what the recent IP address said. Every club has the potential to be promoted at the end of the season. Iggy ( Swan) ( Contribs) 11:55, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Sorry I forgot to add a ref. Litster confirmed the E was for Edward, and a ScotlandsPeople check confirmed the death year/place (he's the only person who would fit the criteria). I have now added that to the article - it needs free registration to see the search result, but it's publicly accessible - but if you don't feel that's admissible please take it out. Cheers, Crowsus ( talk) 10:11, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
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Providing a source on Lee Johnson (footballer) where others didn't. Iggy ( Swan) ( Contribs) 17:51, 4 July 2020 (UTC) |
A typo in my script, apologies. Giant Snowman 09:41, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
It's not my script, it's the default one. We'll have to raise at WT:AWB and see if they can exclude edits to references. Giant Snowman 18:47, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was wondering do you have access to the English Football Archive and if you do could you please add his management statistics to the article? Thanks.-- Echetus Xe 23:04, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
On the article Aitor Karanka when you did the reversion you stated it was vandalism. Obviously you do not know the word vandalism as this was not any form of vandalism. It was WP:AGF and should have been stated as such. Otherwise it’s a personal attack as I did no such thing. Why is it “Spanish former” and not “former Spanish” as the latter is proper English? Before reverting you should double check because you re-introduced the other errors into the article by just mass reverting it. Thanks, Bakertheacre Chat/ What I Baked 09:48, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
For your help on the Setien page. It's a dumpster fire right now and my PC can't keep up. Porterjoh ( talk) 20:47, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, fixed now, I didn't rename years1 / clubs1 properly and it spoils the display. I did preview it but didn't spot that for some reason, think I was concentrating on the caps etc matching up right. Crowsus ( talk) 14:18, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
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The italic_title = no
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Hello, User:Struway2. I am still unfamiliar with en-Wikipedia. Thanks for your help to let me know my mistake.
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I think our friend is back as Footballmanager77 ( talk · contribs), what do you think? Giant Snowman 16:01, 22 November 2020 (UTC)