User talk:GiantSnowman/2021

Help with familiar offenders

Hi GiantSnowman,

Let me begin by wishing you a happy 2021!

For the last two weeks, .karellian-24 and I have been running into some trouble with a certain user when we tried to edit the page of Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer Badr Hari. When I checked the talk pages of the user, I saw that you had dealt with them before. The problem is that every time .karellian-24 and I try to edit the page the other user reverts the edits. When we then try to engage in a discussion about the edits, it quickly devolves into the other user either resorting to ad hominems or just making things up.

The person in question posts under several different user names or makes anonymous edits, as can be seen here [1]. It all started with them reverting my edits of Hari's fight record using the IP address 31.21.157.14. .karellian-24 then posted on my talk page [2] saying that my edits made sense, only for the other user to show up and try to insult me:

"If you think that all the organisations he fought with, were using a fake record, you are dumber than your name." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.21.157.14 (talk) 18:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC) "But you don’t know this because you are not aware of the situation and or how this sport works." - 31.21.157.14 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 01:37, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

A few days later, another user showed up with the name Atlaslion1912 who seemed to edit in exactly the same style as 31.21.157.14. Both their contribution pages show they (almost) exclusively focus on people of Moroccan descent [3][4] and their talk pages show you have dealt with both of them before because of editing that goes against Wikipedia policies [5][6]. The user Atlaslion1912 then proceeded to resort to ad hominems as well:

On Badr Hari's talk page: "Funny to see a Dutch guy(Rico fan) and a Romanian guy (Adegbuyi fan) speculate on something they think they have evidence for, and think they know better than the great Glory. Spend your time arguing and playing internet detectives other than someone who has a more successful career than you. The record stays and again i advice you to open a forum together and expres your emotions." Atlaslion1912 (talk) 23:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

When .karellian-24 asked 31.21.157.14 why they kept editing the fight record, Atlaslion1912 showed up[7]: "Look how proud he is on the romanian fighters hahahah. Benny has a carreer of sh*t, the same as all the other romanian fighters. Your edits on their pages are so subjective, your all are so proud because he beat Hari, but he was eating punches and only won cause Hari wanted to knock him riskfull, not like Benny or Verhoeven picking points. Proud of a nobody" Atlaslion1912 (talk) 21:49, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

I thought I'd give it a rest after all that and waited until the 29th to make my revisions once again. This time, another user by the name of Lala migos reverted my edit and when I looked at their contributions page, it looked identical to the others.

The reason I think this is one and the same person is because of the following. Atlaslion1912 stated "and again i advice you to open a forum together and expres your emotions", but that was actually a statement made earlier by 31.21.157.14. I got curious after looking at the edits they made, which were often on the pages of Dutch-Moroccan people, so I had a look at the Dutch Wikipedia. This is what I found on the page of Lala migos [8]: the account has been suspended indefinitely and one of the IP addresses included in the ban is the original IP address this user was using when reverting my edits of Badr Hari's English page. The other accounts included in the ban have names like 'Karim1912', 'Mocrolion1', and 'Venlo1912', so I think my guess that Atlaslion1912 is yet another one of this user's accounts is not very farfetched.

I'm writing all this because you have dealt with this user before and there's so much going on here (attempted edit warring, insults, sock puppetry) that I don't know where to file the complaints. Any advice you could provide is appreciated.

Cheers, Kipjes (talk) 13:27, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Tell him about your edits, tell him why you think you are smarter than the Organisations and their records. Like i said before, for all the fighters on wikipedia, wel follow the records that are given by their organisation. We dont do an indivial research to look of we can find something wrong, because there are no evidence. Like i said before, your “evidence” consists of youtube fragments with record bars, that is not proof. Besides that, Hari's fights are not all on the internet, so how can you make a judgment if you can't get any evidence. this is not only the case with Badr Hari, fighter Peter Aerts also has fights that are not on the internet but on his record, why don't you doubt that too? why don't you go straight to all the thousands of fighters on wikipedia and research their records? As Hari himself said in an official press conference, there was no internet at that time, which is why the parties are not on the internet.

Cheers, 31.21.157.14 (talk) 16:00, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Help needed

Good evening, I need your help with something if possible. I have come across an editor who is submitting edits to matches a minute or so before the game is officially finished. Once or twice it has ended up with a missing stat which occured in the final few seconds. Can you please assist me on how to go about this. I have warned them twice but had no response.
Many thanks....--Skyblueshaun (talk) 19:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Re: Robert Sánchez

Hello GiantSnowman! Regarding my recent edit on the Robert Sánchez article, I felt that the edit I made was necessary because the order of that paragraph leaves a reasonable amount of room for interpretation and ambiguity, especially the sentence 'He made 17 appearances, all coming in the league.' The fact that this comes after the sentence detailing his recall to Brighton seems to indicate that those 17 appearances were for Brighton in the Premier League instead of for FGR in League Two, while an alternative reading of this could lead to the interpretation that Sánchez made 17 appearances for Brighton and FGR combined. I also find the phrase 'the league' to be ambiguous, as that could reasonably be concluded to refer to either the Premier League or League Two, or both leagues.

While the infobox provides some clarity for that, I think that this paragraph itself still can be more clear as to for whom those 17 appearances were made. I'd appreciate hearing what you think now that I've elaborated on the reasons for my edit. If needed, I'd also welcome some other editors' opinions. (The reversion of the edit from Maty to Mat is more understandable to me; I've seen the latter used much more but I get it and have no problem with that particular change, or un-change.) Thanks! Benjamin112 (talk) 23:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Curtis Tilt

Hi

I have rewritten the career section with references added and edited the infobox accordingly

Thanks! EJBH (talk) 01:14, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

InfoBox Time and Date Amendments

I don't see what the big fuss is with changing time and date in the infobox. If the whole squad stats are altered whether they play or not after every match to be uniform what is the problem. Rusty1111 : Talk 09:29, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Five tildes

I was slightly confused by your interpretation of WP:5TILDES here. WP:5TILDES seems like a general principle and not something that applies in every instance. As Redrose64 pointed out, WP:RFCST explicitly allows the use of five tildes when creating an RfC.

Sdrqaz (talk) 13:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Edit broke citation

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Please review my draft

Hi. My request on the article Draft:Asif Tariq was declined because of lack of sources. Unfortunately this is a very small town and is difficult to find many sources. I did my best. The article I created is for a college project. Hope in your help. Majid Saleem78 (talk) 14:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

January 2021

Hi, the sources for the edit to the Robin Ngalande article were Soccer Ethiopia and the EPL Website. EthioInfo (talk) 22:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

A problem

Can you see this? Thanks,Hhkohh (talk) 03:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Err...I let you see User talk:58.176.30.240#October 2020 this section, An IP copied your words without replacing some words and let me very strange Hhkohh (talk) 15:32, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Mitchell Roberts

Hello, and thanks for letting me know. If he makes his debut anytime soon I won't have time before you put him live, but I can always add some bits once you have. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:38, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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Barry Baggley

Hi there, I've never used this talk function before so hopefully this message works - just on my edit to the DOB for footballer Barry Baggley, here's a link to his own dad marking the birthday yesterday https://twitter.com/BarryBaggley/status/1348412615454846988 - cheers.

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Discussion

Hello GS. I want to discuss this matter. I wrote this in WT:FOOTY but was unanswered. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 137#Mohun Bagan.  Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe  14:36, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Haha

Haha

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Tristan Marshall

Can I leave this with you? The one link says born in Toronto, the other in St. Vincent. I don't even know if the guy is notable, but I do know there's at least one racist out there who's messing with the article. It could do with some improvement. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

International career years

Are we still going by the convention that, even though a player may not have appeared for their national for (say) 4 or more years, a closing date is not added to national years unless they have announced they are no longer available for selection (or retired altogether)? An IP has been adding a closing date or year to several articles (e.g. Nathaniel Clyne) and has persisted despite being reverted and advice. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 08:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

OK; taking 5 (or so) years as a 'rule of thumb', might have to have a rethink about some players. Eagleash (talk) 13:23, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

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Question...

Hi, where do we stand regarding users who are editing in good faith but don't have the standard of English language required to produce encyclopaedic content? There's a relatively new user in my area of interest, and to be honest I'm spending as much time correcting the language in their edits as I am doing my own. They've even started translating articles from another wiki to English, neither of which is their first language. I want to encourage, but not at the cost of so much of my own time. Appreciate your thoughts. Cheers, Gricehead (talk) 20:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Warren Goodhind

This is not 'my own website'. It is an interview with former Barnet FC player Warren Goodhind on a Barnet FC podcast, where he is talking about his time at Barnet FC so is relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Roach Southall FC (talk • contribs)

Potential block?

More unsourced content as been added to Wikipedia by the user LBLM9523 to Arek Milik. You put some warnings on their page, GS, and it said that next time they add unsourced content they may be blocked. Well, it looks like they should be blocked, as you can see per this disruptive and unsourced edit. Paul Vaurie (talk) 21:49, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Nimmmad

Hi GS. Nimmmad (talk · contribs) is still at it after a multitude of warnings. Could you please block? Robby.is.on (talk) 09:55, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Will do. Robby.is.on (talk) 10:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Robbie Keane

Hello. Just to let you know that since the page protection for the Robbie Keane article was lifted on 21 January 2021, there has been some further disruptive editing. One editor has continued to add some content which is not in a neutral encyclopedic tone and there has also been some vandalism by an IP address. Please could you keep an eye on the article as a further protection measure may be needed if the disruptive editing continues. Thanks, Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 22:46, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

A snowman for you

	A giant snowman
	For your hard work as an admin. Cupper52 (talk) 13:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

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talk

ok i posted so how fast it can be solved; maltese description is directly opposite of wp page, and bhutan has confirmed link by federation officials (why discuss) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.143.81.30 (talk) 12:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC) btw reporting only shows you are out of valid arguments or have sth against a league being pro...so sad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.143.81.30 (talk) 13:23, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Need help

Hey GS. I need help. Can you please put in a request at one of the image workshops for the image File:Maxime-partouche-psg-2.JPG to be cropped into the player in the middle? I don't know how to do it and its confusing. Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 14:37, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

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Ivanišević Career Statistics

Hi, what happened to Ivanisevic's career statistics?.Xc4TNS (talk) 02:32, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Nimmt (continued)

Hi GS. At this point, I don't expect Nimmmad (talk · contribs) to change anymore. :-/ Robby.is.on (talk) 09:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Please do. :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 12:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I added my bit. Robby.is.on (talk) 20:12, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Oscar Dorley

Hi, like in Oscar Dorley article for actual date of statistics Im using first date after the last league match. Reason is simple, it is more easy for me to be sure, that his league statistics are actual after last league game or not. If I use same date like the date of the last match, Im not sure (for example in next week), if that match from that day is count in statistics or not. And Im sure we can talk to each other peacefully, not like "do you have crystal ball?"... Come on. Sorry for my english. User:BrckoGOS, 29 January 2021, 11:15 (CET)

Luke McNally

Yes if you could restore to draft space please to work on it awaiting his EFL debut User:Supersaints2014 18:40, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

User page history

Hi GS, how are you? As you can see in Nehme's talk page, the IP user who was discussing with us about the Bhutan league reached me on Facebook and Instagram, and is threatening me and my family. Since I don't know what to do now, can you please wipe out the history of my user page, so they can't get my social media? I'm also considering to retire for a bit, I can't edit here with that kind of risks. My girlfriend is scared (can't really blame her) and I'm worried. Cheerio, MYS77 ^✉ 02:45, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Can you do that in Portuguese wiki too, or ask someone to do so there? Thanks, MYS77 ^✉ 09:02, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Alliance United

Wexford isn't the predecessor club of Alliance. Wexford is still a current club. Alliance is a separate club that is supported by multiple amateur clubs because it is too much for some small amateur clubs to run. It's separate but related. RedPatchBoy (talk) 17:38, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

It's part of it now, because I added it. Clubs in L1O occassionally switch organizations. Like how Oshawa Kicks was part of Durham United then switched to FC Oshawa because they are current clubs which will switch affiliations. They're more affiliates than predecessors, and can and do switch from time to time. RedPatchBoy (talk) 17:43, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

It's an affiliation, not an ownership. FC Bologna and CF Montreal are affiliates, as are New York City FC and Manchester City, as are Red Bull Salsburg and RB Leipzig. We don't list players of one as players of the other unless they play for both. So no, it's not tomato tomato. Soccer is Canada works differently than in England, we're weird that way I know, so conventions for the rest of the football world don't really work. RedPatchBoy (talk) 17:52, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

It was formed for a continued pathway for players to continue. One of the league requirements is that they need to be connected with a youth club, so those clubs helped the initial set up. Really, it's just the category that I don't feel is necessary. Why create a category for 5 players for an extremely minor club. It's unnecessary in my view. RedPatchBoy (talk) 18:03, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

I still don't think they should be connected, but I'm not going to push it, since it's not too major a detail. But on the bright side, at least my local Tier 2 league has attracted some attention from across the pond LOL. Any publicity is good publicity they say. RedPatchBoy (talk) 18:11, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Rater tool not working?

Hey GS, my Rater tool is not working, not sure if you've come across this or if it's something on my side. Not sure how to proceed, it's making rating my pages a little more difficult.--Ortizesp (talk) 20:44, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

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Simmonds

That's about as much as I know about him... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 15:45, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:09, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

To DO

Hi, I am willing to help you with the 'to do' list on your user page — Preceding unsigned comment added by DDP-Trooper1777 (talk • contribs)

Need a page move

Hi! I need Octavian Popescu (footballer, born 2002) to be moved to Octavian Popescu. Please help me, thanks! --End-of-season-updates (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Please turn Octavian Popescu into primary, I will add those articles to his page. The other two are obscure and one is dead. This kid is probably the most talented in Romania now since Adrian Mutu. That's why I request your help. Thanks! --End-of-season-updates (talk) 19:58, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

I turned the page into a disambiguation page, because two manager templates were pointing to it. They were intending to point to Octavian Popescu (footballer, born 1938), casting some doubt on who should be the primary topic. Just looking at their qualifications, I think that someone with 15 total appearances and 1 goal might not merit being primary over someone with 222 appearances, 40 goals, and a dozen years as a manager. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree it should be a disambig page. GiantSnowman 20:07, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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Stade Saint-Germain

Hey GS. I need help. The page Stade Saint-Germain has not been created on the English Wikipedia, but there is a redirect to PSG. I would like to delete this redirect and have a red link because I think it is best we use Interlanguage links for Stade Saint-Germain. So I need help deleting Stade Saint-Germain. Paul Vaurie (talk) 15:30, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

David Vaudreuil

David Vaudreuil, I would like to talk about the latest edit to my biography. I think it has a very negative tone. Lisamarie17 (talk) 22:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Harold Rose

Are you kidding?

Old link: http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010009845%3Ampeg21%3Ap010%3Aa0163

New link: https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010009845:mpeg21:a0163

--ManFromNord (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

INTDAB

Hey Snowman, could you please actually read WP:INTDAB? Especially the bold line right at the start that says the community has adopted the procedure of rerouting all intentional disambiguation links in mainspace through "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects. A bit further on, it gives an example specifically for intentional dablinks in hatnotes. Lennart97 (talk) 12:27, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Josh Benson

Benson signed for Burnley as a senior professional player. Under the headings in the infobox it states youth career and professional career. Benson was training with the first team squad in the 2018-19 season and even appeared on the bench for the first team, how does that not merit a line in the career statistics box. If a goalkeeper has appeared on the bench for 38 games and not made an appearance, does that make it notable? Going off your logic with Benson they're shouldn't be a line for Burnley under the 2019-20 as he did not make an appearance for the first team, surely not a first team player then. I agree he was a part of the U23 squad, I watch Burnley/ every week, but according to the Burnley official website he is still an under-23 player. So it contradicts what you are trying to imply. In the infobox shouldn't it say Benson started his career with Burnley from 2020? He certainly wasn't a first team player when he went on loan to Grimsby. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfc123 (talk • contribs)

How was he a first team player for Burnley in 2019-20? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfc123 (talk • contribs)

I'm making the argument that you are contradicting yourself. Josh Benson and Glennon still aren't first team players they are U23 players by your logic. I've never seen you make any constructive edits on here, you just manage to piss everyone else off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfc123 (talk • contribs)

To be honest I just don't understand why Benson's career at Burnley says from 2019, In my eyes his senior career started in 2018. If not then surely it should say from 2020, when he went out on loan to Grimsby. The first time he was in a first team squad was in the 2018-19 season, but then this shouldn't appear in the career statistics from what you said. He wasn't in Burnley's match day squad in the 2019–20 season until the summer of 2020, after he had been on loan at Grimsby. So surely it can't be one or the other, you have to pick one rule to follow by or it's contradictory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfc123 (talk • contribs)

But he started his career with Grimsby in 2020, that's what I'm trying to say, why should it start in 2019? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nfc123 (talk • contribs)

Marc Keller

Can I know, whay you delete International Goals I add? BosnianBeast60 (talk) 22:18, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

SC Toulon

Hey GS. Could you please move the page Sporting Club Toulon to SC Toulon? This is the common name, and it's a better name for the article. The official club name is "Sporting Club de Toulon" so the current title doesn't make sense. Paul Vaurie (talk) 15:51, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jack Leighfield

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Nomination of Jack Leighfield for deletion

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Bring back Daz Sampson (talk) 19:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2021)

A Television Market Area is an example of a media market. This map depicts Television Market Areas in the United States as of 2013. Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Media market Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Lumbersexual • Viral phenomenon Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Marius Hiller

This closing comma has to be there: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marius_Hiller&diff=1005474522&oldid=1005465982 Please learn the basic rules of English grammar before reverting. 188.192.228.162 (talk) 01:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Sorry GS if I am unnecessarily writing on your talk page, but (to the IP): no, it should not be there. Please see the suggested layout for footballers. Paul Vaurie (talk) 02:07, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

There is a comma before "also known as", and therefore there also has to be one after it 188.192.228.162 (talk) 03:26, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. The comma is necessary. See Parenthesis (rhetoric) and Apposition. Robby.is.on (talk) 10:56, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Mass deletion of articles that do not meet notability

Hello GiantSnowman. I need your help. Basically, in the past, I was an inexperienced editor. I made some articles without knowing they did not meet notability. Even though it hurts doing so, I am proposing my own articles for deletion because I am trying to make sure we follow our own guidelines for WP:NFOOTY. Here are all the articles that need to be deleted and why they do not meet notability:
1. Stéphane Masala - as a player, he did not play in a professional league; as a manager, he reached the Coupe de France final, but since Les Herbiers was not a team in a professional league, the 2018 Coupe de France Final against PSG is not a fully-professional match. (Unless you say otherwise, GS.)
2. Armando Monteiro (footballer) - never played in a fully-professional league. The French Division 2 was not professional until 1993 according to this, meaning this article fails WP:NFOOTY.
3. Didier Ledunois - same thing as Monteiro.
4. Patrice Py - same thing as Monteiro.
5. Dominique Delplanque - same thing as Monteiro.
6. Michel Llodra - same thing as Monteiro.
7. Alain Garillière - only played one Coupe de France match against AS Étaples, who weren't even in the French Division 2 in 1970–71. Delete this 100%.
8. Patrice Zbinden - same thing as Monteiro.
9. Thierry Carré - same thing as Monteiro.
10. Živko Lukić - I don't know if you could argue that this article passes GNG (I would really like to keep this one) but it certainly doesn't pass NFOOTY just like Monteiro doesn't.
11. Pascal Schmitt - same thing as Monteiro.
12. Fabrice Baron - never played in a fully-professional league, but similarly to Masala, he made a Coupe de France final, but the difference is Baron did as a player. Since he played for a non fully-pro club in a final, this fails NFOOTY apparently, unless someone could argue that cup finals are an exception (I don't really know.)
13. Jocelyn Merlen - same thing as Baron.
14. Grégory Deswarte - same thing as Baron.
15. Christian Montaubin - same thing as Monteiro.
16. Cédric Jandau - same thing as Baron.
17. Benoît Lestavel - same thing as Baron.
18. Réginald Becque - same thing as Baron.
19. Stéphane Canu - same thing as Baron.
These are all the articles that I have created that do not meet WP:NFOOTY. I hope you know what the correct step process is to delete these articles (but for Zivko Lukic I would like to maybe argue the deletion and see if it passes GNG). Thanks for taking your time to help, GS. Happy Monday. Paul Vaurie (talk) 02:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Sorry

About overwriting your changes on that article. I was trying to put them back but I've seen you've redone them yourself. Crispclear (talk) 13:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Forget that, I'm just confusing myself. I will try to put back your changes. Crispclear (talk) 13:33, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Knut Hallvard Eikrem

The article Knut Hallvard Eikrem has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NFOOTY and WP:GNG

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A new user edit on Charles VI of France article

Hey, I'm pressed for time and don't feel like re-learning Wikipedia, logging in, etc, but I was in the revision history for Charles VII of France and noticed you fixed an edit February 6th (thanks BTW). Looking through the revisions, I found the edit where this was added (Revision as of 04:54, 6 February 2021 two edits down from your own edit. I don't know if there's a way to link revisions). The IP which added this edit as you can see in the revisions was 69.170.195.92 (I don't remember how to link user pages) and was wondering if you could welcome them with one of the good faith unconstructive templates (or whatever you feel appropriate really)? The edit seems to indeed just be them adding "The end..." to the end of the article's lead section.

If not, then whatever. I don't know that I'll be able to do it later or remember to do it, but I thought I'd at least be diligent enough to leave some sort of note somewhere before the edit gets burried. That's all. Uh, I probably won't read your reply anyway so you actually don't even need to worry too much.

Thank you for your time. --2601:1C2:1300:47E0:8440:215B:C221:47C5 (talk) 18:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Boudewijn de Geer

The article Boudewijn de Geer has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:NFOOTY as neither the Dutch or Norwegian men's football leagues were 'fully professional' in the 70s/80s. No evidence of WP:GNG-level coverage in reliable sources.

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Jimmy McLaren

of Bradford City is the same bloke as Jim McLaren. You may want to merge them. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:17, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Jim Gannon

He seems to be trying to hide his racist abuse incident in the 90s. Thanks.--EchetusXe 10:34, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Dylan Mottley-Henry

Bradford played no games in between his contract expiring and him signing a new one. It was in the same transfer window - if that's our criteria quite a few articles need changing. None of the sources indicate he was a new signing OGLV (talk) 16:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Category for Paris Saint-Germain B players

Hey GS. Do you think it would be appropriate for me to make a category for Paris Saint-Germain B players even if there is no defined article for it? Paul Vaurie (talk) 16:29, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Specific names for managers

Hey GS. When a person who is a former footballer and current/former manager, what would we name the article if there is another person with the same name? Say Tim Template is an Indonesian journalist, but there is another person called Tim Template who is a German former footballer and current manager. What would we name the article? Tim Template (footballer), Tim Template (footballer, born year), Tim Template (football manager), Tim Template (manager), Tim Template (football), Tim Template (German footballer), Tim Template (German football manager), Tim Template (German manager), or something else? And would it be different for former managers? Paul Vaurie (talk) 16:36, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Collaboration

We've had a couple disagreements about editing practices over the past couple weeks, I just wanted to say I hope it doesn't feel like we're being antagonistic towards each other. I feel we've gotten along and been on the same for the most part. I view these as just minor disagreements (that just coincidentally happened around the same time) and hope we can still work collaboratively. Hope you feel the same way. Cheers RedPatchBoy (talk) 17:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Move pages

You linked an article with the move to section. I am helping you move the article to the main wikipedia. What does you mean by 'to be moved to'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DDP-Trooper1777 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Admins

I was just wondering that you and other wikipedia admins work extremely hard to make wikipedia a reliable encyclopaedia. I was wondering do you get paid per edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DDP-Trooper1777 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) Admins get paid only half as much as non-admins, and they do at least twice as much work. We are all volunteers here. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 22:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Emilio Reuben

all i could find is https://web.archive.org/web/20190102192423/http://insoccer.ca/2017/04/06/the-moises-emilio-reuben-story/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dantasu (talk • contribs)

David Hill (Rangers F.C. Player)

Hi GiantSnowman, David Hill signed for Rangers F.C. in December 1875, thus confirming he was not a founder member of the club. This is confirmed by Rangers historian group, The Founders Trail, under the name, The Moonlighter, on the link. https://www.followfollow.com/forum/threads/david-hill-rangers-founder.152397/

David Hill's stats are here are the bottom of the page. It looks as if he departed the club after the 1881/82 season. https://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player_records_by_season.php?opposition=0&from=132&to=145&competition=28&venue=H&update=Update

— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheGlasgaeJimmy (talk • contribs)

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2021)

Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Blibber-Blubber Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Media market • Lumbersexual Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Louie Barry

Hi there, I can see why you took out Barry's youth games/goals, I didn't enter those, they are apparently correct though as per Soccerbase/Transfermarkt/press sources etc.. You threw the baby out with the bathwater a little as the details of his Irish U15/16 youth play are included in the existing reference from the Irish Independent. You may want to review that.

Specifically in terms of the Under-15 England stats that I added - he does not seem to have played any other games for England at U15 level other than that tournament, so that is his full record at England U15 and there are multiple sources confirming that 10 goal/5 game stat including press and WBA's official website, if you are suggesting he played other U15 games for England then presumably you need to prove that as I have provided a reliable reference for that record and can find no other evidence of U15 games for England. Mountain^cirque 12:28, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikitable centering Virgill Najoe

Hello GS. Could you help me fix the centering on Virgill Najoe's international goals section? I am not experience enough to know how to do it. Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 03:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

@Paul Vaurie: Fixed. :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 08:31, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

@Paul Vaurie and Robby.is.on: thanks for sorting! GiantSnowman 10:36, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Excuse me, but what did I sort? I know Robby fixed it but since you pinged me I assume it means something. Paul Vaurie (talk) 12:02, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

@Paul Vaurie: it was to let you know to had been resolved. GiantSnowman 12:07, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Alright, no problem. Thanks again. Paul Vaurie (talk) 12:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Timothy Weah

He was not even under contract at Celtic when the club won the League Cup in 2018 so he couldn't even make an appearance in the competition. Therefore it makes absolutely no sense to include numbers in that column. Putting in 0 for appearances would suggest he was at the club and just didn't play BUT he wasn't at the club then. Rupert1904 (talk) 21:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

You can't make a blanket statement that readers don't understand what a dash means. That's just totally misleading and wrong. Dashes should be used when appropriate. Weah was not at Celtic for their league cup campaign during the 2018–19 season, therefore it is wrong and inaccurate to put numbers in that column. He could not participate in that competition. It has to be a dash. Rupert1904 (talk) 21:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I say it and facts also say that Weah wasn't contracted to Celtic when the club competed in the League Cup in the autumn of 2018. Weah joined the club afterward so it is impossible for him to have made any appearances. A dash is used whether the club didn't compete in that competition for that season because it doesn't exist or is defunct (like the Coupe de la Ligue), or they are ineligible for European competition, or the player did not compete because they were either cup tied/ineligible or joined the club after the club won a competition or was knocked out of a competition. Do you think Martin Ødegaard's 2020–21 stats for Arsenal should have a 0 in the other column since he didn't feature for the club in the Community Shield as he joined Arsenal 6 months later? It should be a dash, just like it should be for Weah with the League Cup because neither player was eligible to play in these respective competitions for the clubs.Rupert1904 (talk) 22:09, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

How does a reader know that Weah or Ødegaard weren't eligible to play for the club in those competitions if you put a 0? Rupert1904 (talk) 17:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

You are completely missing the point. There's already been a discussion earlier this month on WPF about mid-season transfers and using dashes in a stats table when a player is ineligible in a competition. Many more editors are in favor of the dash over your 0s. Also, please stop deleting the continental column in Weah's stats table. It is separate than other - you've even said that yourself on WPF. Rupert1904 (talk) 18:33, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

I am not in the wrong. You are in the minority. More editors agreed that dashes should be used when a player is not eligible to play in a competition. Also, these were your exact words "Incorrect. Columns should remain intact - if the club was not eligible at all then the '0' is usually replaced with a '–' or similar." So there you said you are against columns being deleted which you kept doing on Weah. Please stop. Rupert1904 (talk) 19:12, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

User talk:185.99.5.147

Hi GS, I was wondering if it's possible for User talk:185.99.5.147's edits to be fully reverted? I notice you saw and reverted their category edits on the Gustavo Bartelt article, but they've added them on a crap tonne of articles and a load of Argentine footballers in particular. I'd be fine reverting individually if that's the only way, though that's been made more difficult as my watchlist has been filled by loads of talkpage wp/biography edits and Primera Nacional category renaming edits. Thought I'd ask before filtering through the user's edits. RPSwp (talk) 13:18, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Template:NFT player

But now references are applying the external link format, see Erling_Haaland#cite_note-NFT-80 for example. And |accessdate= has been deprecated and replaced with |access-date=, so there shouldn't even be any references left using the former? Mattythewhite (talk) 20:41, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Jesse Akubuine for deletion

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesse Akubuine until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Bring back Daz Sampson (talk) 15:54, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

AS Étaples

Hello, GS. Does this article meet the notability for clubs? Draft:AS Étaples? (It played in the Coupe de France and has reached the 6th tier of French football before). If not, what can I do? Paul Vaurie (talk) 16:54, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2021)

The Maidi Road pedestrian overcrossing in Huizhou, southeast Guangdong Province, China Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Huizhou Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Blibber-Blubber • Media market Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Article

So how can I provide an article that you can accept it? Yoyocarsonyo (talk) 03:25, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks

I'm tempted to just stop trying to do anything about random vandalism and such on the articles of sports figures. It seems pretty out of hand. Thanks for the thanks though. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:06, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2021)

Emergency management is the organization and management of the resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies (preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery). Pictured is a mobile emergency operations center operated by the North Carolina Air National Guard. Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Emergency management Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Huizhou • Blibber-Blubber Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

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Re: Klarisse de Guzman

User Onel5969 keeps on deleting the Wikipedia page, Klarisse de Guzman, because according to him/her, it is as per articles for deletion.

However, the article for deletion was the article version way back 2017. The current Klarisse de Guzman article is new and has nothing to do with, or is independent of, the 2017 version of the article.

Klarisse de guzman satisfied more than one of the notability criteria for music. 1. subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works (none of the references are self-published) 2. has released two or more albums on a major record label (Klarisse and Klarisse de Guzman are two separate albums from mainstream record labels) 3. has won or been nominated for a major music award 4. has won first, second or third place in a major music competition (Klarisse is the first runner-up of The Voice PH; 2nd place of We Love OPM) 5. has performed music for a work of media that is notable (Klarisse sang theme songs of TV shows of ABS-CBN network) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbhpiamonte (talk • contribs) 01:26, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Luna Gevitz page move

Hi, I've written a talk on Luna Gewitz to get the page changed to Luna Gevitz. All of the relevant links supporting this name designation (Soccerway, Club, National team) are there. It is because this is the player's passported name - and therefore official name for footballing purposes.

Thanks, Ashley — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.107.21 (talk) 14:45, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Jacob Mulee

Care to say what you think was bad about my version of the page? I think grouping disjointed sentences about the same general idea into a paragraph is a good thing, especially when it saves 140 bytes of needless repetition. Nothing seems gained by reminding readers of his name and job in five consecutive lines; one paragraph about the same man coaching the same team in different years is enough, I think. And calling a one-day stint short in so many words seems redundant and obvious. I also liked how my version tells people which radio station he worked for (redlink or plain text). But perhaps there's also something good about vagueness and repetition I'm overlooking? InedibleHulk (talk) 14:26, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Not sure which Talk Page you prefer. Commented at mine, but to follow up, your compromise is still overly repetitive, could use pronouns; at least readers know where he works (as of 2017, anyway) and it's a paragraph. Fine by me, if it is by you, thanks for collaborating! InedibleHulk (talk) 17:30, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Page move discussion: Dean Smith

There is a discussion ongoing regarding whether Dean Smith should to be moved to another page. Since you had some involvement with Talk:Dean Smith#Is this the primary topic?, you might want to participate in the move discussion, which is taking place here. Domeditrix (talk) 18:28, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

IP Bhutan vandal guy

Hi, I'm 99.99999% positive that 93.142.155.169 is the same guy as User:93.143.83.30 and User:93.143.81.30. See this comment (and his location). Nehme₁₄₉₉ 00:21, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Same for 93.142.139.21. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 00:26, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Ha, edit conflict (x2) as I was leaving a message saying almost the same: Based on this, it looks like the IP (editing from 93.142.155.169 (talk · contribs) and 93.142.139.21 (talk · contribs)) is the same one that was harassing MYS77. There is some quite clear crossover with the originals (93.143.70.241 (talk · contribs) and 93.143.83.30 (talk · contribs)), including Indian Premier Handball League. If it is them, I think they need blocking given what they did. Number 57 00:27, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

PS, I don't know much about rangeblocks, but given the similarities of the IPs, I wonder if one is needed here? Happy to request on ANI if you think it would work. Cheers, Number 57 00:30, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

@Nehme1499 and Number 57: yes, please suggest the range block. The IP admits being the same editor, and trying to doxx an editor who was threatened in real life. GiantSnowman 08:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Cheers, have done. Number 57 11:52, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

dates

Hey, I'm puzzled by this. I'm all for that format, but it's an article on an American subject, and for those the format is usually the clunky month, date, year. Drmies (talk) 23:06, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Tunde Owolabi

Apologies for not getting the source material updated on time.

Source is now available: https://finnharps.ie/harps-sign-tunde-owolabi/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigel-harps1954 (talk • contribs) 15:24, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2021)

Frozen chicken nuggets Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Chicken nugget Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Emergency management • Huizhou Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Hans kraay jr

Low key before talk to me, buddy I had some internet issues thats why i cudnt add sources Im not afraid of ur threat! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dantasu (talk • contribs)

Appropriate procedure

Hello GS. I have come across an editor being rude/disrespectful in my talk page. What is the correct procedure to warn/punish FC Porto6185 for his comment here? Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Sportspeople from X

Was there ever an RfC after Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2020_December_21#Category:Footballers_from_Milan? I took a wikibreak shortly after nominating that, will need to set it up if not. SportingFlyer T·C 13:38, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Manu Koné

Hey GS. Could you start a discussion for Kouadio Koné to be moved to Manu Koné for me? I don't know how to start such a discussion. Or should I just be bold and move it straight away? Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:28, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Uruguay national team

Hello GS, can you check Uruguay national football team and see if there is any problem with the infobox. I am not sure what it is, but whenever I access that page from phone, it gets opened as whole and not as section by section. I tried to find the problem by comparing the page to Brazil national football team and Argentina national football team, but I was clueless.

I was wondering if it got anything to do with my phone. So I opened this page from other mobile devices, and its the same. Can you check it from your phone and see what the problem would be? It is a bit difficult to read the page from phone now. Thanks in advance! Kokoeist (talk) 14:51, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Draft:2021 Trophée des Champions

Hello GS. Would it be appropriate to move this article to mainspace? Draft:2021 Trophée des Champions
Or is it too early? Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 21:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Dunfermline F.C IP editor

Hi, your edit here: this IP edited a number of Dunfermline player pages (see list). I was attracted by one in my watch list and as it was so clearly an incorrect edit began checking all the others; still only part-way through. Should we do anything? If it helps, it looks like a static IP per 'geolocate'. Cheers. Eagleash (talk) 12:01, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• Well, I left a welcome and a message / warning at their talk page early this morning. They might not see it if they come back as a changed IP. Just got through correcting them all – I think! Some tables were badly out with both past and current seasons only partially updated. Not this IP's fault necessarily; past editors failing to complete updates. I did not spot anything that looked like this one had been involved before. Eagleash (talk) 13:18, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Re: Klarisse de Guzman

I was able to retrieve the structure of this article. May I ask for access in editing the article to use WP:DRV? The article has been deleted by a user because of mistakenly associating it with the 2017 version that was a then-candidate for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbhpiamonte (talk • contribs) 12:33, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2021)

A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time, not professionally and not for pay. An example of a hobby is rail transport modelling (pictured). Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Hobby Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Chicken nugget • Emergency management Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Laurent jans

How can you approve my cite? Please tell me furthermore, thanks. Yoyocarsonyo (talk) 12:08, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

FC Barcelona 6–1 Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Hello GS. Could you help me list this proposed move? Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 22:35, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Goalkeeper

Good work on the links-in - down from 902 yesterday to 14 now (goalkeeper linksto:goalkeeper -hastemplate:goalkeeper). A final few were through the 3rd, unnamed, parameter to {{sortname}}. Colonies Chris had suggested this project at WP:BPAT. I didn't look at Portal space. Goalkeeper (football) has the best part of 2,000 links-in; a search for Gaelic linksto:"Goalkeeper (football)" came up clean, so that redirect looks ok. Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 12:56, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Invitation to Review Article for Deletion or Retention

As the admin who locked and released Klarisse de Guzman, may I invite you to participate in its discussion page to discuss whether to retain or delete the article? Please visit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Klarisse de Guzman (2nd nomination). Thank you.Espiem 75 (talk) 04:00, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Afria Nuswantara

Hi GS. No change, they're still doing it: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyril_Théréau&diff=1012366700&oldid=1006447168%7C. Robby.is.on (talk) 08:49, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Robby.is.on (talk) 10:11, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Roberto Firmino

Hi, trying to avoid a 3RR dispute here. I don't know exactly what you mean by reverting my edits telling to update the stats table as well. The state league caps during his Figueirense years are already stated in the table.

Consensus about including the state league caps in the infobox was reached here. And it's also stated here.

The Campeonato Catarinense is a fully-pro state league, which is the state league Figueirense plays in. Somehow it's not in the FPL list, which I already started a discussion to improve on that. But it definitely is a fully pro league, even more so than the Campeonato Paraibano, for example, which is included on the list.

Horcoff (talk) 14:26, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Peter Lorimer

On 20 March 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Peter Lorimer, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:32, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2021)

Two charts from an Arabic copy of the Secretum Secretorum for determining whether a person will live or die based on the numerical value of the patient's name. Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Name Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Hobby • Chicken nugget Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Sigh

I thought we found a compromise for the sloppy West Germany construction that wasn't a country, only a lazy common name? You may have noticed that I leave it for politicians, but an artist?? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:41, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Kyle Bartley

Hi GiantSnowman,

You reverted my edit on Kyle Bartley regarding Fletcher Moss Rangers F.C. It's a bit difficult to establish notability if I haven't yet completed the article. WP:RED states "It is useful while editing articles to add a red link to indicate that a page will be created soon or that an article should be created for the topic because the subject is notable and verifiable. My Edit Summary states "Wikilinked (red) for future article". An article on Fletcher Moss Rangers F.C. had been delete due to copyright violations. My assumption is that someone from the club had probably copied and pasted text from the official website. I have rewritten 3 articles in the past that had previous been deleted due to copyright violations, so I am confident that it will become an established article when I have finished it. I would therefore be grateful if you would revert your own edit. Many thanks. SethWhales ^talk 16:18, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Dashes and date formats

Hello, thank you very much for fixing all the dashes and date formating issues for my edits! To be frank, I did not change their formats on purpose, I simply entered the information and cite the sources. If you can let me know how I can prevent this from happening in the future that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again! Bubcito (talk) 17:13, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for your reply. I just used the "cite" function listed on the toolbar at the top, paste the link of the website, then it automatically added the citation for me. Perhaps I should mention that I use the visual editor instead of the source editor as well. Bubcito (talk) 21:42, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Notability

Hello, I am currently clearing the backlog of Wikiproject football related drafts submitted at AFC. I reduced the pending submissions from 26 to 5. Now I would like you to have a look at this Draft:Héctor Suazo. Im little confused here. Has he ever played in a match at top tier league. As per the sources in the article, he has not. But some other sources not provided in the article (not reliable ones like transfrmarket and all) says he has. So I would be grateful if you help me in this case so that I can clear it. Regards Kichu🐘 ^{Need any help?} 16:49, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

So are we really considering soccerway as a reliable source.? Kichu🐘 ^{Need any help?} 08:31, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Giantsnowman. Is source from ESPN like this [9] can be used to establish notability. Please tell your reply at this [10] thread. Regards Kichu🐘 ^{Need any help?} 10:02, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2021)

Rich Purnell mixed climbing a route rated M9 Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Mixed climbing Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Name • Hobby Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Alex Kiddie's place of death

Hello. I don't know whether I was getting an old version of the webpage, or just failing to see what was in front of me, but I didn't see it then, and do see it now. Apologies. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 14:38, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Request for unprotection

Hi, this Draft:Pawan Kumar Joshi is currently protected from recreating due to involvment of a sock. But this player is notable as he has made 4 apperances in I League. Im currently unable to move it to mainspace due to this issue. Need your assistance. Regards. Kichu🐘 ^{Need any help?} 12:37, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Copa Alagoas

Hi there GS, long time no see! How are you?

Some other user moved this article to a draftspace and I don't really know why. When I submitted the draft for a revision, it was declined because it was "improperly sourced". I don't know why they refused this one when other state cups in Brazil are basically the same as this article, plus this one is sourced in a better way...

Do you have any inputs on that? Thanks, BRDude⁷⁰ (talk) 13:59, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Bad attitude IP

Evening, when you are on and have chance can you take a look at the edit summaries of this editor and perhaps fire a warning shot. Incredibly aggressive, lots of aspersions, doesn't seem to play well with others unless getting their own way. Edits are usually constructive, but very much done with a terrible tone towards other editors. Not sure if a transient IP, or a previously banned user as seems to show a lot of awareness of policy, aside from other stuff. Koncorde (talk) 22:29, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

[lurking] GS you know exactly who this is. As usual there is some concern as to self-defined 'rules' that must be followed by all (as in FOOTY threads right now) but generally edits are well intentioned – content disputes happen. What gets folks' backs up unnecessarily is the edit summaries that seem to increase in number and deteriorate in tone from enthusiastic to hysterical every so often. Is there any sort of way to limit summaries to only templates or a certain low number of characters to just prevent this getting out of control yet again? Just a quick thought. Crowsus (talk) 22:41, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

@Koncorde and Crowsus: I've left them a brief message about CIVIL. GiantSnowman 08:39, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Cheers GS. I will keep an eye on them for the next few weeks, just wanted something from yourself first to reference. I don't know the history of this IP, but presume based on Crowsus this is a known editor. Koncorde (talk) 09:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I suspect I know who it is, but won't reveal due to WP:OUTING. GiantSnowman 12:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Maybe i should have been notified of this (stumbled upon the thread by accident), but hey no worries (you folks do what you have to do)! To Mr. @Koncorde: i resumed editing as an IP due to merciless stalking/monitoring of my work (by an user who has now been blocked ten times), i edited something they were there 5/10 minutes later (weeks after that, the article could be subjected to the vilest of vandalism, they could not care less). Nope, never been banned (bad news for some, maybe?), just blocked once for disruptive summaries (and i deserved it fully, per WP policies). Regarding Ricardo Ferreira's article (improved/maintained 99% by me, to everyone's satisfaction until now), looking quite odd now, with paragraphs consisting of one line and a "clarification needed" tag in the mention of his second knee injury when the reference #16 states exactly that; don't worry i'll leave article in peace (not risking another cleanup only to be summarily reverted).

Good evening to you, Mr. Snowman and @Crowsus:, apologies for wanting to help (and yes, all of you are correct regarding my occasional summaries, not trying to defend that). --85.243.89.253 (talk) 20:31, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Apologising here at 18:55 only to leave this edit summary at 19:53 prompting another editor to warn you on your talk page isn't a good start. Koncorde (talk) 21:21, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't see any significant issue with that summary, but i agree it isn't encyclopedical. --85.243.89.253 (talk) 21:29, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

That's disappointing. The edit summary is not WP:CIVIL, it ridicules another editor. Robby.is.on (talk) 07:41, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

re: Contributions of User:Carlão Junigan Magalhães - vandalising infoboxes of Brazilian footballers

Hi. Per your comment at WT:FOOTY on 15 March,[11] I gave User:Carlão Junigan Magalhães a 4im warning on 26 March,[12] but he vandalised again on 31 March.[13]

I reported to AIV,[14] but it was timed out after 4 hours.[15]

I have no doubt this user will be back, and that it is a vandalism only account - all of his contributions since 19 January 2021 have been reverted. It just surprises me he has managed to stay around this long. Would you consider a block, please? Gricehead (talk) 07:48, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Jim Melrose

Adding an edit regarding his 'fastest ever goal' for Charlton Athletic. Here's the relevant club tweet https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/923233199861276673?lang=en

The commentator says "14 seconds" but that's clearly wrong. I think the club tends to go with 9 seconds. Either way, impressive given that the other side had kick-off! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.44.200 (talk • contribs)

Reply

Hello GS. To which edit summary are you making reference, if you please? I'm getting much better at those, but am still by no means perfect, and for that i apologise. --85.243.89.253 (talk) 17:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

• Working on it, and i definitely lose it when i see bonafide vandalism :( Thanks for the notification, continue the good work (as do i, only working IP-style due to incessant stalking of my work, just found out the person who engaged in that has been blocked TEN times since they're here)! --85.243.89.253 (talk) 17:55, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

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• Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
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Rollback

That's mass vandalism which deserves Rollback: https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Special:Contributions/2.97.251.41 Cheers, Oalexander (talk) 01:26, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Taylor Curran (footballer) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Taylor Curran (footballer) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taylor Curran (footballer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

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Regarding Ablie Jagne

Hi GiantSnowman, I saw that you reverted my speedy deletion nomination. It wasn't a test, and I believe that it meets the criteria to be speedily deleted. Could you please tell me why you think that it doesn't? Obviously you are right, as you are an administrator who had been here since at least 2006. Hockeycatcat (talk) 09:04, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Misunderstanding. Hockeycatcat (talk) 11:00, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Fupa

Hi GS. See https://support.fupa.net/support/solutions/articles/75000020103-spieldaten-eintragen-Übersicht- for how data is added to Fupa. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 11:25, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Sure! :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 12:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I have some questions about the sourcing in your second revert of my changes at Rachoni De Lima. Does the Rheinpfalz article mention his RWO Alzey and RWO Alzey II stints? I cannot access the full article due to the paywall. Also, where did they get you the caps for RWO Alzey, RWO Alzey II, and TuS Rüssingen from? Robby.is.on (talk) 15:06, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Soccerbase reverts with no explanation

Hi, just wondering why you reverted my soccerbase links for several players recently? No explanation was given which would be the polite thing to do when reverting. Cjwilky (talk) 16:24, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back, I had no idea what that "used in-line" referred to, there was no context, and there are no soccerbase links there, so I still have no idea what you mean :) Cjwilky (talk) 16:56, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

@Cjwilky: "Used inline" means that a reference is used as a footnote in the article; see WP:INTREF2. And GS' reasoning is that, when a reference is already used inline, it should not be added as an external link. Robby.is.on (talk) 19:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

AfD

Hey GS. Could you read what I wrote here? Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Lesley Ugochukwu

Hey GS, I'd like to nom Lesley Ugochukwu for speedy delete, the page was made WP:TOOSOON by @Cocô53: and the player did not end up making an appearance in the game. The player does not pass WP:GNG, information about the player debuting today is false. May you please assist in deleting? I haven't requested a speedy delete before.--Ortizesp (talk) 18:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes my bad, I had some sources saying he entered the game, but after having a closer look he might not have. We'll have to restore the page soon I think though. --Coco (talk) 18:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2021)

A recreation room arranged as a children's play area in a Chicago home Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Recreation room Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mixed climbing • Name Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Sorry I don't really know how to use talk pages.

Dear GiantSnowman,

I am sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask you about a deletion page for a Maltese club. (Which I see has promptly been deleted.) I am trying to preserve the information about the clubs in the 3rd league in Malta, and I wish to rewrite and update them in the near future. I sincerely believe that they are notable and would like to have their heritage preserved, as unfortunately, many do not pay attention to domestic football in Malta. If you could please support me in this, I would be eternally grateful to you, and I only wish to preserve this information about, as you put it, the beautiful game.

Thank You in Advance, User:apple20674

@Apple20674: I agree with you, a lot of the club articles you created show notability when you search https://timesofmalta.com, and I see stats for cups in soccerway.com and other websites. The last club I looked at made it all the way to top flight Maltese football only to fall all the way back down again. I really don't think the nominator has done WP:BEFORE. When they are mostly passing the criteria for WP:FOOTYN. This message is also for you GS. Govvy (talk) 11:52, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 6

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Jack Shreeve, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Charlton.

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Carlão Junigan Magalhães again

He was back over the weekend, with one more vandalism [16] - changing Red Bull Brasil to Porto FC. Once again, every single one of his contributions has been vandalism. He should have bene indef blocked as a vandalism only account by now. Please block. Cheers, Gricehead (talk) 07:19, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

About Kostas Kiassos article

Dear mr. Giant, this article is about a greek athlete that I am very aware of his career, plus in the sources I added the actual person is talking about these career moves. So I don't think that the changes I made are disruptive in any form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manos H. Scorer (talk • contribs)

French Division 3

Hello GS. Do you think that having the disambiguation page at French Division 3 is necessary? Should I just move Draft:French Division 3 (1971–1993) to French Division 3 or French Division 3 (1971–1993)? Paul Vaurie (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Would you do the same thing for Draft:French Division 4? Should I make a disambiguation again and move it to French Division 4 (1978–1993)? Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Brainfrogk4mon

Hello GS. I think a block could soon be in order for User:Brainfrogk4mon. Although the mass disruptive editing that they did was yesterday, on their talk page they said that they "will not stop [...] try to free wikipedia", leading me to think they will do more vandalism/disruptive editing. Please keep on eye on this user. Thank you. Paul Vaurie (talk) 17:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

My trial will also be constructive. Anyway, the "disruptive editing" consisted on removing some padlocks which are mandatory according to policy. Brainfrogk4mon (talk) 07:31, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Luke Armstrong

You have reverted my edit of Alun Armstrong on his sons Luke Armstrongs page., I added Stokport County as Alun Armstrong played more games for Stockport County than the 2 other clubs mentioned, yes I am a county fan but it seemed a fair edit. Also it is my first ever (possibly only edit) on Wikipedia and so was celebrating wildy on my zoom call. Hopefully you will allow but I won't sulk if you dont. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:FF80:B500:D0F0:9DCC:D346:78CE (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Issue with Munir El Haddadi

There is an (anonymous) user who has an issue with Munir having the Arabic script of his name in the lead, and keeps replacing it with the Berber script. He claims that "he is a Moroccan, he is a Berber" and "an Amazigh and Tamazight (Berber)", as a justification. I argue that, while that may be true, he has Moroccan citizenship, and, in Morocco, both IDs and passports show two scripts: Latin and Arabic. This is not a question of ethnicity or politics, rather verifiability: how can I know that the script the IP is adding (ⵎⵓⵏⵉⵔ ⴻⵍ ⵃⴰⴷⴰⴷⵉ ⵎⵓⵃⴰⵎⴻⴷ) is correct, if it doesn't even show Google results? Ideally, I would like to request semi-protection on the page; do you think there is a basis for this? Nehme₁₄₉₉ 00:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

The reason I'm dubious is that I'm not sure it can be classified as vandalism - certainly not blatant and intentional. It's just that one, their IP keeps changing so it would be better to protect the page itself and two, that, while maybe in good faith, his edits are unsourced and unverifiable. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 00:43, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Koki Harada permission

Hi GS. I've gone to create a page for Koki Harada, but Wikipedia is saying there is a permission error - something to do with Draft:Kobi Arad? I'm not too sure what this means, but could you please lift the ban as an administrator? Thanks Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 19:49, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Lassine Sinayoko

Hello GS. After the 2019–20 season ended, Auxerre Reserves won their group of the Championnat National 3 (French 5th tier). They were promoted. In Lassine Sinayoko's honours section, should the honour say:
Championnat National 3 Group E: 2019–20
Championnat National 3: 2019–20
Basically, should I include what group the team won? Paul Vaurie (talk) 21:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Division d'Honneur players has been nominated for deletion

Category:Division d'Honneur players has been nominated for deletion. 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. Paul Vaurie (talk) 22:42, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2021)

Thai comics are comics written and produced in Thailand. Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is: Thai comics Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Recreation room • Mixed climbing Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •