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Happy New Year, GiantSnowman!

Happy New Year!

GiantSnowman,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Many thanks, same to you! Giant Snowman 10:08, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year!

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Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:51, 31 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Many thanks, same to you! Giant Snowman 10:08, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year, GiantSnowman!

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Many thanks, same to you! Giant Snowman 10:08, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy New Year, GiantSnowman

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Happy New Year, GiantSnowman!

Happy New Year!

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2023)

Scarves in the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem

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Scarf

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Pre-arranged transfers

Hi GS, Just a quick one regarding your reverting of my edit on Isaac Olaofe. The transfer was agreed on 30 December 2022,^[1] with his contract at Stockport County beginning on 1 January. For any pre-arranged transfer, surely the player stops being a player at their former club on 31 December 2022 at 23:59:59, and becomes a player for their new club on 1 January at 00:00:00? Just makes more sense in my opinion. Any deals finalised on 1 January, sure, put the date to 2023, but this one appears to have been pre-arranged, meaning Olaofe was not a Millwall player for any time during 2023. Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 22:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC) Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 22:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

References

^ https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64129821

We have always treated situations like this as the old contract ending and the new contract starting on 1 January, so the end and start date are the same year. The only situation where it is not done like that is where the player departs a league with a calendar year season. Giant Snowman 22:19, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Aidomo Emakhu

Hello! I wanted to clarify my previous edits on the article, as well as say sorry for not asking for your opinion before. I genuinely wanted to help, not to start an "edit war", I promise...

I did avoid editing the "Youth career" section this time, because the articles mentioned aren't so clear about the exact periods of time spent at each club, admittedly. I thought the information I added about Emakhu's debuts was fine, though: I really just wanted to give some more details about those two matches.

Also, I think the statistics I added in the "International career" box were actually reliable: since I couldn't find any sort of database on the FAI website, I used Worldfootball.net as a reference.

I hope my intentions look clearer now. I'll make sure I let you know before I re-visit the page in the future, though, so that I can avoid making a mess like last time.

Oltrepier (talk) 20:18, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is no need to apologise! I suggest we discuss at Talk:Aidomo Emakhu so it can get wider input. It will be easier if you break down each addition/change with the specific source and we can work slowly through them that way. Giant Snowman 20:20, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Right, that sounds good.

I don't have got much time to do so right now, but I'll make sure I come back to it in the next few days.

See you soon! Oltrepier (talk) 20:35, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Can I ask your opinion on a footballer draft?

GiantSnowman, I know you're active in the WikiProject and I've seen you posting at AfD's that a player's not notable and to please contact you if sources are found; for example here, where I believed she was notable. I'm kind of bewildered by the change in notability requirements for sportspeople, but I'm a big softie anyway ... and I was puzzled when I tried to improve Draft:Truls Klausen (creation by a now indeffed editor who did a poor job of creating drafts based on foreign-language Wikipedias, including Norwegian, which I can read) and it was rejected anyway. Someone had noted at an AfD that there's a Norwegian media archive search, so post-rejection I looked there for coverage during his playing and coaching career (this is the resulting edit since the rejection). Can I ask you to check it and see whether he just doesn't meet the new standards? He never played internationally, and I may be barking up the wrong tree because of my inclusionist tendencies. I believed it would be defensible at AfD already, but it got rejected again. Many thanks if you can, and sorry to bother you. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:51, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article looks good, but I'm struggling to assess sources, partly because of language, and partly because some oft them are paywalled. But, in short, does Mr Klausen have significant coverage in reliable sources? If so, he is notable. Giant Snowman 15:55, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I had a quick look. Transfermarkt is not considered a reliable source at Wikipedia, you would need to replace it by one from worldfootball.net or the like. See WP:WPFLINKSNO. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, good point, I hadn't even looked at that source tbh. Giant Snowman 16:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for looking, both! That and the other directory site are being used for his full name and date of birth; I didn't realise there was a better alternative, worldfootball.net, here it is. I've gone through the sources and will be adding a rundown of them to the article talk page rather than here. Two are indeed paywalled and Wayback has captured only the blanked-out version in both cases. I can sometimes see these things using Firefox's print view option or whatever it's officially called, but I can now only see the first paragraph of one and the first line of another. Pity. The source for the year of his marriage and the children is a weak one, a blog interview with his wife; I haven't been able to find a better one at the news archive, so some of that (year, full number of children) may need to be omitted. But that was intended to fill out his bio, rather than as an indicator of notability. (In the archive search, he is mentioned/pictured a couple of times in local news articles about her dance school; I couldn't find wedding coverage.) I was unable to document the 2 Oslo teams he played for, though I suspect a more expert search of the news archive wopuld shake those loose. Initially, I was concerned that he might be a BLP1E because of the May 1995 event; there is indeed a lot of press coverage of that, I intend to add an additional article from a couple of days later, but I avoided having too much about that. But I found multiple articles all about Klausen himself. So I'll also add links to the newspapers I'm citing, and as I say, I'll discuss the refs on talk. (The Norwegian article is under-referenced.) Yngvadottir (talk) 04:21, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"multiple articles all about Klausen himself" sounds promising! Giant Snowman 11:15, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done. Yes, that was why I was confused; the version that was most recently rejected already had two long articles all about him, plus several articles about the collision on the sidelines, and I'd tried to make it acceptable as a biography. Anyway, maybe this will help to either determine that notability is demonstrated or explain how he fails to meet the new standard. (And by the way, thanks again to you, Robby.is.on, and anyone else who takes time to look.) Yngvadottir (talk) 02:42, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You're welcome. I searched for Klausen at nifs.no (link to search), which is a great resource for Norwegian footballers, but it doesn't seem to have him. Robby.is.on (talk) 11:15, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks again, and for your edits to the draft. I wonder whether he's missing at nifs.no because he was never on the national team? I suppose he's also unusual in that some of the coverage is for his post-play years. Anyway, I'd be very grateful for an opinion on whether the draft now demonstrates notability under current standards (and remember, I've listed and characterised the sources on the talk page). Yngvadottir (talk) 23:09, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'd be surprised if the article didn't pass WP:GNG. The sources listed at the Talk page seem to be more local than regional or even national but a cursory looks suggest they cover Klausen in-depth. And the article is nice. Good luck! Robby.is.on (talk) 23:17, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Agree with Robby - feel free to move to mainspace. Giant Snowman 18:15, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done—many thanks to both of you for your time and effort. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:29, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please sign

You don't seem to have signed here, or am I missing something? Andrewa (talk) 15:17, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I missed my signature, it happens occasionally - that's why {{unsigned}} exists. Giant Snowman 15:51, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Babssuba

Hi GS. Babssuba (talk · contribs) probably deserves a longer block. All of their edits from today are inaccurate and have been reverted. Kind regards, Robby.is.on (talk) 23:02, 7 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'd report at AIV/ANI, but they seem to have been quiet overnight so no ongoing disruption. Giant Snowman 12:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, thanks. Robby.is.on (talk) 13:18, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

82.102.50.120

Included in the massive amount of warnings they have received in their talkpage (https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=User_talk:82.102.50.120), i infer that warnings for removal of refs in the infobox are to be counted.

Well, here they are again at it, here (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernardo_Dias&diff=1122458211&oldid=1117810732; in this page, they also removed a ref i had added back in the day to source the player's nickname!) and here (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toman%C3%A9&diff=1132045558&oldid=1130893187), the latter "contribution" from yesterday! I have already reverted both, but did not check out for more infractions.

Attentively 2001:8A0:7643:2400:154:89A9:CBA9:4118 (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No edits today, so no ongoing disruption to do anything about. Simply revert, warn, and report at AIV. Giant Snowman 16:57, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reply to what you sent me

Apologies for the mistake but I believe you're talking to me about the Graeme Shinnie game I added which was actually a league game against St Johnstone apologies if I'm wrong. Moultfan (talk) 22:32, 8 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You didn't update the date, hence my message. Giant Snowman 19:34, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry :/ thanks for the reply tho . Moultfan (talk) 19:41, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No apology needed! Giant Snowman 19:43, 9 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2023)

The start line of the Canberra Marathon in 2006

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Canberra Marathon

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Another nuisance

I know nothing is going to happen, at least for now, but i report anyway:

per your message here (https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=User_talk:2A02:587:EE38:2C00:FD19:B082:5C5C:79CF), this person seems to be up to no good here and if it were me that IP would be already blocked, but i'm not admin so other people must know better.

Example? Just found Jonathan Soriano, note how they try to source an AUSTRIAN accolade using a source from a MATCH IN SPAIN from 2002 (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Soriano&diff=next&oldid=1130558387)! Duly reverted by me of course.

Attentively 2001:8A0:7643:2400:9452:64D4:AC6A:CC2B (talk) 07:57, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No edits for 2 days, so I cannot do anything as there is no ongoing disruption I'm afraid. Giant Snowman 18:14, 10 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Noah Naujoks

Hey, hope the vacation is going well. When you get back, mind histmerging Noah Naujoks and Draft:Noah Naujoks if it makes sense?--Ortizesp (talk) 23:31, 12 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The mainspace article is earlier than the draft, for some reason - both created by @Hildreth gazzard:. Unless either of you pipe up with a reason not to, I'll delete the draft shortly. Giant Snowman 16:41, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What’s occurring with Noah Naujoks? Hildreth gazzard (talk) 18:16, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You created the article on 8 August 2022 and the draft on 19 August 2022 - why? Giant Snowman 18:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OMG. Long story with the page for that player, all that matters now I guess is I can see he is finally rightly on the main space and all is good and proper Hildreth gazzard (talk) 19:18, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ally Taylor

Hi,

Regarding my changes to the Ally Taylor page. I’ve found no sources online indicating he ever signed with or played for Alloa Athletic. 98AL (talk) 17:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Soccerbase says otherwise. Giant Snowman 17:02, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If he did sign with them, he’s not there now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98AL (talk • contribs)

OK, so why did you overwrite the sourced information with unsourced information? Giant Snowman 18:33, 15 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2023)

A kiddie ride is a coin-operated amusement ride for young children.

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Kiddie ride

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January 2023

Your recent editing history at Ibou Touray shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Walter Alsford

Hey, would it be worth removing the international career statistics from players pages who have one cap?

For example: Ryan Mason, Jon Flanagan and Ryan Shawcross? If so, I can remove these and go through them? GlenTheYid (talk) 19:57, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think so, yes. Giant Snowman 20:22, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What would you say is the minimum amount of caps to warrant having this information? GlenTheYid (talk) 22:37, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Personally I'd say it's not the number of caps, it's the years that matter. Having a stats table saying '1935 1 cap' is pointless when the infobox says 1 cap in 1935. Readers will want to know when somebody with an infobox that says '1935-1936' earned their 3 caps, for example. Giant Snowman 16:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sigh

Why have you written sigh - I take great exception to sarcasm and rudeness and you have fallen incredibly short of the basic standards of polite discourse. It is incredibly confusing being told of different rules all the time and varying subjective measures. Yesterday I was told and I quote “ independent, reliable, secondary sources to pass WP:GNG. It should have at least 3 of those” - For Mellon we have bbc sport, Lancs live, and Lancaster guardian. I may be many things but I can count to three. I do not care if the page for Mr Mellon is on the main space or the draft pages until you deem it acceptable, but I will expect an apology for your rude tone and attitude or else i will take my complaint over your interactions with good faith users further. Best wishes Hildreth gazzard (talk) 13:34, 22 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I sighed because an editor of your experience should know by know that to meet GNG, you require significant coverage - not run-of-the-mill transfer pieces, and the Lancs Live article, whilst more in depth, is not nearly good enough. Giant Snowman 13:59, 22 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2023)

Side one of a 1930 brochure for the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco

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Brochure

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Gareth Bale as a "player" in 2023?

Hi, GS~ I have a question. https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive_158#Gareth_Bale_as_a_%22player%22_in_2023?

Does this discussion reach a consensus? or still under discussion?

In my opinion, this issue is very important and I hope that we will reach a reasonable agreement.

European Professional football League season system: 2022-23 season, 2023-24 season
Some professional football League season system including MLS, South Korean K League, Japanese J.League, Chinese Super League: 2023 season, 2024 season

I think it is important to draw a clear line between two season system and one season system.

Current football player infobox in Gareth Bale cause misunderstanding to readers.

Gareth Bale played for LA FC both in 2022 season and 2023 season for 2 years and MLS season is ongoing in January 2023 like European Football League.

If we fill out the infobox like Gareth Bale infobox, many transfers or retirements of MLS players, K League players, J.League players, Chinese Super League players in January and February cause same misunderstanding.

Current discussion seemed to fizzle out. Do I open the discuss again? Footwiks (talk) 07:14, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It has been archived and whilst I was INVOLVED, I don't think there was any agreement/consensus. Please start a new discussion. Giant Snowman 18:28, 25 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your reply. If you have spare time, please participate in discussion.Footwiks (talk) 03:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tom Holland (English footballer)

You may remember on Talk:Tom Holland (English footballer) that you supported my nomination to move from YOB to nationality disambiguation because there is also a Tom Holland (Australian footballer). I have however noticed a Tom Holland (footballer, born 1997) from the Tom Holland (disambiguation) page so what I think should happen is to return the English footballer one back to Tom Holland (footballer, born 1902) to solve the naming consistency problem in line with your suggestion on Talk:George Hall (footballer, born 2004). Thanks -- Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:29, 26 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, sounds sensible. Giant Snowman 10:04, 27 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can't move it by myself, probably needs an administrator to do it so I have done so on the technical requests page by following the instructions properly. I seems to recall once that another "normal" Wikipedia editor was unable to move a page back to it's normal title probably because of the same reason I was reading about a page name already existing. It might also have happened when the same editor was trying to move Jota (footballer, born 1996) back to Diogo Jota as seen on Talk:Jota (Spanish footballer) but only that person knows, not us.

It was a good discovery that I spotted the other English footballing Tom Holland sooner than later. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 22:09, 27 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Update: move

Done. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 22:25, 27 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2023)

Hello, GiantSnowman. The article for improvement of the week is:

The Sims (video game)

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John McInally

Hi @GiantSnowman:, I've just seen your comment on the revert regarding John McInally (footballer, born 1915). "are you joking?!" – no, I'm really not, and I think your tone could be better. In fact, I carefully studied the source before placing it on the page. The Celtic Wiki is not a Wiki "as we know it", i.e. it is not open ended and its editors are instead restricted to a select number of people who are approved to contribute via the admins, which means it's not much different from a standard football stats website. However, as you're unhappy with the source I'll compromise with simply marking the subject as deceased. Hugh Doherty (1921–2014) and Peter Goldie (b. 1934) have both been identified within the last decade as Celtic's oldest living players, and as such the subject is deceased as he was born in May 1915. I will instead state this in the article, and hope you're happy with it. Sadly, the Scottish birth and death records aren't much good in this instance as there are multiple people of the same name, thus it cannot be determined with absolute certainty which one is him. Thanks again Jkaharper (talk) 01:25, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fine with the new edit, thanks. Giant Snowman 18:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Nomination of Lennard Remy for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2023)

Belgian waffles cooked in a Krampouz cast-iron waffle iron, in a Montreal restaurant during the gastronomy competition of the Montreal Highlights Festival

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Waffle iron

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Nomination of Fausto Klinger (footballer, born 1976) for deletion

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Precious anniversary

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Nomination of Thrizen Leader for deletion

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Nomination of Shanika Minor for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2023)

Campaign for the Norwegian Centre Party at Nærbø: like its Finnish and Swedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation, rural and agrarian issues. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum.

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Nomination of Tom Fielding for deletion

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Nomination of Kyle Collins for deletion

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Nomination of Kareem Mitchum for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2023)

Textbooks

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Textbook

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Your recent intervention

Hi there, Just wondering if you’ve seen my responses to your comment on my talk page? SteadyJames (talk) 19:51, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Stefan Bajcetic

Hey, a user keeps reverting adding the Spanish name template for Stefan Bajcetic, who has 2 last names as per Spanish custom. It seems non-controversial IMO, but should I open a RFC to keep the template? And if so, may you point me in the direction to starting one? Ortizesp (talk) 20:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It doesn't need to be a full RFC, but certainly seek consensus on the article talk page. Giant Snowman 21:56, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Duran Ferree

Fun little piece of information about this recent AfC you were involved in... I just noticed that his article got deleted. I've actually played with this guy once last year, living in San Diego... Great reflexes for sure. Anyways, happy editing! Paul Vaurie (talk) 05:12, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Great trivia! Giant Snowman 19:00, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Curious why you think that sentence is UNDUE--it seems to be a fair summation of the sources, which are numerous enough to justify inclusion in the lead. Not to mention that by moving that line down, the Style of play section reads terribly now ("...he is regarded as one of the best full-backs in world football. Alexander-Arnold is widely regarded as one of the best attacking full-backs in world football..."). Maybe we can reword it, but I don't think a lede that ignores the perception of him as a top-level attacking fullback is complete? Alyo (chat·edits) 21:20, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

MOS:LEADCITE applies. Giant Snowman 22:01, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Phoenix Patterson

When you have time can you histmerge User:Govvy/Phoenix Patterson to Phoenix Patterson, cheers. Govvy (talk) 23:36, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Giant Snowman 07:48, 25 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, have fixed up a bit more. Cheers. Govvy (talk) 17:06, 25 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nomination of Errol O'Loughlin for deletion

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Nomination of Carlos Bertie for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2023)

Greenland is the world's largest island.

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Island

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Administrator changes

The Wordsmith

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
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Sock puppetry and copyright violations

Hello. I think Nxlo03qda (talk · contribs) (supected sock of Martimc123 (talk · contribs)) is back as TarifaXxx (talk · contribs). The behaviour is the same: adding copyrighted images from Commons to Benfica-related biographies, this time Roger Schmidt (footballer), just like Nxlo03qda did at João Félix (who was a Benfica player at the time). SLBedit (talk) 21:12, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feel free to raise at WP:SPI with your evidence. Giant Snowman 21:47, 1 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Scientelensia

I notice that you are having issues surrounding the competence of the above user and I know you are not the first I will when I am abel find you the other incident I am aware of of there being concerns regarding a lacking of competence of this user. I personally think this needs to be looked in to further because there are serious and ongoing concerns regarding the competence fo this user. Sparkle1 (talk) 22:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Here is the other place I knew I had seen your exact concerns raised before. Sparkle1 (talk) 22:58, 3 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Sparkle 1,

This was a while ago. I was talking with Giant Snowman, a very experienced and beneficial editor, I was wondering why my edits were reverted and had received no explanation. Scientelensia (talk) 23:25, 3 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I want to agree with Scientelensia that was quite a while ago, and I have had no followup concerns in that area. In fact, that was one of my first forays in to WP:AE, and the outcome was perhaps more harsh than necessary. Still looking at the issue at User talk:Scientelensia, but I hope they are not being too harshly treated because of an earlier foray in to GENSEX topics, when they were a very new editor. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:17, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, this is related to soccer - just overkeen editing, I think/hope. Giant Snowman 19:55, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Over on Scientelensia's talk now; hope it works out, and for over here, I think it might help if Sparkle1 focused on another editor. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:30, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Repeat link at Tom McGill

Hi GS. That repeat link in Tom McGill's stats table is highly irregular. And if you were consistent you'd also link all the occurrences of "Premier League" and "League Two" in the table. Robby.is.on (talk) 17:56, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I disagree; in my experience it's standard to keep the club linked (as in the infobox) but the league not, presumably on the basis that the latter changes more than the former. Giant Snowman 18:57, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Reverted edit

Hello! You've reverted my edit on Marcus Dackers page recently. I think i've done everything right according soccerway source. May i ask you what exactly was wrong?Martinklavier (talk) 19:29, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for clarifying you were updating as per Soccerway - that was not clear from your edit, and you did not update the stats table total either. I've hopefully sorted, thanks! Giant Snowman 19:32, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2023)

Manufacturing of an automobile

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Manufacturing

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Nomination of Orlando Mitchum for deletion

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Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:06, 7 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Charlie Dempsey

Hi GiantSnowman, Re your message to me, equally respectfully, you have not explained why you have reinstated information about his age that is not supported by the sources.

I didn't intentionally add any of those erroneous links directly (I accept they happened due to my reversion of your changes but they were already there before my initials edits). I feel the changes I made yesterday were good and justified and provided a better article than what was there before and what you have reverted it to. The article had a better logical structure, the 2006 vote had its own section which, given its importance in his career, was justified, and I removed confusion about this age - stated as 86 or 87, when the info box gave his precise dates of birth and death and both sources clearly said was 86, so there was no need for the confusion or for it to be replaced. Also, the reference to him being a 'flying Scotsman' added nothing to the article and was out of place/irrelevant to the section it was in. Neilinabbey (talk) 14:03, 9 March 2023 (UTC) Neilinabbey (talk) 14:12, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Then simply make the age amendments only, and move the reference elsewhere in the article rather than deleting it. Giant Snowman 14:29, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The reference is not properly sourced - the link is dead - and the article is badly written, being confusingly and illogically ordered. It needs rewriting properly, which I am trying to do. Perhaps you could stop reverting my changes and take a look at the finished article instead, when I have had a chance to make these necessary changes. Neilinabbey (talk) 14:41, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

A dead link can be saved at archive.org - do not delete. Your edits have been reverted, I suggest you make your proposals on the talk page. Giant Snowman 14:43, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please see proposed rewrite on the talk page. I honestly think you are getting a little bogged down in concerns about links here and not seeing the bigger picture, which is why you keep reverting to a version that is riddled with errors that I am trying to remove.Neilinabbey (talk) 15:16, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You ask me why I added a citation request - it's because at the time I added it, the cited source made no mention of him being appointed Order of Merit and so there was no evidence at that time to support the claim that he received it. You really are being extremely unhelpful and obstructive to someone who is clearly trying to improve the article - why don't you try offering positive support instead of constant negativity? Neilinabbey (talk) 17:14, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have been helping you clean the article up. Giant Snowman 18:05, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You have not, you have been reverting improvements and not making any constructive or helpful suggestions, just negative comments. Your understanding of being helpful and the psychology of interactions is woefully lacking.Neilinabbey (talk) 19:39, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, you're absolutely right, here's some diffs of me not doing anything constructive - organising chronologically, adding a reference - all negative. Giant Snowman 19:46, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You clearly have absolutely no idea about teaching or coaching methods.

1) I organised it chronologically, you just reverted it and then took what I did and made it your own edit.

2) You simply reverted all my edits more than once

3) You repeatedly undid edits of mine that were perfectly good and improved the article

4) You leave unhelpful, negative comments like "Why are are you adding 'fact' tag to sourced content?" when that was a perfectly reasonable thing to do given that the sourced content made no mention of what it was supposed to be supporting.

A HELPFUL person would have said something like "You clearly want to improve this article, thank you - however, some of these changes could be done differently" or "have you considered doing it this way?" or "here's another/better way to do it". Instead, you chose a negative, unconstructive approach of simple reversion guaranteed to get people's backs up and then just undid every positive change. Before 'helping' someone again, I suggest you het some help in how to do it, because your arrogant approach and attitude is having the completely opposite effect. Try learning from a teacher or coach.Neilinabbey (talk) 22:24, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm not your teacher or coach and I'm not trying to be. You made a number of poorly explained edits that made little sense, and required much work on my behalf to try and work out what you were attempting. When I worked that out I helped. There's probably been an AGF failure on both parts and so for that I apologise, but your continued bad attitude and accusations of arrogance are not welcome here. Giant Snowman 08:56, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

GS

Didn't realize you're an admin. You have a vast number of edits.Justanother2 (talk) 13:08, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

...OK? Giant Snowman 14:24, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Making many moves

Hello GS. I have over 100 articles that all need to be moved (Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue Finals to finals). How can I do this without spending hours moving the articles? Thanks. Paul Vaurie (talk) 02:13, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

WP:BOTREQUEST? Giant Snowman 10:33, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually, start a RM to get consensus first. Giant Snowman 10:33, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nomination of Jack Harris (footballer, born 1993) for deletion

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Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:50, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Personal insults

Per WP:VANDAL, one should never refer to an editor's WP:GOODFAITH edits as vandalism. You owe me an apology for that. Skyerise (talk) 16:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I apologise. Giant Snowman 16:32, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you. I'll also thank you not to revert me on Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography. I was involved in various discussions creating the guideline: much of the wording is mine. If people such as yourself choose to misinterpret the usually I wrote for conciseness, I am allowed to make it stronger per the original intent. Skyerise (talk) 16:36, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, you're not. You are trying to OWN a guideline. Giant Snowman 16:37, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

March 2023

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

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Suggestion

I suggest you self-revert your removal of tags as that places you over 3 reverts in 24 hours on two different articles. Skyerise (talk) 16:50, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I disagree I have breached 3RR, but I have self-reverted to try and calm the situation. I suggest you also stop editing these articles, and move on elsewhere. Giant Snowman 16:53, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nomination of Jevon Francis for deletion

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This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2023)

An assortment of various foods

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Food

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Billy Forbes

Hi, Giantsnowman

I wanted to discuss your recent revert of my edit of Billy Forbes. Is your stance that we should not include "non-FIFA" caps and appearances? I (although I love NFT) think that NFT's arbitrary use of "FIFA" and "Non-FIFA" designations is often flawed, but even more so in the case of this player. Forbes has a WCQ goal and nine CNL goals and yet his "official" goal count is four? I understand some of those goals were against a non-FIFA member(Sint Maarten, 4) but should that really make them statistically irrelevant when they were in an official CONCACAF tournament?--Gri3720 (talk) 19:28, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, we should not include any unofficial games. That's not to say that NFT is correct here, it is occasionally wring, but in the absence of any other sources providing confirmation of stats... Giant Snowman 19:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So we should follow a source that we are certain is wrong? Perhaps I will find sources for each individual goal. It is not usually a big deal but he is TCA's all-time scorer so there's added importance.--Gri3720 (talk) 19:59, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are we certain it's wrong though? Giant Snowman 20:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

We know he scored the goals he scored. We can verify that independently from other sources. I think we as a community can take his raw data and make our own determination of what is official and what isn't.--Gri3720 (talk) 20:25, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, that is WP:OR/WP:SYNTH. Giant Snowman 22:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I knew you were going to say that haha, though I don’t know if simply counting can really be considered original research.--Gri3720 (talk) 00:12, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

BLP

You're repeated violating our BLP policy, specifically WP:BLPDOB. I'm happy to stop reverting, but then I will take it to WP:BLPN. You have to add the footnote when you restore the date. It's policy. Skyerise (talk) 19:54, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please feel free to take this to BLPN, WP:BOOMERANG applies. Giant Snowman 19:55, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is no boomarang for enforcing WP:BLP. You'll see. Notice posted. Skyerise (talk) 20:04, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FYI, edits made to enforce our BLP policies are exempt from edit-warring complaints, per WP:BLPREMOVE. Skyerise (talk) 20:14, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

But that is not what you are doing and you know it. Giant Snowman 20:15, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, this is one of the things I do. Funny, nobody complains when I work to improve the articles of writers, scientists, archeologists, even cricket and rugby players. Nobody has complained but you, actually. Other editors either leave it, if they don't know a source, or cite it, if they do. Strange that a footballer should not know how to engage in teamwork. Don't believe me? Check my edit history. Skyerise (talk) 22:11, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:Family of Steven Spielberg has been nominated for renaming

Category:Family of Steven Spielberg has been nominated for 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. Mike Selinker (talk) 23:59, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why did you accuse my edit of vandalism?

You accused me of vandalism, undid my edits and then did the same edits that I had done. Why? Are you a gatekeeper to the page that doesn't like it when other people edit? Djamck (talk) 08:20, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Because this edit was nonsense. You changed the England international stats and your changes to the club stats table did not make any sense. Giant Snowman 08:40, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The England stats were a mistake, which I corrected immediately after. If you compare your last version to my last version there are only a few additions to what I missed as I have not done that type of edit before.

You would do better to provide constructive criticism and encouragement when someone tries to update the page rather than calling it 'nonsense' and accusing them of vandalism, when this is clearly not the case.

It would be nice if you apologised and took that back to be honest. You could have just put in the few missing pieces as a collaborative effort rather than making accusations. Djamck (talk) 08:49, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You have been told about editing stats before. Giant Snowman 08:50, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The first time I missed the last update, which I did not miss this time. I missed a few other things as it was only the second time. Wikipedia is supposed to be collaborative. All you had to do was add the missing bits and then I could see. There was no need to revert or make accusations.

"You have been told about editing stats before" <-- this is also completely unnecessary. Why are you not inclusive and helpful. Why can you not admit you were wrong to make accusations of vandalism? Djamck (talk) 08:56, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your edits were not constructive. Now that you have explained what you were trying to do, I apologise. However, please bear in mind that WP:CIR applies. Giant Snowman 08:57, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok, thank you. Noted about competence - if I try again, I will do my very best not to miss anything. I am sorry missing the competence these first two times. Djamck (talk) 09:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you do not understand how to do something, feel free to ask. Giant Snowman 09:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2023)

A voting line during the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum

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Voting

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriates in Myanmar

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Biggleswade RUFC

Hi, could you take a look at the above article? I just gutted it because it was full of unencyclopedic, unsourced prose, but as little as I know about such things, it strikes me that it's not a notable club. What do you think? I'm still trying to remember how it ended up on my watchlist. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:50, 20 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

there's some coverage out there, lots of it seems routine though. Looks to be a sizeable but regional club? Giant Snowman 18:53, 20 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriates in Guyana

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Marcos Caballero

Hi GiantSnowman. I was perusing Wikipedia:Database reports/Possibly out-of-process deletions and wondered if you wouldn't mind explaining why you deleted Marcos Caballero. There doesn't seem to be a reason in the log, and I can't think of any deletion criteria that would apply (G4, for instance, only applies to version that are "substantially identical" to what was deleted). I'm also a bit concerned that you might be involved considering that you had !voted delete in the AfD discussion. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:35, 22 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was deleted at AFD and then re-created as a redirect to the Sportivo Ameliano, the club he played for. That was not the AFD consensus, and is not a standard ATD outcome, so I deleted it. I thought I had selected G6 when I deleted it but obviously not, sorry. Giant Snowman 21:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the response. I'm not quite convinced that deletion was appropriate here, so I've opened a DRV discussion—feel free to participate at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 March 25#Marcos Caballero if you'd like. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:14, 25 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sure, thanks. Giant Snowman 09:36, 25 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2023)

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Offensive backfield

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Nomination of Dylan Duffy for deletion

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Talk:Karna Solskjær

The only discussion so far on the talk page above has been opened for three weeks. Based on the discussion that I have read just now which obviously has agreement from you and Ampimd should, by theory, be the initial creator of the article, I'd say it shouldn't be too long to merge both page histories and some of the content together.

I was actually expecting the page move from draft to mainspace at various points last year instead of what actually happen. I'm definitely aware you have many potential articles currently in your user space and other people probably aren't aware of that. At least I see Das osmnezz has been warned about this potential topic ban. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 19:35, 28 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Try WP:Requests for closure to get it sorted without dragging on further. Giant Snowman 19:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Emma Watson (footballer)

Her article was deleted at AfD last October, but she is getting a bit more coverage now following her selection in a full Scotland squad (BBC Sport, Edinburgh Evening News). Jmorrison230582 (talk) 14:30, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I personally don't think it's enough, but I'm happy to restore and draftify for you to work on? Giant Snowman 18:05, 29 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Advice

Hi there. Been trying to explain to User talk:همام الشيميمي about basic Wikipedia guidelines such as WP:V or WP:OR, but they've refused to take it as anything other than a personal attack (see the extensive notes about hatred) and are stubbornly attempting to add unsourced information back to the page in question (Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)). What do you think is the best course of action? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:53, 2 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have left them a message. Giant Snowman 11:55, 2 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Luton Town U18

Hi GiantSnowman. Would you mind taking a look at Luton Town U18? I believe this is a good-faith attempt to create an article by a new user, but it's completely unsourced (at least at the moment) and doesn't look at if it would meet WP:GNG. The parent club appears to be Luton Town F.C.; so, maybe at information about its U18 team could or should be added there. FWIW, I came across this via WP:MCQ#hello. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:00, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Articles on youth teams can be notable, see e.g. Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy, but in the absence of any sources to show that the Luton Town U18 team is notable, I have redirected to the parent article. Giant Snowman 09:02, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for looking at this. Is there a boilerplate message that can be left on the user talk pages of those you create articles that end up being redirected like happened in this case? It might help the user and stop them from trying to recreate the article in someway. Perhaps, if they want, the content can be moved to the draft namespace where they can continue working on it, and then they can submit it to AfC when they think its ready. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:02, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are template messages at Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace, I can't see any that immediately jump out. If none are suitable then let me know and I'll leave a bespoke one. Giant Snowman 10:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I replied to the creator's MCQ post and also mentioned why the article was redirected. Hopefully, that will suffice, but they might come around looking for more a more detailed explanation. -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:33, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Great stuff, many thanks! Giant Snowman 15:44, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Emma Watson (footballer) again

There's a bit more coverage since she made her international debut yesterday (BBC Sport, The Scotsman). Please either recreate or send the old version to draft. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 10:12, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have restored the article, please update accordingly. Giant Snowman 15:45, 8 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2023)

Kayakers on the St. Lawrence River near Les Bergeronnes, Quebec, Canada

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St. Lawrence River

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Proposed deletion of Florent Indalecio

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Timeline of historical invention

Can you add George Washington Gale Ferris Jr inventor of Ferris wheel in 1891 in Timeline of historical invention article. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118143455/http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/newsletter.html 2401:4900:4BC7:3B87:1:0:92DC:DA9C (talk) 19:19, 14 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feel free to edit the article yourself. Giant Snowman 07:03, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Elle Leonard

per WP:ABOUTSELF, I have restored pronunciation elements of her name.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:25, 15 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't think the source is good enough, that's the only reason I removed it. Giant Snowman 07:17, 16 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2023)

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Sankebetsu brown bear incident

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Creation of Arat Hosseini

Hey GS, hope you're enjoying your holiday. Just a quick one that I was looking for your opinion on. Arat Hosseini is only nine, but (in my opinion) has garnered significant coverage throughout his career so far. I note that the page was deleted in June 2020, and set so that only administrators can create it, but I see similarities between Hosseini and Sonny Pike, in that they are both footballers whose youth careers have been heavily profiled. If Hosseini goes on to have an actual career in football, then he'll most likely garner standard coverage, but if he does drop out of football, then it'll be another case like Pike, where more articles will surface about "wasted potential", etc.

I think most significant of all the articles on Hosseini is this from FIFA themselves, while I have also found [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16], amongst others. Let me know what you think. Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 21:10, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

For every notable Pike, there is a non-notable Rhain Davis - so I suggest you create a draft to give us a better idea of lasting notability? Giant Snowman 11:27, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2023)

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Nike sweatshops

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Tom Williams

Hi @GiantSnowman, Since Tom Williams made his last (competitive) appearance for Hashtag United in February 2020, yet he stayed on as a coach through at least the pre-season of the 2021/22 season, and he hasn't played for any other team since then, and at the grand age of 42, I had presumed that he had retired, even though I don't believe that he had announced anywhere that he retired. I also can't find any source that announced his retirement. I am sure that he is not a coach at Hashtag United now, as I can't find any mention of him from after 2021, and he does not feature on the staff page of their website. In May 2022 Williams tweeted a shrugging emoji in response to someone saying that 'he may have retired', so he might not have done, but I believe that that might have been in jest. I am not sure why you have removed Williams' league statistics from his infobox, as there is quite a fair amount of coverage of each Hashtag United game and therefore his 25 appearances and 3 goals are easily verifiable. I also apologise for writing that he is English in his introduction, that was an obvious mistake on my behalf. As it says on my user page, 'feel free to call me out on anything I have done/got wrong', I thank you for reverting my edit, as I made mistakes that I should not have made, you make Wikipedia a better place! MessiIsMyBezzie (talk) 12:49, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thanks for the message - as stated, we need a reliable source to verify information. You edited without one. Giant Snowman 20:50, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category:Outfield association footballers who played in goal has been nominated for deletion

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Conifers encroaching on a meadow in Washington state, United States

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Meadow

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Layout

Date format templates don't go at the top, they go considerably farther down, after maintenance tags. See MOS:ORDER. GA-RT-22 (talk) 22:27, 6 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Raise any issues with the script at User talk:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates, thanks. Giant Snowman 10:45, 7 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2023)

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Tableau vivant

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Professionalism in association football

Either the list is outdated for omitting women's professionalization, or it shouldn't list women's association football for only Denmark. What's the goal? If Draft:Professionalism in women's association football moves forward, would it make sense to then take Denmark's women out of Professionalism in association football? -Socccc (talk) 19:06, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If/when the draft goes live, you can remove it and add a link to the women's page - although it would be more useful to include women in the main article, rather than a separate article. Giant Snowman 19:07, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"... it would be more useful to include women in the main article, rather than a separate article." That seems exceptional? If men's association football and women's association football have separate histories and different timelines of professionalization, and Wikipedia more broadly divides articles into men's and women's football as separate sports, why would it be more useful for the content on specifically professionalization to be merged into one article? This doesn't seem to happen at other levels or types of similar content, from the high levels of association football and women's association football having separate articles and separate high-level navigation in {{Association football}} and {{Women's association football}}, to more granularly separate articles for men's and women's sides of the same clubs, to explicitly separated list articles on men's and women's clubs, men's and women's national teams, and men's and women's players, etc. -Socccc (talk) 20:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Take my advice, ignore my advice - the community will decide what is right ;) Giant Snowman 09:28, 13 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2023)

An audio production facility

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Audio editing software

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Merging

Hello GS, hope you are doing good!

Can you please merge Draft:Joshua Bradley-Hurst with Joshua Bradley-Hurst and Draft:Andrés Ferrari with Andrés Ferrari? As you could see, draft versions were made first in both of these cases. Thanks in advance! Kokoeist (talk) 08:32, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Giant Snowman 19:31, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Mariam-uz-Zamani name

Hi there, I see you have removed Wali Nimat from the name text on the Mariam-uz-Zamani page. Mariam Zamani wasn't her name, it was her imperial title, her name was Wali Nimat Begum given to her by her husband post-marriage. Her husband, Akbar too held the title of Khadija-ul-Zaman but that didn't become his name. Women of his seraglio were always referred to by some epithet or place of their birth and highest ranking women, like Akbar's mother and his chief consort were referred to by their titles like Mariam Makani and Mariam Zamani. In case the namespace is meant to write just the short name, it seems more sound to mention Wali Nimat Begum than Mariam Zamani. Her name can be confirmed from her edict which you can find in the Tirmizi book or Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh.

Kindly do let me know your thoughts on it so that we can come up with something decisive unanimously. Nush1125 (talk) 11:07, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The article is 'Mariam-uz-Zamani' and so the name in the infobox should be 'Mariam-uz-Zamani'. Giant Snowman 12:08, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Unsourced information

Well, that didn't take long. User:Chrissteel34 has reverted at least five edits back to the unsourced information, again without any explanation or sourcing. Anwegmann (talk) 20:44, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Blocked and reverted, thanks. Giant Snowman 20:47, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. I'll let you know if they continue to do this after the block expires. Thanks again for your help. Anwegmann (talk) 20:50, 20 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Small request

Hello GiantSnowman, I was wondering if it would be possible to have your email as I'd like your assistance with something. Many thanks in advance Primeolives (talk) 11:07, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You can email me using the 'email this user' function. Giant Snowman 12:18, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Daniel Defoe

Hi, sorry I had to reveert your edit, as the original was the correct wording of the pamphlet. regards Denisarona (talk) 11:59, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not a problem, thanks for clarifying! Giant Snowman 12:17, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2023)

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Vandal Kingdom

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Chrissteel34

This user's initial block has elapsed, yet they continue to make edits with unsourced information and revert my edits noting their unsourced additions, all without any explanation at all. The most recent examples are Simen Lyngbø, Ivan Ouano, and Jordan Zamorano. Anwegmann (talk) 16:39, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add to the list new unsourced edits to Altalariq Ballah, Muhamad Ridwan (footballer, born June 2000), and José Varela (footballer) today. Anwegmann (talk) 15:33, 24 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please raise their conduct at ANI, I cannot re-block. Giant Snowman 17:37, 25 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay, will do. Thanks. Anwegmann (talk) 18:14, 25 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2023)

Popillia japonica, commonly known as the Japanese Beetle

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Japanese beetle

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Dani Ceballos controversy section removed by random ip

Hello GS. I noticed that an IP removed the controversy section from the Dani Ceballos article sometime in March, even though the incidents are properly sourced. Many athletes have controversy sections, and I don't understand why Dani's should suddenly be removed. If it's indeed an incorrect removal, could you restore the section somehow... that is, if you have time to do so of course. Speun (talk) 15:36, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree with the concerns raised by the IP about sourcing - if the content can be properly sourced, then I see no issues with it being restored. Giant Snowman 16:00, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Monehdees123

hey, i don’t understand why you think i’m making test edits? Monehdees123 (talk) 18:18, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You are adding '23' to player infoboxes with no explanation and no sources. Giant Snowman 18:25, 30 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nomination of Vardan Adzemian for deletion

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