User talk:Geolojoey

September 2020

Hello, I'm Deadman137. I noticed that you recently removed content from Tampa Bay Lightning without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Deadman137 (talk) 21:07, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello Geolojeoy - Figure something else out with the Ybor City main picture then if you don't like my photo. The Centro Ybor picture is a picture of Ybor City that no longer exists. The theater has shut down and the mall is under a renovation. The picture does not accurately reflect the realistic center of Ybor City anymore, it's dated. The picture I uploaded is a closer depiction of the realistic Ybor City and can suffice until someone else can find an image that best exemplifies the city "skyline" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric Statzer Tampa (talk • contribs) 07:06, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!

Sorry, I misread your contribution to the Tampa Bay Rays article and incorrectly marked it as a bad edit. It's back to your version now - welcome and have a cookie by way of apology.

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October 2020

Hello, I'm UW Dawgs. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.

Multiple WP:RS state that UCF is located in Orlando, FL 32816.ucf.edu, heavy.com, Orlando Weekly, US News

Your edit summary link to a map[1] is not a reliable source, nor would it supplant the above. UW Dawgs (talk) 18:57, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

{{South Florida Bulls baseball navbox}}

Hi Geolojoey, thanks for your work on South Florida and other baseball pages recently - you've improved them greatly. On your addition of hall of fame and retired numbers, this is actually against the consensus on college sports navboxes. While I can't police all of them, you can see that most navboxes at Category:NCAA Division I baseball team navigational boxes do not have this sort of information, because it isn't appropriate to then put the navboxes on those pages. You can also check navboxes for college football and college basketball, which use the same format. Listing them on the main sport page, however, is perfect and definitely a good place for such notable honors. Thanks! Billcasey905 (talk) 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Billcasey905 Good to know, thanks! I was mainly going by what I've seen on boxes for pro teams. Geolojoey (talk) 15:53, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

No problem at all - this is what talk pages are for! Thanks again for your work, it is appreciated. Billcasey905 (talk) 15:54, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! UW Dawgs (talk) 00:43, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Breaking changes made to templates

This series of edits[2] made to Template:Infobox school athletics had to be fixed by another editor[3] with an edit summary of "Fixed edits of User:Geolojoey -- trackvenue not mandatory parameter".

Similarly, this series of edits[4] made to Template:Infobox college football team also had to be resolved via another editor[5] after you and that editor were pinged on the associated Template talk:Infobox college football team.

While some Template are simple and safe to edit, your above edits did not contain Wikipedia:Edit Summaries and both had to be resolved by uninvolved editors without much context.

Your edit history[6] shows 350 edits and a lack of Edit Summaries. While Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers is our guideline, based on this and similar content already on your Talk page, please take this as encouragement to slow down and be more communicative around your edits. Cheers, UW Dawgs (talk) 00:42, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Rivalry table no location

Template:Rivalry table no location has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. UW Dawgs (talk) 02:58, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

USF hall of fame Reply

Hi,

I see you're interested in helping expand your school's wiki presence - cool! I looked at the Hockey HOF you mentioned. It has 15 exhibit halls with 60k sqft including interactive exhibits. That's a museum and a hall of fame, it has hours of operation and instructions on how to plan your visit.

The site you listed in the infobox for your school has a long list of inductees and the criteria for them. It has nothing about display exhibits, open hours, membership in any of the museum associations, etc. I realize there might be some display cases in the athletic building, but .... that doesn't make it a museum.

I'm going to remove the museum categories without touching anything else... Regards and stay safe! dm (talk) 04:23, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

national champions is not capitalized

Saying a team or individual won a "national championship" is done in lower case. There are some events which are written upper cases, such as College Football Playoff National Championship and ICSA Match Racing National Championship.

Appreciated if you would refer to your recent edit history and correct your numerous edits to "national champions" and "national championships." UW Dawgs (talk) 07:05, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

UW Dawgs I'll go back through my previous edits and fix this, thanks for pointing that out.

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University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

Geolojoey, thanks for creating University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame. While this article is useful and may be worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia, I have nominated the related templates and categories that you created for deletion. Please see those discussions at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 December 1#Template:University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 December 1#University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 21:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Jweiss11 Thanks for letting me know, I think one of the categories should be kept but agree that one should be deleted. I could go either way on the template.

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Diannaa Sorry, I didn't know this. I'll be sure to do it from now on. Geolojoey (talk) 13:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

March 2021

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Diannaa I've re-added similar content in paraphrased wording. Is this alright? Geolojoey (talk) 13:55, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, the new version checks out ok. Thanks,— Diannaa (talk) 14:19, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

3MG Stadium/Bounce House

You jumped the gun on the Bounce House rename. This is why we follow WP:Crystal Ball as the deal was not approved, so the stadium is still Bounce House. Until it is official, we don't change it. --Elisfkc (talk) 03:23, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Elisfkc, Sorry, I must have misread what the article was saying. Geolojoey (talk) 17:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

USF Soccer Nav Boxes

Hello, I saw your recent revert to the USF soccer nav boxes and wanted to chat to get on the same page. Per your rationale (at least on the women's one), you noted "WP: Existing says red links should be kept if it would otherwise leave an incomplete data set". I can appreciate that point to an extent and my view is different so wanted to connect. Per WP:NSEASONS, a majority of those season articles will forever be red-linked as the individual seasons on both the men's and women's side were not notable. Additionally, WP:REDNOT instructs red-links shouldn't be created for "Articles that are unlikely to be created and retained on Wikipedia."

While I can see why you'd think having every season listed would be valid, in my opinion we're missing that WP:EXISTING also says "Red links should normally be avoided unless they are very likely to be developed into articles.", which they won't ever be per above, and that "Navigation templates provide navigation among existing articles".

In light of this, my recommendation would be to remove all seasons save for the NCAA Tournament appearances as WP:NSEASONS says they're "often notable". Those could remain as red links, until you (inevitably?) build them out. Thoughts? GauchoDude (talk) 14:44, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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South Florida Bulls (again)

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South Florida soccer edit

Hello, about the this edit you made on the men's soccer article, please, next time do not remove entire sections (as you did on the SF roster) if they are outdated.

It's easier to edit and modify the players' information rather than creating the entire section again (as I did). Fma12 (talk) 14:42, 21 September 2024 (UTC)