User talk:Mattythewhite/Archive 10

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Kenwyne Jones peer review

I have just made another Peer Review for Kenwyne Jones and would be delgithed if you could make some comments. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 20:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you look on the Peer Review page again, because i have a few issues. Sunderland06 (talk) 22:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Liverpool F.C. seasons

Thanks for your comments Matt, I've dealt with them all, thanks for addressing my prose as well, I shall be more careful in the future. Please add any additional comments when you have time cheers NapHit (talk) 22:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to keep pestering you but I've dealt with your comments at the FLC, please have a look at the list when you have time cheers NapHit (talk) 16:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Hughes

Do you know what rank Jimmy Hughes reached in the army? Kernel Saunters (talk) 15:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Andy Reid (footballer)/archive1

Sorry to bother you again, but would you mind making some comments at the Peer Review for Andy Reid. It would be much appreciated. Sunderland06 (talk) 17:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Adam Legzdins

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WP:LOTD

Congratulations! List of York City F.C. managers was selected as a List of the Day for April. Let me know if you have a strong preference for a date.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 07:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Images

Do you know if your mate who takes the picture of the players, and goes to the Arsenal matches will be going to the Sunderland away game (last game of the season for sunderland), if he is, can you please ask him if he will take a photgraph of Andy Reid (providing he plays), i could myself but don't have a good camera and it would be totally rubbish. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 18:56, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Sunderland06 (talk) 13:06, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Have you had anyword back from him yet? Sunderland06 (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thats absolutley fabulous, If he changes will you be uploading it or me, because I am pretty crap with rationales and stuff like that. Anyway thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 15:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Did you get round to doing this. Sunderland06 (talk) 11:02, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I get a bit impatient at times, thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 12:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow, that looks great, thanks so much. Sunderland06 (talk) 16:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply

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McKinna

I'm pretty sure he's Australian.[1][2][3] Thoughts? Daniel (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Liam Miller/archive1

Can you please take a look into Wikipedia:Peer review/Liam Miller/archive1 please, any comments would be greatly appreciated. Sunderland06 (talk) 16:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/List of UEFA club competition winning managers

Just to let you know, I've renominated the FT with the Intertoto Cup now included. It made FL so I think the topic really is now complete. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Comprehensive long lists‎ discussion

Hello, I noticed that you took part in the recent FLRC for List of Arsenal F.C. players and thought you might be interested in participating in a new discussion. The FLRC was closed as no consensus and it is clear the the issue of incompleteness in longer FLs is not over, so a discussion page has been started here. Please feel free to comment. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Mike Pike (referee)

Hi, Matty. I noticed that you created the above article, and am impressed with the job done so far. However, I also noticed that you assessed the article yourself on the talk page. The convention is for creators or substantial expanders to submit their articles to WP Biography Assessment, and await an independent view. It is apparently frowned on for 'self-assessment' to be done. As it happens, I must say that the article as it stands looks to be still a Stub, rather than a Start - there is so much basic information which still needs to be added. Please get back to me. Thanks. Ref ^(chew)(do) 18:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I won't argue with your rationale. Some know me as quite strict when I do assessments, and my only beef really is with the amount of information contained within the article. As far as solid prose goes, it still borders on stub-length - "Either a very short article or a rough collection of information which is not yet structured as an article" - well, it's properly structured, no doubt. You have got the image, which many articles haven't, so I'm not going to re-assess downwards. But do remember that we aren't supposed to do our own - I got my knuckles rapped by a very experienced assessing editor the first time I did it, so I always submit my own, and I'm happy with the results I get. Try expanding Pikey if you can - I may look in when I have time, as I have an intense interest in referee articles, having been one. Best wishes and keep up the good work. Ref ^(chew)(do) 18:46, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I always, without fail, open the Google search homepage (not iGoogle - that's an over-controlling pain in the a*se), and in his case would type in >"Mike Pike" referee<, exactly as shown within the chevrons, but not including the chevrons. You will get a list of results to sift through. Discounting all the blog, wikimirror and forum sources of course, then click on each result to see whether it's of great interest, confirms info such as date and place of birth, or counts towards notability.

My result No. 2 is a very interesting snippet for instance - not so much the accusation that Pike somehow caused player injuries (that's obviously ridiculous and typical of Pulis), but the bit about arriving late for a match due to a motorway crash on the way there - that's exactly the kind of out-of-the-ordinary, quirky incident I would be looking to introduce into the article. I always work chronologically within sections, so it would be slotted in somewhere between becoming a FL referee and his intention to retire, rewording as necessary. Again, my result No. 4 goes to confirm how outstanding the incident was in the media and/or public consciousness, and makes me think it's definitely got to go in. The only thing left then is to choose the best reference to actually use in the article (I'd probably choose The Guardian as the more reliable). I usually back up those match report references with the corresponding Soccerbase match detail page (if anything, I definitely indulge in referencing overkill!), so that the result, scorers, bookings, etc. can be checked easily, and it serves also to confirm that he actually officiated there.

My result No. 10 shows that he was chosen to be fourth official in the Johnstone's Paint (FL Trophy) Final at Wembley earlier this year. That's got to go in - it's highly notable being a final competition match held at the national stadium. Then back it up by doing a second search for >"Mike Pike" referee football league trophy 2008<. That should bring up more specific information on his role in the Final, and perhaps something more interesting he did during it (the above reference is 'before the fact' i.e. describes his participation in a then future event - what you really want is 'after the fact', match report or news report, that sort of thing).

I think you can see what I'm on about from just the above. If you'd rather I pressed on with it, I should be able to find time soon. Otherwise, good luck with it, and don't forget, you can always take a look at how one of mine is constructed, perhaps Graham Laws (which, although an article about a seemingly 'bitpart' ref, came to life as I was constructing it). Thanks and best wishes again. Ref ^(chew)(do) 15:01, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

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New Project

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Mazzina

I'd like to see the reference that he played for Argentina U-21, it would surprise me if it's accurate, I thought U-20 was the highest level of youth football in South America (except Olympic U-23). E P 22:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The reason I removed it in the first place is that Argentina U-21 doesn't exist, combined with the fact that BDFA makes no mention of his appearances in youth football (seleciones nacionales). They have accurate youth statistics for his peers, such as Farias, Galletti, Saja and Duscher. I'd be inclined to delete it on the assumption that it's made up, since the level he supposedly played at is made up. I'll leave the decision up to you. E P 13:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Chris Tardif

I have nominated Chris Tardif, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Tardif. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Guy (Help!) 21:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Dave Carr (footballer)

we don't put years of birth in page titles. ninety:one 21:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

if there was another article on a footballer called [[Dave Carr (footballer), then ok. but there isn't ;) ninety:one 21:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

okok, Wikipedia:Village stocks for me. Just all-round my bad. thanks for being civil though, many another editor would have flown off the handle at that! ninety:one 21:48, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Infobox images / Fulfordgate

Hi there Matty, good work on adding the images to the footballer infoboxes. From a purely aesthetic point of view though, I was wondering if you could trim a couple of them? I personally don't think the long, skinny size of photo fits well into an infobox. For Rob Hulse for example, I think it would look better (and more professional) to crop the photo above the rogue hand in shot (it's not vital to see the player's legs). Similarly for Mark Crossley, the small child doesn't necessarily need to be there. These are just my opinions, so I'll leave it to you to make any changes you see fit, and I don't feel particularly strongly about it.

On another topic, I added a 1936 OS map to Fulfordgate, to go with the 1931 image I added previously. I was thinking about getting a photo of Fulfordgate / Eastward Avenue as it stands today, but as it is purely residential I'm not sure where it would sit from a privacy point of view. I'll ask at wiki commons when I get around to it. --Jameboy (talk) 16:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of Austria Squad UEFA Euro 2008

I would be better if the speedy deletion was on {{Austria Squad 2008 Euro Cup}} as it is named incorrectly (or at least more incorrectly) a discussion about the correct naming is taking place right now here ← chan dler 23:45, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough ← chan dler 12:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Jesus Ramirez

Thanks for creating the article. It's been something I've been meaning to do for the past two months but never got around to. And also, thanks for helping with the Mexico national football team page; it can get rather messy there from time to time. Too many anonymous editors mucking things up..cosme. (talk) 17:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Giovani dos Santos

You're right, it does say that. I suppose general practice upon Wikipedia is to go ahead and list the transfer when all the parties involved report the agreement. If you feel as though it would be misleading until the player has been completely cleared, go ahead and edit the addition. I won't argue with it. Thanks. .cosme. (talk) 15:05, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Fernando Torres

You reverted my edits when I was trying to use synonyms to adress him to make the language more varied. I'm new to Wikipedia but other football wikipedia they do this alot. Actually on the Fabregas wiki it was one of the things the GA reviewer wanted changed. So I'm just wondering what's right and what's wrong. Please enlighten me. Thehundi (talk) 12:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Help!?!

Hello Mattythewhite, i was just wondering if you could give me some advice? i am a new user and am looking also to help edit football articles AdamTheSpur (talk) 16:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding end of International dates to England players for their last call ups

You seem to be adding end dates to the careers of certain England players, notably Emile Heskey and Keiron Dyer, who have not retired. Even though they haven't been capped since 2007, that doesn't mean they won't be capped again, so the ending date is misleading because it implies retirement - so therefore I think it's better if such dates aren't there. Do you have a counter-argument? Paulmdavies (talk)

84 edits

According to your user page you are "84 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits" not only should it be 84th but you are actually 103nd on the list. I suggest you change it as people who read your user page a lead into a lie. I prusume this is a mistake so you should change it.ROOSTER (talk) 16:29, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Ramsey transfer=-

Yawn. Paperwork doesn't magically go through. The player hasn't transferred, but hey, as evidenced above at least you've boosted your important edit count. Minkythecat (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

" am 102 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits (as of June 2008) (how sad am I...).". Quite. Of course I don't expect a York fan to know any of the Ramsey family or any members of Cardiff City. The transfer will go through, there are no hitches, but the paperwork isn't quite finished. Mind, based upon club site reports, you'd have had him sold to Man United. Minkythecat (talk) 17:31, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Au contraire. You claimed your edit count isn't important yet seem to make a point of listing your ranking on your user page. I hardly need to get over Ramsey going as everyone is delighted for him. Don't bother posting on my talk page again. Minkythecat (talk) 17:37, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and people are free to blank their user talk pages as required. Never min, eh? Minkythecat (talk) 17:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

York

Was neither an attak nor an attack. The phrase seemed to overly up Yorks win in that game. Either the weakened nature of the Man Utd team should be reflected or the comment upon Man Utd's season should be removed as it's irrrelevant. Minkythecat (talk) 18:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Pain In The Backside

Hello, sorry about this, but i was jus wonerding if u can give me some information on how to add pictures of people to articles. Looked but just don't understand. Cheers. Adam Hawkins (talk) 00:26, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

George Murphy

Was Scarborough's top scorer in 1949, George Murphy (footballer)? You've got it down as Spud Murphy, which was the aforementioned players' nickname, and it looks like he played for Scarborough at the right time. I don't want to put two and two together and get five, but put the link in, but I guess I'm probably right. Peanut4 (talk) 19:36, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Scarborough

Hi, sorry for the late reply. they joined the Midland League in 1927 because it was stronger. They requested entry into the league rather than getting "promoted", in lower league football this was a common practice before the system properly sorted itself out.

As for the FA Cup, the ones missing that they actually competed in are as follows;

1887-88 - QR1
1888-89 - QR2
1889-90 - QR1
1890-91 - QR1
1891-92 - QR2

FA Amateur Cup, instead of FA Cup

1893-94 - QR2
1897-98 - QR3

FA Cup

1927-28 - QR2r

Hope that helps. - ForeverWhiteRose (talk) 22:20, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Pre-WW2 players stats book reference

Hi Matty

In the past you've very kindly provided me with page references to the pre-WW2 player stats book you own so that I can cite it. When you have a spare moment, could you let me know the page reference for Joe Dickenson of Bolton, and could you confirm that he played 42 times and scored 11 goals between 1892 and 1894?

Cheers!!!!! ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Ta very much! ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

PlayerHistory

Hi! If you are an account holder with PlayerHistory, could you verify and add the date of birth of Lenin Steenkamp? Right now the article says both "unknown" and "1978 births". Punkmorten (talk) 08:21, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Punkmorten (talk) 20:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Farsley Celtic

Hi. I've removed the 3 players you added to the squad section. One was already there, and the other two are not on the teamlist at the club's website, as referenced in the article. Just wanted to inform you of my reasoning. Dancarney (talk) 21:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Tristam Whitman

Don't bother with a second AfD - I've speedy deleted it per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tristram Whitman. If you've started the new one, I can delete it before you list it. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 19:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

No worries - it's gone. Cheers, пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 19:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

You said about deleting Grant Normington and Matthew Bird they are players for Grimsby Town, but there is not any information about the players that I could add to the pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leggott (talk • contribs) 15:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Daniel Alves on Barcelona

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/08/sfnbrf108.xml

http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/0,,MUL616291-9842,00-FOTO+SEVILLA+CONTRATA+LATERAL+FRANCES+PARA+O+LUGAR+DO+BRASILEIRO+DANIEL+ALV.html

http://www.zerozero.pt/jogador.php?id=1051

etc...

But anyway its not a recent new...

Tiago Heitor (talk) 19:16, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

User:Mattmanorient

I am sure User:Mattmanorient has good intentions when it comes to his clubs page and player pages on Wikipedia, I think he just needs pointers and what the rules are on articles. Don't take him to the woodshack just yet! I think it would be better to introduce him the the WP:FOOTY Govvy (talk) 20:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

David Brown

Hi. I noticed your changes to David Brown (footballer born 1989) today and have a query regarding his height. Do you have any source for him being 5ft 11in. When he played for us last year, he looked not much more than 5ft, and I would seriously doubt he's anywhere near as tall as 5ft 11. Peanut4 (talk) 21:19, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the height for the time being. My own guess is somewhere similar to Michael Owen's, though it really wouldn't surprise me to see him still grow - he looked like the ball boy when he first came on for us. Also, the current place of birth says York. The only source I had was Leeds, but I had one user, claiming to be his mum saying York, so that might need looking out for. Peanut4 (talk) 21:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Good find. Thank you. Peanut4 (talk) 08:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Portsmouth F.C.

Hello. I recently reverted an edit by a vandal on the Portsmouth F.C. article. Prior to this event, you also reverted the edits of Mr Hall of England who bolded some of the players in the article. He has done it again before my reversion of a different editor, see here. I have not worked on this article at all, so don't know what you lot at WP:FOOTY have discussed, so I thought I'd let you know, just incase it is something you have all decided against, and which may unintentionally remain in the article now other activity has occured since. Best wishes, Lra drama 18:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

It's OK, it has already been sorted out now. Happy editing, Lra drama 20:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Ádám Bogdán

Hi Matt. Do you have a subscription to Playerhistory.com? If so, could you confirm if Ádám Bogdán [4] played for SC Vasas? Cheers, пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 10:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Enckelman

Hi. Do you find it odd that Cardiff have given a squad number to, and are using in friendlies, a bloke there's no evidence whatsoever of them having signed? I do :-) cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Then you're a bit simple given he's signed a two year deal. Minkythecat (talk) 16:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Leicester squad reference

the 1 i removed is out of date due to the addition of Jack Hobbs and releasing of Hellings, i haven't removed it again yet as i do not wish to get into a edit war, but can i suggest that maybe you find a different link to use for the source of the squad. Skitzo (talk) 15:56, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

yeah that's cool just thought i'd better point out that the existing source is already out of date in case you hadn't realised, anyway its not a big problem. Skitzo (talk) 16:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Statnav

Hi mattythewhite - have you got an email where I can contact you? (I am payo2000@gmail.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Payo (talk • contribs) 15:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of James Jennings

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Liverpool F.C.

Hi. As seen on the wayback machine archives [5] [6] [7], Anderson was No.26, Carson was No.26, Roque was No.34, Guthrie was No.35, Peltier was No.37, but they were numberless after loaned out. Cheers, Mousega (talk) 16:33, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

It makes sense. I added the numbers back. Cheers, Mousega (talk) 17:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

A request

Hi Matt. Can you tell me who Nenad Stankovic has played for in Serbia - his article is going through an AfD, but if he's played in the top flight, I'll withdraw it. Cheers, пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 20:29, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Cheers - you couldn't tell me the years could you? Sorry for the trouble, пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 20:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Chelsea kit

What do you think about it? --Andrea 93 (msg) 16:27, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Two things

Where are you getting full names for players from? (and in the light of recent discussions re Playerhistory, what reason do you have for believing it reliable :-) And re changing date formats on Artur Krysiak, you may not be aware that MOS:DATE basically says that if an article's stable with a particular format, it shouldn't be changed just for style considerations. As it goes, I also prefer the day-first format, but the article was started with month-first, and the main contributor, who I believe to be Polish, also uses month-first, so I don't think we've got any right to change it. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:11, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

1) If you have the PFA book about you, do me a favour and look up how it spells Mat(t)hew as in Mat Sadler. Re Jerome, findmypast's right in this case, I'm sure; a long time ago I remember someone, possibly a family member, added a name beginning with R, but it was reverted. 2) Krysiak's not an English player, though, just happens currently to play for an English club. I'm not going to revert you, or anything like that, just pointing out the MoS on the subject for future reference. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 19:51, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

1) Thought it would, it's wrong, as findmypast would confirm. Thanks for looking :-) and 2) that's why I go with the don't change it policy, saves thinking... Tried taking a photo of Mr Krysiak warming up in a pre-season game but only succeeded in taking a back view; can confirm that from the back he's a big solidly-built lad, but as he didn't have his name on, it's not much use for illustrating his article... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 20:31, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

David Rhys George Best Cotterill

Hi there. I'm not sure if you intended [ this edit or not, but if so, can you provide a citation for his name please? Sure, it's possible that this is his name, but I'd like to see evidence first! L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 00:58, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Newcastle United F.C. seasons

Hi Matthew,

I haven't got time to enter all the seasons so I hoped more wikipedians would contribute to the article...

Keallu (talk) 14:24, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Great! Keallu (talk) 14:37, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Adam Johnson

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Former football league clubs

Hey Matty, if you think it'll be useful, I'll peer review the whole list for you, that way hopefully by the time you nominate it at FLC, I'll have very little to say! The Rambling Man (talk) 14:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Mathew Bailey

Hi, Matty. The Matthew Bailey I put up for AfD was at Wolves and had a loan spell at Kidderminster last season. What do you think of Stuart Elliott as York fan? Cheers, --Jimbo^[online] 21:03, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I'd say crap sums him up pretty well. Plays a few nice passes though, but gets the ball taken round him far too easy. Got a bit of a temper on him too - two yellows cards in two games - nice. --Jimbo^[online] 21:17, 12 August 2008 (UTC)