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that was correct information , the player was born in england , therefore i put an english falg next to his name.... why dont u double check next time before you jump to any conclusions —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shantigk69 (talk • contribs) 22:15, May 2, 2007.

You're quite right that the player concerned was born in England. Probably what you didn't know, is that the flag is meant to show a player's footballing nationality rather than his country of birth. I should perhaps have explained that first, rather than giving the warning. Sorry!

— Preceding text originally posted on User talk:Shantigk69 (diff) by Struway (talk⋅contribs) 23:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

well i dont see greek flags next to greek americans footballers? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shantigk69 (talk • contribs) 01:34, May 3, 2007.

Colin Kazim-Richards was born in England but plays football for Turkey, so in a football article, the Turkey flag is appropriate. If you know of a player born in the States (or anywhere else) who plays football for Greece, then in a football article, the Greece flag would be appropriate.

I don't know enough about Greek international football to know if there are any such players, but if there are, then it would be right to put a Greece flag. Hope that clears this up! 08:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

— Preceding text originally posted on User talk:Shantigk69 (diff) by Struway (talk⋅contribs) 08:49, May 3, 2007 (UTC)

if you dont know much about football why ru editing football articles? you gave me a warning for no reasoN —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shantigk69 (talk • contribs) 14:18, May 3, 2007.

Warning

A - you're a geek B - amend it rather than reprimand us, though you can't C - Birmingham City are in fact known as the Bluesers (by Aston Villa fans) and therefore it is valid, not vandalism. If you did actually know about football and Birmingham you would realise this before being a geek and acting like you have authority. D - Paud McGrath is a footballer living and working in Birmingham and is in fact on the Birmingham City Roster, he lives near St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham City Centre. E - Matthew Kelly has been rumoured as the new goalkeeper for Birmingham City, so i apologise that i didn't put this as a rumour rather than an amendmnet F - Lenny Henry is in fact a West Brom fan though is rumoured to be the successor of Steve Bruce from 2007 - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.152.234.206 (talk)

To be fair, I wasn't entirely convinced by Steve Irwin RIP at no.15, either. But seriously, this is supposed to be an encyclopedia; if you want to improve the articles then you're more than welcome. Try having a look at the welcome page. Or if not, there's plenty of messageboards around the internet where you can exchange views with the Blosers if you'd rather do that.

— Preceding text originally posted on User talk:86.152.234.206 (diff) by Struway (talk⋅contribs) 14:34, May 23, 2007 (UTC)

George Wheldon

Thanks for improving this article: very welcome. It does create a bit of an interesting situation, though: it seems fairly clear from the material you've added that Wheldon was generally known as "Fred(die)" on the football field. However, the two main cricket sources (Cricinfo and CricketArchive) agree on "George". Having said that, this newspaper article seems to imply that he was at least sometimes known as Fred on the cricket field as well. All that being so, I wonder whether you'd agree that moving the article to "Fred Wheldon" might be a reasonable action? After all, he played for England at football but never did at cricket, so if there is a clash then there would seem to be a reasonable case for prioritising football. (I've swapped the football and cricket sections in his article for just that reason.) Loganberry (Talk) 14:17, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, certainly G. F. Wheldon would certainly make things easier! Wisden's obituary of Wheldon is rather short, and the only mention of his name is in the title, which doesn't help. CricketArchive is usually fairly solid on this sort of thing, though, and does list him as George. All that being so, I think that football should take priority as mentioned above, so I've moved him to Fred Wheldon. Loganberry (Talk) 23:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Eddy Brown

Hi Struway2. You are off to such a great start on the article Eddy Brown that it may qualify to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page under the Did you know... section. The Main Page gets about 4,000,000 hits per day and appearing on the Main Page may help bring publicity and assistance to the article. However, there is a five day from article creation window for Did you know... nominations. Before five days pass from the date the article was created and if you haven't already done so, please consider nominating the article to appear on the Main Page by posting a nomination at Did you know suggestions. If you do nominate the article for DYK, please cross out the article name on the "Good" articles proposed by bot list. Also, don't forget to keep checking back at Did you know suggestions for comments regarding your nomination. Again, great job on the article. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 21:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of which,

On July 23, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddy Brown, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well done. An interesting article.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:30, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Typos

Oops, sorry mate! Feel free to revert my edits. Like my userpage says, I edit typos very quickly and am liable to make mistakes. Again, sorry! Abbott75 ☺ 08:23, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Aston Villa F.C.

You were absolutely correct. I have now updated the article to reflect the facts! I also added in a bit of info about Ron Saunders. Thanks for your observations and keep them coming! (though i hope there aren't many more!) Thanks Woodym555 14:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, i didn't think about other people's eyesight when i added in the colours. Thanks for telling me. With regards to the table, I have now been told how to fix the problem. User talk:Tompw told me how to format the numbers using {{nts}} eg {{nts|95}}. They now sort correctly first time. Thanks for review and your suggestions. Woodym555 16:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I have just followed the link in your post and realised it is exactly the same as Tompw's. At least it is now fixed! Thanks again for your help! Woodym555 17:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Would you care to take a look at the List of Aston Villa F.C. players current version of the page and see how it looks for you. Could you leave your opinion on the review page as well, (if you feel like it, of course) please. Thanks Woodym555 19:13, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to be a bore, but have i fixed your current concerns? Thanks Woodym555 22:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, it is my first FLC too. I am chasing people up now because it is getting way over the time-limit! Thanks for your review and constant help with the list! Woodym555 22:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Jack Hall

Nice to see an page about a footballer from my home town. However, you have him listed as playing for Hucknall Town, the present club were not so named until 1987 (formed as Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1945) , but I am sure there was an earlier club of the same name. Therefore I have delinked him. I hope this does not cause offence. Bevo74 19:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

List of Aston Villa F.C. players

I have copied your note onto User:Everlast1910's talk page as he is a main contributor as well. Given the number who are just over 100 i suggest raising the bar of notability, or we just include league games. (This is not to avoid work, i just don't think that they are notable). Are we sure of the accuracy of this link? I will start working up some stubs for some of them. I think [1] this link provides the same information. I will try and cross reference the two to create some stubs. Thanks Woodym555 11:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough, there is work to do!! Woodym555 12:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know that the list is now up to date as far as the two webpages are concerned. They don't cover the last 7 years or so though, so i am looking up current squad (and recent transfers out) on BBC to check for any missing. Now we are making the stubs to remove the redlinks.

On a separate note, could you have a look over the FLC of List of Aston Villa F.C. managers, anything that could be improved? Thanks Woodym555 15:41, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Alex Leake

On 29 August, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alex Leake, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--JayHenry 18:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

The Combination

First, let me say thanks for the support you gave to the Manchester United F.C. seasons FLC. I hope it paves the way for more seasons articles of its type.

As for Small Heath's record, I have it right here. Small Heath were in 6th place when the league was wound up, having played 11 games. They had won 6 games (5 home, 1 away), drawn 3 games (1 home, 2 away) and lost 2 games (both away), giving them a total of 15 points. They had scored 24 goals (16 home, 8 away) and conceded 17 (7 home, 10 away). I hope that's helpful. - PeeJay 10:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Alex Leake part 2

Thanks for visiting my talk page and leaving comments about my changes to the Alex Leake article. The formatting changes that you mentioned were done automatically using WikEd. Please feel free to revert them. --ukexpat 12:33, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Aston Villa F.C. seasons

Could you have a look at the article again and make any further comments at the FLC when you can. (The proof read came up with a few bloopers!!) Thanks again. Woodym555 16:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC) Not to be pushy or canvassy, but could you please have a look at the article again. Your comments on this FLC and all of our other ones have been very helpful and beneficial to the articles concerned. Have you got any other concerns with the article? Thanks again. Woodym555 20:00, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

William Robertson

I hope you don't mind, but I moved the William Robertson you created to William Robertson (footballer born 1873), as I found two other William Robertsons, including the one who played for Man Utd, and both were Scottish. I plan to create the Man Utd William Robertson at William Robertson (football born 1907), and the other will eventually be at William Robertson (Scottish footballer) as I couldn't find his D.O.B. - PeeJay 19:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It was no trouble at all. In fact, I'm glad you told me, as I probably would never have created the Man Utd William Robertson's article once the link turned blue :D - PeeJay 19:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Villa Park

Actually, are you sure that the site is not a WP:MIRROR of Wikipedia. This particular piece of text was added in November 2004 to Wikipedia diff by Villafanuk. The text on that site is a copy of what was on this site about a month ago before i started rewording bits of it. Woodym555 12:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Eddy Brown

Thanks for the note - I can only put my hands up and say "mea culpa"! As you say, the MoS is quite clear that the heading should be simply "Honours". As you may see, I now have changed the headings on all the players in the 1956 FA Cup final.

As for how the honours are shown, unfortunately the MoS offers no guidance and there almost is a different style for every editor. I tend to use the "As a player"/"As a manager" headings as a default as this leaves the options open for the future, especially when I am adding honours to an article about a player about whom I know very little. Lazy editing I guess, but I tend just to copy the same content into the articles for each player in a final etc.

As for Eddy Brown, were his honours at Scarborough won as player or manager? Likewise, do you not think that the honours he won at Broughton could be included. I've seen much lesser honours listed; e.g Theo Walcott.

I note your edit summary about the number of headings. Perhaps I did go a bit O.T.T. but I'd rather see too many headings than not enough. Sometime I will expand the section on his Southampton career, so I may re-instate some of the headings. Happy editing! Daemonic Kangaroo 17:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Steve Bruce

Cheer for the info, I'll make the changes. And a pox upon the local paper for getting her name wrong! :-) ChrisTheDude 07:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I was just about to amend the above comment to read "....unless maybe he's been married twice?", but the comment from Roy Keane confirms that can't be the case..... ChrisTheDude 07:32, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

List of Liverpool F.C. managers

Hi, yeh that would be a great help if you could copyedit the lead cheers NapHit 17:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the copyedit the text is fine cheers NapHit 15:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Fringe Birmingham City players

Thanks for your help copyediting these articles... 10:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Bug

I fixed the problem. Should be fine now - and I added in a "last version" bit to make sure it really did rollback all the way. Cheers. * Aillema 12:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Dick Neal

Thanks for the note. I have created an article on the father, which I have called Dick Neal Sr.. I am quite happy to leave the son's article as it is. Cheers. --Daemonic Kangaroo 13:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

ISBNs

There is a thread on the WT:WPF talk page see Wikipedia:WikiProject Football#Citations and ISBNs that i think is relevant to you. Thanks Woodym555 08:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

That is why i knew it was just a typo, usually you are a stickler for the little things! :) Woodym555 09:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Jeff Wealands

Cheers man. I've set up a redirect from Jeffrey Wealands to Jeff Wealands too. - PeeJay 15:56, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: Birmingham City F.C. Seasons

Thank you for notifying me. I moved the list to the backlog as it has been a candidate for over 10 days, and has not yet been promoted or failed. I now see that it has 4 supports, and am surprised it has not already been promoted by another editor. Anyways, I'll promote now, as there is clear consensus. Sorry for the mix-up. Cheers, Rai-me 23:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

FL Main page proposal

You either nominated a WP:FLC or closed such a nomination this year. As such, you are the type of editor whose opinion I am soliciting. We now have over 400 featured lists and seem to be promoting in excess of 30 per month of late (41 in August and 42 in September). When Today's featured article (TFA) started (2004-02-22), they only had about 200 featured articles and were barely promoting 20 new ones per month. I think the quality of featured lists is at least as good as the quality of featured articles was when they started appearing on the main page. Thus, I am ready to open debate on a proposal to institute a List of the Day on the main page with nominations starting November 1 2007, voting starting December 1 2007 and main page appearances starting January 1 2008. For brevity, the proposal page does not discuss the details of eventual main page content, but since the work has already been done, you should consider this proposal assuming the eventual main page will resemble either an excerpted list format or an abbreviated text format. The proposal page does not debate whether starting with weekly list main page entries would be better than daily entries. However, I suspect persons in favor of weekly lists are really voicing opinions against lists on the main page since neither TFA nor Picture of the day started as weekly endeavors, to the best of my knowledge. Right now debate seems to be among support for the current selective democratic/consensus based proposal, a selective dictatorial approach like that used at WP:TFA or a non-selective first in line/calendar approach like that used at WP:POTD. See the List of the Day proposal and comment at WP:LOTDP and its talk page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyTheTiger (talk • contribs) 19:41, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

List of ITFC players

Thanks for your contributions at the peer review. I've taken the bold step of moving the list over to WP:FLC so I'd be grateful for your support/comments etc there. Thanks again. The Rambling Man 16:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

YCFC seasons

Hey. Thanks for your comments at the peer review, which I think I've pretty much dealt with. However, I've come across a bit of a problem, which I've highlighted at the PR to do with multiple competitions in one cell, and hoping you could help me out with it.. Thanks, Mattythewhite 15:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Following the peer review of this list, I thought I'd let you know it's up fpr FLC now. Thanks, Mattythewhite 11:36, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

ITFC POTY

Thanks for your comments at the FLC. I've implemented them as you suggested. Cheers. The Rambling Man 09:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I've removed the section and added it in an appropriate location in the lead. Hope that works. The Rambling Man 10:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I've reviewed BCFC and left notes on the talk page which may help. Let me know if I can do more. All the best. The Rambling Man 17:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Derby

Sure, no problem. I would wish you good luck on Sunday but i just can't bring myself to do it!! Hope you enjoy your wikibreak. Regards Woodym555 12:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

LOTD proposal

You have nominated a recently successful WP:FL. There have been two recent proposals to begin a List of the Day feature on the main page, which have both received majorities but have not been approved as overwhelming support sufficient to change the main page. WP:LOTDP is a new proposal to try to get the ball rolling based on the original proposal. You can voice your thoughts on its talk page. Basically, what the proposal entails is attempting to run an official trial, and then vote after the trial run on whether to change the main page. Support to run a trial requires much less consensus than support to change the main page. Should we succeed at eventually getting such a feature on the main page it would tentatively look like this. Whether or not you support an experimental trial or not you should come discuss the matter at WP:LOTDP's talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Birmingham derby

No problem. The whole thing is a bit of a mess, I just added in a reference, I did not write the text. I have to say, though, that most are putting the blame on the Blues fans. I am going for a big rewrite of it once i have got the second villa history article done. Woodym555 19:27, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Ken Leek

Hi, just noticed the Ken Leek entry on your page up for improvement at some point. I reckon I'll be able to add some stuff about his Bradford City career in there too to help out. Peanut4 00:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

• No worries re:Ken Leek. I think he's probably a way down my list. I've got loads I want to do but it's easy to side tracke me ;-). Thanks for the feedback re:List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers. The soccerbase stuff is the bit that worries me most. That's where I've got almost all the dates from and almost all the manager data. I know it's far from the most reliable source but it's the best source I've got for our managers' data. Peanut4 22:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Bradford City seasons

Thanks for that. I've added those two links, and amended the FA Cup. I've just used the Terry Frost books for the FA Cup rounds but the other links corrobate each other so will go with the Intermediate Round. I'll give the data a thorough check through with the other links. Thanks for your assistance. -- Peanut4 (talk) 21:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Featured List of the Day Experiment

There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 15:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Brucie

That looks a million times better, well done. I plan on having a crack at getting this article up to FA status at some point for no other reason than that he was one of my heroes as a kid back when he was at Priestfield (the photo in the infobox is cropped from a picture of me getting his autograph when I was about 14), but there's no point doing so while it's being plagued by IPs adding poorly formatted and unsubstantiated speculation to it..... ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:51, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Bradford City seasons

The copy edit was absolutely fine. I've just changed Second Division title to Division Two title to follow on from other uses. I'll address those other points later. Thanks very much Peanut4 (talk) 10:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Toffee managers

Thanks for your comments at the FLC. I've responded to them all. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Cheers once more! The Rambling Man (talk) 11:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Cheers mate :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

flagicon

just something for discussion.

I understand from the link you posted - Here, a single flag icon might be appropriate, e.g. next to the national team the article subject played for.

My take is that it is listed as might be appropriate because of the example it listed. It is like comparing that instead of inserting so many flagicons against the clubs, placing a flagicon against the national team looks more appropriate. On its own, it can be misleading to readers. Example, let say Ryan Giggs is to play for England (due to his ancestry) rather than Wales, we placed an England flagicon besides the national team. Looking at his current page, a quick glance may make the reader think that he is born in England and not Wales since that is his national team (esp if not mistaken, there is no flagicons on at least the top half of his page). Same for those who are eligible to play for 2 different countries due to some reasons.

Just my 2 cents worth of discussion. I try to check back here or you can place a message back at my page. As you can see, I am more of a causal editor and like to improve a bit, hopefully without causing too much grief to others. Xaiver0510 06:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I get your pt. thanks for clarification. I think I will adopt your viewpoint as I feel it reasonable and to prevent some edit/revert wars also. Cheers~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xaiver0510 (talk • contribs) 13:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Manager list

Thanks for the feedback. It doesn't matter you missed the PR stage, cos I'm not going to FLC yet, while I keep finding gaps and also cos I'm not 100pc sure about soccerbase stats, although at least everything's referenced. I've done most of the points and about to go through a bit of the copyedit. But I just have one question. You said

• Soccerbase. If you correct and add omissions from another source, say where. If you don't, say what's missing from (or what's included in) the manager stats.
  • All the gaps I've filled so far have full references in the reference column or is there anything I ought to add? Peanut4 18:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Another question. How do you suggest I improve the references to the POV sources? Is there any examples you can point me towards? Thanks. Peanut4 18:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

BCFC GA review

Sure thing. I'll add it to my little list of stuff to do before I head southeast...! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Struway, done your review and left a few comments on the talk page. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, I tend to do most GA reviews at a level somewhere between the GA and FA level. The BCFC page (almost without scrutiny) exceeds what I'd expect from a GA by far so I'll give it a once over and promote. One thing you may be interested in, someone (I think) may have changed the strip colours (I seem to remember it on my watchlist earlier) so you may wish to double check that. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Promoted now. Excellent stuff. Pursue FA post-haste. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well done on getting it to GA, great work. Blues and Albion both reach GA in the same week! Fantastic. --Jameboy (talk) 20:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you do get round to the FAC, do let me know. I'd be delighted to help out where I can. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Stamp

Here's a stamp from the Faroe Islands for you! Stamps from the Faroe Islands somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Vatomanocu (talk) 13:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Alf Ramsey et al

Hi, obviously the place of birth is still available in the infobox and therefore not removed from the article as a whole. However I understood that infoboxes are there as a summary, not an alternative to including the information in the prose part of the article. Perhaps if you make similar clean-up edits in the future, you may want to restore birthplace information to the body of the article, as a courtesy to those who saw fit to include it when they worked on the article, even if they got the positioning wrong and caused you the work in the first place. Sorry I expressed myself badly before (and/or am expressing myself badly again), as I had/have no intention of being uncivil. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's how it goes. If the information is present nowhere else in the article, then I re-insert in the prose not because I feel obligated to, but because I don't see a point in completely removing information from an article just because I'm lazy. If it's in the infobox, however, then I don't see a reason to spend the extra time reinserting the information into an article that I'm not interested in editing. I do the WP:DATE thing because I think it looks ugly when birth and death places are entangled within the date brackets but that's as far as my interests in editing 90% of these articles goes. I'm already spending enough of my Wikipedia time fixing mistakes, and I don't complain because I know others have to do the same for me. But I'm not going to take orders on how to fix the mistakes of others unless I'm violating a specific Wikipedia policy. Cheers, CP 17:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

George Briggs (footballer)

I have created an article for Fred Briggs (footballer). As both Fred and George were born in Wombwell, they are presumably related - brothers perhaps. Do your reference books give any clues. Cheers. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Dickie Dale

My normal source for footballers appearances details is www.allfootballers.com - this is a subscription based service so it cannot normally be used as a link from WP. The individual pages on the website do not appear to have unique addresses so there is nothing to actually link to. If you're not already registered, I strongly recommend the site (I'm not on commission!).

I've also come across another Briggs, Tom, who is probably also related to George & Fred as he was born in Rotherham in 1919. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Leeds seasons

Do you think you could reassess your vote on the FLC page when you can find the time. Buc (talk) 21:28, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Only just seen your note, sorry. No, it was perfectly fine, if others are doing it, then why not join in? It was in a mess, still is in a way. A good PR would have ironed out the bugs, as you well know :) I have failed it instead, the nom was going nowhere. Hopefully Buc will take the advice on board and seek out a proper peer review first. No worries. Woody (talk) 16:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Drogba

So much for being the "newspaper of record" eh? I guess I'll have to find second sources to confirm any other facts I want to use from that piece. While its a compliment that some journalists think highly enough of Wikipedia to use it for background information, it is disappointing to see it done, terrible journalism. Two or three times I've seen articles in the media with some phrasing that is suspiciously similar to a Wikipedia article I've worked on. Oldelpaso (talk) 18:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Jonny Evans

Good work on the Jonny Evans article. I just went to my watchlist and saw you had been having fun with it. I got an edit conflict whilst trying to protect it. So, have a cookie for all you work. Woody (talk) 16:42, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Birmingham/Southampton players

In March 1922 Birmingham and Southampton engaged in a 4-player transfer with Fred Foxall and Joe Barratt moving to Birmingham in exchange for Jack Elkes and George Getgood. I have created articles about all four players - can you add anything about their Birmingham careers? I realise that none of them had particularly long careers with Birmingham but anything you could add would be useful. Cheers and happy New Year. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 08:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Thanks for rounding out the four articles. As for Elkes' height, all I can add is that in the Southampton team photo for 1922-23 he is sat next-but-one to Alec Campbell who was 6' 2". In the photo the top of Elkes's head is about an inch below Campbell's. Unfortunately, they are both seated so it's not possible to be certain as to their relative standing heights. As Campbell was described as having "telescopic legs", I would assume that his legs were longer than average and would therefore account for his extra height, in which case it is quite probable that Elkes was 2" shorter. I hope this makes sense. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 10:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Leeds seasons

Hi, it's the season in the Midland League that's the problem with the 88/87 years, not the change to Prem. The club only had 88 years of existence before they went down to League One, one of which (the first) was in the Midland League and therefore not in the top two divisions.

Admitted to top two divisions in 1920/1 ... up to the end of 1926/7 is 7 seasons, another 80 takes it up to the end of 2006/7, which is a total of 87 years in the top two divisions before they went down.

It'd probably read better if the sentence about Elland Road was moved out of the way, so it could read something like were elected to the Football League for the 1920–21 season. Their next 87 years were spent in the top two divisions ...

hope this makes it clearer. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello, the main reason for my edit was to remove the Football League information because as I put in my edit summary they "weren't always in football league but were always in top two divisions of english football (Premier league not part of football league)" as it is factually incorrect to state they have been in the football league for 87 years. I didn't fully read what surrounded the 87, therefore this is why I changed this back to 88 as it used to read something like "will be outside the top two divisions for the first time in their 88 year history" which was actually referenced from a bbc news page, however obviously this has changed so I apologise for altering this figure. Regards. Chappy^T_C 12:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Chapman was the top scorer, with 31 goals in Division 1 in the 1990-1991 season: See Kaboooz LUFC ^T_C 20:55, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Adebola

It seemed very unencyclopedic certainly the way it was worded. Given the details you've put on my talk page, it seems more relevant and if you're going to put it back in, I'd expand on the details to make it sound as relevant as you did on my talk page. The way it sounded originally was simply wordy. Peanut4 (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Note, he also played 50 games three seasons before. Peanut4 (talk) 23:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

BCFC players list PR

Hey Struway2, made a few comments at the PR, nothing major. Hope you're well, happy New Year and all that jazz! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you wish to now do FLC, can I advise you to archive the peer review? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey, sorry to be a pedant but the statement Some players who have played fewer matches are also listed; this category comprises players from the club's early days, when they played fewer matches in a season... only applies to Speller. All others made at least 100 appearances or were internationals or club record holders. I don't have an axe to grind here, just it's still a little on the subjective side to include him. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

No worries, it looks good to me. I'll support the FLC once you remove the second instance of "still active" (in the key above the table)! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Rollback?

You may or may not have heard that the rollback admin tool can now be given to non-admins. As a longstanding trusted user I see no reason why you shouldn't have it, so if you want me to enable it, drop a note on my talk page. Make sure you read Wikipedia:Rollback feature thoroughly first though! (short version: it should only be used for straightforward vandalism reverts, not anything which would require explaining in an edit summary. If in doubt don't use it). Oldelpaso (talk) 10:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. Oldelpaso (talk) 10:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Leeds seasons PR

Hey Struway, I'm trying to revive this article's push for featured list status and would greatly appreciate any comments you may have about the article in its current form. I've started a new PR as I think it's pretty close but would like to ensure a more harmonious FLC than last time round! Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Great work so far. I think only one comment remains, your concern over para 2 prose. Fancy giving it a go yourself? I'm blanking... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

No worries, as you said to Buc before, no rush. I'll come back to it, hope your real life stuff isn't too stressful. Laters... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I've had a go at expanding it a bit, more prosey less listy I think. But happy to be copyedited when you get a chance...! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

"Manchester United F.C. seasons was the first to go to FLC (here) and the rest have followed" - Nah, first successful one, but not the first. :p Oldelpaso (talk) 21:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Table format

Hey, thanks for the offer, I'm learning, slowly, but I think I've got it! I'll give it a go and if I don't get there in the next 15 mins or so I'll give you a shout! Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Phew done it but not 100% chuffed with abbreviations for Northern Final, Group stage, Playoff Runners Up etc. What do you think? Is it an overall improvement? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Cheers! So are we there yet? No real consensus in favour of wartime seasons, so if I went to FLC in the next day or two, would you support? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Leeds seasons FLC

Hey Struway, you probably made the most dramatic and best considered contributions to the PR so I wanted to let you know that I've gone for it and decided we're close enough for FLC. I think in general the last FLC and the recent PR should have covered the majority of issues of the community so fingers crossed! I have no doubt you'll find something else that obvious but I guess it's now a case of not seeing the wood for the trees so please contribute and if I can persuade you, support the promotion when you're happy! Cheers for now. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

De Ridder

When written without his first name, the d is capitalised, so his surname is De Ridder. Aecis^Brievenbus 20:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK January 17

On 18 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Yvon Pouliquen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Andrew c ^[talk] 04:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Supercede / Supersede

Well I never. It appears you are right. I just have immense trouble believeing it! - fchd (talk) 09:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

FTC

Many thanks!!!!! ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Villa

With regards to Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records, thanks for the in-depth review! I have dealt with, or replied to your issues at the peer review. What do you think about heading to FLC, got a chance, or shall I just leave it as reviewed. How do you think it compares to the List of Liverpool F.C. statistics and records style?

Also, given that you weed out any gloating on Villa pages, could you cast your eye over History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) when you get the time? I am thinking about FAC soon. Much thanks. Woody (talk) 16:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Whenever you have got time would be great. If you could fix all the little glitches, that would be great, much appreciated! In terms of the Honours, I will look into it. To be honest, I am with you over World Cups etc, the current version is heavily cutdown compared to some of the cruft in there when I first started on it!

Did something happen in 1963? Can't be that important. ;)) Woody (talk) 20:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou very much. I will look into those when I have time. Thanks again. Woody (talk) 17:21, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou very much for all of the reviews you have given. I have fixed the note problem. The Villa history pages have had something of an overhaul and they are a bit complicated to navigate I agree. Woody (talk) 14:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Done, with another refand quote. Woody (talk) 15:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

BIRTH-DEATH-SORT

Regarding this edit, which you undid, I was just wondering what your reason was for undoing it? I must admit that I hadn't come across this particular template before but it seems pretty sound. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 22:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

ITFC stats

Hi Struway2, I know you're busy but could I trouble you to look over Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Ipswich Town F.C. statistics and records/archive1 for me? I'm intending to take this to FA/FL and I've found your comments to be of real value in the past, so I was hoping you would have some to make against this article! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 14:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

As always, great comments, thanks. I'll work through them as soon as I can... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey, the transfer fee section. You know as well as me that these "reported" transfer fees can vary. My source for Wright is different from another source for Wright. They're both reliable sources. What might you suggest? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, fair enough, I'll find a "reliable source" for each which says that the player actually did sign for x million pounds, not expected to sign for x million pounds. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:13, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I'm virtually there with your first set of comments (assuming, as ever, you have plenty more to offer!) - I'd like your advice on what to do about the lead, I've re-written it a bit, anything you could suggest to puff it out a bit? I'm aiming to put it at FLC by the end of the weekend. One thing I thought we could discuss would be the over-bolding of the various titles of the records? The Gillingham F.C. records article looks a little more elegant because Chris hasn't emboldened each bullet point description of the relevant record. Also, while I used the semi-colon to reduce the TOC, those headings look a little out of place now. Any suggestions? Thanks, as ever, for your help so far! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, the bolds have gone, the level 4 headings are back but TOC is suppressed to level 3. I'll have another stab at expanding the lead... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

And I'm going for it now, at the FLC... let the floodgates open! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

←Thanks again for your comments. I've fixed the sort issue (you were right, it should have been cumulative, both starts and subs so that's done. I've made the comment at the top of the tables consistent and made it clear that O'Brien was first in the pro era. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

As ever, thanks again. Made it unambiguous now I think "Paid to" and "Received from"...The Rambling Man (talk) 18:11, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Youth/England C etc vandal

Okay, I've issued a last warning. Feel free to contact me personally and I'll deal with the situation should any further problems arise. By the way, ITFC history up at FAC now (sneaky advert warning!!) ..... All the best to you! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

No worries, do let me know should the Clarets fan kick up some dust again. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

YCFC stats and records

Thanks for the comments, which I've now seen to. I was wondering whether you feel it is appropriate for the record of another competition to be added towards to the end of the page, to fill the space which has been filled by European stats by larger clubs. Perhaps the club's record in the Associate Members' Cup would be suitable? Thanks muchly, Mattythewhite (talk) 14:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I think I'll leave a comment on the PR to see what people would think on the inclusion of AMC or whatever statistics, and then hopefully be able to take it to WP:FLC, with or without. The AMC, to be honest, wasn't very important for York. It was fourth down the pecking order of importance really, and nowhere near as siginifant as Europe in comparison to other clubs. So, I'll just have to see what people think. Thanks for your help. Oh, and I shall take a look at BCFC statistics and records sometime, but it really doesn't seem as if much needs to be done to it really! Mattythewhite (talk) 15:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

ITFC history

Thanks for your comments and the little mods you made. As for those discretionary plurals, I thought that was exactly what they were, discretionary. These English club articles seem to always draw this criticism - and now I've got the dates issue too! So I'm not 100% sure what to do. When I read it through it reads fine to me (because I'm English and it seems we interchange as we see fit) - could I not just play the British English card?! The Rambling Man (talk) 12:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, cool. Did you feel you could support its promotion or do you need me to resolve the plurals issue? Is there anything else outstanding? I'm checking over your BCFC stats article right now so hopefully that'll be done soon. Cheers for taking the time again. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. A lot of the neutrality came from User:Dweller's Norwich City based edits!! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Villa stats

Thankyou for your kind offer regarding the article, it was appreciated. I just didn't think I had the time, or the willpower to try and fix all the issues brought up. I also didn't like the fact that it had become a peer review, which I don't like FLCs to turn into. I will try and work on all reviewers issues in the coming weeks, some of which will involve a lot of research because the stats simply aren't readily available in my current sources. As a sidenote, the recent Villa history article has resurfaced at FAC. Any comments would be welcome. Thanks. Woody (talk) 22:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree on both counts. Although saying that, the Villa stats one had been peer reviewed for two weeks, it was just that peoples opinions on those lists had shifted slightly. Personally I don't see the harm in failing it if there are still problems and then bring it back later instead of hanging on to sinking ships like some seem to. And yes, the Villa history one seems to be doing alright at the moment, thanks for your work on it in the past! Woody (talk) 09:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Persondata

Apologies, I am new to AWB and am running a "general fix" scan. Inserting the blank line in the persondata section is just one of the things that it is changing, and as the other "corrections" that it is suggesting are good edits I assumed that the blank line must be necessary (I am unfamiliar with Persondata).

Having checked WP:Persondata I can see that the blank line is not needed so I will ensure that I stop AWB from inserting it in future. Thanks, Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 11:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

LFC stats

Thanks for your comments at the FLC, they were very helpful, I've addressed everything you brought up except the transfer fees bit, which I'm not sure is needed s that section sorts fine and appears to me to be alright, but maybe i'm missing something, anyway thanks for the comments. NapHit (talk) 15:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok I think I have dealt with your comments feel free to look over the list whenever you want NapHit (talk) 15:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Steve Bruce

Great stuff, I've added it to the article pretty much verbatim, although I might tweak it a bit ;-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Just means I need to expand the Man U bit :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:Villa players

Frick, double frick. I have been misreading the BBC stats. I didn't see the (as sub) so I mistakenly added the number on top. I will go and correct them now, thanks. Woody (talk) 14:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Association football

Really? --202.47.49.252 (talk) 05:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Eh?? Struway2 (talk) 08:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Nelson etc

Hey, I've issued a last warning (not much more I can do, 75% of his edits are fine... but you know what I mean). If he transgresses again in the next day or so, let me know ASAP and I'll act accordingly. Thanks for keeping me up to speed with it. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:27, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Thanks for your extensive help in me getting the topic there in there in the first place. Let me ASAP when I can be of use! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorting

Okay, I've added two new columns (I'll reverse the order of the table later) but {{flagicon}} doesn't sort. Any ideas? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I think I've covered all your concerns, fancy rechecking the List of UEFA Cup winning managers for me one more time? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I've rolled your suggestions into the List of European Cup and Champions League winning managers‎ which is also currently at WP:FLC should you have another spare few minutes! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Duh, what kind of idiot am I? Hopefully both fixed now! The Rambling Man (talk) 13:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

dyk

On 8 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kevin Bremner, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

YCFC FT

Thanks, and I hope to be voting for a BCFC FT sometime in the future. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Liverpool seasons and golden shoe

I've dealt with your comments at both the Liverpool seasons and European Golden Shoe, look back if you have time NapHit (talk) 16:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestions the list is a lot better now, I've fixed the ambiguity of winners in the same season by colouring the appropriate season and adding a note, hopefully it's much clearer now. NapHit (talk) 16:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, I've added Totti's image, which is not as good, but is better than nothing, thanks for your input. NapHit (talk) 19:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Respond to Struway2

Here it is. Gary King (talk) 02:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Very good point. I've added a notice. Gary King (talk) 02:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Dutch sort

Yeah, I had a headache with that the first time round. I'll see if I can get my head around what you said and then modify the five lists accordingly. Thanks for the note! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I think I've done it on the five lists... cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Cups and all

Hi Struway2, thanks for your comments again at the FTC. I'll be withdrawing it when I get a chance, I think you're spot on and I'll need to do more work to get it there. In the meantime, if the Super Cup isn't considered a tournament, could you help me with a name for the umbrella article - would "List of UEFA club competition winning managers" be suitable? I'm trying to come up with a generic title which includes UEFA, club and (tournament/competition/contest/etc)... Any ideas? Cheers again. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

See my post at the FT nom. --Dweller (talk) 12:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Just a quick note to let you know I've initiated the withdrawal of the FTC, couldn't justify not including the Intertoto after your comments, not to mention the error in nomenclature of the principal article. Hmm. So, I'll have to go find Intertoto details (which I suspect will border on impossible, but I'm prepared to give it a go!) or forget the whole thing. As for Arsenal players, I'd say that, as a minimum, we have no consensus to delist so it shouldn't be delisted. I still fancy my solution of keeping the lists the same name and forking off to "less notable" players (obviously with objective and defined criteria). And the fork can be filled in later - I've seen no end of FACs pass with forks to articles which are barely written... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I've already made a start in my sandbox on the structure of the Intertoto list, sourcing it will be a lot more difficult I think so any help you could provide would be great. Your list, 152kb, HUGE. My old iBook couldn't support a sort because the script took too long to do run... Blimey. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

You got my vote! As for help with 'toto, my work is here should you wish to replace one of the many Jose Villalonga's into something more realistic! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

(hint) I'll be starting with the easy, more recent ones...! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that evidence that the manager was in charge at the time would be the minimum... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:56, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Seven citations to go... great work so far, thanks so much. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:44, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Brilliant work! I've added some images and a lead, and I'll move the page now. I'll nominate it for WP:FLC, feel free to add more comments. I plan a three prong approach here, get this list in isolation to FL, modify the other "umbrella" list to incorporate wins in this competition (and rename it, as we discussed) and then go back to WP:FTC with the more complete topic. Hopefully you'll support me along the way with your usual keen eye! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 10:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Aubrey Scriven

Thank you. Indeed he is. I think I've got a bit more info about him somewhere so I'll try dig it out. Peanut4 (talk) 19:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thomas Daykin

Oops. I made a silly mistake, did not notice the references below. Sorry for that. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 10:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Bobby Thomson (footballer)

No objection here. I rarely think of these things myself (obviously). - Dudesleeper / Talk 15:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

And I added him to the Robert Thomson disambiguation page, you slacker. ;) - Dudesleeper / Talk 16:30, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Sullivan, Brady and the law

I have cleaned up the David Sullivan page as I fear it might get some increased traffic over the next few days. If it looks reasonable and referenced, people don't tend to make so many test edits. I am watching all of the related pages for troublesome WP:BLP edits. Looking forward to the derby? Woody (talk) 20:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I was about to ask you and it seems awful suspicious. I can't tell whether it is or not. It seems strange I agree, but the metadata is there, though it is incredibly suspicious that it was taken 10 mins before uploading. Whether it is some sort of hoax, I don't know. Woody (talk) 22:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

some help needed.

if you noticed, I have been helping to clean up/organise/adding some wiki articles to wiki football project. Just done some cleaning up and removal of unsuitable sub-sections for Álvaro Recoba. Seems like someone (unregistered IP) is insisting on the previous version of the article without leaving any comments nor explanation. Not sure where to look for help so decided to come here, looking for advice and help. thanks --Xaiver0510 (talk) 01:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

saw ur msg. okay then. I just let it go for the moment :). Just trying to help out a bit. after all i did learn some stuff from wiki and contribute now and then, though only to soccer related stuff =P I keep that date change in mind :) --Xaiver0510 (talk) 12:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Bob Gregg

That's great, thanks. The importance scale is pretty simple for WPSWFC. Any player who has played less than 50 games for the club goes in the Low category, any player who has made over 50 appearances goes in the Mid band, and over 100 goes in the High band. There may be a few exceptions to the rule, but if you follow that guideline you won't go far wrong. Thanks again, Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 09:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Blues Reserves

Hello there, I have a record of the appearances made for the reserves in every game this term. It is not taken from the programme but from match reports published on the web. I have also been to all home games this season, so have the team sheets to double check. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dh1875 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

There only two Tommy Williamseses

No worries, I'll find out the DOB of mine and DAB accordingly...... ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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

Just thought you'd like to know I've restarted that topic thing again, thanks to your assistance at the Intertoto Cup. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Cyprus footballers

Can a category with one single article really be justified ? I started the main category and one of the subcategories but it has got a bit silly with the all the smaller subcategories, some of which have just one article and are extremely unlikely to be expanded. Djln--Djln (talk) 18:44, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

• Discussion has been held here Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 April 9 but lacks conclusion. While I feel several of the subcategories are justified, many such Poland, Italy, Singapore, Cyprus or not and are extremely unlikely to be added to. Djln--Djln (talk) 19:08, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks very much. I was well chuffed to be honest, though a good lot of input from various other editors managed to push me over the line. Now to me to get on to other articles, in the hope of also getting Bradford City towards Featured Topic. Now that would be a hell of an achievement and is going to take some time! If you want a hand on anything with St Andrews let me know - I also intend to try get Darlington Arena up towards FA status. I based Valley Parade on the Portman Road and Priestfield, and looking at those two and the previous City of Manchester Stadium, the stadia articles have got a good structure to use as a template. Peanut4 (talk) 11:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Blues V kit

I got the image from the front page update list of Historical Football Kits, where the accompanying text says "Peter Moor has sent in a couple of photographs of Birmingham taken shortly before the First World War and featuring the bold "V" that adorned their tops until 1927. This suggests that they were adopted rather earlier than I had previously believed." Although not specified there, the date of "circa 1911" is taken from the file name of the image. Hope that helps (oh and BTW I would have added the image to the appropriate player's page but I had no idea who it was! :-) ) ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I guess so, plus the webpage I got it from does specifically state "photographs of Birmingham taken shortly before the First World War"...... ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New England Patriots head coaches

Hello. I've taken care of all your comments here. The awards are redirects because they are all merged into the same article. They all redirect to a specific part of the page. I didn't think about a peer review but definitely will next time. Thanks, Milk’s Favorite Cookie ^(Talk) 16:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Trevor Francis

Hello. I referred to data such as [2],[3],[4], about the data of Trevor Francis. There was some difference, but I judged that it was an enough trustworthy range and carried it.

About the stats table , anyone can cope by changing a part of "NN" of "template 1" and "template 2".

NN-League,Cup

NY-League,Cup,International

YN-League,Cup,League Cup

YY-League,Cup,League Cup,International

I look for data as much as possible, but there is the player whom data except League are not found in. Unfortunately, about those players, I can carry only League.

The stats table is not in a perfect state, but would forgive it?--Nameless User (talk) 12:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, good

That is the only circumstance under which it would not be a priggish edit :D François Metro (talk) 07:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Villa Park images

Hey there Struway, I am still smiling from that day! I may have been one of the Holte Enders chanting "we want 6!!" ;-) In terms of Image:Villapark.jpg I have tagged it with a no-source tag for the moment. I have seen that in a book before, but the dates are confusing. In the article it says 1940s, on the image page it says early 1900s. Everlast hasn't been around much lately, so I will try to find the original source (and date). I aim to start working on that article a bit in the future, more about the structure, and the history. Thanks for telling me about the image. Hope you are well ( not too depressed about a certain teams current form!) Woody (talk) 10:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I saw those images on my watchlist: thanks for those! They were probably watching the goals fly in. ;-) You can never change teams, for better of for worse! One of me mates is a Saints fan who currently has no fingernails left! Regards. Woody (talk) 11:05, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Just a quick note to say thanks for your note the other day. Something's gone rotten over at WP:FOOTBALL and I took it too personally. I'm over it now, but I'll leave it for a while before I go back there to participate in discussion, just in case I lose my head again. I appreciate you popping over to my talk page, cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

For your help and support reviewing Phillies seasons

		The Content Review Medal of Merit
		Many thanks for your support and help, as well as a positive vote. It is a wonderful feeling to have someone critique your hard work and come out positive. Thanks again! KV5 (talk) 22:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Oxford United F.C. managers

Hey, thanks for the comments and i have corrected all but one of the points. I am unsure about the final point about Soccerbase and Rage Online. Which source do you think would be best to use, taking into account previous requests in the FLC, and also would this require a massive overall of results? Thanks. Eddie6705 (talk) 17:53, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, i have added extra information for the managers before soccerbase included the football league trophy. I don't think i have used the footnote properly, can u help? Eddie6705 (talk) 20:55, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Yea the draws and loses for Thompson and Horton were the wrong way round. I have added the Anglo-Italian Cup results and have updated the totals. Would you say it was at support level now? Eddie6705 (talk) 16:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

There is only one paragraph between Thompson and Turner, but this makes no mention of who took over. I can't find it anywhere. Eddie6705 (talk) 16:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

The sentance didn't make sense i'll agree, so i have rephrased it, adding the three managers. Do you think it would be best just to say 'total' in the totals row. Eddie6705 (talk) 16:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

The source already there is to show the dates. I don't know if i will be able to get a source mentioning the committee. I contacted the administrator of Rage Online, who was able to tell me from memory it was a committee decision. Eddie6705 (talk) 18:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much for all the suggestions on how to improve the article. Also thanks for contacting the club. I don't think anyone knows who managed during that period! :) Eddie6705 (talk) 16:46, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Blues

Been coming for a while I guess but commiserations nonetheless. There's two of us in my office, me and a Blues fan, so we've just been a bundle of joy at the end of this season :-P ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

David Sullivan

I'd argue the story does claim Sullivan's a nasty piece of work, and that he resorts to threats when he doesn't get what he wants professionally - but not being in position of any other sources to back this up, your revert is fair enough. Thanks for letting me know - and as a Watford fan, may I be the first to welcome you to divison two? It's not been much fun for us since coming down, I'm afraid. Nmg20 (talk) 09:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Transfer Dates

Fair enough. I will change Muamba back to 07-08 if you already haven’t.Sgtippin (talk) 18:01, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 24 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Len Boyd, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Olaf Davis | Talk 09:26, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Attendances

I got the information for the attendances including and before the 1994/95 season from the book Birmingham City: A Complete Record by Tony Matthews (ISBN 1 85983 010 2) Published 1995. For the other season's, the attendance figures come from soccerbase, although I have had to work them out myself. Sgtippin (talk) 16:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Football

Hello, noticed your page when you reverted vandalism on Motherwell F.C. I see your major edits to Birmingham FC related articles, are you a Brum fan? If so, hows Big Eck doing for you? And James McFadden? Both are ex-motherwell players, and Alex managed them too! Was sad to see James go to Everton, but has been fantastic with Scotland. Especially that goal against France! ← κεηηε∂γ ^(talk) 09:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi. McFadden's fine; if he stays, and if he stays fit, he'll find next season very easy. I think McLeish had a bit of a culture shock when he first came. The club was a mess on and off the field, McLeish had never worked in the Premier League, the team wasn't good enough and they (mostly) weren't his players. Now he can start afresh, knowing what he's got and what he needs, and signing Carsley is certainly a positive move. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 14:27, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I know what you mean. He came to a club that was pretty much relegated, no? Carsley is a good signing too though. As a Motherwell fan I hope McFadden will decide to come back to Motherwell! I'd even welcome back Stephen Pearson and Scott McDonald too haha... I can dream! Good Luck for next season, I quite like the brum because of all the Scottish influences (St Andrews/Alex/James etc) Hope you get back into the Premiership next season! ← κεηηε∂γ ^(talk) 14:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For all your work on Birmingham City-related articles. Oldelpaso (talk) 18:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

"Obvious"

Yeah sorry, that was a bit uncalled for. In my defence, can I plead a really crappy day? :-) ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Thanks for your note. I indef blocked the account, violating user name policy and spamming. Good shout. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

FA Cup 3rd/4th place

Hi. Sorry about that. You and your source are quite right about the venue being St Andrew's, I've changed it back. When I did FA Cup 1971-72, The Hawthorns came from Soccerbase and the attendance from Matthews, and I completely failed to notice that Matthews did in fact say the match was at home. Must try harder ;-( cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:24, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Quite often come across differences in different references for the more 'obscure' matches. I was quite willing to believe mine was wrong. Achangeisasgoodasa (talk) 11:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

...for updating the Villa seasons page. Very much appreciated! In my defence, the old season does not technically finish until 30 June! ;) Regards. Woody (talk) 16:04, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

MLS Playoffs

I really dunno. I personally think they should, but you might want to ask at talk:Major League Soccer or talk:2008 Major League Soccer season. Sorry if I wasn't much help. -- Grant.Alpaugh 00:07, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Your recent AIV report

Hey, just wanted to thank you for your recent report to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. At this time I've moved the matter to Wikipedia:Administrators noticeboard/Incidents#From AIV: 79.77.22.109 for further discussion. Feel free to join in, if you like. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Kenny Burns

My apoligies, missed that Stafford were conference then the info box doesn't have dates. Bevo74 (talk) 08:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

FLC

Cheers mate, I'll defiently not withdraw it, and I'll learn to not rush and make sure to PR things. Your comments have been really helpful. I should be able to do the fixes tonight, but I'll be away from Wednesday till Friday. Thanks again. Sunderland06 (talk) 15:48, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Done all of the comments, if you have time, take another look through, thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 20:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello again mate, I've just got back today. I really appreaciate your copyedited version in the sandbox and think it sounds better than the current, the start as you mentioned is better and you've been a real help. Thanks and I'll import the new one. Sunderland06 (talk) 17:26, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Cricket/football list

Thanks for the note - I agree with you entirely, www.englandfc.com is more complete although www.englandstats.com is easier to navigate. As a reference for the clubs played for, www.englandfc.com is more suitable.

Thanks also for the note about the Bates father & son. I'll do some research when I have time - I'm supposed to be out on my bike today as I have a 60 mile charity ride next weeknd, but the weather is putting me off, so my wife wants me to do some decorating - Yuck! Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 10:02, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Favor

Hi, I just want to ask if you could do a big favor for me and look after my FLC for a few days. My laptop at home just got fried and is away getting repaired, if you can't keep check on it i'm sure it won't make too much of a difference. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 17:09, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Actually, scratch that for now, the computer seems to be ok but won't last long, so I will keep you updated. Cheers. Sunderland06 (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, just it will be going away at some time, I just don't know when :s Sunderland06 (talk) 20:40, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the computer is going to the repair shop tomorrow morning, so I'll be off for the whole of tomorrow and possibly longer, depending on how quick they are, as I'm away I don't suppose you could look after the FLC again, as I see you've already been doing. :) It would also be good if you could answer the out-standing questions and requests, and if any new comments come along. Thanks again bud. Sunderland06 (talk) 20:46, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, just got back on my own computer, thanks for checking the FLC. Sunderland06 (talk) 19:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Ted Goodier

I truly apologise for that. I might have just skimmed past that page, as I sometimes. So, as I'm human and prone to mistakes—thank you for informing me about it. :) Ɔrassic ^(talk) 23:42, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

FLCs

Hey Struway2, nice to see you over at FLC! Keep up the ample comments! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Well you can always pop in to new lists - they have to stay put for ten days minimum! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:59, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

TRM just passed the FLC, thanks for all your help, you're a credit to wikipedia and I look forward to working again with you. Sunderland06 (talk) 13:40, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Roy Aitken

Hey, I used information from here which lists him down as the Captain in the 1989–1990 season. I thought Andy Thorn might have been the Captain before Aitken joined but according to his article he left Newcastle in 1989, so I thought that Aitken may have in fact joined a little bit earlier. I assume then that if I was wrong that Newcastle had a temporary captain inbetween those permanent placements. Apologies for not researching fully. Doberman Pharaoh (talk) 14:04, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Birmingham City Squad Numbers

It is the numbers they were given for the friendlys so far and the other players had there normal numbers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JDCassidy (talk • contribs) 18:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Birmingham City Squad Numbers

ok np

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WP:FOOTY discussion

Hi Struway, not to sound annoying or anything, but I've recently started a discussion regarding the names of Brazilian clubs on wikipedia (here) and considering the scale and importance of the clubs involved and the fact that there is no formal move request, I thought it might be a good idea to inform some of the regular WP:FOOTY contributors in order to get a consensus and not just a few opinions. So if you could take a second to express your opinion, it would be appreciated, cheers. BanRay 22:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Pearson

Hello,

Yeah I do it's on the rams.co.uk website (one run by the local paper)

http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7CR%7C536%7C13211272072008800701832&parentkey=1D29%7C0%7C2185366269754%7Cp%7C536%7C0

Re-reading, It actually says it's down to his fitness - so maybe not EXACTLY failed a medical per se, I think City have made the (sensible) move of not signing someone injured. Maybe the deal will be ressurected when he's 100% fit? AnOrdinaryBoy (talk) 10:24, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

1956 FA Cup final

I've recently been expanding articles on some of the more important Manchester City players from the 1950s, and was thinking of doing some work on 1956 FA Cup final. Do you have any Birmingham-related sources/would you be interested in collaborating on it? Oldelpaso (talk) 14:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, avoiding "history being written by the winners" was my motivation in asking you :) I'm looking to put the article in three sections (four if you include statistics) - Route to the final, build-up and the match itself. Perhaps a post-match section given that Trautmann's broken neck was not discovered until a couple of days later. Route to the final ("road to Wembley" might be a bit hackneyed) - I don't really have anything for Birmingham for this part other than the bare results. I made a start to this part in my sandbox. A build-up section would benefit from the bits about media attention in Boyd's article, plus things to get a sense of occasion: the dignitaries present, the songs sung pre-match e.g. Keep Right On, Abide With Me, team selections/injuries. I believe that Birmingham were the pre-match favourites too. And of course details of the match itself. I have a reprint of the Telegraph's contemporary report to add to the Times one.

The hardest task is likely to be refraining from calling either side "City" or "The Blues"! Oldelpaso (talk) 16:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I've now made a start to overhauling the article. Oldelpaso (talk) 08:22, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks good, as you say the quote might be cut down. Perhaps it should be put in a footnote? Progress on the match section, while not quick, is steady. Kinsey's goal could do with a better description. A couple more images would be good. A free image of one of the players would be ideal, but I'm not expecting to find one any time soon. A picture of the cup itself should be possible, but there are no usable ones of that particular version of the trophy on Commons. As part of my attempts to get Bert Trautmann to FA I've been planning to make a trip to the National Football Museum (which isn't far from me), where I can get a photo of Bert Trautmann's neck brace. I went at the beginning of June, but Trautmann's neck brace was on loan to Vienna for the duration of Euro 2008! Oldelpaso (talk) 15:54, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you have anything which sheds light on why both teams were in away colours? Oldelpaso (talk) 07:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

nifg.co.uk

Hi there, in the PR for List of Sunderland A.F.C. players you said there were player pages for the Northern Ireland players, however, this is a blog, so would it be usable? Sunderland06 (talk) 22:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Extremely belated reply

Sorry mate, I've been away from my PC since 1.00pm yesterday afternoon so only just saw your message, hope it was a good game. Reports on our message board suggest that, despite getting beaten, the Gills didn't look too bad - is that fair........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:25, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

The Gordon Road, or "the library" as it's known. I've only ever sat on that side once that I can recall and I think I got glared at by one of the regulars for rustling my crisp packet too loudly :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:59, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons

Thankyou for your comments at the FLC page of West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons. I think I have now addressed most of your comments. A few things:

• There doesn't seem to be an article about European football to link to. Linking to 'Europe' probably doesn't add much value.
• Matthews (1987) definitely says that reserve sides were permitted in the Brum and Staffs cups from 1906-07 onwards. Not sure what to suggest for this.
• I'm still going to disagree with you on link frequency, although I have at least made it a little more consistent after you pointed out the discrepancy. I have explained my reasoning on the FLC page.

I'm still struggling with how best to phrase the lead, and in particular how to introduce the list (and the criterion of "completed seasons" as you mentioned) without self-referencing or sounding too false. I'd appreciate any ideas you have with this. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 20:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I've implemented your suggestions around the lead - it now reads much better IMO so many thanks for your help. TBH I spent so long researching the figures, re-checking the figures against another source and creating articles for every redlink, that I probably didn't give the lead as much thought as I should have, but there you go. Thanks again for all your comments, it has helped a lot. --Jameboy (talk) 21:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Righto. Pretty much sorted now, and thanks for your support. I'm finding the FLC process useful and have learned quite a bit. I hope to move on to lists of managers and players in due course and eventually get the main, history and ground articles up to FA. It would be nice if there was another Baggie out there (no jokes, the sentence hasn't finished yet...) to check book references and improve overall productivity, but for now I'll enjoy the relative autonomy. That Darren Purse is quite clever btw, I'm sure he scored negative goals for us due to an o.g. or two. At least this time round you get one of our cast-offs (albeit that KP is a very good cast-off that I still rate highly). --Jameboy (talk) 21:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Emanuel

No worries. I was very surprised to see it full stop, and thought it must have been a massive mistake. Though I did check several sites first. He's on my watchlist as a former Bradford player, so any more changes will remain on my radar. Peanut4 (talk) 16:35, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Jesus College FLC

Thanks very much for the fine-toothed comb you applied at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Principals and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford - if you get a chance to pop back and have another look at what I've done, I'd be grateful. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 00:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Andy Cooke

No worries. There are dozens of articles out there in a poor state. There was one decent edit in there of his, and I did little more than add that back and a couple of things that have been in need of clean up for ages.

I'm getting a bit annoyed by him too to be honest. He reminds me a bit of the old user Simon Nelson. He's putting in some good work, but sifting through some of the bad bits of his edits isn't quite worth it. I've left him a note about one thing, but already notice you've left him a few other messages. Peanut4 (talk) 20:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Alan Shearer Peer Review

Hey, thanks for taking the time to review the article. The lack of negative details was something I was concerned about when I started editing at B-class; it seemed to gloss over the controversies entirely. I added the Keane incident, although someone might want to make sure I haven't been overly pro-Shearer. I also wrote a draft of a "Style of Play" section here, as it was one of the (admittedly few) areas that caused mild controversy. It's really a rough draft, but I'd be happy to hear what you thought. - Toon⁰⁵ 16:25, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, cheers. - Toon⁰⁵ 17:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Quincy Owusu-Abeyie

Hi Struway, the article says he has signed for them and "will spend the next season at Birmingham" (direct quote). BanRay 13:38, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

List of UEFA Cup winners

Hi Struway, I've added the citation to the end of the note, thanks for the heads up NapHit (talk) 20:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Another list for Jesus College, Oxford

Thanks for your comments at the recent FLC for a JCO list. I've written another one, List of founding Fellows, Scholars and Commissioners of Jesus College, Oxford, which is at Peer Review here, if you get the opportunity to take a look, that would be fantastic - but don't worry if time doesn't permit, or it's not a topic that takes your fancy! Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 23:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Names + Krysiak

I used findmypast.com for Cameron Jerome's name and PFA Premier and Football League Players Records (1946-2005) for David Murphy. And with regards to dates, that's news to me. But surely for an English player, using "date month" would be more relevant than the American "month date"? Mattythewhite (talk) 19:33, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

It spells it as "Matthew", as opposed to the article's current name and the mass media. And I wasn't directly referring to Krysiak, but WP:MOSDATE states that "date month" is international (non-American) and so would apply to Poles. But hey, anything goes. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:14, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		Football (soccer) barnstar
		This star is to acknowledge all your excellent work on Blues articles and to thank you for your help in getting West Bromwich Albion F.C. seasons to Featured List status. --Jameboy (talk) 00:05, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Old Ordnance Survey maps

I've added further commentry. My general view on the matter is that it depends on which country you are located in.Geni 19:10, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

BTW Maps I have can create scans of without copyright issues can be found at commons:User:Geni/OS maps.Geni 01:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Obsessive editor

Cheers for the heads up, mate. I had seen that anon's edits, but the ones I looked at seemed pretty innocuous. I guess I just looked at the wrong ones. I will go through his contributions and make the appropriate reverts. – PeeJay 10:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Date/place of birth categories

I did not realise that. Thanks mate. – PeeJay 08:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Football Conference

The Football Conference refers to the league system though. It'd be like saying West Brom have won the Football League. --Jimbo^[online] 12:29, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Aye, I see where you're coming from, but outside wiki I've never even heard it referred to as the Conference National! I suppose you could link it to [[Conference National|Football Conference]], but then on the Conf Nat page it says the league has run from 1979 'til present, indicating it's the highest level in non-league - which R&D did win. --Jimbo^[online] 13:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Outside Wiki, when news outlets and bookmakers avoid using the sponsored name, it seems to be called the "Conference Premier" rather than "Conference National". After all it's official name is the "Blue Square Premier", not the "Blue Square National". Do you think this could be a worthwhile RM discussion? --Jimbo^[online] 13:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Jamie Young

Just to ask I don't get your interest or why you're editing Wycombe's goalkeeper Jamie young's page after a number of fair edits have been done. Please a explanation? 83.104.51.181 (talk) 20:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for asking. There are many places on the internet where people can say what they think about something; blogs, forums, lots of sites invite people to add their own comments. But one of the important things about Wikipedia is that its articles are based on reliable published sources, and not on individual editors' personal opinions. If you read the section called Wikipedia:No original research, it says straight out, "Wikipedia is not the place to publish your own opinions, experiences, or arguments". If published match reports said Young was substandard, then it would be fair to say so, as long as we added a link to the reports that said it. But if it's just your opinion, or just my opinion, it doesn't belong on Wikipedia. hope this helps, cheers, Struway2 (talk) 21:05, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Could you please stop editing Jamie young's profile. Yes he played in the Carling Cup first round he was on the bench for almost a year now get over it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.51.181 (talk) 09:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but if you keep adding your own opinion about Young's performance, I'll keep removing it for reasons explained above. Anyone can edit any Wikipedia article, but there are policies and guidelines about what we can include, and Wikipedia is not the right place for our own opinions.

I know he played in the Carling Cup, it was his 30th game for Wycombe, so I don't really see the importance. If it was particularly significant that he played in that game, and you can find a published source that backs up its significance, and add that at the same time, then that would definitely be a way to improve the article. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

my part of this conversation copied from User_talk:83.104.51.181#Jamie Young for ease of following Struway2 (talk) 10:12, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You've still not answerd my question though your a Birmingham supporter on a Wycombe players article wtf? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.51.181 (talk) 15:41, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Also this is a load of gobbledegook which you yourself probably don't understand when you read it over in future check that what your writing makes sense. I mean wtf has blogs and forums got to with Wikipedia I'm getting a little fed up of you to be honest and Mattythewhite. Your fools.

List of Sunderland A.F.C. players

Hey, I'm pretty much ready to nomm for FLC, but I was just wondering if you think all the stat cat references should be converted into external links, and a new column to be added on the table reading; Sunderland profiles? As now the references section is rather crowded in stat cat references, and if so how about an international section too. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 16:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

What I was thinking was more like this List of England international footballers (alphabetical), maybe external links isn't what I meant. :) Sunderland06 (talk) 17:47, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Also, how about the same for International profiles? then I can create a footnotes section for the records, then reference them in the reference section, I think that would make it all clearer. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 18:21, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey just passing by to tell you I've addressed your comments. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 19:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thats the international ones done, TRM will reply with his ideas tomorrow. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 23:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I've done the option you said, and he was fine with it. Thanks. Sunderland06 (talk) 14:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Carlos Cuellar

Cuellar's number has not officially been confirmed, but according to the Villa Store website, if you choose a shirt and click "personalize", Cuellar's name is listed in the squad list with the number 24 ("Cuellar 24"). Here's the link: http://www.astonvilladirect.com/stores/astonvilla/products/kit_selector.aspx?selector=224 Zero76 (talk) 06:47, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

double!

On 20 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Simon Wormull, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 14:00, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

On 20 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jean-Michel Sigere, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

-- well done Victuallers (talk) 14:00, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Bradford City FAC

Thanks for your comments at the FAC. I think I've addressed most of the concerns, with one other note. I've also fixed a couple of commas (and you were correct on those on my talk page) but feel free to correct any more you see.

Just looking at the {{tl:cite news}} page, is it correct to use the "work" parameter rather than "publisher". I've always used and seen "publisher" at every other page. If it's right I'll change it, but I'm guessing there's a lot of other errors about!! Peanut4 (talk) 21:32, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Photos

Hey there, seeing as you've taken a few photos at football matches I thought I'd ask you if doing so is actually allowed... I'll be attending the York v. Barrow match on Monday and thought I'd make sure that I won't just get thrown out by the stewards if I get a camera out. Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 08:56, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK!

On 2 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jordan Mutch, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Congratulations and keep up the good work! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

List of English cricket and football players

Thanks for letting me know. I always check http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com to see if a player is included but if they're a pre war footballer then I've been taking a bit of a gamble when adding someone as they're never on the site. In future I will check the club's wiki articles to see if they were in the FL during the relevant timeframe like with QPR and Gillingham who were not. Cheers. Crickettragic (talk) 09:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Date formats

Hey. You recently changed the date formats on Rowan Vine from international day-first format to US month-first format. You may well be unaware that date style shouldn't be changed without a very good reason, and in this case, the article already used an appropriate format. Please have a look at the section of the Manual of Style which deals with dates and numbers, the second paragraph and the Dates section. I'll change Mr Vine's dates back. Also, it's a bit naughty using a stock disambiguation edit summary when you're actually doing far more than disambiguating. Keep up the good work on the disambiguation front, though! cheers, Struway2 (talk) 14:14, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok! Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know! Fratrep (talk) 14:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)