User talk:Villafancd

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Hi, there, I am Woody, you may have seen me edit some of the pages that you have created. First off I would like to welcome you to wikipedia, (an incredibly belated welcome I know). Second, I would like to offer my assistance if you ever need it. I think our football loyalties are very close! Last, I would ask if you know about WP:FOOTY. If you want you could join up and discuss how to edit football related articles. It is also another place to ask for assistance if you need it. So, any problems, just leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Woodym555 (talk) 00:43, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, always good to see Villa fans. Me and Everlast1910 have been going through the Villa articles for a while now. Got 1 FA, 3 FLs and 2 GAs at the moment. We are working on the third - History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961-present) so I know what it is like. Once we had finsihed them, I was thinking about starting some season articles. There is a template the footy project have made for it which you might be interested in. Woodym555 (talk) 19:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1897 FA Cup Final

Hi there - there has been some debate going on at Talk:1897 FA Cup Final regarding your original edit that "This makes them the only team to date to achieve the league and cup "double" on the same day." I have now researched this and added an explanation to the article. Presumably this is specifically stated in one of the written histories of either Aston Villa or the FA Cup. Are you able to add a specific citation to the article? Cheers. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The venue isn't chosen until it is known which two clubs will be in the final, as the SFL then try to choose a stadium which is located somewhere between the middle of both clubs, in geographical terms. Ck12 (talk) 21:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Honours in 10 decades

Hey, I'm afraid I'm about to remove your recent addition to the lead of Aston Villa F.C. about them being the only English club to win honours in 10 different decades. It may be true, but it's both unsourced and, in my opinion at least, rather too trivial a piece of information to belong in the lead section. If you have a reliable source for it, it might be more appropriate to add it to Aston Villa F.C. statistics and records, but perhaps wait until that list has finished its Featured List candidacy :-) cheers, Struway2 (talk) 20:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Tom Green (footballer)

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First Blues/Villa game

Hi, I'm afraid Tony Matthews isn't the most consistent of sources: "Blues first met Aston Villa on 27 September 1879 in what was billed as a "friendly" match at Muntz Street. Blues registered a 1-0 victory that led to the Villa players claiming that the pitch was only suitable for pot holing!" Source: Matthews, Tony (2000). The Encyclopedia of Birmingham City Football Club 1875–2000. Cradley Heath: Britespot. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-9539288-0-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Though I'll raise you Blues' "Official History": "On 27th September 1879, the Heathens had an engagement at Muntz Street, which was to form the beginnings of that great Midlands rivalry with Aston Villa. Small Heath won the game, which was recorded as 'one goal and a disputed goal to nil'!" Source: Lewis, Peter, ed. (2000). Keeping right on since 1875. The Official History of Birmingham City Football Club. Lytham: Arrow. p. 9. ISBN 1-900722-12-7.

And the (neutral) clincher, I think. The Sporting Mail (the Saturday sports edition of the Birmingham Daily Mail, as it was then called) published a potted history of Blues on the Saturday before they moved from Muntz Street to St Andrew's, which contained the sentence "It was not until 1879 that the Alliance first met Aston Villa, and present-day supporters may be glad to be reminded that that the encounter ended in a victory for Small Heath." Source: "The Week's Gossip". Sporting Mail. 22 December 1906. p. 1. ... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 22:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough all! (talk) 01:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

August 2009

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Ok, ta... I'll try it. Villafancd (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2010 (UTC)--Villafancd (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you don't have to do both then... --Villafancd (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Taylor

RE: David Taylor snooker player, my understanding is that he is fully retired but the prelim qualifying round he entered is only available to WPBSA members, similar to how Tony Knowles entered the competition last year. so whilst he's retired, as he's not one of the 96 profesional tour players, it is still possible to enter the worlds qualifiers, (I think). - By anonymous poster.

Ok, ta. Moved post to my discussion page. --Villafancd (talk) 19:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2022 Commonwealth Games

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Hi CD

Just to say thanks for your contributions to the page I started for Bernie. I was most surprised that he didn't have one to start with...see on H&V and maybe at the Barton's some time this season :-) regards Martyn Smith (talk) 09:55, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Samir Carruthers

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I think he now deserves a Wiki page as he has now played for the first-team (albeit it for only a few minutes) and is therefore now classed as 'notable'. I'll stick a couple of references in, ta. Villafancd (talk) 11:32, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just looked again and noticed refs have already been provided so no worries. Villafancd (talk) 11:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Maximum break

Regarding your recent addition to the Maximum break article. This really needs a citation, or it could be deemed original research. Alan (talk) 13:13, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was just worked out from the table above, which is all citated Villafancd (talk) 19:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable. Thanks. Alan (talk) 19:31, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken out the {{cn}} tag and have changed the wording a little. Alan (talk) 19:41, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But the whole section has just been removed by Lee, correctly in my opinion. Alan (talk) 20:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

you could just tell me how to do citations rather than just deleting stuff. It doesn't really encourage people. Not you, whoever "Lee" is. Villafancd (talk) 00:55, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't delete anything. That was Lee Vilenski, but I think he was right to do so. With regard to citations, there's plenty of help available. You could start here. But you first need to find a reliable source that backs up what you are saying. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Alan (talk) 07:03, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More to the point - if we don't have a source making those claims, they are original research and trivia.

Even if we had a source that said it, is it even that important a piece of information? Like you've said, there is already a list of all of the items, so the information is already viewable. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]