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[edit] Kenwyne Jones peer review

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

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

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

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Liverpool F.C. seasons

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

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

[edit] Jimmy Hughes

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

[edit] Wikipedia:Peer review/Andy Reid (footballer)/archive1

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

[edit] Adam Legzdins

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[edit] WP:LOTD

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

[edit] Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] Reply

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[edit] McKinna

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

[edit] Wikipedia:Peer review/Liam Miller/archive1

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

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

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

[edit] Comprehensive long lists‎ discussion

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

[edit] Mike Pike (referee)

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] Speedy deletion of "Category:League of Wales clubs"

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[edit] New Project

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[edit] Mazzina

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

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

[edit] AfD nomination of Chris Tardif

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[edit] Dave Carr (footballer)

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

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

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

[edit] Infobox images / Fulfordgate

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

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

[edit] Speedy Deletion of Austria Squad UEFA Euro 2008

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

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

[edit] Jesus Ramirez

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

[edit] Giovani dos Santos

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