User talk:BigDom/Archive 6

Speaking of Nelson

Just thought you might like to know that this guy played for them at the start of the 20th century. Thanks for the support on the FLC!

Regards, --W F C-- 10:02, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, he was quite the journeyman wasn't he! I wish it were easier to uncover information about the earlier players, but it is especially hard to do so for non-league clubs like Nelson. By the way, both Cornelius Hogan and Gordon Haigh also played for both Watford and Nelson. Big Dom 12:37, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good article nominations

Thanks for the heads up regarding adding the GA note to the talk pages, will do that now. As for the whole Stevenage Borough/Stevenage name change, the majority referred to Stevenage Borough as 'Stevenage' anyway, and I wouldn't have written "Stevenage Borough" everytime I mentioned the club even when it was the club's title. I think Stevenage works perfectly, especially for the players who joined Stevenage Borough and are still currently playing for Stevenage. Both John Mousinho and Graham Westley are GA articles and I referred to the club as Stevenage. Thanks for the advice. SBFCEdit (talk) 21:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: A good result

Yeah. It puts the onus on those defending players who have made precisely one appearance to prove that they are generally notable. I don't consider myself to be inclusionist or deletionist, I just think that NSPORTS/ATHLETE should be an essay (indeed, having looked at the discussion I think the decision to ever promote NSPORTS was a poor one). I'll continue to use the GNG and BLP1E to contradict it, until people realise that what we really need is for all footballers to meet the general notability guideline, with ATHLETE there as an essay for guidance. In theory, being a guideline is fine, but in practise Wikipedia guideline = the law.

I know you disagreed with me in at least one of the examples there, but nonetheless you might be interested to have a quick read of this. --W F C-- 11:08, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks Dom! Tom (talk) 14:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Burnley F.C. squad numbers

Cheers, I saw this just before you messaged me. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Willie Irvine

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— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be so sure

[1]. The glaring problem with this article from an FAC perspective is the massive gap between Wolstenholme's retirement from professional football in 1926 and his death in 1958, almost half of his life. Did any of the local papers print an obituary that might help to fill in the blanks? Malleus Fatuorum 22:03, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I did reconsider my comment and agree that it may be a poor example. But the point is that once lower league footballers from the 1920s retired, they returned to everyday jobs like everyone else and were just forgotten. So no, as far as I'm aware, no obituary. I mean, it's not like I was ever thinking of taking the Wolstenholme article to FAC, I frankly can't be arsed with the whole process which has so far proved to be nothing but a complete waste of my time. If 1920–21 Burnley F.C. season didn't pass, nothing I ever write will. Big Dom 22:11, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That could pass easily, with just a little bit about the local reaction to Burnley's victory, which must be available in local newspapers. Malleus Fatuorum 01:20, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. To get explicit support from Tony1 on 1(a) is proof that you are capable of writing FAs. He doesn't hand those out willy-nilly. --W F C-- 01:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wolstenholme

Yeah, same player. Blackpool (1902-1904) 91/0; Bolton (1905-1906) 9/0; Burnley (1907-1908) 38/0; and Bradford Park Avenue (1908-1909) 39/1. - Dudesleeper talk 01:43, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I gots! - Dudesleeper talk 23:25, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1920–21 Burnley F.C. season

Sorry to jump in, but I noticed your conversation on YellowMonkey's page and had a quick look at the article and its FA review. If sourcing is the main problem, I had a look on the Times Archive website. A quick search for Burnley in 1920 to 1921 gave 179 sports results. Many of them seem to be summaries of the football results, but Burnley get a good write up, commenting on how well they played and a few of their players. It also gives you some good reaction to the results and a bit of context. I'm sure it's possible to use at least some (although probably not all!) of these. The down-side is that the Times Archive is a subscription site unless you have a library which subscribes to it. Don't know if this helps. Cheers. --Sarastro1 (talk) 07:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm a member of the Lancashire library so I can use the service, but unfortunately what's there doesn't seem to add much on top of what I already have. Cheers, Big Dom 18:08, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bryan Hall

I noticed you've you added a notability tag for biographies on this page - I've since expanded the article, and added sources accordingly, and have removed the tag (for the time being). Could you reassess? Thanks. Connormah^talk 17:03, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine now, notability has been reasonably established. Good job expanding the article! Big Dom 17:05, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, It never hurts to get a second opinion :). Connormah^talk 17:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Lists of national team footballers

Hi, I would welcome any views you have on [2]. If so, please post there. Regards. Eldumpo (talk) 07:28, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Trawden Forest F.C.

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Your RfA question

Hi, thanks for your question at my RfA. I don't know if your answer was what your looking for (or if we have the same views), but all the same, it was quite thought-provoking. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 19:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:St Albans City F.C. squad

Template:St Albans City F.C. squad has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Only fair to start deleting the work of your own fingers where necessary in this cleaning up exercise :P Echetus Xe 21:12, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I think this is sorted now Dom. --W F C-- 05:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sorting that out WFC. Cheers, Big Dom 06:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Squad template deletion discussions

Hey, thanks for taking part earlier, now I found a few more that need to be voted on: thanks.--Echetus Xe 18:35, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank semi-spam

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:34, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations. Big Dom 09:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Wright (footballer)

Hi, now that Billy Wright (footballer) points to a disambig, could you help clean up the links that now point to that disambig per WP:FIXDABLINKS? (BTW the job can be made easier using navigation popups with the popupFixDabs flag set to true.) Cheers! --JaGa^talk 10:48, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, will get on it. About 90% of the links are in templates so they should be easy enough to fix. Big Dom 11:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the cleanup! Cheers, --JaGa^talk 08:54, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, it didn't take too long at all once I got round to it. Cheers Big Dom 12:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your admin criteria

Hey,

Out of interest, what made you decide to delete your admin criteria page? Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 01:21, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A fair question. The thing is, I realised that I just hadn't been using them any more because I started to judge each candidate on their own merits rather than support or oppose because of an arbitrary standard. Some users might have passed the criteria but had the wrong temprament, others may have failed them but specialised in a sorely-needed area e.g. image copyright. Hope that answers your query. Big Dom 07:52, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it does indeed. Cheers! Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 08:21, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your RFA

I know that you are arguing just out of the principle of the matter, but consider just letting the thing with Colonel Warden drop. His oppose strikes me very strongly of a case of "searching for a reason to oppose AFTER making the decision to oppose." While your argument is extremely valid and reasonable, it's unlikely you will sway him. If he didn't have this reason to oppose you, he simply would have fabricated another. Learning to filter out the bellyaching of the fringe minority is one of the first lessons of adminship. Good luck :) Trusilver 14:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you're right. I can't be bothered with it any more anyway. Thanks for the first admin lesson :) Cheers, Big Dom 14:46, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to recommend something very similar. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:32, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Care to expand on your thinking here? Sorry to trouble you. --John (talk) 04:38, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No trouble. When that was written, I was just extremely annoyed at the way some editors were treating Herostratus. It was nothing short of a complete disgrace. Now I can see that I overexaggerated throughout the whole rant; clearly the BLP policies are important to avoid misrepresenting people who could possibly sue (although I still think some people take it far too seriously) and I haven't completely lost faith in the community. Hope this answers your question. Cheers, Big Dom 08:15, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jack Newnes

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The DYK project (nominate) 12:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 11:33, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much! I'll have a read of those and then take a look at NAS. Cheers, Big Dom 11:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Hope you prove my doubts totally unfounded. Good luck, Struway2 (talk) 11:34, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully I will! I've taken the concerns of those who opposed to heart and am going to make a real effort to improve my understanding of the BLP area. For now, I'm not going to steer well clear of potentially controversial decisions involving living people until I gain some more experience. Now that's over and done with though, I might get around to writing the lead of that Burnley players list. Cheers, Big Dom 11:45, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too :-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:58, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! Big Dom 13:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Connormah (talk) 13:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!!!!! --j⚛e decker ^talk 14:15, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is this like wishing happy birthday when you're the 19th person on someone's wall to do so? I hope not, congrats. Magog the Ogre (talk) 14:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, well done. Argyle 4 Life^talk 15:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! It all goes downhill from here! (Nah, that's actually not true. The good thing about being an admin is the knowledge that when you get frustrated, you can always go back to the same old stuff you were doing before. Don't let the job get to you to the point that it really does start to feel like a job.) Trusilver 18:05, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats, BigDom! :) Airplaneman ✈ 23:39, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too!

~Nerdy Science Dude 02:37, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers everyone! Trusilver, I don't intend to spend all my time just doing admin stuff, that would get boring pretty quickly. While I do appreciate the importance of BLP, I did like your comment about the hand-wringing BLP crowd! Big Dom 21:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"I did like your comment about the hand-wringing BLP crowd!" Not looking very promising for your career as an admin then, is it. Malleus Fatuorum 22:17, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't see how it will make an ounce of difference to my "career" as an admin. If you can call deleting a few expired PRODs and CSDs and closing a couple of FFD discussions a career, that is. Actions speak louder than words, so I'd prefer it if you could judge me on what I do as an admin rather than what I say. It appears that many people want me to fail spectacularly, but that will not be the case! Cheers, Big Dom 06:42, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations from me as well, and that includes your willingness to "speak heresy" by daring to suggest sometimes BLP might go too far. Don't get me wrong, BLP is a great idea in general, but we need to treat it with sanity and our regular insistence on willingness to discuss calmly, not a tarring and feathering of anyone who dares to question an action purportedly taken under it. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 02:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on winning one of the best games of football I've watched (the majority of) on TV in a very long time. And also on being elected as a sysop. --W F C-- 18:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The admin thing is definitely secondary to the football - that was a pretty good match, wasn't it? For us, at least! Congratulations on your fantastic 2–2 draw with Doncaster ;) BigDom More tea, vicar? 19:19, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still reeling from the fact that we didn't win (note that I haven't touched the season article), but it was actually a pretty good game. I would comment on the ref's handling of the game, but I suspect my opinions would fall foul of your favourite policy. --W F C-- 19:30, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you know me, I'm just a real stickler for that wonderful policy. If I were you, I'd be reeling from the fact that Marvin Sordell managed to score twice. BigDom More tea, vicar? 19:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS articles you could help with

Hey there. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. These is a set of BLPs from the past few days that have received an OTRS complaint. I haven't seriously evaluated the accuracy of any of the complaints (besides a superficial look to isolate the cranks), but I would appreciate it if you could take your best stab at them.

David Kertzer
Amy Bishop
Die Sektor
Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Spill area and thickness (last paragraph)
Ike Skelton (especially the issues section)

If you could take a look at these, I would very much appreciate it. I could provide additional articles if you want to take a look at them. Thanks again. NW (Talk) 03:06, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect Page Deletion

Hello Dom, How are you doing? Pls can you kindly restore the Redirect page Kaynay Drenco. The article the Redirect was created for has been restored. Thank you and God bless. Mr Stanley (82.128.107.86 (talk) 14:17, 17 September 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:28, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick Kelly (footballer)

Hi - I want to create an article on Patrick Kelly (footballer) who made one appearance for N. Ireland in 1949. (see [3]). I see that an article by this name was deleted earlier this year - was it about this guy or someone else? If the content was relevant, can you un-delete it? Cheers. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:59, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. It seems that article was about a semi-professional footballer born in 1968 who played a handful of games in the Northern Irish league in the late 80s/early 90s. Certainly not a notable player. I say go ahead and create a new article! Cheers, BigDom More tea, vicar? 22:00, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Len Martindale

Hi, have you got any refs for the years he was with his clubs and his year of death, as this info is not in the Joyce book. Regards. Eldumpo (talk) 10:12, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings & request

Greetings BigDom. I see you worked on the Dominique Jean-Zéphirin page. As I know nothing at all about the subject, could you have a look at the last couple of edits. I'm following up a long shot, and need confirmation. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 13:14, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The last couple of edits refer to Jean-Zéphirin's return to Slough. This page from their website confirms that he signed on loan from Farnborough last month. He has since made 2 league appearances, so the infobox is currently slightly out of date. What is it you need confirmation of? Cheers, BigDom talk 14:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help with peer review

Hello. About a year ago, you provided very helpful feedback in the GA review of 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final which went on to become a featured article and has even been featured on the main page already. Recently I've put a lot of work into tournament final for the following year, 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, and it recently passed GA review. I've opened up a peer review for it to hopefully prepare it for an FA review in the future. I would be greatful if you wouldn't mind reading through the article once and providing any suggestions or feedback on the prose that occur to you. If you don't have time right now, I totally understand. Thank you anyways and happy hollidays! --SkotyWA^T_C 07:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My computer isn't working at the moment so I won't be able to look for a week at least probably. Even if the PR has finished by the time I can go through the article, I'll leave some comments on your talk page or somewhere like that. Good luck getting it to FA, BigDom talk 16:34, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be leaving the peer review open through the end of the month at least, so if you have time, give it a read and let me know what you think. Thanks. --SkotyWA^T_C 08:00, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review, Shaun Whalley

Hi Dom, thanks for that il try and correct most of them now but the point you made about the early career being expanded, I have expanded that to the limit, I have looked and looked and evrey little thing I found is in there. cheers pal, LiamTaylor 19:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be brilliant if you could have a go at expanding the Early Career section, ur a star, good luck with it and im just starting to do some of the minor edits like ref problems and refs after punctuation, ur a star, cheers, LiamTaylor 20:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, you said you might have a go at expanding the early career section on Shaun Whalley IF you have time, i would also like you to do the Lead aswell because i simply dont know where to start when you said you need to summerise the article in the lead. If you could maybe have a go at this aswell (not forcing you, but it would be great), that would be great mate, cheers, LiamTaylor 16:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I know and thanks again for the work your doing on it. cheers,LiamTaylor 07:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much mate and i know iv been following him for a while and it has changed allot recently and yes i did notice you created it haha :) cheers mate, LiamTaylor 21:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you going to do anything else such as the lead and more info on Shaun Whalley soon, hope im not being rude :) cheers mate, LiamTaylor 19:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you dont think im mithering you haha and it's okay as long as its done :) cheers,LiamTaylor 20:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Request for article review at FAC

The peer review for 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final has closed and I've now nominated it for FAC review. Given the large backlog of nominated articles, the regular FAC reviewers there are swamped. If you have time, I would greatly appreciate your review of the article with any feedback, suggested improvements, or support for the nomination. Please feel free to leave comments in the article review page when/if you have time. Thanks! --SkotyWA^T_C 19:16, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, will try and get round to it. I've just started editing again in the last couple of days so just getting back into the swing of things at the moment. BigDom talk 19:28, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. Thank you! --SkotyWA^T_C 02:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to be a pest on this, I promise this is my last request. The FAC review is nearing an end and it has only 2 supports so far. If you have a moment to review the article, please do so soon. The FAC review will be open for only a few more days I expect. --SkotyWA^T_C 18:10, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re:[4] I am more confident with the overall article quality now that you've take a look at it too. Thank you. --SkotyWA^T_C 20:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, sorry I didn't get round to looking at it sooner. BigDom talk 23:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Really sorry!

By mistake I reverted your recent closing of the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hines Industries. Really sorry - when the page was loading I clicked the Twinkle button "Revert as Vandalism" by mistake. Sorry again! Jay _{Σεβαστός}^discuss 17:29, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, no harm done! BigDom talk 17:32, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RLFoot

Hey.. Following our discussion regarding RLFoot on the Wikiproject football page, I was wondering if you could do me a favor. Can you please find me the stats for Youssef Sofiane with the French youth teams on that page? His article currently doesn't have anything about his international career but I know he's played for France at U17 level (and probably older categories). Thanks. TonyStarks (talk) 08:38, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Was there an error in this AfD closure?

Could you please take a look at your closure of the AfD for Pack of Wolvz at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 February 27? It looks as if many of the listings below it were accidentally included in the "closed/archived" box. Or am I misreading it? Thanks --MelanieN (talk) 19:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you mean? Sorry, it took me a while to reply as I haven't been online in the last few days. BigDom talk 16:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Neff (artist) AFD closure

It seems like the AFD discussion for the entry for Michael Neff (artist) was very brief. I did not have sufficient time to improve the article. Is this sort of short time span typical for an entry that is not marked for speedy deletion? All of the process surrounding nomination for deletion, discussion and requesting undeletion is very confusing for a novice editor and that certainly slowed me down as well. I'd really like to improve this entry. Can you direct me about what my next steps should be? Thank you. Thecornkid (talk) 18:20, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NSPORTS in regards to Progaming

Why hello. In the AfD for Tasteless you said that StarCraft obviously doesn't fall under the category of sports. Therefore not NSPORTS. While it is not a conventional sport, one can easily argue it deserves its own notability guideline. With mounting prize pools (half way down) http://www.esl-world.net/masters/ the formation of multiple teams, and expansion of leagues with well over 25-30 thousand dollars of prize money, and one korean league shelling out over 50 thousand USD monthly in prize money alone, a cult like following of multiple players in korea, one has to wonder if any of these players are any less notable than their 99% of the time benched counterparts in baseball or the like. Although in the case of tasteless the discussion did not come down to the interpretation of nsports (just RS) I would like to at least voice my opinion that it's not fair to say that NSports has nothing to do with esports. Very few know of ping pong players who compete at their world championships, yet these people are considered inherently. (I know it's an otherstuffexists argument.) Yet those who played in the World Cyber Games (highest level of competition of an esport), proving themselves as the best in the nation, or in some cases third or fourth best in the world with extensive coverage by korean media sources are not included. Although a poor article at this time StarCraft: Brood War professional competition at least gives a sort of scope as to how large the field is. Although at this time I don't think NSPORTS can be applied to eSports, I would not disregard them as being entirely separate. NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 02:06, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I never realised how popular it was, but still stand by my point that NSPORTS is not an applicable guideline so should not be used as a rationale in "keep" arguments. I wouldn't be against a separate guideline for gamers, but NSPORTS is definitely nothing to do with e-sports IMO. Big Dom 19:07, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your reply. I just wanted to make the argument that they are similar things. Still, I have little to no idea on how to start discussion on this. RFC or ? NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 22:31, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think probably the best place to start would be WikiProject Video Games. I had a quick look on there and couldn't see anything about notability. Maybe start a thread there and if there's sufficient interest, then start an official RfC. Big Dom 19:28, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Howard Webb GA

Thanks for your review of Howard Webb. I will try to improve the article based on your recommendations. --TBM10 (talk) 12:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. It would be great if you could improve the article and get it to GA, because I think it would be the first good article written about a referee. If you want me to have a look at it again in the future just leave me a message here. Good luck, Big Dom 12:50, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interested?

I saw your FL on the results for the Montserrat national team results. I thought you might also be interested In getting Bhutan national football team results to FL also? Coverage of Bhutanese soccer on wikipedia is very bad and maybe you can help improve it alittle. It's ok if your not interested. Spongie555 (talk) 06:45, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to cleanup the tables if I can. The bad thing a out Bhutan is that there is few sources for it since it isn't that much of a well known country and they are barely opening up to the world. Spongie555 (talk) 05:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Albert Nutter

On 22 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Albert Nutter, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Albert Nutter took 600 wickets in first-class cricket? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

NW (Talk) 08:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shaun Whalley GA

BigDom, i'd like to thank you for your help on the Shaun Whalley article and just to let you know it has now achieved GA status. Once again thank you for your help with it and i probably would'nt have been able to make it without your help :) –LiamTaylor– 19:51, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you thats great and i think im going to start on Matty Barlow soon. I've already made it semi-decent. –LiamTaylor– 20:22, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Task force

Pursuing the task force idea ... would you be interested in participating, and if so, would it be possible for you to round up some people who share your views and keep in touch with them as the task force makes recommendations? - Dank (push to talk) 21:53, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matty Barlow

Just wondering as you said you will be happy to help me, I have put the article up for peer review here and if you have time will you post some comments on there to try and help me achieve GA with this one aswell, thanks, –LiamTaylor– 22:46, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'll gladly have a look. Probably not in the next couple of days, but I will get around to it. Big Dom 22:37, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Bill Shipman

On 27 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Shipman, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that cricketer Bill Shipman played over 100 first-class matches for Leicestershire? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contribution Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for kindly sending the DYK notification. Much appreciated.--Storye book (talk) 11:02, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This was a double DYK, but maybe admin didn't notice? There is no DYK notification on the discussion page of Edward Alexander Wyon.--Storye book (talk) 11:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Thanks for pointing that out, I've added the {{dyktalk}} template to the EA Wyon talk page now. Cheers, Big Dom 13:41, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again! --Storye book (talk) 14:31, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for posting the Linni Meister article on DYK. I have a question, if as now this was posted at 16.00 today, when tonight will it be removed from the DYK section? Cheers.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:12, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think they stay on for 8 hours, so it should be on until midnight. Big Dom 16:28, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of Friday Sermons (Mirza Masroor Ahmad)

Please see the above talk page. Thanks. Peaceworld111 (talk) 17:23, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied there. Big Dom 17:45, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Museo Soumaya

I've added to the article and I think it is now a 5x expansion. I just installed the page size script too, since I keep coming just shy of 5x expansions. Qrsdogg (talk) 03:53, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It looks good now, but Marrante got there before me! Cheers, Big Dom 07:42, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of William McMillan (footballer)

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