User talk:ChrisTheDude/Archive 22

Hi ChrisTheDude

Re your comments on my 'Digital Marketing Strategy of Manchester United', would you be able to give me some suggestions as to how this article could be improved to your standards?

Benterry101 (talk) 16:25, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

@Benterry101: - you'd have to be able to demonstrate that there is something especially noteworthy about Man U's digital strategy that separates it from that utilised by other big brands, and more importantly you would need to demonstrate that Man U's digital strategy (not the general concept of football clubs' digital marketing, but Man U's in particular) has been the subject of in-depth coverage in reliable independent third-party source, per WP:GNG..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:39, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Tommy Caldwell

Hi, I'm just creating an article for Caldwell and could do with a cite for the New Brompton stats if that's OK? The list of Gillingham F.C. players has him with 5 goals in 56 appearances over two seasons (1912–1914), which appears to be referenced from The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record (ISBN 1-899468-20-X). Could you confirm that and let me know the page number if possible? Many thanks, Nzd (talk) 18:55, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

A basic article is up now so you're welcome to do what you like with it. I've left the New Brompton/Gillingham stats commented out. His tenure appears to be around the time of the rename - Joyce lists the club as New Brompton but you may want to expand on that if you have other sources. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 20:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

OK, I will take a gander tonight. For info, the club played under the new name in the 1912-13 season but didn't officially change it name until the summer of 1913..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:18, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

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... and today for the history --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:40, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Boreham Wood on Google

So the former Alliance Premier League now goes by "National League" (having been sponsored as "Nationwide Conference" when there was also a "Nationwide League" brand to confuse with)...but Google leads off its page hits on "Boreham wood fc" with its "Conference Premier Semi-final" score over Sutton,nary a nod to "National" or "Vanarama".12.144.5.2 (talk) 14:56, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

We use the current name for a competition, irrespective of what other sites might (incorrectly) use -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:20, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

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Semi-protection for Jlloyd Samuel

Could you please semi-protect Jlloyd Samuel, lots of unsourced crap being added. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 14:19, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@JMHamo: - sorry, I've only just seen this - some urgent work came up and I had to stop messing about on WP. Looks like it has been sorted now, though......... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:12, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

FL nomination review

Hello Chris, my FL nomination is listed as one of the candidates which need urgent reviews, so as you already made comments there, could you offer your support, if you don't find anything else? I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Akocsg (talk) 16:38, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

@Akocsg: I will try and take a look later today.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:13, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Category:Number-one singles in Romania

Hi there! I'm writing this message to you because you seem to be an administrator, so you have been granted the ability to perform special actions on pages. I have recently cleaned up this, this and this page with reliable sources. These pages list all number ones on the Romanian national charts: the Romanian Top 100 (2000s–February 2012) and the Airplay 100 (February 2012 to present). However, as I edited the pages, there were several claimed number ones that I could not find a reference for and had to remove them. Those number ones are also listed in the above named category, which is completely wrong. I just wanted to ask you if there is any way that you can remove all pages from the category so I can add again all citeable number ones? Once you did that, I could also split up the category in singles that reached number one on the Romanian Top 100 and on the Airplay 100. Thanks in advance and have a nice day! Best; Cartoon network freak (talk) 13:44, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Could I get a response to my question? I don't mean to sound rude, but it seems like you're ignoring my comment; was it offensive in any way? Cartoon network freak (talk) 21:29, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

@Cartoon network freak: - very humble apologies, I did mean to reply but I forgot. Unfortunately I don’t know a quick way to do what you refer to above. Sorry about that :-( — ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:44, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

No worries; thank you anyway for your response. I guess I will have to search another administrator... Have a nice day; Cartoon network freak (talk) 21:47, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

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Seriously?

"List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2007 (nominated by ChrisTheDude) It's no surprise to find casual sex, excessive drinking and financial difficulties on a list of country music hits, but what is geek chic doing here? Kudos to Brad Paisley for going out on a limb."

I have an idea of what you're trying to say here, and it sounds pretty bloody ridiculous. 120.20.227.18 (talk) 11:53, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

@120.20.227.18: - I've never seen the above sentence before in my life and have no idea what you are talking about..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:15, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

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Abel Lee

Hi Chris, I was wondering if you could help. I'm doing a list of Captains of Grimsby Town and when it comes to 'Chopper' Abel Lee who played for New Brompton (Gillingham), it states on Wikipedia that he joined them in 1909? However, according to the book I have The Grimsby Town Story 1878–2008 it has records of him playing for Grimsby Town in the 1910/11 season and Abel Lee also appears on the squad photos and states he moved to New Brompton (Gillingham) in the 1911/12 season.

I noticed you created the article, any chance you can check your books to see what dates it says in there? Thanks --Nelly GTFC (talk) 22:11, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

@Nelly GTFC: I checked my copy of The Definitive Gillingham FC and it does state 1911. I have no idea why I put 1909 way back when I created that article, but feel free to change it.... —ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:14, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

@ChrisTheDude: Thanks for checking double checking, I'll add some info I have from my book.----Nelly GTFC (talk) 06:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Hi. I saw that you recently gave review to List of Delhi Daredevils cricketers. I recently nominated : List of Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers as featured list candidate (discussion). The list(page) was arranged almost the same as Delhi list(page). It would be great if you can review and provide your comments on that whenever you are free. Thanks. Sagavaj (talk) 00:07, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I resolved the comments provided by you in the above discussion. Please let me know if there are still any issues. Sagavaj (talk) 16:44, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

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Bloxwich

I've seen a couple of suggestions on the Kempster forum that they've either been renamed or absorbed by Lane Head, who have appeared in Division Two of the Midland League, playing at the same ground. I couldn't find anything beyond this though aside from mention on the Lane Head facebook page that they have the same manager (John Griffiths) as Bloxwich did last season. Number 57 22:27, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

List of box office records set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Hi! Would you care to make a more thorough featured list review for this list? Since you looked at it, I have made some fairly substantial changes (not least to the visual layout) in response to feedback I got from another reviewer. It would be greatly appreciated. TompaDompa (talk) 23:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Be careful with your edits please

I understand you removing one PROD regarding that football author guy, but you also removed, Iran at the 1998 FIFA World Cup which I prodded. Govvy (talk) 23:01, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@Govvy: whoops, sorry :-S -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:01, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

You changed carl winchesters fgr goals from 2 to 1 when he has actually scored 2 league goals.. grimsby away and port vale at home i have changed your mistakes from undoing my change but just wanted to make you aware Shhwwa (talk) 16:58, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Deccan Chargers in 2009

Hi. Thanks again for the supporting the List of Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers FL nomination. I recently created the Deccan Chargers in 2009 article and am planning to make a GA nomination. It would be great if you could take a quick look and suggest the ways to improve the article before the nomination (whenever you are free). Thanks in advance. Sagavaj (talk) 03:09, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

List of Airplay 100 number ones of the 2010s

Hi there! I just wanted to inform you that I've nominated the article above for FLC. I would appreciate comments from your behalf, but only if your schedule allows you to. Best of regards; Cartoon network freak (talk) 07:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

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List of ISO 3166 country codes

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Ernie Watts

Hi Chris, just taking a look at the Ernie Watts article, I noticed that the full name doesn't match the entry in the 2012 ed of Joyce's book (which has 'Ernest Arthur Watts'). Do you know if your source for 'Albert Ernest Watts' was Joyce 2004 or the Gillingham book? (if it was Joyce, I'll change it and update the ref). Thanks, Nzd (talk) 12:47, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

@Nzd: - Joyce 2004 has "Albert Ernest". The Gillingham book only shows initials for players who played for the Gills when they were a non-League team and that has "E.A. Watts". Sounds like Ernest Arthur is correct and the earlier edition of Joyce had an error (or info which was thought correct at the time but subsequently revised) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I've updated this now. Nzd (talk) 14:41, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

New page

Could you help me set up a new wiki page for a football club please? MWRef92 (talk) 15:07, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

They play in the Humber premier league but they haven’t ever completed in an FA competition... If this doesn’t meet the guidelines then that’s fair enough MWRef92 (talk) 19:29, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Youth

They’re notable enough for my local team Steam n Whistle (talk) 13:18, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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Ralph Ferron

Hi Chris, rather than fill up the Project Football discussion about a unrelated referee, I thought I'd add this here: How come Ralph Ferron was deleted? As an international footballer I would have thought he'd be notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Was it a lack of sources issue? Thanks, --Philk84 12:24, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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John Murray

Hope you don't mind, but I've removed John Murray (footballer, born 1927) from your Gillingham players without articles page seeing as I've just made an article for him (despite next to no information online about him). Cheers. JSWHU (Talk page) 00:01, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

@JSWHU: thanks! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

New Page

Hi Chris

Just wondering if you could help me set up a wiki page for a cup competition and a league in my local area (East Riding). The cup competition is call the Tanton Cup and the league is the Hull and District Veterans League. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks MWRef92 (talk) 16:51, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@MWRef92: my gut feeling is that these seem like competitions which are too minor to meet notability requirements for WP - the fact that as far as I can see Hornsea Town Reserves play in the Tanton Cup suggests this. I'd hate to see you put in effort only for the articles to get put up for deletion. Do these competitions get much (any) media coverage? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:26, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Raven (2002 TV series)

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Question about alphabetical order

Hey, just a little question about List of Slovenia international footballers – how are the players sorted if their name starts with a non-English letter, like Č, Š or Ž? Is it standard English where the letters would be sorted as C, S and Z, or should I use the Slovenian order, where Č is behind C?

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• Nastja Čeh
• Boštjan Cesar

or Example 2 (how it is correctly sorted in Slovenian language):

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• Aleš Čeh
• Nastja Čeh

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Arular

Hi, I noticed that you were the main editor of Arular. The article claims that M.I.A.'s father was involved with the Tamil Tigers, but the artist herself denied such claim (source). Can you add clarifications to this claim to avoid confusion to readers? Thanks, HĐ (talk) 00:28, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Mersal (film)/archive1

Hi there, Chris. Hope everything's going great with yourself. Here's my latest FLC. Please feel free to leave your comments, which are constructive as always.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:39, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments, Chris. I've resolved them. Do have a look again and get back to me.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:42, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Peer review/Mullum Malarum/archive1

Chris, I was hoping you could post some comments at the PR of this 1978 Tamil film, Mullum Malarum. It is considered to be a breakthrough for Rajinikanth as an actor and protagonist as he was mainly into antagonist and supporting roles at the time. A fellow editor and friend of mine, Kailash29792, is planning to take this article to FA. Please do help him out as he is making a fourth attempt at FA for this film. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 08:40, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Also another thing. I've opened up a peer review for my next attempt at an FA. This article is about Kal Ho Naa Ho, a 2003 Indian Hindi film that has Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. Please do have a look at the article and post your comments at the peer review, the link for which is right here. Do let me know when you post your comments at the peer reviews of both the articles. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:42, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Hi there! I hope I'm not bothering, but I would very much appreciate some comments on my current FLC linked above →. Just disregard if you're too busy at the moment. Many thanks and have yourself a good day Cartoon network freak (talk) 07:22, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

@Cartoon network freak: happy to take a look, but I am actually going away for a few days tonight, so it may not be until after I get back..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:31, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Any Suggestions

Hey ChrisTheDude, I’m pretty new here but want to contribute a little bit. Do you have any suggestions for newcomers? SanGeneral (talk) 16:27, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

PR/FA advice

Hello, Chris. How are you doing? Noting that you brought three M.I.A. album articles to FA, I want to have your comments/advice on the current PR for 1989 album. As a non-native English speaker I find it challenging to perfect the article's prose, and want to have a helping hand from you :) No hard feelings if you don't feel like doing so. Thanks in advance, HĐ (talk) 02:51, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

@HĐ: OK, I will take a look..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:25, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

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