User talk:JohnnyPolo24

Riverhounds

Hey, thanks for doing all that hard work you're putting into the Pittsburgh Riverhounds article - you're really doing a great job and adding some valuable information. Just one small issue though... I noticed that you've been playing around with the formatting and colors and ordering of the sub-headings... I just wondered if you were aware that myself and several others have been working for the last 2 years to try to get a formal, standardized format for all USL2 and PDL team pages that includes specific colors and layouts in the year-by-year boxes. I understand you're being enthusiastic and everything, but can you please just take a moment to look at the other pages in your team's league to make sure that the templates don't get screwed up? Thanks a lot, and keep up the excellent work! --JonBroxton (talk) 19:25, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to be getting a copy of the USL handbook (which is sent out to team administrators), and when I receive it I'll add in their official attendance stats. --JonBroxton (talk) 16:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm a member of the admin staff for for San Fernando Valley Quakes, so I get one as standard. Being an insider has its perks! ;) --JonBroxton (talk) 16:53, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Pens template

Hey great job with the template, now Pens, Bucs, and Stillers all match and are good quality. Keep it up! Blackngold29 18:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Citations on a color background

{{helpme}} I've tried searching for my answer but couldn't find it. Could someone let me know if it's possible to change the text color of a citation number within an article. The instance is question is on the Pittsburgh Pirates seasons page where the names/nicknames are cited as they evolved. Is it possible/advisable to change the purple citation number to white/gray/etc.? It's barely visible on the blue background. Thanks. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 20:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it's possible... Have you considered lightening the background ? –xeno (talk) 21:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm 99% sure it isn't possible. It would look much better if the background wasn't such a dark color. How about a light gray-ish blue? L'Aquatique[talk] 22:18, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I've nullified the help template. Even though only two of us responded, I'm sure another 50 went away with a question mark above their head ;> Try WP:VPT maybe. –xeno (talk) 22:51, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Pitt Panthers

Thanks for doing all of that work on the 2008 Pitt team article! You may be interested in our wikipedia project as well:

As a current or past contributor to a Pitt-related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Pittsburgh, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pitt Panthers. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! CrazyPaco (talk) 21:46, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Riverhounds page ordering

Hola! Hey, I noticed you moved the categories around on the Pittsburgh Riverhounds again, to match some other soccer team websites. Now, I absolutely know that you've put a LOT of hard work in to lots of articles about PA sports, including the Riverhounds article, and I know you're doing this in good faith... but I'm just wondering if we can't come to some kind of compromise here.

The thing is that I've been working on trying to get a set standard template and ordering system for all USL teams - USL1, USL2, PDL and W-League - for the past, oh, 2 years or so, and I thought I'd cracked it. My reason for doing it was because, quite frankly, until fairly recently, no-one bothered even trying to ensure that each time had up-to-date, accurate and detailed information on any of these teams, so I took up the mantle and spent months and months updating, writing club histories, researching player backgrounds, and so on. If you click on the update histories of all the USL2, PDL and W-League teams specifically, you'll see my name all over them.

What I'm wondering is whether you think it's more important for the Riverhounds article to match the category ordering for other sports teams in other countries, or whether it's better for it to match all the other American teams in its league system. I'm not trying to come across as pedantic; I really want your opinion. From my POV (biased, obviously, because I designed the ordering system), I would think it would be better to match all the other USL articles, because then the casual reader would be able to tell, at a glance, that the Riverhounds were part of the same hierarchical soccer structure, that the information included would be consistent with other teams in the league, and that there was an identifiable order to things - the reader would know that the roster came second, the year-by-year stats, third and so on... what do you think?

I want to make sure we're both happy with whatever we decide here, because we clearly both care a lot about the articles and want to make them as good and informative and accurate as possible, and it's a waste of both our times to keep reverting the other's category ordering system. I'm looking forward to reading what you think! (PS I asked this same question to User:JaMikePA) --JonBroxton (talk) 20:46, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins season

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Nothing personal, but there are a ton of precedents against creating season articles this far in advance. Resolute 05:10, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

USMNT

Is there any way you could ask for the unprotection of the USMNT article? I would ask, but I don't think I'm supposed to because I was a party to the content dispute. I just want to clean up the section headings (the really ridiculous ones), and with Kevin being incommunicado for a while I don't see why the article should remain protected the whole time. I think the issue is mostly resolved anyway. Anyway, thanks for the time, and please, please help improve the tone of the article if you so desire. -- Grant.Alpaugh 22:24, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

List of Danish football transfers winter 2008-09/MLS

Next time you put a transfer down regarding Major League Soccer, it should look like this, MLS (New England) along with a note that all player contracts in MLS are owned by the league, not by individual teams. – Michael (talk) 14:55, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Primera Division

I see no where that the league is called Primera Division Profesional Clausura 2009, i agree with you it should serve as a redirect to Primera División de México Clausura 2009. It should be added in Wikipedia:Requested moves. – BlueRed – 06:37, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Invite

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject College Basketball, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of all things College Basketball. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

I finished the team page layout. Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Yearly team pages format. Let me know if you see any problems. Thanks for your interest, hope you join! ~Richmond96 t • c 21:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

From elNoe

Hi JohnnyPolo24, as you can realize, I'm Cuban, and I live in Cuba. I have not the best English, but I know enough to write in the Wikipedia in that language. I'm Sorry, I didn't realize, and that's why I wrote in Spanish. I try to correct all the article, and I hope all is All Right.

Thanks, and I hope all people put their country's preselection in this page.

Look, I don`t know how to create myPage, if you can help me, I'll appreciate a lot.

Noel Miño Herrera 16:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC) elNoe (talk) 11:48, January 17, 2009 (ET)

Gusto en conocerte también

Yes, you are right, I probably try to edit some pages in spanish, 'cause my English isn't the best, it's just that I think that the main bibliography is in English, and that's why I tried to give to the people in the world, Cuban's probable players for the WBC. I try to study English all the time, 'cause in my job I have to use it a lot. I'm a Computer Programmer, and that's why I have to read a lot in English. I have a lot of things to do here in my work, but I try to enter Wikipedia when I have a chance. I'll try to join the projects you wrote me, but maibe I have to look for some help from Google Translator also. Thanks for writting me, and I'm proud to be the first cuban yo make a conection, I hope to help you (and help Wikipedia) in everything I can. Saludos desde Cuba, desde La Habana, desde la Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas, un proyecto revolucionario para impulsar nuestra economía. Noel Miño Herrera 04:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ElNoe (talk • contribs)

Lifetime vs YOB and YOD categories

Please don't replace YOB/YOD categories with Lifetime. Read instructions in the template's page. In the talk page I have stated many reasons why this substitution is not correct. Summarising I would say that: Lifetime confuses bots and tools, an extra template has to be rendered by the serves each time, offers no difference from the categories, it's confusing for newbies, it hides defaultost with many side-effects. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 02:13, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. This template is widely misused. Happy editing. You are doing great job with gnome edits. -- Magioladitis (talk) 14:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Cite format

For the Pirates article I am using the "First example of commonly used fields" of the Cite news template. I have used the same template in every article I've written and have never had a problem with it. There is no right or wrong way, as long as it stay consistent throughout; and as the primary editor to the article that is the style that I have decided to use. I would appreciate if you discussed it before changing that much of an article when it is already consistent throughout. Thanks! blackngold29 13:53, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Player Nationality

Hi, I read the link to the wiki guidelines on nationality and according to that it would seem that Sebrango should be listed as Cuban. It seems to me that there should be some sort of consideration for the fact that he defected from Cuba and is now a Canadian citizen, I'm sure there are other players with similar situations. Also, if you're going to change the players nationality in the article why would you only chane it once and leave the other 5 times his name appears beside a Canadian flag for someone else to change?NeilCanada (talk) 18:37, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Pitt football

Just wanted to give you some kudos for the fantastic job on the 2009 Pittsburgh Panthers football team article so far. CrazyPaco (talk) 17:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

09 Gold Cup

hey, whats up I was just wondering why you simplified the scores for the gold cup page, before there used to be info like the refs and who scored the goals and such.. why is it gone? thanks, -Swish 33 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swish33 (talk • contribs) 22:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

OHHhh, I see what you did! thanks, sorry to bother —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swish33 (talk • contribs) 22:51, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Roster templates

Thanks for the compliment :) Unfortunately, I fear I may have screwed up a little with my naming convention - I created the all-time roster pages for all MLS, USL1 and USL2 teams with the same naming format (I was unaware of the other convention), so if we re-name them to match the style you indicated, we'll have to do all of them for consistency - but if you feel you would like to tackle this, please go ahead. I'm at work right now, so I can't help you just yet, but I'll certainly lend a hand when I get home tonight! --JonBroxton (talk) 17:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

United States national team

Can you show me any discussion that has determined there is consensus to leave the schedule list as it is? It was my understanding that in the past improvements to the USMNT page were essentially impossible to make because Grant Alpaugh would start an edit war any time someone changed his precious article. Now that he's been banned I think it's time we actually sit down and discuss some changes, not least of which is improving the schedule list and make it resemble those on other articles. Eightball (talk) 04:26, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

That actually sounds like a great idea. Let's get some constructive talk going. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 11:45, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

English football proposal

Hi mate, I really like your proposal about integrating club season articles into the [Year-Year] in English Football templates. It puts it into line with the American sports and will also enable us to keep track of articles as they are created. I have today converted Template:2002–03 in English football into a navbox, removed the transfers over £10million section and added the parameter for football club seasons. Instead of leaving redlinks but allowing us to check progress, I have simply added wikilinks to current articles while inputting the other team names without a link. I think this would be a good idea for all other navboxes. Can you comment upon how you think it looks. Thanks. 03md 21:57, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

I think it looks good. If we really do end up with all of those team season articles it really makes the Navbox long. Maybe we need to make a few more alterations... I'm going to try it out on Template: 2009–10 in English football. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 10:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I stopped at the Championship level just because I was initially trying out the proposal. I think it would be useful to list teams without wikilinks (but not redlinks) under the Navbox|child system as it is a beneficial inclusion. 03md 18:05, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Why did you remove the teams without articles from this years template. I worked hard adding them and wanted it to serve as a prompt for articles to be created, without displaying redlinks. 03md 16:15, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure you meant well, and I wasn't trying to be a dick. There's an archived discussion here, but no one answered my question about the red links. I guess I'm not opposed to it, so if you want them in there then just go add them back in. You could copy-and-paste them by viewing the article history. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 16:24, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks - I just feel it is a useful progress-check without having ugly redlinks. It serves as an instant list of teams as well. 03md 22:41, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Sporting nationality

Hi Johnny,

Thanks for that. For ages I was genuinely confused and concerned. Ryannus (talk) 11:50, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Everyone makes mistakes. I'm sure there are a lot of WP policies that I don't know about either. :^) JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 10:42, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Template:2009-10 NCAA Division I FBS football conferences

You seem like someone who has editorial interests that go along with creating an Big East page to fill in {{2009-10 NCAA Division I FBS football conferences}}.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:30, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Pitt football season count

Hey JohnnyPolo24, great, great season articles. I wanted to tell about the correction in the lead paragraphs for the 2008 and 2009 Pitt football seasons in case there is any confusion on the starting year. As you are probably aware the first official season of Pitt football was in 1890. This is how it is listed in all university publications, media guides, and releases, as well as in third party publications like College Football Data Warehouse. Starting from the 1890 season, unless I'm counting wrong, we are now in the 120th season. As you may be aware there was one game played in 1889 by a group of freshman students in what is said to be an unofficial game, resulting in a loss, against Shadyside Academy. It might be assumed that the university is conveniently forgetting that season because it resulted in only a loss. However, it does seem to be true that this 1889 group, many who went on to play for the 1890 team, was not an official team of the university. According to the Courant (the forerunner of The Pitt News), there was no football in 1889[1]. The first mention of "foot ball", existing as a component of the university's Athletic Committee, was in 1890.[2][3][4] Based on the contemporary accounts of the Courant, it does seem that the first year of official football sponsored by the Athletic Committee was 1890, which is consistent with the media guides going back at least to 1950 (the earliest available on-line).[5] CrazyPaco (talk) 06:31, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

That's fine, but nice preemptive explanation. I'm not a student at the University now, but I'm sure they have really old yearbooks and such in the Hillman or somewhere. I've wanted to go down there to check it out sometime, but I haven't bothered yet. Maybe eventually. I'm sure we could get some great old pictures and articles and quotes out of those things. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 22:14, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, they've scanned in all the old yearbooks through 1980 and made them available online. A large portion of the vintage images that I've uploaded come from them, as well as some of the information in the main Pitt and Pitt Panthers football articles, as well as others such as the Hail to Pitt article. See the Owl Yearbook section of the Documenting Pitt website. It is a fantastic resource! CrazyPaco (talk) 20:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

No, I am Spartacus Grant

He must have been strangely confident of his FFS persona when he publicly associated it with the ISP on the talk page: makes life easy for those who would accuse him really. So what of his latest reversions on the USMNT page: is he protecting something valuable, or simply exercising his usual proprietary attitude on that article? Kevin McE (talk) 16:26, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

And again? Kevin McE (talk) 08:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Re: moving footy articles

I usually correct the sorting, but I was too tired yesterday to do that as well. Thanks for the heads-up nevertheless. :-) --Soccer-holic^{I hear voices in my head...} 12:12, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Coach categories

Ala Milligan, does it make sense to have both coach and head coach categories for Dave Wannstedt since he served as a graduate assistant coach at Pitt? Technically, that is part of the coaching staff (he got a 1976 MNC ring out of it). Up to you, either way is fine with me. CrazyPaco (talk) 18:56, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't quite sure what to do. I figured that I'd leave him in both categories since he was both an asst & head coach at different points. We could also have both on Wannstedt too, but I'd be okay with removing the lesser of the two. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 19:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I think it makes sense to have them in both or only have them in one. Jackie Sherrill could be in both as well then, as would Foge Fazio, Paul Hackett, and Sal Sunseri. There may more that have been both but records are spottier for earlier seasons. I don't think it is a big deal either way. Up to you.CrazyPaco (talk) 02:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Chamois Niortais F.C. season 2009–10

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Well deserved

		The Pittsburgh Star
		For relentless, first-class contributions in creating and maintaining articles about Pittsburgh sports. CrazyPaco (talk) 02:50, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Template:2009 Pittsburgh Panthers football roster

Hey Johnny, I've nominated this template, among others, for deletion. If the template is only used on a single page, its unnecessary, and the table can just be placed in the same section where the template was transcluded. Grsz¹¹ 20:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Understandable. Thanks for the heads-up. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 11:18, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

You need to read WP:SELFPUB

A third party source quoting self-published content does not make the content any less self-published. The quote from the LA Times is not "Cohen received death threats," it's "Cohen says he received death threats." "The LA Times says Cohen says he got death threats" is just as self-published as "Cohen says he got death threats."

Per WP:SELFPUB, lists five criteria in which self-published information about oneself can be used:

  1. the material is not unduly self-serving;
  2. it does not involve claims about third parties;
  3. it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject;
  4. there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;
  5. the article is not based primarily on such sources.

1, 2, 4, and 5 are all broached in this instance. 68.45.109.136 (talk) 16:40, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Plan of action

Hi mate, I saw your message on the season article taskforce about the lack of articles for the 2002-03 season in England and wanted to let you know that I am willing to help. We need to sort out a plan of action. My idea was that between us (and any other willing participants) we fill in the gaps for the 2002-03 (as a starter) by creating basic stub articles for each team with infobox, lead and a few references, along with templates and cats. We can then get other members of WP:Footy to help expand them, once consensus has been reached on the layout. What do you think? 03md 20:46, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't saying specifically that I want that year to be improved. My comment was more about the lack of club season articles from even earlier this decade. I recently updated {{1966–67 in English football}}, and there are only four club season articles for that season. There are literally thousands of club season articles that need to be created, dating back to the 19th century, and there are also a lot of league-specific season articles that need to be created as well, so there is practically an endless stream of articles that need to be written. I've been working more on the organizational end of things, creating the necessary categories and seasonal nav templates. However, the suggestions that you made to include into a "starter" article are very good. They may be stubs, but with the infobox, categories, sources, and a decent lead paragraph, they'll each be high-quality stubs, which is far more useful. Don't forget to add {{Football}} to all of the talk pages as well. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 12:35, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Heraldry_and_vexillology#Ukraine

I posted a reply to your question. There is a document published by the Ukranian Government about the flag construction and colors. However, I am still in the process of obtaining the document "ДСТУ 4512:2006 - Державний прапор України." (GSTU 4512:2006 - National Flag of the Ukraine). Once I get it, I will let you know. If someone can help get this document, let me know too. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 00:15, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProjectBannerShell

I know this is a bit annoying but WikiProjectBannerShell needs "1" parameter in oder to add the banner correctly. ([6]). Otherwise it makes AWB bots to break. Just for your information. Happy editing. -- Magioladitis (talk) 08:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Grant.Alpaugh

Thanks for the kind words. I look forward to working constructively with you in the future. Have a good one. -- Grant.Alpaugh 15:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

For you

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For your quality work in creating Template:2010 in American soccer (and another templates like it for 2009) and then turning that redlink at the top into this quality article, I award you this barnstar. Thank you for your dedicated, workmanlike efforts. SkotyWATC 16:41, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Category:CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 05:41, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Question on the 2009–10 in men's ice hockey template

Hey i posted this question on the wikiproject but it seems to have been missed. As the creator of the template do you think the 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia would fall under the scope of the Template:2009–10 in men's ice hockey? Thanks, Salavat (talk) 16:35, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I would way that it probably doesn't. It's not a major international competition like the Olympics or World Championships. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 16:39, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the response. Salavat (talk) 13:22, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Template:Southampton F.C. seasons

I'm not sure Template:Southampton F.C. seasons is particularly useful as a navigation aid, containing just one blue link plus the header link and over 100 red links. WP:NAVBOX says "Red links should be avoided unless they are very likely to be developed into articles, and even if they do, editors are encouraged to write the article first." I agree that it is quite likely that these articles will be created at some point, but navboxes should be used to link existing articles, not to predict creation of future articles. I think it would be better for the seasons to be added into Template:Southampton F.C. until a substantial number have been created. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 10:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

That's fine by me. I was just trying to be pro-active whenever I created it. It was a cut and paste job from a different seasons template, and then I put it in Word to replace one team's name with Southampton. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 11:27, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

No probs, I've made the relevant changes but I won't bother marking the seasons template for deletion - when a substantial amount of Southampton seasons articles get created we can start using it again. --Jameboy (talk) 18:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Season categories

I noticed your recent change at 2010–11 Cardiff City F.C. season, replacing Welsh with English on the basis that Cardiff are members of the FA. Personally it doesn't bother me that much which category it's in but I thought it best that you know that Cardiff are actually not governed by the FA but by the Football Association of Wales. Cheers. Kosack (talk) 17:33, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your pleasant reply, but as you know, Cardiff play in the English football league system and compete in the FA Cup. They do not compete in any Football Association of Wales or Welsh football league system competitions. Though that bit about being governed by the Welsh FA is not it Cardiff's article. You should find a way to source it and maybe even put it in the lead section, as I'm sure that it a very important fact about the club. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 13:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem mate, like I said, just thought I'd bring it up in case it altered the way the article should be categorised. Kosack (talk) 19:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

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Football clubs

I'm working from the uncategorized articles list; the category in question had already been applied to seven or eight articles by other people as a redlink. Bearcat (talk) 13:42, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Alex Zahavi

I understand your reasons for marking the article for deletion however there is a strong chance that Zahavi will make his professional debut in the 10/11 season, so if it is deleted now, it will be recreated in a month or so. In addition, if he switches federations to the US (something that is noteworthy in the US soccer scene), he will probably play an important roll in their U20 World Cup effort over the next year.

On a larger level I don't really think the footy rules fully work, especially for US players. For example, the way I read the rules, and I could be wrong, it appears that college soccer players in the US are not noteworthy. Since college is a large part of the soccer system in the US, players that standout are noteworthy to the US soccer scene, but they would not be able to noted on Wikipedia. For comparison, college American Football players are allowed to have pages (for example - Garrett Gilbert).

Sorry if this is rambling, just trying to explain my thoughts. If you still think the article should be deleted, then I guess it will go. Thanks. Mcheid (talk) 16:00, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the courteous reply. The problem is that he simply doesn't meet notibility, and there is no guarantee that he will move up to Sporting's starting lineup, transfer his FIFA license to the USA, or play for the USA U-20s. We can't predict the future, no matter how likely it may seem. (WP:CRYSTAL) I realize that he could even get capped in Sporting's first Europa league match later this month, but even if it takes him 5 years you can always get the article undeleted.

College football and soccer are similar in that they are college students of similar age playing NCAA-sanctioned sports, but the similarities end there. College football is a major spectator sport with vast amounts of media coverage. Conversely, the College Cup and especially the conference season receive little to no media coverage. Most college soccer players wouldn't pass WP:GNG because there isn't any information available about them other than on their school's athletic department's website. I'm sure that there have been thorough discussions about this somewhere else on WP. I hope that helps to clear up the difference. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 17:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining everything. As you know, I'm new to all this so I don't really have a full understanding. For example, I didn't know an article can be undeleted. Just wondering, is there a way to start an article on someone but not have it be public? Sort of a place holder with information. As an example, let's say there is a player who just got signed to his first pro contract but has yet to figure in any matches. Can one create an article with all the background information and then once he gets capped, make it public?

Concerning the college soccer discussions, I understand that the media information is very lacking when compared to college football, however most college papers do write at least a few articles a year on their soccer team(s) and for those who follow soccer in the states there is notability of the players. I think this is especially true for women's soccer. But now I'm rambling again.

Thank you again for helping learn the ways of Wikipedia.Mcheid (talk) 18:18, 9 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcheid (talk • contribs) 18:15, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

No problem, I don't mind helping out. I'm not saying that a college soccer player isn't notable, but like any topic, notibility has to be proven; it seems to me that only the top few college players achieve that level of recognition. A great way to work on an article in advance would be to put it in your sandbox, which is explained in greater detail beginning at WP:User pages. It's as simple as creating a user subpage, possibly User:Mcheid/Sandbox. You can work on whatever you like in there, and if you want to move it into the main article space then you can just do a copy and paste from your sandbox to whatever the article would be titled. I have my own sandbox, but there's nothing in it right now. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 19:21, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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I'm not quite sure what you mean. Is that an all-time series record? Where would you want to add it? JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 02:28, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

I am working on 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team. I think the all-time series record might look good under the box score on the right. If not just add a field on the left.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:02, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

To me, that seems unnecessary for the box score. The box score contains information pertinent to the individual game: stadium, scores, attendance, referee, etc. Any other information should go as prose in the game summary. Prose is almost always preferred to stats and lists of information. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 15:48, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

The all-time series record is more important than some of the fields that you have in the template right now. It is just an option that individual page editors can determine the propriety of. For the season I am working on it would be useful.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:00, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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OK, thanks for that, I'll move it then put it back when it's done - could be a while though! WilliamF1two (talk) 10:34, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

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Hello, just a question on the edit you made to Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns. Why is there need for the spacing edits you made? (changing {{cite web|url=... to {{cite web |url=...}}, etc.) They contribute nothing that I see except that they add size to the article, and they don't actually do anything to the visible article. Same with the line spacing changes. If it doesn't actually positively change the article format, why is there need for it? (see WP:BROKE) It is not my intention to be rude; I am just curious as to your rationale. HMman (talk) 02:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Those minor spacing edits allow text to wrap better while in the text editing pane. That's all. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 20:36, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That never occurred to me, as I do most of my editing full-screen. I thought perhaps they were for aesthetics (along the lines of "this looks nicer", without practical use). Thank you for your answer. Regards, HMman (talk) 21:30, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

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