User talk:Payless Shoes Feb 17 2023

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Happy editing! Cheers, Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 22:08, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to think a lot and obeying the rules

Dear, when adding records of all kinds please do not use Twitter as reference. You had for example this source for Hobbs [1]]. But main source of record-breaking performances info that is World Athletics, this is the governing body. At least for records bigger than national.
Also, please try to think a lot and not in US way. Hobbs' 60m record is firstly the area record, so North, Central American and Caribbean record, so you firstly go to this list List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics.
Otherwise your work is useless and needs correction.
Also, Crouser's indoor shot put WR that is of course a North American and US record so you have two more lists to update - that is full and good job to do.
Also, as for videos we prefer YouTube, such local "inventions" as RunnerSpace as a last resort. Track1News (talk) 04:37, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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List of Dutch records in athletics useless low-quality edits

Dear, Please do not touch world and European records lists, ok? Edit American records only if you have to. Your edits are extremely low quality, useless in fact. Do not delete old records until new records have been ratified. Track1News (talk) 12:23, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of Oceanian records in athletics

Hello, I have undone your last entries. Unfortunately, they are somewhat superficial. The new records are not yet ratified or do you have a source? You also added a reference for the new 1500m record to the previous 1500m record. I would ask you to only add new records and only delete old ones after ratification. Thanks. Montell 74 (talk) 11:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Grandma's Marathon

Hey yo! Hold your horses! TCM has not happened yet, but Lauren Hagan (Paquette) did just win the Grandma's Marathon. Could you make a footer for that one? Thanks! Comm260 ncu (talk) 16:07, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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RoySmith (talk) 17:40, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]