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Hi Simon, I noticed that you have been making changes to different Football team articles by mainly increasing goal counts. An example you can find it here. Where are you getting this information from? Do you have sources? Just checking. :) Thanks. Gadig 18:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I saw your question about squad box template on the help desk. I replied at the help desk, but thought I'd reply here too just in case you missed it. If you want to create a new squad box first create a template page (in this case Template:Chamois Niortais FC squad). After you've created the template you can use the templates {{football squad2 start}} {{football squad2 player}} and {{football squad2 lastplayer}} to create your template. The documentation on how the use these is at Template talk:football squad2 start. I helped create these templates so if you've got any questions feel free to ask me. --Daduzi ^talk 07:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When you're copying and pasting the data for squad templates, please remember to correct the category index. You had Southport's and Crawley Town's as Burnley. Thanks in advance. - Dudesleeper · Talk 18:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Simon, I noticed your updated squad lineup for FC Koper and wondered where you got the information. Would you be willing to contribute any more lineups for the Slovenian First Division clubs? If not, let me know where you are getting the lineups and I'll do it. Cheers! Jmcnally 04:11, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi mate. Do you have the squad list or any info about Vannes OC because I have started the article and included a link to Romain Jacuzzi but it needs a list. Also rememebr to categorize your players e.g Category:French footballers James Janderson 15:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey mate, is there any reason you keep changing berisha's stats? Well for now im gonna revert it because all sources state he scored 2 goals for his country. Please either respond to this message here, on my talk page or the talk page for Besart Berisha or your edit may be considered as vandalism, thanks --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, this is just to let you know that the agreed WikiProject Football standard is not to italicize the word 'loan' in football player infoboxes (as you did with James O'Connor (footballer)). The standard is there to give a consistent look to player articles. If you disagree with the standard layout, please feel free to discuss at WikiProject Football. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 18:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please can I just re-iterate the above. The word loan in footballer infoboxes does not go in italics. There would seem little point in the project having a standard if some follow it and some don't. As I said, if you think the standard can be improved, please discuss at WikiProject Football. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 13:53, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. It would be really useful if you could provide a meaningful edit summary with each edit. Here for instance, you took out the Nigeria Under-20 team from Sam Sodje's infobox, with no indication as to why. Was it a factual inaccuracy, was it done for style or policy reasons, or something else? A very brief reason for each edit would be great, as it really does make things easier for other editors to see what you've done and why. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 01:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello fool. When editing player statistics it clearly says to put it for domestic league games only, which you didn't do when you foolishly edited the andriy shevchenko page. tut tut tut you stupid idiot.

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Hi, just a reminder that the agreed WikiProject Football standard is not to italicize the word 'loan' in football player infoboxes (as you did with Stanislav Varga). The standard is there to give a consistent look to player articles. If you disagree with the standard layout, please feel free to discuss at WikiProject Football, rather than following your own convention. Regards. --Jameboy (talk) 18:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

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I know this is an old message but you appear to have forgotten about it. Please complete the edit summary box when you make an edit so that other editors can see what you are changing and can skip through their watchlists quicker.

If you want a prompt when you forget then go to My preferences -> Editing and set the flag "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary". Thanks. Keith D (talk) 10:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Regarding your recent edit to Alan Wiley, the referee, it's not quite a simple as you try to make it. Yes, he started refereeing in 1981, but that would be in local Saturday and Sunday leagues, county league, etc. After a period of time spent being marked by local clubs and assessed by county FA assessors, he would have progressed through Class 3, 2 and 1, as it was then. Only after attaining Class 1 and officiating for another span of time in which his suitability for higher league status is looked at would he be promoted to a Level 10 league such as the West Midlands Regional League. Speaking from experience, it typically takes about five years before this happens, less when the referee is of outstanding ability, but usually more than 5 years for the majority of the rest.

If you can find a reference which proves he did start in the aforementioned league in 1981, then please go back and re-submit the edit, inserting the formatted reference at the same time. Good luck. Ref ^(chew)(do) 20:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please could you remember to update the timestamp when updating the infobox for footballer articles. I've spotted a number of edits you've made today when you have done so, e.g. Shane Long and André Bikey. To do so, simply put five tildes (i.e. ~~~~~) next to the pcupdate or ntupdate parameters to replace the date that's already there, and Wikipedia will put a timestamp in for you automatically. Let me know if you don't follow what I've said! robwingfield ^«T•C» 00:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned previously, please do not add italics to the word (loan) in football infoboxes. The agreed standard for football player infoboxes is the Wikipedia Football Project Player Manual of Style. Please could you follow this standard, and if you wish to suggest changes or improvements to the standard, discuss these at WP:FOOTY rather than making your own standard. Thankyou. --Jameboy (talk) 17:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It would appear that either you do not read your talk page or you do not wish to discuss this. You have blatantly ignored my message above, as can be seen by your edit to Dean Kiely. It may be a co-incidence that you are editing West Bromwich Albion players' pages after I left the message above, but please do not make edits to prove a point. Please can we discuss before this gets out of hand? Thankyou. --Jameboy (talk) 12:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why did you remove the youth years and youth clubs from the infobox in James Morrison (footballer)? I have now restored this information. Please try to explain your edits using the Edit summary, or if more detail/discussion is required using the article's talk page. --Jameboy (talk) 12:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you removing the "replace this image" from football infoboxes? (e.g. Chris Kirkland). Also, why do you never respond to messages left on your talk page? I'd be really grateful if you could reply. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 16:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have noticed you are changing goals and caps without proper sourcing in several player's articles, such as the two mentioned above. I have also noticed you removed references without a reason or explanation as in this example. Would you please explain where do your figures come from? It is always important to provide reliable sources and to remember that we count League games only. -- Alexf⁴² 23:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. Please stop removing content without explanation, as you did with the youth stats in Thierry Henry. If you continue to ignore the many messages above, I will be forced to contact an administrator. --Jameboy (talk) 23:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, when you come across an infobox with clubs, dates etc different from what Soccerbase has, please would you spare the time to look at the article and its sources before changing the infobox to agree with Soccerbase? In the case of Matt Hazley, the article makes clear that he spent time on loan at Stafford, then returned to Stoke, before joining Stafford permanently in January 2008, with squad number 37. The sources cited in the article and the Stafford club profile at the bottom confirm all these facts. Soccerbase has it wrong - they're good, but they're not always right, particularly (to their shame) when dealing with relatively minor players for relatively minor clubs. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for correcting my error on David Holdsworth's start date for Watford. The Birmingham apps total of 85 was right, though. If you look through Soccerbase's player appearance lists by season for the relevant season and add them up, they come to 85, as per Neil Brown. Why Soccerbase couldn't add them up properly themselves escapes me. Don't suppose you fancy saying why you remove the youth teams? if they weren't supposed to be there, whoever wrote the template wouldn't have included the field. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 17:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As per messages above can I please remind you not to insert italics for the word (loan) in football infoboxes as per WP:FOOTY MOS.

And secondly as per messages above, can I please remind you to leave edit summaries. It makes it far easier for other editors. Thanks. Peanut4 (talk) 20:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of words of advice - please don't edit against the manual of style by italicising loan and please don't remove youth clubs from articles just because they don't appear in Soccerbase. Soccerbase is not particularly reliable and certainly not complete. Your behaviour has been noted at WP:FOOTBALL which may result in your edits enduring greater scrutiny in the forthcoming days. If you continue to remove information and edit against the manual of style, your account will eventually be blocked. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:18, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As it said in Brett Holman's article, he played for Excelsior on loan from Feyenoord, therefore Feyenoord should appear in the infobox whether he played for their first team or not. You may or may not be aware that the Australian Olympic team as referred to in Alex Brosque's article is the same as Australia under-23, therefore Australia under-23 team should appear in the infobox. Please stop removing valid, sourced information from infoboxes. Struway2 (talk) 18:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, you're now editing consistently against the consensus. The next time you remove youth clubs or edit against the WP:FOOTBALL consensus, I will block your account for a significant period. You've had plenty of warnings. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have been temporarily blocked from editing in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for continually removing information from infoboxes and editing against the manual of style despite a whole raft of polite warnings. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below.

The Rambling Man (talk) 07:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, this is your final warning. If you continue to put "loan" in italics in the infoboxes I will block your account indefinitely. You have been asked on numerous occasions not to do this and your continual edits against policy and consensus will be considered vandalism. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Just a heads up that when updating the stats in infoboxes on footballer articles, to add the "pcupdate" you should simply type five tildes (~) which then enters the date and time rather than typing out the date and year. Thanks, have fun.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 18:52, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re your edit to James O'Connor (footballer). Please don't start removing information from infoboxes again. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And the same for Kaspars Gorkšs‎ in which you removed (again without any explanation) the Latvian Under-21 team from the infobox. He played for Latvia U-21s, which is sourced in the article and iot is perfectly valid for that to be included in the infobox. Please do not remove it again. In addition the correct country of birth for him is Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic please do not change that again. Thank you♦Tangerines♦·Talk 20:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, just wondered where you got the figures for 2001-3 from? not doubting them, just always on the lookout for sources I might not have known about. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 22:43, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, Struway2 (talk) 14:53, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please can you stop removing youth clubs from player infoboxes, as you did with Darren Carter. This is a valid part of the infobox. If you have removed any other youth clubs from any other player infoboxes that I have missed, please put them back. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 11:53, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please do not remove unadressed tags, such as the unreferenced tag you removed from Alex Nicholls (footballer). You should only remove such a tag when the issue has been addressed. Since there are still no references added to the article, the unreferenced tag should remain. --Jameboy (talk) 12:09, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Player fails notability at WP:ATHLETE having never played in a fully-professional league/competition

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Hi, just to let you know that I removed the full name you added to Daniel Powell, as I don't think it is accurate. A search on findmypast.com shows that there are a few Daniel Powell's born around the same time as him, but I can't single out which one he is. Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 15:18, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, do you know for a fact that Lionel Morgan has no middle name? if so where did you get it from, because I never found any mention either way when I was rewriting the article. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:14, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't remove correct youth clubs without explanation. Peanut4 (talk) 13:32, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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You are doing it again. Please can you explain why you are removing youth clubs from infoboxes or stop doing do it. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 14:34, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to reiterate the points made here. Please appreciate the fact that a player could have been at a club as a youth and a senior. Thank you. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:39, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Just to let you know, I undid your revision on Mickael Buscher because you stated the player had played 17 times, scoring once since arriving at Grimsby Town. This is not the case, as the player has yet to kick a football. This can be confirmed on all GTFC related websites. It is obvious you made a mistake here, in future beware of such sites like soccerbase, that can include false data and incorrect information. Thanks Footballgy (talk) 19:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop removing them. If a player has been a trainee or apprentice at a club, then that is his youth club.WikiGull (talk) 16:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please, please, please. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:04, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please provide a reference to accompany full names that you add, to prove that this information is indeed correct. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 16:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for updating the two pages, I didn't know how to do it all. Tom Green (talk) 20:35, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article Jérémy Pruvost has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Article about athlete who hasn't played in a fully-pro league and which fails general notability guideline.

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The article Christophe Rollet has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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The article Jonathan Rivierez has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Did not play a single game in a fully-professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE

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The article Judicaël Briesmalien has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Did not play a single game in a fully-professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE

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The article Mamadou Camara has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Did not play a single game in a fully-professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE

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Just to let you know, the dashes you are "replacing", for instance for Scott Loach and Tom Cleverley, are in fact already en dashes.

Try copying and pasting – into the wikipedia search. Then try typing - and you'll see what I mean. All you're doing is adding extra needless characters to the article code. Regards, WFCforLife (talk) 11:02, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article Ludovic Gamboa has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Did not play a single game in a fully-professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE

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The article Vincent Bolot has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Did not play a single game in a fully-professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE

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Hello. Was wondering where you got the middle name and birthplace from? cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:07, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some of your changes were incorrect, and you didn't cite a source, so I undid the whole edit apart from this season's Birmingham figures, which are backed up by Soccerbase. Please don't add information without saying where you're getting it from. Struway2 (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'll rephrase that a bit less aggressively... Fahey definitely played non-league football for Bluebell United when he first went back to Ireland, so that club belongs in the infobox (although it probably should be 2003 not 2002). I've yet to find anything definitive on when he actually left Villa: by Nov 2002, he'd been told he could leave. I was wondering where you got the figures for the Irish apps/goals from, and Mr Fahey's full name, and was concerned about their accuracy if it was the same source that left out Bluebell Utd. As you know, we're expected to supply the source of info we add to articles, to prove we haven't just made them up, so please re-add the apps/goals to Mr Fahey so long as you add the source as well. Also, if you could add your source for Dan Preston's middle name and place of birth, it would be appreciated. thanks, Struway2 (talk) 11:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article Phil Driver has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hello mate, just wanted to ask your views and opinions on the Info boxes on player biographies. I noticed a lot of editors have been converting a lot of the "Football player info box" into "Infobox football biography2" , I have never bothered to revert to the old boxes, but wondered why the decision has been made to convert. In my opinion the original info boxes are slightly easier to update quickly and becomes second nature when typing away editing them. In the most they look exactly the same , however in my opinion the old info box looks a little smarter, with the players name in large letters at the top of the box, with apposed to the new biography boxes with the players name in smaller bold writing and on top of the box. I was just wondering if you could fill me in why it looks as if we are downgrading the image of the infobox, as well as making it a little bit more fiddly to edit. Regards Footballgy (talk) 02:40, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could you provide a source for Craig Nelthorpe being a Brodsworth Miners Welfare player and his Frickley Town stats? Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 18:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just found out the stats off Football Manager 2010.

Okay, could you possibly check Richard Brodie and see if it gives his stats for Whickham and Newcstle Benfield? Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 19:15, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

it looks like you are a big nuisance.now if i was an administrator i would ban you forever. when you update stats change the pcupdate date to the current one by putting ~ five times. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 19:35, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked you before about this. When you update football stats put ~ five times.Gobbleswoggler (talk) 13:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please not do ipswich player appearances as i have been doing them all season.Thanks. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 13:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've started a discussion regarding the Club Records section of the Burnley F.C. page here, and thought you might like to contribute. Cheers. Dancarney (talk) 09:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Martin Thomas (footballer born 1973) has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

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The article Yacine El Azouzi has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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I know this is probably pointless, but just because you changed the infobox at Liam Trotter, please make sure the article is internally consistent, for instance make sure the lead is correct. And as far as I know, he has signed for Millwall, but still remains an Ipswich player until 1 July. What's your reference? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes i know i've just found out now that he has agreed a deal so i will edit the article accordingly. 17:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Great, thanks for your understanding. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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