User talk:BeanieFan11

Wow!

Just thought I'd stop by to say "Wow". I haven't been so active in recent months, but when I come back from time to tine I see all your great work on historical football topics. It is great to see someone relatively new working so diligently in this area and generating quality work. Cbl62 (talk) 16:55, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:07, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

		The College football Barnstar
		For creating and expanding high-quality content on college football players and teams and for diligent research and advocacy in saving many notable articles from deletion. In a relatively short period since 2021, the 823 articles you created have received more than 3.7 million page views! These contributions include 21 college football biographies with more than 25,000 views: Spencer Webb - 475,944 views Sam Hartman - 229,142 views Josh Sills - 131,480 views Britain Covey - 111,227 views Frank Gore Jr. - 110,607 views Reed Blankenship - 108,971 views Vinny Papale - 56,539 views Jack Stoll - 48,702 views Ledarius Mack - 46,757 views Maurice Drayton - 46,469 views Nick Rallis - 44,719 views Dicaprio Bootle - 37,674 views Christian Saulsberry - 35,272 views Tom Flacco - 34,467 views Chris Naggar - 31,753 views Amen Ogbongbemiga - 30,137 Caleb Huntley - 29,824 Christian Elliss - 29,218 Matt Leo - 28,929 Josh Pederson - 28,642 Lester Cotton - 26,159 I look forward to your next contributions. Cbl62 (talk) 17:08, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

• Thank you very much, Cbl62 - this means a lot coming from you! And wow, I'm surprised my creations have received that many views - when I joined back in November 2020 (initially only to write two things), I would never have guessed I would go on to create things read by millions! BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:19, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Page views are an indication that people care for the subjects about which you are writing. You garnered 3.7 million views in just two-and-a-half years. That total will continue to grow in the years (and decades) ahead. Keep it up! Cbl62 (talk) 17:25, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Promotion of C. O. Brocato

Congratulations, BeanieFan11! The article you nominated, C. O. Brocato, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Louise Fulton

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Your GA nomination of Jim Cullivan

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Your GA nomination of Rodney Parker

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Your GA nomination of Sid Justin

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Welcome to the club

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 19:32, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks! My first featured article — and it only took me 800 creations to do it! BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:10, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I hope that we are not going to have to wait for another 800 before we see your second nomination. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Tristin McCollum

On 29 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tristin McCollum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2023, NFL player Tristin McCollum's team played against a team featuring his twin brother? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tristin McCollum. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tristin McCollum), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Fancies Versus Fads

On 29 October 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fancies Versus Fads, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in Fancies Versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton "knocks all our preconceived notions in the scrap heap, and then tells us that there is no scrap heap"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fancies Versus Fads. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fancies Versus Fads), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

C. O. Brocato

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 19 December 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2023. Please keep an eye on that page, as comments regarding the draft blurb may be left there by user:dying, who assists the coordinators by making suggestions on the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before the article appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 16:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

December songs

my story today

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "From Louisiana, Brocato attended St. John's High School and was the football team captain while playing fullback and placekicker. After graduating from St. John's, he attended Baylor University and became known as one of the best placekickers under pressure in the U.S. ... Brocato was a scout from 1974 until his death at 85 in 2015 – all but four of those years with the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Titans. He became regarded as one of the greatest scouts in football history for his extensive research on every player and for his mentoring of many others in the field. He drove across the country and added around 20,000 miles (32,000 km) per year to his car to do his research on NFL prospects – even going into his 70s. ..." - the most eloborate introduction I_ve seen ;) - Enjoy your first TFA day! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

• Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

  Today, I have a special story to tell, of the works of a musician born 300 years ago. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:34, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Louise Fulton

The article Louise Fulton you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Louise Fulton for comments about the article, and Talk:Louise Fulton/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 18:43, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Four Award

		Four Award
		Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on C. O. Brocato. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 19:41, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

• BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:43, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Wow! Nice. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 19:53, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ching Hammill

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Your GA nomination of George H. Hobson

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Your GA nomination of DuWayne Deitz

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Your GA nomination of Mike Kullman

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Triple Crown

Congratulations BeanieFan11, you are hereby awarded a Triple Crown for your amazing contributions. Keep up the great work. Damien Linnane (talk) 13:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Dennis Havig

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Your GA nomination of Frank Mestnik

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Your GA nomination of Ward Walsh

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Your GA nomination of Dennis Havig

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello BeanieFan11:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 2600 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Ward Walsh

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Your GA nomination of Frank Mestnik

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October 2023 NPP backlog drive - Streak award

		Worm Gear Award
		This award is given to BeanieFan11 for collecting more than 7 points per week in the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for your continuous contributions to the drive! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 01:46, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		This award is given to BeanieFan11 for collecting more than 50 points during the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:55, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations

An extraordinary total. The rest of us never had a chance. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:26, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks. To be honest, though, when I joined I never thought I'd have a shot at winning, especially when I only barely qualified for round 4 as the 16th spot (175 points) – but it looks like I did it! BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:54, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

  I'd also like to congratulate you on your first-place finish in the Cup. Honestly, that GA total especially was very impressive. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:45, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:20, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

  Hello! We've likely never "met" before, but I just wanted to congratulate you for the win, too: you and the other finalists all put one hell of an effort! Oltrepier (talk) 17:14, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

A Few Things

A few things for you:

• Congrats on the Wikicup!
• Thank you for doing so much good work at WP:PACKERS
• Don't forget to nominate C. O. Brocato at WP:FOUR
• I ran into an article I thought might be up your alley as I was doing some maintenance tag work: Johnny Strzykalski. First round draft pick, played for 7 seasons, was pretty darn good, and only two sentences in his bio. I went through and cleaned up/expanded the infobox, but thought of you when I came across it.

I hope you keep up the work (after taking a well deserved break!). Cheers, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 23:01, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks, and thank you for your willingness to review all those Packers articles – also note that I did nominate Brocato at WP:FOUR (some sections up) – I may take a look at Stryzkalski at some point soon. Thanks! BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Oliver C. Dawson

On 3 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oliver C. Dawson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oliver C. Dawson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oliver C. Dawson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

ProQuest

You might also want to get access to ProQuest to prove that these NFL players are notable. After my two-month long meltdown/mental health crisis, I lost access to the Wikipedia Library, and I can't get it back until February. It contains Newspaper articles that Newspapers.com does not have. Scorpions1325 (talk) 02:26, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

• Hope you're feeling better – I do check ProQuest at times but I don't find it nearly as helpful for NFL players as Newspapers.com is – question, though: if you can't get library access until February, how are you using Newspapers.com for the articles you have improved? (also, are you unable to request access? IIRC the library allowed requests if you didn't qualify if you had good reason, unless I'm not remembering things right...) BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:31, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

  I got access to Newspapers.com using my old account's name. I did not scramble my Newspapers.com password. Also, I am going to be a lot busier as I am now working for a job that expects me to put in more than 40 hours per week (PTF City Carrier). I may be too tired to scour Newspapers.com for sources. Scorpions1325 (talk) 02:34, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

  Alright – good luck with your job. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:04, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

  Do you know where I can request access to the Library? Scorpions1325 (talk) 18:46, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

  Not sure – it was a long while back that I first applied – an idea: is there anything that happens when you visit https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/my_library/ and login? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:49, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

  It just gives me a screen that says I am not eligible. Scorpions1325 (talk) 18:56, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

  Hmmm... maybe @Samwalton9 (WMF): can help? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:05, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

  Thanks, responded elsewhere :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I have also literally just lost access to Newspapers.com as my renewal from last year has expired. Scorpions1325 (talk) 23:48, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

• Ugh... maybe leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Newspapers.com and see if any library folks can help you regain access? BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:51, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Washington Wolfpack

On 5 November 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Washington Wolfpack, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the owner of the Washington Wolfpack said that he initially only wanted to try out some players from his semi-professional team, but they gave him ownership instead? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Everett AFL team. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Washington Wolfpack), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Congrats. Clyde _{[trout needed]} 17:17, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Congrats on winning! W. Tell DCCXLVI (^{talk to me!}/_c) 18:05, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Well done, mate. JTtheOG (talk) 18:11, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:29, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Congrats! You did it, in spite of the newspapers.com blip! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 22:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations.. -Nizil (talk) 06:17, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

November songs

my story today

Congratulations! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you all! BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:54, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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WikiCup awards

The 2023 WikiCup, awarded to BeanieFan11, the winner of the 2023 WikiCup. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth

Congratulations on putting in a tremendous performance in the final round and winning the Cup! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:47, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:09, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

  Your sudden rise to first place in the final round was stunning. The fact that you got 61 articles to GA, most in the final weeks, is astonishing- excellent work and congrats! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 12:57, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup awards

The good article prize awarded to BeanieFan11 for the strongest contribution of good articles in the 2023 WikiCup.

Draft:Steve Wadiak

I left a comment pertinent to your work on Draft:Steve Wadiak. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:48, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Rule on State Abbreviations

I was wondering if there was a place where I could find how abbreviations for the college football coach infobox are supposed to work. A fellow editor linked here as their reasoning as to expanding the abbreviations for Byron Dawson in this and this. I usually just follow what the majority of other coaches use (such as in Sam Pittman, Gus Malzahn, Hugh Freeze, Mark Stoops, Eliah Drinkwitz, and Kirk Ferentz) who are of much higher quality and notability.

I’m interested in hearing your thoughts, thanks! Thetreesarespeakingtome (talk) 14:50, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@Thetreesarespeakingtome: Hmmm... not sure – I don't have a strong opinion either way (though I like it shorter a little more to make it less cluttered) – I don't like getting myself involved in the nitpicky abbreviations debates – maybe start up a discussion at WT:CFB? @Jweiss11: Probably will know if there's a page laying out style guides. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:08, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping here. Parenetical state code abbreviations for disambiguating high schools and college teams are standard practice for Template:Infobox college coach and they are used in the example provided in the template's documentation. Skycloud86 has cited Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations#Special considerations, which states "Postal codes and abbreviations of place names—e.g., Calif. (California), TX (Texas), Yorks. (Yorkshire)—should not be used to stand for the full names in normal text. They can be used in tables when space is tight but should be marked up with {{abbr}} template on first occurrence. They should not be used in infoboxes." This passage of the MOS is contradictory since inboxes are tables, and given that infoboxes typically occupy a small fraction of an article's width, whereas tables in the body of an article can occupy the full width, so space in infoboxes can be even tighter. I agree that state codes are inapt for locations in infobox field like place of birth/death and building addresses, but the two-column portions of Template:Infobox college coach are a different animal. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Newspapers.com question

Do you go through the Wikipedia Library everytime you use Newspapers.com? Years ago, I used to be able to just sign into my Newspapers.com account but that doesn't seem to be good enough anymore. For example, I'm signed into Newspapers.com right now but can't access a ref at Wichita Mall. Do I have to renew my account or something? WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 05:42, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

• @WikiOriginal-9: Yeah they require you to use it through the library now - you have to sign in at this url and then it should work. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:45, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Tre Harris

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DYK nomination of Fred Provo

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Green Bay Packers/substubs#To-do

I am slowly trying to work through the initial list of 60 articles that were put together as sub-stubs. Mainly you and I knocked out 36 of them so far. Any interest in working on any of the remaining? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:18, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

• I'll see - it was pretty exhausting to get through so many articles for the WikiCup and plus I've got some projects I'm working on currently - maybe... BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

User:BeanieFan11/Bill Collins (American football player)

Hello, BeanieFan11,

I thought I'd let you know that this page is due for CSD G13 speedy deletion tomorrow. It showed up on our G13 soon daily list. It might be in User space, but it has an AFC tag on the page so it shows up as eligible to be deleted. But since this is an old article and you didn't create it, you wouldn't have received a reminder notice so that's what I'm doing right now. If you would like to preserve it, then please make an edit to the page. And you might consider removing the AFC tag, too. Thanks. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:35, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks for notifying me - I removed the AFC tag. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:44, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Jim Hobbins

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DYK for Alex Laferriere

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DYK for Ralph Smith (American football)

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RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Stan Mataele

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DYK for Jeff Allen (defensive back, born 1948)

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DYK nomination of Bernard Williams (gridiron football)

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Jon Sawyer moved to draftspace

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Your draft article, Draft:Delaware Field Club

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New football helmet 1932

I did not know if you ever saw this but I thought you might get a kick out it. Bruxton (talk) 16:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

• Hah! I think I once saw a photo of someone (might have been that one) running into a wall to show the strength of a football helmet, but I never saw the video. Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:08, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

WiG Editathon Barnstar – October 2023

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2020 Wesley Wolverines football team

I was going through NAIA and DIII season articles looking for non-notable season articles. I was set to nominate this one at AfD, but then I saw that you were the article creator, and that gave me pause. A stand-alone article for an unexceptional DIII program is a bit of a stretch, and most of the sources are game summaries prepared by the schools participating in the games and thus lack independence. The article from The News Journal focuses on the demise of Wesley's athletic program in its entirety and doesn't constitute SIGCOV of the 2023 football team. The two WDEL pieces cited late in the article come closest to being SIGCOV of the team, but even those are focused more on COVID difficulties in finding opponents. Could you try to beef this up with some actual SIGOV of the team from independent, reliable sources? Cbl62 (talk) 19:34, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Cbl62: I would be fine if you think it should be redirected to Wesley Wolverines football (I had a bit looser views on notability then; probably wouldn't have created it nowadays); besides what is already in the article, the only piece of coverage I was able to find was this from "BVMSports.com": although its probably sigcov I question whether it is a reliable source. I wonder if ultimately a merger to something like Wesley Wolverines football, 2010–2020, would work? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:48, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Another possibility would be to create 2020 New Jersey Athletic Conference football season, though that would require a fair amount of work. Cbl62 (talk) 23:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Alvin Walker

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• @Gonzo fan2007: Hm? BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:45, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
  • You can ignore. I think it happened because I moved it to Skip Walker. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:48, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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Nomination of 1925 Delaware State Hornets football team for deletion

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Nomination of 1926 Delaware State Hornets football team for deletion

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WP:GANs

Can you confirm that you want all of your existing WP:GANs to be closed as unsuccessful? If so, I can do it. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:18, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Gonzo fan2007: Eh, actually I think I'll just wait a little longer to do them - as WikiCup season is starting again soon! (though I don't intend on trying a repeat title; that was too much work). BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:53, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
  • No worries, sounds good. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
    • I would like to suggest that if they aren't being taken care of by the end of the year, that they be closed. By that time, it will be at least two months since each of the reviews was posted, more than long enough to deal with them. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:59, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
      • I mean, I had intended on doing some of them in January, but you can close them if you think that's the right action. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

      While I can appreciate that you've been extremely busy with the work required to win the WikiCup and might be more than a little sick of doing GANs for a while, I don't think it is fair to "bank" all of these nominations for next year. I won't be participating in WikiCup going forward so I have no horse in this race, but if you have no intention of responding to these reviews now when they've been waiting on your responses for two months, and you've been actively editing otherwise, they should all be procedurally failed. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 15:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

      • @Trainsandotherthings: You do have a fair point, and you're right that I'm sick of doing good articles for a while – I guess I would be alright if you were to mark all of them as withdrawn. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Lou Midler

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A WP:DYK holiday award for you?

		The DYK holiday award goes to?
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• @Lightburst: Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:11, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello. If you aren't too busy

Hello. I hope you are in good health of mind and body. Do review a page Patricia Lamanna. Cheers. Wallclockticking (talk) 22:07, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Wallclockticking: I am sure an NPP reviewer will get to it at their earliest convenience. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:55, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

  I messaged you because its sports related. Wallclockticking (talk) 02:01, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

  I understand that. However, I prefer not to review subjects on request. As I said, I am sure an NPP reviewer will get to it at their earliest convenience. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:48, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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• Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:08, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Herb Dell

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Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Sam Kaplan (American football) for deletion

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Charles Wharton (American football)

Any interest in collaborating on this one? Strong Delaware ties (U.Delaware athletic director, Delwaware Senator, and Democratic candidate for governor) and a College Football Hall of Fame inductee. Cbl62 (talk) 14:13, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

• Oh... I remember I had said I would expand that... apologies for not getting to it – you seem to have turned it into something pretty decent. I might still have the time to add some details at some point soon if you'd like. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:53, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

  Your efforts are always welcome. Cbl62 (talk) 20:23, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

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Re-opened AfDs

I withdrew the bundled canoeists AfD and re-opened Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manaka Kubota and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teruko Kiriake, just notifying you and the other !voters in the prior AfD. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:45, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Packers Hall of Famers

A few months ago, you mentioned that there were some missing articles for Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame inductees. Well now William Brault, Jerry Atkinson (American football), E. S. Brusky, Al Treml, Wilner Burke and Frank Jonet are all done and nominated at WP:GAN. Thanks for the inspiration to get them done :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

• Great work! :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Fred Provo

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Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Charles Lupiya

I've no idea why I redirected this PROD to the Commonwealth Games but you were right to pick it up - I'm guessing a copy/paste error, as I meant to redirect to the 1980 Olympics, which is what I continue to think is the right result unless there is a LOT more sourcing than has appeared so far. I'm leaving you this because you queried in your edit summary whether the extra refs were enough - I'm afraid I suspect not, and would rather see it redirected than deleted. Best, Ingratis (talk) 10:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)