User talk:John of Reading

If can fix

2022–23 Indian State Leagues correct edits, messed table, locals dont care 93.140.193.65 (talk) 23:44, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

2022–23 Indian State Leagues (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I've made an edit so that the columns line up. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Appreciated lot! If you add logos i can add few links, again users did not care. Just to know — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 08:51, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

League and team logos are probably nonfree images which can't be used in tables like these. For example, the article on the Goa Professional League displays its logo at the top right, but Wikipedia's rather strict rules do not permit the logo to be shown on the yearly articles such as 2022–23 Goa Professional League, and certainly not as decoration in an overview table. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

could you add this example, as i had few articles where local user suddenly stop adding (part of why keeping ip editing to lower disappointment); asking other users at a time is only alternative.

KLASA FC

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=380491030763398 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 14:21, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Done, I hope, but I'll wait to see what the reviewers - bots and humans - make of it before I try any more. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:42, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

I will add few more whenever you are free, thanks!

Dalhousie AC

https://content3.jdmagicbox.com/comp/kolkata/93/033p400393/catalogue/dalhousie-athletic-club-esplanade-kolkata-sports-clubs-ph86uj221o.jpg

Kidderpore SC

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=198485495875077

Eastern Railway FC

https://www.transfermarkt.com/eastern-railway-calcutta/transfers/verein/79064

Calcutta Customs Club

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=104271325773061

Mongolian National Premier League

https://footystats.org/mongolia/mongolian-premier-league — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 18:28, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Working through these...

Dalhousie AC  Not done The URL you've given me here is the URL of the image, not of a page that uses the image, so I cannot check whether this green logo is the correct one. The external links in the Dalhousie AC article aren't much use either. The Facebook link leads to an inactive page with a tiny transparent logo; the second link leads to a page hosted by a computer gaming site, and I don't trust their black logo; the third link leads to a page with no logos.

Kidderpore SC  Done

Eastern Railway FC  Not done The transfermarkt page displays a red logo that seems to be merely a red version of the green Indian Railways logo, the logo of a railway company not of a football club.

Calcutta Customs Club  Done

Mongolian National Premier League  Not done The footystats.org page displays a logo, but it also has a link labelled "Official Mongolian Premier League Website" where I would expect to see the same logo, but don't. [I had to disregard Firefox's security warning to follow that link]. So in this case also, I'm not sure that your link shows me an official logo.

So I've only uploaded 2 of the 5 you requested; sorry about that. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:17, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant.svg#mw-jump-to-license

If can be back here: Mohun Bagan AC (academy and youth teams)

Also, regarding these recent edit sources, and older from second page, Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan / List of association football stadiums by capacity (17th), if can compare and decide which are most credible; user (dont mind girl who protected) only changed one article, ignoring dozen of other sources/pages. not only slow locals, but random foreigners out of topic, come at a time blindly sticking to one source. so best bet is again look for experienced native speaker who will check and fix. lastly, Indian Super League (stadiums, 85k needs to be reverted, if its final decision). appreciated previous work so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.72.145 (talk) 00:41, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm not going to add File:Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant.svg to Mohun Bagan AC (academy and youth teams), because it's not a logo that is specific to the academy and youth teams, and Wikipedia rules require "minimal use" of non-free images. Here's an example of how strictly this rule gets applied: the 'Tank Man' image is arguably the iconic image of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Back in 2007, the image was prominently displayed at the top right of that article, as well as in the article dedicated to that protestor, Tank Man. But nowadays the "minimal use" rule means that you won't find that iconic image anywhere in the main article about the protests.

I'm not a football expert and have no knowledge of any South Asian languages, so I'm won't be delving into the other articles you've mentioned. I mostly stick to spellings and grammar anyway. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

bcmc

only for people can understand hindi with english if not then your a mcbc[ not a company] 103.215.99.127 (talk) 17:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Age verification and, just in case, thanks to everyone

In view of the current uncertainty over Wikipedia's future in the UK, I just like to note here that I am a UK editor who would be locked out of Wikipedia by any geographic ban. As you can probably guess from my writing style, user boxes and account creation date, I am over 18.

If such a ban takes place and you're visiting this page because I've stopped editing: thank you for checking up on me. I've enjoyed working here and have enjoyed most of my occasional interactions with other editors. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:36, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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Split the Reading article?

Have you considered splitting the Reading article into one for the town / urban area (using {{infobox UK place}}) and another for the Borough (using {{infobox settlement}}). The article is quite long and I suggest it would be improved by hiving off the political and administrative details to another article. Just a thought, not well considered enough to put as a formal RtS at the article talk page. Your call. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@JMF: No, I hadn't given that any thought. I visited the article only to pick up the current population figure, and was surprised to see all those maps in the infobox. I guess a split would be hard to do cleanly. To be honest, I don't know which parts of the town are outside the borough. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:26, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

[Yes, I agree with you re the maps.] Legally, none of the town can be outside the Borough. In the real world (see Reading built-up area, which shows the status as of the 2011 census), quite a lot of it is and I suspect that the 2021 census will show even more blurring. So the question is, when describing Reading, do you give higher priority to lines on a map of administrative boundaries over real places where people live. It is rather nonsensical that Earley and Woodley, both clearly part of Reading, are legally part of Wokingham purely because of an accident of history. But I realise that "it's complicated", so maybe that is a step too far. The ONS has no qualms, though: Reading built-up sub-area].

See also the maps on these ONS pages:

• Reading Borough
• Reading built-up area (includes Wokingham) Same as our Reading built-up area.

Where angels fear to tread? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:57, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Note

One more logo to add please: Kerala Super League (from infobox website) 93.140.72.145 (talk) 22:03, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done -- John of Reading (talk) 08:27, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Test of AWB

Hi John, this is just a message on your talk page to see if you have the same behaviour with AWB as I reported here. The test would be to open AWB and login before checking this message. I hope this help, regards, Kiwipete (talk) 19:48, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Replied there. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:51, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Garms

1500 103.253.45.39 (talk) 10:11, 31 July 2023 (UTC)