User talk:Fyunck(click)

You know, I've been fortunate in my life to have witnessed Laver and Rosewall walk out on to the court to play each other; to have heard the applause, to have heard dead silence from the crowd as a point was in progress. The years came and went as did the antics of Nastase, Connors and McEnroe... as did the stoic determinations of players like Borg, Evert, Sampras and Federer. Between submitting articles to tennis magazines, I've watched the ladies game move from lithe of foot players like King and Goolagong, to athletic powerhouses, using hi-tech equipment, such as Navratilova, Graf and Williams. Service has changed from having to keep one foot on the ground or just getting the ball in play, to players who can fire a dart that only high speed cameras can behold. Of course I wasn't there in the 1920's when tennis truly went international and the ILTF wrote into their bylaws that no Major championship could claim to be a "world championship" or that the language of tennis would be "for ever in English." But the repercussions of those early days, and binding together of adversarial organizations, laid the groundwork for what we have today. The sport is special to me and it always will be.

When I started editing at the English Wikipedia 7 or 8 years ago things were much much different. Guidelines and policies were not as complete and it was certainly more "English alphabet" oriented; other language Wikipedias were being formed to cover their own spellings and foibles. Vandalism and personal attacks happened to be sure but not to the extent it does today. Item placement was based much more on common use, sourcing and verifiability, rather than a consensus of opinion and how we would like things to be. We reported what we saw and read rather than making our own truth that would get picked up by Google and become a self-fulfilling factoid. It was source, source, source... verify not truth. The wiki world has changed. Maybe it's newer younger editors and their own world viewpoints, maybe it's that the percentage of English-first speakers has gone down in numbers. I'm not sure. But something has made this a less pleasing place to edit.

Over the last year I've been attacked and lied about by one or two editors... nothing has happened through my pleas. It wears on one but by ignoring things most of the time, I've been able to muddle through. When it gets to be too much I call them on it, but nothing is ever done. I know others read what is written and I know that they ignore it. This includes many administrators. Again maybe this is the way things work here now... who you know seems to be very important. But again, while not as enthused as I once was, I still fight vandalism and add items to established pages, while occasionally creating new player bios. But now I see that no matter how well sourced an item is, Wikipedia is looking to allow censorship of established player names. Amazingly, English spellings found as commonplace in the press, books, organizations, etc... are not just being systematically moved into the far corners of an article (that had already been done over the last couple years), but now these spellings are potentially being banished from Wikipedia forever, as if they never existed or are never used. Literally expurgated from this Wikipedia. And this with many administrators blessings. I have to say it hurts to see it go the way of New York soft drinks. It's not like we have storage limitations. Encyclopedia Britannica will often make sure multiple spellings are present so as to give their readers full information. I can't even comprehend how censoring could happen, but it has... here of all places.

This will require a re-evaluation as to what I can really offer to this encyclopedia and what enjoyment it can offer me. Sadly the environment I see now does not appear to be going in a direction that is pleasing to my typing efforts, and fighting off character attacks is certainly wearing me down... at least in an enjoyment capacity. Where consensus used to mean trying to work with everyone to find common ground that all can live with (whether minority or majority), it now seems to be an all or nothing, my way or the highway type of decision. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:04, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

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Gábor Máthé (tennis)

I saw some corrections on the page of Gábor Máthé (tennis). Thank you for improvements. I hope that you evaluate this person worthy to be on Wikipedia although he is not wide known and celebrated. Even though he is a handicapped person and the neglected port of deaf is supported when we write articles about them. I am pretty beginner in editing Wikipedia so my question is that a correction was posted with this note: "no scoring allowed in prose". Is this an official or an informal rule? Thank you. Koti.hung — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koti.hung (talk • contribs) 14:06, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Nothing is really official unless it's spelled out in Wikipedia "Policy." However the next step down from universal Policy are Guidelines which are usually brought about by consensus between editors and then written out for people to follow. Tennis articles are part of Project Tennis and has guidelines set up at Tennis Article Guidelines. "Scores should not be added to prose unless strictly necessary (i.e. sets a record). In such cases the tiebreak score is omitted. Just report the round and whether the player won or lost the match, and whom they played." You will find that many articles do not follow this format, but when we find them, we try to fix them. As for his notability and whether he should be on wikipedia... technically we have no listing in our guidelines to include him. But we do have wheelchair tennis and Olympics in the guidelines. The article seemed well sourced so when I saw it I simply used the same thing to cover deaf Olympics. I guess others could disagree. I thought that certainly anyone who wins a Gold Medal at the IOC sanctioned Deaf Olympics must be notable. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Rafael Nadal 2014

Excuse me, but I believe I am responsible for Rafael Nadal 2014 tennis season page, since I am the one who did all the tables and stats on the page. Rafa confirmed for his 2014 schedule Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. Since he was forced to withdraw, I edited his page. If you observe Rafael Nadal 2013 tennis season page, to every tournament Rafa confirmed for his schedule and withdrew, it written was on the schedule table. Now please, don't touch anything of what I put on the page since it is legit. Alva9311 (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2014‎ (UTC)

Um... no you aren't responsible for that article. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort... no one owns anything, even in their own sandboxes. If I see unsourced info added I remove it if it looks suspicious, and I will "touch" what I see fit. You also added incorrect dates and I fixed them. Please add posts to user talk pages in the future and add four tildes afterwards to sign your post. Thanks. Fyunck(click) (talk) 02:13, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

what incorrect information did I added? Alva9311 (talk)

You had the wrong dates for the Australian Open, which I corrected. I inadvertently removed your addition of the tournament Nadal pulled out of. That was my mistake. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:26, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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Rankings

You only check it when it is updated ahead of time, but don't edit it when it is necessary to be applied. Dencod16 (talk) 09:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

You are correct that I usually don't update the rankings. But your edits are still against wikipedia policy. You have no sources for your edits so they are original research until you have a source. You MUST wait till there is a source. If a player retires they are instantly removed from the rankings so we are not a WP:Crystal Ball. It's also not a race against other editors in who adds the info the fastest. In 36-48 hours the ATP and WTA will officially update their sources. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

YOu keep claiming one thing and another and act better than everyone else. I edit base on time convenience, You are the one keep who keeps rushing to the rankings section and does nothing. I bet you just look if someone edits it rather than do it yourself. You are not a moderator but a user same as everyone else. You don't contribute anything to tennis, but your bossiness and saying this and that. I expected an updated ranking as of February 24, 2014, even a week after you don't even edit the rankings. Dencod16 (talk) 10:21, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I certainly don't act better than anyone else... I simply follow the rules set down here. If you can't do that then you are the problem. 90% of all your edits I don't even see, of the ones I do see 90% look fine to me so of course I do nothing. But those early against-policy edits of yours pop up on my screen when I log in and I simply correct them. Remember that if you follow guidelines and policies there is no problem here at all. What source do you use to get those stats? If you point out the webpage that lists them we can use them, otherwise our many readers will see the rankings you posted, look at the source, and claim they are bogus. We don't want that. Heck I often compromise on this as is. If it's the same day as the rankings come out (PST) and anyone has changed them, I usually let it go. But a day and a half before I don't. What's to stop 3 days before.... 5 days before... 3 weeks before? If we keep it to when it's published at the ATP and WTA websites we have no problems at all, and it can be readily sourced. You can always bring it up at tennis project if you think it's unfair and that we should allow the rankings to be updated unsourced a day or two early. Remember also that administrators/moderators are editors like anyone else. When they get into an "official dispute" amongst parties, yes they carry more weight. But they also edit and get reverted like everyone else around here. It's a team effort to keep sources proper and information flowing. I hope that helps. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:55, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

ATP 250/500 Series timelines

I don't think these tournaments are significant enough to warrant inclusion in a player's main performance timeline or a separate performance timeline. I've tweaked the article guidelines to make this clear but one editor continues to re-add a timeline with Federer's results at the ATP 250/500 levels. I think this is absolutely unnecessary for the reasons I have mentioned before and because Federer's stats page is already relatively large. What are your thoughts? JayJ47 (talk) 22:31, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Actually per consensus, they are NEVER to be included in the performance timeline. I'll help out with the reversion and to try and make it clearer to the editor. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:02, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. JayJ47 (talk) 23:35, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Re: world No. vs. World No.

Thanks for letting me know. But a world ranking is like a title isn't it? So wouldn't the capitilization of "World" be warranted in this context? "world No. 1" for example just doesn't look right at all. JayJ47 (talk) 05:21, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

I can't argue with you on what looks better to me. I can only tell you that in looking at MOS grammar around the net that it is world No. 1... it is not considered an all-in-one deal. Just like you could say "ranked No. 1 in the world"... you wouldn't capitalize world. You could also say "world ranked No. 1".. again you wouldn't capitalize "world." So there is really no reason to suddenly capitalize "World No. 1." I forget where it was talked about on wiki where I was told to use "world No. 1"... MOS states right up front that it is always a capital "No. 1" but says nothing about the word "world." The Olympics (and Paralympics) specify "world No. 1" right here in 19.1. I believe the Chicago Manual of Style says the same. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:53, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

An apology

Note - I first removed what I considered to be more backhanded crap from this editor.
His second attempt was more reasonable in it's tone so I engaged accordingly. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:32, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Actually, in the interests of peace, I will offer a particular apology: It has never been my intent that you should feel "harassed" or "bullied". I wanted, back when there was a dispute between us, only that you would realize that your editing behavior on diacritics was perceived as WP:BATTLEGROUNDing by me and others, including some who, like Joy [shallot], did not originally agree with me about it but took you to AE again for it later. You weren't blocked or banned then either, so there isn't even really any "official" word that you were being disruptive, just the reported perception of several editors that you were. I wasn't nothing, but it wasn't damning either. I acknowledge that you do appear to genuinely feel harassed or bullied, in your words, and am sorry that you feel this way. I reiterate that I don't see that your editing today exhibits the sorts of perceived problems that triggered my criticism, and don't feel that I have any open dispute with you at this late a date. (I'm no longer a regularly active editor anyway, so even if I did, it would be a moot point, but it's not there for me any longer). I cannot apologize for my old but genuine perception of your former editing actions as problematic or for using official WP dispute resolution processes like AE to address that (that's what they're there for, and I was punished far more than necessary for filing a poor case). But I do apologize for my own tone and approach, seeing that they upset you that much on a personal level. I have already acknowledged (at AE, previously) that my own debate style has sometimes been too heated on some topics; that AE request involving you may have been among them. I would feel a bit like a hypocrite to demand acknowledgement from Sandstein that I felt administratively harassed by him while denying you the same acknowledgment about my case against you (though the cases differ markedly - I did not criticize you with zero evidence, only insufficient evidence, I did not even seek a block/ban against you but specifically asked that such an extreme action not be taken, and nothing I said about your editing back then had the force of an official administrative accusation of wrongdoing). Nevertheless, I guess it probably feels about the same, so I offer that much of an apology (albeit less than you'd want, I'm sure) out of genuine empathy as well as a desire to let bygones by bygones. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 21:28, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

It absolutely helps that you are trying, in your own way, to understand the way I felt. Let's be clear on one thing though. The ani you brought about was not for an "edit"... it was in a place that others were asking for comments on a talk page. I gave a single comment that absolutely no one thought was inappropriate. It may have been a polar opposite of your view, but it was a simple comment. I was brought to ani because my views were different than yours. My views have not changed at all on the subject by the way. However wikipedia has changed. Since the community has banned/censored even the mention of English spellings (except where it can be shown that the person uses the spelling in everyday life), no matter the if the sources are 99:1 in favor of those English spellings... then there is really nothing I can do but let it go. My amount of editing has also taken a nose dive since your ani with the realization of wikipedia censoring. You also keep saying evidence, but you don't realize that evidence was taken out of context, and you didn't take into consideration how that so-called evidence came about. For future reference between us, if any evidence has anything to do with H.Fella or IIO then I stop reading it as 100% trash and lies. I have needed administrative help multiple times for those two and I'd have to hand you my complete folio on them for you to even start to understand their attacks and conspiring. Joy is fine and reasonable... we don't always agree but that's the nature of wikipedia. In fact in 8 years on wikipedia I only really had a problem with 4 editors... one who kept vandalizing my talk page, one who threatened me, and two perpetual liars. That is probably because I'm always open to compromise and always listen to find solutions that "everyone" can live with as opposed to 100% victory for one side of the equation. That type of "consensus" is the essence of Wikipedia (or at least it was when I first started editing here).

Remember also that each of those diffs I debunked or could have. You complained that your posting was cut down by Sandstein... well guess what... mine was too. I notice that a recent editor brought that to the everyone's attention... of course my full post was left out, and so was another of my explanations. I look at that as the "who-you-know" hierarchy of wikipedia. Editors are not judged equally... I've never liked it but I realize that's the way wikipedia works. I'm not sure you will ever get me to believe that your ani accusation was anything other than "he has a different viewpoint than I and must be expunged" or that you simply got bamboozled by a couple of other editors with vendettas against me. But I'm willing to try. I also haven't seen your heavy-handedness used on others since that time period (granted you really haven't edited much) and I still feel you deserved a formal warning to never do that to me or anyone again, but that's all I ever asked for. The extra punishment you got is between you and others that I never really followed and didn't care about. I only reposted in that recent ani because history was starting to get rewritten from the indignation I felt at the time. Fyunck(click) (talk) 23:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Fair enough. It was so far back, I'm not certain I recall the particulars with certainty at this point, as to exactly what I saw as the issue, why it seemed an AE or ANI matter. Most complaints about me are for arguing too much and failing to use dispute resolution, certainly not for running to admin noticeboards to complain about others' arguments when the other party feels there's not actually even a dispute. I think I was wondering then why you seemed so hot about that style issue and how far back your activity on the issue went, and upon looking it seemed like a pattern; the older comment that seemed to be to be going after Swedish editors was probably the trigger (and I think you'd have to admit it's hard not to see it as inflammatory). I'd recently been dealing with inveterate violators of the WP:ARBAA2 case (some of these people were so hell-bent on pushing ethnocentric views about Azerbaijan–Armenia–Turkey disputes that they were even vandalizing cat breed articles that happened to mention Turkey, etc.). I was probably being unusually sensitive to anything that looked like nationalistic editwarring to me, whether it really was or not. Anyway, I agree with you that the culture here has changed, in a censorious direction, and it has much to do with why I've stayed away for so long. On the other hand, I've not seen that it's actually gotten notably worse in the intervening year, which is why I've considered returning, if my dispute with a particular admin is resolved. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 01:31, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't recall my exact wording anymore either. And I don't recall being specific about Swedish editors either. I do remember saying something about this originally being an English Wikipedia and every language had their own wikipedias. And that as multiple news sources (like cnn) have been telling us over and over, English editors of wikipedia are dropping out at will, while foreign language editors are on the rise. I'm sure that continues to this day and it's why foreign language points of view are becoming more common and it's also why this has become a more international wikipedia then when I joined. But that's not really a viewpoint of mine, it's simply a fact. This is both good and bad imho (as nothing is black and white). It certainly makes us well rounded with many points of view... much better than any other language encyclopedia by far. That's always a good thing. However as the terminology of "consensus" has changed at wikipedia to now being mainly "whoever has the numbers should destroy the minority at all costs" that makes for problems in an Encyclopedia originally based on the English language. Suddenly the things taught in every UK/US/Canada/Australian school first become secondary to other language idiosyncrasies, and then are censored altogether if enough editors think something should be eliminated. There's no in-between now. But as I said, there's nothing I can do about it... that's the way it is here now. My enthusiasm is dampened and I don't create articles like I used to. Anyway, that's where I come from. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:07, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Also, this is what talk pages are supposed to be for. If you see something that is written, try to understand the others' pov before complaining. If you aren't sure why I wrote something or the meaning... bring it here. Ask me. See if I can explain where I'm coming from to your satisfaction. I always at least try to explain myself when editors come here with queries. We may still not agree but we may understand each others motives. If not, AnI is always a last resort, but at least we tried and no one will wake up not knowing who this other editor is that is bringing action against you. I think I've only banned two editors in 8 years from ever using my talk page again, But that was severe and even with those I tried before doing so. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:28, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I have no particular disagreement with any of that, other than I don't see the use of diacritics as a threat to English in any way. We share an underlying characterset with so many languages, and today no one is dismayed or confused by encountering something like Ramón instead of Ramon. For someone like me, who grew up in a bilingual area, the diacritics are actually very important. There's a huge difference between Moran and Morán, not just in pronunciation but in family cultural background (Irish vs. Hispanic). For people to whom the diacritics don't carry any meaning (e.g. like most Turkish ones to me, because I haven't looked up what they mean yet), it's not a big deal. No one's head explodes when they see a sign for Vietnamese phở, after all.  :-) I agree with you that majoritarianism has produced some editing culture changes here, not all for the better. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 09:41, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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Working on a draft RFC

After looking over your user page, I thought you might be interested in this proposal. MW Biographical lists only individuals who were already deceased as of 1995, so it doesn't cover modern sports figures. But if you use a geography reference for place names and a biographic reference for personal names, as CMOS recommends, it would be logical to consult a widely available sports reference concerning the names of sports figures. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 08:27, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't matter what I think or what the sources are. It doesn't matter if 100% of English sports biographies spell a player's name without diacritics. It doesn't matter if New Zealand, Canada, UK, USA and Australia spell a tennis player's name without diacritics. We can't mention the player's English spelling anywhere in an article because it has been banned to do so at Wikipedia. Even if sources (including Encyclopedia Britannica) are 100% in favor of an English alphabet spelling, it is censored on Wikipedia unless you can prove the player uses the English alphabetic spelling i.e. within their own personal website or twitter or facebook accounts or signature. I don't really want to get into another RfC where there might be even more censoring applied to other items at Wikipedia. It's disgusting enough for me now to see how far we've debased ourselves in the last 8 years. Sorry. Fyunck(click) (talk) 09:04, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

You certainly don't seem to be shy about expressing an opinion. But I was hoping that you would read the proposal and respond with some advise, criticism, or whatever. I have already refined it as a result of this discussion. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 14:55, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

The "disgusting" sentence is my opinion. The rest is fact from the last RfC. That is how wiki works now. As for your proposal I see a premise problem right off the bat. You wrote "Wikipedia is built on the idea that our article on Foo is based on what the reliable sources have to say about Foo." This is only true to a point. That is how wiki WAS built, but it is not how wiki actually works. Articles these days are made from either/or consensus, regardless of sourcing. If 40 editors demand the sun is blue and 20 editors say the sun is orange, then the article will say the sun is blue. Other than that I still like the go with reliable English sources for spelling. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

So you support the GBook search method? Perhaps this approach can be justified for sports figures. But in an area where a widely used and respected reference work exists, why reinvent the wheel? It is quite labor intensive to go through GBooks looking for diacritics, and it is not like Wikipedia editors are particularly good at it. Our style guidelines are based on CMOS, so I assume we want to follow usage in CMOS-compliant material. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 02:22, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

I don't support the GBook only method... it is simply one tool. When I look for sources I look at major newspapers and major magazines. I look at gbooks, I look at Encyclopedias to see how a particular name is represented. I don't look at a manual of style to "guess" how a particular name is written in English. For tennis I also look at how the governing bodies spell the names, how a player signs their own name or if they have English websites that show us how they want their names presented in English. Tennis players also have designated IPIN names where they choose the spelling themselves (with the caveat that they cannot use diacritics). So I look at the whole ball of wax to make a determination. Fyunck(click) (talk) 03:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

• It seems that there has been a misunderstanding. The proposal suggests looking up each name we use individually in a widely available reference of some kind. ESPN Almanac was an extremely popular reference until they stopped publishing a few years ago. That material is now on the ESPN website, available for this purpose. Whatever reference is used, my view is that it should be taken as it is. The style the dictionaries use for historical figures and place names is not necessarily the one most appropriate for sports or popular culture. Merriam-Webster puts macrons on Japanese historical figures, but they would certainly look odd on a pop star. The guideline should explain how copy editors make these decisions, although I'm sure that that won't stop Wikipedians from using other approaches. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 12:00, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
  • I put this discussion on the proposal's talk page. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 23:30, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
• I have posted the RFC. Taekwondo Panda (talk) 00:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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Hi. It's a minor point, but I think the actual guideline you want to be citing is WP:NCOLLATH vice any of the Wiki projects. On a side note I dropped a line on the author's page. Hopefully he/she will stop mass producing these non-notable articles. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:40, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I changed Craig Neslage to a AFD

That is one of the authors many articles I had a prod on for a while. (He also misused the DAB privileges, IE he put it as a DAB when in fact it was just an article). Wgolf (talk) 19:43, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I just changed some more as well. Wgolf (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks... I didn't notice it had been prod'd before, and since it didn't have a WikiProject Tennis category on the talk page it didn't show up on the Tennis Project main page as something to check out. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:03, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually, these articles on Cal State tennis coaches by Aggies14 do show up (despite not being WP:Tennis tagged) on the New and Edited Tennis Articles list. I PRODed one of them (Bob Osborn (Tennis)).--Wolbo (talk) 21:38, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

That I know... it's how I found them. I don't always look there but I always scan the "article alerts" where prods and afd's get logged. Since there was no wikiproject tag on their talk pages the prods didn't show up there. What's funny is all the "table tennis" articles that show up in the new article section that waste my time. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:56, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

You're right, they didn't show up at "Article alerts". I try to scan both lists and mainly browse the New and Edited Tennis Articles list to look out for missing talk pages. The occasional table tennis player does pop up (if they have the word 'tennis' in an article category). I recently switched on the beta Hovercards gadget and it can help to quickly browse the list; in most cases it is no longer needed to click on an article to find out if it is a table tennis or tennis player.--Wolbo (talk) 23:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Well just got a few new AFD's started

One of a Indonesian ref, also the ones that just kill constantly are the Indian politicians-I never know if to put an AFD or not (just the Asian articles are so crazy I don't know what to consider notable in that part of the world)-I also put on stuff like that that I'm not from there so I don't know what to say ha ha. Well good luck editing today! Wgolf (talk) 18:01, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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I'm about to start a report-but a user is only posting in the pages he made now that looks possible. Wgolf (talk) 20:14, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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Rafael Nadal career statistics

You call that vandalism?? I believe you are the one vandalizing, since this section of the page has always follow that format (As you can see in every other players page- Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Robin Soderling etc.). Just because you want it that way does not mean it should be. I am going to keep it the way it has always been, since I have been editing this page for more than 4 years, and you just came here, so sorry for you. You are not the owner and you don't have the right to report my work as "vandalism". It is all legit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.50.81.61 (talk) 00:52, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

When no summaries are left as to why and when other editors revert with warning I call em as I see em. It's too bad you feel the way you do since it is part of Tennis Project core of guidelines to make sure we put in the tournament non-sponsored name. At least you are being more civil this post here as opposed to when you were 72.50.80.61. Amazed you weren't blocked for that. But whether you are 72.50.80.61 or 72.50.81.61 we include the full tournament name, not just the city. I tried to point this out to you at the article talk page but you seem to ignore these things. Why on earth would you not want the full and correct info put in there. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:43, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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Breach of consensus on tournament name in titles

An editor has restored a sponsor name of this tournament in the title of the article after I had put it in its non sponsored English title based on usage I gleaned from (English language) media. I learned from you that there is a consensus to do things that way. If so then I suggest you do something about this. —Loginnigol (talk) 10:59, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

 Done. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:38, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

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South of France Championships

Hi F, I noticed you updated Laurence Doherty's title wins at the South of France Championships from nine to eight. At least we agree that it should not be seven as it was before. I know there are some forum posts out there that claim Laurence could not have won it in 1899 as he was sick and it must have been Reggie who won it that year. Do you happen to have any reliable sources to back up this claim? I don't have any but do have two that list Laurence as the winner. One is Spaldings lawn tennis annual and the other is the Lawn Tennis and Badminton Journal. In the April 4, 1906 issue it states "By his victory at Nice H. L. Doherty becomes again the Champion of the South of France for the ninth consecutive year, ...". Cheers, --Wolbo (talk) 21:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

There are even some sources that say Reggie is the one that received the default in 1898, not Lawrence. And I had thought I read other spaulding guides that contradicted the 1906 version. I just checked my copy of L.H. Doherty's 1903 tennis book and found nothing. While we can say for certain that Lawrence won 7 in a row from 00-06, I'm not so sure we can say he won 9 in a row. Hazels Annual says Lawrence won the 1900 Nice event... it also says it was his third win there so that tends to support your version. American lawn Tennis 1899 say it was Reggie who crushed his opponent and H.L. was sickly and on doctors advice not to play. So many books screw up those two player's victories I'm not sure which is correct. Fyunck(click) (talk) 00:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

The American Lawn Tennis 1899 source is interesting although the link doesn't show me the actual text (only the header 'The Riviera Season, 1899'). Can you quote me the relevant part? So far sources are decidedly mixed so whatever version we ultimately decide is most reliable we should probable add a footnote mentioning that sources differ. In the meantime here's a nice bird.--Wolbo (talk) 18:05, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Here is the actual excerpt text from the book.

• American Lawn Tennis - Official Bulletin of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association
• Volume II – 1899

• THE RIVIERA SEASON, 1899
• by "Charleston"

• "Of the crack players, R. F. Doherty and Count Voss took part in all three tournaments. and carried off most of the prizes. In the finals at Nice, the English champion was seen in phenomenal form, and administered a three-love-set beating to Count Voss, who was by no means playing beyond his reputation, as his handicap play at other tournaments showed. Doherty has seldom been seen to more advantage, and if he keeps up his Riviera form, it is difficult to see who will be able to beat him this summer at home. His younger brother, H.L. Doherty, only played doubles at Monte Carlo, and — as everybody will hear with regret — has doctor's orders not to play any more for some time in singles. It is hoped, however, and pretty certain, that the brothers will be seen together in doubles, as they have to defend innumerable championships."

I also have someone looking up the info in "Lawn Tennis and Croquet and Badminton" of May 1899, to see what it says. Fyunck(click) (talk) 18:48, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the excerpt, that's certainly a very persuasive source for assigning the 1899 title to Reggie Doherty. I saw the "Lawn Tennis and Croquet and Badminton" query (hence the bird). Mark is certainly a knowledgeable source on this era and seems to have access to the important newspapers and magazines of the time such as 'Lawn Tennis a Badminton', 'The Field' and 'The Bystander'. A while ago I purchased a few yearbinders of LTaB from that period (1905, 1910–1913). They are very interesting to read and really make that era come alive. Unfortunately I just missed out on the 1900 binder.--Wolbo (talk) 19:32, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Ah...That's why the bird. The photo said nothing but I'd failed to look at the link wordage. I'm wondering if many almanacs, and books with only lists, just assumed that it was H.L. winning it again when they set their typeface? Two letters and the same last name... all it takes is one major source to screw it up and all the other sources read it and make the same never-ending mistake in their own books. Hazel's Annual and Tennis Archives say the opposite though. I really wish those LTaB owners would scan and upload their old books to some repository so others could research them online. Most of us don't have access to any. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:56, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

WTA Tier I tournaments in performance timelines

I just wanted to know what you thought about including Tier I tournaments that are no longer held e.g. Berlin in WTA singles performance timelines. I personally don't think they should but this user disagrees. I propose that we combine them with the existing Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments like what has been done with the ATP Masters 1000 events such as adding Madrid (hard court results) to the Shanghai event. Your thoughts please? JayJ47 (talk) 03:01, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

I "think" we usually have a separate section like with Serena Williams. We have nothing in our guidelines that I can see so it has always been up to the discretion of the editors handling the article to work it out. The Madrid/Shanghai was done this way because the event actually replaced the other. I think the time it is played was also kept pretty closely. These old Tier 1s were all over the place without direct comparison. My own feeble opinion is to keep it as Serena's is done, but maybe others would agree with your style. Bring it up at the project talk page and you might get people to agree with you. Cheers. Fyunck(click) (talk) 08:35, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

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I can't believe that you were the one of the audience of Laver and Rosewall.I think you watch so many wonderful match in you life.It is a pity that I miss so many amazing matches and players,including Henin and clijsters.Because I watched the tennis match from 2010.I found that you created so many article about tennis, it is great,thank you.(poor English, never mind.)--Shiouloo (talk) 04:44, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. But I only saw them playing live together once (maybe twice) back in Los Angeles over 40-45 years ago. God was it that long ago... wow. Yes they were amazing but I find that every generation has it's share of amazing matches. I missed the great Gonzales vs Hoad matches and DuPont vs Clapp. We all miss something. I have a feeling over the next 50 years there are going to be some unbelievable matches between players that aren't even born yet. I may miss some of them but you'll have a ringside seat for the roller-coaster. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:18, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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2014 Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria and the Astra Italy Tennis Cup

Fyunck, I'm well aware that $10,000 ITF tournaments aren't notable in their own right, but when combined with events on the ATP Challenger Tour, they belong together. The Astra Italy Tennis Cup is played alongside the Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria at the Tennis Club Todi, the official website showcase both together. Neither Keroks (talk · contribs) nor I are creating articles for other non-notable tournaments, but this notable tournament has events for both sexes. Jared Preston (talk) 06:26, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

You could well be correct on this but I'm going to let the community judge. I would say absolutely no. One of the problems with including it is what happens if the ITF ever raises it to another level that does warrant inclusion? The results would not be fair to the new winners. It would be like if the Shanghai Masters were somehow pushed to a fifth Major 5 years from now. We wouldn't include the winners of last year's event as a Major winner when making wiki charts. The same here... it's a nothing event as it stands and we don't include them. If all the others editors agree with you to change consensus on this particular tournament I certainly wouldn't stand in the way, but as it is now it's not worthy and gets a down vote from me. Fyunck(click) (talk) 06:40, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

I guess we both have to, either way it goes ;-) I understand what you're saying too, although I see it differently. Even in your example, although we wouldn't call that winner a Grand Slam champion, the tournament as it would have stood previously would still be, or even on account of that, be notable. And as I say, don't worry, I have no interest on creating articles on all $10K tournaments. There's plenty to be getting on with here without needing to have an argument! By the way, have you been watching Wimbledon? Unfortunately that's the only Grand Slam not shown on free-TV in Germany! Jared Preston (talk) 06:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Really? I would have thought it was free in Germany. It's on here in the US but I would say 90% is not free. The finals will be free but even the semifinals are probably on basic cable ESPN. I pay for something called "Tennis Channel" so I get a few more obscure matches. I love upsets like Serena's but I have soft spot in my heart for Roger Federer. Fyunck(click) (talk) 07:00, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Know me

You may have known me a bunch of times. Some of my old tennis work was paid for, but I did it within policies.HotHat (talk) 20:23, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

See.BLUE_DOG^TN 20:24, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

I think this was always assumed. I hope to see ya floating around here from time to time. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:30, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

I cannot believe that people did not suspect it, when I created the 2013 Bob and Mike Bryan tennis season. How did a non-tennis editor have that acumen? I may be back in a couple of years or never, but under a different pseudonym. God, I love this place, where you can edit, free of divulging your real name.BLUE_DOG^TN 21:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)