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Category:National Football League replacement players

@Jazz3111 and GPL93:

There is a new cat of Category:National Football League replacement players, which is being actively populated.

WP:CATDEFINING states A central concept used in categorising articles is that of the defining characteristics of a subject of the article. A defining characteristic is one that reliable sources commonly and consistently define[1] the subject as having—such as nationality or notable profession (in the case of people), type of location or region (in the case of places), etc. Do we think 1987 NFL strike participation is a defining characteristic of these players? UW Dawgs (talk) 01:40, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Oops. I now see there is discussion immediately above. Regardless, don't want anyone wasting effort if there isn't support for this cat, so will leave this discussion section intact. UW Dawgs (talk) 01:42, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

It's Not that they participated in the strike, its that they were brought in solely as replacements for the striking players until the strike was resolved. Because of this, most players only appeared in the games that occurred during the three week strike and were then released once the labor dispute was resolved. Therefore, many of the articles tagged are for players who only meet WP:NGRIDIRON because they appeared in these games. I would think this is a pretty defining characteristic for someone's career. Best, GPL93 (talk) 01:50, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

I differ with the previous point, because the names that were already in place in the category and the ones that Im including are not just for the persons that played until the strike was resolved. There are multiple players that their first opportunity were the strike games and then went to have more years of playing time, there were also multiple veteran players that the strike games was an opportunity to get back into the league and to continue after the strike was done. If you don't include those cases, I would recommend closing the category.Jazz3111 (talk) 16:26, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

I agree with you, I apologize as I think I might have tried to over-simplify my argument for why having played in an NFL game as a replacement player is a defining part of there career. Regardless of if they played afterwards, had previously played, or only appeared in an NFL game during that three-week stretch the crux of why it is defining is because they all appeared in NFL games that they otherwise wouldn't have if not for the strike. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:47, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Jim Taylor RM

Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Jim_Taylor_(American_football)#Requested_move_17_January_2019, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, —Bagumba (talk) 06:23, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Massive amounts of uncited trivia being added

Anyone have any idea what to do about these edits: Special:Contributions/LaDanian1000000? It looks like every single one of his several dozen edits today is adding a sentence of trivia to the end of a 2018 season for an NFL player, completely uncited. I'm not clear the random fact mentioned is worth having in an article, and the thought of trying to fact-check every one of his edits makes me cringe.

He's been warned before to cite his changes, which makes it pretty clear that just leaving a message on his talk page isn't going to work. Suggestions? Tarl N. (discuss) 01:44, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

I've noticed these edits by this user as well, but I feel they are in good faith. Many of these edits are just game-by-game stat lines for a player - somewhat helpful, but also not necessary. Several edits seemed to check out, but I'd agree the coarse prose and lack of sources needed improvement. It's not shocking given these edits are made within one minute of each other. I'd be reluctant to open an ANI case or seek administrative discipline without having someone actually send the user a non-template warning message as to what they are doing wrong. --  StarScream1007  ►Talk  03:39, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Issue escalating warnings for unsourced edits. If it continues past a final warning, request a block.—Bagumba (talk) 04:06, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Since other people have noticed and found the edits wanting (about half of them have already been reverted), I'll revert the rest, and I left a message to that effect on the editor's talk page. Regards, Tarl N. (discuss) 04:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

The Alliance of American Football and Notability

Seeing that the league's kickoff is less than a month away. Do we have any new notability standards for players coaches who will be appearing in the league or no? Just wondering. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:37, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Redundant naboxes?

Just a question, but if we have a link to every season in the team specific navboxes, why do we have a completely separate templates for each team in Category:National Football League team season templates?UCO2009bluejay (talk) 19:10, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Let me add the MLB and NBA templates don't have every season listed in both types of navbox?UCO2009bluejay (talk) 19:12, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, I think this has been addressed before. I think we should remove them from the main team navboxes and use a specific navbox for each of their seasons. – PeeJay 19:22, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Revised logos for first 4 Super Bowls

Per Sportslogos.net, it seems the wrong logos have been used for the first 4 Super Bowls up to this point. The versions used here on Wikipedia should probably be replaced with the newly identified versions. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 12:14, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Edelman surprised a young girl with Super Bowl tickets after he learned she was bullied for playing football

Hi,
Can you please share any feedback you may have about placing this news item into the Julian Edelman article? Please post any feedback at this section of the articles talk page.
Vwanweb (talk) 23:27, 3 February 2019 (UTC)