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Please Explain.

I don't see the reason why you are nominating pages like Football Today and Liverpool F.C. Player of the Season without any specific reasons. I know you are an editor but don't do anything you like.Sammanhumagain (talk) 15:46, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammanhumagain: I recommend you learn the basics of Wikipedia before creating anymore articles. WP:Notability is a good starting point... JMHamo (talk) 15:50, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on WP:AN#Closure review: Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to physically restrict access to the Helper Script

Hello! You have been selected to receive an invitation to participate in the closure review for the recent RfC regarding the AfC Helper script. You've been chosen because you participated in the original RfC. Should you wish to respond, your contribution to this discussion will be appreciated. This message is automated. Replies will not be noticed. --QEDK ♠ T ♥ C 14:23, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, glad it worked out

I'm only really on Wikipedia in fits and starts. Sorry I missed your request, glad you got it protected by someone else, and in the future, if you have something time-sensitive, you should probably ask someone else because I'm pretty unreliable. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:07, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Floquenbeam: No worries, thanks for your note... JMHamo (talk) 23:10, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Emmanuel Sonupe

Hi. I believe that I do know Sonupe's England stats, but I'm afraid I can't provide a good citation for his under-16 cap because the FA has deleted the match reports and his personal profile on their site. I'll leave it to you to decide whether or not you want to include the numbers in his profile.

England under-16s: 1 cap, 0 goals.

Capped v Northern Ireland on 12 October 2011 - see http://www.englandfootballblog.com/2011/10/13/england-u16s-beat-northern-ireland-3-1/ for a probably inadmissible source.

England under-18s: 2 caps, 1 goal.

Capped v Croatia on 3 March 2013 - see http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2014/mar/england-under-18-2-1-croatia
Capped and scored v Croatia on 5 March 2013 - see http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2014/mar/england-u18s-1-2-croatia-match-report

Those are the only games that he's played for England at any level.

Do what you will! All the best. Clicriffhard (talk) 22:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion criteria G2

I had to decline a number of G2 requests you made for (short) draft articles. A short article attempt is not a test page. A test page is random characters or content that makes it clear it is a test of the system (for example, text that says "testing the save button"). These short draft articles generally can't be deleted under any speedy deletion criteria and must go through the normal channels - either waiting 6 months without an edit for G13 deletion or being sent to MfD. --ThaddeusB (talk) 06:10, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Johnstone

Hello. I agree it's odd. He was on the bench for them on Tuesday, and there's nothing on either club's website or twitter feed. BCFC have instant recall on him, so I assume they must have used it, whether unilaterally or by mutual agreement, but why it hasn't been mentioned I've no idea. Until it is mentioned, though, it's probably best to leave him where he is. However bleedinobvious it may be to conclude that if someone else is wearing his number, he can't be at CTFC, it's still pure original research. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 17:57, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He could have picked up an injury in training that has not been reported yet. We'll see :) Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 18:00, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing it's more likely that the new manager doesn't fancy him so BCFC have recalled him by mutual consent with a view to loaning him somewhere he might get a game (the loan window is still open, isn't it?) CTFC website haven't caught up with the change in personnel yet...

I feel a bit sorry for the lad, tbh. He was scoring for fun for Celtic youth, could have stayed there but wanted first-team football, could hvae moved to a decent Scottish club but Celtic played hardball over the fee, came to us largely because he'd worked with Alan Thompson at Celtic, then Thompson left, wasn't ready for the English 2nd division, was doing all right at Macclesfield but was recalled and sent to Cheltenham, was doing all right there till they got a new manager who wanted his own choice of players... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 18:15, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was just reading the CTFC message boards, and it seems like you're right. He didn't impress :(. The loan transfer window closes on 26 March, so plenty of time for him to find a new club :).. JMHamo (talk) 18:24, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A cynic might think the wording "back at Blues following the end of his loan spell" on the BCFC site a little disingenuous :-) Definite implication of loan having expired, which it hadn't. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Junazaj

Why in the world did you remove relevant sourced content from Junazaj's page and then accuse me of vandalism? --Bigjohndordoba (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You can't make a claim about a living person without citing a reliable source to back up your edit. JMHamo (talk) 23:33, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank for your assistance Bulawayan94 (talk) 09:09, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

David Silva

I know that you've something against me, and WP:FOOTY states that assists shouldn't be included but what I'm saying is that remove the assists columns manually, as Every time you revert my edit, you outdate his statistics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sybest 7 7 (talk • contribs) 11:15, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please Explain.

Hi there, why are you not allowing page "South Africa's Top Backstrokers" to be redirected to "South Africa's Top Rated/Ranked Backstrokers" considering that all your requirements have already been complied with?

@Blueblood53: "South Africa's Top Backstrokers" is at WP:AfD, so until there has been a decision made about it, it shouldn't be redirected to any other article. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 15:54, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	than u for patrolling C824767 (talk) 02:42, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Adnan Januzaj

I've left him a note. Giant Snowman 18:54, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

QED has left an edit warring warning, if they violate again then I will indef. Giant Snowman 17:30, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Broken redirects

I don't think you need to tag normal broken redirects with {{db-g8}} - AnomieBOT III will delete them automatically after a few days. JohnCD (talk) 22:34, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@JohnCD: Hi! Yes, the broken redirects I nominate are exceptions that AnomieBOT III reports as not being able to delete automatically. I don't tag anything that will be deleted in a few days. I hope this is all OK :) JMHamo (talk) 22:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I hadn't noticed the "User or User talk namespaces" restriction on the bot. Sorry about that: carry on! JohnCD (talk) 23:02, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

VisualEditor News #2—2015

Did you know?

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-Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk), 17:50, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Luca Gasparotto

Done. Giant Snowman 17:36, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

look again

Before sending me a message about ME being in an edit war and WARNING me to use the talk page would you like to check your facts.

I amended a grammatically incorrect and very subjective paragraph. I explained why in talk. The author reverted it without any comments. I put it back and again in talk asked for input and not just a reversion. He again just reverted it. Fine. Leave the artical looking like it was written by a 2yo monkey. I won't be correcting any more.