User talk:Bagumba

Al Horford

Can I please have some help on Al Horford's page? There is way too much vandalism and I don't know how to put a lock on the page, which I think should be done. I don't know who else to turn to besides you, because I know you know how to do this. Thank you.Miamiheat631 (talk) 02:37, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

@Miamiheat631: Some else has already handled it. In the future, you can submit requests at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 05:22, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Paul Pierce

Semi protection for Paul Pierce please. Nothing but IP vandalism. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:29, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Y 2 weeks.—Bagumba (talk) 16:59, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Heads up

User:68.103.37.238 appears to be a vandal account who has been inserting misleading and false information to Kansas athletics articles such as Cliff Alexander and Perry Ellis (basketball). ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Blocked for 1 week. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 23:21, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

James Jones

Semi protect for James Jones (basketball player) please. Ditto to Paul Pierce. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 16:05, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Pierce was already done a few days back. Jones is borderline, but gave it a week semi.—Bagumba (talk) 03:49, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry, I meant same reason as with Pierce. Hopefully a week will do for Jones to calm it down. As always, cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:52, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Alvin Gentry

Even once the hiring is announced he won't become the Pelicans' head coach til the Warriors' season is over. The Pelicans HC isn't sitting on the sideline of an active team. Rikster2 (talk) 03:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

I'd be surprised if anything is officially announced until the Finals are over.—Bagumba (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Consider me surprised now. I agree the article esp. infobox should consider him with GS, and said as much at Talk:Alvin Gentry. Wouldn't be surprise if it will need full protection.—Bagumba (talk) 07:13, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Basketball discussion (Standard statistics format) input

Hello, sorry to bother you but I would appreciate your opinion (whichever it is, even if it's contrary to mine) on the topic Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Basketball#Standard format for Euroleague and domestic league statistics. If you have none on a discussion that's central to European basketball only I would perfectly understand, it would be useful to note the fact. By polling the most active members of the WikiProject Basketball it would at least make everybody's opinion (or lack of) on the issue clear and a discussion that has largely been between me and AirWolf (talk) could be closed (ideally in a consensus) for the foreseeable future. Again sorry for blemishing your talk page. --ArmstrongJulian (talk) 10:53, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

@ArmstrongJulian: I see there that are three participants already in that discussion. You might try to organically reach a consensus among the three of you. If you weren't already familiar with it, you might find Wikipedia:Dispute resolution helpful. I don't normally edit European basketball articles, aside from NBA players who might have played in Europe, or the occasional college basketball player of interest that plays there. I may choose to offer an opinion if the discussion is still at an impasse, but my preference would be for more involved (and perhaps more informed?) parties to reach an understanding on their own on this matter. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 16:23, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

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Wkoppel returns

Pretty obvious, this one: Special:Contributions/2601:4:5400:77A:594B:D1F4:AB10:3E35. Enjoy your vacation! JohnInDC (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

@JohnInDC: Likely will be assigned another IP address, so a block here at this point might be futile. Will continue to monitor this IP.—Bagumba (talk) 15:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Dairese Gary

Could you please undelete (or at least unprotect) Dairese Gary. He is a notable basketball player who has played professionally in the U.S. and Egypt. A G4 does not apply because the article is not the same as the deleted version since I added some sources and content. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:32, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: It seems you have Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2015_June_7 pending. Am I missing something?—Bagumba (talk) 22:43, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes. I'm not entirely familiar with the proceedings at DRV. In fact, I probably shouldn't have even went there, since User:Joe Decker made the correct decision to delete based on the votes at the AfD. It would have saved a lot of Drama. However, I feel that User:Spartaz made a bad decision to just delete and protect, and compounded the issue by comparing me to a 10 year old. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 16:52, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Seth Curry

Just on your recent edit to Seth Curry, the reason there was only one listing of Erie is because he was only with the Suns for 10-days and there really doesn't need to be a double listing IMO. Myself and User:Intruder007 (we were the main d-league editors this season) kind of came to a mutual agreement on that sort of thing. Also, if that is to stand, another Santa Cruz Warriors listing needs to be made under Cleveland Cavaliers as he returned to SC straight after his stint with the Cavs. DaHuzyBru (talk) 03:39, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps it makes sense. I was just following general convention outlined in docs at Template:Infobox basketball biography. Can you writeup your current practice at WT:NBA and see what others think?—Bagumba (talk) 03:47, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Eh, I usually don't bother myself with that page, too much other stuff going on. Also, it's difficult to put into words. It is sort of just common sense. If a d-league player is called up multiple times by one team or multiple teams, we don't need to keep doing (for example) Santa Cruz, NBA team, Santa Cruz, NBA team, Santa Cruz etc if they keep going back to their original d-league team. I think just to be consistent with Curry, you or I should add SC again after Cavs or remove the second Erie. I can't be bothered formally introducing it – I've done it this way for a while now. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:19, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Seems fuzzy then why the Santa Cruz stint after Memphis had a separate entry. I can see some extreme cases why we wouldn't want to list each stint separately. Not sure if this is one of them. I added the other one for "consistency", but not going to sweat it if you or someone else remove these. Still, kinda hard for me to agree it's "common sense" if it's not simple enough to put into words. At any rate, a footnote or hidden comment might help in the future. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Well I think an experienced editor like yourself can understand what I'm trying to say, but yes, perhaps it would be difficult for others to understand the concept since it's hard to formally describe it. Overall, no big deal – both ways suit me tbh. Just thought I'd bring it up with you. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:59, 13 June 2015 (UTC)