Talk:Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2012–13

Is the Chairman's XI match first class?

I can't seem to find confirmation of this. StAnselm (talk) 05:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah me to. Qantasplanes (talk) 06:35, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Discussion copied from User talk:Qantasplanes

From my perspective, the purpose of the match summary is to briefly describe the pacing and flow of the innings, and to highlight key moments and strong performances. My version of the match summary achieves all of these aims. Your version of the match summary has the following flaws, which mine addresses:

• Unreasonable focus on non-notable performances (particularly the low scores by Hughes and Hussey, and the token contribution of Doherty)
• Failure to acknowledge the strong bowling performance by Sri Lanka, which ultimately set the tone for the major part of the innings
• Failure to provide any context about the pace of the innings. For example: From what time did Australia lose wickets regularly? How large was the last wicket partnership? Over how many overs? Without this information, the comments are just sporting clichés, not encyclopedic facts.
• Failure to discuss the talking point of Australia having no challenges remaining when the two incorrect decisions were made, when this was widely reported and had a significant bearing on the final outcome.

These reasons are very deliberate and thought out, and I certainly have no intention of accepting your assertion that these are "clearly invalid" without an explanation. Please explain to me what specific strengths you believe your match summary has over mine, and we can come to a consensus. I'm perfectly happy to work collaboratively, as I've already shown a willingness to do on my last edit. Aspirex (talk) 08:23, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Deleting this message with the comment that it is "very biased" is not helpful. If you are willing to post your own thoughts on the purpose of the match summary, the reasons why you have chosen to include what you have, and any agreements or disagreements with my above points, then I will resolve this dispute with you in good faith. Aspirex (talk) 09:48, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

As I said before there is no reason to revert that edit. Please.... Qantasplanes (talk) 22:25, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

I have given you four cogent reasons for reverting your edit. You have given me no reasons, cogent or otherwise, for reverting my edit. Why are you unwilling to work with me on this issue? Aspirex (talk) 06:50, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

This is my final attempt to settle this matter between the two of us. I am firm in my belief that the match summary needs to be improved, and I am frustrated by your refusal to discuss the matter. If we cannot work together, I will be forced to branch out to a higher level of dispute resolution or mediation. Aspirex (talk) 06:04, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

This is getting old, why not. Qantasplanes (talk) 06:06, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

I came here from WP:3O, but unfortunately I don't know enough about cricket to be helpful here. Instead, I'd like to suggest asking this question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket - it looks like it has a number of active talk page participants with all the necessary background knowledge for helping to resolve this. Dreamyshade (talk) 04:14, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps this discussion should be moved to the article talkpage, to see if that happens. I'm going to remove the 3O listing for now, but I'll keep the article on my watchlist. Formerip (talk) 14:19, 2 February 2013 (UTC)