User talk:Dweller/Archive5

Can You Add Brian Lara Images

Please, can you or your contacts put a picture/s of this great man that does not violate copyright issues? Brian Lara Wikipedia page requires pictures of him -- a portrait image and some cricketing images. Thanks. 130.194.5.130 00:38, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry, I've only just spotted this message, as you added it at the top, rather than the bottom of my talk page. I guess you posted this because in the past I've edited that article, but I'm afraid I have no expertise whatsoever in the use of images and am next to clueless at finding them. You could try posting at WT:CRIC, but I've not had great results with requests for photos there. --Dweller 11:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Castle at WP:ACID

Thanks for the heads up! After reviewing the article, I'm surprised it was only of Start quality - I would have expected a "B" before I read through it thoroughly. Comments left at Talk:Castle#Rating, Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Castles#WP:ACID and Wikipedia:Article_Creation_and_Improvement_Drive#Castle. --Grimhelm 19:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again! :-) I see more people have joined the project, which is good. I have started improving the article already, with a section on Japanese castles, and improvements to those on construction, purpose, wooden castles, etc. I think the gallery needs to be removed, among other things. --Grimhelm 20:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Closing AFDs

Try this - there seldom seems to be sufficient strong keeps that haven't already been closed, but good luck! The Rambling Man 22:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Tom Staniforth

Had a butchers, I think the key problem is the ambiguity of WP:BIO for this case. Good spot. I've opted for weak keep, weak due to lack of sources and thus inability to verify. Thanks for involving me! The Rambling Man 10:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I think the biggest problem is that the ambiguity needs to be fixed. I'm off to WT:BIO to get stuck in. --Dweller 10:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA. Neutral, eh?

Six whole months? That's a long time. ~ Flameviper ^{Who's a Peach?} 17:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

My feeling was that it's about maturity, not knowledge of process. Unusual for an RfA. Yes, I'd say six. If you come back sooner, I'm not ruling out a Support !vote. Mind you, if you come back after that, I'm not ruling out an Oppose (!) All I'm saying is that you've got current form for immaturity and that needs time served with good behaviour before I'll trust you. However, I am prepared to consider that leopards change their spots... delighted you're already proving you can change your's. --Dweller 17:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Word. ~ Flameviper ^{Who's a Peach?} 18:14, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Team templates

Hey, have a look at what I've done, the teams are now near the bottom in suitable template format. Hopefully it cuts the mustard! The Rambling Man 17:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, I guess it's wait and see time. Good effort all round, I think, and look forward to seeing the criticism. Hope someone takes it seriously. Cheers! The Rambling Man 20:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Holding on tour

Hey, Tintin1107 has added a to Holding's place in the touring team. I can't find any evidence of him being on tour at all, he certainly didn't play in any of the matches, internationals or ODI's. Have you got a source for him being there or should it be removed until we can prove it? Cheers! The Rambling Man 11:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... not sure. I'll take a look. Tintin knows his stuff, so I'm guessing he'll be spot on as usual. --Dweller 11:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I put the tag just to make sure that it gets noticed by you guys and doesn't get drowned by the following edits, not necessarily because it was an error. Tintin 16:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

You were correct. He played his last Test in 1987 ([1]). I can't understand how that error crept in. --Dweller 16:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Mark Benson

Hey Dweller. Yeah, the old citeweb template is pretty good and makes the references a lot more elegant than simple URLs. I think it looks a lot more professional...! The Rambling Man 13:06, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey Dweller, looks like we need to re-assess the GA. Any ideas spring to mind? Currently I'm engaged in dealing with User:Cricketguru and his sock puppets who are trying to ruin Mark Benson - who'd have thought he would have such an amount of interest! The Rambling Man 17:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd give anyone the benefit of the doubt here, but Cricketguru has used at least five sockpuppets today so far, three named, two anon IPs, all accounts he's used have made the same edits to Mark Benson going against WP:MOS despite my attempts to discuss it with him. He has removed citation needed notices every time I've added them, he's removed notices from my own talk page, from each of his talk pages... my unflustered manner is becoming a shade flustered! Perhaps, if you've come across him before, you could try discussing it with him as I'm not getting anywhere. Cheers! The Rambling Man 17:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

He's also changing licence information for all images to his own, even though, for example [2] is stunningly similar to Image:Mrb-cricket.JPG which he claims to be his own work and released to PD... The Rambling Man 17:40, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello Dweller, unlike rumble man or whateve his name is, you are much friendlier. Hope you are alright, I have made changes to an article about mark benson. this man keeps editing it back, there is nothing wrong with the article. the pictures are all allowed and there are no incorrect facts. I believe it preivously said mark was the best but it now says that he is regarded by many as the best. that is a fair sentance.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketguru (talk • contribs)

I'll reply at your talk page --Dweller 08:58, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

HAHAHA you are a funny man. I have tried no to cite things, people say cite cite cite without any indication of what cite means. I dont hope that people understand what Mark Benson has achieved, he was, in my eyes, the best cricket player of his generation which includes Mike Gatting. For servral reasn Mark was unable to play for England anywhere near the amount of times he did. As you know I am an important figure and I really request that my veiws are heard as this man, come the 10-13th of feb may no longer be here and needs his legacy to be visable to the world. I have cited the article. I hope that is enough for you. Please note that you are playing with what facts about someone may leave the world soon and that isn't very nice.

It doesn't matter who you are. I'm afraid in a Wikipedia article, your opinions are irrelevant. You must abide by WP:VERIFY. Benson's status in your eyes is not encyclopedic - read WP:NOR. I do get the opinion that you're ignoring all the advice you get and reading none of the policies and you're careering bullishly toward an unfortunate block. That'd be sad.

Accusing me of somehow desecrating Benson's memory if and when he should die in the future doesn't help your arguments and is somewhat ungracious towards someone who is giving a great deal of time to trying to help you. Both I and The Rambling Man have given you loads of credit where other editors would long ago have gone running for an admin and ensured you were blocked. We don't want that to happen, so please return the courtesy to us by listening.

Now, I do remember Trevor Bailey was a great admirer of Benson and in the 80s, when talking on Test Match Special, often called for his recall to the Test team. It could be that Bailey wrote as much in the media. If you can find a cite for this by Googling, that would help. --Dweller 09:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

See you understand too. Please help me out here then, you have to understand that there is so much in writing in books but it is very hard to find info from 1986 online because its so long ago. Please can you use your knowledge to help cite the info.

Here are some sources worthy of citing:

• http://www.sporting-heroes.net/cricket-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=967 profile
• http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/1/1840/1840.html stats only
• http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9074.html Cricinfo profile
• http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/243608.html appointed to elite umpiring panel
• http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/243588.html ditto

You can also cite paper sources, so long as you quote accurately and include the book's details (especially page number).

You could also ask the Cricket WikiProject for help. If you don't want to join, that doesn't matter, you can still post at WT:CRIC. There are many many excellent and experienced cricket experts on the Project and some have Wisden online subscriptions. Ask nicely. --Dweller 11:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for th help, I have seen the most recent of edits and I must confess that it is a fair summary. Please make sure though that there are no more changes from here. Thank you.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketguru (talk • contribs)

Incidentally, you do not own the page, so any changes that are made from here are perfectly allowable. The Rambling Man 08:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Dweller,

Thanks for participating in my recent RfA. Even though it was ultimately successful (at 54-13-11), I value all of the feedback and have already benefited from the community's suggestions. Hope to see you around. - Gilliam 22:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Rename

I was being bold. If anyone objects then they can change it back (giving their reasons, as I did) and we can have the discussion! Vizjim 12:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Surely it's better to have the discussion first for any potentially controversial changes. That article is hugely controversial... I think you'd have done better discussing a change of name first. --Dweller 12:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

To Dweller and Hipocrite

The two of you seem to not be getting along very well. Rather than try to worry about who started it, or who has said what that was uncivil, I'd like to propose that the two of you:

1. Start with a clean slate.
2. Make sure to be extra civil to each other.

I'm sure you both think it's unfair of me to leave you the same message, but I believe you both have it in you to swallow your pride a little and work toward getting along in the future. For the good of Wikipedia, all of us do that from time to time. Happy editing! -- SCZenz 18:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm always happy to swallow my pride. I'll go further than you ask - if I've been uncivil somewhere, I'll readily apologise... and learn from my behaviour. Please do let me know where I've stepped out of line. --Dweller 19:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Stats summary

Hey, have a squiz, I've added a couple of custom tables to neaten up (at least in my eyes) the stats summary section - got Test and ODI results in it. The Rambling Man 18:26, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Your note

You're welcome, and thank you for taking the trouble to engage with him and for leaving the note about it on AN/3RR. The more information we have, the fairer the decision, hopefully. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 19:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Saw your post in Rambling man's page and already answered at User_talk:The_Rambling_Man#GA_article. Unfortunately, I won't be able to help with the quotes in the very near future. Tintin 10:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Some trivia : England could have saved the third Test (which they lost by an innings and plenty) had they hung around for a few more minutes. Rain came down just after England was all out in the final day and no play would have been possible thereafter {{cn}} (writing from memory) Tintin 10:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

That's great... the kind of thing Wisden should have. I might have relevant copies of The Cricketer in my attic. I'll take a look tonight. --Dweller 10:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Re your message in JHall's page. Aren't you able to access http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/almanack/index.html ? Even if you aren't, it only needs a simple registration. It contains a treasure of information. Tintin 10:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and thanks

Hello, Dweller. Thanks for your comments on my discussion page, but I don't think they were really appropriate. I wrote a reply that is also not particularly appropriate re. your remarks, but please have a look. As far as I'm concerned, the whole thing stank, my contributions have generally been not earth-shaking but good. I presume you put the message on my page because I asked blnguyen (who ignored me, presumably for wikipolitical reasons) for help, simply because he liked cricket and was the first admin I found who I thought might have been at least neutral re. the 'other side'. I didn't notice that he has become an arbitrator or bureaucrat or whatever until my last log-in, and thought 'Oh, no' as a result.

There were no two sides, I used some sharp language in response to a lot of rudeness and 'King of the Castle' behaviour and was attacked (bullied) in a most unusually vicious way as a result. I am really quite disgusted by the whole affair. Even now, there is no way I can find the ANI's (except one, which I was only told about after it had been archived) from my discussion page. One of the worst points is that a ringleader was in a recent RfA, which should have failed but succeeded due to intervention from above. I note that this user (now admin.) was very careful to get others to do the attacking as that approached. I wish I had voted, but the intervener would no doubt have declared my opinion invalid, as he did with another user to justify the thing.

Somebody (admin., bureaucrat, whatever) should have looked at the history of incivility in the other direction and introduced some balance; instead, there were barrages of completely one-sided distortions that I hadn't even been informed about at the time. Your suggestion of 'a few days'; yeah, probably forever, although that would provide too much pleasure to some, for reasons that I can't fully discern.

For example, talk about the pot calling the kettle black (and the fact that wikipedia seems to allow users to get away with the tantrum-driven way of getting their way). By the way, I wasn't banned at the time of the comment, it was just a combination of wishful thinking and threat. That's just one of many.FasterPussycatWooHoo 12:19, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I don't know the in's and out's of the affair, but I hate conflict and like to try to help calm things down... even when I fail. I'm sad that you feel victimised and bullied. I didn't find your response to me particularly inappropriate... mind you, I don't think that was I wrote was particularly inappropriate either! :-) What's important, I guess, is how things move forward. Are you planning to fight against what happened, or draw a line in the sand? I'd advise the latter, to minimise disruption (we're building an encylopedia here). Just this morning, I've apologised profusely for something where I feel wronged, because it seems the more productive approach. I'll just get on with things. Good luck whatever you choose, and if you need to let off some stress, come vent here. --Dweller 13:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

"Slur"

Hi. If you are referring to the Zionist thing on Hipocrite's page, there is a reply from SCZenz and an addition from myself on the RD talk page that should be acceptable. This is a wiki and Hipocrite has no problem with that, "sofixit". --Justanother 14:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, but no thanks. I don't want to stir things up again. I have no desire to be disruptive. Hipocrite wants it there and I'm not entering an edit-war. Besides, I didn't like having my response deleted, so it would be hypocritical of me to do similar. --Dweller 14:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

No prob, {{I'llDoIt}} (smile) --Justanother 16:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

Yes, I have access to online Wisden. I'll see what I can dig up. IIRC, subscribing is free, so it's something you might find worthwhile yourself. JH 18:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks as though someone beat me to it. I looked up some apposite quotations from Tony Cozier's review of the tour in Wisden, only to find that they were already included. JH 19:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry - I should've come back to you. Tintin contacted me on another page and explained how/where I could sign up. Thanks for trying! --Dweller 22:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

afd thanks

Thanks for pointing that out. I missed the afd notice when perusing CAT:CSD. Its all taken care of! Thanks again. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 17:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure. --Dweller 17:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Blackjack

Hi Dweller - you wrote: You need some context - take a look at what he's posted in the last couple of days at WT:CRIC and you'll see some of Blackjack's extraordinarily prolific work. While I understand the need for order in the stubs and appreciate the work you and your colleagues are doing, and don't think your first message to BlackJack was uncivil... it may have been a little harsh. If you could find a moment to post to his page or email him in conciliatory mood, it would be a fine thing to do. Even if it doesn't persuade him to come back. He is, however, a sad loss to the Project. Yours in good faith.

I do have a bit of context. As an ex-member of WikiProject Cricket myself, I know just how valuable Blackjack is to the project. I don't want him to leave Wikipedia, and have already said as much on his user talk page (have a look at the last paragraph of my reply there).

WP Cricket has always worked well with the stub sorting project in the past and the stubs created for the project have been done after discussion on what was best. Blackjack knows that - he was heavily involved in the last lot of discussions over cricket season stubs, woking alongside Alai - and says as much himself. Which is one of the reasons why I was so surprised at Blackjack's creation of these stubs (probably the reason for any harshness in my initial comments - although a lot of that came from a standard text sent to anyone who creates unproposed templates and categories), and even more surprised by his response. He knows why and how stub creation is done the way it is - so why go against it suddenly? And - even more so - why be surprised when someone complains? Note that I'm apparently not the only person who has complained about his behaviour recently - he makes it clear that this is the third time something has happened like this - it appears my comments were just the final straw, so I doubt that anything i say would make any difference (although, as I said, I have made an attempt). If three different people have found fault with what he has been doing in different ways on WP then perhaps he needs to look at why people are complaining, though. Grutness...wha? 00:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand what you write... and it makes a lot more sense than it did. I agree with much of what you write, and concur that your post was probably a final straw, but what harm could it make to add a conciliatory note now? It probably won't help. But it might. Your call. As I see it, if you do add something now, it makes you look like a great guy. Even if you're a great guy anyway, which I'm sure you are. Anyway, thanks for responding to me. Cheers, --Dweller 09:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Laziness

{{CWC Advert}} this is one of the reasons. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand. --Dweller 09:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I was referring to my tardiness in replying to your ER, among other paperwork I have in my bucket.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh! lol. I'm so used to people calling me lazy in real life, that I assumed it was my laziness you were referring to :-) --Dweller 09:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Lol; love the ode. No prob blocking the vandal; just doing my job :). It's people like you that make my job easy. Cheers! ~ Arjun 14:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Batter up! (Or Batsman...)

Here, we've got some comments at the peer review. I've implemented the easy ones (damned footnotes), I'm still struggling to see how we can make this much more accessible to the layman, but there you go. I think the citation in the intro he's looking for is for the Year of Four Emperors comparison. A couple more citations shouldn't be too challenging, and as for linking incumbent, nope, not now - the Incumbent article is rubbish and doesn't include sports references. Perhaps we should use a different word from incumbent. Besides that, we simply can't be too far away. If Indian cricket team is a GA, I can't see why this one isn't.... The Rambling Man 18:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool. I'll take a detailed look tomorrow. There are precious few sources online for the Four Captains ref anyway, so the Four Emperors may have to come out, as it's not in any of the sources I did manage to find. A shame, because that is the case, and it's bleeding obvious anyway, but not verifiable. Incumbent could be linked to the wiktionary article, for people who don't understand the word. It's not a sporting term; just English, lol. Naaridge had a narrow squeak tonight. Now the reward... getting smashed by Chelski on Saturday. Worth about £500K. We should put out our youth team and see how they like it. --Dweller 23:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, yeah, incumbent, pah. Anyway, yes, good for Nardge, I think it's been a while since both of us were in the fifth round, we're away at Watford this weekend, marginally easier but far more boring than away at the Bridge. Is it on TV?

I'll be off-line most of today, funeral stuff, so good luck with responding to the peer review comments. Official: I hate footnotes. Laters... The Rambling Man 10:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Gosh. Sorry to hear about the funeral. Please accept my condolences for your loss. --Dweller 10:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, it wasn't unexpected. I could have been euphemistic, but a spade's a spade after all. Get thee onwards, onto brighter things...! The Rambling Man 10:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, back home now, tiring day! I'll get on to your comments, probably tomorrow, and I'll check out ALoan's evaluation, along with the good contributions from the other peer reviewers. As for the breaks in the templates, yes, stupid me made them look good on Firefox on my Mac with limited resolution, but didn't think of the bigger picture, e.g. IE7 running 1600x1200 and all that. I'll remedy it. The Rambling Man 18:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Wise idea to go for FA. If we keep polishing it, we'll never finish. Tintin 10:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Tintin. We're on a speedy run at getting Paul Collingwood to FA now. There's quite a group collaborating. When we're done, we'll move on to another of Blnguyen's list if there's still time. You, more than most (!) are welcome to join! --Dweller 10:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Brian Close is the only FA that we have on a cricketer. The main difference between Collingwood and Close at the moment is that the Colli article relies too much on match reports and statistics while Close seems to have more substance and it hides the numbers well. This is the sort of thing that we have go for. It is true that nothing much has happened in Collingwood's life while Close's career was very eventful, but still. There should also be something on his pre-fc career. Too bad he hasn't written an autobiography yet. Tintin 14:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

It's a fair point. Once all the referencing etc is out of the way, I'm minded to rewrite to tell the real Shep story, which is of a cricketer who's finally broken through. Not much off the field stuff, I know, but the FA criteria don't really demand that, do they? --Dweller 14:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

It is not to fulfill the FA criteria, but to satisfy ourselves that it looks like a "proper" encyclopaediac article :-) Tintin 14:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Here we go again

So, he had a ten day break but he's back again, with sockpuppets to boot. Oh well. I put his whole comment back in because I didn't find it that offensive and it should remain to indicate to others the sort of editor he is. Hope you don't mind.

Anyway, onto our regular topic, I've split the introduction into Windies and England sections and added a couple more references to white/black washes etc in previous meetings, have a look and see if it meets your approval... The Rambling Man 11:18, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I don't mind. The socks weren't very subtle, were they? I really like the changes you've made today. I was planning to source a blackwash comment, glad you got there first. I managed to work through a lot of yesterday's stuff. I'll go take a look at John's comments too. I've got an on and off day. I'll see what I can do. Meanwhile, the backlog at GA is ridiculous. I've also asked ALoan to review the WP:CRIC rating you gave it. --Dweller 11:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I've also added the aftermath from Windies perspective too, referencing out to their continuing success to the end of the nineties, I think that's as far as the scope of this article needs to go (i.e. not onto the decline and fall in the 90s...). How's it look? The Rambling Man 12:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Wotcha. There's been quite a bit of change today, I think I've just about covered all the comments from the Peer Review... I can't honestly think of anything more we could do....although I'm sure I've said that once before! The Rambling Man 17:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. Thanks for all your hard work. I've decided not to get too fixated on it and leave it alone. I've a suggestion - before starting on the footie, we could choose one of the articles Blguyen posted about... but we'd have to be very fast to beat the deadline. Could conscript more help from WP:CRIC, I suppose. What do you think? (btw I've given up with Cricketguru... he's going to march himself into a block, but you can only tell someone the same thing a certain amount of times before you decide they don't want to listen. It would make sense to ask an admin to sprotect Mark Benson if a block happens. --Dweller 17:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm easy - pick a topic, I'll run with it, even if it's for WP:CRIC (despite me not being a cricket expert!). ITFC/NCFC can wait a few more weeks, besides with the World Cup coming up, no time like the present.

As for Cricketguru, I don't blame you. I've given him another 3RR warning, and won't hesitate to report him again. Semi-protecting the article won't stop him, he's got an account. He'll either need to be blocked or change his ways... The Rambling Man 17:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

What about that recent saint of English cricket, Paul Collingwood? Looks like GA is easily within reach, FA a distant, but definite possibility? The Rambling Man 17:55, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Collingwood MBE it is lol --Dweller 17:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Can you get some WP:CRIC support (you know that odd lot better than me!) and I'll start tagging all the OR (as you helpfully did on Windies 88) with so we know what we're dealing with? I'll also have a look-see at some other FA bio's to see if there's anything special we need to concern ourselves with. The Rambling Man 18:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

WHAT

Are you serious... thats crazy, some man put citation needed... someone has issues... do you want me to record my next phone call between my ECB associate and Mark Benson... thats just issane...

See the problem is I am breaking no wiki riles except yours... i express the truth using facts and knowledge... some people just reead from a few websites and create unsited views...

Botham

Hi, mv is my lazy shorthand for move. I moved the template to the bottom which I think is the standard place, rather than the disambig message being at the top. --Steve _(Slf67) ^talk 03:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, got it. I guessed it was move, but couldn't work out what it referred to. It's me being daft, rather than you being lazy, I think! --Dweller 09:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Just to say your thanks are much appreciated, and I sincerely hope we can get Colly to FA before the great carnival of cricket begins. Come on England! к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт 10:19, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

ArticleHistory

Sorry - we got into an edit conflict, and I didn't want to lose my work, since putting together ArticleHistory manually is a pain. I run through all the FACs to make sure they're ready for GimmeBot, and DYKs have to be done manually (something about the hardwired template they use), so I had already added the failed GA. No, FAC isn't added to the template; GimmeBot goes through after the article is failed or promoted and adds it to the template. Candidacies are left outside the template. Good luck (I'll be traveling so may not have time to participate in the FAC). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:10, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

No worries. Some of that made sense, lol. I'm not very technical. Anyway, thanks for the kind reply and the good wishes. --Dweller 14:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Paul Collingwood

Yes, I was talking about the citation needed notes. I'd say that you need to fill those in before you submit it for the Good Article review. I wouldn't pass the article as a GA class unless you had in-line citations after just about every sentence.--Bookworm857158367 15:12, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Unusual since very few GA's have a citation after every sentence, but we will try to make it so!! The Rambling Man 18:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• On behalf of all the members of the P.D. Collingwood Booster Society of Western Canada (all one of us), I thank you and Rambling Man and your good folks for the Extreme Makeover and the time you all have put into it. It's so beautiful now, it brings a tear to my eye. :) --209.90.173.40 08:53, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Pass the baton

Over to you... I'm exhausted of creating citewebs, and finding references, although by the sounds of Bookworm857158367, we may need a whole bunch more. I think I've made 50 of the past 60 edits... The Rambling Man 18:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I've put it up for peer review here so watch and wait! Good luck this afternoon, by the way...! The Rambling Man 11:10, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Edits to FA candidate

Doesn't really matter. Remove them if you want. Buc 10:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Colly

Hey, thanks for your message, hope all is okay with you. The copyvio thing is a challenge, but if we cite everything to that ECB article we'd probably be okay. If not then some artistic rewording will be in order! I've tried on-line resources for Colly's domestic career, no joy. Don't know if you've got anything paper-Wisden-wise that may help? Anyway, no stress. Let me know when you're back on-line proper and we'll carry it on. In the meantime I may make a stab at Shaun Pollock, depending on my workload, it's currently crap so anything I do should improve things! All the best The Rambling Man 18:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

World cup squads

I have replied on my talk page. Please check it out. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 13:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

== commons:User:Dweller ==

I assert to be the same user as commons:User:Dweller Dweller 17:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Gilchrist

Well, over 80 citations for Colly, all that's missing is his entire domestic career! I don't think I can help here, unless someone can point me to an online resource for domestic stats and reports etc. I've made a plea at WP:CRIC so we'll see. I'm heading on to other things soon, Adam Gilchrist is next on my list. He's a significant character in the game and should have plenty of scope for expansion. However, whether we can get the article to FA in time for the World Cup, I dunno. GA would be great but like you said, the backlog there is bad. Anyway, I'm prepared to kick it hard and all that. Let me know how you feel about it and if you're interested in going one more time before we indulge ourselves in the ITFC & NCFC GA/FA drive! The Rambling Man 18:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. I'm going to look for some domestic stuff for Colly too, and then put it up for GA or FA. Thanks - you did the lion's share of work with it. FA nom for 1988 is going well still, thank goodness. --Dweller 19:54, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd love to help with the Gilly article... I'm still quite new to Wikipedia, so if you could give me a few things to get started on, that would be awesome, otherwise I'll keep checking back and seeing if anything occurs to me. --Cricketgirl 20:02, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, the automated peer review of Colly is in, nothing major, but I was interested in this comment:

Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Build the web, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link January 15, 2006

Can't remember if you said we should link or unlink these?! Anyway, I've got to go seek out where my footnotes have failed us all! All the best.. The Rambling Man 20:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

So was that link it all or unlink it all?! Just say the word... I've hit the Gilchrist article hard, about fifty 's, but hell, it seemed to work so well with the other two articles. Hope all is good with you. The Rambling Man 22:28, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

<guffaws> Heck I'm confused. Yes, it was a good idea, wasn't it. Nice to take some credit round here :-) I had a mad deadline today... calming down a little, though Thursday will be horrendous. --Dweller 22:36, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, well chill and do your best in the real world. I'm still struggling to see where we can get citable sources for domestic cricket for anyone. But hell, no big deal. Let's have some fun for the next couple of days, hope your Thursday isn't too bad. I'll consult the rules on dates to be sure what we ought to be doing. Check out Colly's article and the peer review if you have time to see what I've done in the meantime to see if (for someone who doesn't know much about cricket) it makes sense... The Rambling Man 22:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

You have no idea how much that "doesn't know much about cricket" makes me laugh. The source I posted on your talk page last night will give me plenty to work from on Colly's domestic career. When I'm done, how bout we ask ALoan for a copyedit and then stick it in for FA? --Dweller 09:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Well you started it! Good news on the domestic side. I agree, get ALoan in for a good copyedit and FA it. Hopefully I've covered everything in the peer reviews so we're almost home and dry I think. And woohoo, the Aussies just lost again, NZ made a remarkable 350 with three balls and a solitary wicket to spare.... five in a row! The Rambling Man 09:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

User:Walter_Humala

Please reconsider reverting that stuff, Im already stressed up with a MFD on me and I don't wanna have more conflicts, check whats really happening on Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Walter_Humala Thanks! --Walter Humala - King one! 14:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Regardless of what's really happening, actions like this ([3]) removing content from peoples' talk pages can be regarded as vandalism, particularly when applied to dozens of talk pages. If you're in conflict, then making yourself appear as a vandal (not to mention "shouting" in your edit summaries) isn't going to help. --Dweller 14:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

More comments

These were the new Colly comments:

The article needs quite some work.

1. Too many weasel adjectives. (magnificent 134 not; First forays with England). Needs to be copyedited by a neutral reviewer.
2. Fix citations
3. =Early and personal life= Too short. Does he have an alternate career?
4. MBE? Give this man a knighthood! in italics
5. Graph needed (svg)
6. Sections 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 cause a lopsided table. Needs to go.
7. Consider having a table with the runs scored against each country.

=Nichalp «Talk»= 15:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Not quite there yet... The Rambling Man 16:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Strange that I couldnt see it. OK, 1,2,3,4 are fine. I can deal. Not sure what kind of graph is needed, although it'd be nice to do one like at Desmond Haynes. Can you take 6? I think 7 is inappropriate for a player currently still active. --Dweller 16:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the graph in question is what you're talking about, Gilchrist article has one already (phew!). As for the lop-sided table, I don't know what that means... nothing lopsided on my IE7, Firefox or Safari... The Rambling Man 17:03, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, I could have a go at a graph some time, but don't think it's pressing for FA. I also have no idea about lop sided table and I use IE6 on Windows XP with the default skin. Please see latest at the FA nom for 1988 and feel free to disagree with me. Also, when you've got a mo, comments re Colly sub fielding at Aloan talk page. --Dweller 17:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Sweet FA

Yay, Windies 88 made it!!!!!! Great work. Nothing more to say... but let's keep it rolling...! The Rambling Man 20:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

You helped choose Rwandan Genocide as this week's WP:ACID winner

AzaBot 23:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Colly wobbles

Hey, I see you're making an effort to expand the domestic career bit, good on ya. I think we're really close here... Oh, and did you see Brett Lee's out of the WC? The Rambling Man 09:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks like another decent source for personal stuff... we may turn Nichalp after all...!! The Rambling Man 09:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Cool. I'm done with the domestic. How do you think it reads? --Dweller 09:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep, reads good. Still not sure we've got enough in the personal section to appease some of the criticism yet, but I'm stumped (no pun intended) for finding good, reliable sources. The Rambling Man 10:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Good work on adding his column (fnar). It was so obvious! That's got to do it... surely.... The Rambling Man 11:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's still not meeting approval of Nichalp, I've tried to re-flow the English so it reads a bit less choppy, but we may be fighting a lost cause here. The Rambling Man 11:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes! We got Nichalp's approval (which is valuable as he seems to have hundreds of FA's behind him, so he should know...) after a few more tweaks and rewords. I can't see much more we can do to turn the two opposers, we'll see. Anyway, fingers crossed that when we both come back to this article, something gold and shiny might have happened...! The Rambling Man 18:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wonderbra FAC

Hi Dweller. Since you expressed interest in the earlier versions of the Wonderbra article when it was re-written, I was wondering whether you'd want to weigh in on the Featured Article Candidacy. Cheers Mattnad 15:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, happy to. I'm just madly busy with cricketer articles before the world cup begins and don't want to chime in with an inanity. (For once!) I'll try and find a moment for a well-judged contribution. --Dweller 15:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the input on the FAC. If you plan to revisit the article, I'll wait a little for those comments as well before I act on your initial reaction. At least now, your observations/suggestions are manageable. Some will require some additional third-party research (e.g., that the majority of women wore girdles in the 1950s). As for the Wonderbra Women, frankly I've never liked that section but in the spirit of the wiki, I'd left it in. Now you've given me a good reason to remove it without looking like a jerk. It's just more fluff than where the article has gone.Mattnad 01:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

OK. I've made a bunch of changes. Take a look. Mattnad 12:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dweller, with the Cricket World Cup gearing up, it may be too soon to see if you can revisit the FAC, but I thought I'd ping you. Regards. Mattnad 13:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Utterly fair enough! I've left it too long to revisit. --Dweller 13:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

Congratulations on West Indian cricket team in England in 1988 becoming featured article and thank you for your hard work on that excellent article.-- Zleitzen^(talk) 02:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Gilly

Hey, noticed you've started on Gilchrist. Just wanted to let you know we already have extensive comments on his peer review here if you didn't already know that... The Rambling Man 10:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Just started? Cheeky! Gilly's already in my top 15 articles list on my edit count... yeah, I'll be chiming in at the peer review when I can. --Dweller 10:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, okay, well, sorry and all that! What I meant to say was I just noticed you making a few consecutive edits, that's all! Cheers... The Rambling Man 10:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Pffff <that's me laughing> I'm not really offended. I've made like 16 edits and you've made about a zillion. And anyway, even if I was offended (which I swear by the deity I'm not) you've got one heck of a lot of credit with me, blue boy. You'll have to try harder. Remind me about Darren Eadie's fitness record or something. Or mention the name of the one who must not be named.--Dweller 10:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, thought as much. I got 171 edits on Gilly so far, and predict a few more to come...! Muscat, wow, there's a player.... The Rambling Man 10:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

subst

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:uw-test1}} instead of {{uw-test1}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Glen 12:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. As I do everything manually, I'm not massively keen on reducing my productiveness by substing. This reluctance is enhanced by the fact that I see my unsubsted work automatically substed pretty quickly by one or another of the patrolling 'bots. I appreciate that that might seem a laid-back to the point of irresponsibility, so if it does seem that way, please do tell me! :-) --Dweller 13:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

For you :)

		Glen's Anti-Vandalism Barnstar!
		Glen is thrilled to award Dweller with this small token of appreciation and acknowledgement for exceptional performance in the art of troll extermination, cruft elimination and for ensuring Wikipedia is safe for public consumption... You are a legend, please keep up the great work! Glen 13:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh my! My third ever Barnstar! And such a pretty one!!! Thank you. --Dweller 13:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

non admin rollback and warning tools

With all the great work you do I thought I'd make like a lot easier for ya - so, I have added non admin rollback and warning tools for you. They really rock!

So, can you please clear your cache (hit CTRL-R) and then when you see some vandalism use the RED rollback link. This should rollback the edit but also open the vandals talk page (turn popups off if it doesnt) and, whats best is there you should see an extra tab at the top next to history and one press and they are warned! (you still get to choose the warning) - see if that works :) Let me know if you like! Glen 13:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

PS: If not your thing just say the word and Ill remove immediately... but that'll definitely not happen! :)' Enjoy!

It's very exciting, but the tools aren't appearing properly (and I think they made my computer crash when I first did control R!). I'll persevere, because they sound great. --Dweller 14:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Glen, since you amended my monobooks, I've not been able to log in for more than about a minute without crashing. Something's clearly not right. I'm using Windows XP professional and IE version 6.0 on this laptop. --81.144.177.106 16:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC) (aka Dweller - hope you see this... I can't post to your talk page, because it's protected)

Paul Collingwood

Took a look at the Paul Collingwood article, and think it's excellent. But by the Biography wikiproject's assessment rules, it can't have its assessment increased until it passes the GA or FA process. I'll be happy to update the assessment as soon as it passes. - Mocko13 19:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Saw you implored the community for a decision, nice one. About time we got a yes or no. Hopefully you've sorted your monobook issues as well. I don't trust that stuff, but I am becoming a technophobe in my middle years...! I've started a couple of new sections in Gilly to encourage chronological bio edits, plus expanded domestic to a point where I think it can't really be made any bigger. Have a butchers when you feel like it. Muscat. Can't believe you brought him up. Psycho...?! The Rambling Man 21:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Re:Identifying as a Canary on WP

I am a bit of a clown and do not know how do hardly anything on here. I just spent five minutes trying to find out how to write this :/ I just successfully managed to add myself as a City fan though :)

Reverted

I've reverted my changes - sorry about that! Glen 23:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page. --Nlu (talk) 07:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Avine flu

I am as sick as the proverbial parrot. That is all I will say... hmph. :( Bubba hotep 23:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

But what I will say is well done to yourself and The Rambling Man for the Featured Article. Excellent work. Bubba hotep 23:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Fool that ruined America.

I'll help, but I don't see any movies/redirects in the link. Hunted by A.K.G. 23:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Gilchrist

Hey, fancy trying to bolster the gaps between the World Cups on Gilchrist? I'm getting a bit worn down by it at the moment, I seem to be going alone, and running out of time before the 2007 WC starts... The Rambling Man 14:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm feeling similarly... a bit worn down. The dashes nonsense of getting contradictory comments really irritated me... though I tried very hard not to show it... and I'm not even the one who did the work changing it backwards and forwards. Can't remember who might have done the work But OK, I'll see what I can mess up do. --Dweller 14:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Usernames

Hi Chairboy. I note the logic of your recent comments arguing for "allow". However, I think your final comment on the "Developer Dan" case is a little harsh and could be taken badly by the proposer, as well as any of those who've said to "Disallow". Feel free to disagree. Hope you don't mind me posting in this way - it's meant with the best possible intentions. Cheers, --Dweller 14:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Dweller, I appreciate your note. I've considered your message and re-read my comments, and I feel that they accurately reflect my views on the matter. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and while I'm sure the folks who proposed the block and those who agreed with him/her mean well, their actions are reflecting poorly on the project and are making things worse. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 14:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

OK. It's your call. Presumably, you use the term "block" loosely, as (so far as I know), no-one is suggesting blocking the user. --Dweller 14:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

English:Hebrew Transliteration (on WP:RD/L)

Thanks for the head's-up, Dweller, though you give me too much credit: I'm hardly an expert on this particular matter; I work more in "the other direction." Still, if I'm able to provide some guidance and general remarks, I'm only too glad to help field queries on the Reference Desk. Let's see if the OP gets back to us with more details...? -- Deborahjay 18:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)