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Pre-season case for NBA game log start
I messed with Template:NBA game log start to add pre-season, but I screwed something up, I know nothing about coding, it works, but a few things are off. I tried to get it to enter 2010-11 season while showing "2010 pre-season game log", but it shows 2009-10. If you can fix any of this up or tell me how to do it, would be appreciated. PDTantisocial (talk) 22:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
- I gave it a shot. Let me know if anything's still broken. —LOL T/C 03:55, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Infobox tvseason
Your last edit to this template somehow produced an error that caused unicode characters in piped links to not work. Check User talk:Ryulong#Best Wishes for more info.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 17:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Infobox unclear changes
What are you even trying to do with the infobox changes? Please discuss any changes made to templates on the templates talk page before doing them without any explanation. Xeworlebi (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- I wrote, "Exclude parentheses from italics" in the summary of my first edit on the template, which means articles that pass parentheses into {{{season_name}}} should not have the parentheses italicized. I didn't believe any discussion was necessary because that alone isn't controversial, and is already implemented in {{Italic title}}. The only problems arose when an article passed a link containing parentheses, which shouldn't even exist and only appeared in a small subset of transcluding articles. Next time, I will add a tracking category beforehand and correct any user errors before implementing code where there is a risk of injection. —LOL T/C 01:32, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Infobox NBAAllStarGame
Hi, can you make the boxscore invisible when the parameters for the score are empty? It looks visually unappealing imo when there is a huge empty box in the middle.—Chris!c/t 23:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
- Sure. This time I used a different method for hiding it to avoid adding many {{!}}'s. Hopefully it doesn't impact performance much, because only future All-Star games will lack a box score. —LOL T/C 23:24, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Infobox NBA biography
The color on the Infobox NBA biography for retired players disappears for some straight reasons. Can you look into that? Thanks—Chris!c/t 21:18, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, I know why. Someone messes up Template:NBA color. :)—Chris!c/t 21:23, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
List of Schindlerjuden
Thank you, that will be most helpful. I will work out the kinks.Hoops gza (talk) 16:10, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
RFC/U on Paralympiakos
As an editor who has interacted with Paralympiakos at the WikiProject Mixed martial arts and on several MMA biographical articles, I would like to inform you that I have filled a request for comment on user conduct of Paralympiakos. You may read that RFC/U at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Paralympiakos and are welcome to comment on it as explained at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct/Guidance2 once it has been certified. Jfgslo (talk) 19:39, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
Senna
I don't think you can class the recent difference of opinion between Bcperson89 and other editors as an edit war, but in any case, I'm not quite sure what kind of evidence you need that the place of Senna's death is notable. It was a highly questionable death at a motor racing circuit during a high profile event, a death so notable that it has its own article, somewhat rare among deaths of notable people. Senna is also the most notable person ever killed at a racing circuit. I think it's clear that the place of his death is fundamental to the notability of his death. It would then look awkward to exclude the place of birth from that section, but even so, Senna was one of the most notable Paulistas, if not the most notable; and his Sao Paulo connection was such that a million Paulistas attended his funeral in the city. Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:30, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- You've said that you don't think the place of his death is relevant to his notability, but you haven't given your reasons for that. Why is the circuit itself irrelevant to his death? To me, it's quite obvious, if only for the fact that the circuit itself was/is under question of the possibility of having caused his death. Given that the guideline implies that there are circumstances under which a place of death can be considered notable, and relevant to the subject's notability, what do you think those circumstances might be? Can you give an example? When is a birthplace relevant to a person's notability? I've said why I think Sao Paulo is notably relevant, why do you think it isn't?
- This is complicated by the fact that Senna is widely believed to have died at the circuit (by many including the FIA race doctor in attendance), but due to the vagaries of Italian law, pronunciation of death at a circuit is always avoided, and generally takes place at a nearby hospital, in this case Bologna. Thus there is even a dispute over the place of death, making it even more notable. Senna's death does make the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix worthy of mention in the lead, in the same way as the circuit where it was held is worthy of mention. With respect to him, Michael Jackson's death could have been anywhere - Senna's death, given the nature of the Tamburello corner and the other contributing factors at work at that exact moment, could almost certainly only have happened there, where several other serious accidents had previously taken place. No doubt sources can be found to that effect, given the large number of books published about this single event. Bretonbanquet (talk) 01:55, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Playing devil's advocate for a moment, why would JFK's place of death be particularly relevant to his notability? He could have just as effectively been assassinated anywhere. Dallas was certainly no more a factor in JFK's death than Imola circuit was in Senna's. Equally, Capone's birth in Brooklyn was no particular factor in his later life - millions of people born in Brooklyn do not become infamous gangsters, and plenty of gangsters were born elsewhere. In both those cases, according to your line of argument, birth and deathplaces were just minor factors in their subjects' notability. It sounds to me like your objection is to the guideline itself, rather than Senna's particular case. If we fail to find each other's arguments convincing, then perhaps we could ask for further opinions? Bretonbanquet (talk) 12:23, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- With respect to the scene of the crime/accident being of the utmost importance, it's worth mentioning that, initially, Senna's death was treated as a crime, and the manufacturers of his car were taken to court. Anyway, given that we do differ, I like your idea of a compromise. I like the sentence you've offered and I think it would work, although if we switched the original word "killed" for "fatally injured", it would make more sense when we say he was pronounced dead elsewhere. That is the official story, so it is very easily sourceable if any other editor objects. Later in the lead, it is mentioned again that he was killed in the accident, and that might be worth removing. In terms of Sao Paulo, I think it's quite lead-worthy that a million people attended his funeral there, so I suggest adding a sentence to that effect somewhere in the lead paragraphs, and we can mention that Sao Paulo was his hometown. How does that sound? Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I'd go along with all that. I think a million people at someone's funeral is a pretty big deal - I can't think of too many others with that kind of attendance. Some sources say 3 million, but in any case it was one of the best-attended funerals ever, certainly in the top ten. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:10, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, all done. All the best, Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I'd go along with all that. I think a million people at someone's funeral is a pretty big deal - I can't think of too many others with that kind of attendance. Some sources say 3 million, but in any case it was one of the best-attended funerals ever, certainly in the top ten. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:10, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- With respect to the scene of the crime/accident being of the utmost importance, it's worth mentioning that, initially, Senna's death was treated as a crime, and the manufacturers of his car were taken to court. Anyway, given that we do differ, I like your idea of a compromise. I like the sentence you've offered and I think it would work, although if we switched the original word "killed" for "fatally injured", it would make more sense when we say he was pronounced dead elsewhere. That is the official story, so it is very easily sourceable if any other editor objects. Later in the lead, it is mentioned again that he was killed in the accident, and that might be worth removing. In terms of Sao Paulo, I think it's quite lead-worthy that a million people attended his funeral there, so I suggest adding a sentence to that effect somewhere in the lead paragraphs, and we can mention that Sao Paulo was his hometown. How does that sound? Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:36, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Playing devil's advocate for a moment, why would JFK's place of death be particularly relevant to his notability? He could have just as effectively been assassinated anywhere. Dallas was certainly no more a factor in JFK's death than Imola circuit was in Senna's. Equally, Capone's birth in Brooklyn was no particular factor in his later life - millions of people born in Brooklyn do not become infamous gangsters, and plenty of gangsters were born elsewhere. In both those cases, according to your line of argument, birth and deathplaces were just minor factors in their subjects' notability. It sounds to me like your objection is to the guideline itself, rather than Senna's particular case. If we fail to find each other's arguments convincing, then perhaps we could ask for further opinions? Bretonbanquet (talk) 12:23, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it possible to have columns in the career section, similar to Template:Infobox football biography? We could then avoid adjacent sets of brackets.—Chris!c/t 23:38, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, but beware of the number of pages we'd have to update. —LOL T/C 00:36, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Can you comment on WT:NBA? Someone is asking about the column idea.—Chris!c/t 18:41, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I have a few questions, and I was referred you for help. the 1994 page is small, and it was nominated for deletion (Kept - No-consenus). But then a change in the NAIA Tournament Navbox was made that denotes the reason why the 1944 tournament wasn't held. So I need help re-nominated it for deletion, also, I was told that you could edit the NAIA Men's Infobox to skip 1944 so that 1943 & 1945 don't dead link. Thanks for your time.Moonraker0022 (talk) 00:42, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. Let me know if there are any problems. —LOL T/C 01:25, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
- LOL, please don't do anything to the template until the new AfD closes. Not linking to the 1944 article from the 1943 and 1945 years is a unilateral decision at this point. If the second nom of the AfD results in deletion of the 1944 article, then please fix it, but if it's a no consensus or keep, then nothing needs to be done. Thank you. Jrcla2 (talk) 05:04, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
- I probably won't ever touch the template again unless requested. —LOL T/C 05:09, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it possible to tweak this so that it can link to the season article for a particular team i.e. 2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers season?—Chris!c/t 00:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's possible, but since "year–year team season" links are used outside of the NBA, it's definitely better to use another template. I'm not aware of any that already do this, so I created {{team season}}. Use {{team season|2008|Los Angeles Lakers}} for 2008–09. The start, end, full, and trunc parameters from {{NBA Year}} should still work. I'll work on documentation later. —LOL T/C 00:44, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, I will use that, although it is less helpful since the code for {{team season|2008|Los Angeles Lakers}} is still pretty long compare to [[2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers season|2008–09]]. It would be nice if the template recognizes 3-letter abbreviation like LAL, but I understand that is probably more difficult to do.—Chris!c/t 01:03, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
- I made another template because it's not that complicated. Use {{nbats|2008|LAL}} for 2008–09. —LOL T/C 04:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks—Chris!c/t 04:25, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- I made another template because it's not that complicated. Use {{nbats|2008|LAL}} for 2008–09. —LOL T/C 04:16, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, I will use that, although it is less helpful since the code for {{team season|2008|Los Angeles Lakers}} is still pretty long compare to [[2008–09 Los Angeles Lakers season|2008–09]]. It would be nice if the template recognizes 3-letter abbreviation like LAL, but I understand that is probably more difficult to do.—Chris!c/t 01:03, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
I just test {{nbats}}, but it doesn't seem to recognize 3-letter abbreviation of all NBA teams. Example: 2008–09 Can you fix that? Thanks.—Chris!c/t 04:29, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
- It turns out that only Chicago was missing, oddly. You can find all of the abbreviation mappings at {{Team season/NBA}}. —LOL T/C 08:41, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi again. Can you add the start/end parameters to {{nbats}}? Just like {{nbay}}. Thanks—Chris!c/t 02:02, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- The functionality is already there; pass in a third parameter. I've been somewhat lazy with the documentation, but will probably become more active on Wikipedia during the summer. —LOL T/C 02:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, I used it in List of Boston Celtics head coaches, but the full parameter doesn't seem to work.—Chris!c/t 23:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
- Whoops, I forgot to pass in full and trunc when I created nbats. It should work now. —LOL T/C 23:53, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
US$
Hi, I saw you do the USD->US$ for Minecraft [1]. Just in case you are using a script, the markup was actually [[United States dollar|USD]] $763,000, with $ sign already there. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 09:25, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Whoops, that's what I get for editing at 4:30 in the morning. I usually catch these things. Thanks for letting me know. —LOL T/C 09:30, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
List of current UFC fighters
- I have no problem with most of your changes, especially those that simplify coding, that's always helpful, and I'm fine removing capital letters from headings if that's a common wikipedia style thing. As for the Dos to dos in Junior dos Santos, I agree that in most cases it probably shouldn't be capitalized, but as I am taking all fighter names directly, as is, from UFC.com (to prevent confusion between their list of fighters and mine) it will stay Dos. I don't know why they capitalize it, I think it's dumb, but it's easier for me to just have a consistent policy and that's it. Otherwise, thanks for your edits.Thaddeus Venture (talk) 18:29, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm also not sure about you removing all color from the tables in this list, is there any reason for that. I have been thinking about instituting a new color scheme, as you have changed the original one, do you have any suggestions for a new one. Just to give each division it's own separate heading.Thaddeus Venture (talk) 18:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know about your stance on the capitalization of "dos Santos". As for the tables format, it's nonstandard to specify an arbitrary background colour, and the wikitable CSS class already darkens headings. Basically, I don't see any good reason to override the wikitable class; if any change should be made, then it should be applied to the entire class and not just a subset of elements that we happen to come across. —LOL T/C 23:27, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
MMA observation
Hello! I've only recently become involved in the MMA articles so I'm not familiar with all the people working on the project but I am wondering something. It appears that a lot of IPs and new/new-ish users (anywhere from 0–200 edits) are making the exact same kinds of edits with regard to this flag icon issue. I'm not saying that they're all one sockpuppet but it does look like there might be some sockpuppetry going on or at least some meatpuppetry (if there's an external site where all this is being discussed). Not sure if anything should be done or what that might be, mainly I'm just curious if my suspicious are warranted. SQGibbon (talk) 19:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not aware of any sockpuppetry cases for users who frequently edit MMA articles. Perhaps it's time to ask the admins for advice on how to resolve this edit war. —LOL T/C 21:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
- It was just a suspicion like with this editor here who has six edits and they're all about flags or this IP here with similar edits. Whatever, what's more important is that you're correct, we probably do need to seek advice elsewhere. SQGibbon (talk) 23:32, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Parenthesis or Columns?
I thought we had already established consensus last month. What exactly is the deal with the parenthesis and columns? Beast from da East (talk) 17:25, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- Did you read Bagumba's response to your query at the template talk page? —LOL T/C 17:30, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- Just wanted to make sure, being that you are the defacto leader of the infobox. So I guess it's official? Beast from da East (talk) 17:47, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- It looks "official" to me, but I'm not a leader of the infobox in any sense. —LOL T/C 17:56, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
{{adminhelp}}
The edit wars over this matter have persisted for weeks now, and the project really wants an admin's advice on where to go before escalating to ANI or RFC. —LOL T/C 22:06, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
- An admin's advice means little in a content dispute. I suggest dispute resolution via mediation or an RfC. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 03:05, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Invitation to take part in a study
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Main page appearance
Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of this article know that it will be appearing as the main page featured article on May 10, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 10, 2011. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :D Thanks! Tbhotch* ۩ ۞ 20:41, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, the Raptors became the only Canadian team in the NBA. Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years; but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998, the team set league attendance records and made the NBA Playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002. After Carter left, Chris Bosh emerged as the team leader. With the appointment of Bryan Colangelo as General Manager and a revamp of the roster for the 2006–07 season, they qualified for their first playoff berth in five years and captured their first division title. In the following season, they advanced to the playoffs again. In a bid to persuade Bosh to stay beyond the final year of his contract, the team had a roster overhaul in the 2009–10 season. However, the attempt to make the playoffs was unsuccessful and Bosh signed with the Miami Heat in July 2010, ushering in a new era for the franchise. (more...)
Talkback
Message added 06:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Removing notes from boxing records
Hi, I noticed you've been removing notes from the Professional boxing record section of a few boxers. Why do you think things like knockdowns and point deductions should be removed?
What part of MOS:FLAG are you referring to for removing the flags of the location of the bouts?--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 21:33, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
- Because knockdowns and point deductions occur frequently (sometimes multiple times in one bout) and only impact a subset of decisions, they don't belong in a concise statistics table; see WP:NOT#STATS. Any noteworthy events should be summarized in the boxer's career section, not the record table. As for the flags, see MOS:FLAG#Do not use subnational flags without direct relevance. —LOL T/C 21:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with the aim of keeping the notes column concise. Much of what you removed shouldn't have been there, but I think some it is noteworthy. None of those articles were becoming sprawling lists of statistics.
- Good work on removing the subnational flags (I hadn't noticed they were mostly state flags) but you are removing national flags too. Is that also based on MOS:FLAG?--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 23:17, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
- Which parts of the notes columns do you believe are noteworthy? If I'm not particularly certain that they shouldn't exist, then I can definitely abstain from removing them until a wider consensus is reached. My main concern is that the notes columns are becoming bloated with many little details that stretch the height of the rows and distract the reader without offering any important information. I removed national flags for consistency, as it wouldn't look right for a few locations to have flags and the rest to lack them. I didn't just replace the subnational flags with national ones because it's time-consuming, they're not very useful, and there's been a motion to remove flag icons from the location columns in a similar sport based on MOS:FLAG (full discussion at WT:MMA#MMA record table problems).
- I agree with your concern about stretching the table with unnecessary notes. I'll join in the discussion at the Boxing WikiProject. Thanks for the link to the MMA record discussion.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 21:42, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
- Which parts of the notes columns do you believe are noteworthy? If I'm not particularly certain that they shouldn't exist, then I can definitely abstain from removing them until a wider consensus is reached. My main concern is that the notes columns are becoming bloated with many little details that stretch the height of the rows and distract the reader without offering any important information. I removed national flags for consistency, as it wouldn't look right for a few locations to have flags and the rest to lack them. I didn't just replace the subnational flags with national ones because it's time-consuming, they're not very useful, and there's been a motion to remove flag icons from the location columns in a similar sport based on MOS:FLAG (full discussion at WT:MMA#MMA record table problems).
We usually don't edit peoples' user pages. Sir Lothar (talk) 08:10, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- We usually don't message regulars about an isolated edit from over two years ago that doesn't violate any policies, either. —LOL T/C 17:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- True, it's old edit, but don't you think editing someone's user page *before* asking him for permission is not quite OK, hm ....? Sir Lothar (talk) 17:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- And yes, according to WP:USER it's not allowed. Sir Lothar (talk) 17:28, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- WP:USER states that "In general, it is usual to avoid substantially editing another's user and user talk pages other than where it is likely edits are expected and/or will be helpful." (emphasis added). Can you tell me how is a blank page is supposed to be more helpful than a redirect to the talk page? If it's not quite OK, then wouldn't the user have undone my edit somewhere within the last 26 months? —LOL T/C 17:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- It's his choice. If he wants it to be blank - it's his right. OK - maybe on English Wikipedia there are somewhat different standards (maybe I misunderstood, so mea culpa), but in Polish version it's rather *rule* there - userpages should be edited by owners only, unless of course owner permits clearly. I'm not making a big deal about it, but IMHO if he wants his userpage to be blank (maybe he has some reasons ?) it should stay that way. Regards, Sir Lothar (talk) 18:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- It's also his choice to leave it as a useful redirect for 26 months, and how would you know if he wasn't aware of redirects back then? He only made 222 edits at the time, and helping those who click on his name isn't something that requires discussion. —LOL T/C 19:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- OK. So as I said before, not a big deal for me. If you feel it's really important and for good of Wikipedia, feel free to undo. Regards, Sir Lothar (talk) 16:21, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
- It's also his choice to leave it as a useful redirect for 26 months, and how would you know if he wasn't aware of redirects back then? He only made 222 edits at the time, and helping those who click on his name isn't something that requires discussion. —LOL T/C 19:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- It's his choice. If he wants it to be blank - it's his right. OK - maybe on English Wikipedia there are somewhat different standards (maybe I misunderstood, so mea culpa), but in Polish version it's rather *rule* there - userpages should be edited by owners only, unless of course owner permits clearly. I'm not making a big deal about it, but IMHO if he wants his userpage to be blank (maybe he has some reasons ?) it should stay that way. Regards, Sir Lothar (talk) 18:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
- WP:USER states that "In general, it is usual to avoid substantially editing another's user and user talk pages other than where it is likely edits are expected and/or will be helpful." (emphasis added). Can you tell me how is a blank page is supposed to be more helpful than a redirect to the talk page? If it's not quite OK, then wouldn't the user have undone my edit somewhere within the last 26 months? —LOL T/C 17:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Template question
I recently started a discussion in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College Basketball#Template:College about starting a new template similar to Template:College exclusively for U.S. colleges with links to the college's basketball article (if they exist). I'll be using the #switch function similar to Template:College and Template:NBA color, but it would take some time to write all 360+ schools in there. Since you are more experienced with codes/scripts/programming, I would like to ask for your opinion, is this the best way to create this template? Are there any easier way to do this? Thanks. — MT (talk) 16:27, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately there's no easier way because no pattern exists between most inputs and the outputs, but why are you working on it in Excel? —LOL T/C 22:38, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I listed the short school name, full school name, athletics name, and the basketball article links on the excel file. Then I'll use an excel function to automatically write this:
| Charlotte | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte 49ers |
:= [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball |Charlotte]] |
- Then I'll just copy and paste all of them at once into wikipedia. Using excel also helps on the sorting. The content of my excel file itself came from the WP:CBBALL/Master Table. Creating the template should be quick, but right now, I'm on the process of checking each link on the Master Table, which take awhile to finish. The only thing need to be done manually is adding the school's alternative names, such as
UNC Charlotteto the code above. — MT (talk) 11:16, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
- Then I'll just copy and paste all of them at once into wikipedia. Using excel also helps on the sorting. The content of my excel file itself came from the WP:CBBALL/Master Table. Creating the template should be quick, but right now, I'm on the process of checking each link on the Master Table, which take awhile to finish. The only thing need to be done manually is adding the school's alternative names, such as
UFC 131
Thank you for your comments. Although, I did refer to MOS:CONSISTENCY- I probably should have referenced MOS:CLEAR: "Except in content with a local focus or where specific localized grammar or spelling is appropriate, or when a precedent has been established and no clear reason has been accepted by a consensus to overturn it, content should be presented from a global view without bias towards any particular culture or group" or MOS:STABILITY: "The Arbitration Committee has ruled that editors should not change an article from one guideline-defined style to another without a substantial reason unrelated to mere choice of style, and that revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable. Where there is disagreement over which style to use in an article, defer to the style used by the first major contributor."
- The constiency I was refering to was the precedent that has been used for all the prior UFC events.
- I would not object however if you were to change the style of all the prior UFC events that have used this style.
(Justinsane15 (talk) 20:27, 14 June 2011 (UTC))
NBA infobox question
Hiya. Just wondering, is there a way to modify Template:Infobox NBA biography for players like George Gervin, who played in the NBA, ABA, and the overseas leagues? Because the League parameter is tied to the Career statistics section, I'm left with inaccurate or misleading information somewhere in the infobox, no matter what I do. I think it would be best to leave the league parameter blank in Gervin's article, but if I do that, the Career statistics line will say "Career NBA statistics", which doesn't accurately reflect the contents of that section.
I've started a discussion here. Thanks! Zagalejo^^^ 04:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Tried a workaround, though it's not the most elegant. Let me know if there are any more problems. —LOL T/C 05:13, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Well, we still need something to specify what league(s) those statistics pertain to (because they don't include CBA/overseas stats). Zagalejo^^^ 05:36, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- To clarify: what I'd like is for the League parameter to be left blank, but the Career statistics line to say "Career ABA and NBA statistics". Zagalejo^^^ 05:38, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- In other words, I'd like a way to directly modify what the "Career [foo] statistics" line says, regardless of what (if anything) is in the League parameter. Is that possible? Sorry, my original request wasn't very clear. Thanks. Zagalejo^^^ 05:49, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- I think that stats league thing should do the trick. Thanks! Zagalejo^^^ 06:24, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Randy Couture
I Don't know what your talking about... He has won 10 title fights, he is a 10 time champion... that includes UFC tournements and iterim title fights, If your want evidence on how it counts as being a 10 time champ, look at Matt Hughes official website and at the top of the screen you will clearly see 9-time world champion because he has won 9 title fights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomSpartan218 (talk • contribs) 19:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
MMA style cleanup script suggestions and a request
It's been sometime since I commented on your script mmastylefix.js. So far it has worked quite well, although lately I have found that it has a slower loading time since I activated the Twinkle script. That, however, is not important and I doubt it is related to your script anyway. What I have identified are more possible functions that could be implemented to your script that I consider useful.
- Removing repeated links: A function that removes any repeated wikilink in a MMA record. This would remove any extra links from repeated opponents, locations or events. I imagine that it would not be too difficult to implement.
- Removing red links: A function that removes any link to a non-existent article in a MMA record. This would remove links to non-notable events and fighters. I'm not sure how this could be implemented, though.
- Changing location format, for example, from [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], [[United States]]: This is a minor tweak but it would be quite useful, particularly auto-adding United States or Canada to several locations that lack country. I wonder why only those countries are the ones that are regularly omitted from location.
On a different note, as you know, I have been working to re-active WikiProject Kickboxing with moderate success. As you offered your help with formatting issues and standardizing tables, if you have the time and will, I would like to ask you to create a template like {{MMA record start}} and similar script for kickboxing records like MMARecordTable. The agreed format is the one at Wikipedia:WikiProject Kickboxing/Guidelines for articles about kickboxers where it says Example kickboxing record. I would like to have something that it's very simple for editors and not that complicated code used in the example. What I have in mind is something like a template that can be easily filled. Using the table record there as an example, I would to have something like this:
{{Kickboxing table
|Wins=97
|KO wins=62
|Dec wins=35
|Losses=21
|Draws=1
<!--Individual bouts below this mark -->
|-
|2006-12-02
|Loss
|Semmy Schilt
|K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Semi Finals
|Tokyo, Japan
|Decision (Unanimous)
|3
|3:00
|97-21-1
|-
|2006-12-02
|Win
|Chalid Arrab
|K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Quarter Finals
|Tokyo, Japan
|Ext. R Decision (Unanimous)
|4
|3:00
|97-20-1
|-
.
.
.
{{end}}
Essentially a combination of {{MMArecordbox}} with {{MMA record start}} in a single kickboxing record template that gives the same output as the one in the example kickboxing record. I would like that, with only adding loss, win, draw or no contest, it could automatically add color to the whole row without adding any extra template or instructions. Of course, I understand that creating such a template and a script to implement it is a lot of work, so, I you believe that it is asking too much, I understand. If you decide to help with them, bear in mind that they could end up not being accepted by other kickboxing editors. This is merely my idea to help standardize all kickboxing articles. Jfgslo (talk) 15:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
- I may be able to do everything after some time, but I don't want to remove repeated links in a sortable table because it'll force some readers to scour the table for a specific link; it's particularly problematic in a long table like Travis Fulton's. —LOL T/C 18:36, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
How to respond to vandalism
Users should be warned for each and every instance of vandalism. See more at Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings. Fayerman (talk) 12:59, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
- Meh, I generally don't warn one-time vandals like 69.179.127.124 or dynamic IPs. It's not hard to issue a higher-level warning after the second bout of vandalism. —LOL T/C 16:49, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
Blind reverts of MMABot's edits
Please do not blindly revert MMABot's edits. You are reverting changes to articles that have no problems such as with Márcio Cruz. As I have stated on MMABot's talk page in the parsing discussion, I am following behind MMABot and manually making appropriate fixes. Thanks. --TreyGeek (talk) 18:00, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
Knicks task force
NYCRuss ☎ 19:21, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Template:PBA draft
Could you please convert {{PBA draft}} to make it look like {{NBA Drafts}}? I would appreciate it - thanks! Jrcla2 (talk) 22:21, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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