Jump to content

User talk:Baseball Bugs/Archive029/Archive016

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
< User talk:Baseball Bugs | Archive029

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Baseball Bugs (talk | contribs) at 20:20, 25 February 2013 (arc). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

JAN 2013 - JUN 2013

Orphaned non-free media (File:StateFarmCalendar2002andEagleCreekSilence.JPG)

Thanks for uploading File:StateFarmCalendar2002andEagleCreekSilence.JPG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hazard-Bot (talk) 04:57, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bugs, How ya doin? Been a while - hope you and yours are doing well. I ran across something in my daily reading I thought you might enjoy. I'd have to imagine you're fully aware of it, but didn't know if you had seen this particular article.

At least Rose isn't all alone anymore I guess. Anyway .. have a good one. — Ched :  ?  00:25, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw. I suspect Hall of Fame weekend this summer will be pretty much of a dud. If the Hall is sufficiently hurt financially by the writers' non-action, maybe they'll demand a change in the rules. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:44, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ref desk

So we're clear, I don't have any issue with you and your ref desk comments. I think you're generally very restrained and usually correct. But why are you picking such a fight on this trillion dollar coin issue? My initial point was that there's some interesting debate about this... and this conversation has spiraled into some weird tangent that has nothing to do with what the OP asked about (which is why I'm here, and not continuing this at RD). Yes if the "government" as some monolith creates a coin by fiat I suppose that's the case, but that was never the question, nor is it ever the reality. I'm bringing up a kinda interesting constitutional argument; I'm surprised you dug your heels in on this. Anyway, I don't have a problem with you bugs, I just am perturbed by that discussion that's all. Shadowjams (talk) 08:52, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]


About Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#Cricket

Hi again, Bugs. I thought you might like Twenty20. :-) --Shirt58 (talk) 10:20, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting concept - a cricket match that might be shorter than a baseball game, especially a post-season game. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:40, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GBLT

GBLT
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.


Giant BLT!

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
Your edit to ANI made me laugh, good one. Darkness Shines (talk) 13:32, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. :)
Although I must admit that I often tread a fine line between inspiration and desperation. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:38, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gratuitous snark

This doesn't really help 8-( Andy Dingley (talk) 12:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A user who chooses a food as an ID ought not be griping when other users make fun of it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:16, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps not, but a sentient, talking foodstuff who has already demonstrated a thin skin isn't productively provoked in the midst of an ANI discussion. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:53, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ironically, cantaloupes are thick-skinned. The point of my comment there is that his gripe about someone calling him by his own username is irrelevant to the discussion and should be redacted. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:56, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe he's not a real melon after all?, thus it's unhelpful to treat him as if he is. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:01, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If he removes his pointless complaint, then I'll remove my response to it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:05, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are being insensitive towards his melon-choly. Ankh.Morpork 13:32, 22 January 2013 (UTC) 2-shay![reply]

Cardinals

Thanks for the information on the Pelicans. Even if it is not solid for the main text without a reference, maybe it deserves a mention on the talk page. I would hesitate to put it in the main text without a reference because it was stated quite directly and without qualification. It may merit a little research. Donner60 (talk) 03:07, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting logo on the uniform. The right format and color. Good point about possibly being a farm team. I found a site with New Orleans baseball history but it did not seem to have any comments about the logo. Donner60 (talk) 03:16, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think you have solved the riddle. The Pelicans had that similar logo because they were a Cardinals farm team. Hardly a reason to say that the Cardinals stole the logo from the Pelicans. It certainly would seem there was co-operation and a common interest. More likely that one team copied the other with consent, probably the opposite of that stated by the IP poster. That makes be feel even more confident about my edit on the Cardinals page. Donner60 (talk) 03:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What's up, Doc?

What's up, Doc, or not? 75.185.79.52 (talk) 03:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan to LA

What do I need to clarify? it's clear. A bus travel from Michigan to Los Angeles. Period. Kotjap (talk) 21:59, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok, Detroit. Kotjap (talk) 22:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clarified on talk page. Kotjap (talk) 22:10, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A beer for you!

Hope you get drunk and have a merry afterlife! Sneazy (talk) 04:14, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't drink, but thanks for the thought. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:39, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RD answer removed

Bugs, I have removed your reply from Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Horst_Wessel as it made no attempt to answer the question asked. At minimum, please don't derail threads until after useful information has been offered. — Lomn 14:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comiskey capacity in 1979

Do you have anything definite? I'm working on Disco Demolition Night and the sources have capacity at 41,000 or maybe 45,000 or possibly 52,000. Thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:40, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retrosheet shows the attendance as 47,795.[1] I'll get back on the seating capacity. I have to find some old baseball guides. One thing worth pointing out about Sox Park is that after the mid-1920s expansion, over time the capacity shrank a bit, as smaller seats were replaced with larger seats from time to time. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Sporting News Baseball Guide for 1978-79-80-81 all say 44,492. Complicating matters is that their separate publication called the Dope Book (don't ask) has a breakdown by classes of ticket prices which doesn't quite add up. It shows as 44,120 in 1979 and 44,135 in 1980. However, I would go with 44,492. In any case, it seems they had over 3,000 standing room tickets that night. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:46, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I think more likely they sold an excessive number of general admissions. Do you have a page number for one of the Sporting News, say 79? I can pull the remaining bibliographic info off the web.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:02, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Page 11 of the 1979 Guide. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kotjap

Baseball, I think that this user has shown a pattern of trollish behavior, and I'm not sure it's worth our time on the Reference Desk to engage too much with his bizarre statements. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I thought I would share my impression. Marco polo (talk) 21:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I labeled him a troll a week or two ago, and was pooh-poohed for it. I do appreciate your impressions. But can you do Jack Benny? :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:07, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You want to see my impression of Gandhi? Slight Smile 01:13, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Disco

Could I get you possibly to weigh in, at least on the baseball aspects (feel free to go beyond that) at the peer review of Disco Demolition Night here? The peer reviewer is not a baseball fan :). Thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see what I can do. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:44, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:14, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Forbes Field, TRS and other Pittsburgh venues

Just a heads up regarding a discussion from about a year ago. The issue has reappeared. Comments on the talk pages of these articles would be helpful if you have comments. CrazyPaco (talk) 06:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AGF

Really? Immediately after I ask you to AGF as you demand an editor justify even asking why a Talk page has been semi-protected for two years you turn around and say that my questions are because I "probably [have] not been here long enough to have run across that kind of problem" ? I'm sorry that my tenure of 8 years and 41k edits isn't sufficient to understand the nuances of Wikipedia to your satisfaction.

I'm not sure what you were trying to contribute to the discussion but please rethink how you're interpreting WP:AGF and putting it into practice. You may have had good intentions but your actions and your tone were way off in this instance and only served to exacerbate and antagonize. ElKevbo (talk) 13:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I assumed good faith on your part, i.e. that you were young and naive about the behavior of vandals. But as you have been here a long time, you should know better than to make the argument you made. You should know that I've got it right. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:21, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think we disagree about (a) how unregistered/logged out editors should be treated and (b) whether admins should provide reasonable answers to reasonable questions. You don't "have it right" but I don't think we're going to convince one another of that right now. In the future, please be more careful about making assumptions about other editors. ElKevbo (talk) 15:27, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Spare me your lectures. TWO admins had already said no, for a very sound reason: BLP violation, which trumps some IP's complaint that he can't edit. But then someone, ignoring the BLP issues, went ahead and unprotected it. My assumptions about IP's and redlinks trying to get things unprotected is based on experience. If you haven't had those kinds of experiences, consider yourself lucky. And I DO have it right. And you'll eventually learn that for yourself, unless you remain lucky. My viewpoint is based on discussions with seasoned administrators. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Baseball_Bugs/Archive029/Archive016&oldid=540348168"