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Notability

Hi Matty. Just a quick one with regards to player notability. I couldn't really find anything on the guidelines section with regards to players with U21 appearances. Andi Thanoj of Grimsby Town has made all his first team appearances in the Conference but this week was capped by Albania U21. Is he now a notable person, or does the rules refer to full international caps? Footballgy (talk) 14:28, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Ensarux and the lot

Hi there MATTY, AL "here",

can you help me out please (given you were mightily involved in several of these reports)? I just filed an SPI investigation showing many of his accounts, and two anon IPs i found in Pierre Webó (same pattern of "gluing" the entire storyline and overlinking), it disappeared and i can't find it anywhere. It leads me to here (http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Aciyokrocky&redirect=no) and, when i click on the item, nothing of what i did!

Can you please lend a hand mate? Thanks in advance - --AL (talk) 19:37, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

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Volume IV, No. 2 – February 2013

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Player Edits

I did not edit Nas Bashir — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.213.68 (talk) 17:48, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nor did I edit Carlton Cole; in fact I have no idea who he is. Nonetheless, I apologise if I caused you any trouble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.91.5 (talk) 09:57, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Ben Everson

Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:50, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Roberts (footballer born 1983) picture

Hi Matty.

Thought I'd ask you for your help on this (have also sent the same message to Jimbo). I uploaded this image File:Stevenageleytonorientmroberts.JPG about an hour ago. Kevin Coleman, who took the picture, gave me permission to use this particular picture (via an email). All of his other pictures on his website have been stamped with his copyright, whereas he sent me the file for this picture via the email. How does this sit on Wikipedia? Do I have to provide evidence of the permission, or will the picture simply be deleted? Thanks in advance. SBFCEdit (talk) 06:15, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for the quick response. Complicated business this uploading pictures lark, that's why I always try and get you involved! I asked Kevin for the picture to use for Wikipedia and he kindly obliged. The one request he had was for me to put "copyright of Kevin Coleman" underneath the picture, which I guess would not be allowed. So the picture should be deleted. I am going to try and get a snap of Roberts on Tuesday night (on my phone!) and see how that goes. Thanks again for your help. SBFCEdit (talk) 02:06, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Joshuaforest

Hi there MATTY, AL "here",

is this "user" worth a second look? Blocked more than once, writes no summaries and does not talk to people, continues to remove stuff in honours of players (a third place in the FIFA World Cup IS an honour!) and akin...

Happy week, from Portugal --AL (talk) 01:48, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Montenegrin vandal

Hi there MATT, AL "here",

please see the message titled "." at User:GiantSnowman (here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GiantSnowman), and drop a word anytime mate. The guy continues, and now he even talks to people... The Luis Enrique Martínez García is a shining example he does not want to contribute well (removing the B-club for the umpteenth time, other than his ghastly gluing of ALL sentences in storyline).

Happy weekend - --AL (talk) 09:51, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scot Carson

Hi,

Sorry for not putting an explanation on the Scott Carson edit. Basically, when I first went on the page there was something wrong with the birth date so it had an error message on the page.

That was all I intended to alter but there seemed to be a lot of information in the edit which didn't actually show up on the page, so thought it might as well be removed.

Page looks fine to me now anyway.

stuartwilson23 - (talk)

Brendan Rodgers

Hi. I didn't think it was usual that we put schoolboy level in the national team box? If you think it is then fair enough, but I'd never seen that before anywhere else and thought it had been put there wrongly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.199.159 (talk) 21:01, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jon Challinor

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Berlin Ndebe-Nlome for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Berlin Ndebe-Nlome is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Berlin Ndebe-Nlome until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. C679 10:02, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

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Commons images

The author gave me his permission to upload the images. IJA (talk) 10:51, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Editor

Can you please review this nomination? We need neutral editor, and you have stunning DYK history. It would mean a lot, and article is quite basic. Thanks anyway! ;) --WhiteWriterspeaks 17:08, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Veljko Batrović

Hi as you participated in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Veljko Batrović a year ago I thought you should know that I've just declined a G4 on Veljko Batrović and restored the pre AFD edits. Not only is the new article substantially different, but it looks like his career has moved him into our notability zone since the last AFD, with 7 rather than zero top flight appearances. In my view he has gone from a clear delete at the time of the last AFd to a clear keep this time. ϢereSpielChequers 19:26, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Tom Platt

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 08:03, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Koby Arthur

I've undone your reversion, because a source in the article clearly states that he joined Woodford United in 2011 (as that was when they set up their youth club): [1]. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 19:01, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Torres goal v Middlesbrough in FA Cup

Hi,

I noticed there was a mix up in media sources with who is credited with that goal. I looked around and the Guardian credit Ramires but the website still says Torres [2]. Is there a dubious goals ruling out there?

Regards Johnelwaq (talk) 21:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"as of match played [date]"

The problem is that this does not make sense and does not follow the guidlines set out. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive_72#PC.26NT_updates_in_infobox

With the following quote being of perticular importance:

OK, so can we conclude that we have a consensus about the usage of the pc&ntupdate parameters in the infoboxes? It is obvious that we do have editors that would prefer to have the match date, but most editors use the current date and besides, the template is made in a way that the current day should be used. So, editors should not do in other way (namelly AL), neither should advise other editors to do it that way (diff) and leave them confused? Correct? FkpCascais (talk) 20:28, 21 August 2012 (UTC)'

What's the reason it is being done like this on only a couple of players profiles and not all the others? Pippin0490 (talk) 21:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]


  • I'm aware of that, but that rule should also indicate that the same should be done for career statistics. I point out again that not only does it not make sense and that 99% of footballer wikipedia pages simply have the date. Adding match played before the date changed nothing, it just makes it read wrong. There is a reason that there is a guidline not to use it in the infobox. The very fact that almost all other footballer pages do not include "match played" should indicate that it is not required.

You mention that it is helpful for users, yet I cannot see any reason why. It doesn't make any difference. If not including the term "match payed" and just using the date in the infobox is good enough to cause the least confusion, then the same should logically be said for career statistics.

Pippin0490 (talk) 23:51, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]


A discussion there has already taken place and I have provided this for you and explained why the infobox rules for this should (and are) the same for career stastics. If doubt anybody has been confused about the date format without "match played" being added. It's very simple, stats updated on [date]. Again, this is good enough for the infobox and causes no confusion there, therefore it is good enough for the career statistics.

Pippin0490 (talk) 02:50, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cristian Tello - Reply

Hi there MATTY, AL "here",

1 - i think years are irrelevant because what the pic caption must convey is what team is the player appearing for at the time of the image, that's the most important, the rest only adds to box enlargements which are needless in my opinion. The year might appear if the caption was smaller, as in "Sola with Osasuna in 2012", if we write "playing for" or "in action for", then the year(s) are "too many a character".

2 - i'm still confusing myself over that issue, even though we discussed it last year: i thought the first field of PERSONDATA was the article's current name, the "alternative name" field should be another name the article could have. How does it go actually?

Kind regards from Portugal - --AL (talk) 19:18, 9

David Icke

You have changed the caption to a picture here with the logic that he "never played a senior gane for Coventry, so it must be Hereford". This does not necessarily follow. If he played reserve games for Coventry remember that until the relatively recent trend toward playing reserve etc games at training grounds and those of neighbouring minor clubs a wide range of lesser games were played in the main stadium as a matter of course. This would certainly have been true during Icke's career. Britmax (talk) 18:57, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Might be an idea, it is only a caption after all. Maybe replace it with something like "in his playing days" although you can see that in the picture... Britmax (talk) 20:46, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Samba

Ok for this message.Now I have given reference.Debojyoti (talk) 16:33, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Villar - Reply

Your point, as always, acute and well brought forth. I am sorry to assume stats were correct, we can't have that in an encyclopedia, i am going to remove the stats if you haven't already.

Happiest of weekends - --AL (talk) 18:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Messi Asssists

I don't understand why u have deleted the assists from Messi Page. I have read the Wp:Footy page but could not understand that. the assists are from a reliable source(ESPNFC.com). So can u tell me why u have deleted that assists in layman terms. I am a new user and have no intention to be rude.Rajnish (talk) 05:05, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are some pages that include the assists for a player e.g Ronaldinho and the assists for messi are from ESPNFC which kind of keeps these type of scores. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajnishgarg999 (talk • contribs) 11:09, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thank you and sorry about that :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhampton7 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]


?!

How was correcting it from 206 goals scored this season to 1 unconstructive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.207.156.77 (talk) 09:28, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Manchester United F.C. squad

Hello, Mattythewhite. You asked for reliable source. Here it is: Video: Januzaj action, quote: Adnan Januzaj has been handed the number 44 shirt number in the Barclays Premier League as a reward for his efforts at Under-21 level this term. —Corwin of Amber (talk) 13:57, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Mattythewhite. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Malarious.
Message added 18:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Untitled

Hi Matty, What i said on Zola's page perfectly true and honest. Come tommorow when watford may achieve promotion it was to be edited further. Hope this clears the issue up.

James — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:630:12:100E:28BE:5C5:9E19:777A (talk) 17:33, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dextertron

Hi there MATTY, how's it going?

saw your message to this user regarding stuff that he did at Chelsea's page that was not consensual. As expected he did not reply (he NEVER does!). Now, found something else that would like to discuss with you, not with him (i don't like the "talk to the hand" approach some have here).

In César Azpilicueta, a player of that team, found an humungous intro, as big as storyline, written by him, with EVERYTHING (titles won, sum of transfers, minutes he played in debut for Spain, you name it)! I thought that was what storyline and honours section were for. Please compare both intro versions and, if mine is poorer, do reinstate his if you see fit.

Happiest of weekends, from Portugal - --AL (talk) 20:28, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hey, Matty

I would like to talk about what has been said by this user. He speaks of the intro where he says "as big as storyline, written by him, with EVERYTHING", unfortunately he lacks the knowledge that an Intro is the INTRODUCTION, a summery of the entire article. And if he does not believe me he can refer to pages such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc. I can go on with examples of articles that have an intro summarising the article. These articles have not been written by me. If AL has a problem with those intro's he can direct his opinion to the many other whom have edited those pages. However, if you compare that and still say that AL is correct do continue using his version.

User:Dextertron (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2013

I think a reply would be interesting Matty, was there anything in what i said that caused your silence? FYI, i have already replied to Dexter. --AL (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Have already added more to intro, but certainly you don't mean we should add he's a U-16, U-17, U-18 (and so on) international, when articles about youth internationals are not even WP-worthy? --AL (talk) 19:05, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Added more in intro regarding youth int'l stuff. --AL (talk) 19:45, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Please stop editing my edits.

Miakate (talk) 17:07, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User217.129.65.198

You warned him about overcategorizing, namely categorizing by People from Foo and Sportspeople from Foo, well he didn't listen. Three months after you post to his talk page he was still doing the same. He hasn't edited in 3 months, otherwise I'd have an administrator have a word with him....William 21:17, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Hi Matty Jaineil was one of my childhood friends we went to Williams Parkway Sr Public School together and I have been introduced to Jlessa multiple times. Jaineil is Junior's brother just so you know — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.29.101 (talk • contribs) 23:29, 13 May 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

Talk page stalker here. Look, if you can't verify your submissions with published content you can retrieve from the web, then don't post it.A Wild Abigail Appears! Capture me. Moves. 22:32, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Pepe (footballer born 1983)

Hi there MATTY, AL "here",

you reverted an anon user in this guy's article regarding the ambiguous intro. Well i did the same, but was less fortunate than you as far as the retort's concerned, was insulted (again!).

Cheers --AL (talk) 15:19, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Accident

I Didn't mean to delete all the wigan page i was adding something to it. --N64dude (talk) 20:42, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

You left a message on my noticeboard are you the one changing carlton micheal george cole to carlton micheal cole okorie which is not his real name. If you are can you stop putting incorrect information on this website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciko99 (talk • contribs) 10:42, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hull City Page

Hello Mattythewhite,

Is it possible to add the shirt sponsorships to the kit manufacturers table on the HCAFC page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.188.6 (talk) 17:27, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship

Hi Matty. :) I've seen you around, and I've been very impressed with your contributions. Would you consider running for RfA again? I think six years is more than enough time to wait for a second try. If you want to give it a shot, then I'd be happy to write you up a nomination statement, and I don't think you'll have much problem passing. Let me know if you're interested. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 16:16, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So, how about it? Did your research give you a better idea of what to expect from an RfA, and would you like to run? — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Re: the copyright issue, you can put that in an extended acceptance statement if you want. Although most candidates just say something like "yes, I accept", there are quite a few where the candidate makes an extended statement. Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ymblanter was a recent one, and Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Binksternet was another. I think it would be better to put it in from the start, rather than wait for a question - that way everything is out in the open, and you're right that openness is definitely the best way to deal with this. — Mr. Stradivarius on tour ♪ talk ♪ 01:38, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
An update - I've been much busier tonight that I thought I would be, so I'm afraid I'll have to put off your nomination until tomorrow. I haven't forgotten about you though, don't worry. :) — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 14:25, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to keep you waiting. Your nomination page is now ready at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mattythewhite 2. Hopefully it was worth the wait. :) Answer out the questions at your own pace, and you can also get a co-nominator if you want. When everything is to your liking, sign to accept the nomination, and I'll start the party. And if you have any questions about RfAs or nominations, please drop me a line. I've been following RfA for a while now, so I should be able to give you a good answer. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 15:10, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's right, yes, you usually have to ask other users for a co-nomination. It's not normally seen as canvassing. Looking forward to seeing your answers! — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 21:39, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you're quite sure my involvement in your RfA wouldn't be more likely to put people off, I'd be delighted to co-nom. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just the four years overdue ;) Thanks for thinking of me, but as I see you already have a very capable co-nom, I think I'll add my comment below the line. That is absolutely no reflection upon you, I daresay my support comment will be fuller than some nom statements. I just think there can be such a thing as too many co-nominators :) Be sure to let me know when it goes live. Oldelpaso (talk) 17:44, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Capable, he says. If only he knew... So do I now add my words to the nomination page, or what? hope you don't embarrass easy. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:16, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Mr Stradivarius answered, so it's now done. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:33, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be keeping a close eye on this...! Good luck, stay cool... ;). The Rambling Man (talk) 20:36, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck with with your nomination, you have my full support :) JMHamo (talk) 17:31, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shame I didn't see this sooner, I missed all the fun! It's in the bag, well done. Walls of Jericho (talk) 17:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've been confused in the past by name changes too. After more than five and a half years I fancied one myself. Walls of Jericho (talk) 19:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Falcao

It has been confirmed that Falcao has signed for man city so stop editing please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Footballeditslol (talk • contribs) 23:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

About Manchester United's Phil Jones and his height

Hi Matty.

I changed Phil Jones' height because it's wrong. You can see on several pictures that he is higher than 180 centimeter.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10010420/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-is-wrong-when-he-says-2013-Manchester-United-side-ranks-alongside-the-greats.html

For an example on this picture, you can see that is higher than Robin van Persie, who is 186 centimeter and also higher than Danny Welbeck who is 184 centimeter.

Hope you'll change it because I have seen that several Manchester United fans have used this page to estimate his height. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NamoJTB (talk • contribs) 22:52, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

About Manchester United's Phil Jones and his height

Hi again, Matty.

I recently just posted on your talkpage about Phil Jones' height where I send you a picture to show you that he is higher than 180 centimeter.

Here is a source that shows my point that Wikipedia's height estimate is wrong.

http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/140032/phil-jones?cc=5739

Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NamoJTB (talk • contribs) 23:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not 100% sure, but 99,9999999999999999%

Hi there MATTY, AL "here",

the title says pretty much of my intent, here's the rest. Sure of what? Sure that this guy you and others have warned (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lejlabrahimi) is User:Aciyokrocky, User:Aciyokrocky1, User:Ensarux, User:Steadyfingers, User:Yandex1 and the lot.

Cheers, keep it up --AL (talk) 22:48, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, i don't. How does it go please? --AL (talk) 23:06, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sander Puri's international caps

Hi, you amended his caps to 49 using the Estonian Football Association as a source; I'm just wondering if you have any idea where National Football Teams could have got the extra appearances from? Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 13:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I suspect that they count a friendly with Bulgaria that was later annulled by FIFA and they have not updated their statistics. Abot that match.--Puuslik (talk) 13:44, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I created a category Sander Puri caps on your page by accident trying to find a way to reply to your initial message. I'm not very familiar with this talk page stuff. I do apologize. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Puuslik (talk • contribs) 14:12, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jesús Navas

Hi there MATT, how's it going?

can you please request that this article gets page protection? I know that if i do, the admins will say "talk to the hand" most likely, don't ask me why. This article has been getting hammered since Navas reportedly agreed to join MANC, so now he's a hated figure (hate, such a beautiful word in SPORTS!) for the MANU "fans".

I don't know if i would be overthrown for abuse of power or anything, but believe me, if i was an admin, i'd hand out page protections and blocks like candies, why won't they leave us work in PEACE?

Cheers, have a great weekend - --AL (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks man. However, the reason you pointed out in your report is a bit incomplete. It's UNSOURCED TRANSFER SPECULATION alright, but also GARBAGE (i don't take one letter back!) VANDALISM. Keep it up --AL (talk) 15:26, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I have rolledback his stuff (other than in Navas) in several other articles, don't care if his edits were correct or not. If you check them closely (i admit i did not) and choose to revert me go ahead man, i just thought i'd notify you.

  • More about Navas' transfer (a doubt now): i thought it was official whenever either party involved confirmed the deal, Sevilla has done so, why is it not official in your oppinion? Cheers --AL (talk) 17:09, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mr.Falastur was not happy about my M.O mentioning him here, i have already sent a sincere apology to his page, it was never my intention to upset him. Cheers --AL (talk) 20:55, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What did I do wrong?

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Hi there!

I was just wandering why you reverted my edits to the talk page on Emile Heskey. I am sorry If I have done something wrong.

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Pre-close congrats

Well done Matty, it's a matter of minutes before you get the tools (I'd do it myself but... well you can see why that would be inappropriate). I'm so sorry that you had to suffer the offshoots of the various odd and dubious accusations, hopefully that will be curtailed in future, but you deserve the mop, you're most certainly a net gain, none of the opposition offered real credible evidence (besides getting involved in more controversial AFDs, perhaps something you'd consider?). As soon as another 'crat passes by, enjoy the mop, feel free to ping me if you need any assistance in the early days! My very best to you, The Rambling Man (talk) 19:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just be careful with the tools and I'm sure you'll make the most of the extra features. If you maintain your good reputation then adminship will indeed be no big deal. NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 20:15, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It literally is no big deal. Just go careful and no-one can moan (although I'm sure some will try...) The Rambling Man (talk) 20:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your request for the administrative toolset…

…has demonstrated that a consensus exists among responding members of the English Wikipedia project that you are trusted with access. Congratulations! Now AfD is thataway -->. -- Avi (talk) 21:20, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your uniform. Wear it with pride!

Congratulations

and well deserved. Just don't let it go to your head ;-) cheers, Struway2 (talk) 21:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kudos on the adminship and the t-shirt, as Struway said well deserved. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 23:29, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations! --j⚛e deckertalk 00:06, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Montenegrin sock vandal

Watch how he goes at it gluing everything in Carlo Ancelotti (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Carlo_Ancelotti&diff=558689587&oldid=558687450). OF COURSE i rolledback. The investigation has come to a stall, apparently, and you filed your original report one week ago if i'm not mistaken.

Have a great weekend, "see" you --AL (talk) 11:27, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will have a look at it after dinner, then try and issue a proper WP warning to him. It won't do any good though, ALL of the other socks were duly warned and offered guidance, what did he do? --AL (talk) 15:38, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • No man (i mean "Mr.man", you're an admin now :)), the other investigations went great, i mean just this one, you filed your report one week ago, no one has offered one word in feedback as of today. Sorry for the misunderstanding, i have sent the vandal a message now. --AL (talk) 20:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Message sent (i think i did it well and was not "wiki-hysterical", level 1 warning - and surprise, surprise, had TWINKLE already installed, just never noticed it, silly me), he continues to revert me in a Fenerbahçe season article. I am getting close to 3RR, please step in. --AL (talk) 20:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

About Luka Modrić Croatian Football Oscar 2013

Hello i put in Individual thar he won Croatian Football Oscar 2013!!!! http://www.tportal.hr/sport/nogomet/266911/Modricu-prvi-hrvatski-nogometni-Oscar.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hani1020 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reverts

Hi, many thanks for all the reverts from IP that reverted several of my edits. It is the IP who mangles the footballers timestamps, getting their own back for me correcting them. Keith D (talk) 18:57, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Challenge

Hi there MATTY,

In an unrelated matter (to what i'll ask of thee in this message that is), the Montenegrin sock has been blocked, he won't stop but at least we'll make him sweat. Now, for the challenge i offer you as a newfound administrator: think you can "refresh" the protection at Iago Aspas? Since the move to Liverpool has been confirmed, the vandalism does not stop, those Everton kids saying how much they hate Liverpool, "lovely". My (heated, but i don't really care - if an admin chooses to block me instead of the VANDALS i won't budge, i'm a big boy and i know how the WP guidelines go well enough to say otherwise - i'm absolutely seething!) last summary there will show exactly what they have been destroying in the last "contributions", i already reverted it (for now).

Cheers, keep it up --AL (talk) 20:38, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for the protection. I know i exaggerated greatly, but i'm calmer now. For the football matters: i know for sure he has left Celta, so he must have signed for Liverpool (true, i visited 'Pool's site, no confirmation yet). I also know for sure the VANDALS removed the ref speaking about the possible deal, without one word in summary, then replaced it with "Aspas is crazy about joining the Reds, the glory days are coming", you know the style.

Cheers back --AL (talk) 21:17, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Still on Aspas (as i've seen a recurrent action there today): i thought we were discouraged from using TRANSFERMARKT.com as an external link, per its (non)reliability, but it's not valid as a ref either (in the statistics charts for example)? Pretty soon, of course, someone will embrace the WP:NONENGEL rule and remove that other link in Spanish, leaving just BDFUTBOL.com, then another user will think BDFUTBOL.com is better as a reference for the stats chart and boom! External links section EMPTY. Please enlighten me. --AL (talk) 15:50, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Intro hullaballoo

A technicality here: i know that, as far as transfers are concerned, we are not supposed to change the club a player a represents until 1 JULY, even though the move has been made official by all parties and announced in reliable sources (blows my mind in ways you can't imagine). I don't think that, if a player plays for club X but will FOR SURE move to club Y in July, WP would immerse itself in any legal trouble if his intro read "...who plays for Y in...".

But, since we have (i have too) to respect that, my approach is: take Jesús Navas' case, if it's so "wrong" to say in intro he plays for Man.City when HE DOES, can't we have "...who plays for Sevilla", then write from 1 July "...who plays for Manchester City in..."? Why should we have that incredible mix "...who plays for Sevilla but will play for City in July"?

I think here comes another "no-no" reaction to my suggestions (not from you mate, i mean it overall, my suggestions don't tend to be accepted, even the "mildest"), but i wish you a great weekend still. Cheers --AL (talk) 14:23, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sorry to bother you, it was not my intention. I guess i should not have said before hand "you will disagree with me" without waiting for a reply, that was not correct i'll admit it. --AL (talk) 20:47, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your suggestion is exactly what i'm trying to "discourage" man, how about the more simple "Plays for Sevilla" (in Navas' case), corrected to "Plays for Manchester City" from 1 July onwards? --AL (talk) 21:12, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kettings

Hello. He joined on loan on 26 August 2011, according to the FA registrations, a youth loan seems likely. He played at least once for our under-18s, per this report of a match played on 24 September. Hope this helps, cheers, Struway2 (talk) 18:47, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Might well be more detail than you need, but he started all five under-18 league matches during his loan spell at BCFC (assuming the 1 October return date is correct, which seems likely as he didn't play in that day's U18 match). Sourced to this match programme: {{cite book |title=Blues News |date=28 April 2012 |editor=Lewis, Peter |publisher=Birmingham City F.C |page=27}} cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Soccerbase

Just wanted to point out that Soccerbase is not wholly reliable for Scottish Football stats in First division and lower and really need double checked. Using Soccerway tends to be more so, not that ive looked for errors in your recent updates but thought id warn you about it. Been burnt a lot by there stats as have several others.Blethering Scot 21:37, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review of 2012–13 York City F.C. season

I've just completed a GA review of 2012–13 York City F.C. season. The article is currently on hold waiting for some minor adjustments. If you could take a look at the review, that'd be great. Thanks. ScoobyHugh (talk) 13:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Caretaker managers in Managers Template

Hello mate, could you please provide your opinion on including caretaker managers like Brian Kidd in the Club Managers template on Template talk:Manchester City F.C. managers#Brian_Kidd. I am trying to build consensus and your input is invaluable. Thanks. JMHamo (talk) 20:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yetton

I wasn't aware that infobox stats were required to be individually sourced. I can source them using the programmes I used, but there are approximately 400. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:55, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I can certainly do something like that. Give me a day or two and I'll add something along those lines. Feel free to tidy it up afterwards. Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:20, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've added quite a bit there, hopefully it's enough. I managed to find online references for the loan spell at Weymouth, his time at Tiverton, and the loan spell at Ivybridge. I've referenced Weymouth and Ivybridge in the text, but it can be added to the references section as well if necessary. The Tivvy stats had included cup games, so I've deducted those from the total in the infobox. The Truro stats were handily rounded up in the last home programme of the season just past, which featured a running tally of first team stats. Any problems, let me know, cheers, Bretonbanquet (talk) 14:08, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your notification to IP about unconstructive editing

I noticed that you gave an unconstructive edit notification for this. While it's unsourced and should be removed, I don't think that it's vandalism. Instead of using a generic unconstructive edit warning in this case, since I don't think it's clear vandalism like writing random characters or changing dates contrary to what a source says, would you please use more a more specific statement to the IP editor such as saying that you removed unsourced information and linking to a relevant sourcing policy? I've given a similar request to User:DavidLeighEllis‎‎ asking that he be more specific in his warnings and saying that I disagree with the original unconstructive edit warning in this case. Thanks, --Pine✉ 07:12, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Page move request

Hi. Can you please move this page Robert Visoiu to Robert Vișoiu? Thank you. It has no Romanian diacritics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kronaveter (talk • contribs) 17:54, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Cresswell GA Review

Hello, Mattythewhite. You have new messages at Talk:Richard Cresswell/GA1.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Double assistance

If you please MATTY: 1 - one anon "user" continues to add false positions in Luis Alberto Romero, completely DESTROYING the wikilinks in the process; 2 - could you please have a look and/or input something at my last WP:SPI investigation (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Antony1821) and WP:FOOTY report (here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Technicalities)? Both, as strangely habitual, have received ZERO words in feedback after several hours.

Kind regards from Portugal, happy weekend - --AL (talk) 00:42, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And watch how the main account, ANTONY1821, mocks us all in his talkpage (here http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User:Antony1821&diff=prev&oldid=455088435), "lovely". --AL (talk) 01:25, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Free Agent in currentclub

Hi Matty, just want to run something by you. Do you agree that in July when a player has no club, the currentclub parameter in Infobox should be left blank and not have Free Agent? If so, could you please look at Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz. I am trying to avoid an edit war with an IP that wants to include free agent in currentclub all the time. Could you make the change and I'll write on their Talk page too. Thanks. JMHamo (talk) 18:26, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Mignolet

Hello Matty, could you please protect Simon Mignolet for a week. Thanks. JMHamo (talk) 23:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Faggot.

Bits and pieces

Hi there MATTY, AL "speaking",

without further ado: 1 - Francisco Pavón, something fishy i bet is afoot (as User:Struway2 once very well put it, "I'm just about assumed enough good faith" or something to the effect), as User:DarraghQQ replaced the picture of the player with someone which is NOT THE PLAYER (maybe him?); 2 - in Stefano Borgonovo, finally resting in peace after years of suffering for him and his family, i removed a great chunk of info because what was that "info"? VERBATIM excerpts of his book, about 20, 30 lines, and the ref is "ghostly". I think only a small passage (those 4,5 lines) is enough, did i do well?

Regards, happy weekend - --AL (talk) 01:08, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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