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re:DYK

Looks like the next update still needs at least one, if not two more hooks.-Andrew c ^[talk] 14:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Anyone can add hooks to the next update template, it is not admin protected. However, you shouldn't add your own hooks or your own articles to the next template. -Andrew c ^[talk] 17:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I mean, you should be comfortable with what makes a good DYK hook. I'd say, make sure that the hook has been on the suggestions page for at least 24 hours if not longer. In fact, start with the oldest hooks and add them first. Make sure that no one has objected to them. Make sure the facts in the hook are supported by citations in the article, and make sure the article meets DYK standards (length, creation date, etc). Then remove the hook (and the associated conversation, if there is any) from the suggestions page, and add it to the next update template. Hope this helps, and if you have more questions, feel free to ask.-Andrew c ^[talk] 18:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK January 17

On 18 January, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sankey Valley Park, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Andrew c ^[talk] 04:08, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Football in Sheffield

Thanks for the barnstar. I seem to be on the charge again after a long time of not editing. I'm hoping to get Sheffield Rules up to FA standard next. There's a lot of revisionist material thats developed in recent years, especially over the 150th anniversary of the club, that sheds new light on how football as we know it was invented. After that it might be nice to get another Wednesday article featured. josh (talk) 02:05, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as Sheffield Rules is concerned I think I've got the subject quite well covered. I want to get a national perspective on the rules influence. Our Winter Game by Charles Alcock sounds like a good book to read but its hard to get hold of and means going down to the British Library in London or somehow getting a look at Sheffield Uni's copy. A lack of photos is the other main problem. When I get round to it i'm going to go down the Sheffield Achieves where they have a copy of the 1862 rulebook that hopefully I'll be allowed to photograph. Getting a photo of the Youdan or Cromwell Cup would be useful as well (the later could be used in the SWFC history article as well). I've gone for good article status to see how it stands but they have a serious backlog and it will probably take a month or more. I'm thinking of withdrawing that and going for peer review instead.

I think Hillsborough would be slightly easier to bring up to FA standard. There is a ton of material needed for the history article. The main problem with the stadium article is a lack of references. The Priestfield Stadium would be a good template for what else needs adding. Getting an idea of the full timeline of stadium improvements would be a good addition as well.

I don't know if you have been following the discussion of our and SUFC's wikiprojects at WP:FOOTY but their existence is being questioned. My personal opinion is that they should be scrapped and replaced with a football taskforce at WP:Sheff. My reasoning is that their is already good communication between the editors of each club making individual projects somewhat redundent. A combined Sheffield footy taskforce would mean that the two sets of editors would be able to pool resources on pages with such as Steel City derby and Bramall Lane that hold interest to both sets of editors. It could also be used to premote articles that aren't directly related to the professional clubs. Obviously this could be seen as akin to suggesting a merger of the clubs but I think it would be of more benefit than the current system. josh (talk) 21:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

The discussion is here. josh (talk) 22:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Please note that you breached WP:NPA on my talkpage. Desist. Sarah777 (talk) 23:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I fail to understand how you can view an established (friendly) warning template as a "personal attack". Please see my response on your talk page. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 23:36, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you don't realise that in this context the phrase "(friendly) warning" is an oxymoron? Please stay away from my talk page. Now that is a warning! Sarah777 (talk) 23:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I see your harassment continues. Second time I ask you - stay off my talkpage. This is a warning. Sarah777 (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Harassment? That's rich coming from you! Don't worry, I have no intention of visiting your talk page again; please stay well clear of mine too. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 00:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

stop editwarring over article

Please stop reverting the article United Kingdom. If you disagree with a version of the article, take it to the talk page, even if it means leaving the the wrong version up. Please do not revert the article again, or you may be blocked for violating the three revert rule. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I have taken the discussion to the talk page; it is the users who are reverting my edits that have refused to try to build consesus there before reverting edits, despite being invited to on several occasions, both by myself, other users and an admin... Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 14:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Do not defend a particular version of the article to me and then attempt to reinstate it. Instead, use the methods described at Wikipedia:Dispute Resolution such as a request for comment or a Request for Third Opinion. Neither of you appear to be taking any moral high ground on this issue, and should seek uninvolved editors to give a neutral opinion on the matter. This should be done with the current version of the page in place, even though it is the wrong version. This is not an endorsement of EITHER position in the matter, but rather a statement that the current practice of repeatedly reverting each other must be stopped. This should be done REGARDLESS of who is "right". Being "right" does not give you the privilege of acting poorly. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

My deepest apologies

It's obvious you're not a sockpuppet and, much more embarrasing for me, it's just as obvious that a more thorough check would have told me that in the first place. I honestly believed that to be the case when I made the report and made my first quick checks, but I should never ever have written such a report without making sure I knew how long you had been editing. This is by far my most embarrasing mistake ever on Wikipedia and I can only apologise for having wasted your time in that way. I have posted a message with the same content on the relevant page and removed the sockpuppet tag from your talk page. JdeJ (talk) 22:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Ipswich Town F.C.

I've restored Bowditch to the squad template as he was in the squad that travelled to Wednesday today, as listed here. His loan finished about a month ago I think, I recall reading it on the club site. Also, Andy Rhodes is still our goalkeeping coach. Not sure if he's on the books as a 3rd/4th keeper or not, that should probably be looked into. Just so you know why I've edited them two as I have. - JVG (talk) 00:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Was updating the squads on the 31st most of the day, somehow missed the fact Matt Richards had gone back out on loan when looking at the boiler. I'll try to keep an eye out for it though. Oh, and did a search on the official site and can't see Andy Rhodes listed as a player, only his son Jordan Rhodes (who got 6 goals for the reserves against the Dons last week :D). - JVG (talk) 00:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, whilst I'm at it, something you'll prob know better than I. just came from The Football League and it lists Sheffield Wednesday F.C. as joining in the late 19th Century. Were they not The Wednesday back then? I don't know when it changed. Man U is listed as Newton Heath, etc... Not sure if Bolton Wanderers should be "The Wanderers" too? - JVG (talk) 00:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Just searched within the wiki, Wanderers F.C. were a different entity and Bolton Wanderers changed to their current name from Christ Church F.C. or something a few years before The Football League formed so that one isn't an issue. - JVG (talk) 00:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Sheffield Rules

Adding fact tags would be great help. Cheers, josh (talk) 01:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. That will keep me going for a while. josh (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Hillsborough

Had a look through the Wednesday Archives and the highest league attendance seems to be vs United in the 51/52 season. I can't find a definitive source for it though. I'm actually struggling to find any refs.

Thanks for your help on Sheffield Rules. I've refed most of it. The rule of thumb I've used is that a ref covers the rest of the paragraph unless I've used another source or it contains a subjective/bold statement. josh (talk) 16:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Billy Mercer (footballer born 1969)

On 9 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Billy Mercer (footballer born 1969), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 16:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK (February 11)

Hey, my DYK, New York State Route 368 was largely ignored and is now on the expired list without being checked. Any chance you can get it to the next DYK? Only one opposal for it also.^Mitch32^contribs 12:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Momoko Ueda

I did major editing to Momoko Ueda, added inline refs, and lengthened it. (In the process I discovered that a major part was a copyvio from one of its refs.) Was it okay that I removed the cleanup tag now? Sbowers3 (talk) 21:41, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I added an infobox (using tables from other LPGA golfers since there doesn't appear to be an infobox template) and removed the Personal section. I hope it's now good enough for DYK. Sbowers3 (talk) 22:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I found three more sentences. It's now 1689 characters by my count (excluding infobox, section headers, tables, and references). Sbowers3 (talk) 01:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Can you explain why you crossed out the DYK nom for Eneabba Stone Arrangement, claiming "already nominated"? Where was this other nom? Hesperian 05:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I guess you meant already accepted. Hesperian 05:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Port of Mainz

Hello - can you explain something to me: I recently nominated Port of Mainz as a DYK. Then today I come back and find that it has been placed on the main page and all, but that I missed it. Looked a pretty short period to miss it (I am usually on way to much for a 24 h period to simply slip through like that, but ok.

But then I check the nomination archive (where you commented on this) and not only did someone simply change my hook (from a hook talking about staple rights to one talking about the Roman port), I also get:

"Which is the intended article? Port of Mainz is used in another hook, which is presently at the end of February 12. Staple right isn't long enough. See #Suggestions for details. Art LaPella (talk) 07:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)"

"Port of Mainz has already been featured and Staple right is too short. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 17:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)"

Well, I see now that I forgot to bold the main entry - but why do you guys think there was another hook? I assume that someone else simply changed my hook and copied it in again??? Did it actually END up on the main page at all? I am quite confused Ingolfson (talk) 07:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Got it now. Someone else nominated me, while I was still finishing off the article before nominating it myself. How irritating. My hook was better, and I had planned that one for a few days. Ingolfson (talk) 07:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

WPSWFC

Hi. I'll see if I can get round to looking at some articles. The watchlist semi-automatic. I've created a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Sheffield Wednesday/watchlist. This is updated by running a script that fetches all the pages at Category:WikiProject Sheffield Wednesday articles and strips the Talk: part off. If it gets well used I may convert it into a bot. josh (talk) 00:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Lee Grant (goalkeeper)

On 20 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lee Grant (goalkeeper), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 06:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser

Feel free to begin using the AWB program as I you already seem to be added on the approved users list. Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions you have. Happy AWB'ing! — E ^talk 09:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Your AWB edits

Hi, you seem to be going round inserting a newline above the Persondata section and below its header comment in football bios. As this is copy/pasted directly from WP:Persondata, presumably it's already formatted properly, and all your edit achieves on the article as displayed is to add an unnecessary line of whitespace above the categories box. Just wondering what the point was, really. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Redirects

Hiya. I notice you've been changing links to redirects on several articles in my watchlist. I did the same a while back and was alerted to this policy. I think it's alright to correct the redirects but more so while you're making other changes. Peanut4 (talk) 14:35, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Richard O'Donnell

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WP:SWFC

Thanks for the line on Wikiproject SWFC: Yes always glad to help out: checking the red link on SWFC Players was surprised to find no article for Rodger "Oscar" Wylde top scorer in 1976-77 I think. Have found some info for Rodger (been physio at Stockport since 1990 !!!!) so will work on that in the next few days. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 12:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

2008 Lincolnshire earthquake

On 2 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 04:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Rodger Wylde

It's been added to the next (slightly overdue) update. Daniel Case (talk) 22:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC).

My opinion is that the 200 character is a max. I think that adding the name of a stockport footballer does not add to the hook. but its only an opinion. Cheers Victuallers (talk) 22:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

You realise that you could now add the rest of the hooks? Victuallers (talk) 22:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

On 3 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rodger Wylde, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Daniel Case (talk) 23:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Brian Hornsby

On 4 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brian Hornsby, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--PFHLai (talk) 06:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Barry Butler

Cheers for sorting that out. --Dweller (talk) 16:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Dan1980 (talk | stalk) 19:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes

How about Kevin Phillips? He mugged you at the end there... sorry, couldn't resist. --Jameboy (talk) 13:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

dyk

On 8 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alan Brown (footballer), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 12:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		For being the (loan) ranger... :-) Jameboy (talk) 23:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

That's minor as in minor edits btw., just in case it's ambiguous. --Jameboy (talk) 00:00, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

You probably have them already but the SWFC club shop has two excellent reference books. One is a "Who's Who" of Sheffield Wednesday, the other is all about the history of Hillsborough. I was almost tempted to buy them myself but have too many books and programmes on my own team let alone anyone else's. I actually missed the goal as I was scared of missing the train, but did "hear" it outside the ground. --Jameboy (talk) 00:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

One is 100 Years at Hillsborough Can't remember exact title of other one, but if you phone the club shop I'm sure they'll tell you. --Jameboy (talk) 23:57, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

No, that wasn't it. It was something like a "Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday", can't remember the exact title though. You might have to call the club shop to find out, as I can't find it on amazon, ebay or swfc.co.uk, sorry. --Jameboy (talk) 12:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Possibly. Difficult to say without an image of the front cover though, sorry. --Jameboy (talk) 18:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think that's it. --Jameboy (talk) 19:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Dan thanks for the DYK noms the other week, I appreciate it. I’ve just added the article Eric McMordie, he was not a full signing for Wednesday he just came on loan for two months but he was top scorer in the 1974-75 season. I don’t know whether you add the Wikiproject SWFC label in this situation. Hoping to expand the Jackie Robinson article in the near future. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 19:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Sheffield Rules

Hi. My guess would be the total lack of interest in the FAC. I sorted out all the problems raised (they were mostly pretty simple ones) but then heard nothing back from the other editors. I'm going to put it back in at some point. I'm currently working on a bot that will automaticly generate tables of articles within projects belonging to certain categories. This could be used to create a table of articles under review. Hopefully this could provoke more interest in FACs. josh (talk) 16:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Laurie Burkinshaw

Hi, having seen you'd WPSWFC-tagged Mr Burkinshaw and added him to the project's articles list, I've done the same with Bob Gregg, assessed him as Low importance (37 league games) though obviously you can judge his importance to SWFC better than me. If I get any more I'll try and remember to do the same with them. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. staff

I proposed moving this to List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers at the SWFC project but guess it slipped off the bottom of your watchlist before you got back online. I would like to get your opinion on it before I make the change. josh (talk) 14:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Hillsborough Kop.jpg

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New Project

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Gilles de Bilde

Hi there DAN, VASCO here,

Maybe it was a false positive, but you reverted my HARD WORK on this Belgian footballer, i eventually made all my changes (all in the article's improvement, the existing reference was OUT OF PLACE and i inserted it correctly).

A nice week from PORTUGAL, VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 20:50, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I have partially reverted your edits as controversial statements such as "De Bilde's arrival on the pitch as a second half substitute brought instant cat calls from Wednesday fans and a serenade of "Gilles de Bilde, can he fix it? Gilles de Bilde, can he f*ck" to the tune of the theme of popular children's show Bob the Builder" should really be referenced. If a reference can't be provided then it will have to be removed. Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 21:37, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Gilles de Bilde - PART 2

My fellow editor, DAN,

This is a major case for consulting EDIT HISTORY if there ever was one; that rubbish about "...Wednesday fans and a serenade of "Gilles de Bilde, can he fix it? Gilles de Bilde, can he f*ck" to the tune of the theme of popular children's show Bob the Builder." WAS NOT INSERTED BY ME!! It has been there since 14:54, 15 April 2007, inserted by user 88.109.34.134. This just in case you were implying i made those edits, i DID NOT. I do admit they need references added.

Good week again, from PORTUGAL, VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 23:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I did not claim that you added the statement; you did however remove the tag that stated that a reference was needed.[4] Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 07:32, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Gilles de Bilde - PART 3 (the end)

Hi there DAN,

glad we reached an understanding, i did not say you said i did the edits, but was in doubt about that.

I will try HARD to find a reference for that statement in the article, my friend, I GUARANTEE. Wikipedia is about team work, wouldn't you agree?

Wishing a pleasant week for the third time (smelling more like weekend now), from PORTUGAL,

VASCO AMARAL - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 14:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Gilles de Bilde - PART 3 (addition)

Sorry man, just 1 more thing,

And about removing the tag, i can not remember now why i did it or if it was intentional or accidental. If it was the first reason, i apologize, should not have removed the thing.

BYE 4 NOW - --217.129.67.28 (talk) 14:39, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

George Wilson (English footballer)

I have created an article about George Wilson who was an England international and a Wednesday player. Are you able to add anything to the article? Cheers. --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 06:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Ronnie Wallwork at Peer Review

You have previously contributed to the article Ronnie Wallwork, mainly in the context of his time at Sheffield Wednesday. I invite you to contribute to the article's peer review so that the article as a whole may be improved. Many thanks. Jameboy (talk) 23:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Walter Millership

Hiya Dan - Since 1888 does not list any wartime appearances at all for any player. The book The Wednesday Boys states he played in 155 wartime games scoring 12 goals, I'm surmising that these are all for Wednesday, theres no figures for Donny or United. The appearances in the lead paragraph are combined Bradford PA (30 league) and Wednesday (210 league) = 240 total league. I think thats right. BTW I've been working towards getting an article for all of Wednesday's 1935 FA Cup winning side. There is only Jack Surtees now missing which I'm working on. However I've just noticed he has an article under the wrong name, Jack Surtess (Surtees was manager of Darlington in 1942). So I will rename the article when I post Jack Surtees. Mick Knapton (talk) 20:46, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football (Auto-usersigning name time change)

Why did you change the time attached to my post as it was auto-set using the GMT setting to display the time, which was correct when I looked at my watch here in [[Scotland]!! Dreamweaverjack (talk) 22:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't auto set as the time that you (obviously manually) entered was not in UTC (GMT), but was in BST, the current time zone in Scotland. I merely corrected it to standard Wikipedia time... Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 22:06, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

It was in UTC, I agree now (once I realised my preferences (ie the page history) are not in UTC). The comment about moving other people's comments stays though, you should not do it. Rethreading is considered re-factoring and is frowned upon. Regards. Woody (talk) 23:40, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I apologize if I gave you the impression that I was trying to re-factor comments, that certainly was not my intention. I moved one comment to a position below the comment that it was replying to as Dreamweaverjack had already indented someone else's comment that was posted earlier to make it look like it was a reply to his new comment. It had all got really messy, and I believe that the move that I made clarified things. Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 23:49, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Ooh Ta !

Hi Dan thanks for the Barnstar, thats nice. I can now amaze my workmates by naming the entire 1935 cup winning side without drawing breath. Also as I drive along Middlewood Road I can point out the former locations of Ronnie Starling's newsagents, Johnny Quinn's sports shop, Brian Joicey's car lot and Mark Hooper's sweet shop. We now have 453 players in the Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players, would be nice to get up to 500 before too long - something to aim for. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 15:27, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Dan, thanks for the welcome and the kind words - I'd be happy to join the Sheffield Wednesday Wiki Project - I think I could contribute to it quite a bit in places (not that the pages aren't excellent already!). I'm still getting used to Wiki, to be honest, but it'd be nice to join in and get to learn it doing something worthwhile! You may need to advise how I join the prject, however... Deejayone (talk) 07:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Page moves

I noticed you'd been doing some WP:DASH season page moves. While I heartily applaud your efforts, I can't help thinking it would save you a lot of effort if we got a bot to do it. I made an enquiry at User talk:Dycedarg, based on the fact that this user's bot had already successfully made similar page moves, but have yet to hear back. I'll let you know if I hear anything. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 21:58, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

No probs. I've nominated Ronnie Wallwork for Good Article btw, so with a bit of luck the Wednesday WikiProject may have another GA soon. --Jameboy (talk) 22:10, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem at all, there's no point trying to expand a section if the guy only played a handful of games. Pity he left before one of your lot could grab a photo of him for the article! Thanks for your comments btw - I'm particularly proud of the references in Flemish - not many articles have that! :-) --Jameboy (talk) 22:26, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

1920–21 in English football is taking the Mick —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Hall of England (talk • contribs)

SWFC Wikiproject

Hi Dan thanks for the line on the Sources section and the individual seasons, good ideas and will try to help out. Sorry for the delay in answering we've been up to the Scottish Borders for a fortnights relaxation but will now continue with contributing to the project. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 09:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated, can you do the credits? --Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 23:05, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Dan, thanks for including Arthur De Wint Foote and Foote's Crossing Road at DYK. --Rosiestep (talk) 06:07, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

And another thank you for North Star Mine Powerhouse. (Yup, I'll drop a note at the promoters' talk pages, too.) --Rosiestep (talk) 19:47, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

will do

--Victuallers (talk) 19:16, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

it happens...thx for your patience and note Victuallers (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

bribery and corruption? ... fine (& thx) Victuallers (talk) 19:00, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks

Haha, a seven nom. :) I had so much research about Johnson and his biography was a popular topic. I limited myself only to those that were notable (the firsts of their type or ones that are heavily used). Otherwise, I think I could have gone for ten, lol. :) Anyway, thanks. Ottava Rima (talk) 19:19, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

My first dyk

Thanks, I noticed! It's had more edits (other than my ones) today than on all the other days put together! Thanks again, I'm thrilled with it! ;) --Cameron* 19:33, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

DYK

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Academy

Just added a page about the Youth Academy; I'd appreciate any input. (Be gentle with me, it was my first attempt at an article!) Dharma-815 (talk) 20:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Sheffield Rules quality rating

Howdy. I noticed that you assigned an A-class rating to Sheffield Rules, yet I can find no evidence of the A-class review required for this rating to be achieved. I have therefore put the rating back to GA-class. If you can point me to the A-class review I'll happily restore the A-class rating, otherwise you may wish to set up an A-class review in order to achieve the rating. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 18:43, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I'm not entirely sure if you would need one A-class assessment or three (i.e. one per wikiproject), but I have posed the question at Wikipedia_talk:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#How_many_A-class_assessments.... Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 19:25, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

No, A-class has been around a while. The James Milner A-class review for WPBiography was done in September 2007. I think you'd get support if you nominated it though, it looks a very good article. My suggestion would be to nominate for A-class review at one of the three wikiprojects covered by the article, then if successful (and if necessary - I'm still not sure) nominate at the other two. --Jameboy (talk) 20:52, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Nah, leave it at A-class - I looked at the version history of the grading scheme and I think you may be right. Pushing it onwards and upwards to FA sounds like the perfect solution to me. :-) --Jameboy (talk) 21:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

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