User talk:Martin tamb/Archive 2

Dagoberto

Hi Martin, thansk for you clarification of Dagoberto's international appearances. Please could you transfer the relevant info from the talk page into the main article page? Cheers, GiantSnowman 11:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

2009 NBA All-Star Game

Good job on improving this article. I think it has potential in becoming a good article.—Chris! _ct 04:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing, GA is exactly what I'm aiming for. Just a little bit more work on the Shooting Stars and I think it would be ready for nomination. Do you have any suggestions to improve the article? Also thanks for your contribution to the article. - Martin tamb (talk) 11:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

You are doing great. There are some style issues, but I can help you deal with them.—Chris! _ct 19:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I also notice that most references used are from the NBA. This is not necessarily bad, but it is preferred that more refs are from secondary sources (e.g. ESPN or New York Times). I will help, obviously, but it is something you should be aware of.—Chris! _ct 19:58, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I added a couple things. There are more trivial infos I found that could be in the article, but not sure if they should. I will add to this list.

• This reports Charles Barkley taking leaves from TNT because of his DUI. It says that it may have prevented him from appearing in Phoenix. (I don't remember if he did, so this might be irrelevant)
• This reports R&B singer Chris Brown canceling his performance at the all-star game

—Chris! _ct 21:43, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, you're really helpful, really appreciated. I'll try to fit those trivial infos in the article. - Martin tamb (talk) 14:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice, I think the article is ready.—Chris! _ct 02:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, I've been away for a few days. Anyway, I've already nominate the article. Thanks a lot for your help. - Martin tamb (talk) 11:03, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Great job both of you on the article - it made for an easy article to review :-). Keep up the great work - cheers, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:29, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

2007 NBA Draft

Nice work on that. I am just thinking if the 2008 NBA Draft should also have the lottery table. Wondering if you want to help.—Chris! _ct 19:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure I'll work on that soon. Where do you think the "Lottery" section should be placed? In 2007 NBA Draft, it was before the draft board, but in the 2009 NBA Draft, it was on the end of the article. — Martin tamb (talk) 03:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Just follow the 2007 list. Also all lists should follow the same format. Thanks—Chris! _ct 19:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

NBA Barnstar

		The NBA WikiProject Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your hard work on improving all draft pages, especially the 2007 NBA Draft. Your work around WP:NBA is appreciated! Cheetah (talk) 18:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

New GA

Hi mate, I saw that a review had been done for the Australia 31-0 American Samoa GA, so I decided to clear up the issues. User:Chrishomingtang has now passed the article. 03md 13:06, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

1947 BAA Draft

Hey, I think this has FL potential. I believe we can make it happen faster if we work together.—Chris! _ct 22:04, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure, it would be nice to work together. However I think the list needs more work before we nominate it. Currently, there are plenty of red links, also I think the prose should explain how Jim Pollard get drafted by three teams at the same time. So far I still haven't found any articles that explain it. Also the last sentence of the first paragraph might need a reference. Another thing I should let you know is that I'm currently don't have regular internet connection, so I might not be editing on a regular basis. — Martin tamb (talk) 07:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't think Jim Pollard was drafted three times. It is possible that basketball-reference.com made a mistake.—Chris! _ct 22:34, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. This shows that Jim Pollard was in the negotiation list of three different teams.

• Great work on territorial pick. :)—Chris!_c/t 21:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I've been planning to take the article to FLC for awhile now, probably after I have some spare time. — Martin tamb (talk) 15:36, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup caps

Although the tournament is not basic, they played the national under-23, then added to the games (and goals) in the under-23 and not in the main. Paulo (talk) 23:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

List of 2008–09 NBA season transactions

Thanks. That will make my life easier. If you like, I can nominate with you when the list is completed.—Chris!_c/t 19:37, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

2010 MotoGP season

I think it may be a mistake also, seeing as the Gresini bike had #24 on it last season with Toni Elías. However, I also note that it is a provisional entry list, so it'll be all cleared eventually! :) Cs-wolves(talk) 14:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry. We've all made that mistake at one point, and eventually regret it! Ah, interesting find that! Cs-wolves(talk) 14:48, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

2010 NBA All-Star Game

Hey, I think 2010 NBA All-Star Game is looking closer to a GA. The only major thing left is recap to the main game as well as all the music performances.—Chris!_c/t 21:17, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll work on them soon, will also add the D-League All-Star information. We could nominate it together. Cheers :) — Martin tamb (talk) 06:00, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1984 NBA Draft

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

• Heh, I actually did know this DYK fact. Are you planning on FLC'ing this? I'd say it's up to snuff. Staxringold _talk^contribs 18:58, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Sure, I'm planning on taking this to FLC for awhile but haven't had time to do that yet. As for the DYK, I agree that the hook isn't interesting enough, but I think it's better that the alternate hook I nominate here. — Martin tamb (talk) 08:31, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Unblock request

Let me know if you run into further issues. TNXMan 11:56, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

{{NBA Year}}

Just to let you know, Template:NBA Year is the standardized template to display NBA season years. Instead of typing the wikicode [[1998–99 NBA season|1998–99]] to produce 1998–99, {{NBA Year|1998}} can be typed to produce 1998–99.—Chris!_c/t 21:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, never knew that, certainly will make editing a lot easier. Thanks for the tips. Cheers! — Martin tamb (talk) 07:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot to mention. {{nbay|1998}} is the shorten version of {{NBA Year|1998}}—Chris!_c/t 22:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips and also for the changes on the expansion drafts articles! — Martin tamb (talk) 09:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Draft articles

I think you did a good job on all those NBA draft articles. I tried to rewrite 1973 NBA Draft like you did but I am not sure if it is complete. Do you think it is ready to be nominated for FLC?—Chris!_c/t 20:26, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you did a great job too. My work is never perfect and I learn some new things from your rewrite. I think 1973 NBA Draft is complete enough and ready for FLC, I'll re-check the contents soon and I'll help with the nomination. But the problems with old articles is some information is not complete, in the 1973 article, the trade information for 15th and 50th pick aren't complete. If you going to promote one of the older draft articles to FLC, I suggest to go for one of the draft classes which is considered the best, which has higher importance and significant players drafted, for example the 1970, 1985, 1996 drafts. Initially my goal is to made them all FLC, but I'm a too lazy to go through the FLC process which now takes almost a month to complete. Feel free to nominate any of the older articles that I have rewrite. Cheers. — Martin tamb (talk) 04:48, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

One more thing, this website is a good source for draft trades information, although sometimes they're not complete. — Martin tamb (talk) 04:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. My ultimate goal is to make all the draft articles FL. But like you said, it will take a lots of work and time and I am a bit lazy too. I agree that completeness is one of the biggest issues for older draft articles. But I will keep on go through Google News archive to see if I could dig up some info.—Chris!_c/t 19:06, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I just find a ref for the last trade. Since you help me work on it, I will co-nominate with you.—Chris!_c/t 20:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Here is the link: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/1973 NBA Draft/archive1—Chris!_c/t 20:28, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I'll do my best to made this FLC successful. By the way, I have one issue about the "School/club team". In George McGinnis and Jim Chones case, where they played in the ABA prior to the draft, what should we put in that column? Their college team or their ABA team? Also by putting the college team and "(Sr.)" would be misleading, as they did not play their senior year in that college. I suppose we should put the teams he played last before the draft. What do you think? — Martin tamb (talk) 13:49, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, put in the ABA team.—Chris!_c/t 18:13, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Done! — Martin tamb (talk) 12:04, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

• FYI, I nominated 1966 NBA Expansion Draft for FL. This will hopefully be a part of a future Chicago Bulls GT/FT.—Chris!_c/t 01:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Good idea, it could also set a standard for the other expansion draft articles. I've added the FLC page to my watchlist and will help the nomination as much as I could. — Martin tamb (talk) 05:42, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1971 NBA Draft

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Well done Victuallers (talk) 22:31, 8 April 2010 (UTC)) 20:53, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Stats leaders

Hey, what do you think about the stats leader table I created on User:Chrishomingtang/sandbox2? Is it useful?—Chris!_c/t 19:57, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I like the idea, from the combined table we can see which player led the league in more than one statistics. The idea is similar to the List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions which currently has three sub-list. However, I think the green borders are not clear enough because some of the statistics column are not adjacent to each other. I think another table listing the player and which two statistics they led on that year, similar to the Multiple World Championships in different classes in the same year in the List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions#By rider section. — Martin tamb (talk) 20:42, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I don't think the format on the Multiple World Championships in different classes in the same year table is good enough. I was thinking about something like User:Martin tamb/Sandbox#Multiple statistics leaders in the same season, but feel free to use your own idea. — Martin tamb (talk) 21:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I think that using the green border is confusing, too. But I can't think of a better way to show that. That's why I ask you for your opinion. The idea of having a separate table is brilliant. And I will do that. Thanks.—Chris!_c/t 21:33, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of List of National Basketball Association season steals leaders

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Coach categories

Hey, I see that you are going through all the coach categories. I don't know if you see it but there are a lot of redundancy in the categories. For example, both Category:Seattle SuperSonics head coaches and Category:Seattle SuperSonics coaches exist. This could cause confusion and inconvenience. So, I think it is better to use only the head coach one and redirect the other to that category. I already fixed the Sonics and Thunder categories and will fix the other teams as well. I am just letting you know, so you have an idea of what is going on.—Chris!_c/t 01:02, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually, merging the categories may not be a good idea because the coach one could potentially be used on assistant coaches. Do you think it is a good idea to merge? I am not so sure on second thought.—Chris!_c/t 01:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I think I will merge them. If assistant coaches need to be categorized, they should have a new one like Category:Seattle SuperSonics assistant coaches.—Chris!_c/t 18:13, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Okay, good idea. Previously the head coaches categories was under the coaches categories (which consist mainly of assistant coaches), and that makes them looks really really weird. Now it's look more organized, even though a lot of articles need to be reorganized. This way, I can still achieve my aim which is to made Category:National Basketball Association head coaches as complete as possible to complement this User:Martin tamb/Sandbox2 when they're ready to be moved to the mainspace article. I'll continue to reorganize them, but it may take awhile to finish. — Martin tamb (talk) 07:26, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of National Basketball Association season blocks leaders

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DYK for List of National Basketball Association season steals leaders

Thanks for this article Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Player-coach

Hey, I see that you are writing a list about player-coaches. This website by Larry Coon (see item 22) has some info why player-coach is no longer allowed. This can be considered as reliable source since it is covered by other media. See this NYT article.—Chris!_c/t 20:03, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't notice that it could be cited as a reliable source. Now the only think I need to find is when the league start imposing the rule that prevent player-coach. I suppose it would be in the 1980s since no player coach in the 1980s, but so far I have no luck in finding any news about it. — Martin tamb (talk) 04:26, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I did a brief search and could only find this. Hopefully, it helps.—Chris!_c/t 05:59, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! It's just what I needed. — Martin tamb (talk) 10:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of National Basketball Association player-coaches

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DYK for 1980 NBA Expansion Draft

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DYK for 1989 NBA Expansion Draft

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DYK for 1988 NBA Expansion Draft

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NBA Draft

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Ok, thanks. Hope it will get protected soon. Kante4 (talk) 23:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Haskell Cohen

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DYK for 1951 NBA All-Star Game

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