User talk:Mattbrowning

Hey @TheBrowning, are you sure that Bobby Jackson's MVP was vacated and not just his season? That's my two scents 04:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Your edits

I have reverted your edits ([1] [2] [3]) because there is already a footnote on the article that indicates Jackson's award was later ruled ineligible. There isn't a need to put Vacated on the list. Jrcla2 (talk) 04:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

I wish there was a history of college basketball class in high school or college when I was a student. But anyway, the Big Ten may only list the award as vacated without mentioning who originally won it, but that still does not entail that Wikipedia readers wouldn't want to know who won it anyway. I understand your point about the footnote not being readily visible, but that's what all footnotes are. There is, however, a distinct "[a]" next to Jackson's name, indicating a special note at the bottom. The list on the article in question denotes who won the award at the time it was given, so if any future POYs get their selections vacated, their names will still be on the list but with a special footnote (akin to Jackson). Not to be picky, but your students shouldn't be citing Wikipedia as a reference anyway. It's non-scholarly and open sourced, and any paper or assignment that I ever had to do would have been an immediate 'F' if I had listed Wikipedia as a source. Cheers! Jrcla2 (talk) 23:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)