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TFL

Hi WFC,

I'm glad my work with TFL is appreciated! It's also good to know that other editors are interested in developing this area of Wikipedia as well. The reason that I'm contributing as many summaries as possible is because of the statement on the submissions page that "our longer-term aim is to build up a large pool of blurbs, so that we will eventually be in a position to sustain a daily slot on the main page." I would really like to see that happen. Any idea how many summaries will be considered a sufficient number for a daily slot to be allotted?

Neelix (talk) 11:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi WFC,

If that's what we need for confidence to go daily, let's make it our goal to have a hundred summaries written by mid-August. As for the disproportionate number of sports-related lists, I don't think that we will encounter a problem. I've done the math and, even if we didn't feature any of the sports-related lists on the main page and no more lists ever attained featured status, we'd be able to feature a new list on the main page every day for more than three years. Considering the facts that 1) plenty more lists will get featured between now and then and 2) we won't be excluding sports-related lists from the main page, it would appear that we will be able to indefinitely feature a new list on the main page every day while including a frequency of sports-related articles that is proportionate to the number of other topical fields represented. Considering that ten major fields have been identified and "sports" is one of three subfields within "everyday life," I would recommend that approximately every 15th TFL be sports-related.

Neelix (talk) 13:09, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

I think the anthems list should get TWO stars. It is so much more core!  ;) TCO (talk) 15:57, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Watford

What is going on there? Having seen some of your best players sold and your manager holding talks with a league rival, it reminded me of the infamous fallout, exodus and loss of top talent that we experienced three years ago. That was the year we could've gone up had everyone stuck together, but it all fell apart and look where we are now. I've always liked Watford, despite the fact you've robbed us in two huge FA Cup ties ;) and I wouldn't want what we've experienced to happen to you. Argyle 4 Life^talk 23:59, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm gutted to lose our top scorer and most promising youngster, but the player sales made a lot of sense (just a shame that we didn't get more for them). The thread that could cause everything to unravel was the departure of much-loved chief executive Julian Winter. He was the person that convinced Malky to sign a new contract, and I'm absolutely certain that both were keen to remain here for two to three years, moving on to pastures new if we didn't go up during that time. Once Winter resigned, it seemed likely that Malky would go. —WFC— 00:29, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

("most promising" was harsh on the other lads: closest to fulfilling his potential is a fairer comment on Will Buckley). —WFC— 00:30, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I can understand Graham because he would've only left for a top flight club and you're getting a big fee for him, but the sale of Buckley doesn't make sense to me, as an outsider. I know Brighton are on the up, they've got a new stadium and the best winger in the Football League, but I doubt they'll be any higher than you next season. Unless the good things I've heard about him are false and you're glad to be shot of him for such a large fee! Argyle 4 Life^talk 19:19, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Buckley reminds me in a lot of ways of a young Tommy Smith. Unquestionably good enough to rip teams to pieces at this level (just ask Cardiff!). But for one reason or another he's taking quite a long time to get there on a weekly basis. A million was decent money for where he's at now, and to be fair we have two workhorses in Don Cowie and Troy Deeney, two talented youngsters in Michael Bryan (injuries notwithstanding) and Matty Whichelow, and are heavily rumoured to be bringing another left-sided player in. The 15% of profit clause was the real disappointment, because if he succeeds Brighton will make millions, and we should have negotiated a bigger slice of that. —WFC— 19:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC) (significantly changed —WFC— 19:35, 17 June 2011 (UTC))

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List of historical national anthems

Fancy a co-operative effort to get List of historical national anthems to FL? – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 18:44, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I like the idea in principle, although I'm a complete amateur on the topic. —WFC— 18:52, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Me too, that was the whole point of the idea, I thought it seemed rather fun. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 20:06, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) You pair of weirdos. I like the idea. Get going, the pair of you!! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:07, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

You heard the man, WFC... by the way, I do believe the term for this kind of thing is "unholy alliance". – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 20:14, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Common consensus is that a supporter of your club currently owns our club. Can't get more unholy than that! —WFC— 20:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Well, that's a love-in if ever I read one. Get to it. And no-one mention Tamas Priskin. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll mention whatever I bloody well like, stalker. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 20:21, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Of course you will. But you owe me at least a shilling after such a beautifully balanced review of your Good Friday work...! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:24, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll Passover that suggestion without a second thought, just as Man Friday himself would have done. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 20:26, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

We probably owe you several shillings for Hungary's greatest current 24-year-old English-speaking striker with Hertfordshire connections. You'll probably end up with our all-time record signing. —WFC— 20:28, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I heard that. I think I'd prefer the original Duke, more entertaining at least! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Are we going to write this in English or Americanese? – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 21:10, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Computer seems to be playing up today: English all the way I'd say. Great call on the English translation column—WFC— 22:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Good stuff. I'll let you get on with it for a while, now, to avoid conflicts. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 22:20, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Cool. I'll do some digging and try to do a decent-sized edit in about an hour's time. —WFC— 22:25, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Good man. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 22:37, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

May need a little of your Russian expertise once I'm done. —WFC— 22:46, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm calling it a night now but I'll have a little look in the morning. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 22:57, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

What does a column scope actually do? I can't see that they've made any difference. I'm not complaining, I'm just curious what they're for. – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 15:17, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

They're for the benefit of screen readers. Without a column scope, the column headers will only be read once. For sighted people that's not a problem, you can always scroll up to see what the columns are. For the blind, if you forget what the titles were, and there are no scopes at all, the only option is to start again. —WFC— 15:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks for explaining! Sometimes we forget how fortunate we are... (cough, being in Football League, cough) – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 17:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

We've been through the early stages of what you went through twice in the past decade, on the latter occasion being hours away from finding out how the rollercoaster continues. I don't claim to understand what it's like to be a Conference fan (although I have been to Stevenage, St Albans and Hayes and Yeading games in the past). But aside from believing that only 8,000 out of 40,000 have any right to play the victim card, most Watford fans do accept that we are lucky not to have followed you.

Sorry I've taken a back seat on the list btw. Always have internet and watchlist access, but workload has gotten in the way of edits that take more time than simply typing. Should be back on track from this time tomorrow. —WFC— 23:35, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Well, I do remmeber when we got relegated out of the League back in 2009 and how most Watford fans I met were actually sad about it. "We hate Barnet just ain't the same," one of them said. And believe me, for us "We hate Stevenage" or "We hate York" just isn't the same. Still, just a matter of time, I suppose.

I'm going to Israel early on Friday morning for a week or so, so I'll be away from Wiki; just so you know. —Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 06:11, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Cool. A week should give me enough time to turn it into somewhat more of a joint effort!

Football wise, some of the sympathy went with the JPT final. Not because you had won something (if only we had qualified...) but because there are Championship clubs that probably couldn't bring 40,000 to Wembley. Nowadays there's a three-way split, between "you were no worse than any other club, the Football League were a disgrace", "the Football League were a disgrace, but you've no excuse for still being non-league", and "if more had turned up pre-2007, you'd have been too big for the Football League to have the guts to (effectively) throw you out of League Two." I pretty much float between the three. —WFC— 13:39, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

What everybody forgets is that it wasn't really the League that threw Luton out. There were two separate deductions, the 20 from the League and the 10 from the FA for some matter over how the previous owners had been using agents. I have it on good authority that the former owners were trousering large amounts of money, too – the club was most certainly not being run for its own benefit around 2007. But anyway, back to my main point – imagine that it had been just 20 points. Luton would have started just three points behind Rotherham and Chester, not thirteen. It's a big psychological hurdle. I can remember that first game against Port Vale like it was yesterday; they'd just come out of administration two days before, the programme listed the squad as "TBC, TBC, TBC..."... they'd had no pre-season and yet they were chasing from the first minute of day one. It was like those win-or-bust relegation matches at the end of the season where the team just don't play properly; you know, they all try to win it themselves, they try to walk it into the net rather than risk missing with a shot. But it was that from the very start. It really was an huge psychological barrier and it did make a huge difference to the team's performance. I think that they did mightily well, all things considered... but people only remember the 30-point deduction; not the psychology surrounding it and how it affected the team. I think it speaks volumes that in the JPT, where they played on a level playing field, they won.

As for "why are Luton still non-League"? Well, to answer that question I need only point to the fact that only two teams go between the Fourth Division and the Conference each year, one of which is a play-off spot. The result is that you have some very good teams in the Conference who do not go up and some really dreadful teams in the Fourth Division who repeatedly and comfortably avoid going down. I would actually say that the standard of the Conference is at least near to the standard of the Fourth Division, and in support of that I would point out just how many of the newly-promoted sides from non-League go up a second successive time into the third tier. Like Stevenage just have, for example, or Exeter a couple years back. Add the fact that play-offs are always a gamble and you have to win it to be sure of going up, and you have a very difficult division to get out of, even if your team is very strong. Luton are lucky in that they have a comparatively large (some would say stupid) fanbase that has not wavered; our crowds are just as high now as they were in the Second Division and are not actually far below the crowds we were pulling in during the First Division days of the 1980s (though of course there was the ID card scheme and the away-fan ban at that time). But remember that Barrow, for example, will bring far fewer away fans than Leeds or Manchester United; it could be argued that despite the ban on away fans the figures are directly comparable.

Anyway, we'll just see what happens next year. It will only get harder. —Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 14:10, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

The loyalty of 5 or 6,000 is a very fair point. And in spite of standing by the 40,000 jibe, I agree that the JPT was symbolic: proof that relegation was a blow, but not necessarily fatal. I also agree about the bottleneck.

Although I do think this season is different. In 2009–10, there was overconfidence on your part, coupled with the need to completely rebuild the club. In 2010–11 Crawley bought the league (albeit there's nothing intrinsically wrong with putting money in, provided you make sure the club can stand on its feet when you pull the plug), and if there is a single club in England that has been more hardly done by than Luton, it's Wimbledon. This time around it's hard to see beyond you finishing as the 93rd 91st best team in the country (the Welsh don't count!).

Have a good trip mate. —WFC— 15:01, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

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think you'd make a great admin

Sure that Wiki would get the better of the deal if you were to add the admin role. Seems like would have synergy with things you are doing relating to TFL. You do a lot of wiki-work, are sharp, and are even-tempered. Just a thought (nothing sneaky).

TCO (talk) 19:59, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, although my answer is "never, unless the unthinkable happens." If I became an admin and got involved in XfD closures, I would become the epitomy of everything I know is wrong with the "mop" in its current form. The sole difference between me, and several dozen admins who are very much in that general mould? I admit it.

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Thanks

This was a very good idea, and so simple too - don't know why I didn't think of it. It provides more useful information in that one change than all the complicated stuff I'm currently working on. Thank you! Alzarian16 (talk) 18:25, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Any time. The complicated stuff you're doing is certainly worthwhile too though. Regards, —WFC— 16:01, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Access

Hi WFC,

Thanks for taking on List of International Mathematical Olympiads. You're right; we do need a good mathematics-related list for TFL. I'm finding that WP:ACCESS is a common objection to the TFL submissions. I've looked over the guideline, but I'm not really sure what needs to be changed about the implicated articles. Specifically, I'm hoping to fix up List of Harry Potter cast members before making any more submissions. If you'd be willing to give me some pointers, it would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 01:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

For most articles, ACCESS consists of:

• Alt text.
• Column scopes: I gave a brief explanation of why scopes are important to Cliftonian here.
• Where colour is used in tables, it should be possible for someone who is colourblind to understand the table. This usually means that colours should be accompanied by symbols (see List of Watford F.C. players for an example).

The Harry Potter table is quite complex; I'm not sure that simply putting scopes in would make it accessible. Beyond that, I have to concede that a solution is probably beyond my abilities. The best approach would be to seek out a relative expert on the topic, such as User:RexxS.

I've been exceptionally busy this week, but I've got some time tomorrow and Sunday, so I'll make sure that I finish the Olympiads list off. I'll also try to make sure that everything on the submissions page as of this post has at least one review by the end of the weekend (either from me or someone else).

Thanks once again for all the work you're doing on TFL Neelix. Bringing diverse, often high-importance, and in many cases seldom worked-on lists to the attention of a wider audience is precisely what being on the main page is all about, and you're playing a vital part in that process. —WFC— 16:23, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Hoban

Hi there - nope, no issues with the move whatsoever, be bold and go for it! Sources I found when creating the article used both 'Tommy' and 'Tommie', as well as 'Tom', but you've convicned me that '-ie' is the correct spelling. Cheers, GiantSnowman 17:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of colonial governors of Massachusetts FLC

Per your request, your hornetness, here's a nudge to remind you get back to FLC and review this FLC. Cheers dude. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:40, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Cheers. I'm miles behind on the wiki-work I intended to do weekend, but I'll make that my top priority. TFL reviews are pretty high up too. Guess my plans for world domination improving this list will have to take a back seat. —WFC— 14:53, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Hep C list

I've done a bad thing and moved it onto the "ready-to-go" list, but only because of the pressing nature of the anniversary. Can you (and I) ensure it's up to snuff? I see a few issues in the blurb but I don't want it to scupper the chances of said list hitting the main page. It's an important one, as you noted. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:05, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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Good split

Hey, I thought you made a good split with the list of national anthems page, I was just wondering if you had ever seen {{Copied}}. Ryan Vesey contribs 14:17, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words about the split. As for {{Copied}} I have seen it and indeed used it before. But there is zero chance of List of national anthems ever being deleted, so I felt it was unnecessary. My edit summary when I created the new list was sufficient for our licencing purposes. —WFC— 14:24, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Historical national anthem languages

I originally liked the idea of having the foreign scripts and transliterations in the "local languages" column, but now I'm not so sure. It just looks untidy within the table. Perhaps in the table we could use English script, but with reference links to a separate "transliterations" section below? What do you think? —Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 19:15, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

That sounds like the best of both worlds (barring the pain of the one-time conversion). —WFC— 19:24, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Good stuff, I'll do it later on. —Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 19:29, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Nice one. I'm on a late shift today, so let me know when you're done for the night and I'll carry on digging for new entries. —WFC— 19:31, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm done with the anthems for now. —Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 22:00, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

TFL submissions

Hello dude. We're low on the prep area now, and the submissions area is heavy on submissions but light on reviews. I've made a request for help at WT:FLC but wondered if you could add/do/suggest anything? Hope all is well and you're looking forward to the forthcoming glorious ITFC season? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:15, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Given how light we are on reviews, I think adopting a couple of lists is the best approach. I'm focussing on List of national anthems, but also have a firm interest in improving List of London underground stations and List of International Mathematical Olympiads. I added a few suggestions to WT:TFL the other day (haven't checked back yet, as this is the first page I've looked at today). If there's anything specific you ever want me to review, don't hesitate to ask.

I won't lie, Hornets fans generally are sceptical of how Ipswich will do with the dream team up front. I think both are seriously underrated: Ellington actually looked pretty good under the now Cardiff manager, we just couldn't afford to play him. —WFC— 15:24, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Cool, okay, thanks. We're pretty much stacked up until mid-September, but I'd like us to demonstrate to the community that, even with our simple approach, we're good to go for some time to come, hence the requests. If you're "adopting" those lists for main page submission, brilliant, let me know (of course) when you're ready.

As for the dream team, I'm mildly optimistic for a change this off-season. The Duke hasn't set the world on fire in pre-season, but the monster has, and with a bit of bite in midfield from Lee Bowyer, we're looking like a very different team. Even Scotland's playing okay in pre-season so perhaps flogging the wunderkind won't be such a problem as many Town fans thought it may be.... Two more signings next week, they're talking about David Stockdale and Jay-Emmanuel Thomas. Mustn't grumble...! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:33, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm surprisingly upbeat about the season ahead. On one side we've got physicality in Chris Iwelumo, Martin Taylor and John Eustace, and on the other we've got some young strikers, attacking midfielders and wingers who can really play football. If Scott Loach can get back to the form he showed in 2009–10, we have an outside chance to really do something. —WFC— 15:45, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

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List of London Underground stations

Thanks for addiing the images to the table. I reverted your recent changes to the layout of the List of London Underground stations for the following reasons:

1. The map is an important example of the look of the Underground map and even if the text is small the look is valuable
2. Article sections have a standard sequence and "See also" goes above references and external links
3. The notes section is a form of reference section and therefore should not be renamed
4. A third party reference is not required. Transport for London is a reliable source.
5. With the map at the top the navbox's natural location is the see also section

Please bear in mind that this is a featured list and has been reviewed and worked on extensively already to get it to its current condition.--DavidCane (talk) 21:40, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I'll take those point by point.

1. I disagree, but can live with the map.

2. + 3. The see also move was intended as a result of the rename of the notes section. The primary reason for the rename was that the current references section has notes and references mixed in. I felt that to create a separate notes section would be a neater solution than to use letters for non-line notes. If the section were renamed my belief is that Line changes, Notes, References, Further reading flows best.

4. TfL is a reliable source for statistics and similar facts, but for an extraordinary claim a third party reference is needed, and would be required for such an incredible fact at a modern FLC.

5. If the map is to stay, I agree that this is its natural home. Although I won't deny that I think it (EDIT: "it" referring to the navbox) looks terrible there.

—WFC— TFL notices 22:05, 26 July 2011 (UTC) Edited —WFC— TFL notices 22:08, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Yesterday's TFL stats

Do me a favour. How many hits on yesterday's TFL? I looked, looked again, looked once more and decided to pack it in... Hint: not good. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:39, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Seems the stats are missing for all articles yesterday. Judging by this, there's still a chance that they're out there. —WFC— TFL notices 22:51, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Dickin pix

Thanks dude, works a treat for me in FF5 and IE. Lovely job. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

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Tomorrow's TFL

Hey dude, I asked at Wikiproject video games, but saw you online, so wondered if you could help with broken links on tomorrow's TFL? No worries if not, hopefully someone with expert knowledge would be able to help. Cheers, The Rambling Man (talk) 17:41, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Rollback feature

Is it okay to apply Rollback feature to my account. Does it have good edits? or it is not. Please contact me at the talk page.

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TFL responses

Hi WFCforLife, I have responded to your comment on TFL on the Manchester United players issue. Thank you for your comment and your advice.
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 00:29, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Template:Football season start

Hello. I need a little help regarding this template. On the "history page" I saw that you created it and therefore I assume thay you are the author. I would appreciate if you could take a look into the List of NK Maribor seasons (curent FL candidate) and inform me if there is a chance to make the "Result" culumn in the table unsortable (so it wouldnt sort Euro cups results)? I am not sure on how this can be done or if its even possible. Thank you, Ratipok (talk) 22:05, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

It should work in the way that you want now. —WFC— 04:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Ratipok (talk) 11:46, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

• Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
• PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
• Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
• Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
• Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
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Haha

thanks for that. Cearense^{(answer here!)} 15:59, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

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Dyer on WFC lists

Hi, though I'd let you know that I noticed Bruce Dyer was listed on List of Watford F.C. players (fewer than 50 appearances), despite the cumulative total for both his spells at Watford being included at List of Watford F.C. players. Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 01:58, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Nice spot. Cheers! —WFC— 20:43, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for TFA support

Hello again. I haven't crossed paths with you much lately. I come with a humble request. :^) I've nominated the 2010 USOC final for TFA on October 4th here. If you get time in the next few days, please add your support. It'll need it I expect. Very low points. --SkotyWA^T_C 15:52, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Done. —WFC— 15:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Given the low traffic on WP:TFAR, I think it's good to go. Not sure why the interest/activity has dried up there. --SkotyWA^T_C 00:00, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Great news! It's been scheduled to appear on the main page on October 4th. Thank you for your supporting vote. Since there is no archive for WP:TFAR I archive WP:SSFC related articles here. --SkotyWA^T_C 16:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

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List of International Mathematical Olympiads at WP:TFL

Hi WFC, the last comment at the TFL nomination implied that you would be looking into fixing this list up. Mind you, that was three months ago! How do you feel about it? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Similarly, the Harry Potter nom (which is directly after the maths olympiad one) also has an oppose from you which appears to have been addressed. Could you comment on that if you get a chance? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:41, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I've reviewed the Harry Potter one. As for IMO, in its current state if forced to support or oppose I would have to do the latter. But on the other hand I strongly feel that maths is an area we need to promote, and that the IMO list is as good a platform to work from as we have. I'll try to get on with it over the next week or two, but when you're busy it's far easier to keep on top of reading and responding than to keep pace with research and rewriting. —WFC— 15:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, of course. It wasn't intended as a nag, I just wanted to be a little more ruthless at TFL to stop people being overwhelmed with the number of submissions sitting there. Hence my attempt at a bit of a purge. I think I've nearly halved the submissions page in size today alone. Anything you can do to keep promoting and supporting the cause is gratefully received! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Cool, and sorry in return if that came across as a bit bitey. I'm just frustrated that while on the one hand I'm advocating a more ruthless approach, I'm struggling to keep pace with my side of the bargain. It's doubly frustrating given how much time I had for Wikipedia a few months ago. Great work with the submissions page! —WFC— 16:32, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Well no stress. Funny thing is that now we've got something like 16 lists ready for the main page, that gives us until, oooooh, next January to worry about what to do next...! The Rambling Man (talk) 16:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Bertrand Traoré

Hey, thinking about it, as a rule of thumb, international players who haven't made their club debut yet would probably still be notable. However, I'm having trouble finding sources to confirm an appearance; the source provided isn't great (albeit it through Google translator) and the appearance is not listed at NFT or Soccerway. Any help? GiantSnowman 21:41, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

"Les deux frangins ont eu la joie de se retrouver sur le terrain et d'être les artisans de la victoire du Burkina face à la Guinée Equatoriale." roughly translates as "The two brothers enjoyed time on the pitch and were instrumental in Burkina's victory over Equatorial Guinea." Alain then goes into a bit more detail about Bertrand's 20 minutes, stating that it "lit up the stadium". I'm on the fence over whether he is or isn't notable (because it wasn't a clear-cut case I de-prodded with no prejudice to AfD) but that source definitely confirms his appearance. —WFC— 21:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

That's great thanks; I've also just noticed that NFT states that they don't know the line-ups for the EQ game, so don't include their stats, which explains his absence from that site. I'm happy with notability to be honest - I'll add some more sources now - so won't take it to AfD; if you're still unsure after my improvements, then such a discussion would only be beneficial in the long run. Cheers, GiantSnowman 22:03, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

The strange thing is that I can't find a lineup for the senior match anywhere, but the CAF are quite good when it comes to competitive U-17 games. —WFC— 22:15, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Even stranger is that nobody knows what club he plays for - sources announced he joined Chelsea in August 2010, but in Jauary 2011 the BBC said he was yet to sign, and there's no mention of him on Chelsea's otherwise comprehensive official site. GiantSnowman 22:23, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I think an AfD would be a good exercise. The principle that an international debutant is usually notable is stronger than the principle that a JPT or League Two debutant is notable (in my opinion), but you would expect someone with this guy's background to be far easier to source than he's proving. I won't be !voting, but the more I look, the more I find this guy to be an interesting case study. —WFC— 22:29, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Go for it - only one source of questionable origin claiming he played 20 minutes of a match which we don't even know was an official A-friendly. Ha, I may actually becoming around to my initial idea of non-notability. GiantSnowman 22:35, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

News and progress from RfA reform 2011

RfA reform: ...and what you can do now.

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Vicarage Road

However much you disagree with the blanking of most of the article, the fact remains that in six years, no references for the page have been provided. As a Watford fan yourself, I expect you are in a great position to improve the article and would encourage you to do so when you find the time. Thanks - Cloudz679 (talk) 05:00, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Blanking is not the issue – I've already told you that I have no issue with your approach. The issue is that you are calling editors vandals without having engaged with them. My revert was for that reason alone. —WFC— 12:20, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

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