Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 16:35, 24 June 2012

2,392

1

13

1

1

71

1

570

121

This is Muboshgu's talk page, where you can send him messages and comments.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Misplaced Pages? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed

Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57Auto-archiving period: 14 days

Things I can do to help WikiProject U.S. Congressedit list Ongoing: Upload Ongoing: Upload new district maps and incorporate them into articles (November 19, 2013) Ongoing: Apply {{US Congress party summary}} on all Congresses (February 20, 2018) Ongoing: Create edit notices for all articles. (February 15, 2010)

Hack Wilson

I'm sorry I missed the deadline on the Hack Wilson GA status because I'm on vacation and had no time to log on.

Obama

Misplaced Pages:Peer review/Philip Humber/archive1

Please note which things you have responded to as you do so, so I can work without trying to redo what you have done.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

This has been closed feel free to nominate at FAC. I'll be glad to co-nom if you like.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:41, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

We absolutely need to co-nominate Humber, since I'd guesstimate we both did about 50% of the work. I already have an open nomination at FAC, am I allowed more than one at a time? I also have a few GAN's I'm responding to, so I'd like to wait a week or two before we nominate Humber. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:45, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

I would not mind waiting until the GAN backlog elimination drive is over. I am trying to do 25 reviews and may end up having 20 GACs nominations to respond to during the drive. I think we are allowed a co-nomination in addition to a solo nomination, but maybe we should ask for clarifiication. I would like to eventually nominate Juwan Howard, Drowning Girl and Look Mickey, but not while I am so busy.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I did not see this GAN backlog elimination drive coming. I nominated a whole bunch in the last few months and now I'm responding to multiple noms at a time (including Joe Kelley, getting close to done there). I don't want Humber's article to wait too long, either, because I think it'll pass. We'll revisit when exactly to co-nominate it after the backlog drive, when we're both ready. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:19, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 11 June 2012

• Special report: Springer's misappropriation of Wikimedia content "the tip of the iceberg"

• News and notes: Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI

• WikiProject report: Counter-Vandalism Unit

• Featured content: The cake is a pi

• Arbitration report: Procedural reform enacted, Rich Farmbrough blocked, three open cases

• Technology report: To support or not to support IPv6, and why knowing when this report was last updated might be getting easier

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 22:20, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Joe Kelly (pitcher)

FYI – Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Baseball#Duplicate articles. Jrcla2 (talk) 00:30, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Jeter FA

Excellent progress on the article. I just realized that the article does not reference Ian O'Connor's biography, The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter. I'd be less concerned if other bios were used in the article, but there aren't. Also, it's contemporary in that it was published in 2011. I haven't read the book, so curious what your thoughts are.—Bagumba (talk) 17:24, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Your comments are all very sound and I intend to get through all of them this month. I haven't read the O'Connor book either, but you do make a good point that it's contemporary, and provides the same basic "Jeter is a future HOFer"-type of storyline that would fit, and probably adds some on his persona. I'll try to find any online excerpts I can use, and maybe I'll buy the book. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:39, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I think the book goes into Arod relationship and last contract, so it can be incorporated there at least. I dont think we can call this article comprehensive unless an editor or reviewer has read the book and can vouch for its completeness. For now, I'm just doing a spot check and looking at the article's references. I won't outright oppose the FA as long as progress is being made, but I wont vote for support until it is done either. Do you have a preference for mentioning this in the review? At the very least, we should add to "Further reading" section in the interim.—Bagumba (talk) 19:34, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Phil Nevin

I saw your DYK on Nevin, but based on the hook ended up on the Jeter article and then the FA and got sidetracked from Nevin's GA review. Maybe I'll get to it later if someone doesnt get to it first.—Bagumba (talk) 19:40, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

No rush whatsoever. I've got the Jeter FAC open, a Cy Seymour GAN, and a lot of actual work to do at, ya know, work. I was thinking of pulling one or two of my noms and renominating just to spread them out a bit in the queue. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:58, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Stephen Pryor

On 14 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stephen Pryor, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Stephen Pryor won a no-hitter on June 8, 2012, in his fourth Major League Baseball appearance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Stephen Pryor. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

RGupta

I'm sure you had good feeling moving the arrest and now conviction from the opening paragraph but it'd been that way (ex the conviction) for a long time and I in effect reverted your move while cleaning up and augmenting today's conviction additions.

I sure feel conviction on four felony counts bears noting in the opening paragraph of the bio. If you'd care to discuss it more, I'd be glad to.

Cheers. Swliv (talk) 19:34, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for John H. McCooey

On 16 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John H. McCooey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that political boss John H. McCooey opposed the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt for President of the United States in 1932? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John H. McCooey. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Houston College Classic

Hello! Your submission of Houston College Classic at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mentoz86 (talk) 10:12, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

re GAN Roger Bresnahan

Hi,

All in all, I liked your article very much but I mention a few problems at Talk:Roger Bresnahan/GA1. Best wishes, MathewTownsend (talk) 01:53, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Terry Doyle

On 19 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Terry Doyle, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that professional baseball player Terry Doyle works as a substitute teacher during the offseason? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Doyle. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Yngvadottir (talk) 00:04, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

The 100 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

		The 100 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		You've done an excellent job with these baseball articles, especially the Hall of Famers. Congratulations on reaching 100 DYKs! PM800 (talk) 01:25, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

1978 Tie Breaker

Great work on the article. It's one of the best articles I started. –BuickCenturyDriver 02:23, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Dr. O'Dowd

Thanks for your comment - I've added a plot summary reference now. Take care, Moswento 15:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for completing the review so promptly! Moswento 15:43, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for responding promptly. Good work on the article. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:48, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Mean Jeanne Shaheen

Please stop making assumptions. I'm a Democrat. I actually like Jeanne Shaheen. It is a nickname. Mean is not necesarily pajorative.--Dr who1975 (talk) 16:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

It's not a nickname I've seen anywhere outside of right-wing blogs. When you're dealing with an active politician, the level of acceptable shenanigans is low. Comparing an active politician to a wrestling announcer doesn't cut it, either. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 June 2012

• Investigative report: Is the requests for adminship process 'broken'?

• News and notes: Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association

• Discussion report: Discussion Reports And Miscellaneous Articulations

• WikiProject report: The Punks of Misplaced Pages

• Featured content: Taken with a pinch of "salt"

• Arbitration report: Three open cases, GoodDay case closed

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• Read this Signpost in full
• Single-page
• Unsubscribe
• EdwardsBot (talk) 02:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bryan Holaday

On 20 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bryan Holaday, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bryan Holaday won the Johnny Bench Award in 2010, given to the top catcher in college baseball? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bryan Holaday. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Winning percentage

Winning percentage is not really a percentage but a decimal fraction to the thousandth place although the term is commonly used, and we understand its meaning. It is commonly reported in baseball pitchers' statistics. It belongs where I placed it. In fact baseball recognizes the pitchers with the all-time highest winning percentages. It belongs with the won-lost record. Please do not revert.Iss246 (talk) 16:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

You may be right that it belongs, but I am not sure about that. As I said on Yankees10's talk page, you need to take that to WT:BASEBALL and not unilaterally add it to pages without approval. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I brought it up on the WT:BASEBALL talk page.Iss246 (talk) 16:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Omar Luis Rodriguez

From what I understand to have an article the person must have participated in a "major" international competition (World Baseball Classic, Pan American Games, etc). Is the World Junior Baseball Championship considered major?--Yankees10 20:10, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I would consider it major, since it's the top tournament for the under 18 age group. I've gone back and forth on some tournaments like the World Junior Baseball Championship, World Port Tournament, and others. Perhaps we should bring the question to the group. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

I can't say I have much of an opinion either way, but yeah bringing it to the group might be a good idea.--Yankees10 20:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(sports)#Level_of_international_competition. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Houston College Classic

On 21 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Houston College Classic, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Houston College Classic is seen as the beginning of the college baseball season in Texas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Houston College Classic. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Travis Jackson at GA

I've done the review which you nominated and have done pretty much all the leg work on the article. My general feeling was that I'd like to cut down on the number of very short sentences in places and have noted where I think we can improve the flow of the prose. I also had a query about the image used plus a question about him being 'overlooked' for the Hall of Fame. It might look a long list but it's only small stuff really which can easily be addressed to nudge it into GA so I'll put it on hold for the time being. It's all on the review page anyway. Cheers Bladeboy1889 (talk) 18:10, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Minor league player re-directs

I just have a request that you please avoid or at least limit the amount of players that you re-direct to the minor league pages. I'm going to be honest here its kind of annoying when I look up a player to create and it's redirected. But thats only part of the reason for the request. Personally I think these re-directs create unnecessary clutter on the minor league pages. If we are gonna have them, I think they should be the ones that were created, nominated for deletion, and it was determined that it should be re-directed (Archie Bradley for example). Not just re-directs for the sake of being re-directs (Jose Fernandez (pitcher)). Overall though I don't think the pages should have any player bios on them and just have the rosters. There is such a random assortment of players on there, scrubs, top prospects, etc it just makes no sense. I'm gonna bring this up to WP:Baseball to see what they think as soon as the winning percentage discussion cools off.--Yankees10 20:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure I see what the problem is. The idea with the minor league baseball page is to create blurbs for players who may not yet be notable enough for their own pages. When I create a redirect and a section, I always put in enough information to suggest why this person is worth discussing, such as today's All-Star Futures Game roster announcement. I agree that we shouldn't have too many players mentioned, but I don't think it's excessive at this point. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:32, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Well my main point is probably that I don't think they should be there anymore, in that case I will bring it to WP:Baseball. I think either a player has an article or not and there should be no re-directs. Regarding your second point though, if all of the players that appear in an All-Star Futures Game, is a top prospect, etc, I think it will get to the point where it is excessive. I recently saw you added Ryan Berry to the Orioles page, I mean lets be honest, I don't see anything notable enough with that guy to have a blurb. Having him in my opinion was a little excessive.--Yankees10 00:29, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I can see that Ryan Berry is borderline at best. There absolutely should be redirects, because those are navigation aids. If you want to look for, say, "Tyler Austin", you'd type in that name. The redirect takes you where you need to go. Otherwise, the lay wikipedia user would never find it. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:35, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for 2012 LinkedIn hack

On 22 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2012 LinkedIn hack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that LinkedIn was hacked on June 7, 2012, resulting in the release of over 6 million user passwords? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2012 LinkedIn hack. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks from the DYK team of Misplaced Pages! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:04, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thanks for all the work you did to promote the article 2012 LinkedIn hack to DYK. Dipankan 15:57, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

An invitation for you!

	Hello, Muboshgu. We are pleased to invite you to join WikiProject Baseball's Umpires task force, a group dedicated to improving articles related to baseball umpires. If you're interested in participating, please add your name to the list of members on the task force page.

This task force is still in a development stage and your assistance would be appreciated. Happy editing! AutomaticStrikeout (talk) 16:50, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Moose McCormick

On 22 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moose McCormick, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Moose McCormick was considered the first great pinch hitter in Major League Baseball history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Moose McCormick. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talkcontribs) 18:46, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I was disappointed to see you rolled back my edit to the Florida Governor race for 2014.

Why do you refute an independent attempting to run for Governor?

If you do a search for Florida Governor 2014 then you will see that I have produced many videos for becoming Governor. I did not feel my edits were biased in anyway but instead just stated that an independent was running.

If you would please let me know what edit you'd accept to state that in the wiki and not revert the change.

Thank you

Daniel Dnblumberg (talk) 04:06, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

More GAs

I've picked up a couple more articles you nominated for GA - Jeffrey Hammonds and Miller Huggins. I'll look at them over the next couple of days - as before any prose changes are suggestions and I am open to other revision options and discussion. If I keep doing these I might eventually learn something about baseball ;) Bladeboy1889 (talk) 09:27, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm happy to teach you. As I said at the review pages, there's no time pressure from me, as I have a number of open reviews I'm responding to now. But I will respond to your comments. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)