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Long-belated mate/maté discussion follow-up

Hi,

I see you've been patrolling both Yerba mate and Mate (beverage) for vandalism and such. I ended up letting the pages stay out of my sight because I was busy with a heap of stuff, and I chose to take advantage of our holiday here to take a look at them. I'm personally satisfied with how the articles ended up addressing the names. I fixed a "hyperforeignism" to "hypercorrection" in one of them just now, as a quick look at the former article shows that the former is not really suited to describe the addition of the extra accent; I believe you will recall how many times the latter word was brought up in that whole discussion last year...

Anyway, I'd like to thank you for your continued effort on the two articles; I'm not exactly a Misplaced Pages regular so I'm not suited to taking care of them that way. Also, I'd like to thank you, either again or belatedly, for summoning me back then; I think things there should be settled for a long while, but should another such a discussion open again, kindly let me know.

Best regards,

Vítor Cassol (talk) 19:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Glad to do it. Glad to drink it. Have a great holiday. I agree with the change. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

2013 Canadian Championship

Does the away goal rule apply? Kingjeff (talk) 03:35, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes. I can post the rules from my programme from today's game tomorrow if required. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:13, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

There is a section in the programme, the heading of which reads: "Explaining aggregate/away goals rule". It then explains the specifics, in point form, of goal combinations required for the Whitecaps to advance. It doesn't explain the away goals rule, but it does indicate that extra time and penalty kicks would be required if the aggregate and away goals are even. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

It would be good to have the rules listed. Not a whole document of rules of course, but some of the basics. Kingjeff (talk) 04:28, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Date correction

Did you want to correct your WP:ANI post "starting in November 2013"? I am guessing you might have meant a date in the past, perhaps 2012? Apteva (talk) 07:55, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes I would, but the discussion is now closed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:02, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

It is actually okay to make such a typographical correction to a closed discussion – just do not add anything else. It helps, because years from now someone will be reading the old ANI archives and it makes it more obvious that it was 2012 and not 2011 for example. Apteva (talk) 18:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

It is never permissible to correct someone else's typos in a closed discussion. But your own, yes. Although I would not do this after it has been archived, without unarchiving it first. That would not be a good idea, to make any changes to an archived discussion, while it is in the archive. Apteva (talk) 19:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Made the change. Thanks for the suggestion. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:57, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Talkback At U2 talk

I post something interesting. You might want to comment or being of great help. please reply Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:47, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Deletion requests

tu es invité à voter (fr) merci --Principal adjoint (talk) 19:19, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

I would love to vote in favour, but there are some Wiki projects that don't consider small logos to be a copyright violation. best to create a second copy and use that instead. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:21, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Answer a question about an article?

I've asked another user to look into this, but I figured I'd ask you as well: I've written an article in my userspace about "Kai", the guy that got known for a viral video back in February that is now suspected of killing someone. There's quite a bit of coverage over the last few months (more now, of course) and I think that he just manages to pass notability guidelines, but I'm slightly hesitant enough to where I'd rather have one or two people read the article, look at the coverage, and weigh in as well. The article is here: User:Tokyogirl79/Caleb Lawrence McGillvary. Every time I keep getting ready to move it to the mainspace, I hesitate since it's at that relatively thin line of notability. I just don't want to move it, only for it to get nominated for AfD and end up being not notable enough to pass. (Thus wasting a week's worth of time for people when I could've just asked someone.) Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:42, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Other than a few sources that may not qualify as RSes, the subject clearly meets WP:GNG. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:55, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

• I'm going to go ahead and move it- thanks! Which sources looked dodgy? I'll try to see if I can replace them. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:58, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't know if http://www.mediaite.com/ is a RS.

http://www.vice.com/read/catching-up-with-kai-the-hatchet-wielding-hitchhiker doesn't appear to be a RS, but it might be a good interview nonetheless.

http://mashable.com/2013/02/10/kai-hitchhiker/ doesn't appear to be a RS.

The rest look very good. I didn't check the sites too closely so I could be wrong about all three. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:33, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

2012–13 FC Bayern Munich season

Would you be able to participate and help write in the review and events section? Kingjeff (talk) 18:25, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

I may have some time. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:27, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Can you give an opinion on the table showing friendly matches for the article? I'm trying to cut size to help meet that part of the Featured Article criteria. It did cut it by 1.5kB. Kingjeff (talk) 06:05, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Newsletter

Hi, I noticed you are not on this list. From June 2013 there is a new "in focus... " format, book reviews, Christianity-DYK, etc. that refer to some articles of interest. Please just take a look at the June issue (should be released soon) and see. You just need to add your name to the list here. They are also offering a 3 month money back guarantee deal next week. History2007 (talk) 08:45, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Shane & Shane

Go and look at the album articles, and tell me what you think if you want.HotHat (talk) 02:41, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey!!

I didn't post that in the infobox of U2, I was pointing out that it was wrong. Maybe I didn't explain very well. I was asking if I could remove Green Day form the infobox. User:Scsigs was the one who post such information. Miss Bono (zootalk) 19:31, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Oops. I was writing on the article's talk page as you were writing here. Thanks for clarifying. I assumed it was an error. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:30, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. I think that was what happened. Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

1978 World Cup Final

Walter,

You're absolutely right, my correction on the 1978 World Cup Final page was less than neutral and unbiased but there has been new evidence provided by a retired Peruvian senator in a government enquiry that corresponds with the accusations of cheating involved with the qualifying game between Peru and Argentina. I fully accept your retraction of my impulsive addition but stand by my assertion. I'm no writer, but presumably you are and since new evidence has come to light that turns the qualifying controversy into a genuine case of corruption, this deserves to be added to the official record.

Lloyd John — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.37.26 (talk) 00:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

add a reference. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The Lone Bellow

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The Lone Bellow would prefer to have the new page listed as the primary wikipedia page.... It contains more up to date information & accurately represents the bands new album!

Would you be obliged to help?Bridget tlbassistant (talk) 21:32, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Not obliged, no, but I'm quite willing to help. What exactly do you mean by "the new page" and "primary Misplaced Pages page"?

Are you saying that there's a different article on the band somewhere on Misplaced Pages?

Why would a subject have any real say about what's on their Misplaced Pages article anyhow? It's not a marketing tool, it's a page about the band that uses reliable sources to explain what is known about the subject. That's the case for every Misplaced Pages article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:47, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Bands appearing on Leno receive a 100% increase on their Misplaced Pages page following an appearance, compared to the prior week

o Most significant increase of any social media or website

· Twitter and Facebook are less reactive metrics and increases are much smaller on these sites. Artists appearing on Conan receive a 95% increase in daily likes and Fallon artists receive an 80% increase. Information was not available for Leno specifically.

· Bands appearing on all late night talk shows see a track sales increase of approximately 40%

The full article can be found here: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/social-media-impact-for-musicians-conan-obrien-beats-out-other-late-night-shows.html

Based on this information, it seems like there are a few obvious steps we could take to create maximum impact.

· Ensure Misplaced Pages page is accurate and up to date

· Ensure socials are active immediately during and after a performance

o Use socials to link to the track played during the live performance and to highlight a YouTube video of the live performance for repeatability — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridget tlbassistant (talk • contribs) 22:39, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

OK so? My issue is not how Misplaced Pages can fit into your marketing strategy, but what in the article is inaccurate. You can be as strategic as you want, but Misplaced Pages is not your tool. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:54, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Genre warrior

There's an ip called 86.6.72.37 who is warring over music genres without any citations or removing cited genres. He's been warring A LOT. Can you watch over Blink 182 articles. But even there's also been genre warring by many IP there. I thought you could watch the blink 182 articles. 70.192.201.223 (talk) 21:20, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

No time right now. Perhaps asking an admin at WP:ANI. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:26, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

ZOEgirl article section titles

Hello Walter! i was wondering what the best approach would be to the ZOEgirl article section titles. i think at least some are necessary, but they could be shortened. Please feel free to let me know! Thanks, --LABcrabs (talk) 22:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Good faith

It's kind of hard sometimes. The world knows the "Maracana Stadium" as "Maracana Stadium". It is its official name as well. Everyone who knows football a bit knows that. And a guy from the Middle East changes the name of the Stadium to "Jornalista Mario Filho". Sorry, but this can only be vandalism. MarcosPassos (talk) 15:35, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Tim Timmons (musician)

Do you think he is now notable or not?HotHat (talk) 08:42, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I am going to go ahead and be BOLD and create the real article now!HotHat (talk) 09:53, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Good call! I totally missed this request. There was no problem with it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Neymar

Hello, I just wanted to personally thank you for your hard work to remove the edits from FC Barcelona that keep putting Neymar as a player. As you and I both know, the transfer window doesn't open until July 1, and Neymar doesn't become a Barca player until then. It looks like we've got a lot of work ahead of us to protect that page from those who are ignorant of this, but I'm writing you to thank you and encourage you to keep up your hard work. Together, we can prevent people from continuously miss-editing our Blaugrana. Thanks! P.S. Sorry I wrote this on your user page first. I'm new to Misplaced Pages and did not know that there was a difference to your talk-page and user-page. I cleaned up everything that I put, so I hope no harm done. Malik Conn 11:33, 5 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malikconn (talk • contribs)

Nomination for deletion of Template:FAI League of Ireland Premier Division 2008 Table

Template:FAI League of Ireland Premier Division 2008 Table has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Kingjeff (talk) 03:33, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you.Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:50, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Re: Youth years

I understand that youth teams are displayed with players the same age as North American high schoolers. But youth teams and high school teams are different. I usually go with the number of years a player has played youth soccer as well the number of years they played in the college level. I don't know if high school teams qualify because college coaches scout players from the youth development system whether it's the USSF Development Academy, under-17 national team, etc. because that's where all the top prospects come from. – Michael (talk) 18:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Good job on your tireless contributions on behalf of Christian music articles. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 07:26, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

English Football season

the English football season is over, contracts may run to the end of the month but the season itself has ended. Jimmy Skitz's Answer Machine 09:31, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

It may be over, but the football project doesn't remove players who are leaving until 30 June nor do we add incoming players until 1 July. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:04, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Software release life cycle

Hello, Walter

Long time, no see. I almost miss you.

Just wanted to drop you a short notice: Although I agree with this removal, I don't think I exactly agree with its reason. I agree with removal, because the external link was not in compliance with WP:ELNO. The part I disagree is that WP:NOTHOWTO applies to Misplaced Pages contents only, not the contents of external links. External contents do not even need to adhere to WP:NPOV.

Please don't take me wrong; I don't mean to be irritating. I just wanted to make sure that if the guest editor or third editor (registered or guest) decided to start a dispute resolution, you are going to know how to reply.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 18:08, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I've seen NOTHOWTO used both ways, and I was tempted to just use ELNO. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Advice for a noob?

Hello,

I noticed you've removed all of my additions to Comparison of issue-tracking systems and Test management tools. I admit I'm new at adding to Misplaced Pages, but I thought I'd done everything right. Could you let this noob know what mistakes I made, so I can prevent the loss of hours of work in the future?

I appreciate any and all advice you can offer.

Thanks,

Gojiro42 20:06, 13 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gojiro42 (talk • contribs)

Discuss. If you think someone has unjustly reverted the material you put hours of work into talk about it.

You've edited a few lists. You can see what points are held in common with other items in those lists (do they have articles or not) and by looking at the edit history (what sort of things get added and removed).

Other than that, just read some of the guidelines and pillars and be WP:BOLD. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:13, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Bandwagon fan?

So let me get this straight, you're a Whitecaps "fan", Manchester United "fan" and a Barcelona "fan"? Dang, you Canadians dont have identity huh? BTW the Whitecraps vs Flounders game was played in an NFL STADIUM, 67,000 capacity. Sorry that California teams don't mooch off NFL stadiums like Seattle does. 50,391 sold out COLLEGE stadium is good enough fore me. After all, it's MLS' biggest rivarly. Dont hate Canadian. 71.139.161.148 (talk) 07:39, 14 June 2013 (UTC)