Talk:Edmonton Elks all-time records and statistics

Marc87 editing (vandalizing) the rushing section
Stop being so freaking anal and leave the rushing section of this article alone. You keep deleting the list of 1000 yard rushers. Why? Give me a good reason? Its a useful and interesting list, and can't be found elsewhere on the internet (because CFL teams are often too cheap to put their most recent media guide online, and they have weak websites when it comes to history and stats.) All of the other CFL team stats list have full 1000 yard rushing lists. As they should, because 1000 yards rushing in a season is one of football's oldest milestone achievements.

Just leave well enough alone buddy, because you DO NOT own the page. Someone did good work finding that information, and it is relevant. Leave it alone! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.48.81 (talk) 04:21, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

I see that C.Fred, a long time CFL contributor, left Marc87 this message:


 * Greetings! I see you've made a number of reverts to Edmonton Eskimos all-time records and statistics but have not explained your reasoning for the edits. Discussion on the talk page is clearly in order at this time.


 * I suggest you revert your most recent edit to avoid any issues with the three revert rule and instead discuss the matter at Talk:Edmonton Eskimos all-time records and statistics, to get some measure of whether there is support for the changes. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 03:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Excellent advice, and let me begin by laying out my reasons in clear point form.

I think the list of 1000 yard rusher should remain as is, because:

1. It is useful information that can not be found easily anywhere else on the net. Usually it is found in Eskimos or CFL Record Books, which can only be accessed in paper or pdf format.

2. It is valuable football statistics. The 1000 rushing yards in a season achievement is one of the oldest in professional football, going back to Beattie Feathers in 1934 and Howard Waugh in 1954. It is a significant and long standing performance milestone.

3. All other wikipedia CFL team record pages list all those teams' 1000 yard rushers. This keeps the Eskimos page in sync with the others, and combined, they provide a listing of all CFL 1000 yard rushers, ever.

4. Someone went to the bother of taking using their time and energy to create this list, and it is good work. It would be a shame to waste the efforts of others, ESPECIALLY when it is a valuable and meaningful contribution to wikipedia.

5. Regardless of how many edits you have done to this page ... YOU DO NOT OWN IT. You act as if you do, tho.

I await your reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.48.81 (talk) 20:13, 15 March 2013 (UTC)