User:Refsworldlee

I experiment here - feel free to do so yourself.

Profile

 * Real First Name: Lee (as if you hadn't guessed)
 * Date of birth: May 24, 1954
 * Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
 * Occupation: Retired
 * Interests: Computers, Rescue dogs, ex-qualified football referee, music (especially Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust)
 * When I saw Bowie "live":
 * June 14 1973 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 City Hall, Salisbury, England
 * June 21 1987 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales

Where'd he get that stupid username from?
Yes, well, I once had a website called Refsworld, all about refereeing (sad, I know), but I let it go as it never really took off. However, the (non-promotional, honest!) handle I had used for various odds and ends of forums, guestbooks, etc. just stuck.

Wikipedia editing
Some editing of Wikipedia that I did before I created an account appeared to be construed by someone in authority as "vandalizing". Nothing could be further from the truth; however, it resulted in what I took to be a six month block on my IP, preventing me from editing Wiki or indeed creating an account!

Despite this, I am happy to say that, as 2007 arrived, so did a reprieve. I suddenly found that the block had been lifted, and so I formalised my editorship by joining properly, and hope to make useful contributions for a long time to come.

Refereeing
Some editors seem to think I'm Lee Mason or Lee Probert. Of course not. Firstly, I'm no longer refereeing; secondly, I did not referee at that level; thirdly, I'm not likely to create an article about myself, am I?

For the record, I officiated in:


 * Trowbridge & District Football League
 * Wiltshire Football League
 * Chippenham & District Sunday Football League
 * Devizes & District Sunday Football League (now defunct)
 * Mid-Wilts Youth & Minor Football League

Useful internal links

 * Wikipedia:Report to Admins
 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style
 * Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion
 * Wikipedia:Request for Article Expansion
 * Wikipedia:Clean-up templates
 * Wikipedia:Stub Templates
 * Wikipedia:List of biography infoboxes
 * Wikipedia:List of shortcuts
 * Wikipedia:List of warning templates
 * Wikipedia:Asking for biographical article assessments
 * Football club notability levels (Level 11 Λ)
 *  Rename 'old' Wembley links "Wembley (1923)" to differentiate from 'new' Wembley  (why not have a go yourself? Long project though!)

Useful external links

 *  Notable Names Database 
 *  ZeroZero.eu for Referees Birth and Death Dates 
 *  Weltfußball.de for Referees Birth and Death Dates (German) 
 *  Soccerbase.com for Matches Officiated by Referees, and Years 

Some pages I have watched in the past
West Highland White Terrier, Spike Jones, Mister Bug Goes to Town, Hoagy Carmichael, Billy Bunter, List of social networking websites, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Slimming World, Greyfriars Bobby, MEETin, Social network, Social network service, Martin Atkinson, Segar Bastard, Herbert Bamlett, Steve Bennett (referee), Neil Warnock, Justin Raimondo, Referee (football), Bix Beiderbecke, Stephen Lodge (referee), List of football referees, Peter Jones (referee), Barry Knight (referee), Phil Dowd, Mark Clattenburg (plus tidy up), Peter Walton (referee), Flirtomatic, Steve Dunn (referee), Keith Hackett, Martin Bodenham, Stephen Lodge (author), Lee Mason (referee), Neale Barry, Uriah Rennie, Alan Wiley, FA Community Shield, Andre Marriner, Chris Foy (referee), Steve Tanner, Kevin Lynch, Graham Barber, David Bowie, International Network for Social Network Analysis, INSNA, History of the British comic, Penny Dreadful, Story paper, Ernest Sackville Turner, The Other Final, Nigel Pepper, Lyro (subsequently deleted), Jeff Winter, John Pemberton (footballer), Lee Chapman, Pierluigi Collina, Resignation, Sheffield United F.C., Wembley Stadium, Wembley Stadium (1923), Darius J Pearce, Darius Pearce, Darren Drysdale, Dermot Gallagher, National Literacy Trust, David Allen Hulse (subsequently deleted), Ray Tinkler, Pat Partridge, Bobby Robson, Damien Hancock, Pier Gerlofs Donia (punctuation, grammar and spelling), Mark Halsey, Clive White (referenced), Stanley Rous, Mark Warren (referee), Graham Poll, Cybernauts, Mick Woodmansey (slight expansion, referenced), Mike Garson, FA Youth Cup (reference, slightly expand), Craig Thomson (referee), Scottish Challenge Cup, Jacob L. Moreno, Arthur Edward Ellis (a little work done on this), Paul Taylor (referee), Scott Davies (English footballer), William Ling (referee) (general makeover), George Reader (another makeover), David Allison (disambig page, added David Allison, the ex-referee), Paul Alcock, Stephen Pears, Gary Bailey, Gerald Ashby, Mohamed Benouza, Category:Airport collaboration candidates (redirected to Category:Airport collaboration canditates due to spelling error in title!) (both subsequently deleted), CollegeWikis (subsequently deleted), Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Keren Barratt, Zachary Coffin (post to article talk page, querying validity on WP:COI and WP:VANITY) (subsequently deleted), Howard Webb, Peter O’Leary, Peter O'Leary, Peter O'Leary (gaelic football) (the two articles called Peter O'Leary share the same redirect name due to a Word formatting error with the apostrophe), Leo Callaghan, Holiday (minor inaccuracies corrected), Ken Aston, OUTeverywhere, Paul Danson, FA Cup Final 1936 (amend Wembley reference), Arsenal stadium (redirect to Arsenal Stadium), Harry Nattrass, Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic F.C., Neighborhood America (subsequently deleted), Cabinteely Football Club (subsequently deleted), Keith Cooper, Roger Dilkes, Norman Burtenshaw, Lytham St Annes, Coupon, Bryon Butler, Woophy, Pownce - truly non-notable, Ted Croker, Talk:James Beattie (footballer), Steve Tanner (referee), George Courtney (expand), Arthur Edward Ellis (minor changes), Laws of the Game (typo), Phil Dowd again (NPOV on incident August 19 2007), Rob Styles again (NPOV problems due to same incident August 19 2007), Andre Marriner again (standardisation), Dave Swarbrick, Ron Asheton, Conservatism in Canada, William Tell Overture (Spike Jones song) (Talk) (support Merge proposal with William Tell Overture (Spike Jones version)) (subsequently merged), Ohtahara syndrome, Featured list candidates/List of Manchester United F.C. managers (support FLC, with constructive crit), Modus operandi, Bank fraud, Bankruptcy, Edward Lennie, Angelo Nardi (referee) (subsequently deleted), Simon Przydacz (subsequently deleted), Craig Zetter (subsequently deleted), Steven Gregory, Ben Williams (referee), Ben Watson (football player) (tweaked article for AfD discussion) (subsequently deleted), Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard (conflict of interest discussion), Greg Halford, National University (add references), Philip Don (tidy-up), Graham Cross, J. M. Barrie, Menstrie, Carol Paul, Ed Grothus, Richard Ayoade, Gustav Skytte, Stephen Six, Mario Cuomo, Sofia Maria Ekwall, Clint Dempsey, Sarah Steelman, Chris Cattlin (some expansion and referencing).

plus


 * Category:English football referees

and vandal talk pages!

Significant contributions...

 * Barry Knight (referee)
 * Steve Dunn (referee)
 * Keith Hackett
 * Stephen Lodge (author)
 * Uriah Rennie
 * Alan Wiley
 * Andre Marriner
 * Peter Walton (referee)
 * Graham Barber
 * Jeff Winter
 * INSNA redirected and merged with International Network for Social Network Analysis
 * Pierluigi Collina
 * Darius J Pearce: cleaned-up, and proposed redirect and merge from Darius Pearce (subsequently done by another editor); also further expansion and referencing
 * Darren Drysdale
 * Dermot Gallagher
 * National Literacy Trust
 * Ray Tinkler
 * Bobby Robson
 * Damien Hancock
 * Mark Halsey
 * Stanley Rous
 * Mark Warren (referee)
 * Discontinued: New Wembley links changed to Old Wembley for pre-2000 references in articles
 * (Wow! Just too long a project! Can't we get a BOT to do this?)


 * Craig Thomson (referee)
 * Paul Alcock
 * David Allison (referee)
 * Gerald Ashby
 * Keren Barratt
 * Howard Webb (added FIFA U-20 World Cup section)
 * Leo Callaghan
 * Paul Danson
 * Harry Nattrass (wikification, MoS)
 * Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic F.C. (referenced and tagged for importance)
 * Keith Cooper (wikification, MoS)
 * Roger Dilkes (wikification, MoS)
 * Norman Burtenshaw (wikification, MoS)
 * Steve Baines (wikification, MoS)
 * Ron Challis (wikification, MoS)
 * Peter Foakes (wikification, MoS)
 * Alf Grey (wikification, MoS)
 * Allan Gunn (wikification, MoS)
 * Rob Harris (referee) (wikification, MoS)
 * Robbie Hart (wikification, MoS)
 * Brian Hill (referee) (wikification, MoS)
 * Kevin Howley (wikification, MoS)
 * John Homewood (wikification, MoS)
 * Joe Ross (referee) (wikification, MoS, NPOV)
 * Paul Taylor (referee) (further wikification, MoS)
 * Ken Burns (referee) (wikification, MoS)
 * Jim Finney (completely overhauled)
 * Mervyn "Sandy" Griffiths (wikification, MoS)
 * Rodger Gifford
 * Keith Burge (cleaned-up, wikification, MoS, expand)
 * Rob Styles (overhauled) (August 19 2007 NPOV also)
 * Phil Dowd (expanded Career)
 * Gordon Hill (referee) (cleaned-up, wikification, MoS, expand)
 * Terry Holbrook (wikification, MoS)
 * John Hunting (further wikification, MoS)
 * Ian McLeod (referee) (completely overhauled)
 * Peter Willis (expanded and referenced)
 * Eric Jennings (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Bob Davidson (referee) (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Reg Leafe (expanded and referenced, MoS)
 * Gordon Kew (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Clive Thomas (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Howard King (referee) (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Amy Rayner (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * Scott Asheton (wikification, MoS, expanded and referenced)
 * James Isbister (wikification, MoS, grammar and punctuation, formatted references)
 * Mark Clattenburg (overhauled, NPOVd recent added content, added infobox)
 * Martin Atkinson (overhauled, expanded and referenced, added infobox)
 * Linvoy Primus (overhauled, referenced, tagged for update)
 * Eddie Wolstenholme (major overhaul, wikification, expanded and referenced) At last!
 * Jacob L. Moreno (cleaned-up, sectioned, referenced)
 * David Martot (overhauled, amendments, sectioned, expanded and referenced)
 * Tim Don (tidied, referenced, sectioned)
 * Gerald Ashby (again)
 * Kilbirnie (cleaned-up)
 * Trowbridge (overhauled, amendments, updated, sections cleaned up, expanded and referenced)
 * Adrian Noble (overhauled, amendments, updated, sections cleaned up, expanded and referenced)
 * Arthur Simon (overhauled, amendments, sectioned, expanded and referenced)
 * Anthony Taylor (referee) (overhauled, amendments, sectioned, expanded and referenced)
 * John Haywood (re-written, amendments, sectioned, expanded and references formatted)
 * Mark Tonderai (new article sectioned, expanded, referenced, and categorised)
 * Football League Referees moved to Football League referees (incorrect capitalisation) (subsequently deleted)
 * Jean Langenus merged into John Langenus
 * George McCabe (overhauled, expanded and referenced, added infobox)
 * Rayuan Pulau Kelapa (referenced, external link to song performance)
 * Mohammad Fanaei (tidied, expanded and referenced)

I've started, so someone else can finish...
( stub-Class unless otherwise stated)


 * Stephen Lodge (referee)
 * Peter Jones (referee) ( start-Class November 4 2007)
 * Martin Bodenham
 * Lee Mason
 * Neale Barry
 * Chris Foy (referee)
 * Ernest Sackville Turner ( start-Class July 26 2007)
 * Category:Italian money managers
 * Category:Computational economics
 * Pat Partridge ( B-Class July 25 2007)
 * Peter O'Leary (referee)
 * Alan Hardaker ( C-Class July 28 2007)
 * Bridlington Central United, redirect to Bridlington Town A.F.C.
 * Bridlington Town FC, redirect to Bridlington Town A.F.C.
 * Lee Probert ( start-Class August 13 2007)
 * Llanbradach
 * Keith Stroud ( start-Class August 20 2007)
 * Ray Olivier ( start-Class September 16 2007)
 * Matt Messias ( B-Class October 19 2007)
 * The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
 * Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
 * Andrew Cruickshank
 * Challenge to Lassie
 * William Rawson ( start-Class November 25 2007)
 * Ken Dagnall
 * Gary Willard ( start-Class December 8 2007)
 * Eduardo Magnin ( start-Class January 8 2008)
 * Wendy Toms ( start-Class December 11 2007)
 * Alan Wilkie (referee) ( B-Class December 13 2007)
 * Joe Worrall ( start-Class December 14 2007)
 * Neil Midgley (referee)
 * Kynaston Reeves ( start-Class January 9 2008)
 * Aberdeen Radio
 * Moultrie Kelsall ( start-Class January 13 2008)
 * Menstrie Castle
 * The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957 film)
 * Jack Bloomfield ( start-Class January 19 2008)
 * Jameson Clark
 * Austin Chick
 * Oliver Golding ( start-Class February 6 2008)
 * Ricardo Valenzuela (referee)
 * Pieter Vink
 * Peter Stephens ( B-Class February 23 2008)
 * Charles Saunders (director) ( start-Class March 5 2008)
 * John Langenus ( start-Class March 19 2008) (after merge with Jean Langenus, March 18 2008)
 * Bill Simpson (actor) ( start-Class March 10 2008)
 * Mary Miller (actress) ( B-Class March 13 2008)
 * Haldane Duncan ( B-Class March 16 2008)
 * Richard Beeby ( start-Class March 19 2008)
 * Phil Joslin (referee) ( B-Class March 20 2008)
 * Anthony Bates ( start-Class March 22 2008)
 * Jarnail Singh ( B-Class March 24 2008)
 * Graham Laws ( start-Class April 3 2008)
 * Chris Swailes ( start-Class April 3 2008)

AfD, etc.
Key: (action; result)

The linkfarm called ‎List of Digital Asset Management systems (submitted to AfD; delete) - Eli Guttman (defend at AfD; keep) - What The Dilly (notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Scott Davies (goalkeeper) (defend at AfD; no consensus) - Marko Jesic (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Amigoster (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Wakoopa (removed from List of social networking websites, notability concern; speedied) - St Albans Romans Football Club (notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - List of international football stadiums (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Sasa Macura (vote speedy delete at AfD; speedied) - Andrew Imrie (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Muitab Bonga (vote delete at AfD; speedied) - Flork (removed from List of social networking websites, notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - 2008 UEFA qualifier fan attack (vote merge and redirect at AfD; keep) - Scottish Cup 2004-05 (defend at AfD; keep) - Dae Gak (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Tewkesbury Town F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete), Roswell Galaxy (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Yid Army (already covered at length in Tottenham Hotspur F.C. /speedytag; tag removed by User:Tangerines - tagged in error) - TravelersTable.com (notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Scott Davies (English footballer) aka Scott Davies (goalkeeper) (defend at AfD again; keep) - David Allison (referee) (defend at AfD; keep) - All Ballots (removed from List of social networking websites, notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Rocastle Manoeuvre (vote delete at AfD; keep) - Michael Oliver (referee) (notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Ged Dalton (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Sedlescombe F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Charlie Balfe (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Danny Phillips (vote delete at AfD; delete) - IHipo (removed from List of social networking websites, notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Seán O'Connor (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Football teams in Bristol (vote merge with Culture of Bristol; merge and redirect) - Steven Cann (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Patrick McLaughlin (footballer) (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Byline (soccer) (vote keep at AfD; redirect to Football pitch) - Copa América 2011 (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Ihavethatbook.com (removed as example from Social network service article, notability concern/speedytag; speedied) - Ryan Serrant (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Anthony Robinson (footballer) (notability concern/speedytag; declined) (subsequently deleted) - Bayern Munich 1 - 2 Norwich City (vote merge with History of Norwich City F.C. at AfD; keep) - Steve Sodje (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Stuart Gore (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Blackrod Town F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Eastbourne Dynamos F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - 2018 FIFA World Cup (vote keep at AfD; keep and rename to 2018 FIFA World Cup bid) - Keith sorensen (submitted to AfD; delete) - Rec Football (vote delete at AfD; speedied) - AEK Letchworth F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Chris Senior (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Daniel Welbeck (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Colorado Crimson (vote keep at AfD; keep) - Ben Leonard (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Ross Wilkinson + 4 others (vote delete all at AfD; delete all) - Silvano Raggio Garibaldi + 1 other (vote delete both at AfD; delete both) - Carl Macauley (vote delete at AfD; delete) - the linkfarm called Comparison of Social Networks (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Osahon Eboigbe (vote delete at AfD; relisted)(comment at AfD supporting delete vote; delete) - Scott Davies (Irish footballer) (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Reading Fans (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Brighton Rangers F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Greece EURO 2004 triumph (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Business network (prod as "unreferenced original research"; delete) - Paul Rodgers (footballer) (vote keep at AfD; keep) (subsequently deleted) - Savana Sathre (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Littleton F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Sysorb (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Bernabé Ballester (vote keep at AfD; keep) - South Yorkshire Amateur League (vote keep at AfD; keep) - Seth Ofori-Twumasi (subsequently deleted) + 22 (!) (vote not cast, too many nominations, commented as such; no consensus, too many nominations) - Luke Foulkes (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Anti-football (vote keep at AfD; no consensus) - the original research exercise called Huddersfield Town F.C. - Supporter culture (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Cedric Baseya (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Corrin Brooks-Meade (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Nathan Delfouneso (2nd nomination, re-created article) (vote delete at AfD; delete) - All-time Serie A table (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Matthew Saunders (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Faces FC (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Tamworth F.C. season 2007-08 (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Celtic F.C. Songs (vote delete at AfD; delete) - List of countries that have never qualified for a major football tournament (vote delete at AfD; delete) - OFF Rangers FC (submitted to AfD; speedied) - Andy Greenslade (submitted to AfD; speedied) - Dave Murphy +4 (vote delete all at AfD; all speedied) - Seth Ofori-Twumasi (2nd nomination) (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Karl Gannon (vote keep at AfD; keep) - Ben Watson (football player) (2nd nomination) (reserved opinion at AfD - many issues to be resolved; delete) - List of FA Cup giant-killings (subsequently deleted) (vote delete at AfD; no consensus) - Darren Behcet (vote keep at AfD; delete) - Matthew Tubbs (prod as incorrect former redirect to Salisbury City F.C.; prod declined - re-instate redirect) - Wolverton Town F.C. (contested prod - merge with Wolverton A.F.C. and redirect; merge and redirect) - Irish Free State national football team - Results +7 similar others (vote keep at AfD; keep) - Carol Paul (vote delete at AfD; delete and redirect to Ron Paul) - American Express F.C. (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Plymouth Voyager & Chrysler Voyager (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Category:People acquitted of sex crimes (submitted to CfD; no consensus) (subsequently deleted) - Brighton Electricity F.C. (submitted to AfD; delete, along with Hanover F.C., Master Tiles F.C. , Montpelier Villa F.C. , O & G United F.C. , Ovingdean F.C. , Portslade Athletic F.C. , and Real Brunswick F.C. , per precedent) - Football playing styles (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Todd Palin (vote merge with and redirect to Sarah Palin; merge and redirect) - Amerikafka (notability concern/speedytag; declined by admin) (subsequently deleted, see below) - Cureheads (subsequently deleted) (prod as non-notable; prod removed, intent to improve) - Amerikafka (notability concern/submitted to AfD; delete) - List of hooligan firms (vote keep at AfD; keep, despite severe disruption from nominator) - Empireconcierge.com (notability concern/advertisement/speedytag; speedied) - Image:SteveBennett_L.jpg (blatant copyright infringement/speedytag; speedied) - Pedro Alexandre Mendes Marques (vote delete at AfD; delete) - The holy goalie (vote merge, with Artur Boruc, then delete; speedy redirect) - All time Motagua's scorers (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Cureheads (vote delete at AfD; delete) - Social network aggregation (vote keep at AfD; keep) - Nashville Homeless Power Project (vote keep at AfD; no consensus, default keep, subsequently deleted).

I've joined...

 * WikiProject Sheffield United, as a neutral voice, by invitation
 * WikiProject Football, by volunteering
 * WikiProject Biography, by volunteering

Jobs to do

 * (Empty)

Wikipedians I disagree with

 * Defeatists - "Oh, there's no way this mess of an article can be sorted out and Wikified";
 * Deletists - "In fact the article is so much of a mess, I'll just send it to AfD, I give up";
 * Depletists - "The damn article survived AfD! Perhaps if I chip away at minor unsourced, or what I think are irrelevant, entries edit by edit, it will look bad enough to be sent there again".
 * They don't exist? I disagree with you.