User talk:AL2896

July 2013
Hello, I'm Trlovejoy. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Tiger Bowl, with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. TRL (talk) 03:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

The reason why I did that is because another user just cut and pasted the content from the Auburn–LSU football rivalry page to the Tiger Bowl redirect. That's why I deleted it The recent edit you made to Battle for the Golden Boot has been reverted, as it removed all content from the page without explanation. Please do not do this, as it is considered vandalism; instead, use the sandbox for testing. If you think the page should be deleted, see here for what to do. Thank you. TRL (talk) 03:48, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

It is not vandalism, it is correcting how rivalry games with official titles and trophies are correctly labeled. The official title of the Arkansas-LSU game is the Battle for the Golden Boot. The Golden Boot is the trophy. Before the Golden Boot trophy was created in 1996, it was called the Arkansas-LSU rivalry but both schools label the game as the battle for the Golden Boot. See other examples of similar rivalries such as LSU-Ole Miss or LSU-Tulane. Lets dive into LSU-Ole Miss. When the Magnolia trophy was created, the game was no longer known as the LSU-Ole Miss rivalry it officially became the Magnolia Bowl recognized by both schools. When a game is named all info reverts to the new name. I didn't revert back Auburn-LSU rivalry b/c although it is referred to by both fan bases as the Tiger Bowl; there is no trophy and both school officials don't recognize it as the Tiger Bowl. You can also reference rivalries for the Alabama Crimson Tide football and Nicholls State Colonels football for similar examples. If you look at LSU athletic pages you will see I am the #1 or close to #1 contributor and have created many pages for the school. I state this not to brag but to let you know my expertise on the subject. If you keep reverting changes to the LSU-Arkansas rivalry you are allowing inaccurate information to be posted on wikipedia. I need to correct the Arkansas-LSU rivalry and ask that you do not revert back to having inaccurate information displayed. Thanks for your understanding. User:spatms (talk) 01:36, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! User:spatms (talk) 013:01, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

January 2014 - College rivalry articles
Hi, re your moves of college (football) rivalry articles away from rivalry name to the fallback format, your previous round of edits was extensively discussed here. Talk:Arkansas%E2%80%93LSU_football_rivalry I'm not sure if you were ever made aware of that discussion.

If you are interested in pursuing another round of changes, I'd encourage the use of the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football community which has relevant experience and can assist policy-wise on the two formats. My view of the issue is seen in WP:COMMONNAME.

re your edits to the Rocky Mountain Showdown, I have reverted your changes back to the established article name. There are numerous media and participant references to this being the appropriate article name, including rockymountainshowdown.com, colostate.edu, cubuffs.com, denverpost.com, and stubhub.com.

Please feel free to discuss. UW Dawgs (talk) 23:56, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Iowa State–Kansas State football rivalry
Hello. Why did you remove the "Largest win, Longest win & Current win streak" from the Infobox? I don't see a reason for the removal. AND, there is a thing called a "Summary box" that we have told you about several times as I look on you talk page. It would be nice if you told people the reason behind the removal, or any edits for that matter. Thanks,  Corkythehornetfan  Talk 04:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll tell you why. They have no relevance to the rivalry at all. Can you honestly say that they absolutely need to be part of the article? Also about the edit summary thing, why are you so concerned about me not using it? May I remind you that using it is optional? Also, I have used the edit summary before, but you obviously haven't even bothered to look at all of my contributions. Granted, I don't always use it, but only when I think it is necessary, not you. What do you expect me to do, put aside time just trying to explain every single edit I make? If I did that, my output would slow to a crawl. I try to make edits that are easy to understand without having to set aside time trying to conjure up an excuse for every edit I make. If I did, I believe it would also make me look incompetent. God forbid I try to avoid that, apparently. Don't tell me how to edit and I won't tell you how to edit. Thank you. AL2896 (talk) 05:25, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

I forgot to add that the longest winning streak for each team (10 games) is already in the article. I just removed said info from the infobox. AL2896 (talk) 05:28, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Then why would the template have it in there? If the users who created the template didn't think it needed to be in there, then they wouldn't have put it in there. Also, on the summary box, just summarize it with 5 or less words... it's not that hard to do and doesn't slow you down. I'm not telling you how to edit, but it is frustrating when someone removes your edits and they don't explain why. That's why I'm complaining about the summary box.  Corkythehornetfan  Talk 05:47, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

I wouldn't know why it is in the template to begin with. Ask them, not me. The only thing I do know is that it contributes next-to-nothing to any article that its a part of. AL2896 (talk) 05:58, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Rivalry Articles
Hello, I would like to start a discussion regarding your edits to many of the rivalry articles that you have been editing for the past year. I have noticed that many of your edits involve in removing information from infoboxes that have been added by other users. I would like to point towards the Manual of Style/Infoboxes in that the purpose of infoboxes are to summarize key facts within the article for the reader benefit. What is considered important is determined though consensus. The fact that some of these fields exist in the template is likely because there is consensus between users that it is important for the readers to be able to access quickly. I have noticed that many of your edits end up with deleting these fields because it is your opinion that they "contribute next-to-nothing" in some of these articles. I'm not trying to tell you how to edit, only saying that additions to the article that does not compromise the accuracy of the article should be retained if it has any chance of making it easier for the reader.

It is important to remember that Wikipedia is all about collaboration between users. A user spent time creating that field for the template and that another user decided to utilize that field for the article. I would like to kindly ask that you reconsider mass deleting the field because as it may be beneficial to the reader. You may want to consider discussing the fields that you have concerns about on the WikiProjects page for the sport, such as WikiProject College football in regards to how these fields should be treated within an article.

On an unrelated note, I have also noticed that some of your edits have removed some of the links within the article that are also shown in the infobox. I would like to ask that you consider the Manual of Style/Linking in which repeated links in between the infobox and the article is considered acceptable if it ultimately helpful for the reader in quickly locating information.

Thank you for your time! Spitfire8520 (talk) 19:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

October 2014
Hello, I'm Vjmlhds. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Illibuck Trophy without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Vjmlhds 03:17, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

The reason why I removed the content is because you're trying to force a completely biased POV (the Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry wouldn't matter without the Illibuck). And just to drive my point home, the article doesn't exclusively focus on the trophy. AL2896 (talk) 03:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did at Illibuck Trophy, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Vjmlhds 03:59, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

I'm the one being disruptive? Please. Who's the one insisting on changing the name of this article by force? AL2896 (talk) 04:04, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, you are being disruptive by removing sourced material, violating WP:3RR, and seemingly edit warring. I see this isn't the first time someone has told you to stop removing the rivalry names from these type of articles. The nicknames for these trophy games are acceptable as per WP:Commonname. Vjmlhds (talk) 04:12, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

To quote you, "The nicknames for these trophy games are acceptable as per WP:Commonname." If so, then why have similarly-named articles been moved away from the trophy names? Don't even start with this Common name nonsense. I'll repeat this because you apparently choose to ignore my argument. The Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry page does not set up the Illibuck as the centerpiece of the rivalry. It mentions a peace pipe and the fact that the two teams are no longer in the same division. AL2896 (talk) 04:34, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I've declined the move, as we only delete reverts if it is uncontroversial- meaning that there is nobody else arguing against the page move. It'd be best to open up a move request on the article's talk page. Although I do want to say that User:Vjmlhds should have done this first before moving the page in the first place since obviously AL2896 objects to your page move. I'm also going to bring this move discussion up at WikiProject College football, so there are more people coming in to discuss what the page's name should be. Even if I moved it back to the original title, it appears that there would still be an argument over what to name it (and result in further edit warring) so I think that right now the best thing to do would be to have a formal discussion. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   04:58, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I've opened up a formal debate at Talk:Illibuck_Trophy and I've asked people at the college football WP to give their input. I think I'll also post at third opinion as well, just to ensure that we have a lot of eyes on this. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:14, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

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January 2016
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Use your edit summary
If you want to revert, please use your god damn edit summary. Otherwise, leave it the hell alone. No one has complained about it but you, and it is simply saving space in the templates for the upcoming years. They are becoming too large. I will revert your edit one last time. Please discuss before you continue to revert. Corkythe hornetfan  (ping me) 00:36, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

May 2017
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Nomination of Columbia–Harvard football rivalry for deletion - No citations
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Columbia–Harvard football rivalry is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Note, there are currently ZERO citations in this article which you created. UW Dawgs (talk) 23:56, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


 * There seem to be many more Ivy League football rivalry articles which are weakly sourced or unsourced. Are you interested in improving these? UW Dawgs (talk) 01:02, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

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