User talk:Alakazam/Archives/2006

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Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

NFL Capitol Division
I noticed that you are making edits on some of the NFL articles about the "Capital" division. Well I checked http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1961-1970, http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1967, http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1968, and http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1969. They spell it "Capitol" with an "O" not an "A". Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:41, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Did you even read what I wrote above???? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:10, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I will say it again: The league spells it "Capitol" with an "O" not an "A". Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:13, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you even reading this??? Apparently you are not. Have you even looked at the following web sites:


 * http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1961-1970
 * http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1967
 * http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1968
 * http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1969


 * They all spell it as CAPITOL as in the building, not CAPITAL as in the principal city or town associated with its government. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Ok, I am sorry I got a little upset at you. I guess it is not your fault after all, but it looks like your source, JT-SW.com, is the one that is wrong on this issue. If the NFL and all of its official publications spell it with an "O", then Wikipedia should do it too, right? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:05, 28 November 2005 (UTC)


 * No problem. Oh, and thanks for helping to update all 32 of those season-by-season tables... I couldn't do it all alone. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism List of Super Bowl champions and the packers
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Paul (talk+) 16:42, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * No problem. Everyone has to learn sometime.  :)  Also, please sign your comments on user talk pages with &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (See the above welcome message).  Thanks.  Paul (talk+) 17:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Radio Additions!
Guess What? I found out the Radio Stations and Announcers for each team on the NFL Section of sportsencyclopedia.com! Hope U like it! WOW

Sports E-Cyclopedia's OK!
Dear Wikipedians, I got my recent message and I'm replying to all of you. I very sure that Sport E-Cyclopedia is very informative on every sports team in Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and even Major League Soccer. It shows main/alternate logos, team history, team colors, best/worst team record, etc. Plus, on the main page, they show what recently happened in the world of sports and they also have a three stars section, where they highlight three players (no matter what league) that stood out last night. In the end, I hope you guys give this site a chance. -- Alakazam


 * I know you've been around for a while and haven't mass-added links before and the site has a decent Alexa rating, so not accusing you of spamming. But, the behavior is typical of those adding linkspam.  I think the link needs consensus from more editors, before it's mass added to so many articles.  Maybe Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball or WikiProject National Basketball Association are good places for suggesting and discussing it (they might very well agree with you, and then it's fine with me to add). Thanks. -Kmf164 ( talk | contribs ) 20:08, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I just added a note at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Basketball_Association and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Baseball to get opinions and consensus from other editors. -Kmf164 ( talk | contribs ) 20:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Patriots article
Hey, I was wondering if you are interested in taking a look at the article. I plan on starting a FA nomination sometime within the next week. Deckiller 23:20, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Alakazam here! Thanks. I'll look into it. P.S. It's spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S. It's only one "R."
 * Yeah, it was a typo =P I haven't worked on cleaning up the history subarticle yet; I just moved it. Deckiller 23:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Anyway, thanks 4 telling me about the New England Patriots article. I'm currently enjoying it, along with the recently made "History of the New England Patriots" article.

Back to the Future taglines
Hi, Alakazam. I noticed you put all of the taglines for all three Back to the Future movies. I don't think that's a very good place for them, if they need to be included at all. Especially on the first Back to the Future movie, a paragraph of taglines at the end of the intro really breaks up the article. Perhaps the main tagline for each movie could be added to the infobox and we could scrap the rest entirely. —Cleared as filed. 03:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, noticing that you did it to a bunch of other movie articles as well, I think the same applies. It really makes the articles look cluttered.  Just my opinion. —Cleared as filed. 03:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

OK! I dig U on what U sayin'!

The Patriots are under attack!
I just went to the New England Patriots main article and some anti-Patriot goon messed up the picture of their team helmet by saying the "New England Patsies." The bum even called their mascot "Pat Patsie." The nerve of some people.

Barnstar


Thanks a lot! I would like to thank my parents, my family, my friends, and anyone else that wants to make sure that I'm a loving person. As Sally Field said (kind of), "You like me. You really like me."

Your recent edits to all of the NFL team articles
I have noticed that you capitalized all of the "Season-by-Season Records" headers. But it also seems that you are unaware of the policy written on Manual of Style (headings):


 * Capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns in headings, but leave the rest lower case. Thus "Rules and regulations", not "Rules and Regulations".

Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

-OK! I dig!


 * Thank you for correcting all of them. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

-No Prob!

Montreal Expos

 * Hi. I noticed you edited this article to change the first reference to the team to "Montréal Expos".  You probably did not notice it, but there has been extensive discussion of this issue on the article talk page, and the consensus is to not use the accent.  Skeezix1000 01:31, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

-OOOOHHHH!!!! My bad!

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Taglines
Hi. Please don't add lists of taglines to film articles- It makes the intros look very cluttered. Also WP:NOT specifically cautions against "lists of quotations", which I think covers the taglines. The IMDb has taglines, we don't really need them here, again per WP:NOT, under "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information". I've removed the taglines, please don't add them again. Thanks.--Sean Black (talk) 01:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyrights
Please stop adding copyrighted content to Wikipedia. We do not have permission to re-publish copyrighted content, even lists such as VH1's I Love Toys list. Rhobite 05:18, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

indoor football
Again, great work on keeping all of these articles up-to-date.  young  american (talk) 15:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

The Alaska Wild have a logo on their arenafan site (see external links
Could you please put it in? Thanks! M. Burmy 13:45 CDT 1 July 2006 (UTC)

NFL results tables
can you please not replace the defunct NFL team record tables with the modern table for current teams. Most of the defunct teams did not play in an era where they had any playoffs so to put in a table with playoff results is pointless. ie Oorang Indians. In the case of the Baltimore Colts (1947-50) you replace the table with the "playoff results" but did not put back into the article the head coach information. Please make sure any info that is in a table that you take out is re incorptated back into the article thanksSmith03 05:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Neutral POV
Regarding your edits to various 2006 football team season articles: Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. As a member of the Wikipedia community, I would like to remind you of Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view policy for editors. In the meantime, please be bold and continue contributing to Wikipedia. Thank you! ZimZalaBim (talk) 19:37, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes please edit these individual seasons with a neutral point of view. Also right in an encyclopedic tone not one similar to a sports magazine. T REX speak 00:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Basketball in Canada
I write some articles about Basketball. I can't find any information about basketball in canada, but I can't find any information about a basketball-league in canada. Have they no basketball-leagues?? What teams are playing in U.S. -BB-Leagues?? 87.123.192.233 18:09, 18 October 2006 (UTC) user:martinvoll @wikipedia.de

NPOV,encyclopedic
Please use an encyclopedic tone and write in NPOV. This edit shows me that you didn't read what I said above and that you need to look over WP:NPOV. T REX speak 21:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

-What's wrong with it? It explains all of the scoring highlights of the game. What could be so wrong about it?


 * It is not factually wrong, but the tone of the writing is not encyclopedic and it uses weasel words and peacock terms. This is an encyclopedia so please try to write in a less sports journalistic tone and more an encyclopedic tone. T REX speak 22:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

PS Look at this page to see what words should be avoided. T REX speak 22:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I usually think to myself; how would the opposite side write this? You wrote:

"Unfortunately, that would be the only highlight for the Jaguars, as in the fourth quarter, Houston managed to put the game away"


 * There's some POV to that statement. Keep a neutral attitude toward both teams and you should be fine. -- aviper2k7  03:52, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

-OK, I'll try to find someway past "Unfortunately" and "Put The Team Away" as best as I can.


 * Highlight is also POV so just use score in its place, they mean the same thing here. T REX speak 09:36, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Rocky
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocky_Marciano&diff=84761896&oldid=84760741 This was most correct version, this idiot today reverted everything under umbrella of POV, which is not, go there and see what can be done to be reverted to this version. Everything has been deleted, the bio looks pathetic now, also, do you know any good sports administrators, so we can return to correct version? Today Nov 1st the page has been terribly vandalized. They do not know any history. This guy is still reverting you got to do something.

2006 Indianapolis Colts season
Thank you for your game summary of the New England game. While I'm a Colts fan (have been since the Jeff George days), I nonetheless believe that your summary was written in a tone inappropriate for an encyclopedia. For example, phrases such as "Fortunately, rookie RB Joseph Addai would answer right back with a 2-yard TD run." and "On defense, they did an incredible job" are clearly violations of Wikipedia's NPOV policy.

Also, and don't take this personally, but your writing style is rather choppy and immature. Perhaps you could take a look at some of the articles listed at Featured Articles for some examples of the writing style we generally use at Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or would like help getting situated here, let me know! Kurt Weber 16:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

2006 Kansas City Chiefs season
Thank you for your game summary, but please do not delete the references from the Week 12 Denver Broncos game. Also please refrain from using so many capitalizations i.e. "The Offense Returns In October." is actually written as "The offense returns in October." "Returns" is not a noun, therefore it should never be capitalized. Conman33 19:54, 24 November 2006 (UTC)