User talk:Alakazam/Archives/2007

2006 New England Patriots season
Hi, just to let you know, with the Amfootball template, you don't need to put in a final score that template does it automatically. Also to let you know, i'm going to be reverting your removal of the drive summaries. Just H 14:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...
for the cleanup and adding week 17 to the Dolphins season. CodeCarpenter 21:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Arena Football League
Hi. I was wondering whether you would be intrested in the idea. It could use your support. Please go to the link and sign.-- ROASTY TOAST  23:40, 7 February 2007 (UTC)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Arena_Football_League
 * With your support we are now a up an running Wikiproject. If you are still interested, go to the project page and sign your name.-- ROASTY TOAST  03:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Colors for NFL player Infoboxes
Hey Alakazam, I just want to let you know that the color in the NFL player infoboxes should only be used for active players. Thanks --Phbasketball6 00:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

External link additions
Hi, I see you are adding a lot of external links to football pages. May I ask you to read WP:EL and WP:NOT, mass addition of external links is considered spamming. I will revert the edits. Thank you. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Just wondering about the external links as well. —— Eagle 101  Need help? 04:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Bloomington Extreme
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Lawrence Taylor
I reverted your edit see here. Quadzilla99 21:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding various standings for indoor-arena teams.
Why must you undo my work so often? Example, if I put down that a team is currently tied for 2nd place, you change it to sole possesion of 3rd place. Once I listed a team as tied for 6yh place, and you made it sole possesion of eighth place. It is very early in the season, so there are still ties for divisional positions, and I really wish you would leave these alone. Tom Danson 06:19, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Miami Dolphins player infobox colors
Many people find the aqua on orange difficult to read, the contrast doesn't really work. Please leave it aqua and white so all people can read it clearly.Chris Nelson 20:08, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I didn't notice the colors, otherwise I would have changed it. Actually, retired players aren't supposed to have team colors anyway.Chris Nelson 20:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your edits to 2007 Continental Indoor Football League season
I updated the Chicago Slaughter and Miami Valley Silverbacks records for last night. The Slaughter are 6-2, the Silverbacks are 3-6. I believe this is an honest mistake, but please try to be more careful next time, OK? Tom Danson 14:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

af2
The divisions in the af2 no longer have "ern" at the end of them (i.e. western>>west, eastern>>east). I noticed that you had reverted my edits to Spokane Shock to add back the "ern" at the end. It's been fixed now (by someone else), but I just wanted to let you know. If you check the af2's standings page, you can see that divisions are now without the "ern". Jdubman 19:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Trent Green
Trent Green has not started a game for the Dolphins, so please don't add him to the template. He's not even running the first team in training camp yet, Cleo Lemon is, and there's always a chance Green could get knocked out for the year due to injury. This is what WP:CRYSTAL is about.► Chris Nelson  15:28, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

List of World Indoor Football League seasons
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Pipe trick
Hey I noticed you just fixed a disambig problem with the NFL Comeback POY and Steve smith. Have you ever seen anyone use the pipe trick? Typing Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers), will produce Steve Smith. Basically it removes any parenthetical expression in the article name. Just thought I'd let you know - it's a great time saver. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 05:06, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Weather info
Where do you find your information for weather conditions in individual football team season articles?  T Rex  | talk  02:17, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but for some reason my Adobe reader isn't working.  T Rex  | talk  20:45, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Dolphins summaries
Hey, would you mind if I ask you to do a couple things when you write those? Can you write out 'touchdown' rather than put TD, and can you avoid using nicknames like "Fins?"► Chris Nelson Holla! 23:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Steelers summaries
Thanks for posting the game summaries of Steelers games! I really appreciate them as a Steelers fan. White 720 00:15, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding the game summaries for the Cowboys games. As Chris said above, avoid using nicknames ('Boys) and also the word, fortunately. Thanks! MahangaTalk 06:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Still trying to get their first win...
I just wanted to point out to you the repetitiveness at the beginnings of your weekly summaries at 2007 Miami Dolphins season. While I appreciate your contributions and it is true that they've been looking for their first win each week, You are starting each section with almost the exact same phrase, and this is a little too repetitive. If you would, try to go back and maybe mix things up a little so it stays fresh. I plan on going over the whole article more thoroughly once the season is over, but if you want to take a look at it now that'd be good. Thanks.► Chris Nelson Holla! 08:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Linescore template
I just wanted to point out that when you add Template:Linescore Amfootball to the season pages, you don't need the total fields, they're calcuated automatically. You don't need to reinsert those fields after they've been deleted. --Highway99 (talk) 03:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Game Summaries for all 2007 NFL games
Hi there, Alakazam. I noticed that you are quite quick about adding a game summary for every game played each weekend. I think your summaries are baseically good, but you need to listen to the advice given to you by several editors on your talkpage here (since 2006!) and you need to understand what neutral means. You need to avoid using "tone" words. This is an encyclopedia, it is not your personal blog of events. It is absolutely possible to write a game summary without using nicknames (Vikes, 'Boys, 'Fins, etc are unnecessary and they are meaningless to most non-u.s. readers). Thanks, Keeper   |   76  16:20, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't use Unfortunately and fortunately. Those are always opinions.  Makes it look like a fan wrote it, not an encylopedic editor.
 * Don't use Drew first blood. Nobody is bleeding.
 * Don't use dominated, highlighted, or anything else that ESPN color commentators might say to describe a win or loss. Again, when a team wins 45-3, everyone in Wikipedia can decide for themselves if that is domination.  What if the team that scores 45 points usually scores 90?  Then, "they were held in check", not dominating.  By saying dominated, you are adding your own opinion, the WP guideline for that is called Avoid Peacock terms.