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Protect Tyler Herro?
Lots of IP vandalism lately. Rikster2 (talk) 21:43, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Done, 1wk.—Bagumba (talk) 23:08, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

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Terry Maston
Hey would you mind restoring Terry Maston to draftspace? I still think a verifiable article can be written about him. I wasn't as active in the AfD as I should have been. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 16:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest asking the closer of thr AfD,, the closer of the deletion review, , or post to WP:REFUND. I only did a procedural delete after the DR had endorsed the AfD delete close; it had been temporarily restored for the DR. Do do you have new sources beyond those listed at Deletion review/Log/2019 November 16? As I !voted to delete, it's best if you seek someone independent. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 02:11, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * It's already been discussed to death so would be interested in seeing this new source material first. My take is that WP:REFUND would not be appropriate given the deletion review discussion. (not watching, please )  czar  23:21, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Well for one, he earned all-league honors. There is also USBasket news, a Tulsa World article, a SB Nation article, another SB Nation article, among others. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 16:54, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * NBL Canada is not an independent source as a league he played in. The USBasket source is a non-independent press release (e.g. The Skyline play at the 7500 seat Loos Fieldhouse in the North Dallas suburb of Dallas and seasons tickets are now available www.dallasskylinebc.com/tickets), the Tulsa World piece is light-hearted coverage with little encyclopedic content (e.g. Prior to the matchup, Owens reminisced about Maston’s shenanigans.), SB Nation is predominantly a fan blog site, and generally not reliable. WP:BLOGS allows exceptions for subject matter experts, but those two authors are not it based on their sparse posting history.—Bagumba (talk) 17:21, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

IP editor persistently adding incorrect info
There is this IP editor who has been adding incorrect statistical information on the 2019–20 Toronto Maple Leafs season article. The IP started editing on Dec. 3 and has edited the article 3 times. All 3 of their edits have been inaccurate, and has led me to having to correct all of their edits. I left a message on their talk page, but I highly doubt they will take it into account. You can see the contributions that they have made by visiting the link that I have provided you in the opening sentence (there are only 3 edits, so there is not much digging that you'll have to do). These are my edits where I had to correct the IP, ,. I'm usually lenient if someone messes up once or twice, but this is a third time now in just one week, so I'm a little concerned. Yowashi (talk) 04:22, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
 * You did the right thing by issuing an initial warning. If this persists, it helps to establish the case at WP:ANI that WP:AGF has been exhausted and the user should know better.  At this point, there has not been any new activity to date by this IP. Also be aware that this is a dynamic IP, so the same user, if they continue editing, is likely to move to a different IP over time. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 01:06, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Tom Brady
OK, I just had an insight on this topic. On Michael Jordan's page, it calls him the greatest basketball player of all time, but on LeBron James's page, it calls him the greatest basketball player of all time. Maybe we could do something similar with Brady and Montana? P.S I still cringe when I see the beginning of Brady's page, not because I have anything against him, but because it feels like what we're really saying is: "Shut up, Tom Brady's the GOAT, the debate is over and there's nothing you can do about it, GOODBYE!" It just doesn't feel right. Mk8mlyb (talk) 00:32, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't follow your example of Jordan vs. James and its relation to Brady. Perhaps reword it?—Bagumba (talk) 03:17, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, look at Jordan's page and it says he's the GOAT. Look at James's page and it says he's the GOAT. So in essence, two players are being called the GOAT on their page. What I'm saying is, could we do that with Brady and Montana? Mk8mlyb (talk) 19:32, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * To be specific, James's article says "Often compared to Michael Jordan for the title of the greatest ..." in the lead and "James is widely considered to be one of the greatest ..." in the body. It doesnt say that he is widely or generally consider the greatest.—Bagumba (talk) 01:08, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, so why can't we do some comparison between Brady and Montana? If there's multiple candidates for the title of GOAT and people have different opinions and the debate is still alive, then what's the problem? Mk8mlyb (talk) 18:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * We apply WP:DUE weight to what sources say. So make your case at the respective talk page(s), and see where consensus lies.  Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 01:09, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I know, but Montana being the GOAT has just as much weight as Brady being the GOAT. You don't think the debate is over, do you? Because that's what I'm really frustrated about. This isn't some "flat Earth" or conspiracy theory thing, it's a legitimate and intense debate. You'll still find just as many people defending Montana as people defending Brady. Heck, there's still no shortage of people who think Dan Marino, Johnny Unitas, Peyton Manning, Otto Graham, John Elway, and/or Brett Favre is the greatest QB of all time. Mk8mlyb (talk) 18:31, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

SPI case you may be interested in
Hi, Bagumba. A couple of years ago, you blocked IPs at this SPI after I uncovered related evidence that they were socks of SNIyer12. Well, I believe that I may have found a new account of theirs and have posted evidence at Sockpuppet investigations/SNIyer12. If nobody else gets to it first, would you mind giving me a sanity check and seeing whether I was on the right track? Giants2008 ( Talk ) 01:52, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Good work. For future reference, mentioning results from interaction overlap tool might expedite things also. That's a unique set of interests that's not a coincidence. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 05:16, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll keep that in mind. The John F. Kennedy stuff alone is a glaring red flag that I didn't know about before. Anyway, thanks for the block. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 16:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Possible vandalism by User talk:67.71.159.98
I noticed this IP user [67.71.159.98] continues to vandalize multiple pages despite being warned many times. We may need to have this person being blocked. If you can please look into this, we would greatly appreciate. NicholasHui (talk) 06:55, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I only quickly looked, but it's not blantant vandalism, and perhaps just not complying with our MOS. They are edit warring, so I left them a warning on that and MOS. Let me know if it persists, or take it to the appropriate notceboard. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 07:09, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I did not check enough evidence about what happened but thanks for the clarification. NicholasHui (talk) 07:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Another thing to note, WP:BLANKING generally allows users to blank their talk page. Restoring it for them can only aggravate an already frustrated user. On a positive note, it means we can presume they saw it, whereas some users might honestly not have checked their talk page, and new editors might not even be aware messages are waiting for them. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 07:19, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * At any rate, someone else has blocked them. Thanks for being vigilant.—Bagumba (talk) 07:21, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to let you know, the IP is a sock of and looks to be a LTA . Their edits generally revert pages to old versions, sometimes a version going back years, which can be a hard to spot type of vandalism. Since they seem to be checking their talk page on their other IP pretty regularly, I think there is a good likelihood they will be back after the 31 hour block on the new IP expires. – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 18:49, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the background. I went and extended the block on 67.71.159.98 to a month.—Bagumba (talk) 06:05, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you! – wallyfromdilbert (talk) 13:50, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Paul Mickelson
Your edit is fine, but I thought you might like to know that "at" is very common phrasing when talking about playing theater organs, at least phrasing from the 1920s to 1960s. I think it was meant to convey the size and power of the instrument. Thanks for all your work! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:21, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. I'm not a music person, so I'll leave it to you and others if a certain level of "technical speak" is suitable.  I was blindly going off the source, which also was consistent with basic English. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 14:41, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, and basic English is likely preferable. I suppose one never realizes they are using "in-the-know" language until someone doesn't understand you.  Many recordings from the era will also say "at the piano".  It makes more sense for a theater organ, which indeed was tied to a particular place, being the most non-transportable of instruments, and in most cases each organ had their unique sound based on the pipes, placement thereof, and the acoustics of the location.  Maybe "at the piano" also conveyed a lack of portability, because you don't generally see "at the violin, clarinet, trombone, etc.," although you will see "at the drums."  I dunno, now we're getting into true linguistics, an area where I am most certainly not an expert.  Be well!   78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 14:50, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Protect Cassius Winston?
Lots of IP vandalism in the wake of their rivalry game with Michigan this past weekend. Thanks Rikster2 (talk) 12:02, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Done—Bagumba (talk) 12:08, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Dubious IP changes
Hey. There appears to be dubious height/weight and roster changes being done by IP "2601:18C:CE80:F8E0..." . Perhaps a range block? DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:31, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It's the same IPv6 as in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Basketball_Association. At least when I looked the other day, it wasn't vandalism. Chime in there.—Bagumba (talk) 12:35, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Plane shootdown
No doubt you believed your reasons were valid, but IMO your handling of the discussion about the Iran plane shoot-down blurb on Jan. 11 at ITN/C served to muddle the discussion and to obfuscate the news. Just an opinion, of course. Not trying to start an argument. – Sca (talk) 13:17, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing up your concern. Is there a specific post(s) you are referring to (diff or timestamp is fine)?—Bagumba (talk) 13:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * PS: Today, I'm angry about repeatedly being being told by you that "this page is only for errors." If that's the case, then why is this discussion still permitted at ERRORS? – My current post is a direct continuation of that discussion. (There's a long history on this question going back years.) Please revert your revert. If you decline, I'll tend to suspect a personal motive on your part. Thank you. – Sca (talk) 13:34, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * There was a suggestion at Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news to leave a redirect to ITNC when a post is a non-error. We didn't need two redirects to the same ITNC discussion. Moreover, the top of ERRORS says: "Done? Once an error has been fixed, rotated off the Main Page or acknowledged not to be an error, the error report will be removed from this page. If there is something with those rules that you are unhappy with, please suggest changes at Wikipedia talk:Main Page/Errors. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 14:15, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Sca (talk) 15:00, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, discussions about improving or updating ITN blurbs have gone on at ERRORS for a long time, despite occasional police actions of the "not an error" sort. In my view, once a blurb has passed ITN/C, it's perfectly logical to post these discussions on the page readers/users reach by clicking on the Main Page 'talk' tab. Also, the discussions get greater exposure at ERRORS because ITN/C tends to be somewhat specialized, and it seems many neophyte or casual users don't know about it. This is all about serving the reader with the best possible, collaboratively produced ITN summary (probably the most-read feature on the Main Page). – Sca (talk) 14:44, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Chris Boucher (basketball)
Boucher has been getting some IP vandalism lately. Perhaps a semiprotect is in order? ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 02:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * For now, it's premature with just two bad edits. Let me or WP:RPP know if it changes. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 05:13, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Now protected.—Bagumba (talk) 14:32, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Protection?
The principals in the Kent Bazemore trade - Trevor Ariza, Caleb Swanigan, Wenyen Gabriel, Anthony Tolliver? Rikster2 (talk) 02:04, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Done—Bagumba (talk) 02:53, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry
The Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry continues to be the subject of repeated vandalism by unregistered IP users. This has been going on for years. I spent a good chunk of two days trying to beef it up, add sourcing, and eliminate some of the nonsense. A new IP user came along today and reverted all of this work. Is there a way to semi-protect the article on a permanent or semi-permanent basis to prevent this continuing abuse by IP users? Thanks for any suggestions you may have. Cbl62 (talk) 18:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Examples of previously unused IPs showing up to revert the work: here and here. Here is another one of the IPs creating problems. That's three separate IPs re-inserting bad content just in the past two days. Cbl62 (talk) 18:26, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Those recent ones likely the same editor as they go back to the same version. Probably not persistent enough to semi yet, as there was other IP edits in late Dec that nobody seemed to object too much. A few more unexplained reverts in a day or two would do it (but hopefully don't get there).—Bagumba (talk) 18:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The biased edits by IP editors have actually been going on for the past year, but we'll see what happens in the next couple days. Cbl62 (talk) 19:52, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * The IP editors are back, today reverting days of work to the old, crappy version. This article has such a history of disruption from IPs, a semi-protect status would be appreciated.  It's terribly frustrating when you spend days improving an article and IPs keep reverting everything back. Cbl62 (talk) 23:25, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Here is the latest edit reverting days of work on the rivalry article (including eliminating extensive sourcing that I had added). Cbl62 (talk) 23:36, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * For the most recent changes, perhaps you can attempt a discussion with . Or discuss at article talk page and get consensus from other for your changes. I'm erring on the side of this being a content dispute. If it's a specific user, we can pursue this an edit warring instead of protecting from all non-autoconfirmed users. Let me know if I'm missing something.—Bagumba (talk) 06:26, 17 January 2020 (UTC)


 * The reverting continues, involves multiple IPs, and shows no signs of stopping. In each case, the IPs are simply reverting to a version that existed in December, deleting on a wholesale and indiscriminate basis myriad improvements (including addition of much-needed citations, addition of new sourced content, and general copy editing) that required days of work. I left a detailed message with the primary IP at User talk:136.181.195.23, but then a new IP showed up (here) to make the same reverts with no explanation. It is likely that the new IP is a sock of the prior one. Is there still no basis in your view for imposing semiprotection to prevent further disruption by the IPs? Cbl62 (talk) 04:16, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I've semi-protected for a month. I still assume it's a content dispute, and would have said to start a discussion on the article talk page, but at least one other editor reverted to your preferred version, while multiple Michigan IPs keep reverting to an old version with little explanation. Still, it couldn't hurt to get project feedback on your changes, if you are inclined. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 09:08, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

NBA MVP page
Why delete 2nd and 3rd placings? It's hardly trivial e.g. Larry Bird came second 4 times. The page is about the award, not just a list of winners. Happy to discuss. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Busterjp (talk • contribs) 01:06, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for discussing this. My feeling is that runner-ups, and to a lesser extent third-place finishes, are more relevant for a given season, but I rarely see it mentioned on a cumulative basis for an NBA player's career (it's more common in baseball) On a secondary note, it clutters the table, which already has quite a few columns, on mobile view. On another minor note, the sourcing—correct me if I'm wrong—is not available on a single source. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 07:11, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. When talking about the greats, top 3 MVP finishes is something referred to by many digital commentators in analysing careers and ranking players. This info comes from Basketball Reference which has voting for every season. I think there is sufficient space, and having more rich content facts is always better than less on Wikipedia. I'm happy to let readers ignore it if they wish. Cheers. Busterjp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Busterjp (talk • contribs) 08:43, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

IP needs a timeout
[This guy] could use a timeout. All height vandalism so far Rikster2 (talk) 05:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * This is the same IPv6 as at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Basketball_Association. It's too premature to call him a vandal, but they do need to comply with consensus. Hopefully the talk messages to them help, but their IP address keeps changing too (the nature of IPv6, not the editors fault).—Bagumba (talk) 05:28, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It may be too early on the roster positions, but not on current heights in my opinion, that’s straightforward. But maybe the warning stopped him Rikster2 (talk) 06:05, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * And now he’s reverting my height changes (Yante Maten). See what I am saying? Rikster2 (talk) 06:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, after this last warning you left and my message there too, it's sufficient notice to proceed further if this continues.—Bagumba (talk) 06:33, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked 31hrs.—Bagumba (talk) 07:18, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

The pest is back. Please range block long term. Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 10:24, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Done, 1 mo.—Bagumba (talk) 11:40, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Are you able to check if 2601:18C:CE80:F8E0... is possibly the same person as 112.200...? There is a new pest going around changing heights . Thanks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 03:56, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * FWIW, the 2601 was a US provider, while the 112 is Philippines. Otherwise, you can't run checkuser on IPs. It probably doesn't matter much in this case if they are the same person, though I doubt it. This height changing is not a novel idea.  On the other hand, this Philippine IP range might need a block if it persists.—Bagumba (talk) 04:23, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Can the 112 Philippines IP please be blocked? There have been many iterations now making height changes ever few days, the latest being . DaHuzyBru (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Another admin took care of it—Bagumba (talk) 14:46, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Protect Marial Shayok?
IP user continues to vandalize and has been warned several times. Rikster2 (talk) 01:43, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked 31h hours, since it's just one user.—Bagumba (talk) 02:22, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Linking president articles and caps
Hi, regarding the format of the Moi hook, I lifted it directly from the equivalent one for George Bush Sr. other than the fact that Moi has no dedicated Death of... article. It doesn't bother me that much which way we style these things, but we should really be consistent about it. Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:38, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I was modeling after a recent one like with Musharraf, where neither the office nor country was linked. I dont have a problem with striving for consistency.  An idea I havent followed through on would be to start a style guide of sorts for ITNR items.  It does seem we reinvent the wheel and revisit MOS gotchas on WP:ERRRORS often. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 16:40, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, thanks for the reply. And that sounds like a good plan. I know we can end up with too many rules sometimes, but it does help to reduce pointless disputes over minor issues! Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 16:43, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Tom Brady page
Hey, I've got an idea. How about we do an article on the Montana vs Brady debate? It would make things a little easier. Mk8mlyb (talk) 16:20, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems along the lines of Articles for deletion/List of ice hockey players considered the greatest of all time and Articles for deletion/List of association football players considered the greatest of all time, which both resulted in deletions.—Bagumba (talk) 18:05, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Why'd they get deleted? And even if they did, and for good reasons, wouldn't it still be a good idea? Mk8mlyb (talk) 23:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * You can read them and draw your own conclusions.—Bagumba (talk) 01:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
 * How do I access them? Mk8mlyb (talk) 22:14, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Protect Andre Drummond?
And also Brandon Knight and John Henson? Rikster2 (talk) 01:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks done now.—Bagumba (talk) 04:51, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Protect Marvin Williams?
There has already been a lot of IP action on this and it will take until at least Monday for him to be waived, clear waivers, and sign elsewhere (likely the Bucks). Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 19:35, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Done—Bagumba (talk) 10:03, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Jarmusic2
You were really charitable in only giving that user a level 1 warning for their forum post. I know you're more focused on basketball these days, but we've had long drawn out issues with this user on the baseball side. They could not tolerate the waiting for the Gerrit Cole and Mookie Betts transactions, and got quite difficult during that point, even creating Gerrit Alan Cole and Markus Lynn Betts to try to get around us. Just an FYI, since they seem to have taken interest in Kobe too. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:20, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I've indef'd the account for persistent BLP violations and incompetence.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  15:44, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks! I was one more edit from doing the same on the same basis. Real bad case of CIR and IDIDNTHEARTHAT. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:19, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I wasnt aware of the baseball background and missed the cues that there was something bigger brewing.—Bagumba (talk) 16:32, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

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Montana vs Brady debate
I remember you telling me that people considered Montana the greatest QB of all time before Brady entered the conversation. Well, ya got any sources for that? Mk8mlyb (talk) 18:39, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
 * A year ago on your talk page at User_talk:Mk8mlyb.—Bagumba (talk) 04:57, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Do you have any reason for why people are so amped up about the Brady debate? I'm just asking, so don't grab your pitchfork and start swinging. I mean, think about it, we had so many opportunities for issues like this to come up with Joe Montana's article ever since the wiki started, but for some reason, it's now that the debate explodes. It's now that we're constantly arguing about this. Why? Why did it matter to the people who wanted the sentence changed in the first place when the original version was fine? And on another note, didn't you say your reasoning was that the sources consistently proclaimed Brady as the best, and did you try to find any that said it was Montana? I'd like to know. Mk8mlyb (talk) 22:05, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to present your sources and establish consensus at the respective articles. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 03:32, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, but did you find any sources for Montana? Or did everything you find say Brady on it? I'm sorry if I sound like I'm making a mountain of a molehill, I really am, but I just can't back down when I see a situation going downhill. Mk8mlyb (talk) 15:24, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Tom Brady page
OK, I think I've got a great idea on how to solve the issue with Tom Brady's page. Can you take a look at Jerry Rice's page and see if you like it? Mk8mlyb (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2020 (UTC)