User talk:Crowbartexas

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Crowbartexas! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Abce2 (talk) 01:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
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October 2017
Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Jimmy Greaves. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Egghead06 (talk) 09:30, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

The confusion and our mutual frustration arises from a problem with the chart itself. If you look just below this chart there is a footnote discussing two Charity Shield matches and one Charity Shield goal. On other pages, there is usually a dedicated pair of columns labelled as "Other" for such one-off or unusual games like the Charity Shield, UEFA super cup, or Club World Cup. Instead of doing this, someone just created a footnote for the 1962 - 63 season as well as the 1967 - 68 season. If you add the individual stats from those seasons you will see that the relevant totals are each off by one. For example, for the 1962-63 season appearances 41 + 1 + 6 = 48, but the total says 49 with a footnote stating there is one extra game, hence the total of 49 written in the chart. Since there is no dedicated column for these two appearances and one goal, the totals across the bottom do not reflect these numbers and using these numbers will result in 602 appearances. However, if you add the season row totals for appearances you will see that that 37 + 47 + 42 + 43 + 14 + 31 + 49 + 45 + 45 + 31 + 47 + 48 + 52 + 33 + 6 + 34 = 604. While double checking for this response, I realized that the grand total for goals of 422 is also incorrect. This is because the Spurs goals subtotal of 266 is incorrect because the 1962-63 goals states that 37 + 5 = 44 but should be 43 which includes the footnoted one extra goal. If the chart were to include the "other" column to include the two appearances and one goal, we could avoid any future confusion like you and I are experiencing. I would be happy to reformat this chart to reflect that as well as any other mathematical mistakes. Crowbartexas (talk) 01:44, 11 October 2017 (UTC)