User talk:Cs-wolves/Archive 11

Is there
a tactful way to tell the total newcomer that what he's written on 2011 BMC Racing Team season is, well....unreadable gibberish? I really hate to just steamroll over people, but that's what I'm probably going to end up doing. Been a teensy bit busy IRL the last day or two, but I'm gonna work on the Giro page and of course team recaps for the race over the next several days. Green-eyed girl ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 14:29, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Um...that was pretty perfect, actually. I might copyedit it a little (I really hate the "saw" construction) and add some cites, but that's almost exactly what I might have turned out as a section. Green-eyed girl ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 15:46, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Re:No obvious choice for AotM in my head...
I noticed that the cross-over day for this and the last issue is May 2, and that's when Brabham was TFA, so I chose that - a bit of a cheat, but there aren't really any alternatives.

The newsletter is now ready to be delivery, but the operator of MessageDeliveryBot's Toolserver account has expired and so the bot is down at the moment. I am going to see if there are any alternatives out there before I start delivering the issue manually!-- Midgrid  (talk)  14:40, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

F1 Newsletter
Hello, how did you get ChzzBot to distribute the F1 newsletter? I looked on the bots userpage, but didn't find any instructions. -- Nascar 1996  (talk • contribs) 16:58, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your advice. I know your probably busy, but could you do a view of Jimmie Johnson to see how close the article is to GA? -- Nascar 1996  (talk • contribs) 01:27, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not related to the above comments, but could you add the Pocono results on 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series? TheChrisD normally does, but... -- Nascar 1996  (talk • contribs) 20:01, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. -- Nascar 1996  (talk • contribs) 21:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Any chance you could
keep the comment tags on the season pages updated? Understand, what you do keeping the victories updated is amazing and a substantial help, but if you could also keep tabs on the comments under single-day races and stage races about races in which the team in question did not achieve any victories, that would be even better.

Actually...you may not have ever noticed they were there, which is, kinda the point :p Once the season is over and I'm able to simply give a list of events at which the team did not win anything, the comment will be removed. But I do think it somewhat important to mention each race the team was at, as you can see in the articles I've done with Astana over the past seasons. The idea is that any race where a team did not win (for a single-day race, though plenty of non-winning performances bear mention in prose...just ask Spartacus) or attain a stage win, overall podium, or classification win (for a stage race). It's also helpful to keep track there of races where a team gets an overall podium, but nothing else, because that's a little less than obvious when left to memory.

Anyhoo, just something to keep in mind I suppose. It obviously can't be updated until the race is over, and it means 15ish rather tedious, repetitive edits to most of the season pages (I'm glad I've neglected Sky and Vacansoleil...I'm not sure why those two rather than any other teams, but even just 20 teams to keep up to date rather'n 22 is a little easier), but it's a help in the long run. Green-eyed girl ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 06:12, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Gibberish-man
Hahaha oh yes! I particularly liked "hyradlic no-nos", and I'm waiting for an F1 driver to mention that phrase in his post-race press briefing. Yeah, the guy has a few issues with his English, and almost none of his edits are worth keeping. Harsh maybe, but honest ;) I don't know if you can get blocked for that, but so far I'm content to revert him :) Good point about the archive! Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:03, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's true, it was a bit of a marathon. I sat through the whole thing though, dedicated fan that I am. It was worth it too in the end. I was wondering if it was going to get into Le Mans 24hr proportions! It might be worth templating him if there's an appropriate template, or else we could ask at an admin board if he keeps it up. What worries me slightly is that he hasn't acknowledged any of the messages on his talk page, and just continues with the pidgin. Hopefully if more people have a word with him, he might understand. Thanks for the reminder about archiving - I did let it get a bit out of control! Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, it was a one-off, I'm sure. And I'm glad that some records remain intact! Seven pitstops for Prost, I seem to recall that. He still came third, right? I always have the timing screens up while I'm watching the race - can't do without them now! They're a great way to keep track of what's happening at the back, and as you say, to really get a grip on how fast someone is compared to someone else. I think Vettel was genuinely surprised at Button's pace, and maybe looked in his mirrors once too often, and put those wheels on the damp... I'm not a Vettel fan, and it's been a long while since I was punching the air during a GP! I agree with you about the DRS - either on or off, I say. I guess it's still early days for DRS, maybe they'll fiddle with the rules a bit for next time. I love Canada though, one of my favourite circuits.
 * I was amazed at the Le Mans crashes, that nobody got badly hurt. Incredible. You think back to the old days of that race and drivers got killed in less serious crashes than those. And I remember Dumbreck! Frightening... Sounds like you had a great sporting weekend though! Makes a change from worrying about Wolves ;) With you on the template, and I didn't realise Kevin was still active - I was keeping an eye out but not closely enough obviously. I will watch more closely... :) Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:45, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I recall that Donington race with that opening lap. It was a shame there were no more races there. Yeah, I would have been glad to see Schumacher on the podium on Sunday - I never liked him when he was winning everything, but I thought that was his best race since his return. I was glad Massa was fighting till the end too - sometimes I wonder just how much he fights, but that was a good performance, apart from his little tete-a-tete with the wall. I always watch what happens at the back - I may be turning into a Hispania fan, which is shocking really. I thought I would never repeat the years I spent in the wilderness supporting Minardi. With you on the DRS - there seemed to be no logic behind their system in Canada. I remember "Air Teixeira"! That must be the fastest he's ever gone.
 * Yeah, last weekend was a good advert for not having open-topped LM cars. I also vaguely remember LM being shown on terrestrial TV - if I had my way the whole thing would be on from start to finish. X-Factor? Britain's Got what? Put them on BBC3 or something, let's have some real entertainment on BBC1. At least now you can get some sleep hahah.. I'll keep an eye on Kevin - maybe he's sticking more to bikes now? Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:54, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're probably right - Donington could never trump Silverstone, or even Brands Hatch really. But it would have made a decent alternative for a European GP more often during the 90s. Now it needs that huge makeover if F1 was ever to return. I couldn't stand that season, 2002 I think, when Ferrari won everything. Then there was that fudged "dead heat" that they tried in Austria... ugh... a low point for F1. I've more respect for Schumacher now he's experiencing what it's like to work hard in F1. I agree that Virgin look terrible, although d'Ambrosio might make a decent driver one day. Glock must be looking elsewhere, yes, but where could he go? So few opportunities these days. We need 20 teams and pre-qualifying again! That would provide chances for youngsters and old has-beens to try and prove themselves. Maybe Teixeira could get into F1 that way... I just hope Lotus aren't stupid enough to let him drive their car at a race meeting. I'm not sure how much longer Trulli will be there though, he seems really demotivated. I just watched Dumbreck's flip again on Youtube - the commentator did say "Oh my God"... twice hahaha... it's the way the car just disappears into the trees... scary. They were (and are) brave guys to drive those things. I'd definitely go for a BBC Sport channel! Then I could forget all the other channels, I'm not sure I'd ever watch them again. But that said, I'd be up all night like you hahah Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:17, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I totally agree about Brands - I'd love to see modern F1 cars there. Algarve is indeed a great circuit, better than Estoril. I wouldn't mind Zandvoort coming back either, although it's not the circuit it used to be. Time to scrap the Hungarian GP? I wonder how many custard jokes the Virgin crew have loaded on to d'Ambrosio haha.. but I think he might have more of a future than Glock at this rate. I bet he's a lot cheaper for a start, and their pace is fairly similar. I'd like to see a 13th team too, even if they're slow. Lotus will certainly use Chandhok in India, if only on Friday - but if Trulli is moving on by then, Chandhok would race. Might be an even fight between him and Karthikeyan if that Hispania keeps improving. Oh god, late night TV... I swear it used to be good when I was younger! Meanwhile, Gibberish-man hasn't given up yet - the Canadian article seems to have attracted a fair amount of jokers and crazies, for some reason. Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:02, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, A1GP was always looking like a temporary thing, thought it was quite good. Van der Drift's crash was terrible, and it wasn't even anyone's fault, if I recall. Jousse (was it him?) just defended and... bam. Push-to-pass is fun and all, but it can lead to this kind of thing. I'd forgotten that chicane at Estoril hahah, yes... circuit amendment error #1. Yeah, it's a shame about Zandvoort, I mean there were some serious corners there at one time, but it was dangerous. I agree about Valencia as well - dull. If a circuit can't produce an interesting race in three years, it should go. Hungary only works when it rains, and how long have we had it now? Magny-Cours was another dud. D'Ambrosio is a bit like Kobayashi - hardly looking like a champion in GP2, but doing ok in F1. Although I think Pérez could show Kobayashi up a little once he gets fit again. Trulli's been a bit off in qualifying, but yes, Kovalainen should really be comfortably beating him in races. Will either of them take kindly to being "rested" in India? Maybe they'll change that driver line-up next year. I actually think those two drivers have flattered the Lotus a bit - I'm not sure it's a much better car than the HRT or the Virgin, but the drivers have dragged it up the grid a bit. Channel 5 seedy movies... god I forgot those. Not that I ever watched them, of course. I'd prefer them to Super Casino though. Jeez. Yep, no protection required for the Canadian article - it'll ease off in the coming days, I guess. Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Hahah the Beijing hairpin... how quickly I forget these things. And maybe Bernie can introduce his artificial rain idea for Hungary this year! I love Bernie's ideas, always brighten a dull day. I forgot Kobayashi and d'Ambrosio were team-mates - funny how neither were particularly fancied, yet they both made it to F1... I am slightly embarrassed to say that Pérez was slightly off my radar until he was confirmed at Sauber, so I went back to check him out - he could yet be one of those guys who don't really mature until they reach the big time. How anyone recognises that in a driver, I don't know. I spotted that semi-protection - that admin certainly wasn't listening to us! Hahah, maybe it's not such a bad thing though. I also spied an Argentine IP who keeps changing the weather at random past GPs to "rainy". Some of the vandalism amazes me. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:45, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh my God, the medals. I didn't find that one funny at all. This season would already be practically over with that system... Pérez looked pretty special in those clips - I guess Peter Sauber knows what he's looking at when he sees something like that. He's brought some great talent into Formula One, and at the time some of those drivers left me thinking, "Who the hell is this guy? Oh, he's actually pretty good." Raikkonen, for instance. Shame he's never really been able to provide a car to take them all the way! Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:08, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Exactly, F1 would lose all the casual fans overnight. It would only be us still watching it! Funny how Carlin never made that step to F1, though they did apply once, I think. Peter Sauber is one of F1's unsung heroes, really - I'd love to see Sauber jump forward after that blown diffuser ban takes effect - it should be really interesting to see who suffers and who benefits! Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:55, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

He certainly is... I'm starting to wonder if we might have to do something about it. By the way, Kevin has registered another account, User:Dasilva123. He is block evading, so one false move, and he's got to go (again). This new account could be blocked now, but I thought I'd give him one chance. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:47, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the 123 was a giveaway - it'll look great in the SPI next to Felipemassa123... He will screw up, it's bound to happen, but at least we'll have given him a fair go. I didn't see that edit - that's a screamer. "Fit as ever"? Hahahahhah... maybe I'll ask at the admin's noticeboard if there's something we can do. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:59, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see a worthy admin is on the case! That's good news :) Funny how there's no accurate template and no simple way to block someone for being nonsensical, but maybe it doesn't happen that often. It seems harsh in a way, because the guy (or girl!!) isn't vandalising or setting out to be difficult, but it's quite disruptive anyway. Let's see how it goes :) Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:54, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, he's a good admin and it's really useful to have an admin who takes an interest in motorsport-related stuff. Let's hope he doesn't have to get busy! Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * A-ha, thanks! I felt sure that someone must have asked the question before. That's an interesting discussion, and I see that a block is possible if the poor editing just carries on and on... Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:12, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Exactly... maybe the day will come when we can't take it any more, hahah.. Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:16, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * True, if he reads it, assuming he can read it. But it's there, and it sets the ball rolling. Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:29, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

The dude has to go, he just doesn't understand anything that anyone is telling him. On the bright side though, I suspect he doesn't have the guile to get around his soon-to-happen block by IP-hopping or registering. It should be the end of the matter! Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:43, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, haha, practically everything on his talk page is either a warning or some kind of criticism, and there's several editors complaining there, not just us ;) It's amazing the guy's still here. Kevin does try to get around the blocks and IP-hop, but he's very bad at it and it's easy to figure out what he's doing. I think this guy would be even worse at it if he tried :) Bretonbanquet (talk) 23:53, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think too many of his edits are still live! And yes, I agree with that, it's so easy to register and anyone can do it - I don't see why people should be hiding behind IPs and being anonymous. But I wouldn't like to have to join the huge argument to debate it, life's too short ;) Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That many? I must have missed some... hahah, right, I'm off to bed. Let's see if he makes it through tomorrow without being blocked... Bretonbanquet (talk) 00:18, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

God preserve us. What did we do to deserve this guy? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:50, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It must be that... I knew things were going too well :( I was looking at those diffs - I was hoping against hope it might not be the same guy, but they're classic gibberish-man. Surely he'll get blocked again? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's that BigDon128 guy, isn't it? That guy needs to start his own blog or something, because that's what his edits read like - a blog, and not a very good one. Endless guff about Friday practice? No thanks. I wonder why F1 attracts these people? Maybe he'll go the same way as gibberish-man eventually. Yes, we can give them time to get better, but I think we both know it won't happen. Ron will have to get into blocking mode again, I guess! Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:08, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
I see you 2 are having a little problem with 81.104.175.117 - I've added a warning, and told him to use the talk page. It's not easy to block someone who can't string a sentence together (there's no really suitable warning - I've used the disruptive editing one for now (which annoyingly aren't in twinkle), I can always semi protect if he plays up any more. TTFN  Ron h jones (Talk) 19:17, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * LOL... I did think of asking a question, then I thought - it's bound to have been raised before - it has... HERE - it digresses a bit, but it's as I thought - if they are good edits badly worded, then just rephrase and ask user to be careful, if the edits are always reverted then it starts to border on disruptive.  Ron h jones (Talk) 21:40, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You now have 31 hours of no problem. He just does not learn.  Ron h jones (Talk) 21:20, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Rollback?
Hey. Would you be interested in the rollback feature? It would be faster than Twinkle and other javascript-based tools. Prolog (talk) 13:24, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (June 2011)
-- Nascar 1996  (talk • contribs) 02:05, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Bridewell Snetterton
He was down as taking part in the event http://www.msvracing.co.uk/media/28724/final%20entry%20list%20290611%20snetterton.pdf Maybe a WD tag?

stage descriptions
I'm afraid I hadn't checked the history to see who had done what in terms of where those descriptions came from, and don't have time to check what was yours, or Vlad's, or anyone else's in terms of that content (should be getting ready for work). I am aware that these often end up being far more journalistic than encyclopaedic, something I crossed swords with Alice/Green-eyes/No-sleep over in the past, and this week the copyvio has been pretty blatant. Yeah: of course if you have identified the c&p-er it may be worth a whisper in his ear. Can't remember what the apology score is about: did my edit note yesterday leave me trailing? Kevin McE (talk) 05:59, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter (June)
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You know who...
You have a week's peace and quiet - maybe good considering this w/e coming... Watch out when his block expires.  Ron h jones (Talk) 19:07, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Not a peep out of our friend. Tomorrow (Wed) night 19:54 BST he is live.  Ron h jones (Talk) 21:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, dear, here we go again. Trouble is the edits are not good, but that are also not horrific! It's hard to justify a block because someone extends "collision" to "collision damage". Maybe he'll step more out of line. Can you also check the very few unreverted edits - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/81.104.175.117 - I'm not sure about those, you may have a better idea.  Ron h jones (Talk) 18:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw the Jarno Trulli revert - I've banged in yet another final warning with extra text - I do wish he would read it. Hopefully might be quiet(ish) until next w/e...  Ron h jones (Talk) 12:22, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * One month... He just does not want to listen.  Ron h jones (Talk) 19:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

IndyCar
Yea, I'm probably not going to be editing them anymore if the bullshit with Ganassi continues...  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 21:12, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Such a fucking farce right now, huh?  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 21:50, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup, although after his on-air bit there he might just get away with staying on for the rest of the year... At least he realised it was a stupid call.  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 22:05, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Pretty much, yea. They realised it was a bad call, apologised for it, said that they would rollback to the previous caution. He also said that they can't tell how wet it is from the booth, and they have no direct communication with the teams or drivers. Seems there's a lot of holes to fill in the series very quickly.  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 22:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd swear that with the amount of varying calls they've made over the years, it's almost like they roll dice to determine what to decide. Helio vs. Wilson blocking in Detroit '08, Dario vs. Will this year, Helio blocking Edmonton '10. I don't recall Champ Car ever screwing up this bad (maybe Mont-Tremblant '07). I think it's this combined with the NASCAR pansies unwilling to go steal the Nationwide's rain tyres and run today which have me in such a foul mood.  TheChrisD  Rants • Edits 22:22, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Current events/Sports
Hi, I see that today you did a lot in there, and did it well, the question is, is there a wikiproject or a taskforce or something/somebody on chair of the Portal:Current events/Sports? how can I colaborate there in the right way? I guess you or somebody did esqueme the "tomorrow events" in another place, where? I dont gonna vandalize anything or troll anything, but I like stay around, all of you are doing a great work --Feroang (talk) 05:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Water Polo World Aquatic Championships
Is there a reason why the water polo results are not being listed on the Portal:Current sports events? Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions  01:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't put them up, as I assumed there was a reason that it wasn't up. Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions   01:09, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I will leave that to someone else, as I am not experienced with the formatting. Maybe you'd like to do it, if you have time? Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions   01:15, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions   01:20, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Basketball Jul 21–31: FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women in Chile
Basketball Jul 21–31: FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women in Chile is active righ now, somebody should add it to the table, you do the today, 1 day part and somebody else can copy-paste the next days of the tournament using your base--186.56.152.243 (talk) 03:10, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

This afternoon
Thanks for filling out those refs: I did do them rather the lazy way this morning.

I'm on mother-in-law duty this afternoon: would you be able to un-invisiblise the "Race Summary" section on the main 2011 TdF article when they finish: in case of surprise, the sentence about Cav on the Champs Elysees will need tweaking, the rest of it should be OK. I suspect we can rely on enthusiastic Aussies to do everything else within a few seconds of the finish. Might be worth flagging up at ITN/C that the update is in place. If you wanted to continue those profiles, I'm lifting them from Finnish Wikipedia], otherwise I'll continue that tonight.

Enjoy the race: sprint stages don't particularly enthrall me anyway... Thanks Kevin McE (talk) 13:43, 24 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much, though the good folks at ITN still took their time over posting it... Not a bad Tour though.  Kevin McE (talk) 18:18, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

2011 German Grand Prix
Following a comment on the talk page, I took this chunk out of the page - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011_German_Grand_Prix&action=historysubmit&diff=441207924&oldid=441195993 - I failed to find any "reasonable" source to verify it - I'm of the mind that twitter is not a very reliable source. It may well be true, but I would have thought that if so, it would be seen elsewhere. What to you think?  Ron h jones (Talk) 20:04, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed, and did it add anything to the race - probably not. Might deserve a one liner on the 2011 Formula One season page.  Ron h jones (Talk) 20:47, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (July 2011)
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New "friend" on a Virgin cable
User:82.20.23.104 - let's hope it's not the same one.  Ron h jones (Talk) 13:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

July 2011 in sports - 343K???
This is the fifth longest page in Wiki... not a welcome record...--Nitsansh (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Newsletter
Sorry this is so late - I just got back from holiday yesterday and had to watch the last two GPs before I could edit Wikipedia again! Do you have any thoughts on what this month's selected article should be?-- Midgrid  (talk)  18:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter (July)
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Passed again
List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits - just passed me again, I shall have to up my block count :-)  Ron h jones (Talk) 19:58, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't wish what you don't want... Remember User:81.104.175.117; (haw cen wee farget) 2011-08-22T19:17:43Z will soon come - I rest my case.  Ron h jones (Talk) 20:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Football In Scotland task force
As part of WikiProject Football a new Football In Scotland task force has been set up as you edit Scottish football articles i would like to invite you to become a member if you wish. Warburton1368 (talk) 15:16, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Super Cups in P:CE/S?
There are many of these this time of year... where do we draw the line? What's in and what's not?--Nitsansh (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

PS: Off-wiki question... what's the deal of several PSL teams playing friendlies this weekend (Rangers vs Chelsea and 2 others) and postpone their league matches? Are they so important that no other date could be found without disrupting the league schedule?--Nitsansh (talk) 22:56, 6 August 2011 (UTC)


 * If you have the time and will...

--Nitsansh (talk) 01:39, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 2011 Trophée des Champions (France) - played in Tanger, Morrocco. Italy is not alone...
 * 2011 DFL-Supercup (Germany)

Another P:CE/S question... what about the Euro shooting champ'ships?
It's on the ongoing events list for a while but so far no one bothered to report the results... we do this kind of events, don't we? this is also the last Olympic qualifying event for European shooters except for 10m (air) events that will be contested only next spring in Finland. With no world championships in rifle and pistol events (only shotgun) this year the continental championships are the top event of the year. In this championships there are senior and junior events. What do you think? Should we report both of them, only seniors, or none?--Nitsansh (talk) 02:41, 7 August 2011 UTC)

Mountain Bike Euro Champ'ships (Cross country)
Also... what about this? --Nitsansh (talk) 13:25, 7 August 2011 (UTC)


 * It seems no one is really interested in this...--Nitsansh (talk) 11:43, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

PCES guidelines/policy/manual etc.
Do you think it would be a good idea to create an article with the list of guidelines for editors? We have some policies on what should or shouldn't be included in PCSE, and how to format the entries... it adds up to many details that only regular editors are aware of, and putting them on a page could help new editors and avoid confusions... would you like to do it??--Nitsansh (talk) 14:13, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

A small request...
If you prefer to answer my questions here in my talk page, may I ask a small favour... copy the header and my question just above your reply... it helps to keep the talk page clear... I just edited my page and you can see the difference...--Nitsansh (talk) 18:04, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Morton 2011-12 page, quick favour
Mate, see if you're going to edit that page, which I have worked on considerably for several seasons, can you do it all not just bits of it?

You missed out Brian Hodge's unused sub and Ross Forsyth's booking. I was at the game so obviously couldn't update it, and didn't get back until 22:00 last night.

In all honesty it would be a million times easier if you just left it to me to do as it's far easier to do it in one go than work out what bits people have missed!

Salty1984 (talk) 18:22, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

A favour please
Hey, on the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit when you scroll down there is the titles won by players and titles won by nations. Now I just don't have any time for it now and it's not getting updated. If you could, could you help me update for me please. Currently is updated as of 11 July. So has not been updated from 11 July on wards (including 11 July week). If you could it would be a big favour for me please & thank you.

Keroks (talk) 06:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Eneco Tour 2011 - German Edition
Gooday mate - you are faster than lightning. You adopted our new template brillantly. Nice to to see a stranger helping us so speedy and positively. --Maxxl2 (talk) 19:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

P:CE/S: What to do with the Universiade?
This is arguably the most important multi-sport event after the Olympics, Paralympics and Youth Olympics. How should we cover it?

And another PCES matter... what about the UEFA Women's Champions League? The preliminary stage has allready started... do you think we should treat it like we do with all men's continental club competitions? If you ask me, none of these should be covered until the stage where clubs from the big leagues enter them. For Europe, that's the third preliminary round for men and first knockout stage for women.--Nitsansh (talk) 20:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Friends Life t20?
Is this notable enough to report the quarterfinals? I doubt it...--Nitsansh (talk) 21:34, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

FIBA Africa Championship and Women's African Volleyball Championship
Both championships start on Wednesday. Do we report them in full? These are senior continental championships for major team sports (IMO), with qualification for the Olympics (B'ball) or World Cup (V'ball) at stake. They will soon be followed by all other continental championships, so the same policy should be applied for all, unless you regard some continents notable and others not... what's your say?--Nitsansh (talk) 22:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

International Sports Forum
Hello CS wolves. I have seen you are a very active user in the sports section. I'm the owner of an international forum about sports, where people from all around the world can discuss about results, news, informations, predictions and much more. We are particularly focused on Olympic sports and on London 2012, keeping the forum updated about all Olympic qualifications. We collect results, informations, medal counts from each event of each sport, from Modern Pentathlon Youth Championships to Triathlon African Championships, from canoeing world cup to women's road Cycling World Cup. People from all around the world can follow all results, support their country and discuss about that, sharing happyness for a victory or sadness for a defeat. Would you be interested to take part in that ? I'm sure that as a Wiki's sport contributor you can be very interested to be always updated about all sports, discuss with people and update us with results when you want. I would really like to have you aboard. Obviously the forum is free and non profit. Are you interested ? I'm waiting for your answer. Let me know in my talk page please.

Thanks you ! Matteo. OlympicFans (talk) 21:54, 22 August 2011 (UTC)


 * See the discussion on my talk page (archive #4) before you jump in...--Nitsansh (talk) 22:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)


 * He is here again... Special:Contributions/SiamoSempreConVoi --Nitsansh (talk) 14:40, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Round of 16 or Eight Finals?
The FIBA Africa Championship website uses the term Eight Finals. Is that proper English?--Nitsansh (talk) 22:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

African championship final
Where do you find a source for this?--Nitsansh (talk) 16:35, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (August 2011)
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Chatting about WRC
Hi. I know there are total 35 rally events for WRC. Starting WRC season with Rally Sweden. The driver like Sebastien Loeb has won 7 time championships.
 * But can the FIA set WRC rally event on the lunar surface? --Nestor1010 (talk) 06:54, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter (August)
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IRC entries
Hi Cs-wolves! Why do you add as unknow drivers as Oleksandr Saliuk and Vítor Pascoal but delete Hermann Gassner, Jr.? Last one is a regular competitor in SWRC. --217.227.116.190 (talk) 21:55, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

FIA GT1 query
I know you've been following FIA GT1 and helping with the 2011 article, but for the life of me I cannot find out a particular problem with the Teams Championship after Goldenport. FIA.com and GT1World.com (main and media site) all list Marc VDS as having scored no points in Goldenport, despite the #41 finishing in 4th in the Championship Race. Maxime Martin and Bertrand Baguette both are correctly listed as having scored 12 points for that 4th place in the Drivers Championship, but there is no acknowledgement of those points in the Teams Championship. Do you have any possible information from your sources to explain why Marc VDS might not have been allowed Team points, or is this some kind of error on the FIA and SRO's part? I've had a look through the Stewards Decisions from Goldenport and there is no mention of penalties against Marc VDS, but at the same time I cannot find the Steward Decisions from Ordos, so possibly something happened there that led to a penalty in Goldenport? The359 ( Talk ) 10:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries, I figure it is nothing more than a mistake, but I became worried when the GT1world.com website initially said 112, and then a few days later fia.com updated to also say 112. I figured FIA would have corrected the SROs mistake, now they seem to have compounded it.   The359  ( Talk ) 23:14, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Anon editor in the IRC season pages
I noticed you've been paying attention to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season pages, because of this guy. I've been reverting his continuous edits to the 2007 and 2009 seasons, mostly because he keeps putting Bruno Magalhães as racing for the French Peugeot squad (in fact, that Peugeot Total entry is by the Portuguese importeur for the Portuguese Rally Championship). He also keeps adding Conrad Rautenbach to PH-Sport in 2009, when in fact he was self-entered. The thing is, he ignores the edit summaries and doesn't use them himself. I'm getting tired of doing the same thing over and over again. What can we do to make this guy understand that his edits contradict official entry lists? --Pc13 (talk) 23:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * He's not giving up, he doesn't answer and I get tired. I leave it alone for a few days and there are more and more entries in the IRC season pages. I'm especially miffed with him reverting Peugeot Total's entry of Bruno Magalhães from Portuguese to French, when the competition department of the Portuguese importer raced as Peugeot Total in the Portuguese Rally Championship. He keeps adding team entries to Brice Tirabassi and Conrad Rautenbach in events they were self-entered, which I checked in the IRC website's archives (they're not very complete, though). BSA and PH-Sport might have given them technical support, but that doesn't make them entrants. And the ammount of "selected entries" in one-offs is staggering. I don't even know which guys need to be erased. If we had proof all of those were entered as IRC point scorers, that might be okay. But I'm pretty sure many of those drivers merely took part in the rally and didn't take points away from regular IRC scorers. I left a message at WT:RALLY asking if those long entry lists are warranted, but as usual WP:RALLY doesn't get as much participation as WP:F1. --Pc13 (talk) 11:46, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking at the 2009 season, we have as one-offs people like Stéphane Sarrazin, Didier Auriol, Alister McRae and Patrick Snijers as notable drivers, but while Sarrazin and McRae were point scorers, I can't tell whether Auriol and Snijers were entered for scoring, or if they just retired. Then, there are people with questionable notability like Alexandre Camacho, Jesper van den Heuvel, Andrey Zhigunov and Lola Verlaque. Camacho and van den Heuvel scored, but Zhigunov and Verlaque didn't. Once again, I don't know if they were entered as point scorers, or just retired. --Pc13 (talk) 19:53, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Portal_talk:Current_events/Sports
Did you see this?--Nitsansh (talk) 22:44, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Flag Icons debate
Hi Craig Just thought i would point you towards a current debate thats happening on the motorcycling talk page just incase you weren't aware |flag icon debate, think its important that everyone in the project has a say. Cheers

Request for 2010 Rally México
Craig, can you please add the following edit to your article: 19:03, 12 September 2011 BongoMedia(talk | contribs) m (14,265 bytes) (Added Link specificity for local Guanajuato rally team). The info posted has references.

Cheers, Newbie BongoMedia (talk) 01:36, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (September 2011)
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Is he getting better?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/81.104.175.117 - I see "some" better edits - but not all of course.  Ron h jones (Talk) 15:47, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought so. As for the other one, I've traced the IP to Japan and added the usual template, the history suggests one user, so I'm gone for a "static IP" template. Just keep up the warnings, and maybe you can get a wake up block in (not from me this w/e - far too nice outside to be indoors!)  Ron h jones (Talk) 16:11, 30 September 2011 (UTC)