User talk:Cs-wolves/Archive 15

FIRST!
I'm back! I hope you're doing fine. I took a little break. I'm glad you liked the Boonen article I wrote on Uncyclopedia! :P I think what I'll do throughout the Tour is updating the different personal articles like I just did with Peter Sagan. What a machine this guy is! Where do you write the résumés? Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  17:27, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! I guess if a race is important, you have more chance of it having a good grade, since you can add more details? I mean, if I were to write a lengthy gem about the Tour of Zimbabwe (lol), there would be no chance in hell it would receive a good grade I guess? Anyway, Wikipedia is lucky to have you. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  17:42, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer! Just wanted to remind you that Hesjedal finished 10th today if I'm not mistaken... He shows a lot of form... He will not be marked too much... Danger!! Hahaha, since Purrito is not there, do you have a favorite? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  17:55, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The incredible victory of Sagan eased my tremendous pain for Hesjedal. :( The Garmin team is having a terrible Tour, plus the doping affair. The soigneurs must be totally overworked. They may as well pull out before somebody dies. :S  Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  18:05, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Greipel had a popped shoulder? Can't wait to read your résumé then to get the reference for that! In other news, I added text on Peter Sagan's article (just a bit), retouched it a little so it sounds more encyclopedic (Saganator is a fan, it seems) and flushed the "over-quotation" template a IP slapped on the page. I mean, there's only 3 well-referenced and relevant quotes. What do you think? I'll update the Hesjedal article once it becomes clear what he'll do. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  18:25, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right, there needs to be something about the Tour de Suisse on Sagan's article, it's quite logical, I'll do that in the following days. Thanks for the link about Greipel! The Planche-des Belles Filles will be something tomorrow. Litterally translated, it means "The beautiful girls' plank". Not even kidding! The French have weird names for places and villages. I saw you visited my homeland, Quebec, were you in Quebec City or Montreal? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  20:09, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey great! I live in Quebec City. It seems Scotland and Quebec have a lot in common, in the sovereignty area! We need a Robert Wallace here! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  21:06, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Cool to see you walked the same streets I do! I had one hell of a day with maybe 20 edits!! I'm out to get you! :P Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
 * What a win for Pinault, that was awesome! I digged a little bit to see if cyclingarchives is reliable and sometimes, they seem to be missing some results... Case in point Samuel Sanchez 6th place on Liege in 2003. Our article says he was 6th and in the text too, the French wikipedia say he was 6th, cycling archives doesn't say crap, even http://www.samusanchez.com/palmares.htm Sanchez website] doesn't mention it. That is all a bit confusing.... Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:26, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks, the link will be very helpful! I added text to the Fuglsang article, he took a great revenge on Radio Shack! And things are looking grim for Armstrong to say the least! Hesjedal gone, my hopes are with Nibali. I don't say I think he has a lot of chances, but I'd like him to. Do you cheer for Wiggins or just think he'll win? I mean, who are you wishing will win? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting, but who do you WISH will win? Also, watching good old videos help edit articles, as I just watched Stage 3 of the 2008 Tirreno-Adriatico and came up with this on the Joaquin Rodriguez article. It's cool to dig back and complete rider's articles, especially considering Googling his name will likely produce the WP article first! I'll certainly do that with Jens Voigt. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I certainly would like Froome to win better than Wiggins, everywhere I look Wiggins seems to make a jerk of himself. Or here. Anyway, what an exciting Tour it is, did you see Froome drop Wiggins today? Poor Froome must feel like he has his hands legs tied! That said, you certainly deserve a Tour de France victory, and it looks more than good! Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  21:28, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, I am sometimes unlucky with flats, but 3 in a row for Cadel?? unbelievable! Nice class by Sky to wait for him, they actually are going up in my esteem, so does Wiggins. I was disappointed for Sagan, what a climb he did. I'm gonna try to fill the "2012" section on Cadel Evans a little, there is nothing there! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  01:17, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right. I just lost a big edit since the electricity cut for a second since there's a huge thunderstorm here. Water is flowing out of manholes like small geysers. Damn!! Luckily I live on the third floor, the street is a river lol Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:23, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's still hot as hell. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  15:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I see you have spies everywhere! :P It was one hell of a drought here before that storm yesterday. That was really violent Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  16:14, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It must have been an awful game indeed! You were in attendance and waited all that time? Also, I am in a great deal of mental anguish over this... *Cries his eyes out* WHHYYYY?!?!?!? Seriously, cycling has a bad rep because it controls itself a lot. People think it is a dirty sport, but I'm sure football or hockey is just as worse, they're just not tested :( Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  19:35, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hello! I was just wondering what to do with references that are tagged as "dead link", such as the one on the Javier Otxoa article. Delete them altogether? Or do they kinda prove info was supported by something at one time? Also, I don't quite get the difference between the Bouygues Telekom teams from one year apart, but that's not too important at all. Nice start of an article by the way! And that was an exciting Olympic race! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  04:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you mean, Uran faked? I read a French journalist who said the race was bought Are you implying that too? :O Can you read French? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  11:31, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK. The guy in the article I linked you to thinks Vino concluded a monetary pact with Uran while flying for the finish line at 35 miles an hour with a raging bunch behind, since they can be seen "talking to one another" and "Uran's mistake was too blatant". This is ridiculous, he must believe that Earth will be attacked by aliens soon too. :D Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  18:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

WPF1 Newsletter
Just to let you know that there will most likely be a delay with this month's newsletter. MessageDeliveryBot is down; I have made a request to access User:EdwardsBot, but I will probably have to wait for a while before permission is granted. Almost all of the other bots in the category for newsletter-delivering bots are defunct and/or inactive, including our old friend ChzzBot...-- Midgrid  (talk)  20:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * If we switch to EdwardsBot, we will need to create a new page with the raw user names on it (like my reference page but without the other stuff}, and perhaps look at deleting the long-term inactive people from the recipients' list, as I'm not sure if this bot has a filter like MDB.-- Midgrid  (talk)  20:04, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

2012 Tour de France
Thanks for fixing my sloppy work on the two stage-by-stage articles. Thanks also for the superb write-ups on each day's racing. Best wishes. -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 07:05, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

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Quick Lookover Again Maybe?
Hey CS,

I hate to be a bother, but I was wondering if you could look over the 1987 Giro d'Italia page like you did the 1988 page for me? You don't have to if you don't want to though, no pressure. ThurstAsh13 ( Malk  +  Montributions )  23:50, 15 July 2012 (UTC)


 * All right dude, whenever's fine. Thanks again. ThurstAsh13  ( Malk  +  Montributions )  17:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Translations? Ahh nevermind, but thanks for the help again! I did create the page a second ago, thanks for pointing that out! ThurstAsh13  ( Malk  +  Montributions )  00:21, 17 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay I see, I was like I'm pretty sure I didn't type in another language in the article. GOOOD CATCH! I did not notice that haha. ThurstAsh13  ( Malk  +  Montributions )  00:30, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Tour de France - Thanks
Sagan, impressive reference yes it does feel a long time ago - I'm worried lots of people jinxing Wiggo with the 'nearly there' stuff but he his nearly there. Tom B (talk) 23:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (July 2012)

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Date formatting
There are different date formats used in different countries. Rather than choosing exclusively to adopt the formatting used in a particular country, the Manual of Style has a method for choosing between the variations. The basic rule is to retain the original formatting unless the topic has strong ties to a particular Anglophone country. It's similar to the national varieties of English policy. Since Poland and China aren't Anglophone countries, I've reverted the date formatting in the bio articles for the 10m air rifle medalists to the original formatting. --JamesAM (talk) 13:54, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Leopard season article under review
Ehh....sort of. It's been at that very "young" stage in its development for three days now, but at the least it should mean the review is coming. I'll keep an eye on it, since the Olympics have drawn me back for the next couple of weeks. Just letting you know in case you wish to as well. Green-eyed girl ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 21:55, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Talking with my mentor
Reptilians are going to rule the world, Elizabeth 2 eats babies for dinner, piranhas are a creation of the Illuminati. It's all good! BTW, I started a stub recently among many other edits. (I edit not for the love of cycling, only to eventually have more edits than you in 2097) It's David Boily, if I made a mistake or forgot something please correct it! It went a lot faster and smoother than the first article I created though. Can we upload pics from cyclingarchives? Uploading pics here seems to be very complicated in regards to copyrights... Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  00:24, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ha? We can take any images on flickr? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:34, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Good to see you are writing the Eneco tour! Great stuff, better than the cycling sites! I still edit personal riders articles. But races I'll definitely cover is both the Quebec and Montreal Grand Prix. If you let me of course :P Anyway, you'll certainly be busy with the Vuelta. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:23, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Just wrote about the Tour de Suisse on Peter Sagan's article. My head wants to explode. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  01:11, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * LOL. Didn't you write an essay about someone wanting to 'quit' Wikipedia and making a big fuss about it? I'm trying to find it, but I fail. I remember it was hilarious! Maybe it was somebody else? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  08:46, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * OK! Could you tell me what is the "work" and what is the "publisher" in that one? I'm confused because of the Associated Press thing. Also, did you hear about that poor bloke? This is just hilarious! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  18:51, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  18:57, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Any links as to why Tuft has been penalized 20 seconds? Maybe he hung on to the helicopter's blade? Or was seen eating Popeye's spinach??? :O Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  20:50, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 22:42, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I mean it this time
I'm out and gone for the foreseeable future. It's unlikely I'll return to Wikipedia at any time the remainder of this calendar year, and probably longer if I had to guess (how long till the next Giro...) Keep doing what you're doing, Craig. You have my respect and admiration.

- Alexandra aka Green-eyed girl  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 04:58, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

This barnstar
Is well deserved. I need your opinion there. I think we should keep results that are in the top 10 for stage races, and scrap the rest. I'm all for keeping any top 20 rankings for the Great Tours though, but not adding them. Case in point Daniel Moreno. 12th in the Vuelta a Burgos needs to go in my opinion. What do you think? Also, they added the bottle thing to the article you linked me to (In the paragraph starting with "Former French champion Sylvain Chavanel...") And I had a barnstar too!!! She likes me too!!! Hahahaha!!!! Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  07:51, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You were talking about team transfers recently, maybe this will come in handy? I sure hope so! :) Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  08:02, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Just created the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, I'll add some stuff later on. So, who's your big bet for the Vuelta? I bet for Froome with one of my buddies, but he thought it was unfair so he could take 2, and he chose Rodriguez and Contador! Ad you? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  00:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You may be right, Contador is the big question mark in my mind, that only makes the race more intriguing. Plus all the uphill finishes! Will you write the Vuelta? I'll do as always: update riders' articles with recent news and old stuff I come across. I've started liking editing here so much that I resigned as the UnNews editor on Uncyclopedia and don't edit there much at all. I guess I became serious! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)
 * Oh great, did you find work in your field? As for me, I have plenty of time at work to edit. Just created the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. And I don't think I'll ever be "mature", in fact I am older than you! :P Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  01:24, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I have an idea, what do you think if instead of writing the palmares like this:


 * Tour de Bretagne
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 1st Stage 7
 * 1st Stage 34

We'd do it like this:


 * Tour de Bretagne
 * 1st Stage 4, 5, 7 and 34

That's still pretty clear and would cut down on the lengthy palmares. Waddya think? Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  19:00, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
 * OK I'm gonna tweak them that way when I happen to edit theses articles for something else. Nice win by Big John Degenkolb, he's about the only rider that isn't as slim as a pole! BTW, I stumbled upon a video from last year Vuelta. A very wild attack! :) Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, just wanted to say I caught 2 transfers in the news, and I wanted to help you so I included them here: User:Green-eyed girl/2012-2013 rider transfers They are Domenico Pozzovivo going to from Colnago and Juan Antonio Flecha going from  to Vacansoleil-DCM. I included refs, I didn't want to create sections that didn't exist yet since I'm unfamiliar with the page, but please tell me if that helped.  Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  05:04, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Did you know that Rodriguez lost the 3rd stage because he stopped his effort since he was certain (in his mind) to win? That's what the Quebec commentators said and they were reading quotes from Rodriguez admitting he messed up, but I just can't find a link to it... I'm in the middle of a big edit to his article, but if I can't find it, I won't put it. How do you get that damn "ñ" as in Vuelta a España? I just copy and paste it now, I know it's the "#" key, but what is the combo? And I thought I'd die today, I was going down a steep slope with a right bend at full speed which is closed to circulation except city affairs. Went there dozens of times without seeing any traffic. But a truck was coming up that steep bend, I was going so fast that even though my brakes were fully engaged, I had to chose: the truck or the ditch. I chose the ditch. Incredibly, I only have 5 stitches on my right elbow and an impressive amount of rash on the right arm. The driver couldn't believe I had nothing broken and me neither. I know I could be lying and invent anything over the net but I assure you I'm not. It was an emotional day to say the least, it's good to be alive. Always be careful, man: health is precious and fragile :) Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:26, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Man, this Vuelta is getting absolutely fabulous! Did you see stage 8? Awesome! The Armstrong "bombshell" makes me laugh. I read a lot about him, there is no way he was clean (and sadly, the vast majority of pro athletes are doping in my opinion, which I forged by reading about the topic a great deal) I hope you're doing well, gonna edit a little tonight, good job with the Vuelta writings! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  23:24, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for cognitive vulnerability
Hey! This nomination template has been looked over and since the reviewer suggested a hook, ONLY THE HOOK needs to be looked over by another new reviewer. The rest of the article has been surely taken care of. If you have the time to just check it out, please do so. Thanks. Khyati Gupta (talk) 19:50, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

sorry
hiya sorry, the only way i could undo another editors stuff was to restore to previous version so the work you done was removed, if you can tell me how to run the scripts i will redo it, or if you want to redo it yourself i am happy for that to, it was on my to do list the stuff you fixed with the script but i had planned to do it manually, i would appericate a brief instruction how to use them menaing i cna use it on other pages to Andrewcrawford ( talk  -  contrib ) 15:43, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

WP:NASCAR Newsletter (August 2012)

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Team
I got to say it is pretty satisfying to work with you as a team, although I realise I don't do as much as you, but as you can see from my latest contributions, I'm doing a different job by focusing on personal articles. I realize that if you weren't here, cycling articles would be horrible. I encourage you to continue in this vein, and I will too unless my motivation goes down. Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  01:09, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Grammar: Do we write "a five second advantage" or "a five seconds advantage"? Great Vuelta finish today btw. Rodriguez looks very strong, can't wait for the high mountains :) Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:16, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

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Hey!
The smiley is a change from a Barnstar lol. It's from the heart. I enjoy reading your résumés of the Vuelta stages, as well as all the palmares updating. Truly, I am discovering Purrito in this race, I didn't know he was such a funny and good guy. I hope he wins, he certainly deserves a Grand Tour win. Am I right when I say this was the first arrival at the Cuitu Negru? Also, do you have a synonym for "stage"? I have the feeling I repeat that word over and over and over and no online synonym dictionary are helping. I hope you're fine, I try to contribute with one or two "big" edits a day on riders' articles. I will cover the Quebec and Montreal races, if that's fine with you. But of course, I'd be grateful if you could proofread it and add anything I might have missed. I'll be seeing the riders in Quebec and Sagan is coming, that's gonna be awesome! Mattaidepikiw  (Talk)  03:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh my God, just saw the stage! :O Incredible... Poor Purrito. I'll certainly add to the Alberto Contador article in the following days, its 2012 section is rather empty. Do you have races in Scotland? Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  02:48, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Nice, there are a lot of big names in the Tour of Britain. I've expanded the Contador article a bit. The riders in Quebec have arrived and they are lodged at the Chateau Frontenac. I'll add that to the article if I can find a ref. I asked for Tyler Hamilton's book for my birthday (12 October). At my age, you're lucky if you get a pair of socks :P Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  03:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, I realized you never give me news, I'm always the one to write :( Oh well, what a heartbreak for Purrito, I read your post about the last stage, how unlucky is that guy? He says that if he has to go to Pekin to get the UCI title he'll do it if it doesn't work out at the Giro di Lombardia. What a fighter. I also stumbled on an amazing video that is resuming the Giro in 15 minutes, I'm sure you'll like. Cheers! Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  03:30, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's alright! I just caught the final kilometers of the Tour of Britain's stage 5 on Youtube, I wanted to see it after reading your résumé. Nice win for De Maar, especially considering he scraped himself up from the asphalt! It's always cool to see a lesser known guy take a big one. I've updated his article with it and cleaned up the palmarès, I've noticed recently that you put the results in ascending order, so I did that while I was at it. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  09:04, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Just saw it. Great racing, König didn't make a friend there though lol. I created the Boy Van Poppel article today, I think it was the right timing! It is very promising for the 2 last stages, I didn't know there were big climbs in Britain. By the way, do you know the name of Boy Van Poppel's sister? It's Girl Van Poppel :P Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  21:51, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know how to change the team template, but Liquigas will not be named Brixia after all. Mattaidepikiw   (Talk)  14:19, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Volleyball
Greetings, as you see in my talk and Intoronto1125's, we are not agree about having just one article for Volleyball and Beach volleyball. There are interwiki, a template and just adding beach volleyball content under volleyball make it larger and difficult to read. His argument is make it like Olympics, and may be valid in certain way, but there should be another intermediate solution, making a template that links both articles volleyball and beach volleyball in every pan american game, just like Olympics do. I would like to hear from you, thanks. Osplace 01:20, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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