User talk:Dewelar/Archive 1

Updates to Dan Fogelberg
Thank you for your recent additions to Dan Fogelberg. I noticed a couple of the songs you added had chart positions that were in the 41-100 range. I added the original chart but my information source only included songs that made it to the Top 40, and it's quite possible he had other songs released before 1985 that made it to the Hot 100 but never made it as high as the Top 40. If you have information on these songs and could add them, it would be great addition to the article. (Also, he did a cover of Rhythm of the Rain somewhere around 1990 that got enough airplay that I'd be surprised if it didn't chart.) --Mwalimu59 (talk) 00:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed references section to wiki guidelines
Howdy,

You said: "Fixed references section to wiki guidelines"

According to these "Wiki guidelines":

This is not how you format a reference.

,

Also:

Place <:references/> or in an otherwise empty "Notes" or "References" section near the end of the article—the list of notes will be automatically generated here.

Ref tags and punctuation
Material may be referenced mid-sentence, but footnotes are usually placed at the end of a sentence or paragraph. Footnotes at the end of a sentence or phrase are normally placed immediately after the punctuation, except for dashes, as recommended by the Chicago Manual of Style and other style guides.[3][4] Some editors prefer the in-house style of journals such as Nature, which place references before punctuation. If an article has evolved using predominantly one style of ref tag placement, the whole article should conform to that style unless there is a consensus to change it.

Recommended section names to use for footnotes in Wikipedia are:

* ==Notes== * ==Footnotes== * ==References==

So, changing "References" to "Notes" and to , and it will import that script for use when you edit a section on seasonal articles. Hope that helps.  jj137  ( talk )  02:19, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry, forgot to explain that much! Firstly, you need to bypass your cache so that the script will work- it should explain how on the monobook page. Next, I've created the script so that it only appears when you edit a section of a seasonal article; if it works, an extra tab should be added at the top of the page. (Side note: Until I can figure out how to fix it, before you start using the script, remember to remove the |} at the end. You can readd it after you are done adding the stats and ready to save.) I think it is pretty self-explanatory after that; it will ask you for each stat, and you just need to enter the amount and hit enter. It probably will seem pretty confusing at first, so please ask if you can't figure all of that out. Hopefully it wasn't too confusing. :)   jj137   ( talk )  03:02, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll try to explain it as best as I can. Firstly, IE has a habit of "not working" when you bypass your cache, so you have a couple of options: 1) Bypass your cache a bunch of times and be patient, hoping it works; 2) Get Firefox :) (just kidding about that one, but I like it a lot more, and JavaScript works much more efficiently for Wikipedia on it). Next, the tab should appear *only* when you edit a section (it doesn't matter what section, but obviously you want it to be the stats section), and something that says "hit" should appear next to the "watch" button when you edit a section. If you can get that far successfully, I think you're in the clear; hopefully it will be worth the effort! :)   jj137   ( talk )  02:50, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, that would be it. Instead of adding it to "monobook.js", you would add it here. (Just transfer over the text and bypass your cache again.) Now that I think about it though, since I use the monobook skin, I really don't know how scripts function with the cologne blue skin. If you ask somewhere like Wikipedia talk:Skin, people may be able to give you a satisfactory answer as to how scripts work with that skin. Unfortunately, until then, I'm not sure if I can be of much help.   jj137   ( talk )  21:36, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad I could help... er... try to help. :)   jj137   ( talk )  23:21, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

A friendly salute
I appreciate your hard work in helping create at least a profile for each individual in the List of MLB Players. it's good to see someone else working or consciously choosing to do certain things. Good luck, and keep up the fine effort! MusiCitizen (talk) 14:54, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Visiting your talk page
Good byplay on inclusive MLB rosters today. In another wrinkle, some users are compiling rosters numerically, rather than alphabetically. The usual convention is for alphabetical lists. Also, are there any particular clubs you are compiling for? I can take some of the ones you are not interested in. Thanks. McGill1974 (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

thank you
thanks for merging those two articles! Adam Penale (talk)

2001 Milwaukee Brewers
Hi there. I was adding some more stats and did not realize that you were in the middle of formatting the player stats. I apologize if I messed up what you were doing. Maple Leaf (talk) 23:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the info. It's very helpful. Cheers Maple Leaf (talk) 00:07, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

List of Kinston Baseball People
The Jim Tatum you keep linking to on the Kinston people list is not the correct one. Jim Tatum was a catcher on the Kinston Eagles prior to becoming a college football coach. Jim Tatum (baseball) never played for Kinston to my knowledge. If you have information to the contrary, please let me know about it. Kinston eagle (talk) 01:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * see Kinston eagle (talk) 01:18, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Talkin' Baseball
I took care of the anon you asked IRP to block. The IP is blocked for 48 hours and I semi-protected the article for a month. --GraemeL (talk) 00:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Re:Talkin' Baseball
Thanks for letting me know. I see the user has already been re-blocked, so I'll just keep an eye out. ... disco spinster   talk  02:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

List of MLB players
Well... I did not check it inmediately after editing. Was my fault. So, I'm sorry for the inconveniences. Cheers, and keep up the good work! MusiCitizen (talk) 01:38, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

New addition
Please check the new Bob Smiths boxes and let me know if everything is OK. Thanks. MusiCitizen (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Tom Mastny
While I agree you are 'technically' correct, then you're going to have to try and do this for EVERY single player that changes teams this offseason, and then go in and make the additions after everyone's first games - which is very unreasonable (and you'd have to fight every single person that attempts to add them until then). In general - when it comes to current MLB players, the best policy is that if they are not under any threat of starting the season in the minors (no options, etc), its fine to put in the new team with (2009-present). If not, then you have to be the one that commits to keeping them out for every single player that is on a new team....

In the case of Mastny, his contract is being sold to Japan because he's going to play there. JustSomeRandomGuy32 (talk) 22:17, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

2009 Philadelphia Phillies season
Thank you for your help! I appreciate it. Ever since my last run-in with this joker, I fear the 3 revert rule because he never stops and then doesn't get in trouble. It's very frustrating. KV5 •  Squawk box  •  Fight on!  17:27, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Your request on Administrator intervention against vandalism
Thanks for making that report. That guy is using an automated tool to quickly switch between several open proxies in order to evade his block. He has been doing this periodically for quite some time. I blocked all the vandals who were harrassing you and I semi-protected your talk page for 6 hours. Cheers, and thanks again! J.delanoy gabs adds 19:57, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome :-) It's probably not the end of it, but he unquestionably won't be bugging you again for at least 6 hours. I added your talk page to my watchlist, so if he comes back after the protection expires, I'll protect it again, for 24 hours. J.delanoy gabs adds  20:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Talkin' Baseball more
Thanks for adding more links. The question now is, how can we get away with having the entire lyric there? I'm assuming it's copyrighted - unless all the linking explanation let us "get away with it." I was also thinking that this song is vaguely like Baseball's version of "American Pie", the difference being it's easy to figure out. Although, maybe to a pop culture / rock music expert, "American Pie" is also easy to figure out. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)