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Would you mind explaining why you are changing the record and then changing it right back? Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 21:53, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

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win loss updates
Please wait until the conclusion of the games before updating coaches win loss records. You already have a win listed on Tony Sanchez page when the game is still in the third quarter. Even if its a blowout wait until the game is final. Bsuorangecrush (talk) 04:31, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

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Coaching standings
Please refrain from putting standings on coaches record tables until the end of the season. The standings can change weekly so only final standings should be listed. Thank you.Bsuorangecrush (talk) 07:38, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Dude I'm updating them as they are now. You notice I didn't give anybody a division championship. I'm going to edit them as I do. I've been doing this like that for years...
 * You haven't been updating them with standings all season. Why start now? There is a ton of movement that can happen between now and the end of the season. Only their final standing on the season should be listed. Bsuorangecrush (talk) 07:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm aware there will be a ton of movement. But hey, not important in the grand scheme of things, just trying to make them as accurate as possible!
 * Those tables have always only listed their final standing. I've been doing this for 8 years and it has always been that way. Listing standings while games are still being played can lead to inaccuracies, especially in leagues like the MAC who play during week games. Teams playing on Tuesday effects the teams playing Wednesday and and Thursday and standings would have to be changed for coaches/teams that didn't even play. Same goes for conferences that play Thursday and Friday games. It leads to a lot of inaccuracies. If someone wants to know where the team is in the standings they can click on the teams page. Only accurate way to do it is to wait until the end of the regular season. Bsuorangecrush (talk) 07:59, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You've done a hell of a good job keeping the records updated this season. It is something that I would do myself if I had more time. Your work is greatly appreciated. But on this one it would be better to wait a few weeks until the regular season ends and conference standings are final.Bsuorangecrush (talk) 08:13, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

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College coaches records–
Thanks for you efforts on updating the records of several coaches of the past few days. If you would please use the – instead of the - it would save me the trouble of going back and adding fixing them. The button to add the – is the first dash directly next to the "insert" drop down below the edit summary area. Thanks! DMC511 (talk) 00:31, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

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