User talk:Footballmasala

Thangboi Singto
To be honest, that was just my natural reaction to these types of photos. I've never actually seen a photo uploaded here on wikipedia about Indian football without it being not allowed because of lack of permission. Did you take these photos? --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 19:42, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I clicked all these photos. We don't have quality photos of Indian football on wikipedia. So thought that better if I upload the pics what I have clicked. --Footballmasala (talk) 03:08, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Like CoderZombie said, we need the right license so we can tell. A lot of photos uploaded here for Indian football are usually never uploaded by the actual taker of the photo so sorry if we're being a bit over skeptical. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 06:00, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Its okh and copyright is a major issue. But I only upload pics that are clicked by me. Living in Mumbai so I cover all I-League matches in Mumbai. So should I use the Thangboi photo in his wiki profile ? Footballmasala (talk) 08:32, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Thangboi Singto - 2015.jpg
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Thankyou for making me aware. It was a small mistake by a person and nothing else. I will re-add it back to the article. --> Footballmasala (talk) 03:21, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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Football pictures
If you really are a journalist as you have claimed, your help on Wikipedia, especially with pictures, is really needed and appreciated. But Wikipedia has strict rules for copyright of images, so if you upload pictures, make sure you really own them. Cheers. Coderzombie (talk) 02:39, 6 April 2015 (UTC)


 * If you're uploading your own pictures, upload them as your own picture, rather than "Fair use". Because Fair Use is for the pictures not taken by the uploader. Coderzombie (talk) 17:04, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Thankyou so much. I will keep this is in mind when uploading a picture. --Footballmasala (talk) 03:13, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * It'd also help if you establish your credentials on your user page, like a brief introduction etc., so in future, it can help identify you as an owner of the pics. Coderzombie (talk) 05:42, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

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Results table
Hey mate, reason I got rid of it was cause I wanted to replace it with a proper results table like the one we see in the 2016 Indian Super League season page but then I got lazy but also confused with the league format. Are you saying you don't like footballcounter as a source? Where else can I source? Is there a place to get proper fixtures and results etc.?--ArsenalFan700 (talk) 16:50, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The format is simple, each team play against each other only once Footballmasala (talk) 03:40, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Really? See that was never explained anywhere online. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 04:16, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I would request you to add the result table, here is the link to the page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2016-17_MDFA_Elite_Division_Result_Table Footballmasala (talk) 08:01, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:2016-17 MDFA Elite Division Result Table
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 * Please delete it. Footballmasala (talk) 11:11, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Nadkarni Cup and 2018 Nadkarni Cup
I noticed your articles don't have any references in support of the content. I would strongly recommend you to provide sources. Or else, I will have to incubate your articles to draft-space so that you can work on it and then submit it for reviewing. Thanks! Dial911 (talk) 07:23, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The article will be updated soon. Thank you for the concern. Footballmasala (talk) 15:43, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:2018–19 MDFA Elite Division Table


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Ways to improve 2018–19 MDFA Elite Division
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