User talk:Gasheadsteve/Archive 2

Fred Leamon
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Meeting this weekend in Bristol
Hi this is Steve Virgin from the Board of Wikimedia UK

I am a fellow Bristolian

We have a Wikimedia Conference in town this weekend

We were getting some of the Bristol Project Wikipedians together at the Watershed on Saturday night for a Wiki Meet at around 6.30pm.

This is a good opportunity to meet people from the national Chapter, other Chapters from around the world and from the Wikimedia Foundation. There is a bar tab to help proceedings and we would be very keen to see you there.

RSVP - let me know if you are able to come and feel free to invite any other local Wikipedians in Bristol

Steve virgin (talk) 19:00, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

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Will Hoskins
Off topic for wikipedia I know. But if you're not paying him too much, you may have got yourselves a real bargain there. In terms of natural ability he's undoubtedly a player capable of making it at the top end of the Championship, but successive Watford managers have tried and failed to get him to do it consistently. Here's hoping Trollope is the man to do it. WFCforLife (talk) 10:46, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

New Template
Hi, I noticed you use FA user topicon and wanted to let you know that DYK user topicon has recently been created, so that you can showcase your DYK credits in your topicon space as well. It works exactly the same way as FA user topicon Happy editing! ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 12:37, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Gavin Grant
Just to let you know I've semi-protected the article for a week. This should be long enough to allow the furore to die down over his sentence. WP:BLP still needs to be adhered to, even though Grant has been convicted. Semi-protection for a short while should help to accomplish that. Mjroots (talk) 11:13, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Sammy Black
Hi Steve. I noticed that you have Joyce's Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 book and was wondering if you could add anything that is available about The Mighty Atom to his article? I can't find anything on the net about his QPR career or his date of death and its irritating me. I plan on getting more material soon so I can seriously work on expanding his article but if you could add appearances/goals, etc that would be appreciated. Cheers. Argyle 4 Life talk  08:29, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. He is proving to be a bit of an enigma as well as a legend. Argyle 4 Life  talk  09:19, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

George Richards (English footballer)
Hi Steve, I have recently created the above article. Having searched Wiki first, I found some references (e.g.List of Bristol Rovers F.C. seasons) to a George Richards at Bristol Rovers just after the time the sources show him as leaving Derby, and thus have included some mentions of Rovers in the article. However, I'd be grateful if you could confirm if it is the same player, and if so add some Rovers sources to the article. I've not yet changed the Rovers dabs of his name. Regards. Eldumpo (talk) 09:18, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply, I have now added inside left to the article as this is listed in the Joyce source as his secondary position. Hope you don't mind, but I will incorporate your response in a post I will make to Footy. Eldumpo (talk) 20:05, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Steve - I've removed the 'seasons' redlink to Richards above, but it's a bit more complicated with the sort table format at List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players (25–99 appearances). If you have his year of birth you could put the redlink as '...born in x', as if it were created at just '...(footballer)' it would cause some confusion. Regards. Eldumpo (talk) 21:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Joseph Walter
Hi, I just created Joseph Walter for the Bristol artist but I now see that you had a redlink for a Joseph Walter on your list of Bristol Rover players without articles, so this has now gone blue. I'm not sure if your Joseph Walter was the same person as the Joe Walter (footballer) that you created earlier this year but anyway I thought I'd better let you know so you can change the link either way. Cheers — Aegoceras (talk) 16:49, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Would you like to meet Jimmy Wales in Bristol 13th Jan 2011?
As you may have heard Jimmy Wales is coming to give a talk at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol on 13th January 2011 as part of wikipedia's 10th birthday celebrations. There is a possibility of a small group of local active wikipedians to meet him for 20 mins before the talk. If you are interested could you respond on the centralised discussion on the Bristol wikiproject talk page?&mdash; Rod talk 20:15, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

A WikiProject for women in the sports
Bonjour, please read this WikiProject Council/Proposals/Women's Sport , bon week-end --Geneviève  (talk) 13:28, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Steve, I am a Bristol Rovers supporter and a Bristol Rovers season ticket holder. I was wondering could you help me edit and improve the West Country derby article?

Thanks Up The Gas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brfc90 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Joe Davis (footballer born 1938)
Hi, could you add in-line cites to this article, although I assume the 2nd para comes from Jay and Byrne and the last from Leesdad? Thanks. Eldumpo (talk) 10:14, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Winterbourne, Gloucestershire
An article that you have been involved in editing, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Skinsmoke (talk) 10:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
For the work you've done in December 2011 and January 2012 on English football related articles.

LauraHale (talk) 00:51, 8 February 2012 (UTC) 

File:Kit body goldrightsash.png listed for deletion
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Bristol Wiki Meetup
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DYK for 2009–10 FA Women's Cup
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Martha Harris (footballer)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 07:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Gloucestershire cup results
Hi GasHeadSteve,

Love the wiki page. I do have some of the results if you'd like to fill in some gaps?

My e-mail is cooperglen_971@fsmail.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.65.142 (talk) 15:50, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Bristol selected article
Template:Bristol selected article has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:29, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Nomination of Thomas Roberts (footballer) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Thomas Roberts (footballer) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Thomas Roberts (footballer) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Rod talk 10:42, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Football articles on the Bristol cleanup list
Hi, I'm currently working my way through the WP Bristol cleanup list and have come across several football related articles. I've dealt with some of them however I wondered if you could help with: If you could help with any of these that would be great.&mdash; Rod talk 11:15, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've just nominated Thomas Roberts (footballer) for deletion as, apart from the Jay & Byrne book I can't find any sources (which aren't mirrors of wikipedia).
 * Ryan Clarke is labelled as being self contradictory.
 * Ray Graydon is labelled as needing expansion and further references
 * 2010–11 Bristol City F.C. season is labelled as needing expansion (section title "standing")
 * Bristol City Stadium may need updating
 * Bristol City F.C. needs more references and may bee too long/slanted towards recent events
 * Herbert Blake is an orphaned article
 * Brislington F.C. (which has just had a large chuck of copyright violation removed) needs more references
 * Mangotsfield United F.C. has unsourced statements
 * Julian Dicks lacks sources for managerial stats
 * History of Bristol Rovers F.C. needs inline citations
 * Bristol Manor Farm F.C. needs additional references
 * Bristol derby needs additional references & an incomplete table
 * Cadbury Heath F.C. needs additional references
 * Hallen A.F.C. needs additional references
 * Oldland Abbotonians F.C. needs additional references
 * 2009–10 Bristol City F.C. season needs additional references
 * 2012–13 Bristol City F.C. season is uncited
 * Josh Klein-Davies has unsourced claims

DYK for Dick Pudan
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Bristol Rovers
Hi Steve, I've dealt with some of the football related articles above on the cleanup list but I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at some Bristol football articles which appear on the cleanup list for wikiproject Bristol. I have very little knowledge about the clubs so don't feel qualified to tackle: Any help with any of them would be great.&mdash; Rod talk 17:04, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Bristol City F.C. - References needed (November 2012), Unsourced statements (December 2013), ... (July 2013), Too long (July 2013)
 * Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry - Conflict of interest (April 2011), Merge needed (March 2015), ... (December 2015)
 * M4 derby - Dead external links (September 2013), ... (March 2015)
 * 2012–13 Bristol City F.C. season - Unsourced statements (February 2015), ... (April 2013)
 * History of Bristol Rovers F.C. - In-text citations lacking

The West Country Challenge
Hi, Are you going to join in at: WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge. I'd particularly appreciate your help with getting the right things included in the core articles & missing articles lists at this stage as we are still preparing for the contest.&mdash; Rod talk 20:42, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
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DYK for 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
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I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm Kudpung. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Vladislav Monchenko, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:11, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Onwudiwe Okechukwu Kevin
The speedy deletion of my page was not proper.... Please what was wrong with my page.....

How can I create a personal page without deletion.........

I await you reply — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin Jasper King (talk • contribs) 20:44, 5 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Replied at User talk:Kevin Jasper King. &mdash;  Gas Head Steve [TALK] 21:29, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

The West Country Challenge
This is just a reminder that WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge kicks off today, with the first subject being Bristol. Please remember to post entries under your name at WikiProject England/The West Country Challenge/Bristol. You are receiving this message because you are listed as a participant in the challenge.

Happy editing! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:46, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

The first leg is Bristol. Names are to be added at the bottom of the Bristol page and articles listed. Please also make sure that you add entries you improve/start to the main list on the main page. There will be £10 to win each day for the most points accumulated and then the winner of the county crowned after three days. The overall winner will be decided from the points accumulated from each county round. If you're not interested in winning anything and want to contribute anything you want from the West Country this is fine too though. Best of luck!♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:07, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Photographs
Hi. In the last contest we had higher points for photos on a missing hotlist. What do you think we should do for this one? How many photos are on the hotlist? I think 5 points for any photograph not on a hotlist and higher points for a high in demand one. What shall we do on this?♦ Dr. Blofeld  10:59, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * That sounds reasonable. Maybe 15 points for a hotlist photo and 5 for a non-hotlist? Maybe we should have extra points for photos of people, as these can be particularly hard to get. &mdash;  Gas Head Steve [TALK] 11:08, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes OK. It has to be an original photograph though and of a different building each time, no geograph/flickr uploads. My concern though was that somebody could just upload hundreds of photographs and easily win the contest haha! Was the recent photo on the hotlist of ones requested? You'll have to declare so when uploading if this is the case.♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:12, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

I think it has to be a photograph of a subject currently without a photograph to get points on this. Obviously there's no use in taking hundreds of photographs of existing buildings and locations which alreayd have photos, it has to be a constructive purpose I think!♦ Dr. Blofeld  11:51, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Ok, let's say 5 points for non-hotlist, 15 for hotlist photos, and 25 for people on the hotlist. Photos must be uploaded within the dates of the challenge and taken recently (shall we say in 2016, or do you want to make it more recent than that?). People can only claim for one photo per article, and that article must have no photos already on it for points to be awarded.
 * The photo I added was not on the hotlist. I just happened to be there on Saturday, so I snapped a picture. I'll go and claim my five points now... :) &mdash;  Gas Head Steve [TALK] 11:59, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

I say they have to be fresh ones, current. This month... As long as they're on articles currently without a photograph to get the points I think. I've given you the 5 for that, cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:07, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Vic Lambden
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

The 10,000 Challenge
Hi there. I've started a new initiative, the The 10,000 Challenge. It's a long term goal to bring about 10,000 article improvements to the UK and Ireland. Through two contests involving just six or seven weeks of editing so far we've produced over 1500 improvements. Long term if we have more people chipping it and adding articles they've edited independently as well from all areas of the UK then reaching that target is all possible. I think it would be an amazing achievement to see 10,000 article improvements by editors chipping in. If you support this and think you might want to contribute towards this long term please sign up in the Contributors section. No obligations, just post work on anything you feel like whenever you want, though try to avoid basic stubs if possible as we're trying to reduce the overall stub count and improve general comprehension and quality. Thanks.

I'll update that main list once the West Country challenge is complete though so don't worry about adding your entries for the contest to it!♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:19, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

History of Bristol Rovers F.C.
Hi Steve, I've just got back to the Bristol cleanup list after the West Country Challenge and noticed that History of Bristol Rovers F.C. has a refimprove banner. As you are much more knowledgeable and familiar with the sources for this is there any chance you could add some citations? (Also on the list is Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry which has rewrite & COI banners (and a comment on the talk page from you), if you had any time)?&mdash; Rod talk 20:21, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * History of Bristol Rovers F.C. is something I've been trying to clean up for a while, I've introduced inline citations into the first section, which were completely lacking throughout the entire page. I don't have a huge amount of time right now for tackling these big projects (work and two young children take up most of my time!), so I'm focusing on work that I can do in small, quick edits. I haven't forgotten these articles though, and I do intend to go back to them at some point if no one else has tackled them in the mean time. &mdash;  Gas Head Steve [TALK] 09:40, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Invite to the African Destubathon
Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Europe 10,000 Challenge invite
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cleanup list & Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry
I've been doing some work on the WikiProject Bristol cleanup list (again) and came across Bristol Rovers F.C.–Swindon Town F.C. rivalry saying it needs a rewrite. While thinking about this (a topic I know nothing about) I noticed your note on the talk page (from 2015) and wondered if you had thought any more about it? The list also includes 2012–13 Bristol City F.C. season and History of Bristol Rovers F.C. tagged as needing in text citations. Bristol City F.C. is also tagged as needing references - any help with any of these would be appreciated.&mdash; Rod talk 20:15, 19 September 2017 (UTC)