User talk:GordyB/Archive 5

Swing Low
i just looked at this page for the first time and i see that the gesture for coming isn't there. was that left out deliberately or is it vandalism? i saw the discussion. civil, but not exactly friendly.Toyokuni3 (talk) 19:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Blackpool Panthers
No worries, glad to help. I also thought maybe of copying and pasting whatever content is relevant to the Blackpool Borough article as if I recall correctly some of it is the same on both articles? The different headers I wasn't really sure which was the best option as there seem to have been so many variants in names, and it does look better as you have it. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 23:29, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah right. I must admit to getting oonfused by all the numerous clubs and nicknames and which club is a continuaton of which or not. Just glad though that they finally seem to have turned things round! ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 00:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

European Nations Cup Rugby
Looks vastly better. That's what I was hoping for. Thanks for the improvement. Of course it's outdated, but I'll amend it to reflect the 2008-10 divisions on Sunday.Alanmjohnson (talk) 05:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

You Tube footage for Keighly Cougars...
Could you get the club to issue a statment about the footage (possibly on the 'channel' concerned?)

That would settle the matter once and for all. 62.56.83.45 (talk) 13:01, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Service Areas
Yes, I see your point. It would be less confusing just to have their proper locations. JoelUK (talk) 15:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

cricket moves
just a heads up: what you are doing counts as splitting and as such the provisions of Splitting apply - namely that you should state in edit summaries where you are moving content TO (with a wikilink) and when you create the new page, where the content has come FROM (with another wikilink). it's for legal reasons, and is all on that page. thanks, and keep up the good work :) ninety:one 16:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Question
Hi, this question is totally unrelated to Wikipedia, but you seem an expert in the field so... I'm moving to London in September, staying there for 4 years. I'm an American and something of a keen sportsman. My interaction with rugby is rather limited ( we played a bastardized version of Union on the playgrounds at school) and I hold no preference for League or Union. So my question to you is: Purely as a spectator, foreign to both sports but desperate for some sporting action... which would you recommend to me, league or union? -MichiganCharms (talk) 07:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, thanks for so much info! I think League is closer to what I'm used to, though Union does look extremely interesting. I think I'll give both a shot. Thanks again!

History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and France
I know you are pretty good with English and grammar, and was wondering if you would mind a quick polish of History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and France? It's been mentioned by Tony at Featured article candidates/History of rugby union matches between All Blacks and France and doesn't require a major rewrite, just a polish. Please let me know if you have time, and help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. - Shudde   talk

Important vote at wiki-project rugby league
Many people have been working hard on getting a new infobox up and running and we would like to have your thoughts on the subject here. CorleoneSerpicoMontana 07:15, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

3RR at Home Nations
Hi please stop edit warring. It is verified fact that the name of the country is Ireland not ROI. Thanks.194.125.86.121 (talk) 18:38, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And West Germany was verifiable the Federal Bundesrepublik of Germany but West Germany was about a billion times more common and more sensible given that there were two Germanies.
 * Newsflash - there are two Irelands.

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
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November 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you removed a CSD i11 deletable image-caption tag from an image that appears on. Soundvisions1 (talk) 14:19, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Neutrality Dispute not resolved
The Rugby League in Victoria article still asserts that it is growing in popularity despite any citations supporting the assertion. Simply adding more irrelevant citations and attempting to remove the neutrality tags is deliberately misleading to other editors as it clearly does not confirm to wikipedia standards. --Rulesfan (talk) 07:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Rugby league in South Australia
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Rugby league in South Australia, and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: South Australian Rugby League. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page&mdash; you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 15:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No confusion but consider it work-in-progress. Much of the data on South Australian Rugby League ought to be moved to Rugby league in South Australia.GordyB (talk) 15:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

When moving content from one article to another, as in the above articles, it's important to say where you took it from in the edit summary, so that the contributions of users aren't lost. It's required in the GFDL license under which all content is released, and it can create problems if not done. Just a heads up for future moves. Best, – Toon (talk)  23:29, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Up 'n' Under
hello. the purpose of external links is to provide the reader with further information on a subject. as far as i can tell, there are no prohibitions and it is not uncommon to add cross referencing links particularly when much of the information is the same. --emerson7 18:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * while i certainly respect your point of view, there's nothing in policy or practise that prevents it from being there, and it is otherwise harmless. --emerson7 23:20, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Rugby comparisons
The rugby league section in Sport in England contains uncited and subjective comparisons to rugby union. My edit have been undone, but I think this is worthy of discussion.

Regards,

Rob

Irish rugby flag
Can we not use the "four provinces flag" which is copyright free and which the IRFU constantly use as a flag at matches ? ManfromDelmonte (talk) 17:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Scarborough Pirates ARLFC
I've had a stab at it. The website is wrong probably due to different people being involved there now. YC Tigers were an open age team that stood alone from the local junior teams. The RLC history article is correct insofar as some people will have joined and helped to establish the new side. I don't know any of their recent history though  LunarLander  //  talk  // 00:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of InterTown Series
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Rugby/league/football
Yes OK it does make sense in that the players and fans of rugby union refer to it as 'rugby', as you say it was the assertion that rugby league is never referred to as rugby that was clearly wrong. In Australia, I think, rugby league is actually usually called 'football'.Haldraper (talk) 17:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.81.205 (talk)

Removal of content
You've done a pretty decent job on the Cricket in Afghanistan and Cricket in the Netherlands articles, but if you do any more could you please not remove content from the national team pages? On the Afghanistan national side article you were a little careless and broke a reference. It's not as if the material you're removing is irrelevant to the article. Andrew nixon (talk) 21:38, 19 April 2009 (UTC)