User talk:JamesCollins

BAFL articles
Morning James. Saw your comment on the Thrashers talk page (thanks for the encouragement!) and also your work on the Edinburgh Wolves page. I'm mostly working on Div 2 articles, though I'm currently working on the Sundevils. You're right though - we definately need to get all BAFL team articles up to scratch, so keep up the good work and we'll get there! Bettia  (talk)  08:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Edinburgh Wolves
Hi James, I've updated the Wolves Wiki a little (Junior/Youth - Fusion stuff). Wolves02 (talk) 00:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Highland Wildcats
A tag has been placed on Highland Wildcats requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a club, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guidelines for people and for organizations.

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Speedy deletion nomination of David Molloy


A tag has been placed on David Molloy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. JamesCollins (talk) 22:54, 6 October 2009 (UTC) I have put this forward for deletion based on notibility. David Molloy was a player and coach for an ameatur American football team for a few years. He hasn't been playing for 2 years. He isn't based in Manchester, has never coached Manchester United (who played in 2006 as far as I remember) and currently works in a shop in South Edinburgh. There are hundreds of thousands of BAFL, high school and other semi-pro US footballers and UK amateur soccer players who don't have pages; because they aren't noticeable. Love the guy, but he shouldn't have a Wiki page.

Your tuppence worth on team infoboxes
Hi James. I've just been thinking about the American football team infoboxes that we've been using for BAFL team articles - basically, do you think they're too big? For example, listing out every division and ground a team has played in seems excessive, as does listing out every year a team has made the playoffs. I honestly think this template could be pared right down to something similar to those on soccer team articles. What do you think? Bettia  (talk)  11:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI - I have an example in progress at User:Bettia/Kent Exiles. Bettia   (talk)  14:51, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Alright, hope you're OK. Looks OK providing no info is deleted (all data is put into article somewhere). Have thought myself that with the moving around of conferences each year a lot of it doesn't mean much. Not sure how relevant it is to non BAFL clubs who may use the infobox though.

While I think we can take conference and playoffs out, I'm wondering if we combine Division and League Championships into 1 number and have that on the infobox (probably just under the title 'division'). Would also look at having GM's on there as of the opinion they're frequently as important as the coaches in BAFL. Would also move the team name inside the box, making it bold and have a 'uniform' title of some kind about the uniforms - but that's just playing with the design. All the team history, home fields and div history can all be moved to the article (if possible).
 * Yeah I'm good, can't wait for BUAFL to start up again. A lot of the info can be included in the article text (in most cases, it is already). I've made the changes you've suggested - look okay to you? Bettia   (talk)  10:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Edinburgh Wolves roster
Template:Edinburgh Wolves roster has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Pit-yacker (talk) 23:15, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland
I'm just dropping you a quick note about a new Wikipedian in Residence job that's opened up at the National Library of Scotland. There're more details at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scotland. Richard Symonds (WMUK) (talk) 15:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)