User talk:Jweiss11/Archives/2016

1979 Tulane Green Wave
You left out Wide receiver Nolan Franz on the list of team members in 1979 Liberty bowl team that played in NFL. Franz signed with Buffalo Bills as free agent in 1981. Played several seasons in USFL, CFL and made the Greenbay Packers in 1986-87. Nolanfranz (talk) 22:22, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Nolan, please feel free to add Nolan Franz (is that you?) to the 1979 Tulane Green Wave football team article. I didn't write most of that article. I just did some cleanup and standardization the other day.  Jweiss11 (talk) 22:25, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It looks like this really is Nolan, unless he's lying. Check here. Lizard  (talk) 17:23, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Single-game articles
A while back you mentioned a list of single-game articles of suspect notability/suitability for future AfDs. . . was 1983 Oregon State vs. Oregon football game one of them? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:17, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't recall ever pointing out that article. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:35, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Man of few words, eh? So should we keep it, delete it, or merge to Oregon-Oregon State rivalry series?  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem particularly egregious. I'd leave it alone.  There's certainly lower hanging fruit out there like 1982 Nebraska vs. Penn State football game, and a host of Texas games: 2008 Texas vs. Oklahoma football game, 2007 Texas vs. Oklahoma State football game, 2005 Texas vs. Ohio State football game (GA), 2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game, and 2005 Texas vs. Texas A&M football game. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:51, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Let's take a look at nominating the weakest of these single-game articles at the end of January. That should give us a chance to to clear the remaining series record articles first.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:34, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Arizona Wildcats football series records and three others for deletion
Jweiss11, because of the interest you expressed in a closely related topic during the discussion @ Articles for deletion/Texas Longhorns football series records, I am notifying you that a new discussion is taking place as to whether the following articles are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether they should be deleted:


 * 1) Arizona Wildcats football series records;
 * 2) Charlotte 49ers football series records;
 * 3) Texas A&M Aggies football series records; and
 * 4) UMass Minutemen football series records.

These articles will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Arizona Wildcats football series records 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 articles during the discussion, including to improve the articles to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the articles. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:51, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Already commented there, my man. Jweiss11 (talk) 07:08, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Senor Speedy. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:29, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Cannon's Run
Is Billy Cannon's Halloween run notable enough to have its own entry? I've been working on Cannon's biography article for a few days now and I just noticed there's a page for his run, and I saw you edited it a while back. Sure, its arguably the most famous play in LSU football history but I think everything worth saying about it can fit on Cannon's page. Lizard (talk) 01:36, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think that it's not notable as a single game, but as a single play. One 89-yard run determined the outcome; the article's game stats, etc., are just window-dressing for that single play.  The play is already prominently discussed in the 1959 LSU Tigers football team article, as well as the history section of the LSU Tigers football main article.  I think that's as it should be.  I would recommend a merge and redirect to either Billy Cannon or 1959 LSU Tigers football team.  What do you think, Weiss?  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:51, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Dirtlawyer, thanks for chiming in. I was going to ping you for your opinion on this.  I'm not sure it's productive to make a distinction here between the play and the game.  We have a number of stand-alone articles for games that are famous on basis of a single play, often for which they take their nickname, e.g Miracle at Michigan, Wide Right I, Wide Right II, Bo Over the Top, Bluegrass Miracle, Prayer at Jordan–Hare, Holy Buckeye, Hail Flutie, Flea Kicker, Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass, and most famously, The Play (Stanford vs. California).  That aside, I'll defer to your opinion on the notability of this game. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, that raises the question: should some of our notable single-game articles be reclassified as notable single-play articles? One trend I have observed, once an article is created on the basis of a singe famous play, many of the articles are expanded to include four quarters of scores, plays, stats, etc.  Perhaps these articles should be more narrowly focused on the play, not the entire game.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I think to give proper context to the play, you have explain the game. And then you're pretty much at an article about the game. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:22, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll see if I can find enough info on the game to make it into a single-game/(play) article. The Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass and a few others are pretty similar, particularly because each play was a large contributor to a player winning the Heisman. Not to mention I'd even put the Halloween night game over the Earthquake Game in terms of recognition. Lizard (talk) 03:29, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

And something new . . ..
What do you think of this: Category:Dissolved sports rivalries? At the very least, it's oddly phrased -- "dissolved"? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:39, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd say "discontinued" is a better, more commonly used term.Lizard (talk) 02:14, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, "discontinued" sounds much better. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:52, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * But are they discontinued, "dormant" or "inactive"? I noticed this when the creator added the new category to Florida–Miami football rivalry, which is not officially discontinued and the most recent game was played two seasons ago.  That's not discontinued in the sense of being over and done.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, "dormant" or "inactive" is even better. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:11, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, would you like to gently invite the creator to join us here for a chat? We can copy this discussion to the category talk page when we're done . . . .  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:18, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if you're asking me to do the inviting, or if I'm fine with him being invited. I'll assume the latter since I've never done it before. Sure, I'm fine with it. Lizard (talk) 03:38, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Chicken.   Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:41, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I went for dissolved as some of these discontinued rivalries weren't planned years in advance to be discontinued and often were discontinued from sudden changes such as conference realignment. Although, I agree that it wasn't the best wording by me. BryceJorgensen (talk) 04:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I mean, I have heard "dissolved" used in that sense before. Dictionary.com has a definition for dissolve that reads "to bring to an end; terminate; destroy." When I think of "dormant" I think of volcanoes or sleeping mythical creatures. "Dissolved" may just be the best wording, now that I think about it. Lizard (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Exactly, Lizard -- it implies that something has been definitely ended, as in the dissolution of a corporation. We have many CFB rivalries that are no longer annual, but have not been definitively ended.  I think the generic "inactive" -- which would cover both defunct and dormant rivalries, as well as those whose status is uncertain -- might be better for our purposes.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:24, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ehh I'm torn. Yes it's true that both "dissolved" and "discontinued" usually means done for good, but I still don't like the sound of "inactive sports rivalry." If you just saw that term without knowing what it referred to, would you know that it meant "2 teams that don't play each other yearly anymore"? I don't know if I would. Maybe that's just me. Also I noticed currently it only includes college football rivalries. Is that the intention, or is it going to cover every sport under the sun? Lizard (talk) 06:54, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I guess this discussion has dissolved. Or maybe it's just dormant. Lizard (talk) 16:56, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Need more input from others, Mr. Reptile. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

SAIAA
Though the cfbdatawarehouse says otherwise (1907), I have no evidence to suggest there was an SAIAA before late 1911. In the Proceedings of the annual NCAA convention for 1912, page 14, there is mention of "the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association, an undergraduate organization, the object of which is to promote track athletics and arrange meets between the members thereof...which was formed in 1912" One can compare Kemp Plummer Battle's (I will trivially note a relative of mine) History of the University of North Carolina, where SAIAA track champions are listed for 1911 and '12 but no earlier. Further, American Physical Education Review, Volume 18 a 1913 publication states "last spring, when the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association was organized". The New York Times in 1913 states "the second annual meet of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association." However, there do seem to be independent champions of the South Atlantic section going back to 1907 or further, and it is difficult to find mention of the SAIAA and football in comparison. Therefore, on the main page I have assumed 1911 is the date, yet I don't know what to do with e. g. Template:1908 SAIAA football standings. Cake (talk) 04:05, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Cake, I'm not sure what to make of this. It might be worth discussing this with David DeLassus, who admins the College Football Data Warehouse, and perhaps see what sources he's used.  I can give you his email address if you are interested in contacting him. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:20, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Assuming it's the one at the bottom of the website, I just sent one. Cake (talk) 15:45, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Discussion at talk:Kickoff returner
You are invited to join the discussion at talk:Kickoff returner. Thanks. Lizard (talk) 02:52, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

You might want to just scroll all the way down. The old discussion is mainly just mudslinging. Lizard (talk) 02:52, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Put your thinking cap on, please . ..
I need a fresh perspective on something. In our CFB coach and and player infoboxes, we have always used the pipe-linked short-form team name for college teams when listing the coach or player's career history (e.g., "Michigan"), and not the full university name (e.g., "University of Michigan") or the full team name (e.g., "Michigan Wolverines"). That makes a lot of sense for college players and coaches, where all of the teams listed are college teams using the same short-form name format. On the other hand, for NFL coaches who have coached both college and pro teams, it looks quite odd to see the short-form college team names (e.g., "Cincinnati") in the same list of coaching tenures with full NFL team names (e.g., "Cincinnati Bengals"). Thoughts? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:28, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * DL, I have pondered this before. A good example is Jack Pardee, who coached Houston Cougars football right in between coaching the Houston Gamblers of the USFL and the Houston Oilers.  I guess the liked him in Houston!  My conclusion thus far is that the oddness/awkwardness is worth it for the consistency?  Jweiss11 (talk) 03:33, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what we should do. I understand the logic of the short-form college team names, but I'm starting to do mop up on Infobox NFL coach, and it just screams off the page in a list of coaching positions to see short-form college team names and full NFL team names in the same list.  Of course, this is nothing new . . . .  My gut reaction was to include the full college team name (e.g., "Michigan Wolverines"), but I'm sure there are other consequences not yet contemplated.  My next thought was to take your temperature, and that's about as far as my own thinking proceeded.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:14, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Is just having the team name not an option? e.g. Cowboys. Lizard (talk) 05:18, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, that seems even stranger to me. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I suppose so. The idea came from how most teams are referred to in the real world. Most people would say they're a "Seahawks" fan as opposed to a "Seattle" fan. Identification thing. Lizard (talk) 05:24, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I suppose, but in print, particularly in tables and lists, it's would be very strange to lists teams that way. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:27, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd agree then to just leave it as it is. Though it does irk me the same. Lizard (talk) 07:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

CFBDW links and security issues
Hey. You know there have been a series of security problems with CFBDW, right? I'm not sure if we should add any more CFBDW links until we're reasonably confident they have resolved those issues. Are you still in contact with CFBDW guys? If so, I think we need to relay a message of concern to them, and see what their response is. My 2 cents. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:28, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm aware of the recent problems. Yes, I've been in contact with David Delasses, but haven't discussed the security issues with him.  I can write him an email. Do you want to be copied on that?  Jweiss11 (talk) 01:46, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Please contact Delasses and cc me. While CFBDW is not the most graphically modern website, in my opinion it is still the most accurate source of historical CFB season records, scores, head-to-head series, head coach win-loss records, and national championship data.  What's more, is that they have also been responsive in the past to making verified corrections in a very timely manner.  In contrast, Sports-Reference.com does not respond in a timely manner, does not make corrections of verified errors, and has known data errors that have existed for several years.  SR is useful for certain datapoints, but it is not, in my opinion, anywhere near as reliable as CFBDW.  For that reason alone, I would hate to have to stop linking CFBDW in our Wikipedia CFB articles.  That said, in the last year I have twice encountered malicious redirects by third-party malware amounting to hijacks of direct links to CFBDW from Wikipedia -- both serious enough to require a power-down hard reboot of my computer to rid myself of the malware.  That's no small thing, and I feel like I am endorsing their website when I link to it from our articles.  We can't continue to do that if the CFBDW folks are not committed to getting their security issues in hand, and I've got to imagine we are a major source of their website's daily traffic.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:26, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed on all points. I will write Delasses a note in the next few days. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:29, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

2012 Big Island Interscholastic Federation football season
seems like 2012 Big Island Interscholastic Federation football season should be deleted as well? Frietjes (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Frietjes, thanks for the heads up on this one. I will nominated it. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:06, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks friend
For the guidance on Billy Cannon. You and the real estate attorney made the process a lot simpler for me. It was an enjoyable experience, hopefully the first of many projects from me on WP. I plan on sticking around and branching into other areas once I gain a little more experience. Lizard (talk) 19:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Silver Anniversary Awards, etc.
Just saw this, and registered my opinion accordingly. In addition to the navboxes, I would really like to get rid of the kludgey succession boxes on the same subject. They are hideous, take up too damn much space, and often have a high percentage of red links that lead to the creation of articles of marginal notability. We could either delete them from all CFB and CBB players on our own, or nominate the whole kit-and-kaboodle for MfD. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 10:17, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * DL, yes, he should get rid of all those succession boxes, not just for football and basketball player, but for everyone. Is MfD the way too go, or should we just go and kill them? Jweiss11 (talk) 23:23, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * "yes, he should get rid of all those succession boxes" -- "He" or "we"? If "he," who is "he"?  FYI, if we whack them on our own, I would suggest that we should cut and paste the list of names from each succession box into the List of Silver Anniversary Awards recipients to complete the list of yearly recipients.  As I said at the TfD, I think the award probably exceeds the GNG standard, but it does not rise to the level of "noteworthiness" we should have for navboxes.  Because the recipients are almost completely unrelated -- different sports, different teams, different universities, and no other common denominator other than having received the award -- there is a very low likelihood that any significant number of readers are using these as navigation aids.  Readers will search Heisman Trophy recipients; Silver Anniversary Award recipients not so much.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:56, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * JW, note also Today's Top 10 Award and List of recipients of Today's Top 10 Award, which are the basis of a series of crufty succession boxes for similar NCAA alumni awards. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:16, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I meant "we" above. I just went ahead and got rid of all of the Silver Anniversary Awards succession boxes.  Some of them had already been removed, by Rikster and perhaps others.  There was no information in any of the remaining succession boxes that I found that wasn't already in List of Silver Anniversary Awards recipients. Jweiss11 (talk) 07:57, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Your tireless efforts never cease to amaze me. The both of you. Lizard (talk) 09:06, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool beans, Weiss. I whacked a few of them earlier tonight too, and had already deleted a number of them from Olympics swimmer bios.  One more oddity gone.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 09:19, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I just killed the rest of the Top 5/10 Awards succession boxes as well. Jweiss11 (talk) 21:19, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Why do we have these again?
Another reason to hate starting QB navboxes: Template:Idaho Vandals quarterback navbox. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:48, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Not a great looking navbox. I wonder how many of those guys are notable.  I would guess at least a handful of the non-linked ones are. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:21, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * High percentage of red links
 * + high percentage of unlinked subjects
 * + low percentage of notable of subjects
 * + large numbers of subjects
 * = usually better off as a list article.
 * And I'm not singling out poor old Idaho; I would just as soon see the Gators QB navbox deleted, too. These have only worked passably well for the programs that have been consistently top-tier for most of their history, because only they have had a sufficiently high percentage of genuinely notable QBs.  These are like the Division II and III head coach navboxes in that they lead to the creation of a lot of stubs for subjects of doubtful notability.  I am, of course, bitching for the sake of bitching.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:18, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Add me to the starting-QB-navbox-hating club. Maybe for NFL teams, but for college teams? I'm not even sure if there's a college team in the country for whom every starting QB they ever had is notable. Much less e.g. Idaho and Southern Miss. Isn't the purpose of a navbox to be able to navigate between pages more easily? Kinda pointless if there's only like 5 links in the navbox. Lizard (talk) 02:21, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Skippy Stivers is one of the bigger names without a page. Cake (talk) 02:37, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Can you take a gander at this
Could you see if you can clean up the infobox for Johnny Robinson when you have time? Those are a lot of awards and honors for someone whose article doesn't even have sections, and only has 1 source (a book cited incorrectly). Most of the awards look infobox-worthy but there's a few I've never even heard of. Lizard (talk) 02:30, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, the article as a whole should probably just be nuked and started from scratch. Good lord. Lizard (talk) 02:37, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I did a little clean-up earlier on the article. Yes, it needs a lot of work.  That's why you're here! Jweiss11 (talk) 07:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 'tis. I looked at the edit history, there's info in that article that's been unsourced for 12 years. My to-do list grows larger by the day. Lizard (talk) 17:12, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia! Jweiss11 (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Messy TfD for Montana State bowl games navbox
You need to take a look at this: Templates for discussion/Log/2016 January 21. I'm less concerned about the particular navbox, which has its own set of odd issues linking bowl lists, but one of the participants has made a suggestion that would further clutter our main CFB program navboxes. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:41, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Infobox conversion
Hey. As part of the Infobox NFL coach conversion process, I've found a number of templates that need to be converted to Infobox college coach, not another pro football template:


 * 1) Greg Adkins ✅
 * 2) Kurt Anderson (American football) ✅
 * 3) Charlie Coiner ✅
 * 4) Ted Gilmore ✅
 * 5) Ted Petoskey ✅
 * 6) Mel Tucker ✅
 * 7) Frank Scelfo (new addition) ✅

Given your work with Infobox college coach, I figured you were the logical person to do the conversion. There's also another half dozen listed on the WP:CFL talk page, if you're interested in converting those to Infobox gridiron football person. Even with about two dozen pending deletions via PROD or AfD, that leaves another ~220 instances of Infobox NFL coach still to be converted to Infobox NFL biography by yours truly. I'd be grateful if you could make these 7 go away. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:50, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * DL, I took care of the first two above and will do the remaining ones in the next couple days or so. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:16, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you, sir. You're still the Bestest.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:11, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I should enter a karate tournament right now. Jweiss11 (talk) 07:15, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * You have a very long memory to cross-reference The Karate Kid fight scene theme music. My takeaway?  I never realized how much Elisabeth Shue looked like the girl I dated my senior year in high school (minus the knee socks).  Seems like yesterday.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:34, 25 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Did you date Elisabeth Shue's mother in high school? Maybe a poodle skirt instead of knee socks?  Jweiss11 (talk) 07:46, 25 January 2016 (UTC) I had forgotten that she was also McFly's girl in Back to the Future.  Looks like she's mostly just somebody's hot mom these days.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:51, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

DL, Jeff Tedford should probably be converted to Infobox college coach too, no? Jweiss11 (talk) 05:15, 27 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Hmmmm. I've been pondering what to do with Tedford.  Definitely not the NFL box, but he played and coached in the CFL, and also had a good, long stint at Cal as head coach.  I think we could use either the CFL or CFB box.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:51, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

How about Greasy Neale? College or NFL? Lizard (talk) 17:32, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Because Neale also played and coach baseball and basketball, I'd say Infobox college coach does a better job. 7 Jweiss11 (talk) 17:35, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Hey, JW. There are now fewer than 75 articles remaining to be converted from the old Infobox NFL coach to either Infobox NFL biography or another more appropriate box (college coach or gridiron football person).  At the present rate of work, I anticipate being done in the next 5 or 6 six days, and I would like to draw a line under this thing, redirect it to the surviving template, and then focus on some of the post-merge tweaks and clean-up of the coach-specific parameters for Infobox NFL biography (the new version of Infobox NFL player.  In looking at the random links to Infobox NFL coach, I am also reminded that there are another 395 instances of Infobox pro football player lurking out there, which we still need to convert to Infobox NFL biography in the near future.  There also appear to be several hundred notable CFB player articles -- HOFers and others who never.  There's never a good time to do these sorts of projects, but this particular one is coming to an end.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:44, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I have a list here of a few former coaches with no infoboxes at all. Not sure if you're at that stage of the to-do list yet but I thought I'd let you know. Lizard  (talk) 04:23, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep that list on your talk page, Lizard, and I will circle back to it in the next few days. I just finished the last of the Infobox NFL coach conversions this afternoon, and I would like finish conforming all of the active NFL coach infoboxes to the standard formatting.  As part of that process, we need to add Infobox NFL biography to the articles on your list, so that when we're done, all 300+ current NFL coaches will conform to the standardized infobox formatting.  Let me know if you're available to help later this week and next with that effort; I plan to activate guys like Dissident93, Yankees10 and WikiOriginal-9 to help.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

JW, I converted Frank Scelfo from Infobox NFL coach to Infobox college coach this afternoon -- it was the last of the old NFL coach boxes to go, and I'm sure I made a hash of formatting it. I would be grateful if you would work your magic on it, so that it employs the standardized formatting for Infobox college coach. Thanks, Chief. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:32, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Will work for food
I'm a little disheartened. Information on Casanova is relatively scarce, at least for someone with his resume. I also seem to be having a bit of writer's block anyway. But I still wanna contribute something. Is there anything I could help out on, like a large-scale project involving adjusting some specific minuscule thing on millions of articles? Lizard (talk) 02:06, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, how do you feel about infobox templates? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:53, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, thanks for volunteering your services. Dirtlawyer could use some help with the Template:Infobox NFL coach.  Check with him for the details. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:14, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm as familiar with infoboxes as the next guy I suppose. What exactly needs to be done? We can converse elsewhere lest we spam Jw's message alerts. Lizard (talk) 06:14, 27 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, why don't you search my "User contributions" history, and review the last 8 or 10 edits whose summaries begin "replace infobox . . . .", with particular attention to the standardized formatting of the input data. After you've done that, let's plan on chatting on my user talk page some time late this morning or this afternoon.  We started with roughly 340 of these 10 days ago, and we've manually converted about 155 of the 340 so far, leaving about 185 still to convert.  It's tedious work, but (a) completing the merge of the old Infobox NFL coach, and (b) properly formatting the input data, are both priorities as we try to enforce a measure of uniformity for the new Template:Infobox NFL biography, an improved version of template:Infobox NFL player which will be used for all NFL personnel -- players, coaches, executives, owners, etc. -- going forward.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 09:07, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Stylized infobox
What is it that makes an infobox stylized with school colors, such as Doc Fenton's infobox? Is it a certain field in the infobox? I take it it's not standard since most infoboxes aren't that way. Lizard (talk) 22:34, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, it's the "school" field. It's also kinda strange how the CFHOF banner is dark blue on the college football player template, yet gold on the NFL template. Wouldn't it be better if it was the same color on each? Lizard (talk) 22:40, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * We can use school colors for former CFB greats that never played pro ball because there is only one relevant set of team colors. Once an old-timer has played for more than one team, however, there is no consistent way to select colors for retired pro players.  In some instances, we have examples of pro players who played for more than a half dozen different NFL teams, so by convention we only use the colors of the current team of active pro players, and grey, black and white for retired pro players.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 22:47, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You learned to type on a typewriter, didn't you Mr. Dirt. Lizard (talk) 23:37, 28 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Lizard, when I was learning to type in junior high school, the IBM Selectric with optional fonts and built-in correction tape was considered high tech, and desk-top computers were something called the Commodore 64, which were mostly used for playing something called "Pong" (and were virtually useless for writing and document production). So, yes, I learned to type on a typewriter, and did not become computer (semi-) literate until I was a college sophomore and WordPerfect v. 4.0 and IBM double-disk-drive PCs were all the rage.
 * Ah, it was the double spacing after periods that gave it away. Jweiss does it too. Just something I like to pick on the older generations for. About my age, I'll just say I've been alive for only 3 different Presidents' administrations. Lizard (talk) 20:34, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
 * FYI, the color of the HOF banners on the NFL infobox is likely to change to something more subdued in the near future. As a matter of graphic design, the present electric yellow/gold clashes with most of the NFL team colors.  Either the midnight blue of the CFB infobox, or perhaps something like "old gold" would work better.  I'll get back to you on this topic in a month or two -- I've added it the infobox issues list.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:04, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Is it redundant to put the HOF class in the infobox under highlights, e.g. Randy White's infobox? I had removed a few because I figured it was. Lizard  (talk) 09:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, I think it is redundant to have the electric yellow HOF stripe and a separate line in the infobox "highlights" section. BTW, every time you see the word "selection" following "All-Pro" or "Pro Bowl" in an NFL player's infobox, please feel free to nuke it on sight.  The word "selection" is completely unnecessary in this context, and we did away with it several years ago.  It's been purged from most of the recent NFL player infoboxes, but it still lurks in a lot of the older ones.  It's one of the formatting issues to be dealt with during our post-merge clean-up using bots and semi-automated editing software like AWB.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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Historical school names
If someone coached for a school when that school had a different name, e.g. North Texas State, I should put North Texas State in the infobox, right? Lizard (talk) 04:28, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * If you're describing someone's tenure at a school that has since changed names, things like an infobox or head coaching record table should reflect the name of the school at that time. The body of the article should also talk about that school with the name it had at the relevant time, with an explanation upon first mention about the school's current or later names.  See Tommy O'Boyle, which I was just working on earlier today, for an example.  He coached at Missouri State University when it was known as Southwest Missouri State College. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:33, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The situation just came up as I'm converting Mike Heimerdinger's infobox, who has one of my favorite names in football history for sure. Lizard  (talk) 04:35, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You always want to wear a helmet when playing football so you don't get a heimerdinger. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:40, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I audibly chuckled Lizard  (talk) 04:45, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe the kids are calling that "LOL"-ing these days. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:47, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * They were at one point, but that's a little behind the times. No one actually LOLs when they LOL anymore, so you have to type out what you really do. And so we've come full-circle. Lizard  (talk) 04:58, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

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Al Dampier
I think Al Dampier could be deleted. I know you have plenty of experience with this stuff. He played for LSU as an offensive lineman in the 50s, and if you look in the revision history I think it's pretty clear the creator was a relative. Plus he played o-line, so there won't be much information on him besides his name on the roster. What do you suggest I do? Lizard (talk) 01:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, his notability looks pretty questionable. You might want to get an opinion from Cake or Cbl62 and/or see if either one of those guys can dig up sources on Dampier. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:24, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've been through several times picayune articles of the 1958 season and haven't seen one mention of his name. Let's put it up for thwacking. Lizard  (talk) 23:20, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I did some searches in newspapers.com and didn't find any significant coverage. Not sure if he was a starter or not, but, other than centers, offensive linemen generally don't get substantial press coverage unless they are truly exceptional. Cbl62 (talk) 01:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, he is very difficult to find. Cake (talk) 02:35, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Like I said, it was probably a relative wanting to add an article on him. Seeing as his only contribution was creating that article nearly 9 years ago. I'm all for having LSU's football history told but there are definitely more deserving players without articles. Max Fuglar being one of them Lizard  (talk) 02:40, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

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A neat image
Check this out Jweiss, since before I spoke of hoping for Tommy Spence to be remembered. Here is the 1916 Georgia Tech backfield. Thus I've found out whence came the image of Strupper, and for the first time seen what Spence looked like. The south sheds manly tears for Spence and Curry. Cake (talk) 23:15, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Any ideas for what to do for the coloring on Heisman's coaching table and the 1915 season? Tech wasn't in the SIAA that year, but claimed a southern title with Vandy. Cake (talk) 14:28, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I would leave it uncolored. We don't have a color option for regional titles like this. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:50, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. A footnote or some way to have the table acknowledge it would put me at ease. Cake (talk) 13:58, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Just curious
Do you ever actually write content for articles? or do you spend your waking hours traversing Wikipedia for broken external links and articles that need to be placed in categories. You come across as someone who could write some mean prose if you wanted to. Lizard (talk) 06:31, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I do sometime write some content from time to time. But my focus is more cleanup/formatting/project management, at least until we get things generally in better shape. It's always improving, but there's still a lot of work to do.  If ever want a tedious project, like you recently asked about, I can turn you onto of number of items. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:35, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well at the moment I'm adding pages for missing American Football League All-League Teams which is pretty tedious in itself, and I'm halfway through a season summary draft for the '58 LSU team. But I've been knocking out common "diminutive" nicknames in leads that I find, and I think I've whacked most of the assistant coach succ boxes. Lizard  (talk) 06:50, 8 February 2016 (UTC)


 * "Champion," proper noun? e.g. Troy Polamalu's infobox. Lizard  (talk) 01:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't think so, per Category:Super Bowl champions. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:51, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Time to purge some capital Cs. Also Polamalu's article is full of subjunctive "would"s. I know you love those. Lizard  (talk) 07:21, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard the Wizard would go on to purge all of the subjunctive woulds across Wikipedia, which would cure Jweiss11 of his chronic heimerdinger. Jweiss11 (talk) 07:46, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Finally got around to it. Lizard  (talk) 08:41, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit ashamed I didn't catch the ironic usage of it just then. It's infused in our brains to look correct. Although I don't think I've used it once since you taught me not to, like two months ago. So thank you for your grammatical wisdom. Lizard  (talk) 08:02, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Weiss is right: generally speaking, "champions" and "championship" are not proper nouns. Please note, however, that "BCS National Championship" -- a phrase near and dear to the hearts of Tigers and Gators fans -- is a proper noun, and championship is properly capitalized as a part thereof.  Somewhat less clear is what to do with "BCS national champions," where "champions" is arguably not part of a proper noun in that context.  I've been fighting this lonely battle for several years on our national championship articles, only to be reverted more often than not by knucklehead IP users who think "Championship" and "Champions" should always be capitalized.  Of course, these are the same folks who think Tight End and Free Safety should be capitalized.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 12:53, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Aye, I've realized. Since BCS National Championship is the name of the particular game. I'd say it should never be capitalized when referring to an individual. Lizard  (talk) 18:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Jw or DL- Doesn't all of the various footnote symbols used in Template:2015 SEC football standings look a little silly when a team in the conference wins the NC and there's a mess of symbols appended to the school name? I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't vandalism. Is there no other way we can portray this? Lizard  (talk) 08:05, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, Lizard, the present design and typography is kinda weak. More than one or two superscript footnote symbols is both distracting and confusing to the reader.  I've not really been involved with the design and maintenance of the conference standing templates (we all sort of self-select the areas in which we are involved), but there are a number of things we could do to make the conference standings tables cleaner.  Remind me of this conversation in 30 or 60 days (after I get through the present infobox stuff), and we can do a mock-up with fewer symbols, etc.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:37, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * At the very least the "CFP participant" footnote can be removed from bama, no? Obviously they participated if they were the champions. Lizard  (talk) 19:33, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Dick Stanfel
If you have a few minutes, your eyes on the Dick Stanfel navbox would be appreciated. He was just elected the the Pro Hall of Fame, and his 35+ year coaching career makes for a fairly complicated navbox. Thanks. Cbl62 (talk) 06:53, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Infobox HOF banners: new color ?
JW, when you have a few minutes to kill, please take a look at the comparison colors that Corky has worked up in his sandbox: User:Corkythehornetfan/sandbox. I've just asked him to add another stripe for the neon electric yellow used for Infobox NFL player/biography at present, so that you and others can compare them side by side. No rush, but I would like to keep this percolating. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:35, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * My 2 cents, #9 with black lettering looks best. It has that classic gold look to it, like an Olympic medal. Lizard  (talk) 17:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * DL, where are those shades of gold coming from? Shouldn't we be using the colors of the official CFBHOF logo, as we have done in Template:Infobox college football player? Jweiss11 (talk) 17:59, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The various golds are a sample available from the Hex color palette. Is the midnight blue/steel blue we used for the CFBHOF stripe an "official" color?  If so, I don't recall that.  I remember thinking it was an improvement because it was relatively muted and did not clash horribly with most of the CFB team colors . . . .  For the NFL box, at least, I think we need to pick a common stripe color for PFHOF and CFBHOF, since they will exist side by side for more than a few former players.  A more muted "gold" strikes me as somewhat intuitive, but I think we really need to get rid of the currently used electric neon yellow in all events.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, blue and gray we used are from the official logo. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:13, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * So, if we follow this logic, what would be the "official" colors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I just uploaded File:Pro Football Hall of Fame logo.png. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:22, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The Pro Football HOF logo appears to be black and multiple highlighted shades of gold. I just looked at the Canadian Football HOF logo; it appears to be wine red and gray.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:17, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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Sports card external links
Are external links to sports cards, such as the one on Larry Grantham, appropriate? I thought I noticed you remove one of these on someone else's article a while back. Lizard (talk) 03:48, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, those sports cards links are totally spammy and unneeded. The are prevalent for AFL-era player bio articles.  You can nuke those all on sight. Jweiss11 (talk) 13:51, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Nuke them until they're nothing but particles. Lizard  (talk) 06:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Most of those links were added by internet sports card dealers trying to drum up business via Wikipedia.  OTH, if you can find a good football card image that's in the public domain (i.e., not subject to current copyright), the image often makes a nice addition to the article.  Unfortunately, most of the them are obvious copyvios.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:57, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeh, Bowman Gum cards are in public domain. But of course, none of the players I ever work on have bowman cards. Not even Cannon; he has a card by every company but bowman. Lizard  (talk) 18:06, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Interesting. The culprit was warned about the self-promotion nearly 12 years ago and yet the large majority of AFL players' articles still contain links to that website. He did an incredible job of documenting all these players but still, it definitely seems like it was for personal gain or to push an agenda. I'll start going down the List of American Football League players and removing them, until I get accused of "link-removing jihad" or something. Lizard  (talk) 05:48, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I just finished the B's. Looks like the old AFL articles have a lot more issues than just spam links. Lizard  (talk) 03:50, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, indeed. And thank you! Jweiss11 (talk) 03:54, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, if we're gonna be converting all NFL player infoboxes to NFL bio infoboxes, is there really a point in me cleaning up current NFL player infoboxes? As in, will they all be redone in the near future? Lizard  (talk) 03:20, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not really up to speed on the details of this conversion, but I think there's value in at least some of that cleanup no matter what. Things like incorrect capitalization and misuse of hyphens still have to be cleaned up on a field-by-field basis independent of any larger template conversion.  Jweiss11 (talk) 03:44, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, I think we can agree this one needed a good bleaching either way. If you ever needed a friendly reminder of how neglected the AFL player articles are. Lizard  (talk) 04:09, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * There's IPs going around changing individual Pro-Bowls in infoboxes to sequences, which is fine and I actually agree it should be that way... but they're using hyphens. Oh the humanity. It's enough to give me a heimerdinger. Lizard  (talk) 00:39, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Ya know, the thing I hate about infoboxes is how easily the info in them can be fabricated. Very few ever question the validity of claims in them, yet infoboxes are one of the most viewed parts of any biographical article. There's so much stuff that I find in them that isn't even mentioned in the article body, much less cited. For example Archie Manning's infobox, for who knows how long, had his number retired by the Saints. I'd say that's a pretty big deal. But the article said nothing about it (probably because his number isn't retired by the Saints) . I lied, there is an unsourced claim in his article that says his number "has not been issued." Sam Mills is the one with no mention that I had to remove. Lizard  (talk) 01:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Me again
Ok, if I'm reading this, this, and this right, the ONLY situation where a tweet is an appropriate source for info on a living person is when the tweet was written by that person (plus 1–5 under the "only if" section). Yay or nay? Just making sure, since I hardly ever see anyone batting an eye at Twitter sources. Lizard (talk) 03:54, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not an expert on this and I don't think I've ever cited Twitter for anything. I think it's always preferable to cite a third-party, if at all possible, over the subject's twitter feed, even if that third party isn't doing much more than re-posting the tweet. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:15, 18 February 2016 (UTC)


 * (Unrelated to email) This is probably minor, but do you think I should capitalize the next word after #×, e.g. 2× First-team All-American, 2× Consensus, etc? or would it be 2× first-team, 2× consensus, etc. Template:Infobox NFL player gives examples but conveniently leaves out that scenario. Lizard  (talk) 18:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Drexel lacrosse
Be ready to fight with User:10stone5. Apparently, this page is so gosh-darn special that no Wikipedia guidelines are needed for this article... I've asked DL to for assistance here per this discussion. You can read my discussion with the user here. My reason for removing external links and categories: WP:CAT and WP:EL. The cats that were listed in the article are already listed in the other cats... Feel free to chime in. 🇺🇸 Corkythe hornetfan  🇺🇸 03:52, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * His editing needs to be fixed. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:53, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Psshh... you're telling me?! lol That's why I ask the best editors on here... 🇺🇸 Corkythe  hornetfan  🇺🇸 03:57, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * If I ever become that protective over a page feel free to smack me with a fish. Lizard  (talk) 04:16, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry I've been AWOL the last couple of days, guys. I had my BlackBerry stolen two days ago, and I've been in full crisis mode dealing with the replacement and data back-up issues.  I'll take a look at this later today, and leave a few words regarding the Lord and Shepherd of the Article, as needed.  I speak fluent "lacrosse."  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 12:01, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well I'm glad we have you back. I was getting worried. Everyone was running around like headless chickens, it was pandemonium. Evildoers flooded Wikipedia with diminutives in leads and wikilinks to NFL years in infoboxes. I'm not sure how we would've survived another day. Lizard  (talk) 17:07, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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Lizard's question symposium
Remember this edit that removed ? Well, there's one on Peyton Manning created by the same user. Except this one is transparent so it's probably not as ugly. It's still ugly though. How do we handle this one? Lizard (talk) 01:38, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Nuked it. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:47, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * No remorse. Lizard  (talk) 04:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Mercy is for the weak. Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it? Jweiss11 (talk) 04:29, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * No, sensei. Lizard  (talk) 05:43, 16 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Fun. Lizard  (talk) 01:11, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yikes. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:18, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I had found it odd when it was first posted, that a four-year starter at Michigan wouldn't already have an article. Especially with editors such as yourself around. Looks like he was kind of a starter for the better part of about 2 seasons? Lizard  (talk) 01:39, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Think there would be any griping if I started moving inactive members on WikiProject College football/Participant list? In accordance with the 12-month inactivity stipulation of course. It'd give us a better idea of how large the project actually is. And looking at how active the talk page is compared to other projects of similar size I'd be surprised if the true active list is even half of what it is. Lizard  (talk) 05:46, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I just clicked this guy at random off the "active" list. Lizard  (talk) 05:51, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Go for it. An update seems well in order. Any would-be griper can simply move himself back to the active list. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:54, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Did it, but I realized when I was nearly finished that I needed to log their last edits and by which time it was 2 AM and spending any more time on it would've given me a heimerdinger. Lizard  (talk) 01:22, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Could you add a module to template:infobox NFL player to allow template:infobox military person to be embedded? Lizard  (talk) 23:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems like that should be doable. Looks like there's a merge going on with that infobox.  Would be best to discuss adding a module with the other editor(s) involved in that merge. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:57, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeh I think that's one of the reasons why there are still some infobox gridiron football persons in use. Like on George Halas. Lizard  (talk) 07:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The other editor(s) involved in that merge are MIA. Is it not something you can just simply do? You're one of like, 10 people on all of Wikipedia with this power. Lizard  (talk) 02:00, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Aha, you're the culprit who puts "championships, awards, and honors" when grouping navboxes. Any reason why championships is first? Because I've been doing it in alphabetical order. It's the trivial things that keep me up at night. Lizard  (talk) 00:05, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Not sure it was me who first starting doing that. May have been our missing lawyer friend.  My standard is to list all the championship navboxes chronologically, then all the awards and honors navboxes chronologically. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I want to mention Billy Cannon's punt return in the lead somehow but I'm not sure if what I have now sounds too fanboyish. I can't come up with a good way of wording it that's been corroborated by the cited sources. Lizard  (talk) 21:11, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * "...considered one of the most memorable plays in LSU sports history" sounds fine to me. But that should be cited in the body of the article. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeh I realized. I'll get to it when I get to it. At the rate the GA reviews are going it'll probably be another month before someone starts reviewing. Lizard  (talk) 02:50, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I had contemplated on more than one occasion to move that History of LSU football page back. Someone had moved it a few months ago, citing "acronym fix"... still not sure what the point of it was but I figured they knew better than I did. Lizard  (talk) 03:36, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * That person was wrong. They did not know better than you. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:39, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

If a coach resigned before the start of a season, would you include that year in his infobox? here is the specific example. Lizard (talk) 19:37, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I think it makes sense to credit Kavanaugh in the infobox for the two seasons he coached at Boston College, 1952–1953. So he was out of football until the Giants hired him in 1955?  The situation is a little trickier for guys who were hired and then fired or died in a single off-season.  So they never coached any regular seasons game with that team, e.g. Bo Rein. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:55, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Got it. Also, looks like we're halfway to being able to list DL on WP:MISSYOU. Lizard  (talk) 02:13, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you checked all the hospitals and morgues in Atlanta yet? Jweiss11 (talk) 03:04, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * He may be sleeping at the bottom of a lake right now. Whoever the disgruntled client was who took him out did a wonderful cover-up job. Lizard  (talk) 03:29, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Could have been a wikimurderer. He had a lot of enemies here. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:31, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Looks like Kavanaugh coached at Villanova in '54, which makes things a lot simpler. Lizard (talk) 15:45, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This guy is getting annoying. I'm not sure what their deal is. How you've put up with stuff like this and stayed sane for the 50 years you've been here I'll never know. Lizard  (talk) 06:15, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Patience, my friend. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:58, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sure I learned this in middle school but I don't remember, and Google isn't helping; is this correct? Lizard  (talk) 19:44, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * "Have" sounds better. But is "couple" a collective singular there?  Not sure. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:45, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Ah, but magnum opus would imply I have no larger plans. I consider it my The Last Supper. My Mona Lisa is yet to come. Which will probably be History of LSU Tigers football, which I'll get to if after I graduate in a few weeks. Lizard (talk) 06:27, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Would correcting the title case in Template:Infobox college baseball team parameters (such as Appearances to appearances) be a minor enough edit to do without discussion? Lizard  (talk) 17:42, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * That does not need to be discussed. I just fixed the capitalization on a bunch of fields there. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:49, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

In your edit summary here you forgot "changed dash to 'Jim Laird'."
 * Should the |name field always match the page name, like on Frank Kinard? I dunno, I kinda like having the nickname there. Adds flavor. Lizard  (talk) 16:38, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I think so. If his primary name is "Bruiser Kinard", then that's how the article should be titled. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:53, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually I think it might be his primary name. It's how the NFL, PFR, and his NYT obituary refer to him. Even his 1955 Topps card. Lizard  (talk) 00:46, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Want to do a page move? Jweiss11 (talk) 01:41, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I'd say yes. Doing a bit more looking, it seems he was/is definitely more well known as Bruiser. Lizard  (talk) 01:51, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Do you want to do the page move? Have you done one before? Jweiss11 (talk) 01:55, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * What do I look like, some sort of prodigy?... yeh I've moved pages before. Super simple. Just not sure if we should consider that the page has been named Frank Kinard for nearly a decade. I'm gonna do it, YOLO. Lizard  (talk) 06:03, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Torn on what to do with Vernon "Catfish" Smith. Cake (talk) 17:07, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, at least it's not unheard of. I always get a chuckle out of Catfish Hunter. Lizard (talk) 17:14, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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Question
Would you rather just have me notify you of a DI navbox that needs more articles rather than TFDing it? I don't have the time to create articles for people - unless it is a school I like (not many) - as I have other priorities on here. I also don't like creating biographies. Let me know. 🍀 Corkythe hornetfan  🍀 17:43, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was going to suggest you give me a heads up before TfD-ing. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 19:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Will do. I'm glad someone is willing to create the articles to keep the boxes. 🍀 Corkythe hornetfan  🍀 20:15, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Template with only 2 links 🍀 Corkythe hornetfan  🍀 01:49, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Does it makes sense for you to keep a list of these navboxes somewhere, maybe in your user space, and I can watchlist it for updates? Jweiss11 (talk) 02:21, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I can do that. I'll list them at User:Corkythehornetfan/sandbox. 🍀 Corkythe hornetfan  🍀 02:43, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Does this navbox make any sense to have right now? IMO, no. I think it can be created again when other people get to coach the team, but I won't list if you think it should stay. 🍀 Corkythe hornetfan  🍀 05:54, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * In term of navigational utility, you are right that it doesn't serve much purpose. However, even in its current form, it does make for stylistic consistency across articles.  And it's not all that harmful.  It's just transcluded on the one page.  It's not as if it's cluttering scores of articles.  What about when Shealy's tenure ends and Houston Baptist hires its second head coach?  Would two blue links be sufficient for you in that case? Jweiss11 (talk) 16:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I think two is better than one... I won't nominate it. Thanks for the response! 🍀 Corkythe  hornetfan  🍀 17:47, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Jweiss, would you like me to list D-II & D-III schools as well? I believe I completed the NCAA Division I schools now, so I've started on NCAA Division II. ☔️ Corkythe hornetfan  🌺 16:31, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, please do. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 19:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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A category?
Would not List of American Football League players be better served as a category? It's basically set up like a category page and it's way too large for its own good. Or just eliminate it altogether. Lizard (talk) 17:43, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * see Category:American Football League players.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 04:49, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I didn't even realize there were separate categories for AFL teams. But the fact remains, that list article is a mess. Completely unsourced, and the one external link is to a site ran by this guy who nearly a decade ago used Wikipedia to endorse that site, as you can see on his talk page. We're still cleaning up his mess to this day. Lizard  (talk) 06:02, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Eddie Usher and common nicknames
Thanks, as always, for your cleanup work on this article. One question, though regarding removal of the nickname. It seems odd that football editors remove "common" nicknames altogether from the body of articles. It seems to me that a common nickname (at least one so common that it is how the person is identified in the article's title) should be referenced somewhere in the opening prose paragraph of the article. Either it should be in quotes within the name (e.g., William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton) or listed separately as a commonly known as variant (e.g., Richard Bruce Cheney, generally known as Dick Cheney). However, I don't think it's appropriate to wholly excise the common name from the body.

When you look at biographies of the most prominent persons in other areas of Wikipedia, the former version appears to be predominant. In the world of politics, see Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Rick Perry, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Jim Webb, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Billy Carter, Bob Dole, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bradley, Ed Koch, Patty Hearst, Tom Bradley, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Jeff Sessions, Al Franken, Joe Lieberman, Pete Wilson, Al Smith. In the world of film and TV, see Charlie Chaplin, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Seinfeld, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Bill Cosby, Dick Van Dyke, Walt Disney, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Al Pacino, Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson, Kim Kardashian, Brad Pitt, Matt Groenig, Meg Ryan, Andy Kaufman, Will Smith, Ben Stiller, Steve Carrell, Zach Galifianakis, Bill Murray, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hardy, Bill Nye, Jim Parsons, Jim Henson, Tim Curry, Tim Burton, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, Don Cheadle, Ken Burns, Ken Jeong, Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson. In the world of music, see Frank Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Billy Joel, Chris Brown, Ted Nugent, Eddie Van Halen, Sammy Davis Jr., Sammy Hagar, Lenny Kravitz, Sam Smith, Jim Morrison, Rod Stewart, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Nicks, Al Green, Don Henley, Patti Smith, Ellie Goulding, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia, Benny Goodman, Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck. In the world of business (including organized crime and organized religion), see Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Al Capone, Billy Graham, Ted Turner, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, Tim Cook, Jack Welch, Ray Kroc, Sam Walton, Steve Wozniak. In the world of boxing, see Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Joe Louis, Don King. In the world of authors and journalists, see Walt Whitman, Jack London, Don DeLillo, Ken Kesey, Dan Brown, Bob Woodward, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Tim Russert. In the world of baseball, see Mike Trout, Alex Rodriguez, Jackie Robinson, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Denny McLain, Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken, Jr., Reggie Jackson, Rod Carew, Hank Greenberg, Ted Williams, Pete Rose, Tom Seaver, Max Scherzer, Jim Palmer, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton. In the world of tennis, see Jimmy Connors, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Pete Sampras, Rod Laver, Don Budge, Stan Wawrinka. The other method is to list the common nickname in the lead as an alternative name, and this method also gets a good deal of usage. See Dick Cheney, Tony Blair, Katy Perry, Missy Elliott, L. Ron Hubbard, Nicki Minaj, Ben Affleck, Tim Allen, Tom Hayden, Pat Benatar, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Ritchie Valens, Les Paul, Patsy Cline.

Another variant is listing the nickname first, followed by "born [full name]." This one is a rare minority approach, but gets some usage. See Jon Stewart.

The only prominent example I found, outside the sports arena, where the common nickname had been excised completely was Mick Jagger, which has been a bit of a battleground on this point over the past couple years, having been formatted in each of the three manners. In that case, "Sir Michael Philip Jagger, generally known as Mick Jagger" strikes me as the right way to go.

Personally, I am ok with either the first- or second-described formats, but I don't think the common nickname should be completely excised from the narrative text of an article. If a person was commonly known as Bill, Bob, or Tom, that name ought to be referenced, at least somewhere, in the opening prose paragraph of the article. Thoughts? Cbl62 (talk) 19:06, 18 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I see you are alive! Care to weigh in here? Jweiss11 (talk) 19:35, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * By chance, I noticed someone removed "Babe" from George Herman Ruth Jr. about a month ago (along with adding a comma before Jr. – another hotly debated subject). This is the first time I've seen this rationale of "obvious because the nickname is the article name." I think it should only be removed if it's a diminutive. But then, is Dick a diminutive of Richard? Bill for William? Bob for Robert? Peggy for Margaret? Or are those just common nicknames. Lizard  (talk) 22:59, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Cbl, what you've argued seems reasonable. I was mostly following Dirtlawyer's lead on this, and he seems to be mostly MIA these days. At this point I really don't know if there is a consensus on this matter, and if so, what it is. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:14, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * My concern is the same whether we call it a 'diminutive' or a 'common nickname'. The point is that, throughout most of Wikipedia, the prevailing approach is that where a person is commonly known as Ken, Sam, Kim, etc., and the article title uses that name, then the common name/article title is also referenced in the opening narrative of the article.  (The examples cited are pretty clear.)  Yet, there has been a recent move among football editors to completely excise the common name/article title from the opening paragraph. I don't particularly care whether we use the "William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton" or the "Richard Bruce Cheney, generally known as Dick Cheney" approach, but the common name/article title ought to appear in some manner in the article's opening narrative paragraph. Cbl62 (talk) 23:42, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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Colors...
You gotta source? ☔️ Corkythe hornetfan  ☔️ 01:43, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * No. I pulled it from Langston University.  Did I quick search for a university marketing handbook or something of the sort, but couldn't find anything.  Jweiss11 (talk) 01:44, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay... I looked at the History. I apparently pulled the colors from this source back in September 2015, which I converted the RGB codes. I've gone ahead and added the source. ☔️ Corkythe hornetfan  ☔️ 01:53, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Great. Thanks for doing the research there. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:53, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Jw - I've noticed that you tend to change piping for major cities (e.g., Chicago to Chicago, Illinois) to reflect both the city and state in the piping. Your edit here is an example. I had wondered about that, but figured you knew something I didn't. Then today, I noticed an MOS discussion on this precise issue. See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Linking. The discussion is a bit unclear. If you have views, you might want to chime in. Cbl62 (talk) 23:20, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Yep, thanks for the heads up on the MOS discussion. I've just been cross referencing the letterwinners lists in various team media guides to figure out the full names on those all-X lists. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:15, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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Question?
Is it just me or is something wrong with the brackets in 2010 NCAA Division II football season–2014 NCAA Division II football seasons I know I have seen them before and no strange editing has occurred. Do you have any thoughts or insight on this?UCO2009bluejay (talk) 01:04, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

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Whatabotthis?
List of Creighton Bluejays football opponents is this article notable?UCO2009bluejay (talk) 19:08, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Lol. Lizard  (talk) 19:11, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see too much difference between this and everything else in Category:College football all-time series recordsUCO2009bluejay (talk) 19:44, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Nor I. I had favored deletion for the Notre Dame one when it went to AfD as well. My argument being that if we allowed one, we'd eventually get a bunch of lists like this. Lizard  (talk) 19:48, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This Creighton list should be deleted along with the Notre Dame list as well, since all those other lists of the same form were deleted at AfD. The Notre Dame one should be nominated again once a more air-tight rationale can be laid out. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:39, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * IMO, the first thing that should be done is an evaluation of the "airtight" sources. Many of these don't cover the series per say. Others you may recall are not reliable. Still yet several mention passing references to a series or as the SEC fans believe "a rivalry" (sorry Lizard but you are an exception rather than the rule to the SEC madness.) and don't even cover the series record. After this chipping away maybe some sense will prevail.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 01:12, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Ways to improve Tulsa Golden Hurricane baseball
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Surely
I've noticed your focus on college coaches lately. Surely, this isn't what we want, is it? This editor has done this for dozens of coaches over the past day or two. Lizard (talk) 02:56, 30 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed. We don't want that. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:52, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * (Sorry to but-in) FYI, I've noticed this as well and left a comment on his talk page, explaining that we don't include this and inviting him to ask questions on the WikiProject pages. (I know I had some growing pains too when I was new on templates, [especially infoboxes] myself).UCO2009bluejay (talk) 18:53, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sure we all had growing pains with infoboxes. I kinda hate how accessible they are. I don't think it's a stretch to say they're the most viewed part of an athlete's page, and as such it's the most edited and vandalized. That's why I've been so uppity on standardizing them. Lizard  (talk) 19:18, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like it didn't work. UCO2009bluejay (talk) 04:25, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Category:American footballers convicted of crimes
If we're going to have this, we'll have to deal with the crime in itself of calling football players "footballers." How do we name this? "American American football players"? "American players of American football"? "American football (not soccer) players"? Lizard (talk) 03:16, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Category:American players of American football convicted of crimes. Jweiss11 (talk) 08:09, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Eh. Lizard  (talk) 22:08, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Cat got your tongue, boy? Jweiss11 (talk) 03:39, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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Michigander notability?
Hey, Does Tom Huiskens pass notability? If you don't think so would Speedy G5 be applicable. Also, the CFL link is a message board.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 02:33, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That Huiskens was a GM in the CFL seems like the best argument for his notability. Definitely not a speedy candidate, and certainly not a G5 given Cbl62's work on the article.  I'd run this by Cbl62 to see his thoughts about an AfD. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:38, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't read it close enough, a GM of a CFL team would pass notability. Would you suggest nixing the 4th citation though (It linked to a message board as best I could tell.) Also with that fact would an infobox change be in order, since that would be the key to his notability.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 04:40, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

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Department of Navbox Redundancy Department
See Bruce Matthews (American football) (which really should be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, I'll fix that). His page has Template:Tennessee Titans and Template:Titans Retired Numbers. Shouldn't we either nuke the retired numbers template or take the retired numbers section out of the Titans template? Lizard (talk) 00:08, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, the NFL team navboxes are a disaster and need to be overhauled. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:34, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I know Dissident93 deals with navboxes a lot. Maybe he has some housecleaning ideas. Lizard  (talk) 03:45, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There's been some discussion on this in the past if you want to the dig through the WT:NFL archives. In short my recommendation is to make them look like the college sports team navboxes. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:50, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, hay in a needlestack. Lizard  (talk) 03:51, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Not sure really. They should all at least be in a collapsible navbox, though. ~ Dissident93  (talk)  04:34, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Is there a reason we don't include Template:Madden NFL games on the players' pages? Was there a discussion about this, or is it just being overlooked? Lizard (talk) 17:48, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

Good re-revert? or am I in the wrong?
Please see this. An editor is claiming (perhaps because it is their school) that this my edit is not compatible with WP:Universities however, I haven't seen this in any of the D-I programs or frankly any other team that has a category set up for their team. Thanks-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 20:25, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
 * UCO2009bluejay, I agree with you here. Seems like a basic categorization issue.  I am unaware of any relevant WP:Universities standardshere, but whatever standards they have, they should be in line with the college sports projects and, moreover, with site-wide categorization principles. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:37, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Case Western Reserve football logo help
Could you assist me with correcting the formatting on the team logo for the Case Western Reserve football wiki page?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football

I am unable to remove the "gray bar watermark" out of the image. Only when you click on it, does it revert to its correct colors and formatting. The image was provided to me directly from the university with permission to use it on the football wiki page. Usaf 1832 (talk) 14:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm not great with image editing. You may want to post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football and see if someone there can help you. Jweiss11 (talk) 14:22, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty decent at it, but I think firstly we should try to figure out why the image displayed in the infobox is different than the one on the file page. Sometimes it can take a while to display the change if the image was recently edited, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Weird. Lizard  (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Might it need a transparent background? Compare the Sewanee logo. Cake (talk) 14:58, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * That seemed to fix it. I don't know how to make it transparent on a JPEG, but tell me if the png is ok. Cake (talk) 15:06, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks fixed. It's not possible for a JPEG to be transparent. That's one of the main reasons PNG exists. Lizard  (talk) 15:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I see. If one is curious of the method, I use paint.net's "magic wand" tool to do it. Cake (talk) 21:02, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Eric Weinstein


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 * Has been raising notability concerns, with several suggestions for deletion, for five years now, and no sign of improvement.

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1931 Bulldogs
Would you be so kind as to figure out how I messed up this article? Can't figure it out. Cake (talk) 09:25, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, not just that article. Guess AFB game box done goofed. Cake (talk) 13:07, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Purge the page (edit it but don't change anything; just hit save). It's fixed now. Lizard  (talk) 15:51, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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CFB importance scale
I was about to open up a discussion on this, and I probably still will, but I looked into it and noticed your involvement in this many moons ago. Do you still agree with what was come up with? My main issue is with the articles that are deemed "Top" importance. Looking at the current importance scale, it seems to suggest the only articles that should be Top are D-I seasons and some general football concepts. But Category:Top-importance college football articles lists D-I seasons, some football concepts, seasons of every national championship team (by any selector, claimed or otherwise), and numerous stadiums (including the Superdome. What?). Either that scale is outdated and obsolete, or no one really gives a damn. Most likely both. Lizard (talk) 03:32, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Open the discussion up. The assessment scale definitely needs work.  Not too many editors probably care much about it, but Cake does a fare bit of assessment work, so he should be interested.  For one, I always felt the main team articles, e.g. Michigan Wolverines football, ought to be of higher importance than any individual season, even national championship seasons, e.g. 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team.  I also agree with your edit to rate Stagg at top importance. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:36, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * At the moment there's 7 individuals I think should be top: Walter Camp, Parke H. Davis, Pop Warner, Yost, Rockne, Heisman, and Stagg. Those are pretty much the most highly regarded people when it comes to shaping the sport. Lizard  (talk) 03:47, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hard to argue with those seven. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:49, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The vain hope is for all the articles to be assessed, then allowing for further refinement of both assessment and criteria. The importance scale allows for special cases such as the seven. You should focus more on the asterisks/footnotes. For example, though any old D1 stadium is mid importance, the footnotes state "Facilities that have served as the home site for multiple national champion team seasons and/or regularly hosted a top-tier (BCS/top-10) post-season game should start two levels higher than given." Therefore, the Superdome, the Swamp, Doak Campbell, &c are all top importance by the letter of the law. Note also "National champion team seasons, Hiesman Trophy winners [sic], consensus first-team All-Americans, should start two levels higher than given; conference champion seasons, All-Americans, and other major national award winners should start one level higher than given." Thus national champions (aside from issues of which selectors count, whether the school claims it, &c) are also top importance. Cake (talk) 17:02, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, not to argue, but with the hope they are not forgotten, along with Camp and Davis in the early days there is Alex Moffat and Arthur Cumnock. And Heisman had 6 or 7 Southern titles. McGugin had 11. Cake (talk) 17:08, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Rather than picking our subjective favorites, I think there need to be objective measures in place to select which college coaches, players, etc. have true legendary status so as to warrant "top" importance status. When it comes to coaches, I can think of three objective measures that seem logical (1) national championships won, (2) total career wins, and (3) inaugural inductees into the CFHOF (these are the folks from the first 75 years of the game who were deemed legends by their peers). The following coaches have won at least four national championships: Bear Bryant (6 NCs), Jock Sutherland (6 NCs), Bernie Bierman (5 NCs), Nick Saban (5 NCs, so far), Howard Jones (5 NCs), Woody Hayes (5 NCs), Pop Warner (4 NCs), Fielding H. Yost (4 NCs), Frank Leahy (4 NCs), John McKay (4 NCs), Bob Neyland (4 NCs), Robert Zuppke (4 NCs), Percy Haughton (4 NCs), and Bill Roper (4 NCs).  In addition to those already named, the following coaches have more than 300 career wins: Joe Paterno (#1 all time), Bobby Bowden (#2 all time), and Amos Alonzo Stagg.  In addition to those already named, the class of inaugural inductees into the CFHOF adds the following: Walter Camp, Knute Rockne, Bill Alexander, Dana X. Bible, Gil Dobie, Mike Donahue, Edward K. Hall, Andrew Kerr, Dan McGugin, Frank "Buck" O'Neill, Bennie Owen, Frank Thomas, and Henry L. Williams. Some of the inaugural CFHOF inductees look a bit iffy to me (I'm not familiar with Donahue, Hall, Kerr or O'Neill), but maybe that's just my ignorance.  Surprisingly, John Heisman doesn't meet any of these bars, as he had only 1 NC and 186 career wins and was not an inaugural inductee to the CFHOF. Cbl62 (talk) 19:00, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * FWIW, if I were to narrow this group to a top 10, it would be Bryant (6 NCs and the #1 legend of the #1 program in the modern era), Camp (as father of the game), Hayes (4 NCs, builder of the Ohio State program and maybe the #1 "character" in the sport's history), Leahy (4 NCs and a sick .864 career win pct), Paterno (#1 all time in wins), Rockne (highest win pct in history of the game), Saban (5 NCs and counting), Stagg (early innovator), Warner (4 NCs and early innovator), and Yost (4 NCs and early innovator). Parke H. Davis is not be a "top" level guy IMO; he was an important historian of the sport, but, from what I've read, he was not remotely in Camp's league (or even Stagg or Yost or Alex Moffat or Fritz Crisler) as a shaper/founder and is not close to top tier as a coach with 37 career wins. Given that Davis isn't even among the hundreds and hundreds of persons who have been inducted into the CFHOF, ranking him as one of the most important figures in the game's history seems to be a major stretch. Cbl62 (talk) 19:21, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * FYI Georgia Tech and Auburn played each other at the end of the year, many times deciding the Southern crown. From 1913 to 1919 it was Donahue; Donahue; Heisman; Heisman; Heisman; Heisman; Donahue. Donahue coached such greats as Kirk Newell and Moon Ducote. In 1904, Tech hired Heisman, Auburn hired Donahue, and Vandy hired McGugin. Kerr was Pop's assistant. Think we can all agree on Camp, Rockne, Warner, Stagg, and Yost. Cake (talk) 20:06, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

I'm glad you cleared that up about Park H. Davis, because I was on the fence with him. That being said, I didn't even notice he wasn't in the hall, and if I had I definitely wouldn't have listed him. My rationale was to have top importance be the shapers of the game in its early years, until around pre-WWI (although Rockne would be an exception). But those 7 were meant as an initial list; I fully expected you guys would come swooping in with your suggestions. So yes, if we expand it to individuals in all of the sport's history, Bear Bryant, Paterno (whose article I would like to mention has a paltry amount on his coaching history. See my comment on that talk page), Hayes, Saban, etc would all fit the bill. The scale does need an overhaul though, as would any scale that, in the scope of college football, places more importance on the Superdome than Walter Camp. Lizard (talk) 00:46, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I wonder what a similar list of players would look like. For those who were inaugural inductees to the Hall of Fame and also either won a Heisman or were consensus All-American for multiple seasons: Ted Coy, Charles Dudley Daly, Walter Eckersall, Benny Friedman, Red Grange, Bill Hollenback, Frank Hinkey, Pete Henry, Pudge Heffelfinger, Chic Harley, Truxton Hare, Nile Kinnick, Eddie Mahan, Bo McMillin, Brick Muller, Jim Thorpe, and Ed Weir. Germany Schulz is a notable exception unless we count "all time" All-America teams. If I were to pick 10 from this list, I would go with Grange, Thorpe, Coy, Mahan (Thorpe's favorite), Daly, Eckersall, Hare, Heffelfinger, Henry, and Hinkey. Cake (talk) 21:10, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * In what is likely the least popular opinion here, does the importance scale really matter anyway. Could this be better served by promoting the key pages (which I understand this is supposed to help with), in encyclopedic form rather than "!bureaucratic" form. Sure, I agree as it stands it is somewhat arbitrary and unenforced, and I would like to see greater consistency. That being said each editor is going to watch articles that are of particular importance to themselves. I find the importance scale archaic (because wikipedia seems to mandate this), and basically uninformative, as editors would have to go to the talk page to find how much of a "priority" these articles are. Furthermore, hypothetically who would stop that ULL guy from editing these pages and change UL-Lafayette to "top" priority, and UL-Monroe to low priority (not that he would actually do this), or say St. Cloud State from a hypothetical "low" to "high". Let's be honest, do we really focus on promoting, and strengthening the "top" articles more so than certain "mid" or even "low" priority articles? With several thousand (understatement) articles that would need to be re-evaluated, I believe this is a time wasting procedural humdrum activity. For those who want to do so, I can respect that as long as consistency is applied across the board with reevaluation. Lastly, I mean this lovingly, any time anybody wants to delete, move, or merge an article with the CFB tag several higher profile editors tend to give their two cents in and swarm it like flies on (it) anyway. So if we keep our collective eyes on it as a whole, why does this matter.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 21:45, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
 * All of these are valid points. Yes, we're not fooling anyone with these importance scales when it comes to article quality. It was seeing Amos Alonzo Stagg as merely "high" importance that sparked me into bringing it up. But in the end it's mostly meaningless to anyone other than the handful of us discussing it here, flexing our college football history muscles. Lizard  (talk) 16:34, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Head coaching records
I sure wish somebody would add the complete coaching record tables of e. g. Charles Roller, Walter Steffen, Howard Harpster. Cake (talk) 17:53, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow, as fate would have it, somebody just did the coaching record table for Roller! There seems to be some discrepancy about Furman's conference affiliation in 1901.  The College Football Data Warehouse has Furman as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1901 here.  We have Furman as an independent in 1901 here and not as a member of the SIAA here. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:16, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Not sure if I should copy the CFDW. It has Florida as both independent and in the SIAA in 1910 You can see it's been piecemeal with Furman. Auburn's yearbook in 1899 has a list of members, and Furman ain't in it. Cake (talk) 12:47, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I could do a perfect single wing if I could just figure out how to move the row containing the QB and RHB (wingback) one 'unit' to the right, with the qb behind tackle. Cake (talk) 01:01, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Harry W. Crum could use one too. Cake (talk) 18:02, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Univ of Maryland
Jusy an FYI, The University of Maryland was knowm as Maryland State from 1916-1920.......Pvmoutside (talk) 17:28, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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Benny Friedman
If you have a few minutes, could you revise the infobox on Benny Friedman to reflect his status as a head coach and athletic director? Thanks. Cbl62 (talk) 21:42, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I went and converted it to the NFL bio infobox, but I'm not sure how we display AD tenures in that one. Lizard  (talk) 02:35, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, thanks for that. As for the AD/executive tenures, check out John David Crow.  I'm not quite sure if I follow standard formatting exactly there, or even if standard formatting exists for this. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:09, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * My last edit had eight-digit tenures, but someone else changed them to six-digit. Good grief. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:10, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * See Mike Heimerdingerdingdong for the formatting that DL was implementing before his disappearance. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of anything that doubles the length of the infobox like this. Lizard  (talk) 03:14, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe Dirtlawyer can come back as a WikiJedi ghost and tell us what to do. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:33, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, guys. Three issues that could still use help. First, is there a way to AD tenure at Brandeis (1949-1963)? Is it needed? Second, the current infobox displays his coaching record during a brief tenure as an NFL coach.  It seems to me that his much longer coaching record (65-66-8) as a college coach at CCNY and Brandeis would be more significant for inclusion in the infobox. Is there a way to do that?  Third, the military part of the infobox is not particulary informative; can it be eliminated? Cbl62 (talk) 11:34, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, infobox NFL bio only supports NFL coaching records. As for the military infobox, I would remove it until someone edits template:infobox NFL biography so that it supports embedding of template:infobox military person (something I've been asking for months, but no one wants to do it for some reason). Until then, I'd leave it embedded anyway since it's virtually the same as removing it (see Ken Kavanaugh). Lizard  (talk) 15:21, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

The removal of Pop Warner pick
Hey Jweiss11 the discussion somehow moved to Talk:Pop Warner/GA1 just wanted to make sure you were up on it. Rybkovich (talk) 18:40, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Forrest Perkins


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 * You beat me to the dePROD by literally seconds. I had a rationale typed out and everything. Apparently head coaching at the college level for 30 years is uncontroversially non-notable. Lizard  (talk) 06:10, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Lizard, you might want to save that rationale if this goes to AfD. Or, perhaps, put on the talk page of the article now. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 06:12, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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Colonies Chris
I see you have been commenting with the user regarding other problems regarding college football, but he also is changing the standardization of city state........ie Nashville, TN to Nashville, Tennessee..........Pvmoutside (talk) 12:24, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm working thru his edits where he extends the state in the yearly pages. I'm most of the way thru.....He has had some edits worthwhile that I have left......Pvmoutside (talk) 21:54, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Citrus Bowl stadiums
I thought I'd let you know I've been and will be adding the word "Stadium" to the appropriate year pages for those bowls. I know the word stadium is not used for those venues, but I thought I would add it to differentiate the stadiums from the actual games. it does look clearer.......Pvmoutside (talk) 13:48, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a good idea. Please float it at WT:CFB. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:43, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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Coaching years
I noticed on the Alabama year pages some of the coach years are missing in the infoboxes. I added a few and then noticed some of the coaches have total tenure on the team listed (ie South Alabama lists the OC in 2016 with his tenure as OC, and total years as coach at the school). I don't have time to research total coaching years for all coaching positions at the school, but I may be able to add head coaching years. Is it better for me just to add that or skip head coaching tenure entirely?....... Pvmoutside (talk) 20:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, add the info if you have it. Head coaching tenures are readily available.  OC/DC tenures require a bit more research. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:57, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Nick Saban Coaching wins
I noticed you removed the note I added on Saban having the second highest wins among active FBS coaches. You noted it was not correct. Among active head coaches, only Brian Kelly has more that I can find. Yes, Joe Paterno (among others) had more (even though I think those wins should have remained vacated), but he is no longer an active head coach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab2kgj (talk • contribs) 12:30, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ab2kgj, the statement I removed read, "As of October 13, 2016, Nick Saban has the second most wins out of any coach active in NCAA Division 1." This is not correct.  NCAA Division I is comprised of both the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).  Among coaches currently coaching at NCAA Division I schools, Saban (199 wins) is actually sixth in total college football wins behind Jimmye Laycock of William & Mary (243 wins), Al Bagnoli of Columbia (237), Brian Kelly of Notre Dame (228), Mike Ayers of Wofford (202), and K. C. Keeler of Sam Houston State (202).  Of coaches active at FBS schools, you are correct that Saban is second only to Kelly.  But 118 of Kelly's wins came at the NCAA Division II level, so Saban actually has the most FBS wins (all 199 of his wins are at the I-A/FBS level) of any active coach.  You can see that it's very easy to write something that's not quite correct here. Jweiss11 (talk) 13:32, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Arizona State
The jump links from one year to the next don't seem to be working for the Arizona State season articles. Not sure what's up with that. Take 1939 Arizona State Bulldogs football team as an example. Can you take a look and see if you are able to spot the problem? Cbl62 (talk) 23:08, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Looks like you're already on it. Thanks. Cbl62 (talk) 23:10, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, make sure that team field in the infobox is set properly. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:11, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Cbl62 (talk) 23:32, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

2014 Boise State Broncos football team
I won't wrestle you for this but there is really too much text to consider this a Stub. I also don't think team seasons should be high priority either (but that is just opinion). Same for all the reversions.Peter Rehse (talk) 19:16, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * PRehse, thanks for the message. When rating articles on the quality scale, I generally ignore anything that is is in tabular/list form and just rate based on the prose.  As for the importance scale, FBS seasons default to mid-importance and elevate to high for conference champions.  is expert on importance assessments for WikiProject College football. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough.Peter Rehse (talk) 19:42, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, by the importance scale it would rank as high given it's a division 1 conference champion. Fiesta bowl champion too doesn't hurt. It also does allow for special cases, if there is some reason to put it back down to mid. Cake (talk) 02:39, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Honor teams templates
As an experiment, I created Template:1995 college football honor teams to link each year's college football honor teams. Any suggestions or thoughts? Cbl62 (talk) 17:24, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The title is kinda ambiguous. Not sure how much that matters with a navbox, since users normally won't just be seeing a link to it like this. Lizard  (talk) 18:00, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * "Honor teams" is the most accurate phrase I could think of to cover the topic. If you have a better idea, I'm definitely open to changing it. Cbl62 (talk) 18:38, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I would've suggested "all-conference teams" but it includes All-America. Lizard  (talk) 19:19, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The name as is is pretty obscure/awkward. I think a better idea would be to integrate these all-conference teams into these NCAA Division I FBS season navigational boxes. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:41, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That's not a bad idea, though most of these season navboxes have not yet been created. Would you suggest a separate row for All-conference teams? Cbl62 (talk) 23:04, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe something like this: Template:1995 NCAA Division I-A football season navbox. Cbl62 (talk) 23:12, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

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Question about Champions
Why can't the word "Champion" be uppercase? Being the CHAMPS of anything is a big deal, and deserves better distinction than the lowercase "c" you give it. Tom Danson (talk) 18:12, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Tom, generally speaking, we don't capitalize things because we think they are important. We capitalize them if they are proper nouns.  Please also see this discussion about this specific issue of capitalization: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football/Archive 17.  Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 17:54, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Weiss, I applaud the fact that you are diligently fixing minor discrepancies and errors on info boxes (since that's how you are contributing right now), but I keep coming across this one issue, and have now spent some hours researching this, and contacted several athletic offices. Cbl62 on the archive was incorrect on this.  Champions becomes a proper noun when connected to another proper noun, because you are referring to a specific thing, ie. specific championship.  Ex., "Big 10 Champions" is a proper thing, and more over because it's also not being used in a sentence.  Like Rose Bowl; not Rose bowl.  In a slight nuance, one would not have said "Empire State" building, as "Empire State Building" which has become a proper name.  Not an exact parallel, but off the top of my head.  One is also missing the obvious, as the NCAA, bowls, and conferences have merchandised this way.  All official trademarked titles and gear given to the teams are capitalized and plural: ACC Champions, Rose Bowl Champions, Big 10 Champions, SEC Champions, etc. .  You can continue fixing glitches and making important contributions without continuing this.  It's the same in all collegiate team sports.  Thanks bud. SportsEdits1 (talk) 01:01, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The understanding that "champion" is not a proper noun, and is thus not capitalized is something that nearly all sports editors adhere to. See the infoboxes of Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan. If you're proposing we change this convention, it'll take a lot more convincing of many more editors than just one or two. Lizard  (talk) 01:18, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * SportsEdits1, athletic offices are not the authority on this issue. What matters is reliable third-party sources and consensus interpretation of grammar standards here on Wikipedia.  The photos you linked don't add much as they seems to be in all caps.  If you want to further discuss this issue, I'd recommend that you reintroduce it at WT:CFB or some other project talk page. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:37, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * @Lizard I contacted the Southeastern Conference, the Rose Bowl, and the Orange Bowl media relations, fact-checking information for a sports article last week, and happen to ask them. Their media guides also list their "Champions" (plural), and they are capitalized with the organization name, and year.  MLA reference :  It is like the word "ocean."  It's a common noun, not capitalized, when used alone, generically, in a sentence: "Lizard the Wizard wants to go sailing on the ocean."  But when referring to something specific, it is generally capitalized: "Atlantic Ocean", "Pacific Ocean", "Indian Ocean."  Another example: "I bought a gift for my Aunt Mary, but not my other aunts."  Similar to "Golden Gate Bridge." "NBA All-Star Game."  This is also the consensus on most team sports pages, not just a few editors on an archived talk page.  Trust me, I am not leading you astray here.  SportsEdits1 (talk) 09:33, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks
for the thanks, which I see is a new feature. There used to be much WP:EW here that would often drive off good editors, so perhaps that will help cut back on that. By the way, there is some heinous filter here that was blocking me from trying to post on your talk page ("constructive edit" filter-false/positive?)?? It took me a half hour to post this (had to log out). I used to have an older account here that got eaten by an old email address. I am familiar with dirtlawyer1, who I randomly assisted, with others, on trying to solve copyright, Commons / fair use issues and athletic logos. I specialize in objective writing, content, editing, and fact checking. Cheers J. SportsEdits1 (talk) 06:18, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
 * SportsEdits1, not sure why you had difficulty posting here, but glad you were ultimately able to. Welcome back! Jweiss11 (talk) 18:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Favor
I have a favor to ask. Could you take a look at the George Trafton infobox. Is it the right infobox? Could you add coaching information for his years as an assistant coach at Northwestern and in the NFL and as a head coach in the CFL? Thanks in advance if you have time to do this. Cbl62 (talk) 00:57, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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Baseball standings templates.
Umm, umm, umm Was this an archaic form of the standings templates?UCO2009bluejay (talk) 04:27, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Non-standard for sure. Should be replaced with the standard form, e.g. Template:2016 Ivy League baseball standings. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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Official links
Why did you remove links to the official site such as in this edit?

The clearly covered by WP:ELOFFICIAL:

An official link is a link to a website or other Internet service that meets both of the following criteria:

The linked content is controlled by the subject (organization or individual person) of the Wikipedia article. The linked content primarily covers the area for which the subject of the article is notable. Official links (if any) are provided to give the reader the opportunity to see what the subject says about itself.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  21:50, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * S Philbrick, I did so because that's not an official link for the subject of the article, 2012–13 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team. It's an official link for the more general topic, Connecticut Huskies women's basketball. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:07, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That is one of the more ridiculous arguments I've ever read in Wikipedia and I've seen a lot of ridiculous ones. We provide official links because it is quite common for a reader might be reading an article in might be interested in an official site associated with the subject. It is not surprising that there isn't a narrowly defined official link for a particular year of a team, but no one in their right mind expects to find that link. If they see an official link they are almost certainly going to assume it is going to the official page about the team not about an individual year of that team. I use these links a dozen times a week and I object to your decision to remove them not just from this article but from many season your articles. Please revert all of your removals. If you choose not to revert your removals please start a discussion on the basketball wiki project page to see if you have consensus for such removals. The links are quite helpful and no one is going to be confused by their existence; in contrast, the removal removes helpful information.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  23:48, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Sphilbrick, you might think this argument is ridiculous, but there's a clear logic to it, and this subject has, in fact, been discussed in projects related to WikiProject College Basketball, if not that very project itself. It's the reason why you won't find links to the general program website on literally thousands of college football and men's college basketball season articles. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:21, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Bob McCray
Can you find anything on the Bob McCray mentioned here? Apparently he "was a successful football assistant at the college level at several stops." Lizard (talk) 19:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Piecing it together from various press accounts, it appears he was an assistant coach at Hawaii (1968-69), head coach at Columbia Basin Community College (1970-72), and an assistant coach at U. New Mexico (1973-76) and Oregon (1977-81). See here, here and here.  He was the recruiting coordinator, among other things at Oregon, and became embroiled in an investigation into NCAA violations in 1980. See here and here. He resigned in Nov 1981 to pursue private business. See here. Cbl62 (talk) 23:03, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * After leaving Oregon, he appears to have also worked at Spokane Falls Community College. See here. Cbl62 (talk) 23:06, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Hobsons?
Alexis Hobson and Graham Hobson might be related or the same person. Cake (talk) 02:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Cake, seems these two may have been brothers: http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/edwin-lafayette-hobson_42281196. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:28, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. One source says Alexis was coaching at Richmond. Wonder if he was assisting his brother or was mistaken for him. Cake (talk) 12:07, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, do you know any where to find any Union Bulldog coaches other than Joe Guyon? Cake (talk) 14:02, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Christie Benet's coaching career could use clarification. Cake (talk) 16:20, 1 January 2017 (UTC)