User talk:Leech44/Archive 1

January 2010
Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to List of ice hockey nicknames, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. &mdash; Ledgend  Gamer  04:49, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I had removed some info to move it into a table like had been proposed on the discussion page. I will make sure to note what changes have been made in future edits on the edit summary. (thought an explanation should be mentioned he for future reference)--Leech44 (talk) 02:54, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

USA rosters
Hey, if you noticed, I've started creating templates for the USA rosters. Based on the discussions that we've been having over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey, we are going to be splitting the main page into three separate pages: one for men's, women's, and junior teams. Your tables will go a long way towards making them into templates, but if you could follow the lead that I've started, that would be great. Also, as per the official World Cup roster for 2004, Chelios was a free agent, and therefore had no team. I guess his contract with Detroit had run out, and hadn't signed another one. He was operating on a year-to-year basis with them at that point, and I can only presume hadn't signed a deal before the lockout. Respond here or on my page if you want to help out; it'd be nice to have another person taking the edge off me, thanks. Anthony Hit me up... 17:08, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I noticed there were templates for some of the teams, I can add tables to help out but I'm not sure how much of the information I will find a lot of the older teams don't list positions but i think the site I have been using has the height and weight so i will go back and add those to make the tables similar. As long as i have some time and you think it is being helpful than i don't mind going back to make the page more uniform, I don't want to wast anybody's time. Thanks for the response to the talk question about Chelios I do appreciate it.--Leech44 (talk) 17:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

What site are you using? The HHOF site has a site here that includes rosters for all international tournaments featuring NHL players, which is helpful. Also, Hockey Canada's site has roster info on every Canadian team and some non-Canadian teams, and USA Hockey has sparse info once you get past 2000. It's tough to find a compendium that includes all the info we need for the site. The junior teams shouldn't be too hard, since the media guide prints an all-time roster that includes position, birthplace and current (at the time) team; all we need then is birthdate, height and weight, which we can get off HockeyDB. Keep up the good work. I'll try to help when I can, but I'm in court most of the day tomorrow with clients, so I'll squeeze in time later this week. Anthony Hit me up... 04:12, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I have been using a combination of the sports reference site where the info about the Olympic teams came from and HockeyDB, but for the older players neither one has all of the desired information. I'll try to get more tables put in with all the info if i have time at work and try to find more of the missing info from the ones i have already put in.--Leech44 (talk) 14:15, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Categories.
Just noticed you have been adding players to the EHL players category and its sub category for the Boston Olympics. When an articles is in a sub category, you do not need to put it in the parent category, in this case the EHL players category because its redundant. -DJSasso (talk) 20:42, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't realize that. I won't "double" them up any more. Thanks for the information.--Leech44 (talk) 20:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No need to apologize, there are many nit picky things here that no one is expected to know off the bat. You just happened to do it to a couple players on my watch list so I thought I would give you a heads up. -DJSasso (talk) 20:54, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the heads up and I am fixing the other ones that i "doubled up on" that you and Randy Savage did not fix. So it's all good.--Leech44 (talk) 20:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * One other thing, and no need to go fix the ones you have already done because its not that big a deal. (in other words lots of people ignore it) But a good practice for categories is to put them in alphabetical order. Makes it easier to find a category you are looking for at the bottom of the page. -DJSasso (talk) 21:55, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok I'll make sure to fdo that in the future.--Leech44 (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Canucks media guide
While many teams now have a PDF copy of their media guide available for download, it seems the Canucks do not. If you send an email to the Canucks, they might send you a copy. Division titles in this timeframe are a frustrating mess. From 81-82 until 92-93, the Flames only recognize the playoff division championship. The Oilers are the same, so while they finished first in the Smythe in 81-82, they do not recognize a division title. They do recognize one for 91-92, even though they finished third in the division in the regular season. Based on this, it appears the Canucks are really muddying the waters for you. They fly a banner celebrating their 1982 Smythe championship, but also for "1991-92" and "1992-93". So the issue for you then is that the team recognizes both regular season and playoff titles (a decision probably made in the early 90s when the rafters at the Pacific Coliseum were absolutely barren). For the purposes of the article, I might highlight both using different colours and tagging as "won regular season division title" and "won playoff division title". Resolute 22:51, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Name=
If you're doing that by hand, you might consider waiting for me to finish the task requested at WP:BOTREQ and then cleaning up any stragglers. – xeno talk 15:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll wait, thanks for the heads up.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 15:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

June 2010
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 * Reverting YOUR vandalism does not an edit war make. Freshfighter9talk 14:37, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

First off as mentioned above I'm removing vandalism, Mark Recchi's nick name is not Old Balls. Second If I make a revision only ever couple of days I won't violate the 3R rule, especially when I'm removing thing that could border on slander. So putting a warning about blocking me isn't going to stop me from removing your claim that Martin Brodeur's nickname is Fatso, stop vandalizing and I'll stop reverting.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 14:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Rollback?
As you seem to revert lots of vandalism, have you ever considered requesting the rollback tool? It looks like you could make good use of it, as it will enable you to use tools such as Huggle to revert vandalism very quicky. Connormah (talk &#124; contribs) 22:29, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I was unaware of it, I will look in to it since it seems like ore and more of my edits are reverting vandalism. --Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 23:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
Hey, thanks very much for the barnstar you left on my user page. Very much appreciated.. cheers! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 06:24, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Barry Trotz quote on Ilya Kovalchuk
You reverted my edit to the Kovalchuk article citing bad grammar. The grammar is bad but it is a quote from a USA Today story from which the Kovalchuk article links to.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores106/106011/NHL17722.htm

The exact quote- '''``Kovalchuk knew it was illegal. He always plays with an illegal stick,'' Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. ``I watch him on TV.'William 13:56, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * If the exact quote is going to be used than the prior wording should be changed and the whole quote used, or the word [playing] needs bracketed to show there is a difference from the original quote. There are ways to write it so that it fits grammatically and doesn't sound so jarring.

Dropping out of PR of Fred Shero
Hi, Mo Rock...Monstrous, I'm sorry to say that I must drop out of Peer review/Fred Shero/archive1 as I need concentrate on GAR and Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares/1. I've also told User:Brianboulton. --Philcha (talk) 04:08, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks for all of your help. It gave me a good starting place.

Ooops.
I have no idea how that happened....sorry about that. And really great work on that article. Definately put that up for atleast GA. -DJSasso (talk) 17:57, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah no problem. That kind of thing happens I knew what your intention was and fixing it took very little time. I am planning on putting it up for GA, hopefully soon.

table
I would appreciate it if you would make the improvements to the table in the current article that you have suggested.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:59, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That really looks good.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:09, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you are really adept at tables, the three Buffalo Braves articles at GAC, might be able to use your assistance.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:20, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to add the playoff stats on the side from here, here and here?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:10, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Re: Daniel Sedin
Hey there, thanks for your input regarding Daniel's FAC. It's frustrating when lack of reviewing is the only reason it doesn't make it through eh? I had the same thing happen with Pavel Bure. Anyway, with your encouragement, I think I will put it back up for FA. Cheers.. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 05:45, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks a lot for taking care of that for me. For some reason, the FAC page wasn't showing up in my watchlist and I wasn't able to keep myself in the loop with what was going on.  Anyways, thanks again!  Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 20:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Devan Dubnyk photo
Was in the midst of replacing this image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Russ Jericho (talk • contribs) 17:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Hockey Mountain
Love your list. Good luck. -DJSasso (talk) 23:23, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Hell of a goal.  Glad my Wikicup articles helped get some of them up to the goal! Resolute 23:47, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Just noticed that list. The HHOF thing is something I'd been thinking about for a while, but the scope there is even larger than I had envisioned. Gives us plenty to work towards though. Kaiser matias (talk) 20:58, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Inspired by the list, I just sent up my 4th 1945 HHOF inductee. Also going to start working on the others there so I can get another ready in due time now. Kaiser matias (talk) 21:06, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the Wikicup was fairly entertaining. Gave me a reason to push for all the DYKs especially - the GAs for Bain, Mosienko and Siebert were all accidents of that competition, as I discovered I had more than enough source material to get to GA.  In that sense, the competition was very useful, as it pushed me to expand some badly neglected articles.  If I didn't hit an editing lull over the last month or so, I'd probably be in the finals.  Ahh well...  But yeah, for next year, I'll probably target HHOFers again. And Kaiser - I'll probably take Bain to FAC in a bit.  I'd love to get some early life info (ancestry especially), but I have a feeling I won't find anything.  Still checking some sources first. Resolute 21:46, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Quite the undertaking, good luck guys. —Krm500 (Communicate!) 22:49, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I appreciate.
I want to thank you for fixing grammar and spelling in Ozolinsh article. You now, it's a really tough experience to contribute article by a non-english country resident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.68.57.40 (talk) 17:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If I get some more free time I'll try to do some more Copy-edit on it. There is a lot of good information there and it has to be very difficult with English not being your primary language.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 17:41, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar
By the way, do you know how long it took before I finally figured out that your signature name was actually you? –Schmloof (talk · contribs) 21:08, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Quackenbush
The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Alex Edler GA
Hey there, I found a replacement for that final reference that contained a dead link in the article. Thanks also for pointing me out to WebCite.. should help me out a lot. Cheers! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 22:11, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Michigan Ice Hockey
Hey, thanks for fixing my logo gaffe on Michigan's page. I'm still learning my way around Wikipedia, and computer language/syntax is not my strong suit. All I wanted to do was add those links to cite my sources!VictorsValiant09 (talk) 04:19, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the recognition on Daniel Sedin's FA. You made some key contribution during the candidacy to pass it, so thank you. Cheers! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 08:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Bill Quackenbush
No prob - I just did a quick copyedit, and left some additional comments at the GAN talk page. Hope this helps! Resolute 18:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks
Thanks for correcting the references I added to Jussi Rynnäs -article. Don't know why I made them hidden. I wrote Finnish wikipedia at the same time, so maybe I just mixed things... Korkki74 (talk) 16:07, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for adding the Refs.

Shero
No problem - good luck with the article, I meant to get back to it, but then that pesky real world started knocking on the door. :) Canada Hky (talk) 21:18, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Mystery typos
Thanks for fixing. Those are bizarre—I would swear those extra letters were not there when I saved the edit. -- Andy Walsh  (talk)  04:40, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem it happens from tome to time. But unlike yours when I do it It no mystery its that I suck at spelling :)--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 05:36, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Fred Shero GA nom
Looks good, but there are just two things that need your attention before I can pass it. They are bolded in the page. Thanks, and good luck.-- intelati  talk 06:42, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Nice article. :)-- intelati  talk 18:00, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

mike marson
wherever did you get the notion that mike marson died at all, let alone the specific date of 2 november 2010, 'on [sic] his bed in scarborough' - this vicious misinformation has caused great trauma to his children, relatives, and friends - clearly, you did not verify or fact-check your source - i have taken the liberty of editing out that information Vaugh27 (talk) 20:51, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The only edit I made was to fix the coding on the info box, I did not add anything about him being dead, after you edited that you I did a quick Google search to see if he was dead but fond nothing on the first few previews to make me think he was dead so I assumed his page was vandalized and you had fixed it.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (talk) 22:27, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

thank you for explaining how that works - i sincerely apologize for accusing you; i thought you were the ubiquitous 99.244.90.79 - from your experience, can you determine who that is - do you have any idea why anyone would go to all that trouble to be so hurtful - it took me two hours to figure out how to get in to wikipedia to remove that wrong info - i cannot tell you how terribly distressing this has been to his children - best regards, and many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.83.91 (talk) 00:09, 18 November 2010 (UTC) thanks, again, for your understanding and your help - i did notice that the prankster tried to post something on 19 november; but, it was caught - regards Vaugh27 (talk) 17:12, 28 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaugh27 (talk • contribs)

Hurricanes numbers
Good point on your last edit, though I'm not as concerned as you are that people will confuse "formally" and "formerly." But "officially" is fine with me. Happy Holidays! JTRH (talk) 19:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah it's probably not a real concern, but you never know who will be reading and what they can confuse. I was just trying to avoid any confusion. Cheers--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 19:50, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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X-Men Legends GAN
Thanks much for the review! I fixed all the issues you pointed out. Let me know if there's anything else I need to do. The page is on my Watchlist, so you can simply reply there. --Teancum (talk) 19:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Nate Kiser
Good catch on that...I inadvertantly confounded myself when I copied from another banner while cleaning up player talk pages. Thanks.  Cjmclark  19:45, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Welcome. I know how that goes, it happens from time to time during clean-ups.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 19:48, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Talkback: SpikeToronto
—  Spike Toronto  21:37, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Pierre Turgeon
Ha! I was working on finding the source for Turgeon's return as you were doing the same. Thanks for beating me to it - I posted a Welcome message on the user's talk page. Good job.Echoedmyron (talk) 15:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * lol. I was surprised wen they undid my first revert so I had to make sure the info was correct. I was about to leave a message as well, Thanks for doing that. Cheers--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 15:30, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tim Regan (ice hockey)
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DYK for Stewart Iglehart
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DYK for Cully Dahlstrom
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Thanks
Thanks for deleting the erroneous warning on my talk page! GoingBatty (talk) 03:06, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. That guy was just throwing out warnings to make another use look bad.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 04:42, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Pffft. As if I needed help there! Resolute 04:44, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Anaheim Ducks
Hi, given that the vandalism now seems to be originating from a different IP, I've asked for a semi-protection for a while. best Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Good call. I was about to go to the ice hockey project and ask. Thanks for doing that.
 * My pleasure. This new section of your User talk page seems to have mucked up the layout of your triple crowns. I don't know enough about wiki coding to fix it, sorry. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:21, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * lol, I noticed that but I'm in the same boat, I had no ideal what to do with it.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 18:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you
Thank you for your helpful edits to the new article I created, at The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Much appreciated! ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 18:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Your welcome, though to be honest I really didn't do anything, just a minor touch up I noticed. It is nice to be appreciated anyways :)--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 18:55, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries! Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 22:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Joe Cavanagh
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Hansen GA
Hey, thanks for the review.. gone ahead and fixed the ref problem. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 22:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Sergei Shirokov
Please take over from user Kaiser matias. It doesn't look like he/she will be back soon. I'm quite ready to pass the article, only if sources are added, as well as a few minor fixes. Good luck Sp33dyphil  (T • C • I love Wikipedia!)  07:33, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Sharks player list
Sure, I'll look into expanding the lead during the weekend. Good luck with the sortable table... We're probably eventually going to have to do it for several lists. Resolute 17:21, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I've been a bit worried about that...man is that gonna suck. Thank you for tackling the lead. --Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 17:33, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, Maxim, I think, brought up the argument before that if nobody is going to maintain the stats, the lists should be simplified. In a lot of cases, that is probably the best idea. Resolute 17:37, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I think I remember the discussion but I think Djsasso also stated that the loss of the stats would probably mean a loss in the FL status. I'll just hope most of the FL list continue to fly under the radar and worry about things if/when they come up.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 21:26, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

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Rollback
I've assigned you the rollback right, as I think you might find it useful, given your previous anti-vandal work. In short, rollback is a faster version of undo or Twinkle. It's used to revert where further explanation isn't required, so that's usually in the case of vandalism. WP:ROLLBACK has more info. If you have any questions, or you want me to remove rollback, feel free to contact me.  Maxim (talk)  13:35, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Kirrane
Thanks Victuallers (talk) 18:05, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the tidy-up edits on Bill Allum and the image. I find filling in the deets on photo uploads kinda tedious, and tend to cut and paste some of them - obviously a bad practice. Echoedmyron (talk) 21:11, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I do the same thing, it can get real annoying if your basically putting in the same thing every time. I just happened to notice when I wanted to see where your image came from since I've been looking for some older pics.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 21:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I've been following the example of some of the "regular" contributors to hockey articles. The argument, as I understand it, is a combination of a deceased historical figure - like an athlete - further compounded by the image being 50 + years old seems to pass muster, provided it's low res and not a huge image. I really ought to check up on the finer details of images to be certain, but thus far none of the images I've added have been pulled (I've done about half a dozen so far - I'm working my way through former New York Rangers alphabetically. This will take a couple of years at this pace). I've been striking out on sourcing usable images of living / more recent players, like Mike Allison. I expanded Ron Duguay a while back but can't find a free image of that dude anywhere. Echoedmyron (talk) 23:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the insights. Good luck going through the Rangers.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 02:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Penguins–Islanders brawl
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:02, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Alberts GA
Hey, thanks for taking care of the article's GAN; I didn't even know it had been reviewed.. Cheers. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 21:25, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. I noticed a review happened when I was looking at the back log for one of my articles. I never know how strict reviewers are going to be with the 7 days "on hold" that is suggested and I figure it would be just as easy to take care of the issues listed as it would be to leave a message on your talk page.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 21:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, thanks a lot for clarifying that review on Ellis' page. I really appreciate all your work! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 01:01, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. That review had an odd way of listing things, I read it like three or four times. Keep up the good work. Cheers--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 01:12, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Moe
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:03, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

John Vanbiesbrouck
I've reviewed it. I'll give it a copy edit read tomorrow. Main points for now. Fair use rationales on pictures and split personel section. KnowIG (talk) 22:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Saw your improvements on the Vanbiesbrouck article, good job. Something seems wrong though in the Panthers section - the bit about the wins for an expansion team. Ottawa debuted before Florida, so Tugnutt couldn't have passed the record there.  He did it in Columbus, I think.  But you've got a ref after the Tugnutt line, and he's not mentioned there - I think that ref should go at the previous sentence. (Didn't want to do this myself - it looked as though you're in the middle of more edits.) Echoedmyron (talk) 02:07, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. Looks like when I first wrote it I must have miss read what the article was really saying and must have gotten confused and mixed up the teams remembering Tugnutt as a Sen not a Jacket. If you click on the reference Vanbiesbrouck's name is highlighted towards the bottom and that's where it talks about Tugnutt passing him. Thanks again.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 02:26, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, you're right. I had only started reading at the highlighted bit, and missed where it mentioned Tugnutt. Echoedmyron (talk) 14:54, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Mariucci Edit
Your date edit is fine - as a personal preferance change - but I just wanted to note that the date format I used is not "foreign" as it is the only approved format for US military paperwork, regularly used by other sections of the US Government, et al. It is also the date format used on 100's of pages in Wikipedia and is perfectly reasonable. Not trying to start an argument - just letting you know for the future. Ckruschke (talk) 14:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC)Ckruschke

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:00, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar!
Thank you so much for the barnstar! It's nice to know someone notices my Fringe articles :) Thanks again, Ruby2010   talk  02:38, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter
Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to and  who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:23, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Peer review/Ron Hextall/archive1
Hi, I've seen from some of the GA reviews that I've carried out that you've done a fair bit of good work for WP:HOCKEY, and have a fair idea of the requirement for GA, and maybe even FA. I've expanded (quite dramatically) the article on Ron Hextall, the scourge of attackers everywhere (their legs at any rate) and have created a peer review for the page. I was hoping you might be able to have a look and give me any feedback (or just a quick copy-edit). Thanks in advance for any help you can provide,  Harrias  talk 10:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * My editing time has been pretty small as of late, but I will try to give it a look over tonight or tomorrow and get you some feed back.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 14:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry I didn't get to this but it looks like a couple of editors have left some good comments on the PR.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 04:23, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

May 2011
Care to explain why you feel 'Violence in Sports' should be removed as a category from the Dino Ciccarelli page? This category is present on the pages of several athletes involved in altercations while playing, surely one convicted of assault would qualify. ThatSaved (talk) 15:54, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * My apologies it was something I should have looked into more. I thought the category was intended for things like Lansdowne Road football riot or Flyers–Senators brawl and not individuals involved in violence during sporting events.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 16:01, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you, for your helpful edit to the article I recently expanded, Skipping Towards Gomorrah. Much appreciated. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 05:54, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem I saw it on DYK and when I read the intro It didn't make sense to me with out the missing word. It was probably accidentally removed when the date was corrected. Cheers--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 01:12, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. , of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by, and  respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:31, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:WCE line
Hey, sorry for the late reply. The article looks good and I'll definitely have a look in the next few days. Regarding the Sharks' "new WCE line" of Thornton and Chechoo, all I could find was material on message boards, but if I ever come across anything, I'll definitely include it. Cheers! Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 22:48, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

"Diacritics"
You reverted my edit to Sidney Crosby. This so-called consensus is here:, and it says:

"All player pages should have diacritics applied (where required)."

So your revert is wrong, even by the terms of your so-called "consensus". Elrith (talk) 14:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll thank you to undo your other reverts of my similar edits as well. Elrith (talk) 14:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Not using Diacritics on non-European players has been a consensus at WP:ice hockey as a way of keeping the peace and preventing these kinds of edit wars were I could claim WP:VERIFY or WP:COMMONNAME that English sources don't use Diacritics on names so no player pages should have them. As for what you are quoting the very next line states "All North American hockey pages should have player names without diacritics."--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 15:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)


 * You could claim those policies, but if you're at all aware of this issue, it's disputed at best. Last I checked, the consensus was that all player pages have "diacritics", full stop. Now you're claiming there's a different consensus as to the interpretation of that rule, so in my opinion, you're just making these consensuses of yours up on the fly. Elrith (talk) 15:12, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I was trying to keep the compromise they way I understood it before this whole thing spiraled out of control. Especially with the possibility of a European player page moving away from diacritics at Talk:Tomáš Kubalík, which if moved could set a precedent for thousands of other articles for people to want moved. If you believe that the first line of the the policies below takes precedent over the other two than so be it.

I disagree. But I don't care enough to get into tons of lame edit wars over this especially since you have already reverted most of these pages.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 15:37, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) All player pages should have diacritics applied (where required).
 * 2) All North American hockey pages should have player names without diacritics.
 * 3) All non-North American hockey pages should have diacritics applied (where required)

DYK for West Coast Express (ice hockey)
Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Brad Marchand
Hey, just wanted to know why you deleted the Brad Marchand Nose Face Killa information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubes1027 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Because "Nose Face Killa" sounds contentious and a bit derogatory to me and the section was completely unsourced.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 16:14, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

So you delete it because it "sounds contentious"? really? lol "Nose Face Killah" is the dudes nickname, he wears the shirts, he was holding the signs at the parade. Must be a Canucks fan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubes1027 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Well if it's a well know nickname it should be easy to source. It's a bizarre statement that sounds to me like some kind of insult, about his looks or what have you, there is a lot of slang in the world. Editors constantly put in "nicknames" for players that they apparently make up and cannot be verified, Martin Ručinský once had a statement about his nickname being "big nose" which is more straight forward and an insult. If you think that this should be added than find a reliable source for it. --Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 16:46, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
 * As I said it shouldn't that hard to find a reference for. Added it back with a reference.--Mo Rock...Monstrous (leech44) 16:56, 20 June 2011 (UTC)