User talk:Muboshgu/Archive 3

GA notification
Just so you know, New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009, an article that you made a number of edits to, was recently rated as a good article. Thanks for helping out on the production of this article. wadester16 | Talk→ 20:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

New Navboxes!
I am trying to make the United States governmental offices navboxes diffrentiatable from the other navboxes. In order to try and get consensus for these new navboxes, I am comming to the ones that were critical of my previous attemps before. I am doing this on my sandbox, which is located at User:USAAuthority/Sandbox1. I would love it if you give me your imput on their or go to USA to comment on their talk page. I am trying to do these like the Canadian ones. I would love for you to go to the sandbox and put your edits in, and achieve consensus for a new navbox standard for these. I made them to the colors of the United States Flag Red, White, & Blue. USA Authority  DC  18:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Template:2008 Philadelphia Phillies
Hi, could you join the discussion at this template's talk page regarding the color? okay. KV5 ( Talk  •  Phils ) 16:32, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for May 2009
SoxBot (talk) 10:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Katy Mixon
I have nominated Katy Mixon, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Katy Mixon. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 03:58, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Aaron Crow
The Fort Worth Cats are a minor league team, use of the major league baseball infobox is inappropriate, anyway, but there is no evidence in the article that he has signed with anybody, let alone Fort Worth. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 18:40, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Aaron Crow has a bio on the Fort Worth Cats website, which is in the External links section, which states that he pitches for them, and the baseball stat sites are accumulating those stats as well. Though he's not a major leaguer, as he plays for the Cats, he is now a professional ball player, and I've seen the infobox used for minor leaguers (and some college players as well).  Is there a consensus anywhere that says this is inappropriate? --Muboshgu (talk) 17:01, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 2010 Major League Baseball Draft
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Might it not be a bit early for this? See WP:CRYSTAL

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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 * It's not violating WP:CRYSTAL. The draft will happen.  See Articles_for_deletion/2009_Major_League_Baseball_Draft. --Muboshgu (talk) 05:00, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Granted the draft will happen, but isn't any speculation of who will be drafted total crystal ballerly at this point? Is there anything factual about this draft that is known today that is worth talking about?  Go ahead and pull the PROD, and I won't fight it, but I still think it's early.
 * I'll agree it's early to know who will be drafted where, but the players listed are being called among the top eligible prospects by people who are {supposedly) in the know. Granted things can change between now and then.  A similar list existed for the 2009 draft. I'll wait to see if anyone else has anything to say before removing it. --Muboshgu (talk) 05:15, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * As long as there are reliable and verifiable sources, then roll with it! I'm just amazed that speculation starts so early, but then I've never understood much about baseball anyway.  :P~  Livitup (talk) 05:21, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Blue Hampshire
http://www.bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=222B6F66EF72BD80C6AC9079419203F8?diaryId=7684 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.174.153 (talk) 15:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Frank Guinta
Hello Muboshgu. I see that you restored the bar fight incident to this article, after I closed the 3RR report which you filed. I assume you *did* read my warning that anyone who reverted this section again without getting a talk page consensus first might be sanctioned? Please cite your consensus. (Provide a link to the talk page). If you don't have one, I suggest that you revert your change immediately. EdJohnston (talk) 19:31, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I thank you for closing it, but isn't that backwards? The problem was with them removing it, not with its initial entry.  I'll take it out for now. --Muboshgu (talk) 20:08, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Cannabis

 * Welcome! Glad to see you decided to join us. Feel free to take a look at the main project page, as well as the associated talk page, to learn about our goal and other information. Feel free to leave comments or questions, and I look forward to your contributions. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:28, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Will do. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for June 2009
SoxBot (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Manchester mayoral election, 2009 (New Hampshire)
see talk Gang14 (talk) 22:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Topps All-Star Rookie navboxes
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Michael Kearns
"Seems" like a non notable person?? I did a google news search and was quite amazed by what is available. . Yes, the article is a mess, but being poorly written is a reason for improvement, not a deletion. Best, MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 06:27, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * See my reply at Articles for deletion/Michael Kearns. --Muboshgu (talk) 13:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * See my reply there as well. I feel confident that this will be a snowball keep. It is important to actually examine available sources before nominating for deletion to see if an article can meet the general notability guidelines and has the potential for improvement. This one does. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 20:12, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the withdrawal. I will continue cleaning up the article as my time today allows. I do agree that it is a bit of a mess and has a touch too much hyperbole... but it's fixable. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 21:57, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Ryan Garko
Is a radio station not considered a reliable source? -- LondonStatto (talk) 01:45, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * We need to see it in print from a reliable source. A radio station may be reporting a rumor or an unconfirmed deal.  I do believe that this deal is real and will go through shortly, but we need to wait for the official approval of MLB. --Muboshgu (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * They're reporting a done deal. WP:RS makes no reference to "in print". -- LondonStatto (talk) 01:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That's a good point. But, who's reporting it's a done deal?  The reporters?  We need to hear it directly from the source (the teams).  And we can't cite radio reports that aren't accessible on the internet.  --Muboshgu (talk) 01:56, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Two tiers of sources, then? I seem to recall Wikipedia's seen that argument before. But hey, I'm just an ordinary user at work who has neither the time nor the inclination to risk a ban for 3RR. -- LondonStatto (talk) 03:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not quite that it's two tiers of sources, but we need to be able to get it directly from the source, which we can do if we click on a link, and we can't rely on somebody saying they heard it on the radio, which the rest of us can't verify. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Cliff Lee
How many sites that say 'done deal', including the Phillies and Indians sites do you want to see? EVERY trade is not final until physicals. The trade is done. The trade is final. It has passed the Commissioner's office. If someone fails the physical the trade is canceled. It is not dependent on the physical. The trade is complete. If the physical is failed, then the trade is nullified, but the trade did happen. Sorry to burst your bubble. -- Me, now.
 * If a player fails a physical, it nullifies the trade, meaning the players don't change teams. Therefore, if Carlos Carrasco fails his physical, Cliff Lee remains an Indian; the deal doesn't go through.  Therefore we don't change his team until we know the deal is official. --Muboshgu (talk) 20:50, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Following the above philosophy, you might wanna talk to the guy who converted Stephen Strasburg's player box into a Washington Nationals player box. He's less likely to sign with the Nats than Carrasco is to fail his physical.--Johnny Spasm (talk) 13:10, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The difference there is that it's clear that the Nationals control Strasburg's rights while he's unsigned, for the short-term, while Lee was still an Indian while the paperwork was going through. But I do agree that Strasburg's infobox shouldn't list him as a National while he's unsigned.  I tried arguing that but I think I lost.  Maybe I'll try to argue it again. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:46, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Whomever you lost that argument with didn't argue the facts. If Strasburg is unsigned, then he is unsigned. There is no counter argument to that. Unfortunately, with the 2009 MLB draft, a lot of Wikipedia editors got excited about creating new articles, and the error with Strasburg is fairly common. There are currently articles for players I believe are likely to either not sign or will sign in another sport.--Johnny Spasm (talk) 19:01, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't remember the details. Some editors do get overzealous.  Which pages are those you're referring to?  I believe Mitchell did sign with the White Sox. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:17, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe
This debate may be of interest to you ... --Epeefleche (talk) 11:52, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for July 2009
SoxBot (talk) 08:11, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Sports TFDs
I imagine an effort to pare down sports templates is an extensive one. However, if you want to be consistent about redundant templates, in addition to athletic team and coaches templates, templates such as retired numbers templates should be removed. You may want to consider nominating templates such as Template:Wolverines Football Retired Numbers, which I modeled off of another similar template. There is probably a bunch of these and there should probably be a group TFD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 13:57, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Joba Chamberlain
I noticed earlier you removed info about Chamberlains' mother. An IP has just re-added that info. I'm considering removing it (if no one beats me to it). Just wanted to check, was there a prior discussion on this info?--Cube lurker (talk) 14:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes there was. I think it was on the talk page of the article, but I could be wrong.  It was decided that it doesn't belong because of WP:BLP issues, specifically that what his mother is up to has no bearing on him. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:26, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I removed it and so far it hasn't been put back in.  I mentioned in my edit summary discussing on the talk page if he disagrees.  If he or someone else does I'll see if I can find it to reference.--Cube lurker (talk) 17:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed. I just wrote a little blurb about it on Joba's talk page, since for some reason I can't find the original discussion.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Baseball barnstar

 * Thank you kindly. --Muboshgu (talk) 20:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

This IP is actually already blocked. --King Öomie 19:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Good to see the admins are on top of this. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Dustin Ackley
Do you have an article about him being placed on the 40-man roster? User:Halvorsen_brian (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC).
 * He signed a major league contract . --Muboshgu (talk) 21:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Doug Fister
Why exactly was the Personal section of Doug Fister taken out? It seems most players have a section like this. Halvorsen brian (talk) 17:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see Trivia and Relevance of content. Do we really need to know that he likes soccer, lasagna, and Caddyshack?  No, we need to know about his pitching.  Just because other players have sections like these doesn't make it right.  I try to remove them whenever I come across them. --Muboshgu (talk) 13:24, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It wasn't a "list" and it was in it's own section. I don't fault your reasoning, technically you're right but going out of your way to do it is a bit odd. I think if you had done it on a page like Curt Schilling or Albert Pujols it would be seen as vandalism. --Halvorsen brian (talk) 16:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Info about family and residence is acceptable, to some extent at least. To me, the detail about Pujols' 100 on the citizenship test is pushing it; merely saying he passed and citing should be sufficient.  I'm thinking about whether or not I want to trim that.  As for Schilling, I removed the bits about his superstitions (unsourced and the same as every other player) and his WWII interests (unsourced and irrelevant).  I try to be consistent with all articles, and so do the other editors at WP:BASEBALL, but we're far from perfect. --Muboshgu (talk) 16:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Shilling's superstitions are apart of him as a baseball player though. I can understand if you were to take out things he likes (movies, food, t.v. show ect.) but something about his style of baseball is relevant. Superstitions are apart of baseball. --and wears a Christian cross necklace. 16:58, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, it's not notable to him, though. It's notable to baseball players as a whole.  If there was some specific superstition that went above and beyond the typical "don't step on the chalk" type superstitions, I'd agree with you.  Since it wasn't cited it was an easy decision to delete. --Muboshgu (talk) 01:12, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess I can see what you mean. It's still not the most irrelevant thing and by said criteria. It was along the likes of "baseball" and not something out there, something like "and [he] wears a Christian cross necklace" on the subject about him being a Christian is. I can see taking that out because who cares if he wares one, he probably wares t-shirts and jeans but they didn't mention that. At least superstitions had to do with baseball. --Halvorsen brian 02:50, 25 August 2009.
 * True. Superstitions can be relevant, but they need to be sourced.  If you add something about a baseball-related superstition that has sourcing, it can stay. --Muboshgu (talk) 14:28, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Texas Gubernatorial Election 2010
I'm hoping that my edit has addressed some of your concerns. What I did was move all officially announced candidates into one section (with three subsections for political party affiliation) and left all the others in another one (since I don't have any way to know if someone has dropped out, I'll leave that edit for someone else). Maverick9711 (talk) 23:14, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for August 2009
SoxBot (talk) 15:33, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

GAN notice
Hi Muboshgu, you currently have at least one article up a WP:GAN in the Sports and recreation section. In an attempt to clear out the backlog there, User:Wizardman asked all sports WikiProjects to review at least two articles from that section. I'm now going around and asking anybody with an article nominated under Sports and recreation to review at least one article in that section to help us clear the backlog out so your articles can finally be reviewed faster!  iMatthew  talk  at 15:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't done one before, so I'd need to read up before I undertake a GA review, but I understand the need and I'm willing to do my part. --Muboshgu (talk) 16:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award
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MVP Award
FYI, I'm working on that article in my Sandbox. I'll transfer what I've done so far. Staxringold talkcontribs 15:34, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, good. I'll lay off for the time being. --Muboshgu (talk) 15:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about undoing your edits there. I'll make sure to dump my sandbox back into the article whenever I do some editing. Staxringold talkcontribs 15:54, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, easily taken care of. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:36, 21 September 2009 (UTC)