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Baseball final appearance date
Hi, I noticed a lot of revisions on David Ortiz pertaining to his final MLB appearance date. I spent a lot of time searching through Infobox templates and MoS's, but I couldn't find anything pertaining to the last MLB appearance being regular season (in my opinion, since I can't find anything saying otherwise, final MLB appearance would be just that, the final appearance, regular or postseason included). Do you happen to know where this information is so I can make sure I get it right? Thanks, Garchy (talk) 15:53, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
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1RR Reminder
Reminder that Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016 is under WP:1RR. I was going to revert that editor. Might want to self revert and let me revert it.  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) 17:37, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh poop, totally forgot. 21 more days... – Muboshgu (talk) 17:39, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for David Kustoff
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Anthony Rizzo
Veteran Wordsmith Needed. Can you drop in to Rizzo's talk page. This video shows a rare and special moment in Rizzo's early career that deserves mention in his article. Buster Seven   Talk  13:51, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * His conversation with Angel Hernandez? I'm not sure it deserves mention. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:43, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I admit I'm biased. Rizzo is my favorite Cub. I just think it shows what a classy professional and person he is. How often do you see a pro apologize to an Ump. Ever? It's a better example to kids then some of the POTUS candidates. His 2016 thread is just so bare.. :~)... Buster Seven   Talk  17:11, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I see. Problem is, apologizing to an ump in and of itself isn't such a big thing, and writing it up would turn into a WP:SYNTH problem, as we'd be interpreting a primary source. It'd be better if you could find an interview or article about Rizzo that goes into his personality. Surely the Chicago Tribune has written such a piece? – Muboshgu (talk) 17:43, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Kris Johnson
Why were the comments made by Johnson on winning the Sawamura Award deleted?Cynikles (talk) 02:44, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * His quote struck me as WP:UNDUE. We just stick with the facts, and he didn't say anything particularly noteworthy. I should have said so in my edit summary. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:26, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. Appreciate your time. Cynikles (talk) 03:36, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Muboshgu gets zip recognition
Muboshgu lacks recognition from google scholar or from any national or regional scholarly organization., so don't comnpare yourself to establized scholars with many highly praised books. Rjensen (talk) 00:06, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * My real name brings up hits in Google Scholar, and that has nothing to do with notability of a subject. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * your real name is your little secret that no one is allowed to mention or speculate about [outing rule] --so you are a zero here and should not be making such claims about yourself to evaluate actual professors wro sign their books with a real name. Rjensen (talk) 06:42, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That is so ridiculous I don't know where to start, other than to say that you should know that it's the community of mostly anonymous users here who determine issues like notability via consensus. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:41, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You can start by looking at your own edit summary: 23:34, 26 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+69)‎ . . Junius P. Rodriguez ‎ (Undid revision 746362617 by Rjensen (talk) Google Scholar hits do not provide notability, otherwise I might have a page.  That's the sort of ridiculous false boasting that claims your decisions are based on your own secret idenity. Rjensen (talk) 15:45, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Nope, it's based on WP:GNG and WP:NACADEMIC, which offers cautions about Google Scholar hits. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:50, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Game 4
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Kim Foxx
I was wondering why you redirected the Kim Foxx article to that of the opponent she defeated over six months ago. I think its better to delete the article rather than redirect it to her former opponent. - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * It's a reasonable place to find information on Foxx, until a page can be created. That would be the best option, as long as sourcing merits it. She'll meet WP:POLITICIAN after November 8. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:20, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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 * Miller is fun to watch. I was sad to see him traded, but I can't say no to Frazier, Sheffield, and the two relief pitchers. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:52, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

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Governors-elect, etc.
I'm not in the mood to edit war with you. Therefore, I'll let others deal with your determination to have it your way. GoodDay (talk) 03:14, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * My way? It's the accurate way. Just like it's "President-elect of the United States" and not "President of the United States elect", it's "Governor-elect of Whatever State". – Muboshgu (talk) 03:19, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Then why didn't you make those changes for all the infoboxes of the incoming state governors & lieutenant governors? GoodDay (talk) 03:20, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There are others that aren't fixed? I will. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:51, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

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I made a recent edit to Omar Vizquel as a result of an OTRS email. I have asked for permission to share more details, if necessary.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:37, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Can I get any more information on this? Like, for instance, the request? I'm concerned by your edit because it seems to remove too much information that is valid and reliably sourced. I get the privacy concerns, but he's a public figure. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
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Tyler Naquin
Didn't he change his number to 72 ? Cynko (talk)
 * I looked at it after and self-reverted. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

Dateret
Hi there,

I pointed to the talk page [archive] in my Khizr and Ghazala Khan revert edit summary, but it's probably simpler to just leave a message since it's not like there was an RfC or somesuch. Basically, my position is that living in the United States (or even being born in the United States) doesn't equate to the "strong national ties" mentioned in WP:DATERET. My own preference, especially for references, is dmy (aside: I'm an American who prefers dmy for its efficiency, less one comma, and the aesthetics of two numbers separated by a word), hence why the article started with dmy. The question of what constitutes "strong national ties" is not one that has clear answers, as far as I can tell, but it's true that with the subject's involvement in the U.S. political process, there's a decent case to be made. So I've become a bit more sympathetic to thet argument since the last time it came up (likely in part due to the article becoming less heated). Perhaps there's a compromise to be made whereby the citations use dmy but the text uses mdy? That seems like it may be contrary to the MOS emphasis on consistency, but meh. What are your thoughts on the "strong national ties" question? &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 22:54, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * My thought on the "strong national ties" for the Khans is that they came to relevance in the U.S. presidential election, their son died in service of the U.S. Army, meaning their ties for notability purposes is clearly U.S. I understand why many use dmy over mdy, though. Having the text and refs use different formats would indeed violate MOS, it has to be one or the other. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah.. I was sort of talking myself out of it while leaving the message above. Starting to feel like I'm calling WP:DATERET based solely on my own preference in the face of reasonable arguments, so I've gone ahead and reverted myself. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 23:12, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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Can you restore my edits now, please? I will be waiting and watching. If you can take them down, you can put them back up. And, I fully expect you to do so. Thank you, kindly. Loose Cannon57 (talk) 16:23, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, since the deal has only now become official. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:42, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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NRI in Navbox
Never say "Never". NRIs were in the Blue Jays roster navbox in February. Personally, I wondered if it was a change in the rules.Cpfan776 (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I should rephrase then, to say we have never done it on the other 29 roster navboxes. I'd have to look for the discussion in the archives, but I believe it came down to "they aren't on the roster, so they shouldn't have the roster navbox on their page". – Muboshgu (talk) 22:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

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Muboshgu, I don't see any point in calling for a reviewer while the QPQ review is still outstanding over three weeks after nomination. I'm happy to add it to the list of old, unreviewed nominations once you've supplied the QPQ. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:02, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I totally forgot about that. I need to get better at doing the QPQs when I submit a nomination. I'll try to do that from now on. QPQ is done. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:27, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Muboshgu, please don't forget to mention all the criteria; in particular, neutrality and copyvio/close paraphrasing need to be checked and commented on. (There's currently an enormous controversy on the DYK talk page about giving credit to a review that omitted the copyvio check.) Just because it's a GA does not mean that the GA reviewer did a proper copyvio check; as recently as late last month, a DYK that had become a GA was found to have significant copyvio, and the GA is being reassessed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:55, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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We may have to keep an eye on Bill Walker (American politician), as an editor keeps removing the 11th per argument that Walker is the 13th governor. The person is apparently not realizing that Alaska numbers its governors via individual only & thus doesn't multiple number governors who serve non-consecutive terms. GoodDay (talk) 02:28, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I will keep a closer eye on it. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:03, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Um, no, but nice try. This article published by a reliable, third-party source, which was referenced in each edit summary, contends otherwise and expressly calls out the credibility of the specific claim GoodDay and other editors are making more than once.  KTVA's news department is not a blog, they employ news editors just like anything else we deem an RS.  It should stand to reason that if these editors felt that there were factual accuracy issues or if Wikipedia were unnecessarily disparaged in stating this, it would have never seen the light of day.  The fact that this claim is called into question twice within such a short span of text should also be given weight.  The reason this was published was due to other media outlets in Alaska calling Walker the 13th governor in the month between his election and his swearing-in to office.  Furthermore, the last two editions of the Alaska Blue Book (which was published by the Alaska State Library for twenty years and discontinued when the state launched its website) and both editions of Alaska A to Z (a short-lived spinoff of The Alaska Almanac, which has had roughly three dozen editions published over the past forty years), all published under editorial control, list Wally Hickel as the second and eighth governor.  So what are you going to believe, these reliable, third-party sources, or the now-unverifiable primary source that  added to List of Governors of Alaska six years ago, which essentially amounted to Sean Parnell calling himself the 10th governor regardless of what other sources may have had to say?  See WP:NPOV/N for comparison.  Why would anyone think it appropriate to promulgate WP:OR such as this, based on such blatant cherry-picking of particular facts or particular sources, regarding topics where an abundance of sources exist?  Golbez has revealed themselves to be very fond of this tactic over the years. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  21:46, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Stephanie Murphy
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Mark Melancon
Why did you previously undo my edits on Mark Melancon's page with no explanation? Jordandlee (talk) 21:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC) Jordandlee (talk) 21:02, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
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I did not change his page until the MLB had announced that he was "officially signed".
 * I'm not sure that you're right about that, but I may be wrong. Anyway, you didn't provide a source with your edit indicating that the deal was officially completed. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:16, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Edit War on Mitch Moreland
He was signed onto the Boston Red Sox a few hours before the edit war. Please don't revert it again, I'm adding better sources than the last few edits. Adotchar | reply here 22:10, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, he's still not signed. The Red Sox have a full 40-man roster and have to remove someone before he can be signed. Plus, there's no word that he's passed a physical. It's not an "edit war" when it's removing incorrect information. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:19, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually I take that back, because it turns out the deal was just finalized an hour ago. It wasn't a deal before an hour ago. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:20, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for checking. I added the reliable information into his page, in the form of references in the first paragraph. Adotchar |<font style="color:#3333ff;background:#ffffff;"> reply here  22:27, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I moved the references down into the body and made the page a bit more uniform with other baseball player pages. Thank you for providing the references. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:28, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Nl5836
Hi, Muboshgu! Yes, I see your referral to AIV. I have been keeping an eye on this user and my opinion has been that this is not deliberate vandalism on their part, just failure to understand what they are doing wrong. In fact it has not been obvious to an outside observer what the problem is. I was just in the process of composing a note to you, saying it would be helpful to patrolling admins if you would use edit summaries when you revert someone like this, where it is not obvious vandalism - as you did with your most recent summary, "copyrighted image". That was what inspired me to post my warning, and I see that since then they have self-reverted a few of their additions. It may be that they just needed a little more education. Of course, their failure to respond to all those talk page warnings, including your specific one a day two ago, hasn't helped. --MelanieN (talk) 19:03, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That's why I made sure to add edit summaries my last reversions. I agree this is likely more a case of someone causing harm without knowing what they're doing than outright trying to make things worse, but the effect is the same, and there seems to be no communication coming back to us. A problematic user like this probably needs to be blocked before they actually reach out to ask what they're doing wrong. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:39, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * That was certainly going to be my next move, if they didn't respond to a clear order as to what they were to stop doing. Sometimes it takes a block to get their attention. --MelanieN (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Definitely a WikiMule. And then there's these weird edit series where nothing changes. I have no idea what this user is doing, and they may not either. They've been blocked on Commons twice for uploading copyvio images. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:18, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, that didn't take long. Maybe they thought if they used a photo that wasn't copy vio, it would be OK to edit war? Gave them 24 hours to think about it. --MelanieN (talk) 21:49, 9 December 2016 (UTC), putting down my 2x4 but keeping it handy
 * Thanks for the block. I bet we hear back from the user now. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:53, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Clay Higgins Picture
Thank you for correcting my image. I have found a picture released by Clay Higgins.com and is allowed to be used for all XXTheQuietXx (talk) 04:37, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No, we can't use an image from his campaign site either, unless we have explicit permission to use it. Please read through Help:Menu/Images and media to learn more. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:42, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Minor league players
Hey -- my understanding of the informal rule for baseball players is that if they haven't made it to the major leagues, they belong on a minor league page if they're noteworthy enough to have anything written up about them at all. I don't think it's contingent upon the number of references; Derek Eitel, Bryan Harper, and Andrew Stevenson all have a similar number of references to Kyle McGowin. Of course we would break out a separate page if he reaches the major league level, but for now, I think it makes far more sense to keep him on the list with other notable Nationals minor leaguers. -Kudzu1 (talk) 07:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The idea of those pages is for people who people would reasonably want to know about (like some prospects and guys on the 40-man rosters) but don't meet WP:BASE/N and don't meet GNG, but there's expectation they will. Maybe some of those guys should be split off, I haven't looked at them yet. – Muboshgu (talk) 07:19, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You can make a case for someone like Moniak who is a #1 overall draft pick, but I really don't think a guy who was ranked #20 in one of the weakest farm systems in baseball, hasn't reached the major leagues or even cracked a 40-man roster, and doesn't seem to have anything particularly outstanding in his biography merits his own article -- any more than I think Eitel, Harper, or Stevenson do, unless/until they reach the major leagues or something remarkable happens that makes them independently notable. As for the "expectation they will", respectfully, I think that's WP:CRYSTAL. -Kudzu1 (talk) 07:23, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It's got nothing to do with where they rank on prospect lists. We're not a prospect site. What matters here is independent coverage of the subject in reliable sources. And for the "expectation" thing, too many players get added to some of these minor league pages. Players who are notable for their own pages should get their own pages. And even if you don't agree, I created the page, you can open a merge discussion if you don't agree it should be one and let consensus decide. – Muboshgu (talk) 07:26, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It would take me less than an hour to find at least 10 sources for each person on Washington Nationals minor league players. Maybe I should do that and break each of them out into separate articles. -Kudzu1 (talk) 07:30, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you think it's that easy. It isn't always. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:31, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Deprodding of Yorman Landa
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Re: Bandy/Maldonado trade
Sorry about that. I try to leave the sourcing up the people who know their stuff better than I, which is rarely why I write anything significant and just update templates. It is a lot easier than determining which site is an RS or not. You guys write encyclopedic baseball, I write baseball as a blog analyst, so I try to keep my focus down. For the record, I've usually waited for the official tweet from the team. Mitch 32 (The ripest peach is highest on the tree.) 00:21, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Trump cabinet
Hey, I just saw you being very patient with those edit requests at the cabinet template and wanted to let you know that your efforts are appreciated. Samsara 12:26, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:12, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

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Criticism of ESPN
I saw your comment from a few years ago on the talk page for criticism of ESPN, and it seems the fine-toothed comb you were referring to never made its way to the article. Would you be interested in collaborating to clean it up? Hopefully the section I just started on that talk page will attract some editors, but I'm not optimistic, seeing as the article has been in that state for this long. <font color="#008000">Lizard (talk) 05:22, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * wow my comments are seven years old, and the page is still a mess. Yes, I'll take a look. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:15, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll lay out some stuff on the talk page of what I think should be done. First of all, the dedicated sections for individuals need to go. Definitely undue. If they belong anywhere it's on their own articles. <font color="#008000">Lizard (talk) 19:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Only the ones where it actually involves the network (like Curt Schilling) should remain. A number of those are criticisms of ESPN employees for things having nothing to do with ESPN. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2005
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