User talk:Nzd/Archive 1

Greetings!
--Merovingian (t) (c) ( e ) 12:38, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Removed db-g1/Remixism
RE: Remixism

It isn't actually enough for something to be just nonsense to merit speedy deletion, it actually has to be patent nonsense:
 * 1) Total nonsense - i.e. text or random characters that have no assignable meaning at all. This includes things like "1`- 5bl[9 1vn]304 0=10am[0v9a1     7", where random keys of the keyboard have been pressed.
 * 2) Content that, while apparently meaningful after a fashion, is so completely and irredeemably confused that no intelligent person can be expected to make sense of it.

Remixism is neither of those, so AFD is the proper process for it. - ulayiti (talk)  11:43, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

soccer am template
I saw you've contributed on the Soccer AM page. I thought I'd make this as a laugh - dunno if you're interested. There were so many possibilities for the text, but this seemed the obvious. Add it to your user space using user soccer am. Deano 19:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your comments to keep the Category:Catalonian Mexicans. Would you mind taking a look at this? 2005 December 18#Category:Andalusian Mexicans and Category:Aragonese Mexicans. It's basically the same nomination, same roundup ( and ) but with nastier remarks, now that the original CfD failed. --Vizcarra 03:27, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

ERP
Since you have recently posted at Enterprise resource planning I thought you might like to see that I too have added some stuff both there and to its Talk pages. This is just a courtesy notification that I have updated the article since your last activity there.

I believe that I have altered the tone of the article to correct what I thought was an unfortunate WP:POV, or historical bias, but there is also an issue with respect to adequately presenting information about commercial software, open source, and homebrew. Many facts about ERP are true in one of these three main areas, but totally wrong for the others. User:AlMac|(talk) 21:49, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Wow! You did a great job fixing editing style at the ERP article. Makes me glad I went into the history to let prior ERP editors know that I had added to the content of an article that might be important to them also. User:AlMac|(talk) 22:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Well I do profess to know a good bit about several ERP systems, since being gainfully employed in the field for the last some 25 years, cannot help but gain a diversity of relevant know-how, but I need to be extremely careful to avoid WP:POV. User:AlMac|(talk) 23:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

ITFC Manager template
Hey, I noticed you've edited loads of manager pages to correct the link to the ITFC page, manager subsection. I think that you could probably have achieved this by editing the template instead of each individual page. But that probably doesn't help now! But good work nonetheless...! Budgiekiller 15:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ignore that. Total bollocks.  Sorry!  Even better work!  Budgiekiller 15:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

west ham chants
what does the 'and tottenham' bit in the over land and sea chant mean? and also I know the name hammers comes from the thames ironworks, and is not to do with west HAM! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.2.25 (talk • contribs) 13:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

WHUFC query
all players that are in the West Ham player category have now player position category info added ... however, being a newbie, there's something going on with the links in the goalkeepers' category... any ideas why this cat and not others? Spyrides 21:54, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Western League
How you doing N? Did you know that your mob won the Western League title in 1907? My lot won in it 1908 and 1909. do you know anything about this? Be lucky, Lion King 22:30, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Great mate, though not quite as great as before the FA Cup draw earlier. Bloody Bolton again. Still, third time lucky eh.. Not too sure about this Western League thing. I'd never heard of it, and I can't find anything too official that mentions it. There is this page that records it:


 * 1906-07  Western League Division 1B Champions.
 * Overall Champions after beating Division 1A Champions Fulham 1-0 at Chelsea (15 April 1907)


 * I'm pretty sure that'll have been the reserve team. Our progression into the Football League started through the Southern League Second Division, which we joined in 1899. We moved to the Southern League First Division the following year but stayed there for yonks. We came fifth in the Southern League First Division in 1907. That page doesn't mention this, but the reserves page does. I think they have that the wrong way round. There is also a page for West Ham United "A" just to confuse matters.
 * This page of spud results shows that the Western League ran concurrently with the Southern League, with some matches being played a couple of days apart. The Wikipedia page states that:


 * In the years before the Second World War, many teams played in both the Southern and Western Leagues; the Western League was considered as subservient to the Southern League.


 * The list of champions does show a number of other clubs that fielded reserve teams in the league.


 * I'll let you know if I find anything else. As an aside, it seems strange that we would be involved in a Western league. Did they let us in because of the West in the name? We aren't really west of anything.. - N (talk) 23:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting back to me mate! weird innit? Maybe we both got booted out for having a row and the carrot crunchers were the only ones that would have us! I've stuck it on our page, we need all the "championships" we can get- WE didn't win The World Cup! Yeah Bloody Bolton- you'll have to go straight for their throats and nick a couple double quick, in any case It'll be a case of double shin pads all 'round! Thanks for looking that all up, and I wish the Irons all the best against those thugs (no I'm not extracting it) Hands across the terraces and all that! Be lucky, Lion King 23:49, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks N. appreciate your time and trouble, I'll have a word with the guy who looks after the Millwall museum, he may be able to shed some light on the matter, I'll let you know If he comes up with anything. Cheers, Lion King 23:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Looking at the spud page gave me a few ideas...
 * I looked at a player at random called Pass who scored 4 goals in 38 Southern League games, yet scored 6 in 12 in the Western League... this immediately says "reserve team player" to me.. There would also be more records/league tables/appearances etc. of the league in the club records if it was a competition considered worthy of the first team. Yet, I can also believe, from my reading of that period of the club's history, that even if it was a 'reserve' league, 1st teamers may have taken part because of financial obligations ie. the club has to stage the fixture in order to draw in extra revenue.Spyrides 00:40, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Template Talk
You also might want to check out Template talk:Football squad player as well as the West Ham talk page for more of the debate.Spyrides 23:22, 31 January 2006 (UTC) (Spychats)

London Welsh F.C. & 1st Scots Guards F.C.
Hello mate. You may wish to check here. Spyrides 23:11, 31 January 2006 (UTC) (Spychats)

It seems 1st Scots Guards F.C. has also bitten the dust... what do you reckon? Spyrides 23:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC) (Spychats)

Marianne Curan
The consensus at deletion review was that this would be best re-written fom scratch. There is nothing in the article that would help you write a new stub, but if you really want to see it drop a note on my talk page and I'll make the content available. brenneman {T} {L}  23:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Millwall page(s)

 * Please note that the exchange below contains football banter, and is not meant to be offensive. Well, not really..

Great job on the Millwall page! Be lucky, Lion King 03:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Next comment by Nzd

Lions calling Irons!
No, great job N. See me at Orient next season? After today's showing we'll be lucky to be playing Welling Utd! How's Teddy? Be lucky, Lion King 01:53, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

I'll treat your remarks with the contempt they deserve. What else should I have expected from a pig, but a grunt? Lion King 02:38, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

You're quite right N. The way I see it is, that Millwall and your mob, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Charlton, Orient, and Brentford, should all get together, have a few beers and march forward, together, united as one and go and kick the shit out of Palace! All the BestLion King 16:29, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Teddy does'nt need to run, he can score sitting down! Speaking of which, I've just sat on the old woman's cat and sullied him! Lion King 19:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Come On You Irons! Lion King 03:45, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Eddie Chapman
Hi Nzd - I've had a delve through my records of Arsenal matches (it's a spreadsheet based on results from a now-defunct stats site). I can't find any record of a West Ham 6-0 win during the war years, the FA Cup win in 1946 excepted. According to my list Arsenal and West Ham played four times in 1940, as follows: The only one of those that is after June was the match on Christmas Day, although the scoreline doesn't match. Looking further ahead in time, there were no other big wins for West Ham before the 1946 cup tie - there were a few 3-0 results, on January 24 and April 6 1942 and October 21, 1944. My results are fairly complete (leagues and cups, and a few friendlies) - perhaps Chapman's recollections were bit fuzzy, and he confused his appearance in one of West Ham's wartime victories with the 6-0 cup match? Qwghlm 15:17, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * January 20 - West Ham 3 Arsenal 0 (League South 'A')
 * March 16 - Arsenal 2 West Ham 3 (League South 'A')
 * April 8 - West Ham 2 Arsenal 1 (League South 'C')
 * December 25 - West Ham 4 Arsenal 2 (Southern Regional League)

My RfA
Hi Nzd,

As someone who has complimented by contributions in the past, I thought you would like to know that I am a candidate for adminship - you can view my RfA here.

On to more important matters, I am planning on creating a list of celebrities who have appeared on Soccer AM... but finding an accurate source of information is pretty difficult. If you ever come across some kind of source for this information, please let me know!

Cheers, DJR (Talk) 14:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Re : 1992-93
Hi Nzd,

I find it a bit queer, because the consensus on the AfD was to delete the article along with its edit history. From the record only AlexWilkes has contributed actual content, so if he doesn't really mind about James084 doing the merge (and with acknowledgement that it is merged content from what I see in the edit summaries ) then I don't really see a problem here. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 22:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Wisloka Debica
Hi there! This is Tymek You removed my stuff about Wisloka Debica I know that this comes from Wisloka's unofficial page but the thing is that I co-author this page and in fact I have written all English-language articles about Wisloka on this page including the one you have removed So I am the author of it all Should I achieve permission from myself (jut kidding) anyway how to solve it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tymek (talk • contribs) 21:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Anyway just a question How did you find out about Wisloka's English page? I thought nobody from abroad checks it Are interested in Polish 4th division soccer teams or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tymek (talk • contribs) 21:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Stubs
Hello Nzd, Can you help me out, please? I recently edited the Alan Sealey article. It was a couple of sentences but now contains a fair bit of informnation. I removed the 'stub' tag. I looked at the stub pages and there was plenty about classifying stubs, but I couldn't see any guidance about removing the tag. I was 'bold' and removed it. You have put it back. Is there some kind of proceddure for removing one? I thought that I was helping. CheersCount Of The Saxon Shore 01:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the Sealey clean up. Now I know what to aim for. Did you leave a message on my talk page? My watchlist (I put you on it so I wouldn't miss your reply) says that you did, but my talk page history has no record.Count Of The Saxon Shore 19:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

English-football.org.uk
Hi N, This site is copying Wiki football articles ver batim. They got Mine and the scousers, now they are starting on yours Cheers, Lion King 23:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Suicide is painless!
Hi N! What a shower eh? I think it's a racing cert that you'll see me at Brisbane Rd! Anyway, no good crying over spilt milk and all that rot eh? (Arrrrrrrh!) Thanks for the note on my page, glad it's been sorted - cheeky sods. Take care and win the the Cup yeah? Be lucky, Lion King 15:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC) P.S. A belated Easter Bunny

Elizabethan Ireland biographies
Hullo, Ryan. Can you please give your reasons for suggesting the deletion of this category? Or do you simply want to retitle it as Elizabethan Ireland people? If it's the latter, perhaps you'd explain the edit implications for the listed pages. Thanks.--shtove 20:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hullo, not-Ryan. I get your point. I set up the category and, in light of your reply, have no problem with the re-name. I guess that makes a consensus. Thanks.--shtove 21:08, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Fade to Black (webzine)
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AfD Nomination: Sabita Banerjee
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George Kay
Why have you removed the links to http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WHkayeG.htm on this and other pages, which provide useful links to photos & histories of former West Ham players? Daemonic Kangaroo 20:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

History of West Ham United
Nzd, sorry for the late reply to your comments about my West Ham website. I also apologise for my aggressive tone in my first posting about the removal of the Wikipedia link to my site. I am still a victim of my tough working-class childhood.

I created my Spartacus Educational in 1997. I was a history teacher who wanted to produce materials that my students could use when studying local history. The website was popular with students all over the world and so I decided to make it into a full-time job. This of course meant that I had to find a way of funding the website. As I was fully committed to the idea that this information should be available to everyone who wanted to use it I rejected the subscription model. Instead I sold advertising space on my site. For many years I ran the website at a loss. However, since the emergence of Google AdSense, it has been possible to make a living from a website.

I am unclear why I should be criticised for selling advertising space in order to keep information free. I am aware that Wikipedia does not carry advertising. However, is a site owned by a multimillionaire morally superior to one being produced by an educationalist?

In fact, my main intention has been to create materials that have little commercial value in book form. I have therefore concentrated on writing about the past from the perspective of those without power. Historians tend to call this approach: “history from below”.

I went to school in Dagenham and have been a supporter of West Ham for over 50 years. As I have created a website that provides me with a reasonable living, I decided to spend the next couple of years producing a comprehensive online history of West Ham. This will enable students to research the subject in some detail. When I was a teacher a lot of the students were unable to do GCSE coursework on the history of West Ham because of the shortage of materials online. Hopefully, my website will able to change that situation.

My plan is to produce a year by year account of the history of West Ham. So far, I have produced the first-draft of the first 12 years.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WestHamHistory.htm

The analysis of every season includes links to pages on individual players. So far, there are 62 biographies but by the time I have finished there will be over a 1,000.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WestHam.htm

I believe that it will become the most detailed account of the history of any football club on the web. I will not bother to add links to these pages at Wikipedia. Instead I leave it up to your good judgement to decide if Wikipedia visitors will benefit from such a link.

On the subject of links, I would highly recommend that you consider providing links to John Farley’s excellent website on West Ham.

http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=0

Unfortunately, John Farley’s pages do not rank very high in search-engines and his work is therefore being missed by West Ham fans.

I am using my site to give access to all the good sites on West Ham. These links appear on every one of my pages (including to Wikipedia).

I am hoping that this will be a collaborative effort. I will be posting messages on West Ham forums for fans to send me any information they have on early players. I am also hoping that relatives of the players will also contact me with information. This has happened with the rest of my website. Web surfers often do searches for relatives. As a result I have obtained a lot of material from the relatives of the people I have written about.

If you want to help me with this project I can be contacted at: johnsimkin1945@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Simkin (talk • contribs) 10:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

List of Scottish footballers
Just wanted to say that this is a great start, you obviously put a fair bit of effort into compiling the list, even if you were copying from somewhere. Nice work. J Milburn 22:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Seasons
No problem mate, sounds good. Have you noticed someone has created a cat for the west ham seasons? looks good too... what do you reckon --Spyrides 16:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of F.C. United of Manchester season 2005-06
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Jim Barrett
Hi - I note that you created articles for Jim G. Barrett and Jim W. Barrett. Looking at their bios and checking elsewhere, is it possible that you have them mixed up? It appears that James William was the father and James Guy was the son- if I'm right can we swap them round? Best wishes. Daemonic Kangaroo 06:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. Thanks for the reply. I've checked their entries at www.allfootballers.com (unfortunately this is a subscription only site so I can't link to it) and this confirms that the father was James William and the son was James Guy. To avoid conflict with your sources, I have taken the liberty of renaming the articles as Jim Barrett, Sr. and Jim Barrett, Jr. following the precedent set by Alan Ball. Cheers. Daemonic Kangaroo 06:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

List of Scottish footballers being considered for deletion
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Invitation to Wikipedia meetup in London


Date: 13:00 onwards, Sunday 10 August 2008

Venue: Penderel's Oak pub, Holborn WC1 map

More information: Meetup/London 12

Hello,

I noticed that you have listed yourself as a Wikipedian in London, so I thought you might like to come to one of our monthly social meetups. The next one is going to be on Sunday 10 August, which might well be rather short notice, but if you can't come this time, we try to have one every second Sunday of the month.

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Yours,

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Please forgive the slightly impersonal mass-invite!

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George Furnell
His name is listed as George Furnell at the West Ham United F.C. Player & People List website, and also in the book. I'd guess one may be a middle name, and there are precedents of players using their middle names at the time, for instance Henry Thomas Bradshaw, better known as Tom Bradshaw. David George Furnell? George David Furnell? Don't know... --Spyrides 00:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

This has now been taken care of. It's definiitely David. Only took eight and a half years... :) Spyrides (talk) 23:31, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

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Not a clue, sorry, but it would have been somewhere - see eg this and this which mention him at Falkirk... GiantSnowman 19:59, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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Google Books - Reply
Hi there NZD, from Portugal,

no, cannot say I use it that often as ref (or at all!), but thanks for the tip. I was just cleaning Matías Almeyda's article when I saw that Cláudio Taffarel and Hakan Şükür contained a similar source from that site. I thought that Google Books might be more suitable as a publisher than the previous Amazon.com, but in the meantime someone has changed Taffarel again, not quite sure why.

All the best, happy editing and thanks again for the note! --Quite A Character (talk) 09:54, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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Re: Watty Allan
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Frank Parsons (English footballer)
Hi, sorry, I've rv'd the use of the neilbrown template at Parsons' page. For some reason it doesn't always work. Particularly for players with '11' or '12' in the 'code' or where the N Brown page is not the usual grey table in the middle of the page but free text to the left, as at Tom Vansittart. Cheers, Eagleash (talk) 12:14, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, no prob. I've just seen the issue. It seems the template automatically appends .html but these ones, for some reason, have a .htm extension (the page format looks a little different too). I'll keep an eye on that. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 12:18, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've done a lot of the Palace players that I started the articles for, and after fiddling with Vansittart's entry for ages, and giving up, I now know to check it's working. Maybe whoever wrote the template should be informed. Cheers, Eagleash (talk) 12:24, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Done that now. Eagleash (talk) 12:33, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Maybe an "extension=htm" parameter would sort it (unless the template can pick this up automatically from "/player??/"). Nzd (talk) 12:40, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Cross-references
Please do not remove cross-references between WP:P&G pages as you did at WP:Manual of Style/Lead section. Such pages are not articles, thus WP:SELFREF does not apply to them. These cross-references are very important for getting people to the guidance material they're looking for, and for preventing WP:POLICYFORKs (i.e., people writing new sections of "rules", probably conflicting ones, because they're aware the matter in question is already covered at a different page or section). — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  16:21, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, my bad, sorry. I'd thought the link was pointing to that same section but I see now it's a different page. Nzd (talk) 05:52, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  13:26, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Removed link on Web_callback page
Hi! I think that you make worng decision to remove link ([removed]) from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_callback, because there is another yet link to such web callback website BounceHelp.com. I had just try to give wikipedia users to have whole picture of existent web callback websites. Please, put link to [removed]. Thanks in advanced.

E-SID (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2017 (UTC) Eugene (E-SID)
 * I have also removed the other commercial link. Please see WP:PROMO. Nzd (talk) 23:25, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

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—Anomalocaris (talk) 16:15, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cheers, Nzd   (talk)  18:51, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:20, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for checking Easemon
Dear Nzd, Hi! Thanks for checking the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easemon. This is my first article to be posted on Wikipedia. Greatly appreciated your guidance. I have added some new sources to the article. Kindly have a look and give me a feedback if any place needs furthermore modification. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthur J. Wilson (talk • contribs) 06:27, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * At the moment, I'm not sure this satisfies the notability guidelines as those references don't seem to be independent (press releases and 'paid reviews' don't count). It really needs third-party reviews to establish this. I won't retag this, but the article is still subject to New Page Review and I would say, as it stands, it's likely that this wouldn't be approved. If you can add reliable, independent sources that mention the product, it would have a better chance. Nzd   (talk)  12:19, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Philippe Coutinho
✅ GiantSnowman 14:06, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, typo. Fixed now. GiantSnowman 14:20, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Laurens De Bock
✅ GiantSnowman 20:59, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Nilmar
✅ GiantSnowman 17:01, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Ashley Fletcher
Sorry, yes, I was updating a bunch of articles early this morning and must have had a cock-up with my copying & pasting on Fletcher. Let me know if Van Marwijk issues persist. GiantSnowman 13:49, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Van Marwijk
Dlohcierekim beat me to it! GiantSnowman 12:22, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

Paul Heckingbottom
Can you action my edit request on his talk page.. Thanks. 92.26.173.36 (talk) 12:22, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I've replied on the talk page, but I'm not sure why this is necessary. It's not standard practice to do that. Nzd   (talk)  12:38, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi nza
I wonder can you help me with my Article on myself Mya Shanti 22:59, 16 February 2018 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mya Shanti (talk • contribs)
 * Please read WP:YOURSELF and WP:PROMO for an explanation of why you shouldn't create content about yourself, along with WP:NOTABILITY and WP:VERIFY for our key policy guidelines. If you would like to contribute to the encyclopedia in other ways, I would encourage you to read through the links in your welcome message. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  13:37, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Walter Tranter
Hi Nzd. I have enabled e-mail via my user id on Wikipedia. I want to caution you that there's a limited amount of information that I have. I have researched Walter on Ancestry and have the 1911 census record where my grandfather Walter and his sister Gladys are living with Walter and his second wife in Thornaby. I also have info about his marriages from the same source. Since the 1921 census is still under embargo I can't verify him living with Isabel anywhere until it becomes public. The 1931 census results were destroyed in the Blitz and there was no other census while he was alive. There's "family lore" but that's not verifiable. His other children and their descendants I never met, but there is a "Robin Tranter" who seems to match the records I have and lurks on Twitter. He has not responded to my efforts to contact him. He may even be old enough to remember Walter at some level, or at least have a memory of Isabel. These things are full of surprises: I discovered that a girl I knew in high school was also a descendant of Walter's father, making us third cousins, and was in possession of Isaac's fireman's helmet. My sister has Isaac's journal from his days as fire chief. Djdaedalus (talk) 20:49, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Ricardo Moura
Hi there NZD, from Portugal,

some users (this now including yourself) have told me this (the guidelines on related links being very clear). However, I fail to see how this is exactly like this when you have an administrator like User:Mattythewhite concurring with me that he prefers to have wikilinks for competitions AND for seasons of competitions, and I in turn concur with him that this does not constitute overlinking per se.

That being said, I apologize because my edit summary was not the explanatory it could/should have been (on a somewhat related note, "interesting" to see no one touched Mr. Moura's article and improved its appalling display in more than three years, but now this minor issue - in my opinion, mind you, I do not own the (wiki)truth - becomes a major one).

Attentively, sorry for any inconvenience --Quite A Character (talk) 14:11, 26 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Right, you did retain both wikilinks, sorry for my screwup. Let me see if you have any problems with my recent adjustments.

Continue the good work! --Quite A Character (talk) 19:44, 26 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Let's see if i learned the lesson well: if you read the fourth paragraph of Javier Balboa's club career (his most important Real Madrid goals), have i managed to avoid WP:EASTER EGG with my compositions, after the links were removed? If not, what do you suggest please (but i repeat, i'm baffled that writing a match result constitutes EASTER EGG and mentioning the round of a competition where that match result occurred does not)?

Thanks in advance, cheers --Quite A Character (talk) 00:33, 27 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Jesús Navas: would you say I successfully avoided WP:EASTER EGG (just click in the first of my two last diffs)? I think so, per your last suggestions (if not, please amend the rest or instruct me on how to do it better)? Also, in the paragraph that concerns his debut for Spain, if the beginning of wording mentions friendlies with Argentina and Austria, would it be wrong to say "former" and "latter" subsequently? Why needlessly (in my view, at least) repeat names of opponents?

Thanks in advance --Quite A Character (talk) 13:38, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Chris Lumsdon Sunderland AFC appearances
Hello, I am Chris Lumsdon and on my Wiki page it says I played two matches for Sunderland, I played 4.

I made my first start against Wolverhampton, then I came on in a match v Grimsby in a cup match. I then started a match against Chelsea, then I played against Walsall in a cup game. The evidence is in Sunderland record books/online videos so could you stop re editing my page please!!!! Lummy79 (talk) 14:23, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Chris, the infobox stats are for the league only (this is stated at the bottom), but I've added details of the other two games as text. You should probably read WP:AUTO and WP:COI, as you're not really supposed to edit pages about yourself. However, if you have any suggested changes/improvements, then you can drop a note on the talk page or ping me and they can be added as long as they are worded neutrally and are sufficiently sourced. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  19:11, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Aubrey Fair
Not sure what you mean to be honest...? GiantSnowman 19:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, got you - I've had a play, that any better? GiantSnowman 10:34, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Other editors
Explain you self fully and put a link and you objection in full to the edit, a link to the edit with you objection in full and wait for a response. Please refrain from stalking other editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frugahore (talk • contribs) 08:13, 15 February 2018 (UTC)


 * You were warned on your talk page. If you really need more of an explanation for why I reverted, then you need more help than I can provide. Nzd   (talk)  10:11, 15 February 2018 (UTC)



Vessel Pipe Tube Hose — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frugahore (talk • contribs) 12:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Pipe (fluid conveyance). Tell me the none sense ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frugahore (talk • contribs) 12:39, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't edited that page. I've only reverted one of your edits (above, for the reasons given on your talk page). If you can express your thoughts on the article talk page without attacking other editors, then I'm sure someone will listen to you. Nzd   (talk)  12:55, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Nzd, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3ANzd added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! TonyBallioni (talk) 13:45, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Nzd   (talk)  14:18, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Grafite
Yep. I've added it to the article's storyline. Cheers, Robby.is.on (talk) 00:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 10:42, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Jimmy Curran edit
Hi, just wondering why you removed the link? Thanks CraigS1969 (talk) 22:29, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The guidance linked in the edit summary lists as its first point: "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article. In other words, the site should not merely repeat information that is already or should be in the article. Links for future improvement of the page can be placed on the article's talk page."As the link is basically an intro to a book that you appear to have written yourself, I would say it would also be covered by the section below: "you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if Wikipedia guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked. When in doubt, you may go to the talk page and let another editor decide. This suggestion is in line with Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines." Nzd   (talk)  10:42, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. It's useful when these things are explained in a mature manner. My thinking behind adding it wasn't about promotion of the book (it hasn't yet been published) but due to the fact that I'm considered a 'respected authority' on Curran's life. But yes, I will ask in future. CraigS1969 (talk) 10:51, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Inexcusable reporting.
Reporting people for not doing anything bad on Dylan McGeouch's page?!

All i did was tell the truth about his playing style. You do NOT need a source for playing style surely! Are you telling me there has to be a quote from a really unintelligent ex-footballer before a 'playing style' can be uploaded? Do you not realise that makes wikipedia look cheapened in terms of facts. Just because someone in an articlw says something doesn't make it true...

Report people for damaging a page, not doing a harmful fact. Just because you have made lots of pages on here doesn't make you any more important than anyone else. Wikipedia is for everybody, not just the obsessive types. You're a West Ham fan, I am a Hibs fan. I know exactly how McGeouch plays. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrAware (talk • contribs) 16:31, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I assume you're referring to, which I reverted as 'Unsourced POV'. I have added a welcome message to your talk page. Please read through it as there are some important guidelines and policies that explain why this kind of content isn't acceptable. Specifically, all content should be written with a neutral point of view and be verifiable (supported by references to reliable sources using citations). Wikipedia doesn't need or want the opinions and observations of its editors, it needs things that can be verified in the sources. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  18:17, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Requesting intervention on serial vandalism on Cristiano Ronaldo article
Had enough of the constant vandalism. And it is vandalism as it’s two editors repeatedly inserting content that is false. It’s addressed in the talk page, a page that two editors tend to ignore and post away anyway. It’s clear as day they won’t discuss anything and will also ignore the fact their edits are disproven by sources. It needs intervention as this cannot continue. Tellso HL (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree that this has been going on for too long. While I'm not particularly inclined to get involved in the actual arguments, I'll try to help with a resolution. I think an RfC is probably the best way to go. Give me a little time to put one together.My advice to you, given that you have already been blocked for edit warring, would be to participate in the RfC discussion but take a step back from reverting yourself. I'm sure, given enough rope, the disruptive editors will end up hanging themselves. could you keep an eye on this while an RfC runs its course?  Nzd   (talk)  20:29, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * RfA created. Also FYI . Note the and  to .  Nzd   (talk)  00:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Enoch Mort
Hi, you are indeed correct about the date. Checking my source again, the error is mine rather than the source. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 06:08, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Good faith
I've been accused of not assuming good faith from someone, not sure who but it might be you. I want to assure you that I applaud your efforts at Cristiano Ronaldo and didn't mean to discourage your continued efforts. You seem to be the voice of reason over there. Kendall-K1 (talk) 23:59, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I didn't read it that way, although some constructive feedback would be welcome. The RfA itself hasn't had much traction. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  12:52, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Just shortening the lead and removing some of the sports jargon from it would help. I'll take another look and see if I can make some constructive suggestions on the talk page. Kendall-K1 (talk) 14:11, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Joe Cockroft
Hi ya, yes I can confirm that the book says he made 198 wartime appearances for Wednesday (more than any other Owls player), scoring 13 goals. The information appears on page 65. The book gives some extra information which is not in the Wikipedia article which I'll add soon (hopefully). Cheers Mick Knapton (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:45, 15 April 2018 (UTC‎)

Why did you delete my update?
Hello, I am the Granddaughter of John Owen Keong, Keong's Rd was named after my Grandfather are you able to put my update back?M F De Fran (talk) 11:57, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. It's great that you're interested in contributing to our encyclopedia. I would encourage you to read through some of the links in your welcome message as these go through some of the policies and guidelines for editors. Particularly, new content should be referenced by reliable sources. If you need any guidance with this, I'm happy to help. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  12:18, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

George Chalkley
Hi Nzd, sorry about the slow reply, haven't been on my PC for a few days. I've added a reference to the Hastings Observer article via the British Newspaper Archive which mentions Chalkley making his debut for Hastings in 1909. The club folded in 1910, would a source for that need to be included in this article? Thanks HFH 1066 (talk) 15:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Jerusalem666
Yep. This was just now:. This was earlier:. There are no excuses for these types of links. (Notice how the two dating sites look and read really similar?)

Spammers have a strong incentive to pretend to be new/established users; social engineering increases the chance a link will stick. It is not in the interest of this encyclopedia to waste time warning blatant spammers. MER-C 19:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Shame, cos they seem to have actually fixed a few articles! Nzd   (talk)  19:40, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Zlatan Ibrahimović
Would you like to make a comment on the Talk page, particularly about the points raised? This issue may reoccur in the future. DA1 (talk) 00:28, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Having a read through now, it looks like you have reached agreement with the other involved editor. That's really good to see. I'm not sure how useful my input would be (or would have been); it's not an area I'm particularly familiar with, but I'll keep an eye on the page to see if I can help in any way. I simply removed the commented text as I thought this amounted to instructing "other editors not to perform certain edits". You can read more about the dos and don'ts of commented text at WP:HIDDEN. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  10:10, 11 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I read the previous WP:COMMENT you had cited in your ES when removing, and it noted you can if you come to a consensus.
 * So I presumed you would want to be part of such a discussion to reach a consensus. It's then allowed to add a hidden text referring to that discussion. DA1 (talk) 22:24, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There is a big difference between pointing to a consensus, and using instructive language such as "Do NOT remove...", which is what was in the comment that I removed. Even if consensus has been established, that still wouldn't be acceptable:
 * ""When it is a mere local consensus that a certain edit should not be performed, the hidden text should be worded more softly to suggest to the editor to consult the talk page (or archive page if appropriate) for the current consensus prior to making the edit. Since consensus can change, it is inappropriate to use hidden text to try to prohibit making a certain edit merely because it would conflict with an existing consensus.""
 * ""When it is a mere local consensus that a certain edit should not be performed, the hidden text should be worded more softly to suggest to the editor to consult the talk page (or archive page if appropriate) for the current consensus prior to making the edit. Since consensus can change, it is inappropriate to use hidden text to try to prohibit making a certain edit merely because it would conflict with an existing consensus.""

- WP:HIDDEN


 * If you are confident that there is consensus to do so, and could phrase something that complies with the above, then that would be fine. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  23:05, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You're being redundant here. You already reverted the edit, and then I invited you with the hopes of possibly reaching that consensus. I agreed with your revert the first time around when you cited WP:COMMENT. That's what I thought you were suggesting when you wrote "(no position on content)", I figured we were going to establish a position. DA1 (talk) 00:33, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I guess we can withhold it for now. If the issue arises again, where someone else incorrectly changes the country or removes ethnic/religious names, we might have to revisit it. This time was just an innocent miscalculation between us. DA1 (talk) 00:34, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I obviously misunderstood your previous message. As per above though, I would be happy to support the addition of some hidden text that mentions the talk discussions. As you've suggested, let's revisit if it becomes an issue again and I'll add my comments if needed. Thanks, Nzd   (talk)  19:38, 12 May 2018 (UTC)