User talk:Ruffner

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Radicals edits
Hi! I know AUDL content on here is spotty, but here are some general guidelines:
 * Only current rosters should be included, not all-time ones.
 * Only players that have Wikipedia pages should be linked, links to the AUDL player profiles are not acceptable.
 * Everything needs to be sourced. I noticed that you have not added any sources, and as such, any editor is free to remove the content you added. If you need help learning how to use citations, please see this help page.

Again, thank you for your edits and I hope you stay!  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 17:26, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Please stop adding statistics tables. Please see this page for the rationale why. Thank you.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 18:59, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm confused. I've seen these tables on dozens of different sports team pages on Wiki. Why are you continuing to remove ones that are formatted identical to other, official pages? Ruffner (talk) 19:03, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

This Green Bay Packers "stats and records" section is the example I was modeling my single season/career tables off of. The information is very relevant to our branding/team, and I consolidated stats to a few specific examples. --Ruffner (talk) 19:07, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Do you work for the Radicals? (The Packers tables were of notable players and only listed one leader per stat. That is fine, but a list of leaders for each stat makes it feel like a directory. Note how it did not list an all-time roster or many leaders for every stat category. Thank you for explaining, however.)  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 19:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

I do! I'm also the league historian, for better or worse haha. I can appreciate leaving off the full, historical roster. But having the all-time franchise leaders for season and career would be useful for people looking for team info. If you're still against it, I can abide by your editorial decision as I'm just getting the hang of the guidelines and style formatting. --Ruffner (talk) 19:26, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, editing pages of employers is strongly discouraged (see WP:COI). Also, I have had to revert some more content because as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia cannot “push a narrative”. The encyclopedia must maintain a neutral point of view. If you have any questions about conflicts of interest, please ask at the noticeboard.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 19:59, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I misspoke there by using narrative. What I meant to say was: Those edits to the main bio are more accurate version of team history. There is no "doctoring" or editorializing on my behalf, just reporting the record. I am going to revert the edition to the edit I made, because it is the most accurate version. --Ruffner (talk) 20:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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