User talk:SouthernDude297

2024 Auburn Tigers baseball team moved to draftspace
Thanks for your contributions to 2024 Auburn Tigers baseball team. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 01:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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Million, Kentucky
What was your source for the elevation with this edit? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:30, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * The elevation can be found in the GNIS data. SouthernDude297 (talk) 22:33, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You've been making great edits to city articles. I figured you forgot it. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:38, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Links to draft articles
Please do not introduce links in actual articles to draft articles, as you did to 2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. Since a draft is not yet ready for the main article space, it is not in shape for ordinary readers, and links from articles should not go to a draft. Such links are contrary to the Manual of Style. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 13:44, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2024 Auburn Tigers baseball team has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing! BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Your sources for CBRank and ncbwa ranks
As far as I can tell, CBRank isn't being published anymore. Also, in 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, the ncbwa rankings for week 8 aren't out yet. Generally they are out later in the day. Kentucky was #15 in week 7, but as of this posting, week 8 has yet to be published. rogerd (talk) 20:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I misread the chart for NCBWA, I will remove that
 * As for CBRank, I had interpreted that the function for CBRank was to be used for D1Baseball, the new official ranking source, thus why I put it there. If I have misinterpreted this, I will remove that as well.
 * Thanks for all the help on these articles,
 * – SouthernDude297 (talk) 21:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I wish there was a spot on the Infobox NCAA team season for the D1 Baseball ranking, but I looked, and apparently there isn't. Perhaps, I'll see who maintains that, and see what they think.  I have been on Wikipedia for over 18 years, and worked as a software developer for 46 years, but sometimes these templates, I prefer to leave it up to others to work on.  I made a request at Template talk:Infobox college sports team season --rogerd (talk) 02:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

em dash vs. en dash
I noticed that you go back and change some of my edits from - to –, which I am happy to comply with. I have been editing the UK baseball season pages for several years now and haven't given it much mind. Is there a MoS or some other guideline that covers this that I may have missed? rogerd (talk) 16:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)


 * As far as I can see, there's no official style guide regarding the dashes. However, in the majority of sports season articles I have worked on, the convention is to use the em dash (–) regarding records, scores, and win-loss records. I have been editing it for the sake of consistency with other articles, plus I believe it looks nicer, but I won't push the issue if it's overbearing. SouthernDude297 (talk) 17:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No, I don't mind. In fact, I will try to stay with that standard in the future.  It is a little bit more trouble since I know of no way to generate the em dash directly from my MacBook Pro keyboard, so I have to resort to other means.  Sometimes copy/paste, other times use the character shortcuts at the bottom of the edit box. rogerd (talk) 19:35, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have a MacBook pro and you can type the em dash by pressing Option + dash. It took me a while to figure out so I understand the struggle. SouthernDude297 (talk) 05:09, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, it appears that works – – – ! Thanks! --rogerd (talk) 19:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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