User talk:The-Pope/Archive 10

3RR
OK. So do I report it to 3RR and watch you get blocked. Or do we agree on some other approach? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Or we work collaboratively, improve the article and not leave, or put back, unencyclopedic lines like "and many other interesting and informative facts." I get that you were grumpy with the tagger (who's a damn fine editor), but come on, read the article as it is now and forget about "your" original draft-like version. The-Pope (talk) 14:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Unreferenced footballer BLPs
Regarding this, if there anyway we can get that article automatically updated? It used to happen but that bot manfunctioned back in 2013 and the bot owner is semi-retired. GiantSnowman 16:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I've given up, and just use the WMF Labs Tools Cleanup list. It updates weekly, has a heap of other easily fixed errors listed too.  I've managed to keep the AFL list down to under 7% of our articles with cleanup issues and almost always 0 UBLPs, Football only has 40 UBLPs.  If enough of us use it, we could ask User:CleanupWorklistBot if certain high-usage projects are updated more often, or mirroring the output to updating a wiki page, not just the labs page. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 16:17, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The Jock photo
Hey, I took the risk of uploading because Jock died before 1955, and most of his coaching career took place before 1946. I think I have some books which feature the image, will go through to confirm date. As for statue photos, I think they convey the legendary status of the players better than low quality scans. I'm usually very particular about the images I choose, in this case, there's a wide range of skills on display, it's not all speckies or basic portraits. Perhaps I'll head down to the 'G myself and take some snaps, hopefully the statues will be more visible. - HappyWaldo (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Revert at Phillip Matera
I am not sure how common is for you to revert edits of users with five-digit contributions without actually looking at what you are reverting, but if you have a look you will easily discover that you just restored a deleted category, and in addition went counter to my CfD closure. Please revert yourself.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:44, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I have seen your revert, no problem. I was obviously too fast at your page. Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:45, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

James Hird
Hey there – what was with the revert? Mark Thompson was the caretaker coach for the 2014 premiership season, and James Hird returned for the 2014 off-season. That being said, why can't Hird's coaching tenure be represented as "2011–present"?  4TheWynne (talk) (contribs)  09:22, 4 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that – I got your earlier pointer at my talk page. My point is that, despite not being allowed into the club, James Hird was still an employee at Essendon during that time, as opposed to Ross Lyon, who had no affiliation with Fremantle until he was appointed as senior coach there. There's a difference between the two instances – hopefully that makes more sense.  4TheWynne (talk) (contribs)  09:29, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

whatever
It wont get deleted If you don't nominate it for deletation just leave it stop looking for cheap edits JackETC (talk) 11:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

WP:STALEDRAFT
I've come across User:The-Pope/Sandbox5 while dabbing Peter Allen. Need it? --Dweller (talk) 09:39, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Footy ladder templates
Hey mate,

I noticed the current footy ladder template is a pain to update. You have to update Position, Games Played, Wins, Losses, Draws, Points For, Points Against, Percentage and Points. Surely, there must be away to enter only position, wins, losses, draws, points for and against and have a formula work out the rest (games=wins+losses+draws, points=wins*4+draws*2, percentage=pts for/pts against*100)? As is done in the soccer ladders (for example). Has such a thing been tried in footy?

--SuperJew (talk) 17:09, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * G'day User:SuperJew, the extremely poorly documented expr: function is what you need. I've given it a trial at User:The-Pope/sandboxLadder, which is called by User:The-Pope/sandboxLaddercall.  The only issue I can see with it at the moment is that I haven't been able to make it show 2 decimal points on the % column, as per tradition.  The games played, % and points won are all automatically calculated though. The-Pope (talk) 09:58, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

Finals
I noticed that you have deleted a post I placed regarding the AFL Final 8 system. My post is factual and accurate, who are you to decide it should not be available for people to see? I have documentation which proves beyond any doubt that I sent this system to the AFL in 1994. Why did you not contact me before taking the action you did? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kim Crawford (talk • contribs) 04:15, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Replied on User_talk:Kim_Crawford. The-Pope (talk) 10:10, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Josh Glenn
I changed it to Joshua Glenn (footballer) so the link to his GCFC profile was accessible?
 * Ok, I'll move it back and edit the template to make it work. The-Pope (talk) 12:05, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Australian rules football schism (1938–1949)
User:Aspirex has asked at WikiProject Australia/Assessment for this to be retated B.--Grahame (talk) 01:23, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Johann Wagner notability
Hey, I see that you removed the notability tag for Johann Wagner as he was the first winner of the recruit, I somewhat agree with you. I'm just wondering what your opinion is if he gets delisted without playing a game, do you think winning the recruit is notable enough to have an article? (I hope this doesn't come across as me sounding like a smart-ass, I'm just genuinely curious what you think just in case the aforementioned situation happens). Thanks, Flickerd (talk) 13:56, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Probably yes. Not sure if it's still the case, but I seem to remember that the standard for most reality shows is that non-winners are redirected to the show if that's all they are known for, but if they win (or have a significant career post show) then they can qualify to have their own page.  And, despite the # of refs in the article at the moment being poor, a google search finds plenty of refs from both during the show, after he won, when he was started training and when he played in the pre-season, so I would argue that GNG is met too.  So, whilst I generally believe in the delete 'em when they're delisted idea, I think this one is the exception to that rule. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 14:14, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the clarification :), Flickerd (talk) 14:22, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Rising star nominee in career highlights?
Hi, I was just wondering what your opinion is on whether a rising star nomination is worthy of being noted in the career highlights in the infoxbox? I'm really sitting on the fence, and I've noticed players within the last 1-2 years who have been nominated all have it in their infobox, but most of the older players don't, it's all over the place, so I think it's good for it to be one or the other for consistency. I know you nominated the category for rising star nominees as an AfD as it wasn't notable enough, so do you think this should follow that too? Thanks, Flickerd (talk) 12:41, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
 * For most young players getting it now, it is a highlight of their career so far. For a Judd, Ablett, Pav, not so much.  For players like Greg Harding or Nick Carter (1996 AFL Rising Star noms), it probably is the highlight of their career.  Like most things here, I don't really care about consistency, so I'm not going to religously add it to every player over the past 20 odd years, but I think it's fair enough to add and I wouldn't remove it. It's one step up from TAC Cup/WAFL/SANFL awards or flags players win... OK when they haven't done much else, can be removed when the start getting lots of AFL level highlights. The-Pope (talk) 13:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Move
I would like to know why you removed the comma from "Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1976)". In association football-related articles we add a comma after "(footballer".

I moved "Tom Lynch (Australian footballer born 1992)" to "Tom Lynch (Australian footballer, born 1992)". SLBedit (talk) 23:25, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I moved it in May 2012, when commas were discouraged. The comma preferred guideline was only agreed to last year, and like most rules here, with very few people involved in deciding the new consensus. The-Pope (talk) 10:44, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

My Edits
Hello, I was just wondering if you could check if my edits were up to standard. I can't link them to you because I'm currently on my phone, but I did them to the West Coast Eagles article. Also, just on a sidenote, I agree with most of your userboxes, football is the greatest sport on Earth, but Fremantle and South? Really?

Thanks in advance. 220.253.148.22 (talk) 15:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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Willie Rogers (footballer)
Hi, I stumbled on your post (October 2014) on User talk:JRRobinson, here. I was wondering if this was the player concerned? Doesn't really help much as there's little in the article to tie it in. It's possibly the right era as there's a category for Huddersfield Town wartime guest players in the article. Regards. Eagleash (talk) 16:13, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Bill Campbells
Hey, saw you dabbing the Bill Campbells and noticed you used "(Australian footballer, born XXXX)". Generally when I've used year of birth I've just gone with "(footballer, born XXXX)" even when there were soccer players or what have you of the same name. Just wondering if either way was the standard practice? I'm open to either one really, but consistency is probably the important thing (like those damn commas, which I've grudgingly jumped on board with). Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 08:52, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * hmmm, not sure... I think it was because I thought the original (Australian footballer) one was notable enough to not need dabbing, so I matched it with the (, born 1904). Then I realised that the existing one was only a single game player, so I moved him to match as neither was the (sub)primary topic. Probably could drop the Australians. The-Pope (talk) 11:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Forgot all about this. Thanks for the response, I've just given them a move which I hope is OK with you. Jenks24 (talk) 15:04, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Diagram help
Hello, have you read James Coventry's recently published Time and Space? On page 8 there's a diagram of a tactical manoeuvre performed by Tom Wills—the famous coup de main. Do you know anyone who could create a quality svg duplicate and upload to Commons? I think it would make a great addition to the playing style and captaincy section which I'm currently building, but there doesn't seem to be a go-to Wiki user for Australian rules football diagrams. I'm hesitant to ask anyone who's unfamiliar with the sport. Cheers. - HappyWaldo (talk) 08:18, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I am currently reading the ebook, so didn't realise that there were illustrations, as they are all at the end. Was that image published back at the time? If so, then it will be public domain, so we could upload directly from the book. If not, then Coventry would own the copyright (I think, that would apply to photos, I'm guessing it applies to illustrations too). I'm not really that artistic or creative to build diagrams myself. The-Pope (talk) 11:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the diagram is Coventry's idea of what happened. If someone created a new diagram based on the one in the book, would that be okay? So it depicts the same thing but the look is slightly altered, perhaps in colour as well. - HappyWaldo (talk) 13:00, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

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Daniel Flynn notability
Hey, just wondering what your opinion on Daniel Flynn is regarding notability, do you think he meets WP:GNG or do you think the page should be redirected due to failing WP:NAFL? Thanks, Flickerd (talk) 08:27, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Not sure. He's back playing Gaelic footy for Kildare - is that notable?  I think he's probably on the line for AFL notability, with the stories about both his arrival and departure.  I don't see the harm in keeping it, especially as he's still playing somewhere. The-Pope (talk) 00:25, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Twenty20
Why have you deleted world record in section record of Twenty20? It's genuine. Going to revert it. Ok AchaksurvisayaUdvejin (talk) 21:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * please don't. It isn't notable. It isn't referenced to a reliable independent source. It can't be confirmed as a record as detailed verified records world wide if school cricket don't exist. Are you sure that no one in Essex, Wagga Wagga, Capetown or Barbados hasn't scored more? Impossible, hence we stick to highest level domestic and international cricket records only. The-Pope (talk) 01:11, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Twenty 20
Yes, many would have scored. But, matter is who is notable who is not. Time of India is India's biggest selling newspaper, which published it. Another broadcaster is Delhi Daredevils, which is also an IPL team. Will you be able to know the scores from around the globe, if media would not be available? Certainly no. Many people are there, who can be better cricketers than Sachin Tendulkar, but he played before media, so he is now. I'm adding reference to it, then what's the problem. Yes, I accept that it's school tournament score, but it is registered with required authority of BCCI, so is authentic. If there exists any record like that, should be posted. It shouldn't be ignored. Some people may ignore many prodigies, if it would be the matter; there would not be any Wikipedia article on Prodigy. Anticipating a tangible reply. I am going to revert it, as I have provided references. AchaksurvisayaUdvejin (talk) 17:00, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not doubting that it occurred, but it is impossible to be sure that it is a record, as similar levels of play elsewhere are not recorded in a single database such as ESPN Cricinfo or Cricket Archive. For that reason, the records section on the Twenty20 page clearly states "include all first-class-equivalent level Twenty20 matches" School cricket is not "first-class-equivalent level", so it cannot be included.  Do not revert it, as edit warring is specifically not allowed here. Regards, The-Pope (talk) 13:06, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Twenty20
Put single record against it with reference. If not, going to edit it. Don't understand that I am a beginner here, there are several accounts here. Remember that from two accounts, I'm administrator also. So, stop your nostalgia regarding edit. AchaksurvisayaUdvejin (talk) 22:22, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

I give a task also to research well. Coming to see what you have done in your edits. Same nuisances, you would have done, I can bet on it. Don't worry. Just edit Record section. Warning. From sysop. AchaksurvisayaUdvejin (talk) 22:26, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Are you seriously trying to intimidate me by suggesting that you have multiple accounts and one is an administrator? Your use of English phrasing is so confusing. it is hard to understand what you actually mean. Maybe you should read the rules on having multiple accounts and the etiquette that is expected here. Or are you an admin on another language Wikipedia? Then you should already know the rules and not need me to remind you. Either way it doesn't change anything about including the schoolboy record. Was the batsman someone you know, or you yourself? WP:COI applies too. regards, The-Pope (talk) 00:15, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Twenty20
Are you teaching me about conflict of interests? I think, your English language skills are weak enough. Get tuitions in the language and don't apply your linguistic chauvinism here. Warning. Keeping patience doesn't mean to hear nuisance. Just keeping an eye on your works. You seem traitor with no Wikipedia powers in hand. Puri condition. Wikipedia is made of ideas, where rote learners shouldn't roam around. AchaksurvisayaUdvejin (talk) 16:24, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

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Lelo Sejean Hi friend. Page is not re-creation of previous page from the 2010. Is not identical page. Have a good reference from Ozfootball, reliable reference for this. Is the Second player in history of Australia for play football in Paraguay and is the 3rd in history of Australia to be in South American football. Is notable for this too. Is second Australian/Paraguayan Athlete, after Rugby player Alex Sharman. Both persons are Australian/Paraguayan athletes, is an important for non-Political relations of both countries. Lelo Séjean also is sportsman in track and field under registration for Paraguay and Australia, in both countries. I have find new references to support this, and, I fix page now. I utilize https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#es/en/. to help with the language, Please excuse. Page is not re-creation, and Page have undisputable evidence. (talk) 27 December 2015
 * The page might not be a recreation, but the subject of the article is still not notable, according to either WP:GNG, which requires significant coverage (not just a mention in the OZfootball list) in independent reliable sources, nor WP:NFOOTBALL, which requires footballers to have played in a fully professional league. The Paraguayan Cuarta Division is not fully professional.  This article has been created and deleted many, many times.  It's time to stop. Lelo isn't notable. The-Pope (talk) 03:11, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Requesting your aid
I was hoping to ask for your help. At the Jobe Watson page (due to this whole Brownlow issue), an IP editor is repeatedly adding something along the lines of, "the same year the Doping Violations occurred", with this same grammar, next to the year of 2012. Now, I already fixed the structure of this paragraph (and most of the article, although I am yet to move onto fixing the sources), so I don't see why it is a necessary addition regardless, but this user, who has resurfaced as Basetornado (an account that appeared to have previously been used only for vandalism), seems to think that this addition is noteworthy. But I think that there's more to it than that: you would remember an IP editor from a similar IP address going onto the talk page and throwing in accusations of him as a "drug cheat", and I have a gut feeling that these two incidents are linked. That's literally all of the proof that I have of that, but this user seems to go about this with a more personal mindset, claiming on my own talk page that I'm only removing the edits because Watson's my favourite player, while refusing to drop the issue and saying that this addition is more factual than it is biased and poorly formatted.

The only reason why I'm doing this is because I don't want to violate WP:3RR, and this user just won't drop the issue. I've tried to point this user in the right direction, but he/she is ignoring my advice and continuing to implement this statement on the page, and I feel like the use of the word "doping", in this case, is biased. But like I said, I thought that it was an unnecessary addition anyway, purely because it messes with the flow of the sentence and the section was fine how it was. For all I know, you might already know about all of this – I was just hoping that you could help me out. Sorry if this comes at a bad time, but you're an expert in this field and I know that you're someone who I can trust, and I was hoping that you could help resolve this issue for me. Thank you. Regards,  4TheWynne (talk) (contribs)  14:45, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I've had a read and made some changes, trying to cover it neutrally. I've also reverted the asterisk addition to the list of Brownlow Medal winners article, that shouldn't be there until/if the AFL actually acts to remove the medal. The-Pope (talk) 23:05, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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John Butcher Controversy
After noting that you have deleted the helpful and truthful addition to John Butcher's Wikipedia page,, I have become extremely distressed. The information that was added is 100% true, all the events that were depicted took place in 2015. I have been in contact with a number of Church of Johnny Butcher members, and they too feel that you are wrong in your actions. Furthermore, if you would have bothered to check the authenticity of the information that was provided upon the page, there would have been no doubt this encounter would not need to happen. There is in fact an Instagram page, which is run by devoted Ministers and disciples of the Church. Early this year (2016) the page was in fact noticed by the Ollie Wines of PAFC, and possibly a number of his acquaintances.

In sum, the helpful addition to John Butcher's page is 100% true and is important to a multitude of individuals. Most importantly, I feel that the Lord himself would be in a serious state of distress if a non-believer such as yourself was to blatantly try to cross this off his page. This religious discrimination and bias from you (THe Pope), is utterly disgusting and I begin to question the worth of your contributions towards Wikipedia, as a whole. If a person such as yourself prefers to delete valid and truthful contributions on Wikipedia, so be it, but let it be in vain. You are in the hands of the Lord now, your soul will be cast in the bottomless pit, as Essendon Football Club is at this current moment. The world will know, that a infidel such as yourself, a hater of religion and John Butcher will burn in Hell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnny Knoxville Sr. (talk • contribs) 04:03, 11 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I could point you towards the policies on notability and verification but that is likely to be as ineffective as trying to teach Johnny to kick straight. Good luck with your church on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, MySpace and Geocities, but not here. The-Pope (talk) 06:14, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Voges
Please see the following recent (i.e., published in the past few days) news articles:

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/adam-voges-kids-party-warriors-shield-win-live-stream-joel-paris/2016-03-04 (where it is written: "... with his teammates already dubbing him "Sir Don"")

and

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/adam-voges-on-vacant-batting-coach-position-and-his-own-coaching-plans/news-story/d9370a022398d7649463d039c467cb23 (titled: Who "The Don" wants as Batting Coach)

Note that these articles come one month after the NZ Test Tour (and roughly when we had the first discussion on this issue), so they are still calling him those names. As long as his average sticks at 95.5, I can well imagine that "The Don" will be his nickname. And it will certainly do so at least until he plays his next test match in a few months.

If you don't like Bradam, then that is understandable. But "Sir Adam Voges" and "The Don" are repeatedly used, and I'm pretty sure that they will stick. I have provided evidence for this above. I await your prompt reply. If I don't hear a reply from you within the next couple of days with valid counterpoints, then I will add it back to the article (at least, "The Don" and "Sir Adam Voges" but not "Bradam").

Cheers, 96.248.68.27 (talk) 13:47, 8 March 2016 (UTC
 * please don't. It's not encyclopaedic. It's tabloid. It's fleeing. It doesn't add to the article. It's not significant. It absolutely doesn't belong in the lead paragraphs. There is enough about the high avg in the article already. No one else agrees with you. Please move onto something else something constructive. The-Pope (talk) 16:13, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comment. I respectfully disagree that "no one else agrees with me". At least one person agrees with me on WikiProject Cricket, and a couple of others are ambivalent/don't express strong disapproval. Moreover, what I have written is true, so I don't see why it is not encyclopaedic. The entire purpose of an encyclopaedia is to provide information. As many people in the cricketing community are referring to Voges as "The Don" and "Sir Adam Voges", it is notable. It's not just tabloid since his teammates are doing so. I consider this issue to be important and notable, so I find it offensive that you dismiss it as "not constructive" simply because you disagree. That is condescending and rude.
 * In order to make you happy, I'm changing the wording. If you have a problem with it, please have the decency to discuss here before reverting. Thanks. 96.248.68.27 (talk) 02:42, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

I politely requested you to discuss here before reverting but you completely ignored this request and labelled my editing as "disruptive and against consensus". This is patently false. I have discussed with numerous editors, including yourself, the reasons for my edits. I have made numerous efforts to do so each and every time my edits have been reverted on the relevant talk pages. I have changed the wording of my edits and added citations when there were disagreements or requests to do so. I am making serious efforts to reach a consensus between my proposed edits and other users. I find you rude and disrespectful. If you think you are above discussion, and are so dogmatic about not having my edit, then you are exactly what you are accusing me of. Why is it so important to you to go against what is clearly a fact? Voges has been compared to greats; that statement is a truth, read it again if you need to. I'm not saying "he *is* a great". I think you are confusing the two. I have provided citations for these comparisons. Please cease and desist. Thank you. 96.248.68.27 (talk) 15:26, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * And I asked you to move onto something more productive.

There are facts, and there are encyclopedic facts. Most of your additions are already mentioned (in an encyclopaedic way) in the Test career section. The factual high average is mentioned in the lead. The tabloid opinions of journalists are not needed in the opening paragraphs. If a Sachin, Ponting, Chappell or Boycott etc came out and seriously compared his batting to Bradman or Sachin. Without qualification about the quality of the opponents or few innings, then maybe their opinion would be suitable for the Test career section, but that hasn't happened. It's all throw away lines, tongue-in-cheek banter. It isn't encyclopaedic. I've been here for ten years with 70000 edits. Learn what's acceptable before telling me to "cease and desist". And get yourself an account. The-Pope (talk) 01:40, 12 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd keep an eye on the Usman Khawaja article as well. Your friend is getting a little over exited about comparisons to Brian Lara. Jevansen (talk) 03:42, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Mark Waugh, as well as many other prominent cricket activists, have stated that he is batting better than Lara at the moment. But I shouldn't be feeding the Jevansen troll.
 * @The-Pope I don't understand your logic here. Ponting, Sachin, Chappell etc. were great batsman. However, that doesn't somehow mean that their opinions hold more weight, especially in the context of an encylopaedia. There are people who have been making the comparisons, whose job it is to write their opinions in the major Australian news and cricket outlets. If you think it is a problem in the lead, then we can mention it in the middle of the article somewhere, where it might be more relevant. I am happy to negotiate. However, as an experienced editor you should know that in consensus-driven editing, there should be an effort made by both parties to attain a middle ground. I'm not saying put exactly what I wrote in the article, but some kind of middle ground where we can note that some people are comparing him to greats, without necessarily emphasising it too strongly, would make me content and leave the matter. I hope we can reach this kind of a consensus. I apologise for telling you to cease and desist; I was simply frustrated that no matter the effort I am putting into this, some people are casually dismissing it as non-constructive. 96.248.68.27 (talk) 14:17, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Phillip Adams (sport shooter)
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rePROD of Anthony Hurry
According to WP:PROD an article, typically, should not be rePRODed. The above article was PRODed here, dePRODed here and rePRODed by you, here. The appropriate process would be to take it to AfD. Could you dePROD it (again) and then propose it as an AfD?shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 03:30, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * AFAIK BLPprods don't count as the one and only PRODing, as they are purely about referencing, not notability. See note 1 on the WP:PROD page. The-Pope (talk) 05:33, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/history-of-the-afl-could-be-turned-on-its-head-20140620-zsglu.html Thejoebloggsblog (talk) 14:00, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It only refers to a "working party's proposal". Wait for it to become standard, agreed, implemented, and rewritten before we rewrite history ourselves. The-Pope (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Re: Pat Cash, Sr.
Hello. I sort of agree with your reasoning, but how is no-one officially Senior? Usually Sr. and Jr. are legal titles, aren't they? Just google Barack Obama's birth certificate. It says: Barack Hussein Obama II. Rovingrobert (talk) 08:40, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe in the US, but we never use II or III in Australia. Sr and Jr are normally just used for convenience if required. And obviously, no one is born "Sr" as they never know if they'll have a son or not years in the future. The-Pope (talk) 10:09, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I live in Australia and still have no idea about the legal usage of II or III, Sr. or Jr.. There has to be some legal precedent for this that would solve the issue. I know that elsewhere on this encyclopaedia, Jr. is only allowed if the two individuals have exactly the same name. Compare George W. Bush to George H. W. Bush and Donald Trump to Donald Trump Jr.. It seems that Sr. isn't really used that often, presumably because it isn't a legal name, as you said. Perhaps the reasoning is that Jr. is enough differentiation from the original. I'm not sure what the official ruling would be here, but Wikipedia is such that I expect its convention in one country to be the same for any other. Rovingrobert (talk) 02:54, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * the only convention is WP:COMMONNAME. What is the person must commonly referred as. I showed through a simple google search that Pat Cash's Dad was referred to as Pat Cash Sr relatively often since his son became more famous. His son, AFAIK, was never called Pat Cash Jr as most tennis people wouldn't have ever heard of his Dad. Compare that to the Gary Abletts. As soon as the son became famous Sr and Jr became the most commonly used names, as they are both well known in the same area. The-Pope (talk) 05:26, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * While it's true that that convention applies to the article title, within the article itself doesn't it have to be mentioned that the person is "generally known" as such-and-such if it is not their birth name? If I'm right, then some articles do not follow this style because they have simply fallen through the cracks. Still, thus could just be the preference of the involved editors as opposed to Wikipedian policy. I wish I could truly get to the bottom of this. This conversation could have a lot of back and forth, so if you don't mind, I'd like to call in some experts   Rovingrobert (talk) 08:17, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Any thoughts?
 * Okay, well I was hoping someone would be interested in replying. Apparently not.
 * I think it's not a legal thing so much as a commonly-called thing. Does "Jr." appear on birth certificates?  I have no idea.  Dicklyon (talk) 02:16, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * As for Pat Cash, the cited news story calls him "Patrick Cash Sr". So I think we can justify using Sr.  Dicklyon (talk) 02:18, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It can be justified under WP:COMMONNAME, but do we need a 'commonly known as' section to establish that Pat Cash Sr. and Jr. do not have the same middle name? Per Jr., "The term 'junior' is correctly used only if a child's first, middle, and last names are identical to his or her parent's names." Rovingrobert (talk) 03:07, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Footy cards
Was just watching yesterday's AFL 360 and who should pop up as a winner of the footy cards, but Your Holiness! Hope you do the right thing and hoard them for yourself rather than give them away to kids. Jenks24 (talk) 05:29, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mason Cox
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 * Hi, I just looked in the history of the page and noticed that you added the cite a few days ago. Since DYK reviewers usually keep the nomination template on their watchlist, but not the page itself, it would have been good form to let me know that you took care of the cite on the nomination template. Are you or one of the other contributors planning to submit a QPQ in the near future? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

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DYK for Mason Cox
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Category:Australian rules biography, pre-1880 birth stubs has been nominated for discussion
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Cosmetic edits with AWB
Please note that using AutoWikiBrowser to make edits such as this is against the rules of use. AWB cannot be used for cosmetic edits such as removing white space and updating a template redirect to the actual template name unless accompanied by a non-cosmetic edit. Additionally, your edit rate is unusually high. Are you reviewing each edit before you hit "Save"? If you intend to make high volume, repetitive edits, WP:BOTASSIST may apply to you and you're encouraged to use a bot account for fully automated editing with AWB by filing a BRFA. ~ Rob 13 Talk 07:31, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
 * That's a fairly silly rule then, isn't it. I guess 5882 remaining links will remain confusing and misleading in the articles, as I'm not doing them manually. This task also isn't suitable for a BOT as 951 of the links where 2 or more players have the same name have the URL _smith1.html, not just smith.html, so I've been checking for those as I go.  I'll just have to try to check those duplicate links in another way. The-Pope (talk) 11:11, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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How are things at the Vatican. Am surprised that u got time to edit Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodrigo Duterte (talk • contribs) 00:10, 29 December 2016 (UTC)