User talk:Willospyder

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Paul Williams
Hello, and thanks for improving the article Paul Williams (footballer born 1965). Because you're new here, you probably don't know that all information on Wikipedia is supposed to be verifiable with reference to reliable published sources. This is particularly important with WP:biographies of living people. This is so that anyone that reads the page will be able to see where the info comes from so they can tell it's true and not just something someone made up. Please could you put in the article a note of where you got your info from: details of the book, or url of the website (but we're not supposed to use fansites or blogs or social network sites as sources). Also, the club stats in the infobox are for appearances and goals in regular season league games only, not cups or playoffs; it says so in small print at the bottom of the box. Thanks, Struway2 (talk) 12:26, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Why do you think Mr Williams was born in 1964? The Soccerbase and Matthews book sources mentioned in the article both say 1965, as do the Rothmans yearbook 1990/91, and Clapton F.C., and this Sunderland stats site, and this Southend stats site. Without a very good reason for changing the year of birth, we can't go against so many sources. I'll restore 1965 for now, and wait for a very good reason... Also, I'll undo your stats changes: as said above, the infobox stats are just for league matches, and Mr Williams didn't play 350 Football League matches. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:53, 21 February 2013 (UTC)