User talk:ZappaOMatic/Archive 4

DJ Peterson
The link you added on the DJ Peterson page is broken. Also, the information you added is incorrect. Zunino was drafted 3rd overall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.16.215.84 (talk) 01:30, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I fixed the link. Also, the information was initially correct when I first added it, but a later edit made the sentence incorrect: Peterson is the highest drafted player in New Mexico Lobos history, not Mariners.  Zappa  24  Mati   01:44, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

Your revert of my edit on the page about Roblox
I should have cited my other sources. Those include Youtube, and items on Roblox (decals, models)

Youtube 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJEJNoxoiIQ Youtube 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBkDFv0WR5o Youtube 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLy5FCJZIng Decal 1: http://www.roblox.com/April-Fools-Smile-item?id=76579753

--TZLNCTV (talk) 23:12, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
 * YouTube videos are not considered reliable, as anyone can upload a video and make a claim. The Decal is also not a reliable source, since the description itself is not enough, and like YouTube, self-published sources are not considered reliable. For the hacking incident, the only way for it to be mentioned here is through either a reliable source, like a news group, or by the developers itself. I believe the game's developers have a blog, which can be accessed from the site itself, and if one of the developers wrote a blog entry about it (a passing mention is not notable), it can be added.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:18, 31 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Erm, here the blog: http://blog.roblox.com/2012/04/april-1st-site-issue-and-update/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by TZLNCTV (talk • contribs)
 * Alright, thanks for providing it. While the blog does mention the eventual shutdown due to "site issues", I doubt it'll be enough to be added to the article, since one who's new to Roblox and reading the page would believe it was just for routine maintenance, when it was much worse; David Baszucki didn't say exactly what the cause was, which - in the case of the videos - was various hackings, it seems, and you can't add in details that the source doesn't provide. For the most part, if you can find another blog post from the developers, or a reliable source (as I said, a news agency, for example), that actually explains what happens, then it might merit inclusion.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:46, 31 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Found a source. http://roblox.wikia.com/wiki/April_Fools_Hack_2012?file=Ropacalypse.png Proof of moderatorship: https://twitter.com/BrianReddus & http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=34300. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TZLNCTV (talk • contribs)
 * Twitter and Wikia usually are not reliable sources, especially the latter, like Wikipedia. As I had said, if you can find a reliable source, like a news agency, that discusses the hackings in detail, then it might be considered. Blog posts from anyone not affiliated with Roblox, profiles and tweets are not enough.  Zappa  24  Mati   03:04, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Pending changes/reviewers
I've added the 'reviewer' right to your account, as I believe you've evidenced yourself worthy of the ability to deal with Pending Changes. You might want to take a look through Reviewing. Good luck! - The Bushranger One ping only 04:17, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Chris conte
How about an updated picture on the Chris conte page. Instead of a picture of the side of his head.Gobears17 (talk) 19:30, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure, go ahead. If you can find one that does not violate any copyrights.  Zappa  24  Mati   19:37, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Stub contest
A quick note to say that as of this evening you've got 10 points - and there's three days still to go, so if you've any more to add please get them in soon :-). Thanks for the contributions! Andrew Gray (talk) 22:58, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2014
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:29, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

link
Not sure if you read this, so I thought I'd pass on the link since you like NASCAR.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/xfinity-bold-plans-nascar-coverage-26223249

— Ched : ?  14:41, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

John Groce
I put John Groce's actual nick name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylan Pierce (talk • contribs)
 * Even if it was his real nickname, you need to provide a reliable source, per the biography of living persons policy: Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:59, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

Hello ZappaOMati: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  NorthAmerica1000 11:14, 27 October 2014 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Bill Belichick
Point well taken in your Edit Sumary and normally I approved these kinds of edits, but when I see an edit summary that is misleading (in this case "fixing a typo") I become suspicious. --SCalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 01:18, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Le Mans driver
Hi ZappaOMati. I've added the birth and death parameters back into Infobox Le Mans driver. You almost had it right - header2 just needed to be renumbered as well. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 12:03, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

WP NFL discussion
Let me know what you think about the topic of starting QB templates I brought up. Spread the word if you'd like, as well :) Have a good day! Soulbust (talk) 22:34, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination
Hi, in your nomination of 2004 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500, ALT2 does not link to the DYK article. M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  01:47, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2004 Subway 500
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Randy Dorton
Hello! Your submission of Randy Dorton at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 18:24, 2 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: this is one of two nominations where the QPQ hasn't been supplied though at least four weeks has passed since the nomination. Please supply these right away so we can call for reviewers. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:24, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Woops, sorry. I should seriously stop waiting for the review to be provided to give the QPQ and just get it done beforehand. QPQ for both have been provided.  Zappa  (5–7)  Mati   23:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2013 Mudsummer Classic
The article 2013 Mudsummer Classic you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:2013 Mudsummer Classic for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The359 -- The359 (talk) 04:02, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Randy Dorton
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:52, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

List of Daytona 500 winners
Would you please comment on Nascarking's proposal about adding historically significant Daytona 500's to the text of the list? We are waiting for everyone involved in the collaboration to comment so we can proceed with the improvements.  Royal broil  03:24, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

DYK for 2004 Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500
The DYK project (nominate) 23:57, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
My apologies for not getting this to you yesterday, but thank you for all you do to improve NFL and NASCAR coverage on Wikipedia! I wish your Bears and Jeff Gordon (who totally would have won the championship if Bad Crashlowski hadn't dumped him at Texas) good luck in their respective sports next season, and may you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 16:11, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Have a bacon-filled new year!
As a member of WikiProject Bacon, I'm wishing you a very happy New Year's Eve and a great 2015! May your new year be filled with positive experiences, great wiki contributions, and of course, well-smoked thin-cut bacon. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 01:40, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year ZappaOMati!


Happy New Year! ZappaOMati, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. NorthAmerica1000 02:09, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2015}} to user talk pages.

Using font tags in your signature
Hello there! I'm working on a project trying to bring most of the coding on Wikipedia up to the most current standards (HTML5), and I noticed that your signature is using  tags which were deprecated in HTML 4.0 Transitional, marked as invalid in 4.0 Strict, and are not part of HTML5 at all. I'd love to help you update your signature to use newer code, and if you're interested,&#32;I suggest replacing:

with:

which will result in a 206 character long signature with an appearance of:  Zappa 2015  Mati  compared to your existing 201 character long signature of:   Zappa  2015  Mati   — Either way. Happy editing! Darylgolden(talk) Ping when replying 01:02, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Your input is requested . . ..
Zappi, I'd like to get your opinion on this revised infobox template for college football players:. After determining what data points to include, we'll recruit a template editor to handle the coding for us. Once we determine what fields we're adding and what we're deleting, then we'll work on the modified graphics. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 12:40, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Hey, still looking for your comments -- if you have time. Thanks.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2014
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Putting Ethnicity in Info Box
Hello you change my edit on RyanHiga. It is strange and unnecessary to have ethnicity or race in info box and common practice not to put it there. This is why no one or very few people have it in Wikipedia. The race is especially not listed for celebs or famous politicans. It only exists in parameter because someone add it to the parameter so it does not make sense to say it should be there just because someone put it there. Waitng for your replies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desipunjab (talk • contribs) 03:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Why would it be strange and unnecessary? By the latter's sense, the whole infobox is unneeded as all info can be included in the text. We also can't use just the nationality; as it can mean both ethnicity and citizenship, it becomes highly confusing to use it for people of another ethnicity, since (for example), no one would know if Higa was Japanese if they did not read the text, and assumed he was full-blooded American. Now, one could argue about the picture, but not everyone's going to see the picture the same way. As for your argument as to how it's not listed for celebs, considering how KevJumba, Wong Fu Productions have it, that statement becomes slightly invalidated. Politically, doesn't have the 'Ethnicity' parameter, so it doesn't get added. If you have any objections to the parameter, you could always take it to Template talk:Infobox person to see how the community feels about it.   Zappa  SJS  Mati   03:24, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

It would not be confusing and people would know he is Japanese because it says he is of Japanese descent in first sentence. And this info can be put in Background section which is the first section. If we put race or ethnicity of Obama or Oprah Winfrey or Mindy Kaling, or of each White American celebrity it would be very strange and even looks racist. For ethnicity, I said no one or very few. And it is true, very few and most people do not have it. And only us color people have it(I am Indian/Brown/South Asians) listed. And "full blooded American" excludes non Whites(East Asian, South Asian, Blacks, Hispanics, Middle East, etc.) from being full Americans. Parameter topic - Yes, good idea. I will do that as I get more familiar with Wikipedia as it is confusing for me now lol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desipunjab (talk • contribs) 03:35, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * As I had stated, "We also can't use just the nationality; as it can mean both ethnicity and citizenship", so we don't place ethnicity if it is of the majority in a country, like White and American or African-American. In addition, while you had stated that "he is of Japanese descent in first sentence", the infobox is meant to be an alternative to reading the text, so if someone does not read the text, they would not know otherwise. And for my "full-blooded American" statement, I mean that one would think he was "full-blooded American" if only the American nationality was listed, but not the ethnicity. Also, Other stuff exists, so just because one article does not use the parameter, doesn't mean this one should. Finally, if Wikipedia is confusing, I'll be happy to help you in any way possible.  Zappa  SJS  Mati   03:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello. This is my last reply cause we will not agree and I don't have much time lol. But I think people don't put it for other races not just cause they are not White or Black. See we don't put it for important non White or Black, American people like Indian Rajiv Shah, Korean Mark Keam, Hispanic Jessica Alba, Kim Kardashian (half middle eastern). It is very rare to put someone's ethnicity or race on info box because it is odd and can look racist. Not all info need to be put in info box like race or sex. It only seems to happen for non important people(YouTube not big celebrity or politican like Rajiv Shah, Mark Keam, etc) they can get away with this. On parameters topic, Thanks for offer/ I will ask you for help later lol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desipunjab (talk • contribs) 04:04, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Jeff Gordon
From an edit summary of yours on this article was wondering if there were any issues with the edits I performed (restoring content/sources deleted by another editor). Shearonink (talk) 06:12, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with your edit. I just wanted to be safe and restore everything before the editor who deleted the content.  Zappa  SJS  Mati   17:58, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Those edits
I don't know what happened there or why, but I didn't make any of them, I feel bad that they are even there :( 70.115.8.231 (talk) 22:25, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

kyle larson
hi

i edited kyle larsons page because he is not a Japanese american race car driver - he is american flat out - he was born here. please change

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.16.86.159 (talk) 15:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Just because he's born here doesn't mean he isn't Japanese-American. For example, I'm born in California, but I'm Vietnamese-American.  NFL  is  Awesome   17:22, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Rico Abreu
Harrias talk 00:03, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Joe Gibbs Racing page.
I edited the Joe Gibbs Racing page for the #18 car as an IP Address after Kyle's injury in the Xfinity race on Saturday, saying it's driven by Kyle Busch/Matt Crafton. Should I change it to just Matt Crafton or wait and see if Crafton will be the relief driver for Atlanta next Sunday? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabe015 (talk • contribs)
 * Usually, we just do it like in the navbox, and list every driver to drive in it for the season, even if they didn't compete in a points race (yet), though I'm not sure if Kyle will race again. What I think is that you should keep Kyle, and add Matt in.  NFL  is  Awesome   17:19, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rob Hart
Hello! Your submission of Rob Hart at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 22:59, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Rob Hart
&mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 12:52, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

What do you think of results tables for minor races/series?
Jeff Gordon is the only driver that has a Sprint Unlimited table to my knowledge. Are these (and the All-Star race, for that matter) notable enough for inclusion? I'm also wondering if there should be results tables for ARCA and K&N results (Beto Monteiro's page has the latter). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentvfan54321 (talk • contribs)
 * I'm honestly not too sure about exhibition races being added, so I can't really say. Regarding feeder series, and I had a discussion about this last year, but I don't know if any momentum has been made afterward. I think the Mexico/Canadian series are fine, but I can't really say on the Pro Series East/West or the Modifieds. Meanwhile, I think ARCA is notable enough to get a results table, but that's just my opinion.   Zappa  24  Mati   21:52, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and my apologies for forgetting to sign above. I honestly think the results are notable for any NASCAR series provided the driver is notable enough for an article, but that's just my opinion. I'll ping as well to see if he has any thoughts. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 22:24, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think we should not add tabes for Sprint Unlimited or exhibition races. I think we should stick to tables that count to championships, or really important races like the Daytona 500. I'm not really sure about the other national series. I also think The ARCA series is notable enough, especially for championship winners like Kimmel. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 22:55, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Since we've reached consensus that ARCA is notable enough, what do you think about the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series (although many drivers in that series may not be notable enough for articles themselves)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentvfan54321 (talk • contribs)
 * I think the ARCA Trucks is a little too obscure for results. Looking through Category:Automobile Racing Club of America, I'm not too sure about the ARCA Midwest Tour and the CRA Super Series, meanwhile...  Zappa  24  Mati   23:19, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That's pretty much what I was thinking. And man, that's twice now I've forgotten my sig. You'd think I could do better than that… --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:26, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

, I've had another thought about results tables for the other Nascar national series and I think that they are not notable enough. For example the K&N Pro Series West only has season report for 2014 and 2015. I think that if we would add tables of those series to driver that those driver are probably going to be drivers who had a Sprint Cup or a Nationwide career etc, wich makes the feeder series result tables far less notable. I think ARCA is notable enough as it the top series of the Automobile Racing Club of America. What do you guys think? Jahn1234567890 (talk) 16:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


 * For a guy like Rico Abreu, I think the lower end series is notable enough. For a guy like Steve Park who raced in Cup, maybe, maybe not; I really don't have a strong argument either way.


 * "For example the K&N Pro Series West only has season report for 2014 and 2015."


 * That's an unrelated problem in my opinion. All that means is that season reports for prior years need to be written and created at some point, such as 1967 NASCAR Grand National Series. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 20:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I see your point, but I just don't think the feeder series are notable enough for result tables. I do think that feeder series are notable in case a driver only drove in that series or did not make it big time into professional Nascar racing. Adding al minor series results to 'big time' drivers is going to cram up a page without actually being that notable imo. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm starting to think this is the basic consensus: For drivers like Abreu, I have no problem including them. For a guy like Chase Elliott, I'd maybe say they are notable enough. But for a guy like Earnhardt, Johnson, Gordon, etc, I'm not really sure we need those.


 * Zappa says above, "I think the Mexico/Canadian series are fine, but I can't really say on the Pro Series East/West or the Modifieds." Would you agree, Jahn? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Another thing of note, A. J. Allmendinger's open wheel results go as low as the Barber Pro Series. I follow open-wheel racing somewhat closely, but not enough to know how that would compare to NASCAR. Do either of you know: is that more on par with ARCA, XFINITY, K&N, or something else? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I feel the same way about the Mexico/Canadian series as I do with the other feeder series. Would be fine to add to local drivers or someone who raced a long time in that series, but not if for instance a Earnhardt, Johnson, Gordon, etc drove a one of in that series. As for the Barber Pro Series, thats a bid harder to say. Open wheel racing has a lot of high level racing. The top series back then would be the Champ Car series and the IRL. Bellow that you would have the Infiniti Pro Series and the Atlantic Championship. I think the Barber Dodge Pro Series would be just below that. So in that way you could say the Barber Dodge Pro Series would be third tier like the Truck series in Nascar. Then again, hard to compare with Nascar as there are various open wheel series organized by different federations. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 15:29, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Archiving talk page
I've been trying to start archiving my talk page but I can't seem to pull it off. I've been screwing around long enough and hoped that you could help me out, as you have a perfectly tidy talk page. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 21:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I saw your question, and it's relatively simple for me. Scrolling through your talk's history, I noticed that the archive's link, User talk:Jahn1234567890/Archives/1, uses "Archives/1". Looking at other archives and the source for the talk header, I think the correct programming to get the archive number to properly display on the talk header is to use "Archive (number)". So instead of User talk:Jahn1234567890/Archives/1, it should be User talk:Jahn1234567890/Archive 1.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:34, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! That really helped me out. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 15:01, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2015
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:45, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

IndyCar table proposal
What do you think of changing this…

…to this?

In short, there are two minor changes; the year parameter is darkened so the background matches that of the team, chassis, etc. (as is done with the NASCAR tables), and a car number parameter is added. This is just a proposal; I'll ping as well to see what he thinks. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:10, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I think it looks good. Looking at a few drivers' tables, I also suggest doing what we do with the NASCAR tables and merge the teams/chassis/numbers/engines if they're the same for the following years, instead of repeating it over and over again. For example:

Instead of:


 * * Season still in progress

We do:


 * * Season still in progress

 Zappa  24  Mati   02:52, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks great to me (with the number and darkened year, of course). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 10:31, 8 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm nor really sure. I think the table looks fine the way it is now. I don't think the car number is as notable as it is with Nascar. This is probably something that should be discused here. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 18:01, 8 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I see discussion has stalled. I certainly don't think numbers are that notable in Formula 1, but why not IndyCar? The drivers are often referred to by their numbers, and putting Will Power's #1 in the table would signify that he is the reigning champion, since only the champ can use that number. I've tweaked Zappa's template above further to what I think looks good, and I'll also note that the numbers are listed on the season report pages. What do you guys think? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 13:43, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

YouTube Wikiproject Restart
I've just reproposed YouTube Wikiproject Would you still be interested in working on it?

--- :D Derry Adama (talk) 05:20, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Jeremy Mayfield
I am the source. I am personal friends with Jeremy and I know the facts of the event directly from Jeremy and his wife. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Logisticsnyc (talk • contribs)
 * You can't be the source; if you are personally affiliated with Mayfield in any way, per WP:COI, you should not be adding any such information, especially if controversial, to his page. A reliable source must be provided, and a friend is not one. That would be like if a movie was made about him, and I were to say I was the inspiration because I suggested the idea.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:47, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Jason Rabedeaux
Allen3 talk 00:05, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

chase pistone page
I wanted to tell you how great I think the page you made for my younger brother Chase Pistone is. He is very proud of it. I was trying to get my own page made. Mainly to clear up confusion between who I am and who my grandfather is. Tiger Tom Pistone is my grandfather and I am named Tom Pistone as well. Do you have any advice on getting a page done? I read I am not supposed to make my own. Once again, thanks for taking the time on Chases page. Sincerely - Tom Pistone www.tompistone.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:1203:40C0:8435:145D:3051:5020 (talk) 17:43, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The first step you need to do to get your own page made is to first make sure your subject is notable enough for a page; if the subject is mentioned in a reliable source like a newspaper, it should be notable enough. If you don't want to register for an account and still make an article, you would go to the Article wizard to create it. Good luck!  Zappa  24  Mati   23:41, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Hey ZappaOMati
What is your birthdate? --182.191.187.109 (talk) 21:49, 15 May 2015 (UTC) Frost
 * July 13. Why?  Zappa  24  Mati   23:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

FAC, xx (album)
Hi! Since you're a member of WP:Music, would you be interested in reviewing my FAC for the article xx (album)? Apart from some hollow support votes, it's really received only one complete review, so any feedback would be appreciated. Dan56 (talk) 17:43, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Brennan Poole and Cameron Hayley
Just FYI (and of course, no sweat if you are busy), the above two drivers now have articles and thus need results tables (I'd do them myself, but I have exams to study for this week and am thus largely unavailable). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 22:07, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅  Zappa  24  Mati   03:15, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Edit Summaries
I love how you used edit summaries on the pages you've edited.(talk) 21:50, 25 May 2015 (UTC)Ptb1997(Ptb1997)

User:ZappaOMati/Kenzie Ruston
It seems fairly complete to me. Do you think this is ready to be moved into the mainspace? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:34, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, I forgot I still had it in userspace. Don't worry about the hassle of moving it, I did it.  Zappa  24  Mati   02:46, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Scott Dixon photo
I have reverted to the previous image in the Scott Dixon article. It is quite clearly a much better photo than the one I reverted, and it is less than two years old. The one Missvain inserted is particularly unflattering. The article is a BLP, so surely we should not deliberately choose a poor image when we actually have a good one available. Moriori (talk) 22:12, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Both of them look fine to me, but that's fair enough.  Zappa  24  Mati   02:32, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for FDNY Racing
Thanks for supporting the DYK Project Victuallers (talk) 02:41, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Steve Byrnes photo?
looks more like Matt Yocum to me (though it's early in the morning, so...). Either way, a picture of Byrnes, if a free one cannot be found, would likely have a legitimate FUR since Byrnes is no longer with us and a free one would be almost impossible to locate. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 11:35, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like Yocum as well, though I'm not sure if the picture was taken before or after the race, since he was interviewing Ricky Carmichael after the race, but I can't find any prerace footage.  Zappa  24  Mati   00:00, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've listed it as needing to be renamed per file renaming criterion #3: "To correct obvious errors in file names, including misspelled proper nouns, incorrect dates, and misidentified objects or organisms." --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 15:23, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I've been meaning to ask why the picture says Steve Byrnes. It's Matt Yocum talking to Ron Hornaday in the picture.-- Nascar   king  15:27, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Probably just a mistake on the uploader's part that's gone unnoticed for the past 6+ years... --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 15:28, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Dale Jr
Hey Justin

Dale Earnhardt Junior has actually 234 career top 10 finishes and 557 Sprint Cup Races competed in. Look at Racing Reference/Dalejr if you do not believe me.

Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.36.101.137 (talk) 01:03, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi Justin, I don't know how to correctly link Dale Jr's accomplishments, but he won the 2003 and 2008 Budweiser Shootout and he also won the 2003,2004,2008 and 2015 Gatorade Duel. He also won the 2012 Sprint Showdown. I don't know how to link these accomplishments correctly,but if you could do that, that would be great!!

Thank You Stearnsn3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.36.101.137 (talk) 01:12, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2015
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm Back!
Hello Justin!

I just wanted to let you know that I'm back on Wikipedia and I'm probably going to be way more active on wikipedia as of now. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 22:35, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Jules Bianchi
He died on Saturday morning in France. The 18th of July — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adevarts (talk • contribs) 03:52, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * See the talk page.  Zappa  24  Mati   03:54, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Derek White (racing driver)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:41, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Ray Black, Jr.
Gatoclass (talk) 17:42, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Hey
Regarding this, I'm the exact opposite, I can't call defensive plays to save my life. lol  Cra sh  Underride  01:47, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Heh, I'm guess I'm just more of a defensive guru. Guess that's a result of growing up watching a defense-first Bears team (until the magical Trestman era began, of course).  Zappa  24  Mati   04:00, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Well the weird things is I love defense, even when I have great players I get burned. I dunno why. However, on offense, I can rack up the points. lol  Cra sh  Underride  04:51, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Re: Sam Hornish, Jr.
I've sourced and rearranged the information on his career, trimmed the prose, and removed most of the extraneous images. In the amount of time I've started my work on this, I've taken the article from 153,659 bytes to 138,083 bytes. It may not sound like much, but, as muscle weighs more than fat, I've put on a lot of muscle (references, citations) and lost a lot of fat (fancruft, trivia, irrelevancy). I'm still planning on trimming the "Media" section, but I was wondering if you could help me out in any way? If not, that's alright, but I've searched for more information and references for both the "Personal life" and media parts of the article and haven't had much luck. If we can get those in good shape, we may have a GA on our hands. Perhaps you, me, and could have a GA "race" as we try to bring Hornish, Jeff Gordon, and Morgan Shepherd up to GA status. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:02, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll go take a further look sometime this weekend. I think the biggest problem with the section has to be the video game subsection: I see no reason for appearances in games (outside of being the cover athlete) to be mentioned. If we did this with guys like Gordon or Earnhardt, the section's going to be seriously bloated.  Zappa  24  Mati   16:11, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * That's exactly what I was thinking. I see no need to mention EVERY game he was in, except for the IndyCar game in which his car was featured on the cover. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:43, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * While updating his result today, I can't help but notice the ARCA infobox: I honestly really see no reason for it to stay, since infoboxes for one-offs, especially in series that don't have their own infobox (which would require the use of ), aren't usually added. What do you think we should do with it?  Zappa  24  Mati   21:52, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd say remove it. He only participated in one race; it's not like he had a career over multiple seasons. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Cody Lane
Hey Zappa. Cody Lane has his Wikipedia page and I didn't see his stats for his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He attempted to make his debut at Bristol driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Silverado for Glenden Enterprises and resulted a DNQ. Is it ok that you can update his page by puting his Truck Series stats please thank you 😊. Billgatenguyenlobcity (talk) 00:29, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅  Zappa  24  Mati   00:32, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Bristol pics of the Trucks and Mods
I wasn't able to get any driver pics of drivers in the Modified race since they apparently don't do driver intros in that series. I also didn't get much of anything other than a lap 2 wreck (SPOILER) because of the rain.

I was also out of position to take any good pics of driver intros for the Truck race, but I did get some good pics of the front running trucks. Are there any you'd like me to upload today?-- Nascar   king  11:55, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * As long as they're all freely licensed (which, of course, they are), I see no harm in uploading all of them. Once that's done, we'll pick the best ones to use and add them to the articles accordingly. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 11:59, 20 August 2015 (UTC)


 * But are their any drivers in particular I should upload first? I'd rather not upload every last photo I have for the ten of them that'll get used.-- Nascar   king  16:02, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Ray Black, Jr., Jusin Jennings, Travis Kvapil, Ryan Ellis, Cameron Hayley, John Hunter Nemechek, David Gilliland, Ben Kennedy, Johnny Sauter,John Wes Townley, Cole Custer, Mason Mingus, Daniel Suarez, Spencer Gallagher, Timothy Peters, Daniel Hemric and Tyler Reddick could use some photos of their trucks (or photos at all).  NFL  is  Awesome   18:06, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Justin Wilson
I thought you might beat me to it. What a shame. But at the same time, I hope IndyCar can use this as an opportunity to look at the safety of the drivers; between Hinchcliffe's near-fatal crash and Wilson, perhaps a long off-season is just what IndyCar needs. It reminds me of Earnhardt's passing. That was a true tragedy, but NASCAR reacted well after his death and improved the safety of their cars, and their hard work is paying off. Earnhardt remains the last death in NASCAR's top three series. Let's hope Bianchi and Wilson are the last in theirs as well. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:19, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it really sucks. I think it's time IndyCar and F1 add a canopy over the cockpit; even Hunter-Reay thinks so.  Zappa  24  Mati   02:38, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Couldn't agree more. How the series has not even publicly CONSIDERED finding a way to add them is beyond me. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 10:31, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Potential admin
Hi, I notice you're on List of administrator hopefuls. Wikipedia would benefit from more admins. If you have been editing for more than 12 months (preferably 24+ months), and have been editing fairly consistently for the past 6 months (preferably 12+ months) with at least 100 edits a month (this tool will help) - or an explanation for any gaps, and haven't been blocked in the past three years - or a good explanation for a recent block, don't have a recent history of edit warring or arguing with other editors, feel you can explain why you wish to be an admin, can demonstrate some understanding of Wikipedia's procedures and processes, or know where to go for guidance, and are confident enough to go through a RfA, please get in touch with me. We can talk about it some more, and if all looks OK, I'll nominate you.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  09:30, 31 August 2015 (UTC)


 * "Talk to me bro!" - My understanding of the term "bro" is that it is used to greet male friends; if that is the case, you may wish to consider changing your greeting to something more welcoming to all users of Wikipedia - unless you really do prefer to alienate female users! ;-)  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  09:34, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Heh, I actually call everyone that. I'm like an unfunny version of PewDiePie. Changed to something more "Australian".  NFL  is  Awesome   14:02, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Anyway, on a more serious note, I'd be willing to run for adminship sometime soon, and I think we should follow through with that discussion. I'm on an alt account right now since I'm in school at the moment, but I can send another confirmation message in about 5 hours from my regular account once I get out from school.  NFL  is  Awesome   18:00, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, so it wasn't the 5 hours that I had mentioned, but here's the confirmation message.  Zappa  24  Mati   00:33, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that you'd make a great admin and I'd support you! You've been doing a great job with working Good Articles and you have the right temperament from all the discussions that I've seen from you. You work WITH people.  Royal broil  02:31, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for delay in getting back to you. I disabled the ping alert by the way, as people were often using my name in discussions simply to get me involved, so by "get in touch" I tend to mean contact me by email or on my talkpage - I should make that clearer in future. Anyway, I've set up a chat page here. You'll need to bear with me as I have got a stronger response than I expected, so I am working with a number of people, and - as is the way - just as I started this my personal life has got busier. Hey ho. The chat may be slow.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  08:24, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2013 Chicago Bears season
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2013 Chicago Bears season you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wugapodes -- Wugapodes (talk) 01:20, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Proposal of speedy deletion defense!
As I said before, I don't know how to add links or categories. Any help, or a simple tutorial (The wiki one confuses me) is greatly appreciated. This is really my 1st official complete article, and 3rd overall, so I'm not sure what to do.

If I have no help in 1 week, the article will get an author deletion (The creator deletes the article). Thank you for your time.

-Awesomebroboy1; rookie wikier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awesomebroboy1 (talk • contribs) 01:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The problem isn't that it has no links or categories: the problem is that it's not notable enough for its own article. It'd be like creating an article for Hendrick engines blowing up at the 2002 EA Sports 500. Problems plaguing a team just isn't good enough for its own page, but should instead be properly integrated in a way to the race article itself.  Zappa  24  Mati   01:50, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2013 Chicago Bears season
The article 2013 Chicago Bears season you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:2013 Chicago Bears season for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Wugapodes -- Wugapodes (talk) 03:21, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you
The page will now be deleted by the author. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awesomebroboy1 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Go ahead and add the throwbacks
If you have sources for all of the teams, feel free to go ahead and add the throwback schemes to the 2015 Bojangles' Southern 500.-- Nascar   king  20:46, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I wasn't too sure where to add them, since adding them before the entry list felt "weird" to me, so I decided to just add it to the entry list. I used this source an awful lot, since all the schemes (or most) were already provided in it, though if you want me to use different sources, I can provide them as well.  Zappa  24  Mati   22:34, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Team Xtreme Racing
Stop changing the page. The warrant has issues. That will come to light soon there was never a warrant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.208.70.228 (talk • contribs)
 * Can you provide a reliable source for your claim?  Zappa  24  Mati   01:23, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Cole Pearn
Gatoclass (talk) 01:37, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

MBM Motorsports
Hey Zappa. Can you please change the name User:ZappaOMati/MBM Motorsports to MBM Motorsports please thank you 😊. Tbh I don't know have to redirect it 😔. Billgatenguyenlobcity (talk) 05:08, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I was considering letting it sit in userspace for a while until I flesh it out some more, but if you're willing to do it as well, I moved it.  Zappa  24  Mati   14:30, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

WP:OPENWHEEL
Not sure if you know anything about the project I don't, but looking at the articles under the project it seems none of them are assessed with a class or an importance because the project talk page banner doesn't have a parameter for them. I think assessing the articles would be beneficial, but I wanted to ask you if you know of a way we can do this that won't break or disrupt any talk page banners. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 03:01, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've done this before back in 2012 for WikiProject Chicago Bears, but it's been a while. I think I got it. Just need to create the categories for the classes/importances now.  Zappa  24  Mati   03:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks good! I'm on the east coast and have school tomorrow, so I should probably call it a night, but I'll see what I can do over the next few days. Thanks again! --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 03:10, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, sorry to keep bothering you, but do you know how we could get a chart like this made for the project? I read up on the bot a little bit but I'm still a bit nervous to try it myself as I might miss a step or two... --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:34, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I just ran the bot through and I think it worked, looking at User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/American Open Wheel Racing.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:40, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * You're the best, thanks again! --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:41, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, seems the bot isn't incorporating the importance into the chart; it just updated it (1) without adding the importance parameter in. Would you know how to fix this? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:08, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That, I'm honestly not too sure about. I was considering manually adding it, but for some reason, when looking through the table and tinkering around with combinations of classes and importances when you click on any of the values in the table, nothing comes up. Not sure why, though...  Zappa  24  Mati   04:00, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, obviously I was super busy today, but do you think this is something we should ask at the Teahouse or something? Or should we go down a different path in trying to fix this issue? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 03:23, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Probably not the Teahouse. I'd ask the Version 1.0 Editorial Team since they run the bot. I'd do it myself right now, but it's getting late.  Zappa  24  Mati   04:00, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I'm about to call it a night. Just FYI, I put in a query here, so I guess we'll just wait for a response. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:36, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, I got the importance issue figured out, but there's still one last problem. The NASCAR project has a separate category for Disambigs and Redirects; for example, Talk:1995 NASCAR Truck Series is under "Redirect-Class". I tried doing this for the Open Wheel project, but, as seen at Talk:Andretti-Green Racing, it stays at "NA-Class". Is this just a bug in the system or is there a difference between the way the two projects are set up that I'm not detecting? Thanks again for all your help so far. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 01:21, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

NFL International Series
When will the 2016 opponents for London be announced? When will the Jacksonville Jaguars 2016 opponent be revealed? I hope my Green Bay Packers play there next year. We wont play Jackonville in London though. Answer these questions! --74.130.133.1 (talk) 18:56, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about when the 2016 London opponents will be chosen, although there could be a chance that the Packers play the Jags in London next year, since Jacksonville's hosting Green Bay.  Zappa  24  Mati   19:47, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm just hoping my Packers play in London. My Pack's nemesis, da Bears, did so my Packers should. See here. Just want my Packers in London like my Pack's nemesis, da bears. We will not play them in London. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 19:52, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Huh, I didn't realize that. Oh well. Maybe the year after. P.S.: Bear Down. (sob)  Zappa  24  Mati   19:56, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Wait till my Pack blows your bears on thanksgiving. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 20:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Worst NFL team
Who can be the worst nfl team this year (0-16, 1-15, or 2-14)? --74.130.133.1 (talk) 04:00, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, right now my Eagles (1-3) look pretty pathetic... I'll go ahead and be a typical Philadelphia sports fan and say the Philadelphia Eagles. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Who will win the NFC East then? --74.130.133.1 (talk) 23:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Considering how much of a dumpster fire the division is, I don't even know. Eh, screw it, go Giants.  Zappa  24  Mati   00:00, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * What ZappaOMati said above. I really think whoever wins the division could do so with a 6-10 record. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:08, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * My Green Bay Packers is heading to 16-0 like the 2007 Patriots. And thanks for reminding me. I think either Cowboys might win it with a 9-7 or 8-8 record or the Eagles with a 10-6. Anyways I trust ZappaOMati, last year was nfc south this year nfc east. Giants and Redskins aint going to the playoffs. The 5th seeded team will beat them in the playoffs but will lose to my Packers. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 01:03, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Philly may win the division with a 10-6 record, too me. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 00:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)--74.130.133.1 (talk) 00:57, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Tracking the lucky dog
I had something I wanted to bring up with you and your two other talk page stalkers and ...Do y'all think we should keep track of who's getting the lucky dog during the races for individual race reports? My policy has always been to include things that could directly affect the race and/or outcome of the race. But I've always opted not to note the lucky dog because it seems a bit "inside" from an outside perspective. So what do y'all think?-- Nascar   king  01:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, looking through the GAs and FAs that the WikiProject has, it doesn't seem to be mentioned besides 2013 Mudsummer Classic. If we play the numbers game, then it shouldn't; a possibility that could work is to mention it if the winner has to use it, like the instances mentioned at Beneficiary rule.  Zappa  24  Mati   02:00, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * If you mean doing so in the race reports, I'd say yes, but only if it has significant impact on the outcome of the race (e.g. the eventual winner got the lucky dog at some point). I think that's what I've always done. Anyway, I'm real busy and should be calling it a night shortly, just ping me again if you need anything else. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:02, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for 2013 Chicago Bears season
Gatoclass (talk) 09:49, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2015
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:55, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

This Thursday: Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Getty Center
You are invited to join the Women in Architecture edit-a-thon @ Getty Center in LA on October 15! (drop-in any time, 10am-4pm)--Pharos (talk) 18:26, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Results table headers
While the copyedit of Sam Hornish, Jr. (which I plan to take to GA soon) was taking place, a couple of the headers in the results section were tweaked. I'm all for consistency; should we make these changes to all the drivers' tables? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:04, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes.  Zappa  24  Mati   00:10, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, I totally misread your question as whether to fix the Hornish results headers to make it consistent with the other pages. Give me a moment to do this to myself first:

Anyway, now that I re-read your question, this might be a (very) tedious process, so I feel like we should probably ask a few other editors for their input as well before we start doing it.  Zappa  24  Mati   20:20, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, that makes sense. Pinging to see if they have any opinions. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 21:30, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This is indeed going to be a tedious process, but I think it is a change that needs to be made. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 13:41, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not really sure what's been changed. The results table in Hornish's article looks pretty much the same as any other driver's results table.-- Nascar   king  14:34, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * "Motorsports career results" is changed to "Career results", while "Daytona 500 results" has "results" removed.  Zappa  24  Mati   15:19, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The only problem I can see (asides from the tediousness of fixing this) is that it could confuse readers when looking at articles for drivers that have also performed other non-racing feats, like Jerry Glanville, since he has a football record as well as racing, and if we change his "Motorsports career results" header to "Career results" for the sake of consistency, it could confuse some.  NFL  is  Awesome   (ZappaOMati) 16:52, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Jerry Glanville raced in NASCAR?! Wow, you learn something new every day, I guess. And I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner, but, the copyeditor, might be able to help us out here as well, I hope? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 21:47, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd personally say that "Motorsports Career Results" is clearer, because, as mentioned, it avoids ambiguity while being consistent. - The Bushranger One ping only 08:55, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I just got back from vacation. I agree that it needs the word "Motorsports" for people like Jerry Glanville. He was a better football coach than a racer but that ain't saying much.  Royal broil  02:53, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * So hasn't responded in nine days (I don't mind waiting, but I'd rather get this out of the way); we don't really seem to have a huge consensus on this, yet, so for now, should we just continue to use "Motorsports career results"?   NFL  is  Awesome   (ZappaOMati) 17:19, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree with that. In my Opinion only the "Daytona 500 results" header needs "results" removed to keep consistency. The rest is fine with me. Jahn1234567890 (talk) 20:02, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me, I don't really have a strong preference either way, so feel free to tweak your respective sandboxes. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 22:24, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Talk With Each Other
Hello there! My name is Edison. You live in San Jose and are Vietnamese? OMFG, so do I!!!! Let's talk some time eh? FiendYT (talk) 21:34, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sword Art Online: Lost Song
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:13, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

OKC Thunder
We will win the NBA finals this year. This is OKC Thunder year. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 00:09, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Another tedious problem
Per this edit, do all the keys feature this typo? --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:34, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking at my sandbox (and yours, Jahn and Bushranger's), looks like that might (hopefully) be the only case.  Zappa  24  Mati   23:40, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

redirect
Please create a dicussion regarding this redirect. The reason why is because the Patriots did NOT complete a 19-0 season and there is no reason it should even stay. Thank you! --74.130.133.1 (talk) 21:14, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Now at Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 October 28.  Zappa  24  Mati   22:00, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 20:31, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

OKC Thunder
Are you enjoying the Thunder host the Spurs? I am editing and watching my Thunder play spurs at the same time. By the way, I hate the Spurs they are so overrated. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 02:19, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I missed the game because I had other obligations IRL, but man, it's great to see KD back!  NFL  is  Awesome   (ZappaOMati) 17:40, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

It was. I hate the Spurs so much they are overrated. The Thunder won though. 112-106. --74.130.133.1 (talk) 20:32, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Chicago Bears
Robbie Gould

In Week 5 of 2015 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Gould became the Bears' all time scoring leader with 1,118 points, overtaking Butler's record by two, with a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter.[23]

Tmankini (talk) 14:02, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

This isn't in the Bears wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmankini (talk • contribs) 14:04, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Halloween cheer!


Happy Halloween!

Hello ZappaOMati: Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!   –  North America1000 23:39, 31 October 2015 (UTC) Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message. Sent to users on my mailing list. To opt-out forever, just remove your name.

FAC
Hi Justin, sorry to keep bothering you, but my current FAC is stalling (again) and needs a couple more supports to reach consensus. If you have the time, even if it's just a simple sentence or two, I'd appreciate you leaving some feedback; as always, no sweat if you're busy right now. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 02:25, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Whelen all american series
Hello my name is Tom Peters and i just wanted to give you a heads up that a individual keeps replacing the national champions(whelen all american series) name with Jordan Flash Rose. I have done my research on the induvidual and it turns out he is a periscope broadcaster that says he is a Nascar driver and won the national championship. I follow Nascar closley and never heard of this individual. I keep changing the name back to the current Champion.

Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomPeters150 (talk • contribs) 22:45, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this problem's been supposedly happening for months now. I'll keep a close eye on the page.  Zappa  24  Mati   00:21, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello,

Tom Peters again. That person changed it back again, so i corrected it. Just wanted to give you a heads up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomPeters150 (talk • contribs) 07:41, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

173.161.134.83 IP
That's User:CNMcintyre, a classmate of mine, editing anonymously from our school's IP address. He used to contribute a bit under a different name and I tried working with him on some game show projects, but he has become rather disillusioned with the encyclopedia and as of late seems to enjoy the vandalism aspect. I doubt he'll be much of an issue going forward, but if he is, just know that I know the guy behind this IP personally and am (trying to) discuss the matter with him offline. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:08, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, classmates, the only reason I don't want my school to get into Wikipedia editing (asides from the fact that every IP at my school has been blocked and it'll end once I graduate).  Zappa  24  Mati   00:02, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand entirely. If he keeps this up that school IP address may eventually get blocked, though my school has rather strict computer policy guidelines (one of the reasons I'm almost never editing during school hours), so we'll see what happens. --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:36, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:56, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

NASCAR standards proposal
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2015_NASCAR_Sprint_Cup_Series. Thanks. –  Nascar1996  ( talk • cont ) 01:55, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Edit war ended
I want to Remind you that we ended the Edit war on Wikipedia So we we were Brawling over content Im sorry for this Edit war Yours Truly Shy-Boy (talk) 16:45, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Just a Reminder that We resumed the Edit war
 * Why?  Zappa  24  Mati   16:51, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Because Only one Capital in the Name and We want to know what this Driver substituted For
 * Surnames are capitalized as well, like Jeff Gordon, not Jeff gordon. Who McMurray replaced was added by afterwards, yet you continue to do so.   Zappa  24  Mati   16:55, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello ZappaOMati: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 18:52, 20 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

DYK for 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Wishing you all the best . ..
Merry Christmas, Zappa0Mati, and may your holidays be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfhoWIPoVw merry and bright. . . .] Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings
To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:09, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!


Bentvfan54321 (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Also, the Ferrari boys just dropped their first single. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 17:28, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Keenan Reynolds (American football)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 31 December 2015 (UTC)