User talk:Jwalte04

Hi, can you update this info on Clarence: http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/50-greatest.html#ClarenceVaughn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.106.232.71 (talk) 18:13, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Great job thus far on those lists; the NFL lists take a lot of effort to pull off since they're so many players that have to be added. May I suggest putting them into columns though? It makes it look a lot neater that way {e.g. Houston Astros all-time roster). Creating a template of each list as shown at that bottom of the page will help as well. Keep up the good work! Wizardman 20:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've added some comments at the peer review for you. Don't hesitate to give me a shout if you need anything. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:16, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Citations, wherever possible, should appear directly following punctuation, so move those which are to the left of punctuation (full stop/period) to the other side, the right hand side of the punctuation (full stop/period)! Minor point but it'll get picked up, particularly if you take it to FLC. Glad to have been of help, all the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 18:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've modified the page on Washington Redskins player Cris Crissy, as it was labeled as a stub. You seem to have modified it after I did, to its original format, which contained little information about him. You can find confirmation of some of the information I placed on it on Wikipedia pages, and other information confirmed on other web sources. Other information cannot be confirmed on the web, as it is over 25 years old and can only be confirmed in print sources not available on the internet. All information is correct. I've known him personally since 1977, and have followed his career closely since then.Axlegrease (talk) 00:14, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I am making life difficult for you, it is not intentional... I wrote many of those bios long before I saw your note. I do not know the Wiki system very well and I am probably too old to learn any more. I have stopped writing so I don't cause any more grief. Tmcculloch20:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jason, thanks for your note... I am okay with all your editing...it is very professional,

and my writing is from an amateur. I just wanted to fill in the gaps on several of the Packers and Coaches that I knew about and were missing on the Packers main template. I live in North Carolina (32 years next week) and was in solidarity with you guys at Va Tech. Thanks for making my entries respectable! take good care... Tmcculloch20:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, it looks like an awesome list. And, yeah, I will take care of the comments people make. I hope it passes. Thanks, - Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:33, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great work on the list!! Are you planning on bringing it to WP:FLC? And would you be interested in joining the Packers WikiProject? Again, thanks for the great work on the list! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 06:37, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would love to bring it to WP:FLC, I'll give it a good look-over a little later today and bring it to WP:FLC after that. Again thanks for the great work!! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 17:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Green Bay Packers head coaches, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 10:00, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does the em-dash represent in the # column in List of Chicago Bears head coaches? Thanks, - Milks Favorite Cookie 01:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've taken care of just about everything here. I hope it passes. Regardless, well done on all the FL's so far! - Milks Favorite Cookie 22:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Passed FLC. - MILK'S FAVORITE COOKIE ^(Talk) 01:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your tireless contributions to Sports related topics here on Wikipedia, I Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) hereby award you The Running Man Barnstar. Congrats! Milk’s Favorite Cookie (Talk) 18:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! I've recently submitted 2005 Sugar Bowl, an article dealing with Virginia Tech football, to undergo the FAC process. I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at the article and perhaps leave a few comments on the FAC page. Anything you'd care to add would be greatly appreciated. JKBrooks85 (talk) 20:33, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have a question. Why do you mess with the order of the categories, I dont understand the order you are putting them in--Yankees10 02:37, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well the way I do it and some other users do it, is in this order: birth year, living person, birthplace, there position, college, the teams they played for in order of tenure, and if they were a Pro Bowler that usually goes last. The way you do it is not wrong I just think it is a good way to have it and should be like this.--Yankees10 05:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know what your saying, but I just think that it should be in chronological order, your right there should be a place where there can be a consensus, should we discuss it at WP:NFL--Yankees10 15:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should find a consensus on this before you go through changing them. This is not common practice so if you want that to change it should be on your to find a consensus before you go around changing it.

Also, you should use Template:city-state for the birth places in intros.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 00:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How can I add something and it stay without being deleted? Thanks Tom Oct 28 2008

Why did you remove the ref for Bob Pellegrini? I was going to revert it, but then I looked at your user page and it looks like you know what you're doing, so I thought I'd ask first. Dincher (talk) 22:57, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added the reference awhile back to show that he was from Williamsport. I will but the ref back in but not alter your other changes. Dincher (talk) 23:55, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--B (talk) 19:59, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Football League#Season list article titles. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is usually customary to only put Team templates on pages are included in the template itself. Are you planning to put this template on every single Pittsburgh Steelers player page? I don't think you should. I would bring it up in the talk page on NFL Project.Jwalte04 (talk) 19:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, after I got started with this undertaking, I began to wonder if that template was appropriate on these pages as well. I'll go back and remove it. Thanks for the advice.-- Deejayk (talk) 19:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding revisions at Marko Mitchell: American is both his nationality and a qualifier for the sport of American gridiron football. Saying "X is a (nationality) (description)..." is a standard opening line for an encyclopedia entry and immediately lays out a clear description for the individual, and that's how I usually write opening lines for biographical entries. Saying "American American football" would be redundant. But qualifying football with "American" is unnecessary in this case as (1) "football wide receiver..." clearly means an American football player, (2) association football players from the United States would be referred to not as "American football players" but as either "American association football" or "American soccer players", (3) association football players are often referred to as "footballers" instead of "football players", and (4) the word "football" is linked to the article on the American variety. I appreciate you have a valid point, but I think including nationality (and linking the way that I did) makes it clear to readers. Strikehold (talk) 20:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(moving Jwalte04's edit here from my talk page to centralize discussion)

I tend to agree with you, but check out every other football players page. You'll find I am just going with the crowd. If you want to make a change that would affect many other articles, I think you should talk about it here. Jwalte04 (talk) 21:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Including the nationality is pointless, a HUGE majority of NFL players are American anyway. It makes sense for baseball players because there are tons of players from the Dominican Republic, Canada, Mexico, etc, but not for NFL players.--Yankees10 18:40, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't care that much about it either way, but saying it "is pointless" isn't an argument. I'm not sure you actually know what we were discussing, but it was how to link the lead sentence not its syntax. Making nationality clearer would create uniformity across the project and it is at the least informative. Yes, of course, most American football players are from the U.S. but there are plenty that are not. To name a few off the top of my head: Knute Rockne, the Gramaticas, Domonique Foxworth, Pete Gogolak, Ndamukong Suh, Sebastian Vollmer, Mike Vanderjagt, Harald Hasselbach, Jehuu Caulcrick, Amobi Okoye, Madieu Williams, Moise Fokou, Gary Anderson... Strikehold (talk) 19:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I noticed you've edited a few items on the slightly stoopid page. How did you do that? There is information that is missing from their page and I was hoping to find out how I might improve the content on the Slightly Stoopid page. Thanks, WillyBoyce (talk) 00:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What?Jwalte04 (talk) 19:51, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to Manual of Style blue links are better to avoided to be one next to the other. So i think this edit should be avoided. Thanks, Magioladitis (talk) 13:04, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to pipe the reidrect. Read WP:NOTBROKEN please. -- Magioladitis (talk) 18:10, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's up with this undo? Without a talk page notice or discussion? Drive by undoing of AGF editing is not general accepted practice. It may be practice, but it shouldn't be accepted. Keegan (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair enough explaination. What I ask is that you assume good faith of some edits like these. Certainly you can undo it, but start a discussion with either the user or on the talk page about what has occurred. There may be more to the story ;) William, according to the subject, is not his first name. One of the problems with references is even they might have it wrong :) Keegan (talk) 21:32, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Given your involvement with List of Chicago Bears head coaches, I thought you might be a person to help respond at Wikipedia:Featured article review/Chicago Bears/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:08, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great shot! Strange to see the full head of hair gone, maybe now he would actually wear a helmet to cover up the balding. --CutOffTies (talk) 19:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My Thoughts exactly. Jwalte04 (talk) 21:48, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info on the game (I Dan tha Man I (talk) 06:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Hey, Jwalte. I saw that among your many clean-up edits of NFL player biographies, you were editing information in the Persondata templates. The Persondata template has been deprecated and is no longer supported, but many of the templates still contain accurate and usable information that has not been transferred to Persondata's replacement, Wikidata. If you are interested in helping with efforts to manually transfer remaining Persondata information to Wikidata, please let me know and I will be happy to give you how-to instructions. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:16, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Dirtlawyer! I would love the instructions for that. I am currently updating/cleaning many Redskins players articles and this would help. And thanks again for all the help you have given me with my current wave of editing. Jwalte04 (talk) 00:26, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jwalte, I'm always looking for new recruits to help with the Persondata transfer to Wikidata. Here's a start: (1) pick an NFL player article that still has the Persondata template. (2) Look at the "Tools" menu on the left-hand side of the page, and click on the "Wikidata item" underneath. That takes you to the Wikidata profile for the Wikipedia article. (3) Look at a few more Wikidata profiles, and compare the Wikidata information to the Persondata information in the Wikipedia articles. (4) Read through the Wikidata discussions with Sphilbrick on my user talk page. (5) Ping me when you have time to talk. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:41, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your recent contributions to Virginia Tech football; I try to research college football in the south prior to 1933. I am especially grateful for the inclusion of rosters. How do you think one should treat the names of those teams? Virginia A&M, VPI, and Virginia Tech all seem to have their times as the most common. Then there is whether they are Hokies or Gobblers. Cake (talk) 19:44, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! And thank you for all your help! I have decided to do a lot of work on Virginia Tech Football history, and completing the seasons seemed to be the best place to start. And I was having difficulty with the exact same questions regarding the name and mascot. It seems VAMC was used until 1896, then "Polytechnic Institute" was added and people just kept calling it VPI until they changed their name officially to that in 1944. In 1970 the name changed again to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. But since then, they have been called for the most part Virginia Tech (even though is wasnt authorized until the early 90s). So its kinda tough regarding the name. The mascot, however, is even more difficult. I have been trying to find out when their specific names officially changed, but havent had much luck. They have been referred to by so many names. Caddies or Techmen in the early years, then Gobblers, then Fighting Gobblers, then eventually hokies. I will have to do much more research. But I do enjoy it, so hopefully i will have answers someday. Jwalte04 (talk) 21:38, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So, since 1970 one should use Virginia Tech? If I can get a good date for when to change VPI to VaTech, then I think I can have all the football seasons with their proper names. Cake (talk) 00:09, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject Virginia Tech, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Virginia Tech. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks!

Go Hokies (talk) 04:14, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for extending your edits into the SAIAA champs. I must be fond of the 1894 team. Though only tangentially related; A. J. Turner was a great-great-great-great grandfather. I'd like to think what paltry understanding of music I have comes from him. Also swell newspaper articles for the 1905 UVA-Tech game. Cake (talk) 04:09, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! And thank you for your help along the way. Yeah. the Library of Virginia site I have been using for articles has been a great resource, as well as all of the VT yearbooks online.Jwalte04 (talk) 02:10, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Turns out Ike Massie and I share a birthday too. On the main football article, a fan should want more on some of the early teams which I gave mention in the bare bones treatment of the history. They took great pride in the accomplishments of '05 and '09. Find any "Walter Brown" games? Cake (talk) 18:43, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

haha I haven't! But i havent been looking, totally forgot about that. Yeah, I plan to do a lot of work on the Hokies football history after I get the schedules and rosters done for all of the seasons. I also plan on doing game by game summaries for each season. I will be working on these for the next few months. Worth my time? Sure, maybe.Jwalte04 (talk) 19:29, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It can get tiresome of course, but like art history it can also be a fun window into the times. Do let me know if you run into anything about one Alvin Lee Abbott, of 1901. I like to give all the All-Southern guys their due. Cake (talk) 07:52, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The story goes that in 1909, Princeton returned a fumble and missed the point after to go up 5 to 0. Hoss Hodgson returned a fumble of his own; made the extra point to go up 6 to 5. Princeton then hits a field goal in the waning moments, 8 to 6. I cannot find a too reliable source for this account yet, though. Such is why 1909 is lauded in Tech's lore. Leading Princeton is a big deal, and had they beaten the Tigers probably only national champion Yale's season would have been considered better by the Eastern writers. Cake (talk) 20:20, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it was not technically a field goal, but a drop kick. Rest of the story checks out though. It was on the front page of the Daily Press on October 14, 1909, page six of The Evening News, page seven of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and first page of the Daily Princetonian. Jwalte04 (talk) 15:35, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Though, a dropped kick field goal is still a field goal. Drop kicks are one of the most fun parts of the early game. Hodgson is all over the All-Southern teams for his punting prowess, and fullbacks, not guards, were typically kickers. The guard doing the punts reminds one of Dan McGugin or Truxton Hare. His first year must have been at Georgetown. Cake (talk) 23:21, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well done. We now have season articles up through Frank Peake and the Pony Express. He surely ranks second only to Hunter Carpenter for the leather and hair helmet days. The closest thing you fellows had to Red Grange. Cake (talk) 01:13, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep! Now my goal is to start filling out game information for each season. Jwalte04 (talk) 02:50, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hank Crisp is a GA now. A winning QB with just one hand! Cake (talk) 13:54, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jwalte04: Would love to be able to fill in the "OScheme" parameter for the 1905, 1909, or 1918 teams. Cake (talk) 22:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@MisterCake: what does that mean? Jwalte04 (talk) 15:58, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It means filling in the parameter in the infobox for which offensive scheme the team used. Say a single wing or a jump shift offense. Cake (talk) 16:03, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jwalte04! I just wanted to let you know that I have restarted the Green Bay Packers WikiProject. Come check out the page and if you are still interested, add yourself to the active member list! All of our articles have been assessed and there are a lot of new tools available to help us improve Green Bay Packers articles. Please feel free to post on the WikiProject's talk page or on my talk page if you have any questions! Thanks, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:09, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Question - when adding cities to this list... I see that in the edit summary, you are stating that you are adding planned marches. At this point, only confirmed marches with sources should be added to the list... we are now after-the-fact. So I guess the question is, how are you going about adding these towns/cities to the list ;p ??? Thank you ^^ !!!~ Hanyou23 (talk) 04:14, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I am adding lists of planned marches so that folks can then look for information on each of those specific marches. I think its easier to find sources on marches when you know what cities to look for. Having a specific town or city to look for will probably yield better results than just aimlessly searching for small towns in Idaho that had marches. However, if this doesn't help the cause, I will stop doing it. I just think that knowing the planned marches will allow this list to be completed quicker since sources should be easier to find. Jwalte04 (talk) 12:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia guidelines were changed early last year to require all sports biographies to have at least one piece of WP:SIGCOV (not counting database entries). In recent months, there have been efforts to draftify en masse sport substubs that do not comply with this requirement. Accordingly, we have begun a campaign to improve American football biographies that could be targeted in a similar RfC. This list identifies some of the articles that are vulnerable based on the new guidelines. Approximately 78 of the listed articles are ones that you created back in 2007 and 2008. E.g., Nick Adduci, Jim Avery, Joe Bartos, Ronnie Blye, etc.

The list includes articles I created as well, and it is not intended as criticism of you or anyone else, as such stubs were permitted prior to the change in policy. Instead, the purpose is to encourage each of us to clean up these stubs so as to avoid draftification or deletion. I am hoping that you will revisit these articles to add the required SIGCOV. Cbl62 (talk) 23:34, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Qwerfjkltalk 09:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated List of Washington Commanders seasons for featured list removal. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:48, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]