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A barnstar for you!

	AutomaticStrikeout's Hall of Fame Barnstar
	I know you are currently on vacation, so this will be a nice surprise for you when you get back. I have inducted you as the first member of my Hall of Fame, due to you being my first successful RfA nominee. Congratulations and happy editing! AutomaticStrikeout 03:22, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 05:47, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

No problem. AutomaticStrikeout 18:01, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Here is a userbox you can use if you would like to. AutomaticStrikeout 18:11, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to participate in my RfA. I hope that I will be able to improve based on the feedback I received and become a better editor. AutomaticStrikeout 03:44, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the followup. As always, feel free to drop a line if you have any questions.—Bagumba (talk) 18:53, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

New gadget

Can you see my request and create this gadget? --Vivaelcelta {discussion  · contributions} 12:52, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately , I am not well versed on gadgets. However, the thread on your proposal did have responses on possible overlap with an existing gadget. I would suggest you discuss reach a consensus with participants on that that thread on how best to move forward. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 20:55, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Ted Turner

Could you please intervene there, by which I mean protection? AutomaticStrikeout 00:20, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

done.—Bagumba (talk) 00:24, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. AutomaticStrikeout 00:25, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

I noticed you posted at WP:RPP as well. In the future, provide me the link to there so I know to update the status there too.—Bagumba (talk) 00:27, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I'll try to remember that. AutomaticStrikeout 00:31, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks, but I'll have to opt out in the name of easier consensus building for you. It seems to be rolling along find already. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 04:42, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Ok, that's fine. However, please note that it's not actually based on consensus. The other committee members provide some nominations and I pick one. It's actually helpful to have more people making nominations as it gives me more options, but if you'd rather not, that's perfectly alright. AutomaticStrikeout 16:46, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Protection

Protecting Don't ask, Don't tell was a poor decision, as I haven't edited in 24 hours, and wasn't going to until the discussion was over. Frankly this is offensive, the user assuming I can't control my editing. Vandals are only blocked for recent abuse, as should be followed on RPP. CTF83! 10:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

You were not blocked; instead, the article was fully protected from all editors, due to multiple editors' changes on the same theme. If you believe a consensus has been reached or wish for a second opinion, feel free to request unprotection at WP:RPP. Alternatively, {{editprotected}} can be used to request specific edits.—Bagumba (talk) 17:33, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Hello, could you restore Vasco Núñez de Balboa's indefinite move-sysop protection? (As now its move protection level is "autoconfirmed". There is a problem with TW that removes that protection--may be the tool has a bug . Thank you. Tbhotch.^™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:33, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Done.—Bagumba (talk) 19:44, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for taking care of that problem. AutomaticStrikeout 20:01, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Hopefully that is the end of that one.—Bagumba (talk) 20:05, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Lakers–Clippers rivalry

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Jays/Marlins trade protection

The protection you put on Yunel Escobar and Jose Reyes' articles expired, and trade is still pending, leading IPs to start making changes again. Sounds like trade may not get finalized, assuming it is approved, for a couple more days... Echoedmyron (talk) 16:04, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

College football edit notice

Would you be able to help set up an edit notice for use on the pages of college football head coaches? There has been some instances of IP's only partly updating the win-loss record info. I'd appreciate it if someone could make an edit notice advising IP's to update all the information that requires updating. AutomaticStrikeout 21:23, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Is there consensus at WP:CFB for this?—Bagumba (talk) 22:48, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

No, is that a requirement? If so, I can ask there. AutomaticStrikeout 22:49, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Not being an active participant there, I personally wouldn't be comfortable as an admin placing notices that haven't been discussed. Well, I'd even have a problem if I was active too. Also, others might have other ideas. Is page protection a possibility, or these are just random saturday edits?—Bagumba (talk) 22:58, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Mainly they're Saturday edits and they aren't so bad. Usually, the information is correct, but it's incomplete. I'll ask about the edit notice at the CFB page. Thanks, AutomaticStrikeout 01:07, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Leo Righetti

Hi. Can you return to the DYK nomination? It fell off my radar too. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

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Jack Taylor

Out of the bare-bones article I put up, You have made a well-written article with interesting background information. Good job. that's the power of collaboration in Wikis! Kdammers (talk) 01:32, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Jack Taylor (basketball)

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Curtis Granderson

I'd appreciate it if you could take a look and see if page protection is in order there. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:34, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of it. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:49, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

NP. It would expedite things in the future if you could give a brief description of your rationale (as you did at WP:RFPP). Otherwise, I spend more time looking at diffs trying to figure out what is going on. I know sometimes it's a hassle sometime, so use your best judgement as to how brief it should be.—Bagumba (talk) 20:56, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 21:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Tiki Barber article

I heard Barber's interview this morning on the Howard Stern show, where he mentions some biographical information that I added to his wiki page today. All of my additions have been removed; is citing a radio interview not acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.202.136.189 (talk) 20:42, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Radio interviews are fine; however, specifics need to be given so that it is verifiable so that anyone can access the interview. See Wikipedia:Citing sources on how to cite your sources. Using {{Cite episode}} may be appropriate in this case. It would be easier to cite an online text source that mentions the facts in the interview (which I was unsuccessful in finding), but radio interviews are fine too.—Bagumba (talk) 21:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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Your merge proposal

Consensus at the merge discussion you initiated at Talk:Personal foul (basketball)#Similar articles in February 2012 was to merge Foul (basketball) to Personal foul (basketball). Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:08, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Showtime (basketball)

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Signing posts

The editor in question has been asked repeatedly for years now to sign his posts, but never does, nor will you get any acknowledgement back even if you confront him on it directly. Just thought you should know. Regards, AzureCitizen (talk) 23:50, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Yahweh Saves at ANI

I am also a Wikiproject Baseball member and take part in the talk page discussions. This is just a request, but in the future if you take someone to ANI over something involving the project, could you please put a notice up on the project talk page. I knew nothing about it till I looked at Yahweh's contributions history and learned he had been blocked. FYI, I've posted to Yahweh's talk page asking him to sign, and I've been blocked myself in the past. Take care and happy holidays....William 02:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

It was a consideration. However, given that the complaint of signatures is fairly generic, and I did not think it required involved editors for the community to understand the issue, I decided not to leave anything at the project. In some cases, having projects involved is viewed as canvassing; I wouldn't buy it in this case, but did not feel it was worth the drama. I have no problem if you want to publicize it. Thanks for bringing this here.—Bagumba (talk) 02:55, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Dancing Barry

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DYK for Dancing Harry

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Talk:2011 NBA lockout/GA1

Hi. The reviewer thinks the article is too long. Since you wrote significant portions of the article, I wonder what you think about that.—Chris!_c/t 23:28, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

I left a note at the review.—Bagumba (talk) 23:38, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Hey. Nice job on the article. I wonder if something about Gregg Popovich resting his players should be added. The league didn't sanction the Spurs for doing so during the shortened season but fined them during the normal season.—Chris!_c/t 02:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

The SA thing this year was allegedly more because they didnt properly notify the NBA and opponent ahead of time. So I wouldnt get into the 2013 fine in the lockout article. However, you made me remember the Duncan DNP-Old which I will add.—Bagumba (talk) 02:13, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy Vacation

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Dennis Rodman

Hi Bagumba. I left a reply for you on the Dennis Rodman talk page. Thanks for all your help and have a great day. --76.189.109.147 (talk) 08:59, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

No prob.—Bagumba (talk) 09:02, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

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Infobox coding

Bagumba - do you know how to make the basketball infobox automatically display NBL (Autralia) team colors? I am in the process of converting the NBL player infobox to the standard basketball infobox and I think it would be nice to be able to display those team colors as we do with the NBA and Euroleague as a benefit to the NBL editors who might feel like they are losing something moving from the old infobox. There are only 8 teams so I am hoping this might be sort of easy. I don't mind trying it if you can point me to a resource that explains how. Thanks for any help you can give Rikster2 (talk) 20:02, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

From what I can tell, {{Infobox NBL player}} doesn't currently have colors, so it wouldn't be a loss. I think you would need to modify {{Infobox basketball biography}} to add {{NBL colour}} and {{NBL colour cell}} in the headers where other "color" templates are called. You might also contact User:Frietjes who has merged in other leagues in the past.—Bagumba (talk) 23:25, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Josh Owens

Ok, sure, noted. Are you going to revert my edits? Your points are fair and I'm not going to argue with an admin :) DaHuzyBru (talk) 03:20, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Admins are far from perfect :-) I can change it. Thanks. —Bagumba (talk) 03:25, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Chris Culliver

I restored Culliver's verbatim gay bashing quote to the article because I think the way he expressed his sentiments is almost as important as the sentiments themselves. There's a lot more in his statement than, "He would not want a gay teammate." Among other issues, his language raises the implicit question of what kind of an education did this guy get after three years of college?

I think the same is true of his apology, because "apology" is not the same as, "... a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel." But I did not restore it, hoping that you will instead.

The standard I always use is, "Is the article better off with or without the material in question?" In this case, I think the quotes make it better.

Cheers,

Lahaun (talk) 18:45, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. My biggest concern was people not as fluent in English being even more confused by the quote, and the style putting him in perhaps a non-neutral light. I somewhat addressed neutrality with some good excerpts from his apology today. I'd like to use excepts instead of the original quote instead, its a bit long, but will leave for now.—Bagumba (talk) 21:39, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Hanson (basketball)

While the article passes, I am unsure of whether passing it or failing it. I've notified others in the Did you know? discussion page. --George Ho (talk) 02:18, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

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Alley-oop (basketball)

All parts of the aley oop (now cropped): 1.) The signal; 2.) The pass; 3.) The leap; 4.) The catch; 5.) The dunk.

I got a better set of pictures for Alley-oop (basketball) from a basketball game this weekend where Jabari Parker's team played Jahlil Okafor. Two of Parker's teammates (Tate and Nunn) who have committed to Illinois were on a 2-on-1. I have it starting with Nunn holding up 1 finger (to signal he wanted an Alley Oop) as he got to the three point arc. However it is 9 pics in landscape. I can probably crop it to portrait. I started with over 11 hundred pics and haven't even eliminated 200 of them yet. I also have the whole game on video. I hope to get my pictures winnowed down within a few days, but I will be pretty hectic. It may take me a few weeks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:29, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Parker threw a more spectacular alley oop on an inbounds pass to a guy streaking down the lane, but I did not catch the throw part. I think it was to Kendall Pollard who has committed to Dayton. I know I don't have the whole play though. I should have hashtagged it for sportcenter top 10. It was a beauty.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:00, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Here are the original images. When I get around to it I will crop them and cut it down to 4 or 5 images for the article. I'll probably go with 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 since they are equally spaced and should be near perfect encyclopedic illustration of the play. However, I am not sure if without 6 it is clear he catches the ball in the air. It will be a few days though. I have only eliminated 400 of the 1182 images I started with.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:17, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Might be able to do without 1 and 6. I'm wary of a row of pictures spanning over half the width of page. Another thought would be to shoot video and upload the snippet.—Bagumba (talk) 00:34, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I did video this game as well, but since I can't man the video camera and the photo camera, I set it up on wide angle to capture the whole court. Also, since I don't want to use a lot of storage, I shot at 640 instead of 1280 or 1920. This is my first attempt at action video with this setup so I am not sure how that will look.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I am not sure if a two-second video highlight clip would violate a copyright. I have a request in at Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#Chicago_Public_High_School_League_video. Also, I think 6 is pretty essential. Like you say a perfect series shows the pass. I think a perfect Alley oop series also shows the leap before the catch.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

The free Miro Video Converter software that I am using does not do so well with creating .ogv files from 640x480 .mov video files. See File:20120126 Simeon-Whitney Young pregame shootaround layup lines.ogv vs. File:20120126 Simeon-Whitney Young game at start of 4th quarter at Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center.jpg . Any advice.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:09, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

My computer has problem with video lately, so I might not be the best judge. Is it the resolution you find as a problem? I dont have much experience editing video (as an aside, was looking for a way to convert .mov to .mp3)—Bagumba (talk) 00:43, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Both are 640x480 I believe so the resolution is identical. However the conversion was very lossy in terms of detail. The original is not that sharp because I was not really trying to produce a video. It was just to give the appearance of doing big things so I could retain such a prime perch while just shooting photography. I don't know about .mov->.mp3. I can go to .mp4 with the free Moyea Video4web converter, which can crop portions out of an .mov and convert them or just convert the whole thing. The lossyiness seems to be occurring in the conversion to .ogv by the other software that I use.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:45, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

I have added new images to the article. I tried presenting a 5-image sequence (as shown here to the right). P.S. I was in The New York Times (in the background a little out of focus) [ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/sports/in-chicago-security-shares-spotlight-at-high-school-basketball-game.html here] to the left of my tripod setup.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:41, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, if we had to cut it to four, we could, but to see the whole play, this is the best we are going to do in pictures. It shows both players through the 5 shots. I don't know what percentage of alley oops are called by a signal from the dunker, but it is less tha 100% so the dunker signal is, of course, optional. If we had to do it in one picture, the original from before my two additions was as good as you could hope for. However, we are not limited. Someday, I may add a video and then we will be all set.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:32, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

• Your last edit summary confused me.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 09:41, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

I didnt like the look of the sequence of 5 pictures broken up into two rows in the lead. The sequence is easier to follow in one row, so I chose to move it to the Examples section. It's also a good place because there is prose about the alley oop there, so it's easier to reference the picture while reading that section. The alternative is to have fewer than the original five pictures in the lead, which might satisfy User: Myasuda's earlier objection.—Bagumba (talk) 09:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Would it be any better if we made a collage like the municipalities do?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:36, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Also, what size should I use for the three-image version at Assist (basketball)? I tried 180, but three times 180 is 540. If you want you can reduce them to like 140 or 150.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:56, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

I added the aforementioned alley oop from the inbounds pass at Slam_dunk#Alley_oop. I did not cite the text I added to the page to make it relevant.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:23, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

IP vandal/unsourced BLP text

Hey, could you take a look at this: [1]. I think this is the same guy who has repeatedly inserted bizarre, nonsensical text in this article about the subject's son and sandals in the past. Three times today, and many times in the past. Weird stuff. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 3 days.—Bagumba (talk) 00:58, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, jefe. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:10, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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RfA: thank you for your support

Bagumba, just a quick note to thank you for your support, counsel and advice during my RfA. Assuming I survive the next 24 hours, I hope you won't mind if I plague you with questions. I am determined to take it slow, do this the right way, and not make any "unforced errors." Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:36, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, once again, for your strong and vocal support during the RfA process. Hopefully you were not too disappointed in my performance as a candidate. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Hanson (basketball)

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Who do you think you are?

An Admin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.160.138 (talk) 22:15, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Another one

Here is another AfD on a basketball player on the grounds of WP:NBASKETBALL who already meets WP:NBASKETBALL. It's stuff like this that makes me protective of that standard - people use it incorrectly all the time for AfD justification and that is what I fear more than a couple of non notables getting articles. Rikster2 (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

"similar major professional sports league" already exists in NBASKETBALL, so the wording didn't prevent an AfD in this case. In all fairness, the version at the time the AfD was nominated didn't note he was a pro player in the prose, and the nominator probably just assumed it was another article created based on news of a murder. There was the external link to Liga ACB, which may or may not have been taken into consideration, but someone who doesnt know basketball in Spain wouldn't know if it qualified as a major league per NBASKETBALL either. BTW, I will get to those French sources you provided.—Bagumba (talk) 01:15, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Although they could have read my edit summary that said "Note - subject meets NBASKETBALL as he played in the Spanish League - will add more later," or maybe sought to understand what leagues were covered before nominating for AfD while citing NBASKETBALL. Rikster2 (talk) 01:22, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Understand the frustration. We can always look at every failed AfD and ask why wasn't WP:BEFORE followed. I looked at their track record and seems to generally know what they are doing. I know it's a cliche sometimes, but AGF.—Bagumba (talk) 01:39, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Alfred Aboya

Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:20, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

RE: Sock

Hi. I suspect Easy4me logs out and makes disruptive edits as an IP adress, 76.111.139.137, which would be a form of sock puppetry. After reverting his genre vandalism and seeing it restored by the IP, I checked both accounts' contribution history and talk page, and the articles they edit and get warned for seem to mirror one another intermittently. How can I go about checking or reporting them? Dan56 (talk) 14:38, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

WP:SPI is the place.—Bagumba (talk) 15:51, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Nominating the NBA Conference Finals broadcasters articles deleted

Okay, I just checked and found out that these lists were deleted last month (I created the articles so you should've informed me first). Hardly any of the broadcasters were preserved elsewhere like in the actual NBA Playoff articles or the TV networks' respective coverage! BornonJune8 (talk) 02:44 a.m., 18 February 2013 (UTC)

There was notification left at User talk:Paulsen. Were you using a different account before? Preserving it in the individual articles would have been an option if any reliable sources were in the deleted article. However, they were all unreliable discussion forums.—Bagumba (talk) 19:38, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

This IP bears watching

B, can you keep an eye on the Neal Anderson article and this IP user: [2]? This appears to be intentional vandalism and/or malicious insertion of false information. I have already left a warning in the IP's talk page. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure. Seems infatuated with Anderson since November.—Bagumba (talk) 00:53, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jeanie Buss

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Review help

You are one of the respondents to the Talk:2011 NBA lockout/GA1 that I am doing. Could you comment on my nomination at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive4.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:51, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Can you strike issues as they are resolved when you get a chance.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:36, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

It seems that this one may get closed out soon. Would you be interested in working with me at WP:PR to clean this up.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:45, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I've reviewed some FLs, which I have found time consuming enough. Admittedly, Howard is not a topic I'm too knowledgeable about either, not that it is required. I do want to at least complete the sections that I have started. I could perhaps read the entirety and give some high level feedback later too. However, I was surprised and taken back by your initial strong reaction to adding more on his pre-high school life, but glad that some material was eventually added. If we can come to the understanding that I dont consider the existing NBA FAs to be the standard, and you are open to addressing comments based on the article's own merits, I would consider giving comments offline.—Bagumba (talk) 01:07, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I have gotten renominated the article. I am hoping for standard open reviews. Feel free to participate.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:23, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

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One-day retirement contracts

Hey, B. I've got a couple of IPs who are determined to add a one-day retirement contract to Jeff Saturday's infobox: here. I've reverted the two IPs three times, with an explanatory edit summary each time that such are not included in the infobox per WP:NFL, so I'm done. I would be grateful if you could handle this. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:17, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

If you are suggesting admin action, it's not really a policy or a guideline violation, so I would not do anything now. Perhaps an embedded comment in the Infobox, and maybe a link to the discussion in the talk page might establish consensus for editors who are unaware. Then protection might be an option if unexplained edits are frequent.—Bagumba (talk) 04:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

No, I wasn't suggesting the use of the Big Club. More of a friendly note from your neighborhood sheriff. We see this stuff all the time after the retirement rounds. Eagles247 used to 'splain it to them, but he's a bit of a ghost these days. You're the best NFL sheriff we got, my friend. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:30, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Sample videos

I went to another game last night. I have produced the following sample videos: User:TonyTheTiger/sandbox2. Is either of these sufficient to be useful in your eyes?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:30, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Hoping for feedback in the next 6 hours. Next round is tonight and Jabari Parker will have a rematch against Jahlil Okafor. Should I be spending time getting video from this perspective.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:30, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Basketball#Video_possibilities.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:39, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Jim Buss

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MOS discussion regarding linked NBA seasons in basketball player infoboxes

FYI, Bagumba -- Please be aware of this discussion at MOS: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Years; reverts. This discussion grew out of a feature article review for an NBA basketball player Juwan Howard. Before jumping into the discussion, I suggest that you read the relevant MOS section, MOS:YEAR. As I'm sure you can see, this has the potential to significantly change the currently used year span conventions in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and soccer player infoboxes. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:28, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

We'd like your opinion

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Magic formatting

Thanks for the feedback. I do see the changes you are suggesting, and I plan to go over my citations again. The citation style you mentioned is something I developed on my own, over time. My main goals were adding information about the Magic Johnson All-Stars, and expanding on Magic's coaching stint and last comeback. Once I felt like everything was written well enough, I decided to take a break and read through it later.— Preceding unsigned comment added by dlfreem (talk • contribs)

No problem. You can also refer to WP:CITE for the guideline on citations.—Bagumba (talk) 22:19, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 21:54, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Hells Bells in Fallujah

I contributed the info about the use of Hells Bells in the Battle of Fallujah the other week. Thanks for catching that the Marines' rationale was OR.

Since I'm new to editing, I'd like your advice on how to revise the submission. You're right that the precise rationale wasn't given in the book I cited, and it could just have easily been to intimidate, offend, or demoralize the fighters in the city, or simply to inspire the Marines. On the whole, websites (such as Democratic Underground and Free REpublic) do seem to confirm that that rationale was to draw out to the troops, but the websites and articles are themselves poorly sourced and seem speculative. And there is a book (No True Glory) that implicitly suggests alternative rationales.

I'd like to revise and resubmit the edit I made. In your opinion, would it be better to mention that there is debate concerning the rationale(s), or simply ignore that particular issue altogether? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamandash (talk • contribs) 18:18, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for discussing this. I'm not familiar with the websites you mentioned, but WP:RS may be of help. Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard is also a place to pose questions about specific sources. Reliable sourcing aside, a larger issue I would have with its inclusion in Hells Bells (song) would be whether it is an important enough pop culture reference to mention. As with any popular song, there are lots of instances where the song was played. Personally, I would like to see multiple reliable sources that discuss the rationale or impact of its usage to warrant mention in the article. Otherwise, it would seem trivial to mention it in Hells Bells, and it might be more relevant to mention it in 2003 invasion of Iraq or some related article.—Bagumba (talk) 18:46, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Jeff Moorad Article Edits

Bagumba,

I am currently in contact with Mr. Moorad and he feels some of the content regarding himself is inappropriate as is presented. Please undo edits "17:18, 15 April 2013‎" and "17:22, 15 April 2013,"‎ and cease or other action will be taken.

Thank you.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.80.248 (talk) 17:38, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

I am more than happy to discuss areas you feel are inappropriate. I am sure we share the common goal for the article to be verifiable and neutral. Can you provide specific excerpts that you object to? Also, can you clarify the nature of the "other action" you are referring to? Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 18:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Jeff Moorad Article Edits

Mr. Moorad does share your goal in making the article regarding himself verifiable and neutral, but also accurate.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.80.248 (talk) 18:32, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Response:

As was the practice layed out in: "In your specific case, WP:REDACT covers deletion of one's own comments. If you would like them removed, please inform me (or other editors in the future) of your intention." Please do so. Thank you.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.80.248 (talk) 22:55, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

For any or your own comments on my talk page, I don't mind if you use <del> as presecribe at WP:REDACT to strike any comments you would like to retract. As a courtesy to others, please leave a brief explanation, e.g. "redact", in your edit summary.—Bagumba (talk) 23:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Apologies, not quite sure how to do that. If you could please remove it would be greatly appreciated.

NOT SURE HOW TO START NEW TALK The article seems to have been stripped of a great amount of detail. Not sure I understand the rationale behind this? Removing the entire Community Work section seems especially strange: almost as if there were a personal campaign against Mr. Moorad by some editors... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.80.248 (talk) 23:05, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Honestly, I am done editing this article. Over the past months I've tried to add detail to the article, much of it coming from an MLB.com biography and some from more recent news articles, etc. I feel cheated as a Wikipedia user that my edits have been stripped in the name of mere technicalities. For the record, I'm not in contact with Mr. Moorad but in reality just a Padres fan. My apologies for the fib. But even that, it seems, gives no protection from the tyrrany of Wikipedia editors. Pretty interesting that when the community tries to get involved in editing an article, there is this harsh a response from Wikipedia editors. Of course, I understand fully: you editors have your niches here on the baseball sections of Wikipedia, and someone trying to change that would take some of your power. Everything said yesterday is taken back. Please remove all my comments immediately rather than directing me to the welcome page. I will not view the welcome page, so please cease sending suggestions to my IP address at Wikipedia.

By the way, is there someone I can talk to about this? Wikipedia management/higher up editor, etc.?

Thank you.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.80.248 (talk) 23:17, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you very much for your work on Alan Gendreau Bearian (talk) 19:11, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Magic Johnson

I guess I'm trying to figure out, "What gives?" I attempted to add a picture that I took of Magic Johnson yesterday to his article and you removed it and said it was "grainy" and you replaced it with one that was merely his head without a body, just his head. There is no way a reasonable person would have found the floating head picture to be superior to the grainy picture. However, I replaced the floating head picture with a second picture of Magic which is not "grainy" in any form or fashion. You just moved that picture from the left side of the page, the exact same spot you placed the floating head, and moved it to the right side of the page. That's fine but you added a cryptic message "FWIW, ExclusiveAgent, is uploading his own work in the article." I have no idea why that is important. People take pictures of people, objects, and places all of the time and place them in articles. So I repeat, what gives? What was your point with that comment in the Edit Summary?--ExclusiveAgent (talk) 20:59, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for discussing this. MOS:IMAGE suggests that a person's eyes should look toward the text, which is why I have been moving the images. As a sign of good faith, I left the picture though I thought he looked "funny"; no fault of the photographer, it's just the nature of snapshots and timing i.e. luck sometimes. I left it for others to decide, though disclosing that you were also the uploader so people can decide on their own if there is any conflict of interest in determining the "best" picture to place in the article. For an FA, I would rather have the "floating head" over a picture of him with a grin taken out of context. However, I wasn't going to edit war over it. Apparently, I erred on taking the shortcut of leaving a short edit summary over starting a discussion. Apologies, as no offense was intended. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 21:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Ok.--ExclusiveAgent (talk) 21:39, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

MLB team season articles

Per your message on my talk page, if you ever want me to do what I did on the Minnesota Twins article, after games have been played and needing to "catch up" with basic summaries of season highlights, I can do that. I have been keeping up with some teams, such as the Kansas City Royals. I don't like just seeing or working on "charts" myself, so I don't mind expanding an article when I have time. Thanks! :) 99.129.112.89 (talk) 17:17, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Alan Gendreau

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In the News: Jason Collins

That one was hard fought. Your work on the update was a big reason why it got posted. Cheers. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:17, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Not a regular, and I seriously thought I'd never go back. Still might not with all the I-dont-like-it, not-global, XYZ-article got-screwed-before-so-now-let's-screw-this-one-to-be-consistent arguments. Thankfully the final poster actually reads arguments.—Bagumba (talk) 00:29, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I totally agree with all of that. You forgot to mention that it can get pretty uncivil in there, too. I will commend the guy who posted it as well. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for copyedit

Hi, I recently created an article Saradha Group financial scandal, the largest ponzi scam in India. One of the editors has tagged it for copyedit. As I have been substantially involved in the article, it would be difficult for me to 'see the mistakes', it would be great if you can copyedit the article. Thanks. LegalEagle (talk) 10:35, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I won't be able to get to this. May I suggest inquiring at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors or at any of the article's related WikiProjects? Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 15:28, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Reply to your "unsolicited advice"

That's just it, I really haven't done anything wrong. They just test my patience and try to provoke me. If they don't get their way, they want me to pay. I am remaining distant and have ignored them, but since they "wikihound" me (including talking about getting me banned which I have documented for my records), they come back around to give their input which is usually wrong. It's all smoke screens. But thanks for the "advice" and best of luck on your article(s). I am staying away from the ones those listed on my talk page work on all together, which means you'll have to keep your baseball article current if you want. I've decided to resign from them except KC. That is not giving up or pouting, I just feel it best to ignore them since they are toxic and cause me to be counter-productive. I already knew he/they were wrong. That is what upset some of the editors I think, although they won't admit it, in addition to me doing such a great job on the baseball articles which made them jealous maybe. That and because I use an IP and won't create an account for their benefit perhaps. I don't know for sure, I'm speculating, but I think my contentions are accurate. Oh well... Life goes on, I've already forgot about them and "brushed 'em off"! :) 99.129.112.89 (talk) 17:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Oops, per your "tag" above, sorry I replied here. I didn't have anything more to contribute to the topic, so we can leave it at that. 99.129.112.89 (talk) 17:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Even if you are right and they are picking on you for being an IP, it's only encouraging them to increase their scrutiny by accusing them of such. We all want to be "right", but sometimes it's better to either WP:DISENGAGE or post to the appropriate Wikipedia:Noticeboards if you are convinced that there is a problem that you have exhausted all options, and get a final resolution to your concerns. As you wanted it "leave it at that", I will not notify you of this response, nor do I expect a response. All the best.—Bagumba (talk) 18:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

AGAIN, I was leaving him/them alone! They are the ones following me and disrupting me. Please don't make this about me, you should be telling them. Let's part ways now, bye. P.S. Per "disengage", I'm the one who told them to slow down or wanted them to back off. HIAB was way too aggressive. Not sure why I'm being "schooled". Poor reflection of those who are actually wrong. I won't return, no use replying. 99.129.112.89 (talk) 18:47, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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Dubious vs. Disputed?

Is that right?[3] I usually just tag things with {{fact}} when they are wholly unsourced. You might have a point though; my understanding of the tags, that "dubious" is just a low-key version of "disputed", would make them overlap in a lot of cases.... -- Kendrick7^talk 00:19, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Maybe I had too much time on my hands :-) I take "fact" to mean its likely true but needs a source, "dubious" to mean its unlikely, and "disputed" as being partially true. At a high level, it all means more work is needed. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 04:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm. Well, anyway, good job with mentioning this over at WP:LGBT; I am satisfied that there's some good discussion at least, and I'm sure it will all get sorted out. -- Kendrick7^talk 01:47, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

FLC comments

Hi Bagumba! I was wondering whether or not you had any additional comments you'd like to make at my current FLC. It's on the verge of being passed, but I'm assuming the directors won't close it until you've indicated whether you're satisfied or place a vote. Cheers, and hope you're having a restful vacation! —Bloom6132 (talk) 11:40, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

I went and capped my comments. I dont have time to do a thorough review, so won't !vote. Best of luck.—Bagumba (talk) 21:58, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

List of highest-scoring NBA games FLC

Could you comment on the use of 82games.com as a source? Thanks.—Chris!_c/t 19:47, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

done.—Bagumba (talk) 19:52, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Wilt Chamberlain wingspan

It is incorrectly stated that Wilt Chamberlains wingspan is 7'2 while video proof shows it to be 7'8 or 92 inches when it is measured for a fight with Muhammad Ali

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PcEqa2l5eE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jongib369 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

I am not sure why you posted this to me.—Bagumba (talk) 00:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Tommy Amaker

Could you comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tommy Amaker/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Steve Clifford

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

Thanks for reviewing Biogenesis of America, Bagumba.

Unfortunately Ghostboy1997 has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:

well now that it has references i accept this.

To reply, leave a comment on Ghostboy1997's talk page. —Preceding undated comment added 02:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

As this is a new article with no prior history whose initial version is referenced, I'm confused by the comment "well now that it has references i accept this.", and why it is marked "unreviewed".—Bagumba (talk) 02:25, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

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NBA article flag icons

I noticed that you reinserted the flag icons at NBA, because I hadn't linked the discussion that I referred to in my edit summery. Yet you took part in that discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association/Archive 19#Flags on All-Star Game articles and agreed with their removal. you also enforced the consensus at that time. My guess is that you forgot about the previous discussion. I should have linked the discussion when I removed the flag icons the other day, but I find cutting and pasting difficult on my phone and wanted to wait until I had a chance to get to my computer.--JOJ ^Hutton 14:40, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Responded at Talk:NBA.—Bagumba (talk) 15:36, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Umami Burger

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LeBron James

I just read over the Player profile section and I thought maybe this> http://nikelebron.net/2010/04/21/sport_science_breaking_down_lebron_james_chase_down_block/ could be incorporated into it somehow. It is after all recognized as one of LeBron's 'signature' plays throughout his career. BV ^talk 22:45, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

The Sports Science material on this makes this worth including IMO.BV ^talk

Is this a reliable source?—Bagumba (talk) 22:56, 10 June 2013

Here is a New York Times article analyzing his chasedown block> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/sports/basketball/06cavs.html?_r=0 Perhaps this is worthy of including? BV ^talk 23:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

NYT is more reliable. Be bold if there is enough to add neutrally.—Bagumba (talk) 23:04, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Pics

On the retirement part of List of 2013-2014 NBA transactions, would you mind putting pictures of Grant Hill and Jason Kidd? lego death star — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lego death star (talk • contribs) 04:22, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

No objections. You can look at List of 2011–12 NBA season transactions for examples.—Bagumba (talk) 04:43, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Colin Kaepernick

I am the original creator of the page. I removed the text because much of it is not relevant to the individual. What purpose does "unmarried, and almost out of wealth" serve in regards to the subject? It was added as a means to garner attention/sympathy for someone other than the subject. So yes, I think you made a mistake and I will be re-editing the page.

Thanks for contacting me. I've started a discussion on the article talk page.—Bagumba (talk) 06:41, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

LeBron James

Hi Bagumba!

Why did you take off the salaries information on LeBron James? I was about to add his year by year salaries and in addition It is encyclopedic, other notable nba players have information about their salaries on their wiki page.

Robert (talk) 20:55, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

As I wrote in the edit summary, there was a prior consensus at Talk:LeBron_James#Salaries to not include them. However, consensus can change, so feel free to start a discussion at Talk:LeBron James, or better yet WT:NBA, if you feel you have a compelling new argument. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 21:54, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Request for Comment

As someone who has participated extensively in the Wikipedia MLB articles, your input would be greatly appreciated in a request for comment regarding postseason droughts. Another editor and I have reached an impasse and are looking for third parties to chime in. Thank you very much! TempDog123 (talk) 19:06, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

UCLA players - any interest in creating?

Hey Bagumba, I've gathered that you're a UCLA fan. I was wondering if you'd want to tackle any of the UCLA players who appear on national championship templates who don't have articles yet. The list can be found at User:Rikster2#National champ templates. There are still four players who need articles, and among those there are two (Kenny Booker & Larry Hollyfield) who each appear on two national champ templates. Any interest? :) Jrcla2 (talk) 14:25, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Rikster enticed me to create Tommy Curtis a while back. I'm mostly inactive until next year as Im off trekking. Restored access to Highbeam would be helpful too.—Bagumba (talk) 23:34, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello

Im not sure why i was sent a message about editing a NBA page. I have never edited a page on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.143.36.119 (talk) 22:01, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Because of your active involvement in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Juwan Howard/archive5, I thought you might be interested in commenting at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2012–13 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 00:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Input Requested - NBA Head Coaches/templates

There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association/Archive 23#NBA Coaches/Franchise template to try to achieve some consensus around how NBA franchise head coaches are displayed in templates. As an experienced WP:NBA editor, your opinion is requested. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 20:04, 30 September 2013 (UTC)