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Thanks for the fix[edit]

... of the link to the NRL site ; but I was after help in the link to the Requested Articles section of the Project page. It reads as redlinked by me ? Is it the same for you ? -Sticks66

Left a message about Freddy Fittler[edit]

Left a message here, sorry couldn't find the discussion about it elsewhere. Alexsanderson83 (talk) 08:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He has also played for the Australian Schoolboys in 1988 and 89, being educated at McCarthy High School Alexsanderson83 (talk) 17:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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barnstar[edit]

		The Rugby League Barnstar
		You have been awarded this barnstar in recognition of your contributions to the work of WikiProject Rugby League. To his outstanding contributions to rugby league related articles in recent times, in particular the RL biography template and dedication to "Adopt an article" The Windler talk 07:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rugby league biography infobox[edit]

Just to let you know: http://stats.rleague.com/rl/misc/referees.html provides "Number of Games" refereed for referees. Your new infobox has years and comp, but I thought for you'd add that to the infobox. The Windler talk 07:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glebe Dirty Reds[edit]

Great job on the Glebe Dirty Reds md. Don't you just love topics where that chapter of history is closed and complete and you don't have to deal with current opinions, subjectivity and regular mindless vandalism ! -Sticks66 14:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox Logos and Captions[edit]

Nice work with tidying up the season pages over the past few weeks. But I must ask, why the need to reduce the image logo and remove the caption? I thought it looked fine as it was, but I won't revert it back for the time being. MDM (talk) 07:50, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Thanks. Yeah, as with everything I do it's aimed at the improvement of the articles. I could find no other sports league on wikipedia which had a similar caption below its logo, and this made sense to me, as anyone looking at a logo with "NSWRL" on it might be able to deduce that it is, in fact the logo of the NSWRL. Such a caption would be appropriate where the logo appears on the relevant area of a NSWRL history page, e.i. "Logo of the NSWRL from 19XX to 19XX." or the like, not on every season's infobox. Also I thought 150px was tad too large, so reduced them a tad. I felt that they kinda dominated the page too much. I use that Wikipedia image there in the top left corner as a guide. I don't think they should be bigger than that, otherwise its overkill. I believe sometimes less is more. Some of the things I see going on in rugby league articles make it painfully obvious that editors are trying their best to add more content without regard for articles' quality by academic writing standards. In my eyes it makes for less classy encyclopedia content.--Jeff79 (talk) 04:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just on the season infoboxes, I really hate that gap created by having the '(s)' in 'Top points scorer(s)' forced onto its own line. Rather than make the infobox any wider, how about we change it to 'Top try-scorer(s)' and 'Top point-scorer(s)' (which I personally prefer anyway). Someone was adamant that it should be 'try scorer' and 'points scorer' in a previous discussion. I can't remember if that was you or not. But surely removing that stupid space is the lesser of two evils.--Jeff79 (talk) 07:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh you don't see it? I get it at home (where I use vista and the latest Internet Explorer) and here at work (where I use XP and an older IE version). I assumed everyone saw the same thing. Wierd. For me it's like this:

Top points scorer So-and-so (X points) (s) Top try scorer(s) Whatshisname (X tries)

Maybe I should start a discussion on the template talk page just asking around to see what others get.--Jeff79 (talk) 09:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NRL squads[edit]

I don't understand the benefits of the changes to the squads navboxes, I see the usefulness of having the coach on his own line, but beyond that and from a structural point of view it seems weaker to me.Londo 06 01:04, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried that one and it brought up numbers, which for NRL clubs is an alien concept. Someone needs to look into the coding to give us a standard.Londo 06 12:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wests[edit]

NRL squad navbox. You appear to have added the names back in as full. I think the established standard has them as surnames only. Alexsanderson83 (talk) 02:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Template:Central Cheetahs[edit]

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Glebe Dirty Reds[edit]

I've reviewed the article that you nominated against the GA criteria, and unfortunately it did not meet them all at this stage. I've left some comments on the article's talk page which I hope will be of use in improving the article. AlexJ (talk) 21:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday[edit]

Happy Birthday

from the Birthday Committee

Wishing MDM a very happy birthday on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

Don't forget to save us all a piece of cake!

--Nadir D Steinmetz 18:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday, MDM, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

NHRHS2010 | Talk to me 23:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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colours reply[edit]

I changed most of the ones with white in the middle, because white is none of those teams main colours. I was going to change the Roosters ones as well, but I coudn't determine if red or blue was the more dominant colour so I left it as it is. I also didn't change Melbourne because both their non-white colours looked the same next to each other. The Windler talk 10:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For a SVG program - try Inkscape which is what I use (on Windows). While I can't create anything that some people make, it is easy to change colours.

According to the Inkscape article, it will work on "Mac OS X (under X11)". You can download it here

Hope that helps. The Windler talk 08:33, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage[edit]

Do you mind if I use the design (some aspects) of your user page, on my own. Thanks. The Windler talk 08:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

jerseys[edit]

Yeah, sure, I worry about the new jersey's first and then the dimensions of the original two. When I upload them they will be on my gallery (I'm not posting them on the projects talk page any more). They should be done by the end of the day, but I'll alert you anyway.

Thanks for the barnstar, and I've been updating List of National Rugby League golden point games, which you made a FL, but to keep it accurate, I have been updating. Though, I though you might have, seeing you did a great job. The Windler talk 00:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, is there a year the jersey was first used for the "war" and "blue heritage" jersey and when they were first used. To go with my theme of having the year the jersey's were first used in the image title. They don't have to be correct, just estimates. Alot of the years on my gallery are estimates, not real, especially for jersey's 1908-1970. The two original Roosters ones aren't, it is very famous and said in the book I'm using for all these jersey's.

Also, is the blue jersey, exactly the same as the foundation jersey except with blue backdrop (instead of red) and the blue stripes replaced with red. The Windler talk 00:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've done them all, uploaded new versions of the original two, and the war one (those three are on the Sydney Roosters article). The heritage jersey, once I'm given a year (I researched a little, and can't seem to find one, which is making me believe it is an "away" jersey, but...) I'll upload it. The Windler talk 01:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've uploaded it as here Image:Eastern Suburbs home jersey 19??.svg (how original). I don't know what use you want to put to it so it's all yours. The Windler talk

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Usage of User:MDM/Sandbox3[edit]

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Hunter Mariners[edit]

Thanks for your input in the article, and in particular the players table. It has passed GA status. Thankyou. The Windler talk 10:01, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

colours[edit]

I thought it was one of the things we had previously agreed upon. I will finish off the Roosters and leave it there for the day.Londo 06 09:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glebe GAN[edit]

To be honest, I've only just found the policy about non-breaking spaces myself. I always knew it was right, but just didn't know where it was!! I'll take another look shortly at the GAN. Peanut4 (talk) 20:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Club / Representative details[edit]

Yep, that's what I meant. Y'know, the word 'details' could have stayed in the sub-headings if the main headings were changed to "Playing Career" and "Coaching Career". I just thought having 'details' listed under 'information' was wrong. But either way. Looks good enough now I suppose.--Jeff79 (talk) 13:35, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tildes v text[edit]

Hi M - just wondering why you are changing the time/date stamp tildes to text in the update field of the infobox? It's far quicker, more accurate etc to enter the tildes and makes it a better time reference for before/after game updates. Is there a reason? Cheers, •Florrie•leave a note• 09:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I must say that the 1 September 2008 is much better than 11:23, 1 September 2008 (UTC). I prefer writing the date out. I used to do the date after the game so there was no confusion. If you don't like writing out the date try {{subst:today}} will simply make: 1 September 2008. The Windler talk 11:23, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll stick to the tildes in that case, it's what it's designed for, after all and I do prefer the accuracy. I just couldn't work out why it was worth time/effort to somebody to follow along and change it. There's enough editing to be done without that. Cheers, •Florrie•leave a note• 13:18, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I've been offline for a bit anyway. All that preferences stuff with dates is now 'deprecated' and discouraged rather than encouraged. So, unless the wikilinking of a date has a direct relevance to an article about that date, it doesn't need to be done. See MOS:UNLINKDATES. Cheers, •Florrie•leave a note• 08:20, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Junior reps in infobox[edit]

(cross-posted to Joel and M) What's the go with the Australian Schoolboys in the infoboxes? I thought we had agreed to not have junior and/or lower level rep sides in the infobox? Or has the Project changed it's stance? I'm a touch annoyed with all this to-ing and fro-ing edit/revert business over stuff I thought had been decided. Please let me know if it is definitely in or out. Cheers, •Florrie•leave a note• 02:24, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, he was there. [1] That vote on coaching information clearly spelled out (to me, at least) the stance on playing information. The same rules for inclusion of playing data should apply. This means coaching of junior representative teams such as Australian Schoolboys and non-top-level teams such as those in the Queensland Cup should be in the body text only. And yet, here we are again... •Florrie•leave a note• 13:43, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Names for clubs[edit]

If you wouldn't mind. Could you create a list of NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL clubs and what they should be referred to in the infobox at certain times. And I'm also not sure about including mascots for early players. It would be appreciated. You don't have to of course. The Windler talk 20:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NSWRL_1908_cropped.png[edit]

I notice that you put Western Suburbs out very far... well west. Originally the magpies were based at Ashfield(which is east of cumberland and parramatta, even Homebush). They remained at Ashfield for over 60 years moving to Lidcombe in the seventies and than finally west to campbelltown in the eighties. You need to fix the location, but it is already very cluttered where wests would go, so, lol, good luck. --58.172.251.46 (talk) 12:17, 23 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.172.251.46 (talk)

List of New Zealand Warriors players[edit]

Hey. Re: you adding statistics to the list, I have two questions/queries: 1) Is there a way to get the T,G,FG & P categories to sort properly? 2) Unless someone is dedicated to updating them every round then I'm concerned they will become out of date and only some players will get updated. Mattlore (talk) 22:35, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for that, I might add players as they make there debut but leave the stats blank. Also will probably re-add the data that got lost in the transfer (date of debut, previous club, next club) at some point in the future. Mattlore (talk) 20:06, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think listing clubs, especially previous clubs, is an important part of the list as it allows you to see who has come from domestic league, Australia etc and year-by-year trends. Mattlore (talk) 21:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Off again[edit]

Quick note to let you all know I am off again. I simply cannot cope with morons and destructive editing, there are more important things in life. We're opening our shop next week anyway, so I need to put away the distractions. If one of you would mind finishing off Allan McMahon's infobox I would appreciate it. I only got as far as coaching. Hope to be back eventually. Cheers! •Florrie•leave a note• 13:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am also now resting from the WikiProject. Though not stopping editing RL and other articles. I will watch over th eproject to make sure there are no modifications to any thing I have spent countless times trying to defend, but other than that am not going to dab in the project until next year. The three mini-projects I aim to have done by then are 1) Complete the list of "new=yes" removals, 2) Complete Justin Hodges, South Queensland Crushers, WA Reds and Northern Eagles to good articles and 3) Add a sentence or two to the Australian Schoolboys players to represent the material I've just mostly removed. Any help in (especially #1) would be appeciated and good luck and hope to see you back.

Also, on your user page, is there an english version of your language templates. I'm interested in such things but unfortentuly (and they are poorly thought out) they put it in the language you speak. How are non- speakers going to know wht language you speak? The Windler talk 08:26, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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2002 Grand Final[edit]

Dude, someone's gone and butchered your writeup of the 2002 Grand Final. Dunno if you've noticed that or approve of it. I certainly don't. I think the way it was before was really good.--Jeff79 (talk) 09:20, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Birthday![edit]

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Brian Canavan[edit]

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GA reassessment of Melbourne Storm[edit]

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super rugby[edit]

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Happy Birthday[edit]

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Sydney meetup[edit]

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Happy Birthday (2012)[edit]

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Indian Collaboration of the Month[edit]

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Quixotic plea[edit]

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"One-day Internationals in Australia in 2006-07" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Smiley Award[edit]

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