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Maher albums

I am nominating his first three albums for deletion, so go to Matt Maher's albums deletion debates to discuss.HotHat (talk) 07:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Football FAC

Noted that the FAC on football closed. If you nominate again, drop me a message on my talkpage.

Peter Isotalo 13:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Sure thing! I'll be working to clean it up over the next few weeks and I'll be sure to let you know when it is back up. Toa Nidhiki05 17:22, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

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A recent edit to Concussions in American Football

Hey Toa, Long time no chat! I hope you're doing well. I was wondering if you saw a recent, rather weird edit to the Concussions in American football article (here's a diff). The information itself doesn't necessarily seem problematic, but I can't find the "unpublished dissertation" referenced therein, and the formatting and presentation are just plain weird. Any thoughts about what to do here? Should we just roll the edit back, or try and clean it up? Cheers! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 17:46, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Nice to hear from you again! No, I hadn't noticed that edit... That's a tricky format. Apparently unpublished dissertations can be cited under MLA format so there is a degree of legitimacy. I think we need to reformat it and fix the citation format. Toa Nidhiki05 01:30, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
Hey again, Toa. I touched base with the NFLPA, and since there isn't necessarily problematic information or anything in here, they agree with your assessment—it's mostly just a copy edit that we need, as well as cleaning up the sourcing. I've drafted a cleaned up version, which you'll find below. I can't find the full text of the dissertation to fact-check, so this is really just a copy edit, and not informational at all.
Suggested revision
A 2004 doctoral dissertation by Don Brady examined NFL Players’ knowledge of concussions, studying both active and retired National Football League Players' knowledge of concussions. Dr. Brady's findings included that many NFL players lacked accurate and essential knowledge pertaining to various aspects of a concussion, that the preponderance of credible experimental and clinical evidence pertaining to the adverse effects of concussion indicates that the brain is injured as a result of a concussion, and that sports team health-care personnel need to focus primarily on the athletes’ health and well-being, and not minimize an injury or primarily concentrate on the players’ capacity to perform on the field.[1]

References

  1. ^ Brady, Don (2004). A Preliminary Investigation of Active and Retired NFL Players’ Knowledge of Concussions (Ph.D.). The Union Institute and University.
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A 2004 doctoral dissertation by Don Brady examined NFL Players’ knowledge of concussions, studying both active and retired National Football League Players' knowledge of concussions. Dr. Brady's findings included that many NFL players lacked accurate and essential knowledge pertaining to various aspects of a concussion, that the preponderance of credible experimental and clinical evidence pertaining to the adverse effects of concussion indicates that the brain is injured as a result of a concussion, and that sports team health-care personnel need to focus primarily on the athletes’ health and well-being, and not minimize an injury or primarily concentrate on the players’ capacity to perform on the field.<ref name=Brady04>{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |first=Don |last=Brady |title=A Preliminary Investigation of Active and Retired NFL Players’ Knowledge of Concussions |publisher=The Union Institute and University |year=2004}}</ref>
If this looks good, do you think you could replace the edit in the article with this language? Cheers! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 13:14, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

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Deletion debates

I just nominated four MercyMe albums, one David Crowder Band album, and one Chris Tomlin album for deletion. These are the independent ones with little to no coverage.HotHat (talk) 05:53, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Health issues in American football

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Health issues in American football 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 Wizardman -- Wizardman (talk) 18:40, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014 June newsletter

After an extremely close race, Round 3 is over. 244 points secured a place in Round 4, which is comparable to previous years- 321 was required in 2013, while 243 points were needed in 2012. Pool C's Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) was the round's highest scorer, mostly due to a 32 featured pictures, including both scans and photographs. Also from Pool C, Scotland Casliber (submissions) finished second overall, claiming three featured articles, including the high-importance Grus (constellation). Third place was Pool B's , whose contributions included featured articles Russian battleship Poltava (1894) and Russian battleship Peresvet. Pool C saw the highest number of participants advance, with six out of eight making it to the next round.

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Your GA nomination of Health issues in American football

The article Health issues in American football you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Health issues in American football 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 Wizardman -- Wizardman (talk) 02:42, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi congratulations on the GA. I have nominated it for DYK here (apologies if you were intending to). Thanks, Matty.007 11:22, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
(I credited ChrisPond as well, as you credited him on your userpage). Thanks, Matty.007 11:23, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Last note, I promise: please feel free to suggeset alternative hooks. Thanks, Matty.007 11:31, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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TFA requests

Re 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game, which you (or someone else) listed at WP:TFARP as a possible TFA for 1st September – just to let you know that suggestions can now be made at the TFA requests page for September, so feel free to nominate the article. If you've not visited for a while, you'll see that there is no longer a points system, which hopefully makes things a little easier to follow. Thanks, BencherliteTalk 10:25, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

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Sorry

I just thought since that's how most of the other pages are done, that the Carolina Panthers one should be done the same. It was my mistake. Spiderlaxboy18 (talk) 16:18, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Health issues in American football has been nominated for Did You Know

DYK for Health issues in American football

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:27, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Neat! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 22:36, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

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Please check FA

See comment at Talk:2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game. Problem with score. Tigerboy1966  10:53, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

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Precious

Christian sports
Thank you, Toa, "more than happy to give advice on music articles", for quality articles such as 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game and Carolina Panthers, lists such as List of number-one Billboard Christian Songs of the 2000s, for updates reflecting sources and reducing rants, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Thanks. :) Toa Nidhiki05 10:44, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

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GA Cup -Round 1 Newsletter

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1

As we move into the middle of Round 1, we wanted to report some of the lessons we've learned thus far, as well as announce a major rule change going into Round 2, which begins November 1. Remember, sign-ups for this year's Cup ends on September 15.

Thus far, we're very happy with the results of the competition. One of our major goals, reducing the long backlog at GAN, is well on the way to being accomplished, mostly due to the enthusiastic efforts of Jonas Vinther, who has earned over 250 points. Over 80 reviews have been made thus far. Thank you all for your efforts and for your part in making the GA Cup a success.

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  • Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification.

What this means is that you must provide some feedback to the article's nominator, and must wait for him or her to respond before passing the article. If the nominator has not responded in the standard 7 days, you can fail the article. We're instituting this rule change to prevent the possibility of competitors passing articles for the sake of passing articles (or failing them) and to gain more points. We believe that the change will make it more fair to all competitors in the GA Cup.

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GA Cup Newsletter Correction

Hi everyone,

It was brought to the attention of the judges that there was an error in the newsletter sent out earlier today.

Sign-ups for the GA Cup will close on October 15, 2014, not September 15, 2014 (as mentioned in the newsletter).

Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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History section on tied games

Hey, I just wanted to inform you that as a list, it isn't appropriate for the 'List of NFL tied games' article to have a history section. Lists just have a lede and the listed items. Toa Nidhiki05

01:45, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with the revert itself, per say, but that was the least of that article's problems. There are very bad statements in the lead, as thoroughly discussed previously on the "Talk" page. They still have to be corrected and addressed. If you read the actual content, that's what I was doing. Do allow me to make the corrections properly, particularly since there will be increased traffic in the next 24 hours do to today's tie. Doctorindy↔Talk 01:55, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
What changes have been discussed thoroughly? The talk page is incredibly light. On the other hand the vast majority of the article went through extensive peer review to reach FL status. I completely understand this is a high-profile situation (this happened last year as well), but if you're going to make a major change please discuss it first. I'd rather not see it have to go through a review. Toa Nidhiki05 01:57, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Do you have a citation to support the claim that ties are sometimes played for to improve playoff standings? Toa Nidhiki05 02:08, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup - Round 1 Newsletter #2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 1

Hello GA Cup competitors!

The judges have learned a great deal in this first part of the competition, and we appreciate your patience with us as we've figured out what works and what doesn't work. As we reported in our last newsletter, an inadequacy in the scoring system has been illuminated in the past 15 days, which has resulted in a major change in the rules. It has also resulted in one withdrawal.

To ensure fairness, we've decided to further increase the number of participants moving onto Round 2. Everyone who has reviewed at least one article will automatically be moved forward, and will be placed in pools. You have until October 29 to take advantage of this opportunity. It is our hope that this will make up for the unforeseen glitch in our scoring system.

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Proposed deletion of Russ Lee

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Trey Burke/archive1

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GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2014-15 GA Cup - Round 2

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. Jaguar took out Round 1 with an amazing score of 238. In a tight race for second, Peacemaker67 and Ritchie333 finished second and third with 152 and 141 points, respectively.

Two users have scored the maximum five bonus points for article length (60,000 characters+). Anotherclown reviewed Spanish conquest of Yucatán (77,350 characters) and MrWooHoo reviewed Communist Party of China (76,740 characters). The longest review was by Bilorv who reviewed Caldas da Rainha. The review was approximately 22,400 characters which earned s/he two bonus points (20, 000 - 29, 999 characters).

In Round 1, 117 reviews were completed, making the first round of the GA Cup a success! A total of 86 articles were removed from the backlog during the month of October! We hope to see all remaining users fighting it out in Round 2 so we can lower the backlog as much as possible.

To qualify for the second round, one completed review was needed, which 28 users accomplished. Participants have been randomly put into 7 pools of 4; the top 2 in each pool will move onto Round 3. There will also be one wildcard. This means that the participant who comes in 15th place (all pools combined) will also move on. Round 2 will start on November 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on November 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here

Also, remember that a major rule change will go into affect starting on November 1, which marks the beginning of Round Two. Round 1 displayed a weakness in the rules, which we are correcting with this new rule. We believe that this change will make the competition more inherently fair. The new rule is: Your review must provide feedback/suggestions for improvement, and then you must wait until the nominator has responded and all issues/suggestions have been resolved before you can pass the article. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification. The judges will strictly enforce this new rule.

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WikiCup award

Awarded to Toa Nidhiki05 for participating in the 2014 WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 21:36, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Scotland Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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