User talk:AaronY

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1. August 2006 – February 2007
2. March 2007
3. March 2007 – April 2007

adminship

I see you weren't interested in adminship a few weeks ago, but I really think you should give it a try, we need more admins who don't hate sports articles! Considering your FA and your history so far, I think you'd do quite well at RFA. Adminship really isn't as big a deal as many people think... I personally believe all responsible editors should have the tools ASAP. I'd be happy to write up a nomination if you're interested. --W.marsh 15:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

TyrusThomas4lyf

Can you please talk to that user? he's been messing around with every single thing that includes Kobe Bryant; and can you tell me how do I report a user? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Immortal23 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for the reply. Yes he's a Jordan glorifier, Love Jordan to death but can you warn him to not change the comments on the "List of National Basketball Association players with 60 or more points in a game"? He keeps adding meaningless info about how "Toronto had the second worst defense in the league", and then adds to the Jordans 63 point game that "The 1986 Boston Celtics are widely regarded as one of the greatest teams of all-time. Top 10 Teams in NBA History" link- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_players_with_60_or_more_points_in_a_game

thanks in advanced.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Immortal23 (talk • contribs)

Micheal Jordan nickname

Hi, I was wondering if you had any additional thoughts on the discussion about adding MJ as a nickname for Micheal Jordan on the Michael Jordan talk page. You seemed to have stopped commenting, and I was wondering if that meant you no longer oppose the addition. - Ektar 17:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I definitely don't think 2-1 is good enough to be a consensus, so if it's cool with you, I'll do a request for comment. -Ektar 18:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Pic placement

Thanks for your comment to Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style#Pic_placement. I used one of your points to improve the guidelines, and followed up there with the other point (which I didn't quite follow). Eubulides 22:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Rock Springs Massacre

Hi there. I was wondering if you might lend some outside eyes to Rock Springs Massacre. I have undertaken a major overhaul project since it was promoted to GA and I hope to nominate for FA soon. Right now it just needs some outside perspective and copy editing. I have sort of charted my progress on the talk page, if you want to check out what I have written/thought there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you don't have the time or whatever that's cool. Thanks. IvoShandor 12:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I just bypassed peer review because I have a few posted now and they are quite stale, if you want just put a section on the talk page with some comments or whatever. Thanks again. IvoShandor 12:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

		The Commons Ambassador Barnstar
		Thank you for finding the pic for Bill Paxon. I happened upon your page at Wikimedia Commons and your work there is esteemable, so in recognition, I award you with this Commons Ambassador award. Howard Cleeves 23:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Quadzilla99 23:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Derry City FAC

I posed some questions beneath your original comment on the FAC page. Possibly you could have a look at them? Thanks. Danny Invincible^Talk|Edits 02:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

TyrusThomas4lyf

Thanks for the heads-up regarding Wikipedia:Requests for comment/TyrusThomas4lyf. I'll contribute more content this evening. Myasuda 13:42, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for setting the wheels in motion . . . of course, he was the one that kept them running. :) Myasuda 01:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Toronto Raptors

Hi there! The FA nomination has actually been re-set, kindly re-cast your vote at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Toronto Raptors. Thank you. (p.s. thanks for reviewing some of the flickr stuff I uploaded) Chensiyuan 04:32, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

RE: Retired NFL players

Thanks for the heads up on the consensus on NFL retired players. I didn't really follow the discussion as closely as I should have. Thanks! RyguyMN 14:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks a lot for your barnstar! Cheers!--Yannismarou 18:17, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

About external links

Hi Quadzilla99.

I'm reading the external links guideline and I think than the site I link have a valuable information. I don't see the difference with the other external links you don't delete.

I accept your decission, but I think that are interesting links. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.129.138.192 (talk) 21:03, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

Image:Lighthouse sky.jpg

I came across this image while looking at the requirements for Featured Pictures and saw that it had no source information at all, a history search showed that someone had deleted the entire summary and undoing it saw that you had labeled it as replaceable, due to that the "links were dead". I searched more in the history and discovered a one-off vandal AkvinRox (talk · contribs) was the person who changed the source to a myspace page and a google search for David Hasselhoff (as well as an image of Hasselhoff before that). The actual source is a flickr page which I have fixed the link to. –– Lid^(Talk) 09:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Nice work! Quadzilla99 09:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

U of I telescope thingy

Thanks for the compliments and boldness, the only reason I listed it is because the reviewer never posted what they said they would, I just wanted to make sure. Have you dropped by Rock Springs Massacre lately? It's getting closer I think. IvoShandor 16:43, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

No hurry, of course, just wondering, I have quite a few open questions and the like on the talk page, I updated the "to do" list and such incorporating concerns of others and myself, I addressed the preliminary look you had at it btw, thanks, and whenever you have time, of course. IvoShandor 16:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you.

Thanks. I try. --Maxamegalon2000 19:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey Quadzilla - thanks for the Barnstar. Nice photos on your User page, and great contributions! Dave --David Shankbone 13:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure no problem. Of course unlike you I didn't take any of those, I just uploaded them off of flickr so you're the one to be lauded. Quadzilla99 18:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

• Workhorse stuff is as laudatory as original work, in my opinion. --David Shankbone 11:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
  • You're too kind, thanks. Quadzilla99 11:59, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Jim Thorpe

Are you sure? It seemed awfully close based on the work you had done. I didn't want to add a Remove if you think there's any chance it can be salvaged. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:47, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Phil Simms

You're welcome. Don't feel bad about your initial reaction. It was justified. I overextend myself on here because I want to do everything, but I don't have time. And I don't totally understand it all, so this is a learning process for me. In hindsight, I shouldn't have even nominated it for delisting. I should have just posted the review and noted that if changes weren't made I may then nominate it. But I learn something new with each review and most seem to appreciate my thoroughness. I'm now on my second requested review, so I must be doing something right. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback. Let me know if you want me to review any other articles in the future. Regards, LaraLove^Talk/_Contribs 03:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Elvis Presley

Hi, I've noticed you've offered comments on the Elvis Presley article. I would welcome any help in format and structure of the article - including where the article is excessively long and what solutions you may suggest overall. My hope is to have a wiki-standard article worthy of 'good' then 'featured' status - and am working to that end. If you know of any editors who might work biographies or who are good at summarizing content or format - let me know so that I could solicite their help in improving the quality of the article. Thanks. --Northmeister 14:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Infobox

Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League#Template:Infobox_NFL_season. It was made that way because of movements between cities and teams that suspended seasons. --Pinkkeith 22:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Sivaji: The Boss

Hey can you read and hopefully up-grade the Sivaji: The Boss article to a GA. Many Thanks. Universal Hero 10:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

{{More sources}} or {{Refimprove}}

Re: Template talk:Unreferenced - use {{More sources}} or {{Refimprove}}, currently I prefer {{Refimprove}} is at has "adequately" in it. Jeepday (talk) 14:53, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

I understand all that I preferred the old version though as it was much simpler. Quadzilla99 14:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Ping

Replied on my talk page. --Cyde Weys 20:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

D-Wade

The article says he was born in Chicago and grew up in Robbins. I'm not sure if he was born in Chicago or not, but I'm sure he was raised in Robbins. Chicagoedits 18:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Minority Report

No worries. You edits have always seemed fine to me, but I don't think we want to base part of the article on student papers. If you can find real references, great! GlassFET 19:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Banners

I reverted the change to the Jordan talk page I already discussed this with Satyr when she/he added it. I also brought up the issue of the banner formats at the Village Pump where no consensus was reached see here. Previously Satyr and myself decided to leave out the shell format as it cluttered the page, this was also decided at Talk:Barack Obama and other talk pages. Quadzilla99 14:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

My apologies. I was not aware that SatyrN had already attempted to change the talk page and an agreement was reached to change it back – it had not been removed from Template:WikiProjectBannerShell/Cleanup project. I have added a comment to the relevant talk page to ensure that no other participants in the cleanup project will change it, though that should not be a problem – I removed it myself from the to-do list.

Cheers. — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 15:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, it's kind of getting confusing per all the different options out there. Unfortunately we haven't been able to reach consensus as-of-yet if we ever will. Quadzilla99 15:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I still think the reduction of WikiProject banner clutter is critical. Personally, I prefer {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} to {{WikiProjectBanners}} and will continue working on the cleanup project. Most of the pages on that list have no container template at all; however, some have already gotten to them and transcluded {{WikiProjectBanners}}. I think I'll just leave those alone or strike them from the list; no conversion is necessary, though I do think it'd be helpful, and regular editors of the article can switch to {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} if they too like it better. Would that suit you as a temporary solution until consensus is established (if, as you say, it's established at all)? — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 16:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Well it's not really up to me, as you can see from the disussion above I brought up at the Pump and no consensus was reached. It's really a grey area, of course I'd like it if the banners were kept but obviously that's my personal preference. Quadzilla99 16:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

You'd prefer that they not have a container at all, not even {{WikiProjectBanners}}? — Madman bum and angel (talk – desk) 16:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Marcus Jordan transferring to Whitney Young?

Has this been confirmed? I don't have access to the rivals.com article, but I was under the impression that this was just a rumor. Whitney Young is a public school, so Marcus would have to move to Chicago to attend. I'm just curious what that rivals.com article says, because I want to make sure the article isn't reporting rumors as facts. Zagalejo 16:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

2003 NBA finals

Hi, assuming you know about this subject, please would you check this edit, as other edits today by the same anon IP user were vandalism. Fayenatic london (talk) 18:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

ET FAC

I personally feel the FAC is the best place to list concerns, so please do so. Also, did you check the article first or have you been following someone else's opinion? Alientraveller 07:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, of course I did. Quadzilla99 11:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Cool, so what exactly are your concerns? My primary talent is finding citations and including content that is factually accurate: if you wish to really help, then give me a dollop of notes. A mere oppose vote won't do. Alientraveller 15:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Hap Moran

readded {{ChicagoWikiProject}} tag as a former Chicago Cardinals player. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Not worth an edit war but that's laughable; he played one season there. Quadzilla99 17:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Pixelate

So that's what you call it :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

That was so very kind of you; thanks :-) (I love coming to your user page and seeing that refreshing picture !) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Help needed

Hey, I noticed you are a frequent contributor to WP:GA/R. There are a few discussion threads that are floundering and need additional comments from other editors. I would like to act on these soon, as they have been up for discussion for several weeks, but so few people have commented that I can't even archive as "no consensus" since we have a near null-set of comments. If you have the time, could you take a peek at the following articles and make any comments at WP:GA/R as you see fit? The articles needing additional comment are: Jeremy Clarkson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Anaximander, and Syncaris pacifica. Thanks in advance for your help with this! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 18:36, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Li'l Bs

Thanks for the suggestion. That opening line in all of them was actually supplied by CanadianCeasar, who was kind enough to get the ball rolling on the leads. Your proposed revision seems just right. I'm glad Jim Thorpe's FAR worked out—as you probably gathered, I got preoccupied with FBO. Best, Dan.—DCGeist 01:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

It happened

Tyrus was blocked for another two weeks. I don't understand why he just doesn't tone down the attitude. He makes solid contributions when he's not looking to engage in edit warring. Zodiiak^{Dial Z} 03:36, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

1986 New York Giants season

On 21 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1986 New York Giants season, 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.

--Aquarius • talk 01:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

The Miracle at the Meadowlands

Thanks for the compliment! I started it last January when it was just a redirect to NFL lore, taking the name given to it by Eagles fans (it returned more Google hits than "The Fumble"+Giants did). I didn't expect it to get so long, but I did feel it should set the record straight about that play (like New Coke, the first GA I was responsible for). So many people over the years have blamed Pisarcik, and while he did make the fumble neither he nor the players on the field wanted to make that call, but Gibson had the power and he had no choice. And while Gibson deserved his de facto lifetime ban from the sport for that, he was an old-school guy. One of the last. In fact, part of the story in that article is that the old, Lombardi-era NFL is what finally died on the Giants Stadium turf as Herman Edwards ran the touchdown in.

I also wanted to show what Gregg Easterbrook had noted ... that it was the play that finally forced the Giants to change, and ultimately led to Parcells being hired. (More on this below).

I did research and kept finding more usable stuff. I went to the library to get the Times articles (looking at them on microfiche gives you a sense of how the paper played the stories (back when the Times had a really weak sports section). They were interesting because they gave a lot of forgotten background about the frustration the offensive players had with the coaching staff before that game. I saved the printouts and the web-page printouts in a file folder; I could probably PDF it if you'd like to see it. The article grew and grew as I traced the historical currents that started before and passed through that play, ultimately to 1996. Perhaps it would be the basis of a great book.

I'll admit that from the first I had thoughts that this could be a future featured article. With all the references put in now (something I could do over the course of this week, I suppose), and peer-reviewed, it's a GA as is. Still, my ultimate plan is to get more material for it. It has some subtle biases.

For instance, right now, due to the comparative ease of searching the New York Times online archives, that paper's media coverage drives the article. Yet, as solid as it is, back then the Times had a relatively weak sports section and was not where serious New York sports fans went for their coverage. We should have what the Post and Daily News said as well ... particularly their columnists, who could be pretty outspoken.

More importantly, I couldn't get into the Philadelphia papers at all. What were the Inquirer, Bulletin and Daily News saying about the team that week. How did they report the aftermath? It was naturally a very different perspective, yet because I couldn't get it we don't have it.

I mean, I'd love to have the images of whatever headline the News or Post had on their back page (it had to be great), with any corresponding image from the Philly papers. I'd also love to have a step-by-step diagram of how the play happened. It should also have a radio-call transcript like so many other "great moments in sports" articles (Music City Miracle, Holy Roller). Without these things I wouldn't submit it for an FA. I should list them on the talk page.

I'm flattered to be asked to join your project, but given all the projects I'm in right now I'm not quite sure yet. Then again, I don't really see myself doing too much beside this article (my involvement in the soft drinks project is largely limited to the New Coke article), so I could. Of course, I'm some years removed from serious Giants fandom (I had sort of given up following the team in 1978, when I was in fourth grade, because I'd tried in 1977 and it just wasn't as rewarding as following the Yankees was at the time :-). So I don't have first hand memories of watching that play, but many people I know do, and like the guy on the talk page they say the same thing ... they were absolutely stunned into silence).

What I could do besides this is 1983 New York Giants season ... I remember that year very well as I had finally started playing football myself. You can't truly appreciate the 1986 season (the one you got your DYK on), without understanding that one, when they went 3-12-1 in Parcells' first year as head coach. A lot of history has been memory-holed here as well ... since Tuna walks on water today as some people said he would even back then, people forget just how much fan and media abuse he took that first season (he came very close to being fired and replaced by Howard Schnellenberger afterwards). And it really wasn't mostly his fault. He was sick for some of that year, his mother died midseason, as did Robert Ledbetter (the running backs' coach). He'd had to suddenly take over between seasons when Ray Perkins left to fill Bear Bryant's shoes, and he took over a team that had been one (or two) questionable fumble calls or non-calls from making the playoffs during the strike year before. Then the Giants' had injury problems like you wouldn't believe ... Harry Carson was out for much of the season, so LT (supposedly so disgruntled he was going to go to the USFL afterwards) had to play inside backer. Then Phil Simms, who Parcells had passed over in favor of Scott Brunner (and boy was he hated that year! I thought by the time December rolled around he might as well have legally changed his name to Scott Brunner-YouSuck. There were people who celebrated mightily when he got traded to Denver after the season), finally goes in to tremendous applause (against the Eagles, yet!) rallies the team but then breaks his hand and fingers horribly against Dennis Harrison's helmet (Another freakish occurrence for the article, perhaps?).

But it worked out ... they took Carl Banks with that year's third overall pick, and he worked out much better for the Giants then either Mike Rozier or Dean Steinkuhler, stars for that year's powerhouse Nebraska team that rolled over everyone till Miami upset them at the Orange Bowl, did for the teams that picked them first. See what an interesting article this would make? Daniel Case 02:51, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Leonard Marshall GA on hold

 GA on hold — Notes left on talk page. --Nehrams2020 06:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Well deserved and thanks

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For your tireless efforts and great dedication in improving Wikipedia sports articles and for your kind guidance, patience and help improving the Mike Tyson article to GA status. I hereby award thee with the mighty Running Man Barnstar! Eqdoktor 15:37, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, although that's really overstating my contributions to that article. All I did was give it a thorough review—you did almost all the hard work to make it a GA. Pretty impressive considering how it looked a couple of months ago before you started in on it.Quadzilla99 16:21, 21 May 2007 (UTC)