User talk:Red Director

Hello! I try to make every edit with good intentions. I have editing stretches where I modify a large volume of articles. If I need to change any aspect of how that is being done, any information is appreciated. Feel free to leave any message, suggestion, concern, and piece of advice below. I will try my best to respond on my talk page under your comment.

For anyone needing reference to a past conservation, please note the archives below:

Thanks man

You’re doing great things. Someone who doesn’t know Christ may be directed based on the words you write. 2601:441:8600:45B0:398B:A0B0:69B2:35CF (talk) 03:24, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 19:29, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

<<help>>> Engrmuzzamil (talk) 10:08, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am the daughter of ireneo legaspi

My dad die in 2004 or 2005 not 2006 and can someone send Me his old photo I always want to see him even if Im far I can prove that I am his child 2001:4454:1A9:8C00:44B5:4AC5:4E29:E36C (talk) 16:55, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 19:29, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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George Ridges

Hello,

I am a great great (I think that's correct) Grandson of George Ridges and I see you made an edit to a page for him a year ago.

I stumbled upon this page recently and am astounded there is a page about him! So thank you for creating and/or updating it. I am currently researching our family history and this is just amazing to find.

I don't understand how to make edits on Wikipedia but wondered if you could possibly upload a photo of George to the page for me?

Thank you 86.180.21.113 (talk) 16:42, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 22:38, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Oduya

Hello!

I'm leaving you a message to tell you that the references on Johnny Oduya's page should be updated. They are expired and they should be put in the Wayback Machine.

Thank you for answering me as soon as possible

--AQuebecBoy (talk) 23:04, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 23:12, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another dead link

Hello,

On the page of Brenden Morrow, the reference number 10 is now a dead link and I putted it on the oldest version I could find on the Wayback Machine but it was saying Page got moved.

Thanks for answering me fast!

--AQuebecBoy (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Will get back to you. Red Director (talk) 19:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link list?

Hello,

I found some more dead links but I could make you a list if you want of the dead link I founded on English Wikipedia page?

Thanks you for taking the time to read this,

Cordialy,

--AQuebecBoy (talk) 15:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Red Director (talk) 21:06, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of Dead links

Hello Red Direction,

Here’s a list of references that I founded that are expired on English Wikipedia,

The reference [5] on Adrian Aucoin page’s
The reference [3] on Kaspars Astašenko page’s
The reference [1] on Todd Warriner page’s
The reference [1] on Ron Duguay page’s (i putted it on the oldest verison on wayback machine but it still doesn’t work.)

I will get you some more when i’ll find some others.

Cordialy,

--AQuebecBoy (talk) 23:43, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will get back to you. Red Director (talk) 21:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I need an Article Written about a Person

I am in need of an article written about a public servant in my country. How do I contact you? What is the process? Iamthedarknigh (talk) 07:22, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page Red Director (talk) 18:29, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ron Goulart

Calling him just a "historian" would not give most people an accurate idea of what he actually did. He was a science-fiction writer and pop-culture chronicler... AnonMoos (talk) 04:18, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for all you do. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:19, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My Pleasure

You're more than welcome.Bringingthewood (talk) 04:36, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Red Director

Thank you for creating Maryanne Oketch.

User:North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Redirected to the 42nd series during NPP

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Red Director

Thank you for creating Maryanne Oketch.

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I originally redirected and was reverted. Based on discussion at my talk page, I'm marking it as reviewed. Happy editing!

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North8000 (talk) 17:58, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Get slapped

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Flannel23 (talk) 23:54, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lol that is funny. Sent you a response. Red Director (talk) 14:52, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Good Article Nomination

I think that the article for Lamar Jackson should be a good article, however, I did not do any of the citations, so I am asking you if the content if the article does not have original research. This is mandatory before I continue with the process of making it a good article, I just need you to verify that it is OK. Sportsfangnome (talk) 06:14, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Red Director (talk) 14:52, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Humorous new bible psalm

This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous.
Such material is not meant to be taken seriously.

Have you considered adding Austin 3:16 to your collection of psalms? Sportsfangnome (talk) 14:29, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In all seriousness here is an actual psalm used for our previous high school coach with cancer.

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20-21 Sportsfangnome (talk) 14:33, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. Red Director (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A free barnstar!

		The Original Barnstar
		Here is for you working here for 16 years! Sportsfangnome (talk) 14:48, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated. Red Director (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A Second Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you for helping me on the Lamar Jackson on the no original research part. Sportsfangnome (talk) 21:10, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Doubly appreciated Red Director (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I need your help again

It is me again, thought you could get rid of me? I need you to help me on this draft I made about football. Sportsfangnome (talk) 09:45, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sent a response. Red Director (talk) 14:54, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Expand Prefectural Governors' Names of Japan from the Years 1871 to 1912

Hello, Red Director, this is 121.100.19.195 asking you asking you to help expand the articles from the years by adding in the prefectural governor's name from Japan from the articles of the years 1871 to 1912 (look below to see the prefectural governors names, the years and the link to Japan's Past Prefectural Governors), if you can't talk to me talk to another user to help the user expand the articles from the years 1871 to 1912 by adding in the prefectural governors' names from Japan, please, thank you.121.100.19.195 (talk) 03:11, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

---Years in Japan--- 1871 in Japan 1872 in Japan 1873 in Japan 1874 in Japan 1876 in Japan 1877 in Japan 1879 in Japan 1882 in Japan 1884 in Japan 1885 in Japan 1886 in Japan 1887 in Japan 1890 in Japan 1891 in Japan 1892 in Japan 1893 in Japan 1894 in Japan 1895 in Japan 1896 in Japan 1897 in Japan 1898 in Japan 1899 in Japan 1900 in Japan 1901 in Japan 1902 in Japan 1903 in Japan 1904 in Japan 1905 in Japan 1906 in Japan 1907 in Japan 1908 in Japan 1909 in Japan 1910 in Japan 1911 in Japan 1912 in Japan

---Governors---

Aichi Prefecture: [[]]
Akita Prefecture: [[]]
Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
Hiroshima Prefecture: [[]]
Ibaraki Prefecture: [[]]
Iwate Prefecture: [[]]
Kagawa Prefecture: [[]]
Kanagawa Prefecture: [[]]
Kochi Prefecture: [[]]
Kyoto Prefecture: [[]]
Mie Prefecture: [[]]
Miyagi Prefecture: [[]]
Nagano Prefecture: [[]]
Niigata Prefecture: [[]]
Oita Prefecture: [[]]
Osaka Prefecture: [[]]
Saga Prefecture: [[]]
Saitama Prefecture: [[]]
Shiname Prefecture: [[]]
Tochigi Prefecture: [[]]
Tokushima Prefecture: [[]]
Tokyo: [[]]
Toyama Prefecture: [[]]
Yamagata Prefecture: [[]]
Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[]]

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Japan's Prefectural Governors 121.100.19.195 (talk) 03:10, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sent a reply Red Director (talk) 14:54, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My new subpage

This will be my 500th edit, so you better do what I am requesting... please.

User:Sportsfangnome/Rest in Peace

It is for the dead and I am asking you to put people that are dead who meet the rules, and pictures too, those are also fun. Sportsfangnome (talk) 12:24, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. Red Director (talk) 14:54, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cam Newton Good Article?

I was about to start work to improve Cam Newton to a good article but discovered that due to your incredible work, there is very little work necessary. I would love to see this article get recognized as a good article and was wondering if you have any plans to nominate it? If you need any help improving the article further don't hesitate to let me know. Newtothisedit (talk) 04:38, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will get back to you on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 12:52, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Roy Bennett

I was working on a Cryptoquote and found it was a quote from Roy T. Bennett. So I looked him up and came across Roy Bennett Former Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe

Main Results Description DescriptionRoy Leslie Bennett was a Zimbabwean politician and member of the British South Africa Police. He was also a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for the seat of Chimanimani, where he was affectionately known as Pachedu. Wikipedia

Books: The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life

That book reference is wrong. Roy (L.) Bennett, the Zimbabwean politician, did NOT author this book. It was Roy T. Bennett. I do not know how to make changes on Wikipedia and thought you could. Thank you. 2602:306:3A52:A8F0:21CE:13CB:229E:EACB (talk) 15:15, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 18:58, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year, Red Director!

Happy New Year!

Red Director,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year, Red Director!

Happy New Year!

Red Director,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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GGPoker Draft

Hello, I noticed that you've been a contributor to the WSOP article. Would you mine taking a look at the GGPoker draft? Full disclosure, I'm employed by GGPoker's parent company but I've been doing my absolute best to ensure that the article meets all of Wikipedia's standards and best practices, and if there are any issues I'd love some feedback on how to improve. Anyway, thanks for your time! Chris H (GGPoker) (talk) 05:53, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 16:34, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chet Yorton born June 1, 1939

My article: https://ocbonline.com/abouttheyorton.php 2600:8800:870F:2C00:91A5:52D9:B8F9:CAA1 (talk) 02:28, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"A List of States and Union Territories of India by urban population" listed at Redirects for discussion

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A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
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Carlos

Carlos 186.143.200.167 (talk) 14:34, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Carlos Alfredo cozzarin

Carlos Alfredo cozzarin 186.143.200.167 (talk) 14:36, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clément Piché

Clément Piché has been erroneously credited with an appearance in an NHL game for the Montreal Canadiens across multiple sites (including the Montreal Canadiens themselves). The historians at the Hockey Hall of Fame have addressed this in January 2021 where they found Le Canada, a Montreal daily newspaper that existed from April 1903 to November 1954, published the following: “A daily newspaper from yesterday announced that Piché had been sent on the ice in the game of two nights ago. That was an error, as Piché suffers from the flu and will not even be able to play Saturday night in Ottawa [the article was published on Friday]. The doctor recommended that he not go out this week and he will not be able to resume training before Sunday.” This article should be updated with the information. I have the pdf of the 2021 article but am not familiar enough on how to do the links and all. Xmcd (talk) 20:41, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 04:05, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

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Nomination of Adam Klein (Survivor contestant) for deletion

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George Ho (talk) 09:35, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Therichest.com as a source

Hi Red Director. I noticed that you used therichest.com as a reference for biographical information in Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Please note that the general consensus as expressed at WP:RSN is that it does not meet the reliable sourcing criteria for the inclusion of personal information in such articles. I've gone ahead and removed it. If you disagree, let's discuss it. You may want to check WP:RSP and WP:RSN to help determine if a source is reliable. Thanks.--Hipal (talk) 02:20, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Good catch! Red Director (talk) 02:24, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Ben Driebergen for deletion

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Z!t!@n «T@1k» 22:57, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for an article I've been drafting up

Hello, I noticed you worked on a few articles, making great additions; I would like to know if you would mind looking at an article I'm working on. Draft:James Naleski JoeK2033 (talk) 16:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 17:34, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:OABOT

Hello! I've noticed you're very active improving references with ProveIt. Have you tried the oabot tool? I'd love to hear about your experience doing some edits with it. There are new suggested edits in the queue. Nemo 21:10, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Nemo 21:15, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you for trying it! Indeed {{cite journal}} is a bit of its own monster. The tool doesn't substitute your judgement for that of whoever added the citations: confirming edits is mostly a matter of determining whether an URL correctly serves a PDF corresponding to the title cited. Nemo 06:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Note

Did you know you have the 16th most edits ever? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:20, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Surreal Barnstar
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"Lea Masters" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Been a while, but I found dead link

Hey,

It's been about a year last time I wrote you, but I found some other dead links.

Reference #173 and #180 in History of Florida Gators football. I will always be happy to help you find some (I should start to learn how to put dead links, since it works differently than on French Wikipedia)

Cordially

AQuebecBoy (talk) 15:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I wil respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 16:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Witch hunter Robin sub and Discord

Konohakumei (talk) 19:18, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Red Director!

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Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 15:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year 2024!

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Red Director: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks! Red Director (talk) 15:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year Red Director (talk · contribs)! Rlink2 (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	I typed "Fitztragic" in the search bar to see if anyone had done it, and alas, you had done it. lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:33, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Tom Brady High School Hall of Fame and Yearbook

Hi, I am new to Wikipedia. I saw you made some edits to Tom Brady's page.

I think it'd be great to add his High School Hall of Fame profile and his High School Yearbook.

Tom Brady Serra Hall of Fame Profile: https://site.rocketalumnisolutions.com/entry/62cb99c8ca5bcba342c21c32/63e43603db8bbe94276e52ea/63e54bbadb8bbe94276e5331

Tom Brady High School Yearbook (page 34): https://site.rocketalumnisolutions.com/entry/62cb99c8ca5bcba342c21c32/63e6a8955604edaaf3e12718/63fd273a10e0ba5b07150f5a Chase8420138538 (talk) 19:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dorothy "Dodo" Lees (20 April 1920 – 26 August 1991)

Hello, I’m researching forgotten women of Dorset and cam across your page. Do you know where Dodo was born in Dorset? Thanks Anya x 2A00:23C7:690:4901:B0DA:C182:AD35:4613 (talk) 13:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on your talk page Red Director (talk) 16:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a photo

Hello, I uploaded a photo of myself some time ago to the page about me - Richard Evans (Designer) - but it keeps getting deleted because you tell me I haven't stated the copyright. I have, countless times and am going round and round in circles trying to add the photo which Wikipedia keeps deleting. Help me please! I upload the photo again and again and you tell me it's the same file even though I've changed its name etc. I'm trying to co-operate with Wikipedia but you're not making it easy! Frank Torker (talk) 15:14, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 16:02, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Tega Wanogho

What part of MOS:NUM explains why the dates on his page have the number first and month second? Don't want to revert work for no good reason. Thank you. ParXivalRPT (talk) 21:01, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page Red Director (talk) 23:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request new page

Ramkripalyadvg Can you create a page and add it to Wikipedia You can get the material from here Draft:Ramkripalyadavge Muskang375 (talk) 03:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 15:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Red Director (talk) 15:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Task

Would it be simple for you to clean up the refs at User:WikiOriginal-9/List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers for me? You can probably do it faster than me. I've never used ReFill before. You don't have to if you don't want to though. Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:14, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually nevermind, don't worry about it. Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"I have a bad feeling about this" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Thank you

Thank you for your hard work cleaning up thousands of US city articles. Such a big job. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:18, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 14:44, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to nominate Red Director to be Editor of the Week. The veteran editor has been editing since 2006 and is one of the most prolific Wikipedians of all time. He has amassed over 1 million edits (#16 all time) in the nearly two decades since he registered his account, adding an untold number of references and making pages conform to style guidelines. I suspect you could go to any modern American football biography and you would be able to find Red Director somewhere in the edit history. Good luck trying to find a bare url on an NFL article. With Red Director around, they are as rare as gold as he is constantly chipping away at things and making the encyclopedia better at a pace and quality that few can match. Seconded by User:Hey man im josh

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Editing since 2006. One of the most prolific Wikipedians of all time having amassed over 1 million edits (#16 all time). Added an untold number of references so that pages conform to style guidelines. Any modern American football biography will have Red Director somewhere in the edit history. Bare url's on any NFL article are as rare as gold with Red Director constantly chipping away at things and making the encyclopedia better at a pace and quality that few can match.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well deserved!

Cheers to you, RD! (Yes, I'm holding my glass up high!) All the best. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Derrick Henry

The other edits that were made to Derrick Henry by Oompaloompa1971, WikiOriginalBot, and Sjw75 were all valid. 50.239.27.226 (talk) 16:32, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Victor Wembanyama also known as Laurant Ramon Hoffman

Hi I'm trying to gain insights to the work posted on this website as I currently produce a lot of different materials and I feel as if this wasn't being cited and or reflected properly. NowWorking (talk) 03:32, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, a little confused as to what you are asking or want me to do? Red Director (talk) 03:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join WikiProject National Football League

Hi, Red Director. You are cordially invited to join WikiProject National Football League, a project dedicated to improving articles in relation to the National Football League.
Please visit the project's talk page to see what areas/topics need help and to discuss any questions you may have. Thank you! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:06, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(I know I don't need to send this to you of all people, but I felt like doing it anyway, you don't have to put you name there if you don't want) ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:08, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation page Dinov

Red_Director - please see if we may need to update/remove the disambiguation page [1] for Dinov, as there are at least two subjects with this surname/last name, Todor_Dinov and Ivo_D._Dinov. Thanks. VodnaTopka (talk) 18:52, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry, I have been working on other projects here. @WikiOriginal-9, want to take a look at this as I can tell you do some great work on surnames? Red Director (talk) 20:51, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Mario party revolution" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Mario party revolution has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 10 § Mario party revolution until a consensus is reached. Mia Mahey (talk) 20:19, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. That looks to be a very old redirect so feel free to let it go if you cannot find verification. Red Director (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look

What do you think of the article I created on Cameron Echols-Luper? I think it looks pretty good. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great work IMO. Detailed information and references are there. Any drama out there with this one? Red Director (talk) 18:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I just wanted to show if off lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice lol. Good to take pride in some hard work. I was about to be furious if someone had nominated that for deletion while tens of thousands of sports stubs are laying here unlikely to ever to be touched. Red Director (talk) 18:51, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another one. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice article. Only improvements I could see are some minor reference fields being added, matched, or linked but those are not high priority. A+ on the initial review. My grading scale is unofficial and means nothing to anyone but me and those who choose to get validation from it lol. Red Director (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks. If you ever want to fix my refs, go ahead and feel free. I usually don't worry about ref formatting that much unless I'm submitting it for a Good Article review. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What’s happening new in Detroit and if a notable POC for information❓ Would like recent updates 2600:100C:B2A9:EE43:41D7:2190:CD49:949A (talk) 10:02, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Business Detroi❓

Lots of development happening in Detroit. What going on in Blossom❓ Who are the notable best POCs for all the new businesses 2600:100C:B2A9:EE43:41D7:2190:CD49:949A (talk) 10:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No idea brochaco Red Director (talk) 17:06, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I'm almost done with User:Tavix/List of NFL players but there are still some players missing. Do you have a good way of figuring out who is missing? I am not including 2024 players in the totals. I'll update those at the end of the season. For example, User:Tavix/List of NFL players (S) has 2588 out of 2589 players from PFR. It would be nice if I could figure out who is missing somehow without going through the whole list player by player again. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not the most perfect way, but I am a little tired and have to work tomorrow. I did a quick parse.

These are the URLs that appear on the "S" page on PFR that do not appear on Tavix's page. However, some are 2024 rookies. Hope this helps.

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Red Director (talk) 02:54, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, do you mind telling me how you did that? I'm gonna run it on the other letters too. Thanks a bunch. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. It is a bit of a difficult process if you are not used to Microsoft Excel, but I will go into detail. I used a Chrome Extension called Link Klipper or Linkclump (cannot remember off the top of my head) to pull the URLs off of PFR in order. It generates an Excel spreadsheet off of your choice. When you do that, you have to clear out all of the secondary links that do not have the needed URLs. For Tavix's page, I get rid of the headers in the source editor and paste everything into Excel on another column. You have to use the TEXTBEFORE or TEXTAFTER function in Excel to get rid of the clutter from PFR and the Wiki on excel to just get the URLs. Paste from the clipboard when finished to get the formulas out and static text into Excel. Paste the information from Column 2 into the bottom of Column 1 and do the Excel feature to highlight duplicate cells. That turns the duplicate cells red by default. Sort the column by color to make the white cells, which are unique, at the top or bottom to parse out. It is a bit of a process but it seems to work. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 13:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know of a way to fill out all the bare refs at User:Tavix/List of NFL players? I tried that Refill thing a little bit but it didn't come out quite right. Maybe I didn't do it right. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:49, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let me set a time together and I can go through all the letters with the previous method. It may be the weekend. Is that okay? Red Director (talk) 14:18, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Previous method? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Refill does add the player profile titles. That's the only thing that really needs added. The rest of the formatting can be done with "find and replace" since they are all the same. The only problem is that Refill is kinda slow for me on these huge pages. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 15:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I meant the method that I outlined above. If you are good with it, I can run that this weekend or a night this week. It will just take a while. Red Director (talk) 15:12, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you are saying in regard to the reFill tool. I just tried it as well and it is slow for me. I sadly do not think there is a faster way. Red Director (talk) 15:23, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How does the method above help with reference formatting? Just curious. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That above was just for parsing through data to find what sites on PFR were not on Tavix's page. Red Director (talk) 16:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I thought you said you were going to use it for reference formatting? The lists are done. I just need to format the bare urls. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good on that. I do not know a quicker way to fix the bare URLs so far. That does not mean the correct way does not exist. I will play around and see what I can find. Red Director (talk) 16:06, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm gonna try reFill again now but it's slow on the bigger pages. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:08, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I finished a small one: User:Tavix/List of NFL players (Y–Z). Hopefully, the big ones don't crash my computer. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I knocked out all of the small pages but I keep getting errors during the middle of the big pages, which stops the whole process. reFill only went partway through B and F before I received an error. I went ahead and saved what I had anyway but then when I used reFill on the lists the second time, it messed up the ones it already did :( ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this is my last message about this. I have decided to just do it section-by-section by pasting stuff over to my sandbox and running reFill over there, instead of trying to do the whole page at once. Thanks. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:06, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all! I have an idea where I can make refs through Excel using the PFR site data, but it would have to cross-checked to Tavix's page. There is no quick way to do this I fear, but I will keep thinking. Red Director (talk) 19:12, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it anymore. I'm doing it pretty quick by doing section-by-section. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Team lists

At PFR, scroll down to "Frivolities" and click on Players who played for multiple teams. If you enter the same team twice, it generates an all-time roster. For example, here is the list of Arizona Cardinals players. Click "All Players" at that link to see the list (2104 players). (Someone at PFR told me how to do this after I emailed them about all-time rosters.) There is also a "share & export" button for Excel and stuff.

So basically, I am wondering if there is a way to generate the team all-time rosters on-wiki based off of linking the PFR URLs up to the URLs at our master list (List of NFL players). NOT asking you to do anything, just brainstorming. I would like to accomplish this with as little manual input as possible. Doing this manually would take forever, lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm putting all the players in a master list right now. Then I'm going to put the article wikilinks in their own column in Excel. Then I will do your method above for the rest. Wish me luck. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I will look into the above later. Whatever we are trying to do is for the greater good so no worries about picking my brain. Red Director (talk) 18:29, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It won't let me save it. It said the page was too long. I didn't even know that was possible, lol. I'll have to try and save it offline. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:32, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah maybe at some point there is a maximum byte limit stored in the code. 256, 65536, 4294967296 etc.Red Director (talk) 18:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It actually did say what it was but I don't remember. It was 2600 kb or mb or something. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:59, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I created an NFL player "master list" txt file, and then pasted it into the first column of an Excel worksheet. I then "split" the column into two separate columns at the < symbol (from <ref>). I then used find and replace to delete all the extraneous text from the second column so now I just have Column A of already disambiguated article names and Column B of bare urls. I then saved my master Excel spreadsheet so I will not have to do the steps before this every time. Everything that follows below, I will have to do every time but it doesn't take that long.

Steps to generate an NFL all-time roster after you have already created the master Excel spreadsheet:

1. Open master Excel spreadsheet.
2. Use LinkClipper here to extract links to a txt file.
3. Open txt file and remove all non-relevant text.
4. Paste the txt file URLs under Column B in Excel.
5. Conditional Formatting --> Highlight Cells Rules --> Duplicate Values
6. Sort by color and remove white rows.
7. Paste the list of players on-wiki (Example: User:WikiOriginal-9/List of Arizona Cardinals players)
8. Use "find and replace" and ReFill to fill out referencing on-wiki.
9. Done.

The only thing though is that I have 2,353 Cardinals players and PFR says there are 2,104 but everything else worked right. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Was this so you can reference it anytime or would you like for me to do something with it? No problem either way. Red Director (talk) 20:20, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I was just letting you know. I'm gonna have to figure out why PFR says there are only 2104 Cardinals players... But I think this method will work good. I basically just copied what you did, lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, last message, but I figured it out. I accidentally pasted some of the lists like List of NFL players (I) twice into my master spreadsheet, so that's what caused the extra 200 duplicates. Once I remove those, it will come out right. Thanks for your help! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. We are all in this together. Red Director (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All active teams have complete player lists now. I couldn't have done it without your Link Klipper / Excel explanation above. Thanks! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help! Red Director (talk) 19:46, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Please don't take this is a criticism because you are awesome and I love the work you do here. But do you think you can add maybe add all the links for the footballstats template you've been adding at the same time? It just seems kinda counterproductive to add links sporadically over months and would help to have all players having the same consistent links. Yankees10 22:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair ask. It does take a while to parse the data by hand on multiple sites is my only rationale. However, not a big deal. Will do. Red Director (talk) 00:46, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Can we please put the game Summaries back in the original format they were before? Rolltide pisco (talk) 01:27, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rolltide pisco Can you show me an example of what I have done or what needs to be fixed because I am drawing a blank on game summaries? Red Director (talk) 01:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=1253752060

it’s the old revision prior to Halloween that needs to be restored. The game box format Rolltide pisco (talk) 02:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rolltide pisco Oh okay, I did not make that change or decide that was the consensus. I try to stay away from controversial style edits. Do you want me to find the user and the change that did that and revert? Red Director (talk) 02:10, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please Rolltide pisco (talk) 03:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Rolltide pisco, can you link me to an old revision that has the style how you think it should be? Red Director (talk) 22:41, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=1254008711#Game_summaries Rolltide pisco (talk) 02:06, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Josh is a college football head coach not and NFL coach, I was trying to make college head coach template 2600:1005:B195:A0BD:49E:F899:CFB4:8FF7 (talk) 21:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will see what I can find. I just had to do a revert to get the data back on there. No worries Red Director (talk) 21:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright I was just trying to get the template to college coach Chasenielsen545 (talk) 21:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reason Josh Heupel's page is like that is he played college football, got drafted into the NFL, and is a college football coach. He has to have both templates for the time being unless there is a major style change. Red Director (talk) 22:22, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So keep the NFL? Chasenielsen545 (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes on both for now. Red Director (talk) 22:47, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay Chasenielsen545 (talk) 22:49, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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thank you for your contributions!! :) xRozuRozu (t • c) 01:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Hope all is well your way. Red Director (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks @WikiOriginal-9:. Best wishes this time of year to you. The passage of time is something I am reminded of during the holiday season. Red Director (talk) 20:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Hi, RD. I just had a quick question. Why are your edits tagged as "ProveIt edit"s? I use ProveIt for all of my referencing too but none of my edits have ever been tagged as that? If your method is more efficient, could you enlighten me please? Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:53, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I'm using the classic version. Maybe that's why. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:04, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think that why mine are tagged. I use the newer one. Red Director (talk) 22:46, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! Red Director (talk) 23:07, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know...

... that Emmett Barrett, who I created in 2015 and expanded from a stub a few days ago, was probably the first NFL player who wore glasses? The internet is not even aware of this fact (when you look up NFL players who wore glasses, he isn't even mentioned). I discovered his glasses-wearing a few days ago when I was looking up articles about him in Newspaper.com. He had been lost to time but I have now unearthed him. I feel like an archeologist. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is amazing. I will add one: If the Bills make Super Bowl LIX, they are guaranteed to play an NFC East team. All four of their Super Bowl losses came to current NFC East teams. What are we in for? Red Director (talk) 21:39, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uh oh. I predict a Commanders victory. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:44, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now his family members are editing the page and adding unsourced nonsense, lol. Or it might just be one person but there is an account "REBarrett" and an IP. On my talk page, REBarrett said he is Emmett Barrett's son. The article was a stub for 10 years but they just now noticed it a few days after I expanded it? That's a pretty odd coincidence. Maybe they were just Googling Emmett Barrett during Super Bowl season and came across it that way...? Still pretty weird though. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:21, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who knows? I could claim to be Tom Brady but unless I show proof, it does not matter lol. Oh well, until Wikipedia makes users put a reliable source in all edits before publishing, it will likely never even be close to getting cleaned up. Red Director (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I saw you using AWB to fix references. That's really good work. There are a lot of refs that need fixed, as you already know. Would you be willing to go through all of my articles on my userpage and change the following:

"publisher=profootballarchives.com" to "publisher=Pro Football Archives"
"publisher=pro-football-reference.com" to "publisher=Pro Football Reference"
"publisher"sports-reference.com" to "publisher=Sports Reference"
publisher=arenafan.com" to "publisher=ArenaFan.com"

I'm not sure if that would be simple? (might not be) And I know you do those differently, so if you want to do them your way instead, feel free. I can explain my reasoning if you want but I'm fine if you want to do it differently. I'm just trying to update my articles. You don't have to if you don't want though, I don't care at all, no big deal. There's no rush. You can do it a year from now if you want. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:57, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I can add those prompts to my AWB settings and get to those later. Thanks for giving me a year! I shudder to think what will happen on January 22, 2026! All kidding aside, thanks for the helpful info. Red Director (talk) 01:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Like I said, you don't have to copy the way I do it. (I'm not 100% sure what the right way is...) I only do it like Pro Football Reference and others like that because the PFR article is not italicized. I only italicize newspapers because their articles are italicized (like The New York Times) But like I said, I have no idea what the "correct" way to do it is, so if you want to do it your way, that is 100% fine with me. I'm all for consistency. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:11, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is kind of an odd situation. PFR is a website at the end of the day and the references italicize the website field. This is interesting. Red Director (talk) 01:23, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]