Talk:Christos Metskas

About this draft

The draft is a translation of an article originally written in the Romanian language, article which was already published/approved on the Romanian Wikipedia - https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Metskas

Also, the original article in Romanian was translated into the Spanish language and already published/approved on the Spanish Wikipedia - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Metskas

There are no more independent sources to be added as references, those already mentioned being all which exist and which are in the Romanian language. Reference no. 1, is to an article published in an online journal of national coverage in Romania, while references no. 2 and 3 are to some articles published in two online journals of local/regional coverage, although accessible everywhere. References no. 4, 5 and 6 prove the existence (show the covers) of the books mentioned in the Bibliography. The books mentioned by the references no. 4 and 5 are biographical, while that mentioned by reference no. 6 is about the history of the city of Arad, Romania, where the Football Club UTA Arad has its headquarters and stadium. The name of Christos Metskas is mentioned by all the six references provided.

Also, the name of Christos Metskas is mentioned in both the Romanian and the Spanish language Wikipedia articles of FC UTA Arad, the club of which senior team he played with most of his career:

Romanian - https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_UTA_Arad

Spanish - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_UTA_Arad

and wasn't added by the author of the original, biographical article in Romanian about the former player and coach, but previously, by other users. The author of the original article in Romanian about Christos Metskas and also its translator into Spanish and English (draft) added only the links to his biographical articles. CristianMetcas (talk) 14:33, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Edit request

1. "Metskas went on to become a regular starter for Arad ..." in the "Club career" paragraph should be changed to "Metskas went on to become a regular starter for UTA ...". He was a starter for the club (UTA), not for the city (Arad, Romania) where the club is based.

2. Here's an external source, aside from the biographical books at current references [7] and [8], which mentions the number of matches he played for UTA - https://jurnalul.ro/sport/un-deces-anuntat-batrana-doamna-isi-da-ultima-suflare-144155.html

The number of goals he scored is mentioned in the book at current reference [8].

3. Interesting information that could be added to the article: At the source at the following link, Metskas states that although he was called up three times, he could not play for the Romanian national team, because he did not have Romanian citizenship. - https://www.sportarad.ro/2013/10/23/christos-metskas-grecul-aradului-ii-avertizeaza-pe-tricolori-va-fi-vacarm-la-atena/ CristianMetcas (talk) 14:34, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request 2

In order to match the truth, as it is written in the book now at reference [10], there must be done an important correction to the second phrase of the first paragraph of my father's managerial career.

So, instead of:

"Between 1972 and 1974 he worked as coach of Gloria Arad,[2] afterwards in the 1974–1975 championship he coached Stăruința Dorobanți,[2] and since 1975 until 1979 he worked as assistant coach of Strungul Arad, the main coach being Emanoil Gherghel.[4]"

it should be:

"Between 1972 and 1974 he worked as coach of Gloria Arad[2] and in the 1974–1975 championship he coached Stăruința Dorobanți.[2] Since 1975 until 1979 he worked as a coach of the republican juniors' team of the club Strungul Arad and in the 1975–1976 championship round he also worked as assistant coach of the senior team of the same club, the head coach being Emanoil Gherghel."

Everywhere else in the text of the article "republican junior team" should be replaced with "republican juniors' team".

The correction concerning the managerial career should be also made in the infobox, as you can see in the Romanian version of the article. ~~~~ CristianMetcas (talk) 17:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request 3

There's a Facebook page of Christos Metskas and there are photos of him with side explanations in English, the link to which (page) could be added to the Infobox of this article.

the link to his Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/christosmetskas.official

the link to the "Albums" section of his FB page (the best choice for adding) - https://www.facebook.com/christosmetskas.official/photos_albums CristianMetcas (talk) 06:32, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See WP:ELNO Lightoil (talk) 19:00, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Lightoil !

I respect your decision and your reference to the editing rules, but I just want to add that the link I provided is to an official Facebook page, not to a FB profile and that, if added to the infobox of this article, it will facilitate the readers to see more pictures of the subject. In case that you think this would bring a plus to the experience on Wiki and that it wouldn't bluntly breach the editing rules, you might reconsider your decision. Thank you! CristianMetcas (talk) 16:26, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Edit Request 4

The age of the subject in the infobox did not update, so there's an error concerning the field "Birth date".

Instead of "{ {birth date and age|1935|6|17|df=yes} }" that field should be just "{ {birth date and age|1935|6|17} }" (without the quotes and the space between { { and } }).

Please, edit by making the necessary correction. CristianMetcas (talk) 18:08, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: The df=yes parameter has nothing to do with whether the age updates, it just means that the date goes first, as is standard style in most places which aren't the us. If he was born in 1935 he would be 89 now, which is what the infobox currently has. The spaces seem to have been fixed. Rusalkii (talk) 22:24, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello! Indeed, the age displayed now is correct. However, it didn't update until almost a week after he reached it, unlike in the articles in the other languages available, where the age updated in the very day he reached it. Why was it differently for the article in English, I don't know, but it might happen again when he will turn 90, if he'll manage to reach that age. Nevertheless, thank you for the review. Be well! CristianMetcas (talk) 08:09, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure why it'd do that. It might have something to do with how often the page cache is refreshed. You should have a dropdown in the middle of the top bar that says "Page" -> "Purge cache", try that if you ever see this again. Rusalkii (talk) 03:12, 28 August 2024 (UTC)