User talk:AssociateAffiliate/archive2

Invitation to take part in a pilot study

I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to a short survey. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates only 5 minutes’’’. cooldenny (talk) 17:45, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Eddie Leadbeater

Please contact me about Eddie Leadbeater Hollyemitchell (talk) 18:45, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Might I ask why? AssociateAffiliate (talk) 22:34, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

That's a new one...

I'm finding myself unable to "realign", as I call it, my FCPL lists while not logged in, as I'm getting various messages such as "Your edits may be construed as vandalism". Very... different. Thank you for all the work you continue to do. Bobo. 03:44, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Redlinked Namibian cricketers

Hi there. I know this used to be my "pet project", in a way, but I don't mind showing you what's missing. Recent Namibian cricketers to make their first-class debuts:

• Glenn Foxcroft (CI | CA)
• Pikky Ya France (CI | CA)
• Norbert Manyande (CI | CA)

Nine more and we can make it to 100 names in the category! ;) Bobo. 21:15, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Been in Cornwall for the weekend, so sure I'll crack on with them! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Pikky Ya France, wow that is one of the most unique cricketing names I've seen! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:26, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm just sad that I'm not going to be the person that creates them, as I have 90 percent of the others! Nevertheless, it's probably better for them to have the whole kit and kaboodle in terms of infoboxes and the like... Thank you for devoting some time to this! Bobo. 23:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Colin Lever

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Unbelievble AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

David Mackintosh

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Yes this is clearly a copy and paste of some artists website.... *sighs* AssociateAffiliate (talk) 11:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

David Baker

Hi there. You recently wrote an article about David Baker - the Cambridgeshire cricketer. I didn't realize I had a link to another David Baker, a former Kent cricketer, here - under Kent. Perhaps one needs to be piped to David Baker (Cambridgeshire) and the other created too...

Hope all is well. Bobo. 17:59, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Sanjeev Balakumar

Hello AssociateAffiliate. Good catch! Thanks. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:06, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Guy Napier

Found on the internet: I would be most grateful if someone could do a lookup on the Marlborough College Register please for Guy Greville Napier (born 26 Jan 1884) who was there in 1901. He was Lieutenant in the 35th Sikhs and was killed at Loos on 25 Sep 1915. He was also a successful cricketer. (Coincidentally, Guy Napier's wife was living with the Bovill family (niece) until the time of her marriage in July 1915.) Captain Guy Greville Napier Born 26 Jan 1884, the son of T B Napier, LL.D, 25 Hendon Lane, Finchley Educated at Marlborough College from Jan 1898 to 1901 (XI 1899-1901) and at Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, 1903; Univ. XI, 1904-07) Commissioned, Unattached List, 1907 Indian Army, 1908 Captain, 35th Sikhs, 1915 DOW in France, 25 Sep 1915 Sources: Marlborough College Register, 1843-1933; Pembroke College War List 1914-1918. Kittybrewster ☎ 19:01, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Steenkamp

Hey man. I'm certain I have his name as it was when I first added the Namibian cricketers' names to WP. Just in case you thought I had gone nutty..! Bobo. 12:41, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey Bobo. I've neglected my 'AssociateAffiliate' name, so I'm doing some work on them!!! I was involved in trying to sign Steenkamp for my cricket club in 2008, so from memory I thought his name looked odd! From time to time cricket sites misspell players names, I've had loads of players where 'Russell' is down as 'Russel' or 'Elliott' is down as 'Elliot'. Cricinfo and cricketarchive must get fed up with me contacting them!!!! I was helpfully made redundant by the DWP last month, so I've saved a fair amount of money to take the summer off: I intend to get 90% of Minor counties cricketers done by September! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 12:51, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Charles Cobb (cricketer)

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P**S off AssociateAffiliate (talk) 19:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Bill Yates (footballer)

I've created the page and included what I can. If you can expand it a bit more with his cricket career then it'll be close to a DYK nomination. User:WFCforLife supports Watford so I'll send him a message and see if he can flesh out his football career. Cheers. Argyle 4 Life^talk 14:40, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the article, I'll get straight onto his cricket section. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 14:43, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've now nominated it at DYK. Argyle 4 Life^talk 20:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Evan Watkins

I have started the article, can you also fix the WPCricket tag I put on the talk page. Thanks Mattlore (talk) 00:25, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 09:36, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Celebrity Cricket League

Agree that currently the league is unfficial and not very notable and involves only celebrities. But considering that this is in India there is always the chance of the organizers involving cricketers in the league, to increase attention and attraction. So, we have to have this article ready for such situation also. We just cannot create the article then and dig out all past details.

Also, I don not think that not much interest outside India is a criterion. Afterall, test cricket is played by 10 out of the 220 odd nations in the world. So, cricket itself do not have much interest in the whole world. Again, who else is interested in leagues run in Zimbabwe, Kenya and all, even though official ? Also, there are 1000s of articles on Indian topics which do not draw any interestby people outside. Same is the case with articles from any country.

If your main concern is the categories, we can discuss on removing some categories and keep only the acceptable ones for the time being. Our intention should not be to delete articles. but how to improve them. But, I strongly oppose deleting the article beacause there is lot of interest shown to this event by the film lovers in India, which itself will runs into billions of people. There is also going to be a TV coverage of this tournament. This league will get more TV viewers than an Ashes series, because this is held in India.

One more point. Indian Cricket League was also unofficial, it is now defunct also. Still it holds all the categories and have a valid article in Wikipedia.

Hope you are convinced now. If so, please visit the article and perform the possible improvements, revisiting the categories and removing the deletion tag.
Anish Viswa 02:00, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Not a case whether it will have interest at this stage. A league in Zimbabwe would be notable on here because it carries T20 status. Although not official, the ICL was a professional league, which had notable players and gained coverage. This league is simply not notable, I'd expect its scorecards would struggle to get on CricketArchive. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 08:40, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

I deleted the deletion tag since WP:CRIC was no longer applicable to the article. No the article is not tagged to any cricket category. Anyway, let the tag be there since the matter is finalised. But I didn't edit comment in the discussion pages and I don't understand why you made such a comment. As I asked before also, do you have any suggestion/idea to improve the article to retain the article. If so, please share.
Anish Viswa 10:00, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

I didn't. It's a general tag. Seeing as it is a cricket article it applies 100% of WP:CRIC. Removing categories doesn't mean it doesn't apply, many cricket articles exist out there without any cricket categories. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 10:18, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Yates (footballer)

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Jamie Benstead

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YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, THIS BOT GETS MORE RETARDED!!! I'VE HAD PAGES FULL OF DETAIL BEFORE.... THIS TIME IT IS SOMEONES NAME ON A FORUM.... ANNOYING SPAMMY BOT. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 14:37, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Jumping Jack, or Jovial Jack

Yes, I do have a copy of a collection of Gibson's writings and I'm pretty sure the story is in there somewhere, though it may take some time to put it together. The gist of it is that Gibson (and drinking friends in the pavilion at Bristol) felt Davey's sterling qualities were somewhat overlooked on account of his lack of a second initial in a team that often boasted players with three of them. So they sought to rectify matters. If I recall right, it took some time, and several of Gibson's columns in The Times, but eventually the Gloucestershire scorecard showed him as "J. J.", though it was never correct. I'll look over the next few days. Johnlp (talk) 20:06, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Gerald Cork

If he did play for Port Vale then it must have been in a cup competition or the reserves. He didn't play in the Football League because he doesn't appear here. If I'm not mistaken, User:EchetusXe supports Port Vale so I'd imagine he'll be able to help you. Argyle 4 Life^talk 18:26, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Cheers, I'll drop him a line. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 18:55, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

On my talk page I basically say what Argyle just told you. By cup competition he means the Staffordshire Senior Cup, where amateur teams compete with the reserve sides of the professional clubs.--EchetusXe 13:53, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cyril Perkins

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Just spotted this. I'd been meaning to create an article for him, but now I won't need to. :) JH (talk page) 20:49, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Was pleasantly suprised to see someone born in 1911 playing List A cricket, previous to that the earliest date I'd come across was 1916! Was certainly an interesting one to create! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:03, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket#My two cents

Hi,

Can I ask you the same question that I have asked Johnlp and Andrew nixon can you be clear, what do you both think the guildlines on club teams should say ? Should they stay as they are ? Should it be clarified that they only apply to English and Australian club teams? should all mention of club teams be removed ? or do you favour another form of words should be used. ? Mtking (talk) 21:20, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Christopher Borrett

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Colin McManus (cricketer)

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Cricket categories

I see you have removed all the cricket categories from William Davies (footballer born 1855). I am rather perlexed by the logic of your edit summary. Although the Category:Shropshire cricketers says "The players listed in this category have represented Shropshire County Cricket Club in List-A cricket.", this is inconsistent with other categories. For example, we have Clair (Hampshire cricketer) and Allen (Essex cricketer) categorised under their respective counties although both played before 1800, long before the concept of First Class cricket. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 14:09, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Both Clair and Allen were later deemed to have played in first-class cricket by cricket historians. If we had categories for players who played miscellaneous matches, then we'd have cricket categories under Phil Neville and Michael Parkinson. In the case of Clair and Allen, they would have played matches later deemed first-class for their respective counties before the formation of that counties county club, so get the relevant categories based on that one first-class match. If an early cricketer played first-class for team A but miscellaneously for team B, they only get a category for team A. That only applies to certain counties (some of which are Minor Counties today).

The Shropshire cricketes category itself also goes on to say: "Other players listed have played first-class, List-A or Twenty20 cricket for another team, but have represented Shropshire in non-notable matches, such as those in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy."

Someone like Ralph H. Fowler was notable in his own right, plus played Minor Counties cricket for a current county club, therefore gets the relevant categories. We don't treat Second XI matches in the same light, hence Phil Neville has no cricket related categories, or notable people who played a match for a county before the formation of a county club, in which the match has been deemed non first-class. The rest of the Shropshire requirement is self explanatory, Daniel Redfearn of Derbyshire played in 2006 (or 07) for them, so gets the category having played major cricket for Derbyshire. Given though that the mention of Shropshire in that body of text could have 'County Cricket Club' after it. Shropshire is a fairly new county club, formed only in 1957, therefore the restricting of cricketers allows for an accurate picture of how many notable cricketers have played for the team, like Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers (which isn't complete). Plenty of Aristocrats with articles on here played for the county before its present county club formed, but due to this don't qualify for the relevant categories. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 14:30, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Boycott image

I agree with you! I have previously removed a couple of other drawings that were equally hideous. I don't know why others keep adding them back. – ukexpat (talk) 15:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Further reply on my tp. – ukexpat (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Your new article Brian Gessner

Thanks for taking the time to create the new article Brian Gessner. This article looks very well put together. The content seems pretty substantial for a new article. Wikipedia’s come a long way since it started, so thank you. Jipinghe (talk) 20:01, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Merging of Cricket umpire lever counter

I am sorry you have chosen to delete this entry as I have just been contacted by another umpire who was trying to add some of the earlier history which we are trying to research. It would be appreciated if it could be reinstated so that he can add this information. It would also be appreciated if you could solicit views from other umpires as to the value of the information.

I apologise if this is the wrong way to handle this request but I found your various pages on deletion and review somewhat confusing.Nompere (talk) 10:59, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

nompere

The decision to merge was undertaken via a deletion discussion, which can be found here. If you wish to dispute the outcome, please visit Wikipedia:Deletion review. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 13:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

John Holder

I'm currently down in Guernsey for the European Twenty20, and John Holder is the umpire manager. Had a wonderful meal and drink with him last night, hearing stories about players he played with and against, none of which can be repeated here! Unfortunately, I've forgotten my camera, so no photos! Andrew nixon (talk) 13:34, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Forgetting cameras is the bane of my cricketing life! Last 3 internationals I've been to, I've forgotten the one decent camera I have. Unfortunately Iphones, as good as they are, have crap cameras! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 13:40, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

English cricketers

I'll come back to you with a number in a few minutes! Bobo. 19:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

To do

According to my lists - may be more to add from seasons after 2004-5 or thereabouts:

• Essex - 178
• Glam - 61
• Gloucs - 303
• Kent - 372
• Lancs - 339
• Leics - 229
• Middx. - 363

Back with second page stats soon. Bobo. 19:09, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

• Nhants - 223
• Notts - 299
• Surrey - 353
• Sussex - 442
• Warks - 259

These player lists are slightly out of date, however. Bobo. 19:14, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Near enough for me! Thanks Bobo. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 19:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

That's a total of 3421 - I was too lazy to do the maths at the end..! Bobo. 19:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Then some MCC, Oxbridge, random first-class XIs.... I reckon over 5,000 altogether! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 19:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Achuthanand

Hello AssociateAffiliate. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Achuthanand, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Aren't first class cricketersinherantly notable? Anyway I see no reason to curtail the AFD. Thank you. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:09, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Richard Downend

I apologise for the delay, I didn't see your message on the RU board, but I'll try and look him up for you.--MacRusgail (talk) 11:43, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :) AssociateAffiliate (talk) 11:49, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

SAJC cricket team

SAJC is a real cricket team that has won many awards. Please do proper research before you start deleting articles! It is one of the top youth cricket teams in Singapore.Sajccricket2011 (talk) 04:08, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much

You are very kind. I feel my own small-scale efforts pottering around on the fringes of cricket pale into insignificance compared with your own industriousness. Johnlp (talk) 15:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Adam Soilleux

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It's your right to contest proposed deletion, but which of the requirements on WP:CRIN do you think Soilleux meets? I certainly couldn't figure it out from the article. It looks like he played once for a college team. Which one do they meet? i kan reed (talk) 14:17, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

He has played a first-class match, which per WP:CRIN makes him notable. The university team he plays for, Loughborough MCC University, has first-class status against county opposition, playing three matches per season which hold that status. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 14:27, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

You don't have enough barnstars... so here's one more

		The Running Man Barnstar
		For your incredible industry on the articles for individual cricket players from every corner of the UK and beyond. Johnlp (talk) 20:27, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Michael Morgan

Hi there - I got so ahead of myself creating these lists, that I forgot that there were two Michael Morgans - the one you have recently created at Michael Morgan (cricketer) (34758), and the cricketer who will slot into Michael Morgan (1936) (31558, former Notts. cricketer).

The first may need moving if the second is on your to-do list. My own oversight - I apologize. All the best. Bobo. 08:32, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Durham MCC University

Nice work. "The cricket coaching is overseen by assistant coach and former Test player Graeme Fowler being Durham’s head coach..." That's confusing. Is he the assistant coach or the head coach? JH (talk page) 19:02, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Woops, my mistake. I've rewritten the horribly out of date article, only it seems forgot to remove the "assistant" part! He is the head coach. AssociateAffiliate (talk)

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• I was very surprised to see an experienced editor like you make this mistake. This image is on the Commons so you categorise it in its Commons file description. When you have created commons:category:Durham University, come to category:Durham University and add a {{commons category}} tag. (And there are half a dozen images in category:Durham University which should probably be transferred to the Commons.) — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 08:19, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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Steve Wundke

Great article on Steve Wundke - not much I can add to that, beyond tracking down some old South Australian newspapers from the 80s when he was briefly the great allrounder hope for SA that we've been searching for since the retirement of George Giffen. --Roisterer (talk) 07:21, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Gerhard Erasmus

Redlink, just making his Namibian debut. Hopefully Cricketarchive will realize he is the same as the player they already have on their database and put his profile here. Glenn Foxcroft (CA) and Norbert Manyande (CA) appear to be the only other Namibian first-class redlinks. Hope you are well. Bobo. 11:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll get on them in the next week or so, but with my summer break from work coming to an end I'll have less time (provided I get a job asap) to do work on articles. I happen to be doing a bit on Namibian cricket at the moment, so I can add them to the list. I was also hoping to get Wales MC to 100 notable players - 98 is the limit on that one :( AssociateAffiliate (talk) 12:24, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Temporary(?) retirement

That is sad. I hope it's not because you're lacking in feedback from me ever since I stopped contributing to WP on a regular basis. You've done some awesome work, thank you. I hope you come back soon. Bobo. 22:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Cricket in Afghanistan

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Added note -- Please do not threaten edit warring. I restored much of the material you supplied and rearranged the presentation so as to balance the section. It does need improvements in other respects in that the non-cricket material lacks WP:RS. For example, the mention of Afghan Hounds and hunting needs a reference. But more importantly, edit warring will certainly lead to blocks. Thanks, and thank you for your many excellent contributions regarding cricket. --S. Rich (talk) 14:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

My frustration comes about because the editor is blanking any reference to cricket in Afghanistan. The editor denies that it is the most popular sport in the country (which multiple sources exist for). Not to mention the fact that Afghanistan appeared in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 - its first World Cup appearance in any cricket format. This in a period in which just three years ago the national team was unheard of and pretty much a non-entity. The national team also had One Day International and Twenty20 International status - this is no Seychelles or France - it is now considered a major cricketing nation. It plays first-class cricket too, last year it won the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup at its first attempt. I cannot understand why the editor feels the need to blank any reference to cricket without giving an adequate reason to doing so: either the editor is ignorant to crickets presence there, or for ethnic or personal reasons doesn't like the sport. Perhaps a warning should go his way for disruptive editing? AssociateAffiliate (talk) 15:22, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I'll keep my eye open for such edits. I'm not exceptionally knowledgeable on the subject of cricket, but I do see a pattern where each editor wants "his/her" particular version to be in place. My edits were an effort to work around the stated, implied, and non-stated objections to the edits IOT reach a consensus. Hence my setting up the subsections for the Sport section. Often tweaks here and there achieve what you want. In the Afghanistan piece, be prepared to encounter more "disruptive" edits to your contribution. And keep in mind that backing up your edits with WP:POLICY notes and RS will usually overcome those "disruptive" edits. For example, you've added info about hunting but there is no RS for this info in the recent edit or the Afghan Hound article. With that in mind, any removal of the hunting info will be justified.--S. Rich (talk) 16:04, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Is it worth noting that the silver Afghanistan won at the 2010 Asian games was just their third in the Games? Nev1 (talk) 16:17, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Hampshire cricket logo.png

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Well wasn't expecting that, thought I had one image and ended up with four! Please delete!!!

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Mtking ^(edits) 21:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

no point talking to u here see project page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.166.214 (talk) 19:14, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Reply re Stalkers

Hi AA, and thanks for your message last week. I don't look in too often now as I'm so busy with work and family matters but am thinking of starting again. In fact, a friend told me about the latest outburst from the crank(s): never sure if there's a second one besides Asquith/Daft as sometimes you get coherent drivel while mostly it's incoherent like that last post signed Tillman. You and Moondyne took the right approach: ignore him, revert his posts and get him banned. That Kesteven Bullet ID should have been blocked long ago but there was a sort of tacit agreement among Johnlp, Sarastro and myself to leave it alone if he behaved himself. Clearly he's flipped again and the only thing to do is get shut of him. I don't think this guy Mikeleavens is anything to do with it, though, having scanned his contribs just now. Seems to have a bee in his bonnet about notability but otherwise harmless enough, I reckon. I'm not bothered about the major cricket article and it looks as if the guys have dealt with the redlink problem very well. Thanks also for your kind words on the CRIC page. Now I've looked in again I might even find something useful to do here!

Keep up the good work. Oh, by the way, you need to make sure you always give clear hand signals: lol. Regards. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 17:08, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I could tell you a good deal about Mr Asquith. He is a long-term member of the ACS and thinks its word is law so far as cricket history is concerned. He objects very strongly to anyone, even Wisden and the likes of John Arlott, having a different view to the little clique he represents. You would think, therefore, that a site like CricInfo would be entirely based on "ACS views" and WP would cite ACS in every single article (in fact, you can probably count them on one hand). He does not like anyone who is non-ACS writing about cricket history on here and that is why he carries out these puerile attacks. Asquith apparently blames me for him losing the editorship of the ACS journal several years ago but I had nothing to do with it: the then committee sacked him because of the quality of his writing (as you say, a child could do better). Asquith is the original Richard Daft and has used any number of other names and Ip addresses (I note he's presently operating out of Scotland but he's usually in the Midlands) and I do think he has a confederate who can write properly but still spouts the same stupid rubbish. The thing to do is get shut of him whenever he resurfaces, as you have been doing. I see Asquith has interfered with the to-do list on CRIC and maybe, as you suggest, I'll tackle some of these items especially in Bobo's lists. You've done really well there with all the new articles you've created. All the best. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 19:47, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I reckon so. I see the KB account wasn't deleted, though! All the best. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 18:09, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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--Edgars2007 (Talk/Contributions) 14:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Redlinked cricketers

Hi there. I will come back to you with a figure in a few minutes. Hope all is well. Bobo. 21:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

By county, first page

• Essex - 150
• Glamorgan - 48
• Gloucs - 247
• Kent - 329
• Lancashire - 297
• Leicestershire - 197
• Middlesex - 358

That's a total of 1627 for those seven teams. Bobo. 21:25, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

By county, second page

• Northamptonshire - 188
• Nottinghamshire - 267
• Surrey - 311
• Sussex - 389
• Warwickshire - 254

That's 1409 for those five teams, a total of 3036 in both lists. Bobo. 21:29, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I don't work on them any more - I've effectively retired from Wikipedia, as I'm now working as a supervisor on another Wiki-based website. I do check WT:CRIC and my user talk page on a daily basis, though, and I could never leave this place entirely. Bobo. 21:46, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Are you kidding - those are the ones I used to pick off first. ;) By the end those were pretty much the only articles I was creating...! Especially from the Sri Lankan, Indian, and Pakistani teams... Bobo. 21:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Kenya_Kongonis_Cricket_Club

Hello AssociateAffiliate. You might be interested in commenting there. Best regards. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 10:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Twenty-three

First series of games of the 2011-12 Pakistani cricket season started today. Number of newly-eligible Wikipedia articles? 23. Now that's not bad going..!

Hope all is well. Bobo. 23:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Never ending! AssociateAffiliate (talk) 18:52, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

= Bob Rowell ????

I never create the page ! I never work on that page --Carcamagnu (talk) 11:51, 13 October 2011 (UTC)