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adoption offer

A while ago you said you liked the idea of being adopted. If you're still interested, I'd be happy to adopt you. Please let me know if you'd like that on my talk page. Sticky Parkin 13:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok then:) If you need help/suggestions with anything at any point, feel free to ask.:) Sticky Parkin 09:59, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

IHSAA

Hi sorry my talk page gets a bit cluttered recently so I missed you asking for feedback for your article. It's an ok article IMHO, though sporting articles are not ones I've worked on much. For an article, include some WP:RS third party sources (not just the group itself.) Rather than informal running websites etc, use as references articles you find in a google news search [1] as they're often well-known newspapers etc and other wikipedians will be impressed. There are loads of newspaper articles etc that mention this group, so it should get to keep its article. You chose your subject well. Well done! Sticky Parkin 20:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Woody

Per WP:Naming Conventions we use the most commonly used name, so that would be woody.:) The problem with this person would be finding WP:RS. Do you have some books that mention him that you can use as references and list, because there's not much about him on the internet? (because he's not been in the news for obvious reasons. :) ) Pages on sportsmen usually stick on wiki though. Sticky Parkin 02:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

What I mean is, historical sportsmen, major league sportsmen etc. A high school basketball coach article is highly unlikely to survive, like the Gregg Downer article, unfortunately.:( Here is the guidelines for articles on sports people- Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Athletes. "That person A has a relationship with well-known person B is not a reason for a standalone article on A (unless significant coverage can be found on A)". Sticky Parkin 14:04, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Basically, a sportman has to have been in one of the top leagues to count, I'm not sure what the guideline would be for coaches. The rules about whether something would get an article are quite complicated and it might be worth reading recent discussions at WP:AfD to get a feel for which articles die and why. Sticky Parkin 22:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

downer etc.

A high school coach would rarely have an aticle IMHO. For a coach to have an article, he'd have to be not a high school coach, but a coach for a professional team, I imagine (this isn't my specialist subject.) It would have to be coaches for the actual Lakers who he plays for professionally, for instance. Los_Angeles_Lakers#Head_coaches. What you say about Downer's involvement in speaking in the press about Kobe might mean you could try and insert a brief mention of him in Kobe's own article, if his comments were in the national press or something. I know how annoying it can be, as my first article, which I thought was notable, was deleted :( Something tends to need to be mentioned in a fair few WP:RS to keep an article.

P.S. Sorry if I answered late- you had written on my user page rather than talk, so I didn't get a message at the top of the screen saying I had new messages. Take a look at my user page to see the funky colour of the background of your comment.:)Sticky Parkin 19:08, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Gregg Downer message on my talk page

It looks like you've already had a discussion with Sticky Parkin about this. If you still have questions, please feel free to drop me another line. Cheers! - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 00:09, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

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No problem- I thought it looked funky.:) Keep going with your editing and don't let the deletion get you down too much- I know what it can feel like :( but a lot of us have been there.:) Sticky Parkin 21:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

welcome back

Nice to see you back here. Sticky Parkin 01:14, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Goliath grouper

Sorry I only just spotted what you were saying. Yes I've lived in interesting times here lol, but all sorted now.:) Sorry I didn't reply earlier- was under the influence of wine lol:) I think they'll somehow revert you, as the articles tend to go by the "most commonly used name" Wikipedia:Naming conventions even if that's not the 'proper' name. But I don't know enough about the fish to know. The problem with a move is that it's not as easy to reverse as you think, I don't think. So it's better to discuss it on the talk page and wait a while first, unless the article's just a scruffy thing no-one's edited for ages or something and it's an obvious move. But I'm so glad you're back:) What've you been doing with yourself? Sticky Parkin 22:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

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