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Your GA nomination of 1902 Ibrox disaster
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Kosack, I was wondering whether you were planning to return to your review of this DYK nomination now that the nominator has responded to your review, or if I should find another reviewer to take over. Please let me know (or just post directly to the review page). Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi there Kosack, all well?
I think the way you have it now is overkill for the average footy reader, but i do understand where you are coming from. I do profit from this opportunity to say that seldom (if ever) do i encounter problems when engaging in writing like that.
Happy editing, sorry for any inconvenience --Quite A Character (talk) 20:39, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
- That is why i removed league from sentence mentioning his transfer to Cardiff, because i wanted to mention league in his debut, which i have just now. Do you think it is still confusing to the average reader? If so, again accept my apologies and make the pertinent adjustments (but do not blanket revert ;)).
Attentively --Quite A Character (talk) 21:28, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
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John Herron
Kosak there is many players young players in the Celtic and rangers academy that I have watched them growing up in the academies and go into big things others not make it I’m just fixing this one specific player also to the correct information and I don’t know why people change it to something which isn’t correct I post links to prove it’s correct Info and valid. Thanks Aiden b nisbett Aiden nisbett (talk) 13:03, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is not based about what some kids discuss in his bassements, its about facts ans reliable sources.
You don't need to discuss nothing about if a player need to play to get an honour, just need to read the rules odf the competition, simple as that.
https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/57/51/2235751_DOWNLOAD.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sampyche (talk • contribs) 17:28, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Sekou Doumbouya
Hello. After extensive efforts in expansion, I have nominated the Sekou Doumbouya article for good article consideration. Since I know you reviewed the good article nomination of Luka Dončić, I thought you might be interested in doing the same for another top European NBA draft prospect in Doumbouya. If so, feel free to start the review. Runningibis (talk) 18:27, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.- Other contestants who qualified for the final round were
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Kosack and 
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hey, I'vent edited anything
Hey, I got a message from you about some edits on the topic 'tissue' ...sorry I couldn't get it bcoz it wasn't me — Preceding unsigned comment added by AurishG (talk • contribs) 18:06, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Oh, and another thing
A useful transliteration from Welsh into English.
I also give you, this moving rendition by John Redwood MP. Yrs, Narky Blert (talk) 23:05, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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You might wish to reconsider your WP:PROD tag. His club and junior international career so far most certainly don't get him through WP:NFOOTY; but he signed up to Ipswich Town this August, and he will pass NFOOTY (which as yet he does not) if he gets even one game this season. (I cannot imagine why Ipswich are paying him if they're not going to give him a game or two.)
I know about WP:REFUND. The good-faith editor who created that article probably does not. WP:DONTBITE. Narky Blert (talk) 22:49, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Moving content from my Talk Page to here per WP:DISCUSSFORK. Narky Blert (talk) 21:51, 5 September 2018 (UTC) -
- Hi, I'm aware of how WP:NFOOTY works, hence why I nominated the article for deletion. Your argument is pure WP:CRYSTALBALL, we can't predict when or even if he will make his debut, otherwise we would have articles on thousands of youth players from all over the world on the off chance they make an appearance. If he eventually passes notability guidelines, then an admin can restore this in a heartbeat. He's departed Ipswich btw and now plays for Preston. Kosack (talk) 05:46, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- Also, I don't see how PRODing an article is biting a newcomer. The editor in question has been here since 2014, even if he has a low edit count, and I provided a perfectly explanatory deletion rationale with links to why. Kosack (talk) 06:03, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Sorry, but seems like a further misunderstanding of policy, it's pretty standard to reply on the original poster's talk page which is why we have templates like Template:Userwhisperback. It's a reply to a post, not opening the same discussion again. Happy to keep discussion here though if it's easier for you, cheers. Kosack (talk) 05:45, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Radja Nainggolan "switching" allegiance
Hi there, good morning to you,
stuff had been originally added some weeks/months ago, cannot remember if it was the same user from the top of my head now. OF COURSE (answering your question to them) they cannot find a source, because Mr. Nainggolan will NEVER play for Indonesia internationally, he has represented Belgium in official matches!
Regards, continue the good work --Quite A Character (talk) 10:16, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
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NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018
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DYK for Laurence Abrams
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Editor of the Week
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User:MX submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
- I nominate Kosack to be Editor of the Week for his outstanding contributions to football, particularly Cardiff City and its players, managers, and history. Kosach has written over 65 DYKs (my favorite being Colin Hudson, which had a very catchy hook), 27 GAs (my favorite one being 1876 Scotland v Wales football match, which was Wales' first international match), and 7 FA Lists (my favorite being List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons, which shows the editor's huge attention to detail). I'm a big fan of his work and I'm happy to nominate him to this award.
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| Editor of the Week for the week beginning October 7, 2018 |
| Makes outstanding contributions to football articles, particularly about Cardiff City and its players, managers, and history. Over 63 DYKs, 23 GAs and 6 FA Lists. Displays fundamental attention to detail. |
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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 15:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Willie Anderson (footballer)
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DYK nomination of Bob Jones (footballer, born 1902)
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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018
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Hello Kosack, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!
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WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is 
Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:
- Courcelles (submissions)
- Kosack (submissions)
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SounderBruce (submissions)- Cas Liber (submissions)
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All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:
- Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
- Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
- Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.- Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.
Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
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Bilbao/Sociedad
Hey, I don't think our paths have crossed before but I saw your comment on Talk:Athletic Bilbao in European football and you are indeed 100% right that Real Sociedad had a Basque-only policy. I read - I believe in this book - that the specifics were that Bilbao signed players from their province of Biscay, Sociedad from their province of Gipuzkoa and Osasuna from their province of Navarre (which is now an autonomous region separate from the Basque Country, although of the same cultural sphere). Sociedad broke the tradition to sign none other than John Aldridge in 1989, but preserved a policy of their Spanish nationals only coming from the Basque Country - I can't remember when this ended, but it has. I remember reading in Ball's book that Athletic once fielded an XI of all Basques but none from Biscay - something that to the outsider would look like tradition, but to the insider would look like a revolutionary break in tradition. Harambe Walks (talk) 17:59, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- I thought I remembered along the same lines, of course when you mention Aldridge it becomes clearer. I must admit, I was unaware Osasuna had the same sort of policy. Do they still stick to theirs? Kosack (talk) 18:40, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Osasuna definitely have foreign players now, and while I don't know their comings-and-goings, I clicked a few of their players and found them to be non-Basque. It's been two years since I read the book, but I see on Athletic Bilbao signing policy - another excellent contribution by Crowsus - that Osasuna did have a Navarrese policy. I don't know when it ended. Harambe Walks (talk) 18:05, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
- A remarkable and admirable way to develop players, a shame they've abandoned it. Obviously not a sustainable action in the modern game. Kosack (talk) 09:59, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
Cardiff City
I see nobody replied to your request for a mentor. You might try looking through the list of mentors and finding someone on that list whose area of interest is not too far from your own, and asking on their talk page. Not everyone on that list necessarily watches the FAC talk page, so they may not have seen your post. Failing that, you can also look for people not on that list who have successfully taken similar articles through FAC, and see if they would be willing to advise you. Best of luck with the article. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:24, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Mike Christie: Thanks very much for your suggestions. Kosack (talk) 13:31, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
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I've submitted an edit request on Harry Kane's talk page . But no one's answering . Could you help me ? Thanks ! Rocket blastoff (talk) 09:54, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Rocket blastoff: Hi, can you provide a link to a reliable source that supports the addition? Kosack (talk) 10:01, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Kosack:I have this from Tottenham Hotspur : Records and Statistics . Rocket blastoff (talk) 10:07, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, the table on that page doesn't seem to provide a source and Wikipedia can't be used as a source for itself. We need a reliable source to support the information. Are you aware of any? Kosack (talk) 10:09, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Kosack:I have this from Tottenham Hotspur : Records and Statistics . Rocket blastoff (talk) 10:07, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Kosack: Why don't you search "most prolific Spurs Europe goalscorer" on google ? You can even go to Totteham Hotspur's official website > Menu > search > Harry Kane / Harry Kane recent news . Rocket blastoff (talk) 11:14, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2018/november/kane-levels-record-of-one-of-the-best/ - this is a link to a reliable source 223.176.81.244 (talk) 07:21, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
rocket blastoff
Hello , you wanted me to provide a good source for the fact that Kane would become Tottenham's leading Europe goalscorer with another goal , this is it - Kane levels record of ' one of the best ' 223.176.81.244 (talk) 07:27, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
- You're currently banned for sockpuppetry, so I'll respectfully decline to make that edit. You should continue with your request on the talk page. Kosack (talk) 08:17, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Andy Kerr (footballer, born 1966)
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Page update
Hi Kosack,
I noticed a page had been created on Wiki for myself: Chris Sander - Cardiff City. Thank You. It's very good.
I made some small changes to make it more complete but they weren't accepted. I'll leave it to you to decide if you would like to include the updated text.
Thanks
Chris
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DYK for Wyn Griffiths
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Van persie
Coming 9th and 7th in ballon’Dor means in the top ten players in the world in them years. If that’s not enough for world class status, then it’s opinion by fellow professionals, pundits, media, managers, stats, fans and are many references on this. If this is a true bio on a player then it should be documented on here as there are facts out there with this info. “Individual honours” I’ve added a reference to every single one. These are honours. I don’t understand why they are removed. Leelindsay (talk) 20:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
TFL notification
Hi, Kosack. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Azerbaijan international footballers – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for December 17. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 23:26, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Neil Matthews (footballer, born 1967)
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— Maile (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Kosack, there's a complaint about the reliability of the source used for this hook sitting at WP:ERRORS right now, just in case you want to fix it up, or suggest an alternative hook. Otherwise I suspect the hook should be pulled. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:15, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)@The Rambling Man: Have replied at WP:ERRORS. Source accepted as reliable long since at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Various football biographies are using this as a primary source,. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:29, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Struway2: Thanks very much. Kosack (talk) 12:52, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks both. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:24, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- @Struway2: Thanks very much. Kosack (talk) 12:52, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)@The Rambling Man: Have replied at WP:ERRORS. Source accepted as reliable long since at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 45#Various football biographies are using this as a primary source,. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:29, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Kosack, there's a complaint about the reliability of the source used for this hook sitting at WP:ERRORS right now, just in case you want to fix it up, or suggest an alternative hook. Otherwise I suspect the hook should be pulled. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:15, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
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GA Nomination: Lebanon national football team
Hi,
I have contacted Sportsfan77777 regarding a GA nomination for the Lebanon national football team article, he told me to ask you for help; would it be possible for you to take a look at the nomination if you had time?
Thanks, Nehme1499 (talk) 00:51, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi, I'll try and have a look at this soon if I can. I can't promise anything right now with Christmas round the corner though I'm afraid. Kosack (talk) 08:28, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Kosack,
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Alex Render page
Apologies Kosack, feel free to delete the Alex Render page I just created. When I started writing it I was thinking Render had featured in the first team but didn't realize until I got to the stats that he didn't make it off the bench. Also on researching I now find that appearances in the National League don't count as enough to warrant a page. This hasn't been something I have thought about previously as Chesterfield F.C. (my team) are facing their first season in tier 5. I saved a copy of the page so should we be reinstated in the league next season I can revive it. thanks.
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing Alex Render, Kosack.
Unfortunately Insertcleverphrasehere has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:
If you reviewed this article, please note that PRODed and CSD tagged articles should not be marked as reviewed, per consensus here. That's not necessarily to say that the tag is not applicable, this change is just to help stop things from falling through the cracks. Thanks.
To reply, leave a comment on Insertcleverphrasehere's talk page.
— Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)(click me!) 10:55, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
DYK for List of Albania international footballers
On 17 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Albania international footballers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lorik Cana is the most capped Albanian footballer of all time? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Albania international footballers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Albania international footballers), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Incomplete DYK nomination
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Don't worry, I found a better source which more accurately presents the numbers of tickets made available for the final. – PeeJay 10:58, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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Question about an article reversion
Hey there, Kosack. I noticed that you reverted a small edit of mine for Henry Mathewson. I disagree with the rationale, but rather than get into an edit war over two characters, I wanted to ask you something calmly about it. This is my question: Doesn't MOS:COMMA tell you to put commas for years in month-day-year formatting? The example for MOS:BOLDLEAD only shows day-month-year, and I knew before that you didn't put a comma before the year in that format. Getting back to the article, every other date has a comma after the day. I'm not totally understanding why the lead has to be different in that regard. Maybe I missed something in the Manual of Style? Anyway, I just want some clarification on this. -- JustJamie820 (talk) 21:34, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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I think u should learn how to take a joke rather than taking things so seriously do u actually spend you life going on footballers wiki to see if people have changed things??? Haza11 (talk) 16:37, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
it was constructive because he doesn’t have more clean sheets than de gea so how about you take a joke aswell as excepting fav facts
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Lee Tomlin
Hello, I just wanted to point out that Lee Tomlin has now signed for Peterborough, so please leave him on the ‘Out on loan’ section. Thanks Steam n Whistle (talk) 07:44, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Steam n Whistle: Do you have a source confirming the move has been completed? Kosack (talk) 07:46, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
I did, but I’ve just discovered the move is not going to go ahead. Steam n Whistle (talk) 13:28, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Steam n Whistle: The move has stalled over a contractual issue, although Peterborough seem to still have hope that it will go through [1]. Until there is official confirmation, then we shouldn't be changing anything yet. Kosack (talk) 13:31, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
DYK nomination of List of Armenia international footballers
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RE: Jazz Richards
Hi, yeah, I appreciate it’s not the best of sources. The point in question is mentioned around the 4:30 minute mark by West End’s chairman. I tried to opt for an actual webpage about Richards’ time at West End, but Google was only throwing up the fact he sponsors the kit. Cheers. JSWHU (Talk page) 15:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)