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Hey, no problem, sorry for that. But no reason to undo the "other" edits i made. Will remind the flag thing... Kante4 (talk) 09:15, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Paul marshall

Hi there! Just wanted to suggest an edit to your Paul Marshall post! I’m Paul’s oldest son, Cameron just wanted to add that he was actually born in Dundee not Ghana though his dad was from Ghana. Cheers! Cammarshall2305 (talk) 18:30, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Bertie Messitt

I edited the articles, some not touched for a decade, more than half stub articles, for half a dozen of the top runners who competed in the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome, adding a good deal of material to some. After you edited Bertie's article, I noticed that you had been editing the article for years and was curious as to what drew you to it. He's only been dead for five years, but he stopped competing 51 years ago. Now you know what he looks like. I just added a link to the race that's almost ten minutes long, if you're interested. So I looked at your User page. I must admit I was absolutely staggered by the number of edits you've made. Anyway, thanks for your service, and for your sense of humor, which radiates from your User page. Activist (talk) 13:53, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

@Activist: - thanks for the kind words. For this individual, while I can't be 100% sure, I think I created it when his name was a redlink on the recent deaths page at the time (ties in with the DOD, and when I created it). I used to patrol the recent deaths page and create a quick stub for any Olympian. I've been working on missing Olympians as a whole for the best part of a decade. Glad you appreicate my humour, something that too many on here simply don't get. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:59, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

You're most welcome. I actually added a good deal to the articles on each of the six leaders who are in the photograph, plus Sergey Popov's as well, though I haven't created any. I also added a bit to Mohammad Gammoudi's article. I think he was in the Billy Mills film. As I was researching them, I also reviewed the article for Gaston Roelants. I had known a lot about his remarkable accomplishments including owning the one-hour-run track record for many years, but never realized that his longevity at top form was perhaps even more amazing. I met many of the pre-WWII runners, 60 years ago, including Lou Zamperini, but only knew of his running history. Until last year when I saw the film on HBO, I had no idea Lou had such extraordinary experiences. He crashed in a B-24 at sea, floated in a raft for almost seven weeks, survived strafing, was captured and held as a POW for over two years in Japan. I actually visited the airfield named for him in his hometown, Torrance, CA, a few times over the course of a few years, beginning in 2011, and then the last time not long after he died. If you haven't read his article, I think you'd enjoy it. Activist (talk) 14:29, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination of Pietro De Vico for deletion

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Submission lists

I was doing some light research but was unable to find any reliable resource that would provide annual submission lists for Best Foreign Film Oscar, other than news articles for the last few years. I felt we should remove the broken References column from the List of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, which I did, but it would be great to go back through the years and source the submissions as you have so valiantly done the last few years. But how to source older submissions? I tried but couldn't find much, for example, for the List of submissions to the 29th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Any ideas? Jmj713 (talk) 17:31, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

While finding the old lists online can be tough, most of the individual titles can be sourced with some good searching in Google. There's usually someone who's done a retrospective of their country in this category and make mention of earlier (pre-internet) submissions. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:27, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

User:CYBSSY

Hey there, I'm here to request if we should warrant CYBSSY to be blocked. He has now had two warnings from two different users to watch his edits and keep them tidy and he has failed to do so. Kidsoljah (talk) 01:50, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Who? If they're causing disruption, get your evidence together and head to WP:ANI. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:24, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Cricket Australia Templates

Hi, if possible could you please either let me know how to create or could you please create a link to Cricket Australia XI such as the ones used in Template:Cr-Aus/doc? Thanks Aussiespinnersfanpage | talk

I'm not sure how that's done, to be honest. I did have a look at it some time back. Probably best to drop at a note at WT:CRIC. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:20, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

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October 2017

You seem to be following my edits around ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]). I appreciate your edits, but please stop this. Also see this. Thanks. 32.218.34.173 (talk) 17:24, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

And you're a WP:SOCK too. Great! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 17:25, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for your work on everything cricket related. sudhanva (talk) 04:58, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 06:40, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Antonio Saloso

hi there i would like to change the deatails of Antonio Saloso i would like to improve it and remain like that for He is my father i know what im putting there its a fact details..

Antonio Saloso Madball01 (talk) 11:39, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi. Seeing as you know the subject, please also look at WP:COI. Basically, everything you add needs to be sourced, including, but not limited to, his place of birth, education, current club, etc. Do you have any online sources, such as interviews? If so, link them here and I'll show you the basics of citing the source. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 11:56, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	I never given you a barnstar so I thought I should appreciate your contributions. Thanks for all the hard work you put to improve our encyclopedia. Also, thanks for your almost 40k articles. Greenbörg (talk) 18:19, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Greenbörg! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:21, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

User:Raiyan HA

Hello Lugnuts. Since I know you're familiar with editing cricket articles, I'm also sure you're aware of this editor and how disruptive he's been since he joined Wikipedia. I only started watching his edits since his disruption on 2018 FIFA World Cup, a non-cricket article, but just recently, I noticed he's created multiple redlinks on random player articles, replacing valid links at times (certainly, there's no actual page to Batting all-rounder, for example.) May I ask that you please keep an eye on his editing? I can't keep up with his edits because of time zones (I'm normally asleep when Raiyan edits.) jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:13, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

@Jd22292: - thanks for this. I've seen them on my watchlist a few times, but thought it was just one or two articles they were doing this on. I'll keep an eye out. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:02, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Pictures of Cricketers

Hi Lugnuts! I was uploading pictures from websites just to make topics a little bit more creative and better. If you still think this is illegal please post more tips on how I could get better copyright free pictures from the internet. Thanks! -Ironman322

Nomination of Afghan cricket team against Zimbabwe in the UAE in 2017–18 for deletion

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Blue Book

Hi User:Lugnuts, I've created an article for upcoming History series Blue Book, and had a few questions if you don't mind. Do you know if the genres in the infobox should be shown now or wait until the series airs, because the refs already call it sci-fi drama? And if the writer and director should be in the infobox? Because Den of Geek! ref said Stromberg would only direct the first two episodes, not the full ten. I know you do good editing for Twin Peaks, so thought you would be a good person to ask. Here are some more sources that could be used for article as well, [13], [14], [15], cheers. Theo (edits) 04:26, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@Theo Mandela: - Sory Theo for not getting back to you sooner, I haven't forgotten about this. For the genre, as anything on WP, then a WP:RS will be needed to verify that. I'm not that familar with the rules around TV shows, but the {{Infobox television}} has more guidance on what should or should not be included. The most work I did on a TV episode was for the single greatest hour in TV history. Hope that helps. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:43, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Cool, no worries. USA Today calls it sci-fi drama and Den of Geek! calls it fact-based drama, but since it's set in the 50s-60s, I've put it under period drama. I'll wait till it airs to change writer/director in infobox if they change with the episodes, cheers. Theo (edits) 20:01, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

October 2017

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

I noticed your recent edit to Liam Smith (cricketer) does not have an edit summary.

I eventually worked out why you hijacked the page, but please explain why in your edit summary - and update WikiData, WikiProjects etc to match the new (more notable) player. The-Pope (talk) 04:44, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tesa Vilar

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A user blanked the article which I restored and warned. Wiki smart12 then left a note on my talk page claiming to be Tesa Vilar asking it be removed. It didn't seem to meet notability, so I added a prod. I only noticed you had created the article after the fact. Otherwise, I would have queried you first. Also, since Tesa Vilar appears to no longer be racing, I added "former" to her status. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 20:08, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

West Indies v Zimbabwe

Hi. Just curiosity pal. The test series between West Indies and Zimbabwe is playing for the Clive Lloyd Trophy I guess. Is that right. Is their any difference to recent test series between them to not played for that trophy. cheers. Gihan Jayaweera (talk) 20:40, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi. Not that I'm aware of. The 2001 article states each series from then on will be played for the trophy. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 15:17, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Talk:Pride (2014 film)

Hi, Lugnuts. I've looked at your user page, and you've done amazing things for the Wikipedia, thank you very much for that, thousands of articles are an incredible amount of work. However, I'm coming here from the above article talk page, where, I've got to say, you really went after User:Gagarine personally when you were arguing about a historical accuracy section on this film. Please don't do that, just keep it to the topic you're arguing about. Thanks. --GRuban (talk) 20:00, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	I am sure that you get to take breaks from creating articles, but the subject runners don't get to take breaks until they reach the finish line. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:36, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: - thank you! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:49, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

DMY Date Updates

Hi. I have come to your talk page with the hope of saving you effort.

I see that you tend to trail behind my edits (as here) updating the DMY template to the current month. As a relative newbie, in comparison to your edit count, I want to make sure that I am not somehow inadvertently creating work for you in my edits. It seems inefficient that you need to do this sort of clean-up. Should editors like me be updating the DMY template every time they edit a page, or is this a personal wiki-gnome chore you do? Thanks. GetSomeUtah (talk) 20:02, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi and welcome to WP. Short answer is that every page I create goes on my watchlist. There's a fair chunk of vandalism that creeps through (esp. low-value BLP stubs), and I check pretty much every edit to make sure they're not vandalism. As part of that check, some basic formatting cleans/updates are often made. BTW, I'm not saying your edits are vandalism at all. However, for a user-name I don't initially recognise, it's something I check as I go. Hope that helps. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:52, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Don't bother updating the template unless you really want to. It's something that gets done automatically when this script is run (at least I assume Lugnuts and I use the same script), not something that people generally do manually. Correct me if I'm wrong, Lugnuts. Jenks24 (talk) 09:42, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you both. I appreciate it. GetSomeUtah (talk) 09:59, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Ellyse Perry

This has GAN written all over it (metaphorically), I can't find an active contributing editor. Do you fancy a co-nom, maybe even skipping GAN and FACing it? It's in great shape, just needs some copyedit? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:51, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: - Thats sounds a great idea. I was looking at her bio yesterday thinking it wasn't far off being promoted to at least a GA. How do you want to deal with the fan-boy stat tables at the foot of the page? Just find some cites, or strip them out and replace with prose? I'll do some C/E work later. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:38, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

They're a little over the top, granted, although they could very easily be cited via Statsguru, so perhaps let's start by doing that and then if there's a hue and cry about tables for such sparse records, we can "prosefy" it. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:48, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

For your enjoyment

Hi L. I saw your posts on the Olympics Wikiproject talk page and I wanted to let you know that I received this notice back in August. I immediately started saving up and next week I'll have reached my goal - including paying the extra to get faster shipping so I receive it on the fifth. Every time I watch this video I get a little more excited. I know that you might already be aware of this but I wanted to provide these links in case you weren't. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 02:02, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello! No, I wasn't aware of this - thanks for the heads-up. Wow, that looks amazing and something I can spend some time viewing over Christmas. Thanks again. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:36, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

You are welcome L. Based on WP:PROMO an article on the box set is probably not possible but I wish there was some way the work on the restoration pf the films could be mentioned somewhere. Well, three weeks from today I well be glued to my TV watching these :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 20:55, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

2017–18 Premier League Tournament

For article 2017–18 Premier League Tournament, I have added the sources now. Please remove the REDIRECT from this page. The new article created by yourself, was created after I created the initial one. You may please add your links on my article.

Your article was at an incorrect title (hence why I never saw it) and contained no sources. It's now at the correct title and sourced. You've just copied the text from my article into your shoddy article! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:49, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

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Three umpires in a Test match

West Indies v New Zealand 2nd Test at Port of Spain 2014 was also umpired by 3 umpires when Illingworth replaced Tucker on day 4. Also in a Test match in Australia in 2001, John Smeaton replaced Steve Davis. These instances are not mentioned in the list of Test cricket umpires page. Please see to this once. Cricket246 (talk) 16:54, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Is it a biography?

You create a one line page - "participated". When I add something, you remove. You are not oblidged, but you remove. Why don't you verify instead? google Zofia Kiełpińska http://podhale24.pl/tag/Zofia+Kie%C5%82pi%C5%84ska/ Zofia Kiełpińska, naczelnik Wydziału Edukacji, Turystyki i Sportu Urzędu Miasta Zakopane Xx236 (talk) 07:29, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

@Xx236: see WP:BLPREMOVE. Therefore, I am "oblidged" to remove it. The burden is with YOU to source it, it's not my burden to Google any old crap added to an article. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:43, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Remove contentious material. A workplace isn't contentious. Xx236 (talk) 09:18, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes it is. Everything you add must be sourced, it's pretty straight forward. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:20, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

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@Anomalocaris: - do you have an example of these "lint" errors, esp. in relation to my signature? Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:52, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Linter. —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:05, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

So nothing specific to my signature then. Seeing as there are more than 8 million of these on WP, I wont bother changing mine. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:42, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Russian-language source

Forgive me if you were already aware of this. If not, it might be of some use to you in your work on films: http://www.kino-teatr.ru/

I've used it a bit, and it seems legit. It's in Russian, which is its one drawback (if you don't speak Russian, that is.) But it seems like it could be a very useful resource especially in writing on Soviet actors from some of the less-trafficked republics. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:06, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't speak Russian, but I will have a look at the site, with the help of my good friend Google Translate. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:08, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Heeeey, you two know each other? What are the odds? We just had lunch together! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:28, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

2017-18 Ashes

Hi Lugnuts

I saw you removed my reasonably large edit on the 2017-18 Ashes page. While I do concede it was a bit biased, I had taken inspiration by following the writing of the 2015 Ashes series "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Ashes_series". What do you think of the writing in that (It was not by myself) eg. "In what was undoubtably the turning point in the match"DiamondIIIXX (talk) 20:59, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Slobodan Praljak

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Thanks! I'll have a drink to celebrate. What's my poison? Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:14, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Please read your sources

I'm warning you to not attack me without veryfing informations.

Please write biographies of people, not two-liners.Xx236 (talk) 13:55, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

@Xx236: I am writing biographies. If you don't like the "two-liners" - tough shit. You are the one who is adding unsourced information into a WP:BLP. You've been here 10+ years, so either you are incompetent, a troll, or both. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:57, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Compagni di scuola

Hi, I think strange that Italian language cannot be linked, it doesn't seem such a bad thing to me by the way it must be important for you, you already cancelled it twice and ok, I can understand. But you also cancelled my edit at the cast. I added more names and I made the article more complete, may I ask you why you cancelled my contribution? Charlie Foxtrot66 (talk) 20:24, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Per the edit summary - see WP:FILMCAST and WP:OVERLINK for linking to "Italian", etc. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 20:29, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

"Primary (film) dab"

Hi. Did you see Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(films)#“Primary_film”. Do you think that is genuinely not getting it, or deliberate? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:19, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

I saw it briefly last night. I don't think that IP would get it if you punched them hard in their face. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:25, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

hah, actually I meant B2C who agreed with the IP. In ictu oculi (talk)

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ODI

Actually, you're right, so thanks for changing them back. The "style guide" (FWIW, which isn't a lot) hyphenates one-day cricket but not One Day International. Not sure of the logic in this. Kind regards. Johnlp (talk) 10:24, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

No worries. I think there's a bigger knock-on affect, with such categories as Category:England One Day International cricketers and articles such as List of One Day International cricket records, etc. I'm all for an easy life! Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 11:03, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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Adding Refree to the cricket structure below Umpires

Can we also add "| Refree = " to the cricket matches like we add Umpires etc.? Aditya tamhankar (talk) 11:15, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

No. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:38, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Little Gandhi

I am working with the entire team. I am clearly connected with the picture. We want the poster up that you decided to delete. WHY DO YOU KEEP DELETING THAT POSTER and who has the conflict of interest? NOBODY ON THE TEAM HERE HAS ANY.

Stubbing my toe.

Why do you want me to stop indenting stubs? GoodDay (talk) 14:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

What possible benefit does it have? Sell it to me. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:23, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

It's visually more pleasing. GoodDay (talk) 14:36, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

So no benefits at all. Not sold. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:37, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

You're reverting on the basis of WP:IDON'TLIKEIT, then. GoodDay (talk) 14:40, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

No, as WP:IDON'TLIKEIT only applies to AfDs. This isn't an AfD. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:42, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

You haven't given a reason, other then just not liking it, though. GoodDay (talk) 14:52, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

The reason is it serves no purpose. There is no benefit to it. Now go find something more productive to do. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:54, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Olympics

Do you happen to know what is the most complete database we have of Olympic athletes? I can't seem to find a majority of the athletes on the Olympic website. I see you use sports-reference, but is it actually a complete list or do they have only a majority of the competitors? Adamtt9 (talk) 16:03, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi. SR is complete as far as I know. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:04, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Alright, thanks. Adamtt9 (talk) 16:05, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

"tis the season...."

Hello Lugnuts: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ―Buster7 ☎ 23:27, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

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Season's Greetings

Hello Lugnuts: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 16:51, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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Cam Wheatley redirect.

Sorry for the trouble with the edit Lugnuts. I was looking for a way to redirect users who only type “Cam Wheatley” into the google search engine, to get to where they’re looking, as it doesn’t get readers to the direct article. Any help would be much appreciated ✌️ Auscricket90 (talk) 12:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

help@google.com. Try that. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:02, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

The only way the Wikipedia page is able to show up is if you change the article name to Cam Wheatley. His common name still shows up as well. Are you able to change the heading for this page? Thanks for your help Auscricket90 (talk) 00:44, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Lugnuts!!


Hi Lugnuts, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
   –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Seasons' Greetings

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:03, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Lugnuts, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018. Happy editing, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:20, 24 December 2017 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Yoshio Imuro

This one is actually named Yoshio Iimuro, and he has an article already. Did you want me to merge histories or just redirect it? —Xezbeth (talk) 19:04, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

@Xezbeth: - thanks for spotting that - I've just redirected it and added the infobox. Thanks again. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 19:06, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Stanisław Kowal

Thanks for your care. Pro tip for the future, I suggest to add more information to your short stubs. Adding the birthplace is the very least you could do, since you're taking the information from Sportsrefence.com anyway. -- Darwinek (talk) 22:12, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

@Darwinek: - the very least I can do is create the article (with everything sourced, of course). I don't HAVE to do anything more. You don't seem to bother sourcing anything you add though. Why is that? You must be a special case. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:55, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

"You must be a special case"? Seriously? I strongly recommend you to stay civil. Reminding other users to add sources is one thing, calling them names is another. - Darwinek (talk) 20:17, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

@Darwinek: So what IS your reason for not sourcing text you add to articles, including a couple of BLPs I've spotted on my watchlist? Do those rules not apply to you? Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 20:24, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Note that when Darwinek is confronted with their own incompetence, they naturally hide it by blanking the issue. However, the diffs will always be there, and will come in handy for the future. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 20:27, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

I wanted to add the reference later when I have more time in real life. Next time I will add them right away. Sorry for not doing that before. The sourcing rules apply to everyone of course. As for my talk page, it is my right to remove what I want from there. That is a rule that applies for everyone's own talk page. - Darwinek (talk) 20:36, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

@Darwinek: - that's great. Now stop being a WP:DICK and read WP:HOUND. Looks like something else you know nothing about. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:39, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

I am not singling you out and tracking your edits. I have subscription to new articles from several lists, including the Olympic athletes. You are doing a great job creating new articles on Olympic athletes, filling the gaps on WP. I am simply trying to add more info to some of them. Will always include sources there. Hope you will show a good faith and appreciate it.--Darwinek (talk) 12:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Lugnuts!

Happy New Year!

Lugnuts,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
-- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 23:16, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Truly impressive work on those Olympic athletes! Timmyshin (talk) 04:43, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:08, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Mária Faithová-Mračnová

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Mária Faithová-Mračnová. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Jaroslava Valentová. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Jaroslava Valentová. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

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@Discospinster: - They Spell And Pronounce Their Names Differently. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:18, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Template:2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series

Hello there. And thanks for all your contributions. I just want to let you know that we can use LST wherever we need transclusion, see User_talk:Frietjes#About_the_template. So, all such templates (e.g. Template:2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series) serves no real purpose and are just waste of space. We can just copy their markup into their respective sections in the articles. Your co-operation in this regard will be helpful. What are your thoughts on this? Störm (talk) 14:55, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

I create these for two main reasons: 1) They're used on at least two different articles (the tour itself, and the internatinal year page). And 2) It means all the fan-boys who are obsessed with updating tables, can do so on the template, without having dozens, if not hundreds of IP edits on the main article(s) to wade through to check for vandalism. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:58, 31 December 2017 (UTC)