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Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge

Hi. I've noticed the good work you do on here. I was wondering if you'd be interested in contributing to this ambitious British Isles challenge to bringing about 10,000 improvements to the UK and Ireland. The drive is fuelled by regional contests every few months, but it is generally an ongoing content improvement development. If you'd be interested in chipping in with the articles you improve please add your name to the participants and start adding your entries to the big list. Diversity of input will make it much more interesting to peruse! Thanks.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:29, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Cool, I'll help with some football biographies I should have created ages ago! Mattythewhite (talk) 15:05, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Is it possible though you could only add larger stubs/expansions/start class entries to the list though as the overall intention is more quality improvement and reducing stub count haha. Stubs which are a bit fleshier are welcome though.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:58, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Naderhussein10 changes

Hey Mattythewhite, I apologize for all the unsourced changes. I'm still new to this, and I made them all at once. How could I source something I watched? Naderhussein10 (talk) 22:16, 13 September 2016 (UTC)Naderhussein10

I recommend WP:CITE for more information on referencing. Mattythewhite (talk) 22:32, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Naderhussein10 (talk) 22:47, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Reece thompson

Edits are updates for tonights game with gateshead where reece scored his debut goal source is bbc sport and north ferriby twitter account — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.18.254.246 (talk) 23:27, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Claytz's nationality

Copy and paste is a wonderful thing, but I've always struggled with the bit where you're supposed to change things between pasting and pressing send... thanks, Struway2 (talk) 15:10, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

RE: Brendan Cox

Dear sir,

I recently saw a post directed me you posted on my personal page and on edit notes describing me as a "vandal" and "clearly a hoaxer" and describing me as "Providing false information" regarding my article on the English goalkeeper, Brendan Cox. I would like to argue that this is deeply untrue and very hurtful, as i would never even dream of misleading anyone ever! Brendan Cox is a real person, I know because I have met him myself. He told me he had made it through a trial for Plymouth Argyle and said they have given him the Number 1 shirt, which i already know is true because I had previously known other people saying he was present at Harpers Park (Argyle Training Ground) WITH THEM for a trial, as his whole youth team were at the club. (said team is known as Staddiscoombe Colts). He is good young lad and not a 'hoax' as you put it so blatantly.

Please think carefully before making claims in the future — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnTombs48 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Funny how a Google search yields no results matching your claims, isn't it! Mattythewhite (talk) 18:19, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Funny how looking up half the players listed in the development squad doesn't bring up anything either! Besides why would they upload 100s of names onto the internet of players they have trialled over the years? It would make no sense as other clubs who were looking into the player would know they were on their radar, and they would probably break dozens of data protection laws in the the process! Besides why would they bother to make a press release for 1 17 year old who made it through a trial? The club probably makes tens or even hundreds of similar acquisitions a year! They wouldn't hold a press release for all of them, would they? He will be included in a squad list somewhere in a few weeks just you wait. I'm not a liar, good sir. Now, I have got work to do. Unlike you, seemingly Mr. 300,000 edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnTombs48 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

You're seriously telling me they wouldn't bother with a press release for a goalkeeper they've assigned the number one shirt (as you claim)? Give over. And your "Mr. 300,000 edits" remark is a great idea, that's really going to help your cause... Mattythewhite (talk) 18:41, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Automated edits

Never noticed that on single-source articles before - thanks for the heads up. I still feel that converting to 30em makes sense, as it pre-empts article expansion. We cannot rely on one/only a handful of sources indefinitely, ideally... GiantSnowman 19:17, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Politics

What are your political views? (James) —Preceding undated comment added 22:25, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

With respect, what has that to do with anything...? Mattythewhite (talk) 22:28, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't, just out of curiosity. I'm asking a lot of people because of the current disagreement on the proposal of more grammar schools. (James) —Preceding undated comment added 22:25, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Well, are you going to give me an answer then? (James) —Preceding undated comment added 22:25, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Re: Evandro Rachoni De Lima

With respect

Evandro Rachoni De Lima is a real goalkeeper, he has played for Crawley Town and Concord Rangers. If you go on google there is 10 pages of items for him. He has been mentioned in four four two magazine and in various other well known and supported publications. He was mentioned as a blacked out player on a page for Crawley Towns 14-15 season on wikipidea as well. If you have an actual problem with my article tell me it. I just want to write articles on here. He has also played in the German 4th league which is a proffesional league

http://www.itv.com/news/2015-01-13/crawley-sign-brazilian-keeper-evandro-rachoni-de-limaon-who-fled-ukraine/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30796787

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnTombs48 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 15 September 2016 (UTC) 

Matthew Blair listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Matthew Blair. Since you had some involvement with the Matthew Blair redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. --Nevé–selbert 16:17, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Mattythewhite. You have new messages at Talk:Jean Seberg.
Message added 17:28, 17 September 2016 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Shearonink (talk) 17:28, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Hal Robson-Kanu

Kindly refrain from threatening to block me for perceived "vandalism". The edits to the aforementioned page were based on information contained within the Soccerbase website which allocated Robson-Kanu the squad number 21 see link here. The website is regularly used on Wikipedia for statistical purposes therefore I deemed the information contained on this page to be correct.

If you maintain these Gestapo style tactics to try and target users who you clearly do not like, I will report you WP:ADMINISTRATORABUSE.

I have no desire to communicate with you so avoid posting (and making threats) on my talk page, where possible, again. Johnelwaq (talk) 19:38, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

And if you want to continue comparing me to the Nazi secret police, I'll be contacting another admin to mediate here. You are on very thin ice. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:44, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Rashford

Didn't realise i missed it, my bad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GanjaCaliphate (talk • contribs) 16:09, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Matt

stop edit wiki and stop delete my edit Auapc (talk) 22:02, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Beg your pardon? Mattythewhite (talk) 22:03, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

John Stones,

For editing John Stones Youth career, it has been mentioned in other languages of Wikipedia for ex: Arabic, German, ... etc. You can see it. -- Mohammad Hegazy (talk) 19:22, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

It needs to be cited in this article. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:25, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

YCFC: Jon Greening transfer fee

What's the reason for reverting my update re the York City / Jon Greening transfer fee. It was factually correct, added value and was referenced back to a reliable source. City received approx. £1.1m comfortably more than that for Richard Cresswell, albeit it in staged payments, so I believe its worth noting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrismf (talk • contribs) 16:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

In my edit summary, I linked to List of York City F.C. records and statistics#Transfers. I should have been more specific and directed you to footnote F, which expands on the fee received for Greening. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 23:19, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, that sort of makes sense, however Footnote F makes no mention of the sell on to Middlesbrough and the additional monies York received (see the references I added yesterday). PS The fees quoted on wiki for McCarthy and Murty are the original fees and don't include clauses (for McCarthy we got 20% (approx. £200k) when he moved to Birmingham and £50k from Reading when they got promoted). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrismf (talk • contribs) 07:14, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

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Creative2017

Since you block Creative2017 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Did you think he still have another sock puppet? You did not state the primary account of Creative2017. Should I start a request on investigate Autovision007 (talk · contribs)? Matthew_hk tc 10:16, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Stats of players

Hello, Mr Mattythewhite.
Please, I want to know how to get full Stats of a player, is there any website mention it?
Some numbers of matches of the players are mentioned in Wikipedia, but I can't find its reference. -- Mohammad Hegazy (talk) 22:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I am well aware of the contents of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football/Players#Career_statistics - the last section says while "there is a slight advantage in accessibility when you repeat cells, rather than rowspanning them", "our readers won't be disadvantaged noticeably if we don't repeat every cell that contains duplicate data". I interpret this to mean that my format was just as valid as yours, but I have no plans to get into a fight about this. Life's far too short to squabble about Wikipedia. Cheers. Sussexpeople (talk) 07:41, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Greek vandal

This Greek IP (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2.85.85.18) is still at it in spite of your warning. Two of their "contributions" strike the eye, so to speak:

1 - Daniel Fernandes (footballer), continues to add 28 games for OFI Crete even though all (reliable) sources say 21, continues to add 2007 and 2010 as caps for Portugal when NFT.com says 2007 and 2009;

2 - Djalma Campos, even though FORADEJOGO.net shows us his last game for C.S. Marítimo B as being in 2010 (common practice as this Portuguese club, even veteran Briguel kept appearing for them almost until his retirement), the IP is having none of that, they say 2007! Here's the FDJ game entry so you don't have to bother and browse, check out date in the top-right corner (http://www.foradejogo.net/match.php?match=201115400320607).

Attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 20:34, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Given a level 3 warning. Mattythewhite (talk) 10:50, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

They continue at it, in Mr. Fernandes and/or Marián Kelemen... --85.242.133.151 (talk) 20:51, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

• Blocked? Easy, they get another IP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/94.67.149.43)... --85.242.133.151 (talk) 16:53, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Julien Fernandes

Remember this situation? Well, after a few "experiments" we got our first summary from the other party, and it goes down like this: it's Mr. Fernandes himself who has been making the (bad) edits, and he also says we did not count the CUP games/goals and so he inserts them.

Cheers --85.242.133.151 (talk) 20:15, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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Chris Smalling

I'm not a vandal. All information that i type is fact and most of it is sourced or linked to sourced Wikipedia material. The statistics is based on www.transfmarkt.com, sorry if you misunderstanding about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FredericoHibertus95 (talk • contribs) 16:12, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:V, and keep in mind that Transfermarkt is not a reliable source. You might not be a vandal, but adding content that does not corroborate with the cited sources is deemed disruptive. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:16, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Categories

Matty, could you please see to it that this category is duly adjusted? It's BRAGANÇA (note the symbol attached to the letter "C") not BRAGANCA. Problem is i do not know if that will be possible, as far as i know this letter only exists in the Portuguese language.

Thanks in advance, happy week --85.242.133.151 (talk) 18:48, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Moved to Category:G.D. Bragança players. Worth noting there was a copy and paste move by League Octopus (talk · contribs) in May 2012, the article used to be at G.D. Braganca rather than GD Braganca. Mattythewhite (talk) 21:58, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Mosul city in Iraq

Hi, can you help me

I add kurdish name for Mosul

But this user reject the kurdish name User:Beshogur

I sent to him messeges but he do not answer me and I opened subject in the talk page for this city

Thank you Kurdistantolive (talk) 23:14, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Matty,

You left me the following message recently, and I think it may have been in error. I'm pretty sure I didn't make any change to the Sydney Leroux page. I'm a little worried that someone else might have access to my identity, so could you double check and get back to me? It would be hugely appreciated. (And as a journalist who uses Wikipedia upwards of 20 times a day, I commend and appreciate your diligence vis a vis citation.) My username is Jeffreyphowe.

OP below ...

Hello, I'm Mattythewhite. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Sydney Leroux, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mattythewhite (talk) 11:18, 14 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreyphowe (talk • contribs)

Mistaken Identity

I don't know why I've only just now received notification of messages from you that you sent in July. It makes me wonder whether there's a temporary bug in the whole system. Anyway: content below. I have never made any changes or contributions to either of the two pages.

Hello, I'm Mattythewhite. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Anfield has been undone because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:51, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices. Information icon Please do not add or change content, as you did at List of football stadiums in England, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Mattythewhite (talk) 23:15, 16 July 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.218.245.252 (talk)

Invite to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 53 African countries, so should be enjoyable! So it would be a good chance to win something for improving stubs on African sportspeople, including footballers, athletes, Olympians and Paralympians etc, particularly female ones, but also male. Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance (think Regions of countries etc). If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing a few expanded articles on African Paralympians, Olympians and committees etc, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Omar Bogle

Its just ridiculous at this point.. can you look at my contributions.. how many of the do i do? a difficult task like omar bogle page where im fixing various numbers, counting over and over.. and instead of just adding onto that and correcting a tiny mistake of 2! you destroy like 20-25mins work? so leaving him with 10 league apps 9 goals.. but only 6 apps in all comps 4 goals is right is it? that's you doing a good thing? i actually can't believe you.. how old are you? do you even like football? you're a disgrace to wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by GanjaCaliphate (talk • contribs) 13:42, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Sit down, breathe, and count to ten. Then come back to me kay? Mattythewhite (talk) 16:42, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

svk_fan

Hi, I didn´t added unsourced material on Ľubo Šatka, it´s official statistics according soccerway. Link added.
Svk fan —Preceding undated comment added 22:14, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

User:Ministerboy

Since it's the first time it happens, i thought i'd notify to see what can be done:

this user, as 99,9999999999% of all Thai users (just stating a curious fact, not being a bigot or anything), does not update the infobox to save their life. Upping the ante, they now proceeded to revert me in Xisco (footballer, born 1986). I have re-reverted and duly updated the player's box.

Enjoy the weekend --85.242.133.151 (talk) 14:59, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Reverted Edit

You just reverted my edit. I'm still working on it. I was about to add update the source when you reverted my edit. You could have given me a heads up first so I could tell you that. I am using my phone browser so I have to put up the text first and then add the source later.@Mattythewhite Tobexi (talk) 01:24, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Furthermore, I believe even if I wasn't going to add citation. You could have verified the information and if you find out that it is right (like my edit was) then you can help by adding the right citation. That's a lot more constructive than just out rightly yanking the text out without regards to whether it's right or wrong. I wont say I am angry cos I am not but I would say I am not happy with the way you handled the text. I however appreciate the polite message you left on my board telling me what you had done. Thanks for that courtesy. Tobexi (talk) 01:32, 25 October 2016 (UTC)

Darron Gibson

The ips edit is correct and follows typical mos of stating the county name after the first instance of a place. The edit should not have been reverted. Mabuska ^(talk) 22:02, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Harry Arter

Sorry i have just got a wiki page and i was waiting for the article about it but here it is i can't remember how to do the links and things but here is the link http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/watch-harry-arters-girlfriend-is-expecting-a-child-and-everyone-is-delighted/100912 would you be able to put it in for me... thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruggerfan016 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

removed edit , Gareth Barry

dear matt dont really see the need for a source for Gareth Barrys appearance record , when the 441 apps for villa are already stated in his article. If you would like to reinsert my edits , that would be great. lewis — Preceding unsigned comment added by LewisSmith01 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

Hi. The Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon, sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

User:Ishraq95

Does not add one single PC update in infoboxes. And look at this completely misleading summary in Hélder Postiga (did not update anything, only removed sourced content in the personal life section)...

Attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 15:33, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

24.240.24.43

• 24.240.24.43 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Hello Mattythewhite,

Can you take a look at this IP's edits again? I see that you have blocked them twice recently and they seem to be continuing the same disruptive behavior which previously got them blocked. Thanks. Yinf (talk) 19:58, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Mattythewhite.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello, there's been some recent vandalism from a user with this account (202.134.11.159). He makes malicious edits on this two pages (Argentina national football team and Argentina–Brazil football rivalry), by posting a false result from a game that never happened and using a false link that redirects to a dead website. Hope some measures could be taken by a mod. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.133.225.103 (talk) 18:41, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Terry Stoddart

Hi Matthew I was unsure on how to reply, as you have sent me a message about putting on hold my editing of Terry Stoddart's page. The input I provided is fact as I am his son (Graeme Stoddart). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stod180 (talk • contribs) 11:26, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello Greame, given that you have declared that you're his son, you should not edit the article as that's a serious conflict of interest. If you can provide reliable sources for the changes you made, then place an edit request on the article's talk page with the reliable sources included & your changes will be restored. Lastly, please remember to sign your talk page comments using four tildes ~~~~ and place your comments at the bottom of a talkpage or at the relevant section. Regards ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 19:06, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Dwight Gayle(Apologies)

I would like to apologise for any changes made incorrectly to Dwight Gayle on my account as this was not me but a friend who accessed my computer whilst I was away for a short time Cr firth (talk) 22:06, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Martín Demichelis

Matty, could you please weigh in on this (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Linguist111)? Guess it does not pay all that much to "be" an IP...

Attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 21:55, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Burnley FC

Hi Matty, whilst Burnley was sponsored by Oak Furniture they also displayed the sister brand SofaStore on their shirts. 77.97.97.103 (talk) 17:34, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - December 2016

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24.240.24.43

• 24.240.24.43 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

This IP is back to their disruptive editing again. I know that they have not edited for quite awhile as of now, but I'm just letting you know that you may want to at least keep an eye on them again, thanks. 73.96.112.156 (talk) 00:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

VisualEditor

Hello, Just a quick question. I was wondering do you use the VisualEditor to edit sections? Thanks --Skyblueshaun (talk) 16:46, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Not knowingly! Mattythewhite (talk) 17:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

Caps by Decade edits to Beckham, Charlton, Platt

Unfortunately you are right, I can't provide a cite so the changes need to stay reversed. I copied and pasted the following table (judging by the Milner entry, about 5 years ago) from what I thought was englandfootballonline.com and went back to confirm it and give the cite, but I can't find it. Perhaps it was from some other maybe defunct website. Thanks for spotting and keeping me honest...

1870s 5 Hubert Heron

1880s 10 Charles Bambridge

1890s 16 Gilbert Smith

1900s 27 Bob Crompton

1910s 14 Bob Crompton

1920s 17 Billy Walker

1930s 30 Eddie Hapgood

1940s 26 Neil Franklin, Billy Wright

1950s 79 Billy Wright

1960s 83 Bobby Charlton

1970s 57 Emlyn Hughes

1980s 84 Kenny Sansom, Peter Shilton

1990s 60 David Platt

2000s 88 David Beckham

2010s 24 James Milner

Stevew2022 (talk) 02:28, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Alex Iwobi

He warmed the bench for one game in 2013-14 and one game in 2014-15 - in what way can he be considered a first team player in those seasons? GiantSnowman 20:22, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Can you explain how a player's inclusion in a first-team matchday squad does not merit the start of a player's senior career? Just because he didn't take to the field doesn't mean we should sweep facts under the rug. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Also, would you mind not reverting the stats update I made, or reinstating the 'ntupdate' wording for 'nationalteam-update', which has been disbanded for years? Mattythewhite (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

User:31.200.185.123 and Ronnie O'Sullivan non ranking finals

Hello Matty, could you please deal with the above user, as I don't want to violate 3RR. The user keeps adding unsourced material to Ronnie O'Sullivan's article, and their last edit included an unreliable reference. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 18:59, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

The user reverted again, I've given them a 3rr warning, but can't revert. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 23:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I did not revert I added a reliable source so what is the problem please ? RN79 31.200.185.123 (talk) 23:43, 20 December 2016 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.200.185.123 (talk) 23:17, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

I have done what I asked I added a reliable source RN79 31.200.185.123 (talk) 23:43, 20 December 2016 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.200.185.123 (talk) 23:21, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi I have added the last event and used a source like I was asked to do RN79 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.200.185.123 (talk) 23:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

The user has still not provided a reliable source per definition of published which I've outlined here, can you please remove the offending material. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 00:35, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Can i ask what is wrong with the source that I added what is essentially missing from it where you want to remove ?. You seem to just want to remove it because I reverted your edit without knowing how to add the source properly. I tried to add it and I done it wrong. What is wrong with this reference?. 31.200.133.77 (talk) 13:56, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Matty, please be aware that IP user is currently evading a block. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 14:14, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I am not evading any block i asked you a simple question can you answer it please ?. You did not reply to my question but you say "Matty he is avoiding a block" I have asked you on your talk page what is wrong with the source can you tell me please ?. If I know what's wrong I will remove it 178.167.200.31 (talk) 14:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.167.200.31 (talk) 14:18, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

You evaded the block with this IP 31.200.133.77 and now this 178.167.200.31 one. I did reply here & left a notification message on your new talkpage, telling you where the reply was, it's not my fault you keep changing IP's and miss messages. And for the millionth time, I already explained why your source isn't reliable here. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 14:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Two questions regarding player appearance updates

Hi Mattythewhite, just a question here which I'd like to get off my chest. Firstly, are we allowed to update player appearances on wiki? Or is there an actual system in place?

Secondly, also for player profiles on wiki, where it displays '* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)' ...... Am I allowed to edit the dates of these? Especially if the update dates aren't correct. Thank you. A99 Wiki (talk) 16:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Aiden O'Brien

Hi MTW, I took the updates for Aiden O'Brien's appearances for Millwall from his soccerbase page I didn't include it as a reference since it's already linked on his wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tetsujin1979 (talk • contribs) 22:52, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Danish punk vandal

Did it again at Willy Boly, did not so much as flinch while doing it, no respect at all for fellow users.

You have been briefed, attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 23:04, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

• Another no good vandal worth looking at is present at Jorge Paixão (the IP and the account MASSO65), removes all negative approaches to the subject (a girlfriend, his agent, go figure) even if they are referenced. Example: one says he never coached in higher than the Portuguese Second Division, they replace it with "he coached some Portuguese historical clubs". In the passages where it is said the manager was sacked, they remove everything, period!

Attentively (note: this is also AL, editing from work with another static IP, not trying to avoid scrutiny through IP-hopping or anything) --193.137.135.2 (talk) 09:35, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

• The former returns from block, and what does he do? In Nélson Semedo, club to where he was loaned removed from box! Happy holidays --85.242.133.151 (talk) 00:22, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry, merry!

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:00, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Martin Cranie

What's wrong with it Hudders1908 (talk) 23:59, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

You're not updating the timestamp, as explained on your talk page. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:05, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Revert at Troy Deeney

Please, the details that I added were in the source listed. Press Ctrl+F and search for "penalty" and "fifth". As you reverted in the same minute I made the addition, I highly doubt you even checked to verify the additions. Being a registered user or admin does not give you any superiority over IPs to revert at whim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.217.200 (talk) 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Sam Allardyce

Could you tell me what was removed from the Sam Allardyce page due to no citation/reliable source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notanoob322 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Roberto Di Matteo

Why did you remove content I ve added in info box of R.Di Matteo??Di Matteo was assistant of Villas Boas at Chelsea first,then he became head coach after Boas was sacked.This is mentioned at his coaching career below so I don t understand why did you remove my edit??Are you trolling me or something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilbek2105 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Stevan Jovetic

Stevan Jovetic has been on loan 18 months [1]--Pedrotangtang (talk) 02:26, 2 January 2017 (UTC) wiki also mentions: On 31 July 2015, Jovetić joined Serie A side Inter on an 18-month loan deal, for €2.5 million

Mika Domingues

I feel this page move was 100% incorrect. Now, it consists of a name/nickname compound, and it's not coherent anymore with the similar article Mika (footballer, born 1987), which you kindly moved back in the day when i asked you to.

Also, this user added a completely wrong category ("Swiss footballers", he is not that, never played football there not even as a toddler!), but if you feel i was in the wrong whilst reverting them feel free to re-revert. What's your intake overall? Attentively --85.242.133.151 (talk) 16:36, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

• I stand corrected, you moved BOTH articles. --85.242.133.151 (talk) 16:39, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Moved back, on grounds of WP:COMMONNAME. Re the category, you could argue towards its inclusion as he was born in Switzerland, but I personally wouldn't add it. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:41, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Julien Fernandes

The user, who is the player himself per summaries left, continues at it. --193.137.135.2 (talk) 12:37, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

• More, now he contradicts both sources we have for his Enosis Neon Paralimni FC stats... --193.137.135.2 (talk) 11:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

CONTINUES! He does not even know when did he play for clubs? Pathetic, i'm all for full page protection, but you'll be the judge of course. --85.242.133.151 (talk) 19:03, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Jamie O'Hara (footballer)

Mass of vandalistic edits in last hour or so. I have restored to your version of 28 December. Can you protect? Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 22:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Beaten to it! Mattythewhite (talk) 23:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Years in infobox?

Hello, what exactly is the rule for listing years in the infoboxes regarding winter transfers? For example, I saw that you changed "2016" to "2017" at Oscar (footballer, born 1991), while other articles, like Carlos Tevez, have "2016" (and not 2017 like Oscar) as their last club, and "2016–" for their next club (Shanghai)? If transfer window opens at midnight on 1st January, then Oscar was technically a Chelsea player until 23:59 on 31 December, so both Oscar and Tevez articles are wrong and it should have been 2012–2016 Chelsea and 2017– Shanghai? 86.58.36.145 (talk) 14:27, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Paul Clement

Hi Mattythewhite,

For my personal benefit can you please explain your reasons for removing the statements I added upon Clement's appointment as Swansea manager, so I know for future contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saul Kamionsky (talk • contribs) 20:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

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Wirral Derby

Forgot to add the links the other day, cheers.

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-football/1273670-tranmere-rovers-v-new-brighton-afc-britain-s-forgotten-derby https://planetprentonia.com/2016/11/10/a-history-of-the-wirral-derby-tranmere-v-new-brighton/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.72.223 (talk) 19:07, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Michael Gash - Ebbsfleet 08/09

Hi, just struggling to work out which cup games he played in FA Cup/FA Trophy and Conference League Cup, do you have the Non-League Club Directory 2009 book as seen this on some York players? Nfc123 (talk) 22:30, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Yup, I'll update the table tomorrow. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

All done! Mattythewhite (talk) 20:21, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Arsenal Records

Hi there, you appear to have removed the addition of player and team nationality flags from the Arsenal records page, despite these edits making this page more consistent with most other teams records pages, such as Manchester City and Chelsea is there any reason why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rekyht (talk • contribs) 14:48, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:MOSFLAG. Those other lists shouldn't include them either. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:39, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

2022 FIFA World Cup

I haven't got a clue how that edit was! Red Jay (talk) 18:43, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hi, isn't wikipedia super helpful?

Sirfancypants009 (talk) 17:59, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Adam Lallana - career statistics

Hi. Football League Trophy and Champions League in one row? Imo, that doesn't make sense. User:BundesBerti (talk) 14:12, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

If those competitions are competed in in different seasons, I don't see the issue. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Danny collins

Hi Matty,

Some of the information was incorrect/not updated....

It is MY wiki page thats how i know 😄 Also how do i go about changing the main picture?

Thanks Danny Wol5 (talk) 16:43, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Jeffrey Schlupp

Confirmed on CPFC website here. Eagleash (talk) 16:44, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Roberto Di Matteo

Why are you keep removing content I ve added in info box of R.Di Matteo??Di Matteo was assistant of Villas Boas at Chelsea first,then he became head coach after Boas was sacked.This is mentioned at his coaching career below so I don t understand why did you remove my edit??Are you trolling me or something? Jebem ti mater budalo šupljoglava! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilbek2105 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Surprisingly enough I know how to use Google Translate! :) Mattythewhite (talk) 21:28, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Mile Jedniak

He's Croatian and Australian by nationality. http://www.transfermarkt.com/mile-jedinak/profil/spieler/28336

He has both passports, don't know why did you undo that on his page. Desciplation (talk) 16:02, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Roberto Di Matteo

I am attacking you because you changed my edit for the third time by now and you are keep doing it but I don t understand WHY?? My edit on Di Matteo page is CORRECT as I explained you why is that in my first message to you. Read this: "Di Matteo was appointed assistant to André Villas-Boas, the new manager of Chelsea, on 29 June 2011.[15][34] On 4 March 2012, following the dismissal of Villas-Boas, Di Matteo became caretaker manager of Chelsea until the end of the season." This is quote from the page so stop editing his information box! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilbek2105 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 14 January 2017 (UTC)