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Eric Dier

Have you ever seen Eric Dier play? Because he is guilty of all the things I listed on a consistant basis, and I'm a Tottenham fan so i watch all their games. Under 'Style of Play' you've said what he's good at - why not also include what he's not good at/needs to improve? (or i hope he will as a Tottenham fan). By all means take of the strolling along a beach comment - i only included that for humour anyway, but why delete everything I wrote as I'm not being nasty towards him and I don't see how it wouldn't improve this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.178.66 (talk) 19:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:RS and WP:OR. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Riyad Mahrez

You wanted a citation. His official Facebook page not enough verification for you? Galesbury 01:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galesbury (talk • contribs)

It hasn't been verified by a third-party source. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:17, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

Not sure how to edit but as I’m Jacks wife, I obviously am a better source of information — Preceding unsigned comment added by GJMI25 (talk • contribs) 22:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:OR. Mattythewhite (talk) 22:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

109.180.192.186 - I think that may be PenguinsElite

Used to make edits to Middlesbrough F.C. related articles (past or present), reverted your edit which was reverting a sock of PenguinsElite, plus the IP address is located close to the area of previous sock IPs with PenguinsElite.  Looks like a duck to me - Iggy (Swan) 19:34, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Agreed, blocked. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:37, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Mkhitaryan

Hey you, Henrikh have 6 games and 1 goal in Premier league. Watch football and say nothing. Arman Khanoyan (talk) 15:22, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey you, update the infobox timestamp. And I'll say what I like, free speech and all x Mattythewhite (talk) 15:26, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Christian Eriksen

You are really starting to annoy me, all the info I have added is relevant and true. Stop threatening to block me from Wikipedia, I never do it to you, you are no the boss of Wikipedia, just let people get on with their own editing, and if you think it should be edited back to something else, just edit it back with out telling people to stop or threatening to block them from editing!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamestlynch99 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Have you wondered there may be a reason you're getting all these warnings? Namely, as those warnings actually specify, that you're not adding sources to verify your additions? Mattythewhite (talk) 15:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

You haven't added any sources to the additions you've made to this conversation, I've looked at at least 10 other footballers' wikipedia profiles and I didn't see any footnotes referencing sources next to their positions, so why don't you warn everyone about those as well? You're a bit of a control freak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamestlynch99 (talk • contribs) 17:24, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

What sources am I supposed to add to this conversation...? Mattythewhite (talk) 17:56, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

jay rodriguez

How is it unreliable? He played for England once... 5 years ago and he will never be selected again. Chedix (talk) 19:51, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Unless you are a clairvoyant, you do not know that for certain. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:57, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

He is still playing in the Premier League. He is still eligible to be called up for England, so his international career is not over unless he formally retires. 94.118.253.3 (talk) 19:58, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

p.s. As you are in breach of the WP:3RR rule you are in serious danger of being blocked from editing. 94.118.253.3 (talk) 20:01, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Carried on past 'final' warning. Eagleash (talk) 20:13, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Julio Cesar's name

Hi Mattythewhite, I'm not used to make contributions here ans sorry if I'm not doing it in the right way, you can really help me here since there's a lot of edits (multiple languages) to correct this common mistake (his name). I would probably mess with something if I do it all by myself. About the source regarding my change, I personally asked him today but I know this is not a tangible source for wikipedia. Given that, searching around some football player databases from many sites i've find out that his FIFA profile has the right spelling (without the accents), I think this is the most official source to use as a reference. (http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=179038/index.html). Besides that, more than his name in the jersey you can clearly see that his autograph has no accents in the following photos ( http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AW1a66e0ngk/T6KMPyJpWsI/AAAAAAAATxI/J-uYBGkfh-Y/s1600/julio+1.jpg and http://www.edmarferreira.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/julio-cesar-2.jpg ). Hope to convince you with this proofs along with my words about having talked to him. This questioning started yesterday when I was customizing his new Flamengo Jersey to have him to autograph for me next week. Thanks, Luiz Santarelli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lfsantarelli (talk • contribs) 16:33, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

See WP:RM to read about setting up a request to retitle the article. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Both "Júlio" and "César" are Portuguese names. They do have accents. Wikipedia should not ignore them just because FIFA website doesn't like accents in names. SLBedit (talk) 18:22, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

As a countryman of SLBedit, i attest that his approach is correct. Thus, article should not be moved in my opinion. --Quite A Character (talk) 20:55, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

FC Barcelona Colors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Gamper#Founding_FC_Barcelona

There it says either FC Basel or FC Zurch(Excelsor). It makes more sense for it to be FC Basel since they do indeed use the same colors(shades, in fact) as FC Barcelona. Crystal Palace FC was not founded until 1905 which was six years too late. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DMM74 (talk • contribs) 00:11, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

You may not have noticed but I have already corrected it back to FC Basel. It was changed to Crystal Palace a few years with no explanation or source given. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:14, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw that. I thought I was looking at a previous revision by mistake. I thought that was odd that somebody would have said the Eagles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DMM74 (talk • contribs) 00:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Spring House Entertainment

Hi - could you explain why you reverted my edit to Spring House Entertainment? My understanding is that the word "its", when used as a possessive pronoun, shouldn't have an apostrophe anywhere - see here [1] for an explanation. Did you revert my edit by accident? Or are there differing schools of thought on this? Thanks. --Jpcase (talk) 19:02, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

You're right, and I thought I was actually removing the apostrophe instead of restoring it. Should have been more careful. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 19:04, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

No problem! Thanks! --Jpcase (talk) 19:44, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Lewis Dark

Hey man, would you mind refereeing this one on Lewis Dark? Check out the history. Cheers! Beatpoet (talk) 01:04, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Cheers man, he's still at it though. Beatpoet (talk) 22:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Football News

Hi Matty

Thanks for your message.

I am sorry to hear that the 2 edits I recommended were not acceptable.

One of the existing links, that I edited, is actually incorrect as the EFL have there own website now at: https://www.efl.com/ Instead of the one that I edited which was and now has been put back to: http://www.football-league.co.uk/ with the Text link of "Official Website" in the External links section.

As this redirects to the correct URL, it reaffirms that the old one is no longer valid. I actually think this edit I made was correct.

In terms of the Football 24 News website, I would very much like to hear where you think this would be appropriate ( http://www.football24-7.org ) As I am new to editing Wikepedia, I really would appreciate your advice and help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Footballresources (talk • contribs) 11:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Jonson Clarke Harris

I do not see how my info is incorrect, Wikipedia has his stats down as 6 games 2 goals, this is incorrect, he has played 4 league games and scored 2 and 1 cup game and scored 1, and that is after last nights games, you had it as 6 and 2 prior to that, so whichever source you are using is awful and needs correcting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brianjmwillis (talk • contribs) 08:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

I am using Soccerbase, of course, as it is the cited source. What source are you using? Mattythewhite (talk) 14:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Per Soccerbase he has 7 league appearances and 2 goals after the game on 13 March. Updated accordingly. Eagleash (talk) 16:37, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

you are wrong about the height of siriki dembele. I am 5 foot 8 and have a picture of me and him on the blundell park pitch. He is 5 6 so why do you think you know best???, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.100.222.16 (talk) 21:54, 14 March 2018‎ (UTC)

I removed it because it is unsourced. Please refer to WP:RS and WP:OR. Mattythewhite (talk) 21:58, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Jake Charles

There seems to be some confusion to me, as to where someone comes from? I appreciate that where someone is born, is where they're from in one context. However, where a person is raised or lives should count also? A person may originate from a few places (though in reality not too many clearly!) For example I could show you where Ollie McBurnie lived as a kid, but that too was removed, as the editor didn't seem to think Garforth was in Leeds? I know an actress that was born somewhere different to where actually stated, but nope can't prove it??! :) Obviously I won't re-edit this profile until something more substantial comes along in print or on the internet!, Although I know it's correct! Many Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nix D (talk • contribs) 21:21, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Personal knowledge that can't be supported by a reliable source falls foul of WP:OR. Mattythewhite (talk) 21:32, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Why are you threatening fans with blocking them from editing. Also the use of the word vandalize is excessive & liable.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/joshua-adeyileka/profil/spieler/539026

The guy is at the spurs academy from the latest window. If you can prove otherwise then take it down but don't presume you are right & ask everyone else for proof if you have nothing to the contrary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apmccarthy01 (talk • contribs) 20:48, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Transfermarkt is not a WP:RS. And please don't make legal threats. Mattythewhite (talk) 21:01, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Matty, There is no other evidence, he keeps posting names that have nothing to do with Spurs on my talk page with no url, citations or any information provided. Just feels like bullshit fake news stuff to me. Govvy (talk) 00:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Shane Duffy

Hi Matty, here is citation for the Shane Duffy update reflecting his recent award (from the official FAI website): <a href="http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/duffy-scott-take-top-billing-at-fai-awards" rel="nofollow">Link text</a> and from Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ: <a href="https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018/0319/948523-shane-duffy-named-fai-player-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow">Link text</a> . If you could revert your edit and add those, that would be great. Thanks and all the best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.78.193.202 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Sam Allardyce

I will revert back to my version, which states that Sam was a good player at Championship level. Looking at his professional carreer, that is the correct statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fitfaticus (talk • contribs) 19:08, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

The Championship didn't even exist when Allardyce played. Mattythewhite (talk) 19:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Seyi Olofinjana

I happen to own Barry Hugman's PFA Who's Who (2008/09 edition), the very same source listed in the article, and it lists Olofinjana's DOB as 30 June 1980. So does his website: [2]. I do notice that the date was changed from 30/6 to 12/6 by an anonymous editor almost two years ago. Maybe about time somebody corrected the error. Thanks for the block warning btw. You are too nice. -77.222.192.193 (talk) 23:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello. You may want to remove the final warning you gave this user. They were indeed only restoring the sourced content that you yourself originally added. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Seasick Steve

Hi Matty

IP editor (:80.195.100.70) who i see you have warned for unsourced editing is now doing the same on the Seasick Steve page. The editor is trying to change the name and age on this long standing, well sourced article, based on an unauthorised biography which came out in 2016. The book has claimed that Seasick Steve had a different last name other than Wold and changed his name in 1982 when he married his wife. The book. somehow has gotten its own section in the article. So far, I have not been able to find one example myself where an unauthorised biography has got its own section on an artist Wikipedia page. However this has happened, the point for me, is that the information is there in the article if someone wants to follow it up. This editor keeps trying to add this other name and age at the top of the article without citation and with the only source, as far as I can tell, being the book itself and a review of the same book in a music blog. In my opinion, this just confuses the article and even if true, is just like going to a Women celebrity's page and trying to add her maiden name just to make sure everyone knows she had a different name at one time. In my opinion this violates, WP:BLP I have reverted the unsourced edit twice but I am sure the IP editor is determined to keep editing in this manner. I would appreciate it if you could have a look and let me know if I am on the right track here. If you agree, I would appreciate if you could protect this section of the article and again, warn this IP editor. Thanks very much for your time Aircastle (talk) 02:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

League one manager template

heh, thought I updated the format I suggested on that, cheers for updating, also, do we need the national north and south templates? Do you think we should delete them or not? Govvy (talk) 20:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

No worries. I would be inclined to keep them. They each contain multiple wikilinks, meaning they have some practical value as a navigation aid. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:37, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips - Rising FC : 24/02/17 to 04/12/17 & No Shaun Wright-Phillips in Phoenix Rising FC Roster 2018... Arturo63 (talk) 14:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Why are you posting these here, instead of the player's biography? Mattythewhite (talk) 14:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

I speak little English.. Arturo63 (d) 17:04, 27 March 2018 (CEST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arturo63 (talk • contribs)

Manuel Pellegrini managerial statistics

I am new to wikipedia and an addition (a table with managerial statistics) to the Manuel Pellegrini article was rejected/undone. The reason given for rejection is: (Reverted 4 edits by Kokopretzel (talk): Not notable. (TW)) I included references/citations for the addition where relevant (the structure of the addition is similar and references are similar to Pep Guardiola's page). Why was my addition rejected? Thank you. (Kokopretzel (talk) 00:45, 23 March 2018 (UTC))

Please refer to WP:NOTSTATS. This is too much detail for a biographical article. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I guess the reason that I thought it was ok/acceptable was as follows

(1) Pep Guardiola’s page has such a table within the article’s managerial statistics section. I find this extra data very interesting (I like stats) and I think that the article is better for having this data. Overall performance data is not as interesting (to me) as season by season.

(2) I don’t quite see why other articles cannot have a similar structure to Pep’s article. For example, the fact that Mourinho’s article doesn’t have a more detailed table (like the Guardiola article) is beyond me.

(3) In terms of WP:NOTSTATS, only 3. seems to apply to this case. If this is correct, then I would say that the stats had context (as much as Guardiola’s article) and were in a table and readable.

Thank you, and sorry for dragging this out. I just want to understand what kind of input is appreciated in wikipedia. Kokopretzel (talk) 17:32, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

So, why is this too much detail for a biographical article? Pep Guardiola's article has such a table. Kokopretzel (talk) 17:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply. I believe it has been agreed at WT:FOOTY that these types of tables should not be encouraged. But you could start a new discussion there to get peoples' views. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:58, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Cédric Soares

Matty, is the anon user that keeps reverting me here onto something? They said in a summary "tidy citation (the order of the fields is fixed by the template, not the preferences of a random editor." (is this correct in any way? I usually write/display the source fields in the same way because if/when I need to correct something - mostly titles - I know exactly where this or that is located, and no one has reverted me on that until now. Plus, their summary (ESPECIALLY if the guideline does not exist as such) strikes me as a bit confrontational and/or condescending (I admit when I use exaggerated/idiotic summaries you know that, that does not mean I cannot point out that mistake in others I think). In the language department, I try to be colourful without being unencyclopedical of course, that is why I replaced one "draw at" instance with the also correct "away draw against" also in the So'ton sub-section, but they're having none of that.

Please notify me if I am in the wrong, I'll stop immediately. Attentively, thanks in advance --Quite A Character (talk) 13:27, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps I may be permitted to explain myself. I think the wording "2–2 draw at Newcastle United" is simply cleaner than "2–2 away draw against Newcastle United", although it is not something I would go to war about. As for the order of the fields within the citation, this is so trivial it is not worth arguing about. If you use the Cite Web template from the drop down menu in the editing toolbar, this places the fields in a particular order, although this differs from the order in the template documentation, which is the order preferred by User:Quite A Character. Ultimately, it makes not a jot of difference as the order displayed in the citation is always the same, regardless of the order in which they are input in the wikitext. (I hope that's clear.) If an editor wants to spend his time changing the order in the wikitext, that's his choice. And I apologise for referring to AL as "a random editor" - that's totally out of order. 2A00:23C5:8D07:B000:C407:E42:3B00:93C0 (talk) 16:23, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Is that you, kind fellow user User:Daemonic Kangaroo? If it is, sincere apologies are in order (not that if you were a mere "unknown anon" there where never be a case where that would happen!). I see that a compromise has been reached now, it stays this way my good sir. But, however, this doubt: since you said in one of your summaries "no no no", is "away draw against" such an incorrect English? Would "draw away against" be better? Surely BOTH are not wrong!

No inputs, Matty (and, if you please, can you answer my grammatical doubt if the other user fails to do so)? Sorry to bother you, and sorry to drag this out at your page. --Quite A Character (talk) 08:23, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

What is your grammatical doubt? Mattythewhite (talk) 14:56, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Since in no way I will (try to) convey the notion that I speak better English than DK (or you for that matter), "2–2 draw at" seems to be more accurate then "2–2 away draw against". But both are correct, are they not? --Quite A Character (talk) 08:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi again. Grammatically speaking, both "2–2 draw at" and "2–2 away draw against" are perfectly acceptable; I just think that the former is more succinct. Why use more words than are necessary? Best wishes. 2A00:23C5:8D07:B000:C407:E42:3B00:93C0 (talk) 09:34, 28 March 2018 (UTC) (formerly known as DK.)

I try to avoid using "[result] at [club]". Regarding [club], if we were talking about a place that wording would make sense, but we're talking about a club. For example, you don't get a draw at Liverpool (as in the football club), you get a draw *against* them... Mattythewhite (talk) 13:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Must admit I do use "2–2 draw at [club]", from time to time. But if people want to avoid that, "2–2 draw away to [club]" is less cumbersome and considerably more natural than "2–2 away draw against [club]" cheers, Struway2 (talk) 15:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Reliable source and vandalising pages

You told me to cite a reliable source for Fabian Delph, Soccerway is a source which has been used for Alvaro Negredo so that should mean it is reliable also you have stated Raheem Sterling wasn't involved in the final, Alvaro Negredo wasn't involved in the 2016 League cup final but still recieved a medal as stated on Soccerway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinlisbie 78 (talk • contribs) 20:04, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Soccerway is not reliable with regards to medals. They list honours if players were on the books that in a competition-winning season, regardless of whether it's correct or not. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

March 2018

Hello, is there a reason why you removed items about the personal life of Graham Stuart when thy have been properly referenced from a published source? 157.203.254.2 (talk) 19:40, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi, this has already been discussed at your talk page. The reason being that you are intentionally adding false information to the aforementioned article, using content from Graham Stuart (footballer). Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 19:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Jonathan Grounds

It's another one of those football players which have external websites displaying more than one date of birth for that player. Soccerbase and Soccerway both display your version of 2 February 1988 while the Birmingham City FC Twitter account announces his birthdays on 27 February in certain years, plus some other rarely used websites and a couple of other wikis out there. Perhaps Birmingham FC Twitter may want to alter the details as to announce Ground's birthday properly. I do believe you are correct with the change of dob. Iggy (Swan) 21:53, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

The usual sources I use for DOBs state 2 February. @Struway2: I see from the page history you changed it to 27 February using his Oldham as the reference. Can you help ascertain which the correct date is? Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 22:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, "the usual sources" are all effectively the same source. Once one gets it wrong, for whatever reason – a typo that left the 7 off 27? – it stays wrong. Mr Grounds doesn't have the sort of entourage that goes round correcting errors as soon as they appear, nor is he the sort of chap to do it himself. His 2004/05 Middlesbrough academy profile had 27th. The Evening Gazette mentioned "Jonathan Grounds celebrating his 19th birthday with yet another composed display at left-back" in their match report for 27 Feb 2008; mind you, it would have been his 20th... By 2010, his Middlesbrough profile had 2nd. His Oldham profile had 27th, although I can't prove it because the archive.org copy doesn't contain those details and the archive.is version has them buried under a splash.

None of this proves which is correct and which is the mistake: it might have been a typo that added a spurious 7 to the 2. But, every year since he joined, his current club has wished him happy birthday via Twitter on the 27th – a very visible date on the club's calendar, as the anniversary of the 2011 Carling Cup. That's such a public thing that had it been wrong, you'd think Mr Grounds or his friends on Twitter might well have bothered to correct it, or taken the piss out of the club for getting such a thing wrong. Pity he's deleted his Twitter: someone with an account could have asked him. I've emailed the club's media chap, imagine he'll have better things to do on a bank holiday so don't hold your breath. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:54, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

I have had a look on Mr. Grounds' Birmingham City profile on the club's website which says the dob displays '02 FEB 1988', yet an archive copy of the Birmingham City profile in August 2014 also says '2nd February 1988'. With this posted in 2015, I can't think of a reason why this was announced on the incorrect day of the year when the club website says the amended version as changed by Mattythewhite yesterday. Iggy (Swan) 14:44, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

Hello! I am a fan of Shanghai Shenhua. I come from Shanghai. I have a reliable source of information. I go to watch the game every time. In the previous game, Martins staged a hat trick. Before that, he scored 29 goals and now should be 32. Please refer to Shanghai Shenhua official website: http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/history_goals.html, thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Life wj (talk • contribs) 01:22, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay, but there needs to be a source present in the Obafemi Martins article to verify the statistics. Also, the infobox timestamp needed updating. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:33, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

A small query

I have noticed that you've messaged Cyberpower678 re a topic ban on articles related to Serbian sport. You may have noticed that IP addresses have edited Serbian sport articles beginning with '178.22...', which could mean that the user Gagibgd has used multi IPs to violate the topic ban issued by the user you've messaged back in March 2018. I have a suspicion that Gagibgd may be the user who used the addresses (today and on 27 March). Let's see if you agree with me on this. Iggy (Swan) 16:29, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Could well be. You might want to message Cyberpower678 to see if a range block is possible, I'm not clued up on to them. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:35, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done Iggy (Swan) 16:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

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Marko Šimić

Hello Matty, can you give a semi protected locked to Marko Simic page, because this page always being vandalized by some unknown users that make a false statistics (Simic actually made 3 appearances and 2 goals, but always be changed to 5 or 10 appearances with 20 or 30 goals), please give the semi protected locked to this page Matty, thank you so much.(BPL2007 talk), 13 April 2018

I have semi-protected the article for a week. But please bear in mind you shouldn't add the protection icon to article icons to articles, like you did here. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 18:37, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello Matty, can you change it into a permanent semi-protected locked to Marko Simic page, so that page is really save from the vandal, thank you so much.(BPL2007 talk), 14 April 2018

We'll see how things look after the protection expires, although I doubt it will need locking indefinitely. FYI, to sign your posts you should write four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:33, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

2017-18 premier league

Hello, i apologize for the edits as I thought city would win the league with a win today, but only saw that united can still catch them after the result. Sorry about that. If I would have seen it before hand,I would have reverted my edit before saving it. Apologies about that

L1amw90 (talk) 20:44, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

No worries. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

Eliaquim Mangala the French footballer on loan from Manchester City to Everton has won the Premier League and EFl Cup this season but there isn't anything about this in his honours list on his wikipedia page. He has 9 appearances in the Premier League so that warrants a medal and he also recieved an EFL Cup medal as can be seen from his official Twitter account where he is holding the medal ( can be found at https://twitter.com/Elia22Mangala/status/973501833359609856). Thank you, and I hope you will be making these changes to his wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinlisbie 78 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

The season hasn't ended yet, therefore the Premier League haven't handed medals out yet. And we're going to need a better source than a post on the player's Twitter for the EFL Cup. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:57, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Ok but look de bruyne has an honour on his wiki page for this years premier league and efl cup and so does Pep Guardiola and I can name many more people :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kofi100 (talk • contribs) 20:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Also can you please change the 2018-19 already qualified teams because other teams have qualified as well — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kofi100 (talk • contribs) 20:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Danish IP vandal

So kind of them (this chap/gal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:176.23.119.207#February_2018), after returning from suspension they pulled a Vinnie Jones-like "contribution" soon after, in the habitual fashion (replacing the ENTIRE BK Avarta squad with the Sporting CP one)...

I think they want a treat Matty, shall we accommodate? Attentively, continue the good work --Quite A Character (talk) 22:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Unusual vandalism

Something unusual is happening with some of today's edits re Burnley FC related articles - some "Youtube Vizeh" vandalism has reached a few articles by many IP addresses (and the occasional account or two). Thankfully I have noticed (some of) that quite quickly and reverted. I have never seen that type before though. Iggy (Swan) 17:00, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Done a quick search on Twitter for "Vizeh" and found this chap. A quick look through his feed suggests he's been inspiring his Youtube followers to vandalise Burnley related articles. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:06, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Premier League title

Hello, i'm Giofanni and i'm here to express my gratitude for correction of my editing and apology if i have edited Danilo and Aymeric Laporte articles without citing reliable sources. I understand but on real condition, Man City have won the Premier League title and everybody already knows. I want to add some sources from Instagram but i'm not sure of it will be accepted on Wikipedia. Perhaps, if you want to add some sources i would be very thankful because i didn't know exactly how to put it. Thank you for your concern and best regards. GiofanniRahman (talk) 18:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Medals aren't handed out until after the match on 6 May. We should be adding them no sooner than then. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:12, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Mohamed Salah

Why was his Swiss league honours removed? UEFA.com seem comfortable in saying he won the league with Basel. Govvy (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

I removed it by accident, which I explained in this edit summary. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:10, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

O, nm, I thought you removed it, heh, Govvy (talk) 20:33, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

Apologies for my incorrect edit on Mohamed Salah, I had seen the news reported and edited accordingly. Clearly the news was premature and not confirmed at the time, although of course has been since that time. I would be grateful if you would please not block me for what was an honest mistake, which I will of course bear in mind for the future. Thank you once again. Vaze50 (talk), 11:13, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Quique Flores

Just out of curiosity: 1 - is there any other word we can use for a club letting go of a coach rather than "dismiss/dismissal" (assuming that "fire"/"sack" are incorrect, never thought they were! Both are a 100%-correct term for when an individual loses their job, why should sports be any different?), to avoid having to repeat the same term until the cows come home? 2 - is there anything wrong with inserting the CORRECT titles of sources in the statistical chart below (i know, i was wrong - beats me why - to remove the double publisher/work field in the Soccerbase/Soccerway refs, could not help myself, but the rest...)?

Attentively --Quite A Character (talk) 18:48, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Dunno, but IMO terms like fire and sack are too informal for an encyclopedia.

I'm not sure why the titles I reinstated are incorrect? The titles are taken from the works themselves. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:53, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long to reply, just paid the due attention to your comeback today as i was caught up in various other articles at this encyclopedia of ours :) So, let's address the two topics duly:

1 - what do you suggest other than "sack/fire"? "Relieved of one's duties"? I'm not going to discuss the reliability of "sack" with a native speaker of course, but i thought at least "fire" would be encyclopedical. Not taking this guy's word for it, of course (!), but i thought it was of more or less widespread usage, it's very probably i've been seeing it wrong all this time; i'm not being picky kind fellow user (at least i'd like to think you won't think ill of me on this one), just trying to be colourful in my wording at the same time as encyclopedical.

2 - correct titles (or what i perceive as being such): take for instance source #40, if you click there you will a title that stands out (due to size, etc) at the top-left corner, "Quique: Enrique Sánchez Flores". The rest ("Matches", "Getafe", "Season", etc), i don't see those as pertaining to the main title of the source. AGAIN, maybe i'm not getting the technicality right.

Attentively, sorry for any inconvenience and for the delay (i most definitely should have replied sooner)! --Quite A Character (talk) 17:10, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Edwin van der Sar

On this edit that you made to Edwin van der Sar, I have noticed that, when you've removed bracketed numbers, applying WP:PSEUDOHEAD etc., a ref error was introduced on the Golden Glove 2008–09 reference with the name 'PL'. I don't know where that came from, I will find a source to remove the ref error - Iggy (Swan) 18:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for adding a ref. I was meaning to add this ref name to the ref I used to reference his Premier League honours, but forgot to actually do it. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:44, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Premier League winners list

Hello. Not worth bothering the FLC for this, but for me, the flag column is wrapping between the flag and the country abbreviation. You might want to stick a {{nowrap}} round the widest flag/country entry (Sweden seems a likely candidate) to stop it doing so. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:38, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

I've added it around Cameroon. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 17:39, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Request

Hi. Can you please delete 2004–05 Napoli Socer season, I was moving the page and made a spelling error. Thanks. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:00, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Done. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Shaun Rooney

I appreciate that. I just thought with all the updates I had accomplished tidying up his page. Will you update my edits on 1 June? Rusty1111 : Talk 13:26, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

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Leonardo Ulloa

I assumed that two refs would be better than one (and BOTH being in English), also taking into consideration stuff from the PL official website eventually crashes down. Whatever, only wanted to help (as did you, of course)...

Attentively, sorry for any inconvenience --Quite A Character (talk) 21:25, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Nothing in the Premier League source is disputed, so I don't see why a secondary reference would be required. I'd recommend you take a look at WP:CITEKILL. If the url changes, goes down or whatever, we can either update it to the new one or add the archive details. Mattythewhite (talk) 21:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Jake Livermore

Are we pretending that Livermore has not played 49 league games and scored 2 league goals for West Bromwich Albion. Just curious as to why valid information has been deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slade121 (talk • contribs) 22:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Because the timestamp was not updated. Mattythewhite (talk) 22:16, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

hmm, I read it off of soccerbase, they are slow to update, thanks for fix. Govvy (talk) 22:39, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Álvaro Arbeloa (and others, i suppose)

With all due respect Matty, really? Do we need two lines/entries for the same trophy in honours? If the previous approach was not correct (and i imagine the pertinent discussions were held, it was I who missed out on them), don't we have any alternatives? My opinion only of course, but i think the current M.O. is downright ugly, if still technically correct.

Attentively --Quite A Character (talk) 15:12, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

In my experience, it is common to have separate honours, as in winners and runners-up in the same competition, on separate lines. Perhaps a user wiser than myself could mediate. @Struway2: Can I ask what your take is on these two versions? Mattythewhite (talk) 16:04, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Don't think I have a definite view, to be honest; don't tend to work on articles for players with strings of honours, and if I do, they generally don't include runners-ups. Not sure why we'd include sitting on the losers' bench in the glorified friendlies that were the 2011 and 2014 Supercopa de España as honours while omitting the 2008–09 Premier League runners-up spot to which he contributed 29 starts, either. If I were having separate rows, I'd put the runner-up row immediately below the corresponding winner row, rather than at the end of the list, and would omit the repeated name in favour of indenting the runner-up row. If keeping them together, then certainly no capital letter for runner-up.

• Supercopa de España: 2012
  • runner-up: 2011, 2014
• Supercopa de España: 2012
• Supercopa de España runner-up: 2011, 2014
• Supercopa de España: 2012; runner-up: 2011, 2014

You may want to look elsewhere for a user wiser than yourself, or else agree to disagree so long as anything for which there is a style guide abides by it, or else take it to WT:FOOTY and risk diverting into the endless pointless argument about runners-ups not being honours at all... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 17:42, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Indeed User:Struway2, that "runner-up yes"/"runner-up no" battle has longsince started to reek! I also giggled at your interesting definition of the Supercopa de España ("glorified friendly"), even though it is indeed an official/seasonal trophy. About the league runner-up inclusion, that would make sense if medals were awarded in England/UK for the second-place team. Are they (asking in all candidness, i honestly do not know)?

Attentively, thank you very much to both for your participation. --Quite A Character (talk) 21:03, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Just posted a WP:FOOTY thread, and the ONLY reply so far (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Honours_(yes,_honours)) conveys that it's not wrong to add finishes (1st, 2nd, etc) for same trophy in same line, so again i deduce it has everything to do with aesthetic preferences and nothing to do with editing consensuses.

So, i kindly ask: is it OK if i reinstate the previous approach or Mr. Arbeloa's honours, with the due compromise (name of club written inside quotation marks instead of the ";" symbol, runner-up/third place written BEFORE the two dots instead of AFTER even though i do not agree with that)? Thanks in advance --Quite A Character (talk) 16:49, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Whatever you do, please could you make sure it is in line the fair suggestions made above by Struway. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:08, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Sure thing, do not worry! --Quite A Character (talk) 20:28, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Kyle Spence

I have now added a reference to Kyle Spence's league stats. It's a link to his profile on the official Norwegian Football Association website. Thanks, Cam (talk) 07:16, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Cameron McGeehan

Firstly Where does it state league only? surely it is how man goals he has scored for the club so Cameron McGeehan has scored one goal for scunthorpe united

Secondly Why are you so damn rude accusing me of "vandalising" a wiki page? I have not once "vandalised" a page and I have no intention to I only make correct and factual edits to a page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23limegreen (talk • contribs) 00:02, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

It's literally at the bottom bottom of the infobox: "Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only". And the waning I issued was based on your history of continually adding unsourced content. Mattythewhite (talk) 00:27, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Solanke

Could be wrong but isnt it standard practice not to generally list youth titles? Recall there being discussion about it bloating a player's honours count when they havent won any senior trophies. It could be an unestablished consensus... Davefelmer (talk) 00:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Don't know if there is consensus either way, bringing it up at WT:FOOTY is probably the best option. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:42, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

David Villa

Hey, why did you revert my edits on David Villa's page? It's months out of date, it says he has 2 MLS appearances and 1 goal but he actually has 7 and 4, respectively. Ethanrule3 (talk) 00:06, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Because you didn't update the table date and some of the table cells. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:47, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

OK, but could you either fix my arithmetic or let me know rather than just deleting my updates with no explanation? Ethanrule3 (talk) 04:02, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

I could have, but I'm not particularly familiar with David Villa's statistics or the league he plays in. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:04, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Gabriel Heinze

Would SOCCERWAY.com be sufficient to allow the accolades to stay? Awaiting your (always certified in my book) input before i engage in further editing in the article. --Quite A Character (talk) 16:18, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

I would say no, as Soccerway are notorious for listing honours players haven't necessarily won. They list the trophies won by the player's club, regardless of whether the player received a medal. Mattythewhite (talk) 16:24, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

I get it! What about if i find a reliable source showing the player appearing in the build-up rounds, would that "cut it"? --Quite A Character (talk) 16:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

But as I queried in my edit summary, does appearing in an earlier round mean a player earns a medal? Genuine question. And bearing in mind different competitions will have different rules/standard regarding the distribution of medals. I know FA Cup winning clubs receive a set amount of medals, but it's never or at least rarely publicised which players actually received one (bar those who played in the final, of course). Mattythewhite (talk) 17:10, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Oddly (or not) could not find anything for the English League Cup thus far. But what's your intake on this (please see here https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/psg-troyes-3-2-ap-040104-coupe-de-france-03-04/, i've come to learn that anything Wordpress-related is not very reliable (but i can surely find a suitable replacement), but what about the semi-finals, he scored in the penalty shoot-out https://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-de-france-04/2003-2004/le-psg-finalement_sto581116/story.shtml)? A guy who scores a goal in any given round surely deserves a winners' medal...

Just "engage" in this thought: a player scored eight goals in the previous cup/league cup rounds, then misses the final through injury or suspension, he's nor worthy of the accolade? How come? --Quite A Character (talk) 00:28, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

• On an unrelated note, the following question stemming from Paulo Fonseca: is the info contained by reference #13 unencyclopedical? Methinks not, after all the coach boasted they WOULD BE CHAMPIONS and they did not, worth the passing mention! Previous user removed it without one word in summary (for that or any of their other FOURTEEN edits, which also included removal of professional senior clubs managed in the infobox and true info in his playing career - i admit i added the latter part back in the day and did not source it immediately, now i have), hate it when they do that... Plus, they added tons of info regarding Mr. Fonseca's managerial work in Ukraine, adding ZERO sources to go with it (no worries, i have already sourced the contents, and then some).

Attentively --Quite A Character (talk) 16:54, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:10, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Not trying to be a nuisance or anything (not by a mile! My last message could have passed you by, with all the archiving and stuff), but what do you think of this "twist"? I emphasise, if a player scores (mind you, SCORES, not PLAYS) in any given previous round of a knockout tournament, he's entitled to the trophy/medal, right? I know I only showed you a wordpress article thus far for his FC quarter-final goal, but I can find a reliable source in a heartbeat.

If you still think this is not enough, I respect your decision and leave article as it is (I know Mr. Heinze won the 2004 Coupe de France Final, all I need to get by so to speak). Regarding the 2006 English League Cup he may not have featured at all (for what it's worth, I never delved in to confirm if SOCCERBASE is 100% reliable - though I imagine it is, at least for English/UK-based players - but the 2005/06 seasonal data for this player does not show him appearing once in the LC), due to the serious injury mentioned in his reference #11; matter settled here thus, we only need to focus in the French Cup (assuming it's not an open and shut case).

Attentively --Quite A Character (talk) 09:59, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

I hadn't noticed your message, as it was tucked between others and not located after my last message. This is what I'm asking: *is* an appearance in an earlier round sufficient? We can't assume that is the case. In some competitions it probably is, in some it won't be. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:53, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Something alone the lines of (in Heinze's case) the French Football Federation guidelines on trophies? --Quite A Character (talk) 16:12, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Paul Robinson Page.

Please how explain how what I did was vandalism and how what you did; by altering a perfectly valid and good Wikipedia page is NOT vandalism?

I would love to know.

R4h4al (talk) 17:35, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Because you added language that conveyed a personal point of view, hence why I provided a link to WP:NPOV on your talk page. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:38, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

How is "He failed to hold a shot" NOT a fact?

Ok adding the word "Controversial" could be interpreted as an opinion, but it WAS controversial, I'm hardly vandalising the page.

You have changed the word "Howler" to "Error". How is that any better? I would argue calling it an "Error" is an opinion.

Next you deleted the part that read "Rob Green started ahead of him". That is NOT an opinion therefore should have been left. I think it is a vital piece of information that should be added to the article.

Next part you have deleted the word "Controversially" again. When there is a cited source and quotes from both the manager of Blackburn Rovers at the time, and former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks which back it up.R4h4al (talk) 18:18, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Andrew Johnson Page

Another Page you have Vandalised.

Please explain how a Highlights Video clearly the showing the England Game involving Johnson is NOT a reliable source?

Otherwise YOU have the vandalised the page.

Because a Youtube video uploaded by a non-official account is not a reliable source. Any more questions? Mattythewhite (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Well there doesn't appear to be an Official account that shows the footage.R4h4al (talk) 18:23, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Assists

My edits on the Harry Kane page where a mistake I made, which I admited to and took back in every other page, my bad for forgetting that one. However, the assist and top goalscorer honours are in every other player's pages and where agreed to in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Football, if you please could not act against the community and avoid WP:Edit war, it would make us all very happy. The Sandman (talk) 02:38, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

It is demonstrably not true that assist and top goalscorer honours are in *every* player biography, and I would appreciate it if you could direct me to a discussion(s) about this topic to demonstrate that there is or isn't consensus. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:53, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Gavin Whyte

I added several sources to a page that literally had none and was already poorly written by whomever created the page, but you found further fault, which specific bit can you point me to? Get the feeling you follow me around on here too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tholynski (talk • contribs) 15:53, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

The full name, the infobox statistics and the personal life section. I don't "follow you around", some of your edits came to my attention on my watchlist. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, good day. Ah yes, I see who specifically helped bring them to your attention too. Many apologies, apparently being named in a WORLD CUP Squad (sourced) for the 2018 FIFA World Cup which many would see as a pinnacle/achievement/honour of a lot of players careers, representing their country in a World Tournament, isn't actually worthy of note in the players careers (despite some players having posts about them being named in other FIFA national tournament squads on the page)? I will be reading up on manners in the meantime on delivery. Enjoy both your days, gentlemen. Tholynski 14:39, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

I presume you are referring to Vasco's message below. Which I received *today*, not *yesterday*, when I reverted your edits. Hmm.

Could you point out where I've removed World Cup information from players who *were* picked? The only biographies I removed it from were players who were *not* picked. I'm waiting. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 13:55, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Infobox dates

You know, I never knew you could do that, all these years I've been typing it all manually! Thank you! Cam (talk) 15:36, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

No worries. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:38, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Abo Eisa‎

While I'm inclined to agree that (usually) a player playing in the final will get a medal, Eisa was an unused substitute and did not make any appearances in the tournament in the run-up, so in the absence of an explicit source we should not assume. GiantSnowman 15:12, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

It's almost impossible to find out who *officially* gets an FA Cup medal, so I don't fancy our chances with the EFL Trophy. I'll try and see if the EFL have published the rules and regulations of the tournament on their website, in the hope that it includes the criteria for receiving a medal, in the way the Premier League have. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:19, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Here we go. Per the Checkatrade Trophy Regulations sections 24.1, 24.2 and 24.2.1, "A Trophy will be presented to the winners of the Competition and medals will be presented to the winners and runners-up. There shall be 23 medals to each of the Clubs participating in the final, to be allocated as follows: 18 for the Players nominated on the team sheet." I should be a private detective or something :-) Mattythewhite (talk) 15:29, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Good work - I'd suggest something like this to make it super clear how and why etc. GiantSnowman 15:41, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. I've had a look at the rules relating to medals for division winners, which states that the "League shall present to the Championship Club of each Division 23 souvenirs comprising 18 for the Players" and that "It shall be the responsibility of the Club to determine to which of its Players the souvenirs should be presented". Why can't they hand medals to players who reach a minimum number of appearances, it would make life much easier for us Wikipedia editors... Mattythewhite (talk) 17:54, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Mohamad Salah

Thanks for deleting my edits about the song "Mohamad Salah". I have no issues with it. You may have valid reasons to remove it. But simply because you are a football fan, here the song simply for your enjoyment. It shows the international appeal of Mo Salah. La Fouine just a month ago was #3 on French Singles Chart though with another song. So he is a very well established notable artist. Here his song "Mohamad Salah" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tVCaeM2Dc No need to reinstate edit though. Your reasons are valid. werldwayd (talk) 22:15, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Untitled

I'm not having this. What's the problem? I've been editing with plenty of sources. Not every single sentence has to have a source to back it up. The fact that the 'career statistics' section backs up everything I've written should be enough to know that players made three, four or just one appearance in the FA Cup. I feel you're just nitpicking. You reverted the 'honours' edits, which I can accept even though I think it's ridiculous that players who played a part (some of whom fairly important roles) in the cup campaign aren't credited with an honour...but I get it, Wikipedia has different rules and certain moderators pick them. Things like this though (threatening to block) put people off editing in general. So Wikipedia can find someone else to do the stats next season...like I did most weeks in 2017-18. In which case, stats for less popular players and those who don't score will often go unchanged. User:Stt13 talk) 17:11, 22 May 2018

I am sorry to see this reaction from you, but Wikipedia's guidelines and policies apply to all editors, and I try to apply them the best I can. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:35, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Soccer/football player and league notability

Hi Mattythewhite, Good day. I am one of the reviewers for NPP and AfC. I believe you are one of the active members in WikiProject football for such I come here to see your advice.

As my understanding, the NSS for soccer need to meet the WP:NSOCCER guidelines to consider notable where the player has played in Tier 1 international match as defined by FIFA or who has played at least a match between two fully professional leagues as defined by WikiProject Football associate football. Questions:

1. In League notability stated all leagues/clubs are "assumed" notable if their members are eligible for national cup/ rank in th country's highest level. In this sense, would the league consider notable even it is not considered "fully professional club" which listed in WP:FPL?
2. if the team is in top seat of the league, then the players play under the club would consider notable?
3. if the club drops off from the top ranking of the league, what happens to the player notability?
4. it indicates at #Player notability|Player notability that WP:Notability (sports) superseded WP:FOOTYN and also my understanding (I cant find the link and I dont remember where I read it) GNG superseded both general SSN and specific SSN. I have encountered, players passed GNG but fails specific WP:FOOTYN and the articles were deleted at AfD (I understand outcome of the AfD depends on the participants and their reasons at that specific AfD at that time). I would usually vote notability based on SSN at AfD discussion page. What is your take here and why?
5. What constitutes a "fully professional league" by WikiProject football?

I thank you in advance and if I come to the wrong place for the above questions, kindly point me to the right person instead. Cheers! CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 10:55, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I am having difficulty understanding the meaning of the first three questions.

Q4: My view is that passing WP:GNG *or* WP:NFOOTBALL is sufficient in establishing notability.

Q5: You can find more details on fully professional leagues at WP:FPL.

You're probably best posting this at WT:FOOTY to get more feedback. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 15:00, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Mediation

Sorry to bother you again, but could you mediate at Paulo Fonseca (last/first time I asked you about my version of the article you told me "looks fine to me")? Please send a message to the other user, as I fear my approach would not be quite "up to par".

What did they do again/now? 1 - one might discuss that the youth clubs coached don't belong in the infobox, but again they removed THREE senior clubs, established by the ZEROZERO source and the FORADEJOGO external link (and C.D. Pinhalnovense, which he took to the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal TWICE - sourced in storyline - is also displayed in his SOCCERWAY entry); 2 - career sumup in intro removed; 3 - bit about his playing career (including his relegation with C.F. Estrela da Amadora) removed EVEN with source; 3 - bit about him boasting Porto would be champions (with which you told me you agreed) removed; 4 - altogether, SEVEN references removed from storyline (and some of them used to source honours), where his successful spell at Shakhtar was also completely "iced" in favour of their UNREF'D storyline!! Was hoping to find some sort of input in the article's talkpage with their reasons explained, nothing (and did I mention also NO SUMMARIES?!)...

P.S. Just found out user has been blocked, for disruptive editing. Sorry for any inconvenience --Quite A Character (talk) 09:05, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

I also feel I was in the right to revert them at Leonardo Jardim. Massive amount of info added to his storyline, with ZERO refs to go with it and TWO removed (a question of pure mathematics, 25 sources before their version, 23 after!); feel free to re-revert if you think otherwise. --Quite A Character (talk) 09:10, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

This user has a history of questionable editing and not engaging with other users, which has culminated in another block for editing against consensus at Cristiano Ronaldo. I won't contact them for now while they see out their block but let me know if they resume. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:52, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. In the meanwhile, could you please add Mr. Fonseca to your watchlist and revert them when they return (i'm betting my writing left hand they'll do it again) and if you see it fit? That way, they won't think i'm just another troll out to harrass them and that they're going against consensus. --Quite A Character (talk) 21:47, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Since i don't know if i should take that as a "yes", i've watchlisted it also, WHEN THEY RETURN i'll notify you! A question now, are these sources a reliable/veteran Spanish user just sent me reliable to "cover" Mauricio Pochettino's full name (please see here http://www.expansion.com/ejecutivo-administrador/pochettino-trossero-mauricio-roberto_3395463_L65.html and here http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=17178)? I'm planning on working a bit tonight (if need be, of course) in the article, if you just give me the green light i'll add one of said sources to piece. --Quite A Character (talk) 16:51, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

The first is published by Unidad Editorial and the second is published by the Royal Spanish Football Federation so they both certainly look reliable to me. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:01, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Mr. Pochettino done! If you notice, the BDFUTBOL source you used to source some bio contents is still there, but now only for the birthdate and the height (additionally, I added a super reliable source for his birthplace and descent at the very start of storyline); all the refs I added are beyond doubt in terms of reliability I wager, the only doubt I have is with the one I inserted for his goal as a Newell's player (does not seem to be a blog, though).

"Whistle" if you have any doubts or concerns with my recent work, or just revert/compose away if you must, your work too is beyond any doubt :) --Quite A Character (talk) 11:45, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

I've gone and made some changes, mostly updating references and formatting the career stats tables. I am quite concerned about the referencing and accuracy of the club career stats table. Neither reference supports the Newell's Old Boys stats, and I did a quick check of BDFutbol and the table is missing his cup appearance in 1994/95, for instance. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:50, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Certes, but the Newell's stats were never sourced in the first place, i actually did not go all the way but improved the chart with BDFUTBOL for Espanyol (and, to some extent, his France spell), no? Let me know what do you think of this one i added (i have seen it in hundreds of Argentine footballers and never removed, so i assume it's acceptable to say the least), i also added the cup apps, least of our problems as BDFUTBOL is 100% reliable (maybe i'll need your assistance after that, i'm as dumb as they come with this type of charts, and sometimes the totals are already messed up to begin with and so one is mislead).

Two doubts emerge from your last (current) version: 1 - if several competitions in America are named PRIMERA DIVISIÓN, why are we not allowed to display the full name in honours? 2 - again the language doubts: is "contract" encyclopedical while "deal" is not? (P.S. please don't work in the piece for 30 minutes or so, to avoid edit conflicts; P.S. II Thanks a lot for fixing the publisher/work in reference #2, i'd just written Unidad Editorial because you made reference to it in my original query) --Quite A Character (talk) 18:39, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

The article may be titled Argentine Primera División, but it seems the competition is actually known as just the "Primera División". Deal feels a bit too informal to me. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Re this ref you added to the club stats table, their figures are 159 apps and 10 goals, which contradicts the table's 153 apps and 10 goals. And it doesn't appear to include a season-by-season breakdown. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Maybe playoffs or something could explain that disparity? Never delved into that, to be honest. I was only trying to help... --Quite A Character (talk) 19:53, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Another possible sock of PenguinsElite

This was mostly done earlier on in the month, the contributions of this user may need to be considered, as the editing habit on Lee Tomlin consisted of section name change and spotted the change of Tony Pulis indicates the user edited a Middlesbrough FC related article. That idea from me came from where another possible sock was blocked earlier today. Iggy (Swan) 12:39, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Looks like a duck to me. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:14, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

RE: May 2018

Info whith sources isn't an own point of view. Normally, if I find something which has sources, I write about it on Wikipedia, so truly the info I added isn't written by my point view. Maybe it is, like the edit summary you left, rubbish. Greetings.--Tajotep (talk) 14:20, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Despite it being sourced (although I would argue that the one you used isn't reliable), I don't see how "although Liverpool fans doesn't [sic] believe him" is neutral, encyclopedic or accurately measured. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:30, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Fabinho (footballer, born 1993)

Would you consider putting full protection on Fabinho (footballer, born 1993) for the month of June? JMHamo (talk) 08:34, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

It has crossed my mind, but the article is pretty stable right now. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:23, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Cool, FYI, the semi-protection ends at 21:17 tonight, so expect a surge in vandalism. JMHamo (talk) 17:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Dawson

Didn't realise he has actually signed to Forest, [3] Regards, Govvy (talk) 19:51, 30 May 2018 (UTC)