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Proposed deletion of DeMarcus Covington

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I tried to site the Patriots website where I got all the information but it’s not working any tips Bigmike2346 (talk) 01:17, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: DeMarcus Covington (February 24)

Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the Articles for creation help desk or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by Sulfurboy was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The comment the reviewer left was: Wholly fails WP:NGRIDIRON and WP:GNG

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NFL staff templates

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Brayden Coombs moved to draftspace

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How many sources does it need Bigmike2346 (talk) 14:05, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brayden Coombs (March 24)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Brayden Coombs (March 24)

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Support staff

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Even the former players? Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

If a support staff member already has a Wikipedia article, like Leon Washington and Ty Warren, they can be added to the templates. This group of coaching assistant support members for the Panthers, should not. Thanks! Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:45, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Got it, thank you very much Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:58, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

In this edit, you linked to Richard Rodgers, which is the article for the dead composer not a football coach. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:43, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

How do I link it to the coaches page? Bigmike2346 (talk) 18:15, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

The coach doesn't have a page. And since coaches are not automatically notable enough to warrant their own articles on Wikipedia, there shouldn't be a redlink either per WP:REDNO. Eagles 24/7 (C) 18:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I just made the page that’s why it wasn’t there before but how would I link it to that Bigmike2346 (talk) 18:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I've moved the page to Draft:Richard Rodgers Sr. The article is littered with links to disambiguation pages, improper grammar, redlinked categories, format issues, etc., and is clearly not ready to be a mainspace article yet. Please read Help:Your first article to understand how to have articles meet the standards on this website. Additionally, assistant coaches are not automatically notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia and I'm not sure this coach would survive an articles for deletion discussion. Eagles 24/7 (C) 18:57, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

The reason I think he would is because he has coached for over 30 years not to mention he was a former arena league player. And I apologize for the grammar. Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:06, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Being an assistant coach in the NFL for seven years does not automatically make someone notable. According to the infobox you added, he played for the Denver Dynamite from 1984 to 1986, but that team didn't even start playing until 1987. Is that right? Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Ya I fixed that Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:19, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

And I think the page is finished Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

There are still redlinked categories and many spelling errors. Please take your time with the draft, there is no deadline to submit it. Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:21, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

May I ask what is still redlinked, and I thought you should know I’m dysgraphic so thanks so much for the help Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:32, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry to hear about your impairment, hopefully practice on Wikipedia will help you out. At the bottom of the page, there are four categories redlinked. Additionally, there are several instances in the infobox in which a parenthesis is used immediately after a word without the use of a space (i.e. "College(1989-1994)") and there needs to be a space before any parenthetical ("College (1989-1994)"). Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:49, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Any better? Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

And thank you so much Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

There are still two redlinked categories. For college football coach categories, usually the team name (like "Aggies") as well as the sport they coached are required to make them blue. A few more notes for you: "Arena Football League" should be capitalized, it is an organization. There is an article for "The Play" that should be wikilinked in the article. The first mention of "Washington Redskins" should be wikilinked, not the second mention. Playing career positions should not be listed next to teams in the infobox. Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:06, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Better? Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

In the infobox, Denver Dynamite should not have "(arena football)" next to it, you'll have to change it to [[Denver Dynamite (arena football)|Denver Dynamite]]. When calling out a range of years like "1989-1994" on Wikipedia, you have to use the endash, which looks like this: – (it is a special character that is the first one on the left under the "Insert" toolbar when you edit. It is different from a regular hyphen (-) and an emdash (—).) The New Mexico State category you revised links to the general New Mexico State athletics coaching category, it needs to go to the football coaches specifically. Please find Rodgers' birth date and add it to the infobox and opening paragraph. Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:25, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I think I did it, and once again thank you for everything Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:37, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

There are a couple spaces before the endash you added that should be removed, the article still needs his birth date. You removed the New Mexico State category, it should be [[Category:New Mexico State Aggies football coaches]]. The Portland State category would follow a similar structure, as would any other college categories. Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I took away the spaces, but his birthday is nowhere to be found Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

His birth date took a little digging but I found it, and also cleaned up the article some more. Here is my edit if you want to look it over for more tips, I'm going offline in a couple minutes. Eagles 24/7 (C) 21:12, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, so you think we can publish it now? Bigmike2346 (talk) 21:19, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I think it's fine, the biggest thing is that he played in the Arena Football League and passes WP:NGRIDIRON, which is a notability guideline that assumes professional football players (AFL, NFL, CFL, not XFL, not AAF) are probably notable. Add in the fact that he was part of The Play and has been an assistant coach in the NFL for a while, and there's bound to be significant coverage of him in the media to warrant a full article. Eagles 24/7 (C) 21:22, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks again Bigmike2346 (talk) 21:24, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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I don’t know why this is the reason because this is the first time I made this page so can I please have an explanation thank you Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Did I do something wrong? Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:28, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

The page was originally created by a different user in July 2018, but it was nominated for deletion and the discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Beake) resulted in a consensus that the topic was not notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. Since the topic has already been deleted through a consensus discussion, you may not recreate the page unless there are substantial changed circumstances that now warrant inclusion. I took a look at the previous article and your new article did not show that the topic is more notable now from then. Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:32, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Could you give it to me as a draft so I can fix it up some more and see if it would be better then? Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:33, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure, the draft is now at Draft:Chris Beake. I'm not sure you'll be able to prove the subject now meets WP:GNG, but feel free to try to improve it anyway. Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:35, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Do you mind taking a look now please, thank you Bigmike2346 (talk) 14:43, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

?? Bigmike2346 (talk) 15:36, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

The sources you've added still do not meet WP:GNG, which requires significant coverage in reliable sources. Right now there are two links to the Denver Broncos website (which aren't independent of the subject since he works for the team), a link to an NFL.com site (also not independent since he works for the league), a link to ProFootballArchives.com which does not constitute significant coverage as it's just a stats listing, and a link to a content aggregate subpage at 247sports.com, which doesn't say anything. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:12, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a few more sources are they any good? Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:23, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

The New York Times article is just a transactions page, the Seattle Times article is okay but not great, the Morning Journal article is a passing mention, and the Air Force football article is not independent since he played for the team. This is still not enough significant coverage to pass WP:GNG. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:58, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Any better? Bigmike2346 (talk) 18:01, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

The article from The Athletic is behind a paywall but a Google search indicated that the book only mentioned Beake in the appendix as one of many military personnel to also be in the NFL at some point. The other sources are either blogs or passing mentions. Eagles 24/7 (C) 18:06, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

I think it is as good as it can get, but if his brother has a page (with one reference), I hope that this is good enough Bigmike2346 (talk) 18:31, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out his brother's article, I have nominated that page for deletion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chip Beake). Keep in mind that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS and just because one non-notable topic slipped through the cracks does not mean another should too. Eagles 24/7 (C) 18:36, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Brayden Coombs

Would you mind taking a look at my Brayden Coombs article to see if it is good enough? Thank you Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:21, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

There are many formatting issues in that draft (several of which we've talked about before), it would be a good idea to keep improving it before submitting again. Special teams coordinators are not assumed to receive significant coverage, and typically fall within the coverage of regular assistant coaches. Reviewing his coverage, however, it is likely Coombs passes GNG. Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:33, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Just sent it in, thank you Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:50, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Can you approve an article? Bigmike2346 (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Indents

You only need to "indent" categories [[:Category:example]] when the article is in draftspace. The Marwan Maalouf article is in the mainspace so please remove those indents in front of Category. Eagles 24/7 (C) 22:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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Acronyms

Hi, per MOS:ACROFIRSTUSE please do not remove the parenthetical (NFL) from the leads of articles as you did here. These are necessary to help readers know what NFL means later in articles. Eagles 24/7 (C) 11:59, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Do you mind looking at my DeMarcus Covington Draft to see if it is ready? Bigmike2346 (talk) 22:58, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

?? Bigmike2346 (talk) 01:48, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't believe Covington is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia at this time. Eagles 24/7 (C) 15:01, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

He will probably get a promotion later this year so then I think I may have the needed sources for the article Bigmike2346 (talk) 15:17, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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In response to this edit, the category [[Category:Sportspeople from Cincinnati]] is already included, and that category is a subcategory of [[Category:People from Cincinnati]] and [[Category:People from Ohio]] so it redundant to include them. Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:24, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

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Ok thank you I thought bringing a source was minor but I guess not Bigmike2346 (talk) 14:30, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

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Can you please specify what is wrong with the article that it should be deleted? Bigmike2346 (talk) 21:16, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Milton C. Elstner

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Akhiljaxxn (talk) 18:59, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey give me one hour I just find doing it this way by adding slowly via different templates is easier than creating it all at once Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:03, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Look now Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:00, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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October 2020

Thank you for your contributions. It seems that you may have added public domain content to one or more Wikipedia articles, such as Milton C. Elstner. You are welcome to import appropriate public domain content to articles, but in order to meet the Wikipedia guideline on plagiarism, such content must be fully attributed. This requires not only acknowledging the source, but acknowledging that the source is copied. There are several methods to do this described at Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Public-domain sources, including the usage of an attribution template. Please make sure that any public domain content you have already imported is fully attributed. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 19:35, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

I paraphrase from his memoir, but I’m not sure what you mean exactly Bigmike2346 (talk) 21:08, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Isn’t it to old for public domain being over 130 years old??? Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:07, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

@Diannaa: isn’t it? Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:08, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

"Public domain" means that the source document is too old to still be protected by copyright. But you need to add attribution when copying from public domain sources: simply add the template {{PD-notice}} after your citation. I have done so for the above article. Please do this in the future so that our readers will be aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself, and that it's okay to copy verbatim. Thanks, — Diannaa (talk) 21:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Got it Bigmike2346 (talk) 21:45, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I fixed it Bigmike2346 (talk) 15:54, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Shannon Dawson

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Re: Giants pictures

Hello, i'd like to help you but unfortunately i don't know the faces of Giants coaches other than Jason Garrett. Maybe you can find some of them here and here.

Merson

They only have one of Stephen Jones who doesn’t have a wiki page but if you see a clear pic of the sideline I can zoom in and point out the coaches Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:20, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I meant Stephen brown Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:21, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright and Wikipedia

Please do not copy and paste passages from news articles into Wikipedia. This is still a copyright violation despite putting quotation marks around the passage. You can copy and paste quotes but only if the quotes would be more meaningful than the paraphrasing of them. I have cleaned up 2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team to remove your copyvio and put the copied passage in my own words. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:42, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

I have re-read the passage and it appears you did not directly copy and paste anything other than the quotes, which is fine, but the way it was written was not up to Wikipedia standards for writing. It was grammatically confusing and you used curly quotes instead of straight quotes (see MOS:CURLY). Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:45, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Ya I used the quotes from the article, I’ll change that if you want Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:38, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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October 2020

Your edit to Henry S. White has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 12:44, 31 October 2020 (UTC) I think it’s public domain being that it is over 100 years old Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:43, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

@Diannaa: I think this may be public domain again, I just need to figure out how to label it as such Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:58, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

The Internet Archive had an incorrect date on the source (this book) so I have re-added the content. Please ensure your public domain additions are properly attributed in the future! This will help patrollers know what is going on. Sorry for the mistake.— Diannaa (talk) 16:47, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Rutgers 2020

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George Santos

I reverted your edits back to the redirect because the race between Santos and Suozzi has not been called. In the meantime, you can edit at Draft:George Santos. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Stanton

When you copy from a PD source, you need to indicate with quotation marks the material that you have copied. DGG ( talk ) 02:24, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok give me a minute Bigmike2346 (talk) 02:25, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Almost all of it is paraphrased so should I just put it all in quotes Bigmike2346 (talk) 02:27, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

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How about making the Missouri Municipal Courts to start Bigmike2346 (talk) 06:36, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Then Oklahoma district courts Bigmike2346 (talk) 06:43, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

@TommyBoy: Bigmike2346 (talk) 13:30, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kasey Dunn

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A tag has been placed on Kasey Dunn requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://issuu.com/osuath/docs/2012_spring_football and https://okstate.com/staff-directory/kasey-dunn/183. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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In all honesty, I did copy from an Oklahoma State media guide but that was from this year and the part I copied and put into my own words was only regarding his playing career the rest is all me Bigmike2346 (talk) 19:22, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Bigmike2346, hi there... I would put the explanation you give here on the article's talk page, as per the "contest the nomination" instructions above. That way the admin who looks into it will have all the info. But be aware that WP takes copyvios pretty seriously. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:09, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

@Onel5969: Bigmike2346 (talk) 20:38, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Daniel Moore Bates

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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Daniel Moore Bates for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

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Copying and close paraphrasing

I wanted to leave a friendly note that this edit is much too close to his Stanford bio. I'm going to reword it, but it could definitely be considered a copyright violation if it stayed in untouched. Best, Mackensen (talk) 13:47, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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Please start using edit summaries

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Hi, Bigmike2346. You continue to edit a lot without using edit summaries. That's not OK! It makes Wikipedia much harder to use for other editors. If you continue, your editing could be construed as disruptive, and could lead to escalating warnings and maybe even a block. Would you please start to use edit summaries, or respond and explain why that is difficult for you? Thank you. jhawkinson (talk) 16:34, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

The main thing which I have been editing is rating articles in WPUS and as we both no I’m doing what hast been done in years so when writing low on thousands of articles I’m not going to put an edit summary Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:42, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jhawkinson: Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:51, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Re: Coach creation

Hi,

I saw your message on my talk page and I'll try and work on creating some of these pages. Is the list on my talk page your preferred list of priority or just work on whichever? There are some coaches on your list that don't have many news articles about them or not considered notable so I might not create pages for some of these coaches.

FeverishAxe0 (talk) 02:21, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

There isn’t any order or anything Bigmike2346 (talk) 02:52, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

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infobox image syntax

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March 2021

Your edit to Desmond Kitchings has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. This is your final warning. Further violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa (talk) 21:12, 1 March 2021 (UTC)