Thanks for chipping in here. I looked Warren up in the 1898 Michiganensian, thanks to your handy links from the Michigan football articles, and he is listed as "Class Athletic Manager". Jweiss11 (talk) 18:41, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Cbl62, when you get a chance take a look at John W. Hollister. I just did some expansion on this one and wanted to get your input regarding his playing at Michigan and piecing together all the elements of his career. The Beloit/Morningside coach looks like the same guy who played on the 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team and 1895 Michigan Wolverines football team: same full name with a connection to Beloit, Wisconsin, although his age is a couple years off in the 1896 Palladium versus this source [1]. The Beloit Hall of Honor source corroborates his attendance at Michigan, but the chronology looks pretty messy. I'm also not sure about his coaching at Ole Miss in 1896.
Also see this pic of Hollister and his three brothers in 1913: [2]; there seems to be a good resemblance between John Hollister there and in the 1895 Michigan team photos, considering 18 years of aging. His older brother, Charles M. Hollister, coached Beloit and Northwestern. There's also an obit for John Hollister in the Chicago Tribune here [3], but I don't have access to read it. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:23, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cbl62...just wondering, do you have an Ancestry.com subscription? There's a WWI draft card for H. G. Hadden that most likely contains his DOB, but I can't access it - [4]. IF you do have a subscription, would you be so kind to get his DOB and add it to the article? Thanks. Connormah (talk) 18:35, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also, any chance you can check out this member family tree what has William McCauley on it? [5] It says it has 1 attached record and 2 sources, and it looks to have a full DOB...I know it's just a member tree, but possibly the sources may be acceptable for some info, eg. DOB? Just curious...I should think about getting a subscription. Connormah (talk) 18:58, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting...yeah, it's a pretty common name - I contacted the Bentley Library again to see is they have any DOB info on him. Connormah (talk) 19:19, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you can also pull Ralph Warren (football)'s DOB out of [search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&qid=e5069e246e8344158904f55d85a6f602&gss=angs-c&gsfn=Ralph+Herbert&gsln=Warren&msbdy=1871&msddy=1928&cpxt=1&uidh=ah6&cp=0]? Thanks. Connormah (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I know the grandson is not notable now or at least yet. He was All-Big Ten in 2009 and a senior in 2010. If he is playing professionally, he is still in the minors and he may have gone pro in something other than sports. I was talking about his uncle. There are three Dufek brothers who played in the NFL according to the article linked herein.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:02, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it is Bill. I am not apt to create the article. I am sort of retired from creating articles although March Madness got me going a bit this month. I would like to get to 500 DYKs, but I really expect to do minimal GA work going forward. I suspect that he may have been the type of guy who was on taxi squad, IR, etc. without ever appearing in a game. Most articles about a Brandon Minor- or Adrian Arrington-type player from past generation who has no pro stats are hard to create. Preinternet players like this would not have comparable infoboxes to todays players with every lower tier league and taxi squad appearance chronicled. I figure if anyone can find crumbs of info on such a case, it would be you. Unless there is a way to document his pro experience from WP:RS, I hesitate to create the article. Linemen get no press, so it would be tough to make a good article for a All-American who we don't have pro info for that could withstand AFD. Let me know if you get started on his article. I will take a look at anything you do on it. Also, let me know about any borderline athlete AFDs.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:45, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 29 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Giordano (ice hockey coach), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John Giordano, named 1981 collegiate Coach of the Year by The Hockey News, was fired three years later when all 22 of his players signed a petition listing their grievances against him? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 30 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Skel Roach, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during an eleven-year professional baseball career, German-born Rudolph "Skel" Roach played for teams known as the Prohibitionists, Omahogs, Orphans and Siwashes? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 3 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank Sexton (baseball), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Michigan baseball coach Frank Sexton was confronted with a knife, a cane and an arrest warrant after declaring a forfeit when Indiana refused to continue play due to darkness? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 6 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carl Lundgren, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren(pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a March hare in a cyclone"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Ditto on Joseph McCulloch, which I see is eligible for DYK if you can find a hook in there. Maybe something about the 1918 base football team with All-America athletes from different schools (Weston was first-team in 1917, Reynolds was third-team in 1921); it might help if we could figure out who "Kofed" and "Mackall" were. cmadler (talk) 13:20, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 23 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dickshooter, Idaho, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dickshooter was named for Dick Shooter? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi Cbl - was wondering if you could give me a hand with something here - I've repeatedly hit brick walls on searching for a date of death for Gustave May - I'm pretty sure that he died in New Jersey sometime after 1940 - any way you could help whenever you have time? Thanks. Connormah (talk) 02:55, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Re: May - that's the right one - what info would you need? I've just got the census records listed on him - might be worth noting that there was a Gustave H. May in Ohio at the same time with a wife of the same name - it's really complicating things. I believe May (one I'm looking for) was a writer for The Tribune (Hudson/Bergen presumably), perhaps that may help? Great job on Abbott also, I wasn't able to find a thing on him (though I do miss some things) Connormah (talk) 06:48, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, as always. Sorry for asking again, but is there any chance you could lend another hand (sorry!) in finding dates for H. Thompson (American football)? Seems he was an Assistant Attorney General of Kansas(?) after his coaching career - he is a Princeton Alumni (class of 1897). Can't find anything on what the initials stand for, though, which is driving me crazy. Connormah (talk) 03:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Re: May again - he probably died ca. 1942-1960 in New Jersey, either Ocean or Bergen County - he was also known as Gus May I believe. Connormah (talk) 21:59, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, any chance you could try and find any info on Art Ranney? Thanks. Also, were you able to find anything else on May? I believe I may have his sons' death dates - I can provide those if they'll help. His business partner (Percy Byron) did get a NYT obit, May should have probably gotten something... Connormah (talk) 02:07, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yale Murphy
Cbl, I recently stumbled upon a guy who might be up your alley: Yale Murphy. His identity on here was split out into two articles, one for his baseball playing career and another stub noting his tenure as Fordham football coach. I think he may have coached the Yale basketball team of 1902–03 that was named the nat'l champ by the Helms Athletic Foundation, but the Yale media guide lists the coach for that season as unknown. He was also the brother of Mike Murphy, whose article you've worked on extensively. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:10, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Milton Olander, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Milton Olander, who led the Western Michigan football team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in 1922, was later offered a position as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Sorry to be a bug, but any way you can find Galbraith's full name, and possibly some dates? I did find an article referring to (presumably) him as "Holamer B. Galbraith" [12] - but I'm not entirely sure. Thanks again, as always. Connormah (talk) 03:24, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the research...I think the University has a biographical info file on him, I could try and contact them regarding that. Also, any idea who the "Holamer B Galbraith" in the article I mentioned above is? Connormah (talk) 02:59, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea - could have been Holmer or something as well. I'll try contacting the university. Wonder if he's in any yearbooks/University records that can be searched online for teh Univ. of Arizona. Connormah (talk) 03:13, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 7 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Bemies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Charles Bemies organized the first college basketball team in the 1890s and later became a Presbyterian minister and evangelist? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
As a Geneva alumnus, I was quite excited to see your work on this article. I'm particulately impressed by the fact that you found my denomination's old magazine, citation 18, as well as one of the most important works by W.M. Glasgow, perhaps this denomination's most important historian. Nyttend (talk) 12:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've emailed a link to an acquaintance who's on Geneva's board; he uses Wikipedia frequently, and I'm sure he'll enjoy it. Nyttend (talk) 12:22, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 3 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Weisenburger, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jack Weisenburger was the "spinning fullback" for the undefeated Michigan football team that became known as the "Mad Magicians"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Cbl, I thought you did some L.A.-related work in the past, so maybe you can help if you're so inclined. I'm working on Loyola Marymount coach Harold Hess, but have a few gaps. Namely, if he was also the Cal Poly-SLO coach. The dates don't quite make sense, but I can't find anything worthwhile on the Cal Poly coach ("H. Hess")... If you're interested, please see my post at the CFB talk page for more details. Thanks. Strikehold (talk) 04:29, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 24 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles was known as the "West Coast Apollo" and featured performances by jazz legends before being converted into a church? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 27 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 27th Street Historic District, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 27th Street Historic District in Los Angeles includes a Gothic Revival church that since 1906 has housed white, Armenian, African-American and Hispanic congregations? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Congrats on scooping me on architect Charles M. Robinson! I'd been plugging away with research on him for the past several years, and you zipped in before I could get all the sources assembled! Have you been studying him long, or was this fly-by-night research? Either way, I would be interested in discussing the subject. Morgan Riley (talk) 23:12, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 6 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fred Townsend, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite failing eyesight, Fred Townsend played for the 1887 Michigan football team and became chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 11 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Collins H. Johnston, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Collins H. Johnston, halfback on the first Michigan football team in 1879, later published papers on eclampsia, tuberculosis, cardiac murmurs, and pulmonary abscess? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I have questions on some Germany football (not soccer) players. I've seen several come by the past few days. Gary Lautenschlager is one. To see more, click the World Cup section on Lautenschlager's page and look under Germany. I'm not sure if these meet Notability guidelines for football (WP:NSPORTS) or not. WikiProject American Football is dead, so I'm not sure to ask. While doing some research, I saw where USA beat Germany this past weekend and plays Mexico next for the World Cup. I'd hate to play against Japan's line... I can image sumo wrestlers. Bgwhite (talk) 07:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Edward Moulton
On 20 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Moulton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "Dad" Moulton, a participant in Sherman's March to the Sea, was the U.S. sprint champion in the 1870s, and trained the "world's fastest human" in the 1880s? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Cbl: Jrcla2 and I are trying to figure out if Harry Ely (baseball) is the same person as Harry Ely. My suspicion is yes, but I have nothing solid to tie the Fordham coach to the early Baltimore Orioles player. The NCAA database and Fordham football media guide say the Fordham coach was an alumnus of Yale. This June 1903 New York Times article [14] says "Harry Allen Ely, a Columbia College graduate, will coach the Fordham eleven this Fall." This September 1900 NY Times article [15] mentions "Harry Allen Ely...First Lieutenant...of the United States Volunteers" serving in the Philippines. In 1922, we've got "Harry Allen Ely, Chairman of the Washington Heights Tenants' Association" [16]. Then in 1925, we've got "Captain Harry Ely, aged editor of the Tenant" with a tie to public library at Fordham.[17] If you get a chance to look for anything else to flesh this all out, that would be great. Thanks. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:27, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't want to belabor the matter there and make that entry any longer, so thought I would share the following here.
Generally facts such as the one focused on that are reflected in one university site would be considered fine -- we cite to university sites for all sorts of information about students and professors, and to team sites for all sorts of information about ballplayers, for information of this nature. We would not generally view it as an independence question because the professor/student/athlete was in the university or on the team, unless the claim were for something extraordinary.
In any event, I've added a third citation.
As to the sentence that you viewed as "POV of trying to oversell his accomplishments", first of all I have to admit that I didn't write that sentence. My preference is to repeat the facts, as they have been stated. But I didn't change it, as I felt that whoever wrote it was within his rights. I'm not sure how familiar you are with minor league baseball. But to be rated # 28 and # 54, by the two separate raters, of all minor leaguers could be reasonably construed as being considered a "top prospect". Without looking for precisely how many thousand minor leaguers there are, simply take a look at List of minor league baseball leagues and teams, multiply the number of teams there by 24 (roughly; with over 250 teams, that likely puts us over 5,000), and you will understand why I say that ... that is the pool he was in the top 28/54 of. Top 1% is likely generally considered "top". That said, as I say, while the original statement was IMHO fine, your change is more to my liking. But I do disagree strongly that the original writer evidenced POV or overselling in that statement ... it was simply inferior because it was less precise, and the reader could not know what level of subjectivity there may have been. As to you saying that he had not even appeared in a major league game at the time -- that is the nature of a "prospect". Once he has appeared in a game, he is no longer a prospect, but a rookie, in typical baseball parlance. (Which he became yesterday).
No need to reply ... just sharing some musings ... but if you wish to, you can do so here.
Deleting text referenced to the official site of major league baseball
Hi -- I see that you have now, at the same article, deleted the text supported by MLB.com. MLB.com is the highest-level source for a baseball player; the site of major league baseball. I understand that your deletion may have been inadvertent, but please don't delete text supported by it without a valid reason. Thanks much. --Epeefleche (talk) 21:24, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Inasmuch as you've not responded to my two above messages on your talkpage, but instead appeared at (surprisingly; I guess you are following my edits?) and joined my conversation with Baseball Bugs on his talkpage to discuss the issues, I've added my further thoughts there. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:36, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 24 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Glenn Doughty, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Glenn Doughty rushed for 329 yards in his first two college football games for the 1969 Michigan Wolverines and later played eight years for the Baltimore Colts? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I just wanted to say I respect your positions in this process, but I don't agree with the ephemeral notability, based on routine daily coverage. In my opinion, if a newspaper has a sports section, and it covers local and regional sports, and it's football season, then the paper will be cranking out routine QB stories twice a week. They got space to fill. I grew up in a college football town. All that said, I'm taking a liberty by discussing another AfD procedure with you, one I'm simultaneously following. In that procedure, I'm having trouble finding online sources for a man who spent fully 75 years as a sportswriter in the Minneapolis area writing for Baseball Digest, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, and most of the local papers covering Minnesota Golden Gophers and Olympic hockey, Twins baseball, and Vikings football, a career writing routine daily sports coverage leaving a vast body of stuff just like the works you're citing to assert the QB. So there's a sense of proportion for me in this. Between the two, the sportswriter is waaay more notable for an encyclopedia than the college quarterback. But because sportswriters rarely write about each other, I can't find the profiles and interviews which would put this past WP:CREATIVE. Different goalposts, so to speak. I thought I owed the pedia an explanation about why I feel so strongly in both these cases, as a contrast and comparison. BusterD (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 27 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carl Ward, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Carl Ward's 104-yard kickoff return in 1967 was the longest in the history of the Cleveland Browns? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I've put you and User:Gordgus up for the dyk. If the page keeps, then you get the credit. Thanks for helping. I'll likely start the Cobbledick page myself. Like Gordon's, his writing is so good. BusterD (talk) 15:24, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Would you mind looking at the DYK review notes User:Giants2008 left in the template? I transcluded the template on the Gordon talk page. Just a few tweaks left. The alt hook is where we're going here. BusterD (talk) 00:00, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Jim Brieske
On 29 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jim Brieske, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jim Brieske, who set multiple placekicking records, had his kicking foot amputated in 1967? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 1 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruce McLenna, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that NFLhalfbackBruce McLenna was killed in 1968 while riding in the rear of a military truck that crashed? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Hi Cbl2 - Great article on Arthur Matsu. Two questions - did you see that he needed the article because of my user page? I think the timing is very coincidental (I'm not mad, it'd just strike me as unbelievable timing that you would write it soon after I added him to my To Do list with links); and, his common name is Art Matsu as far as I'm aware. I could be wrong, so correct me if I am, but maybe we should consider moving it to his common name? Thanks! Jrcla2 (talk) 20:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's very funny timing then, but hey it saves me an article to make, plus you did a much better job at it then I would have. I saw where most of the sources you put were ones I don't have access to. Also, the sparse sources that I did have would add nothing new to what is already in the article, so it's best as is. Normally I don't make college football player articles, but being the "first" Asian to do so many things definitely warranted it, not to mention he went to my alma mater. Again, great job. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:06, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
DYK for Charles Dryden
On 17 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Dryden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that baseball humorist Charles Dryden dubbed the 1906 White Sox the "Hitless Wonders" and said of the 1909 Senators: "Washington – first in war, first in peace and last in the American League." The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Charles Dryden.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Thanks for going over my references and correcting / improving the format. I appreciate it a lot, especially since I can see that you were willing to take the time to chase down fine details like the online versions of the articles cited, and the precise location of passages I referred to. Thanks! WarlanderHorse (talk) 03:33, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plaza Substation
Google gave me multiple images of the Plaza Substation (example), and from that I believe it's the building visible at the center of the Street View window here. That's the rear of the building; Olvera Street appears to be the pedestrian-only walkway that begins here. Nyttend (talk) 22:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And FWIW, you said his notability was "premised on an investigation into his alleged practice of engaging in unnecessary procedures" but the Senate Finance Committee investigation was in 2010. The Maryland board issued their final conclusion recently, in July 2011. I edited the lead of the article to make this more clear. Thanks. I'm looking forward to your comment and/or the possibility of changing your review to a maybe and asking for a second opinion. I'd like to have a chance to work on the as of yet unspecified neutrality issues before getting denied. Any recommendations on how to get eyes for that if you are too busy? Thanks. Jesanj (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to be so buggy. But here's my idea. To get turned down, doesn't here have to be a NPOV violation? But there's no tag over the article. I heard about the subject through press coverage that suggested his work was unnecessary, yes. But DYK isn't disallowed for subject who has been the subject of critical press. I feel like I'm being disallowed from DYK simply for tackling a complex topic. What do you think? Jesanj (talk) 17:59, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 20 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Max Kase, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Max Kase wrote in support of jazz and flappers in 1922, helped found the NBA in 1946, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for exposing college basketball point-shaving scandals? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Max Kase.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 21 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank G. Menke, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after debunking Abner Doubleday as the inventor of baseball, Frank Menke was placed in "the class that would belittle Washington, Lincoln and other men who have played their part in American history"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank G. Menke.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 23 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alan J. Gould, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that sports editor Alan J. Gould invented college football's AP Poll in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alan J. Gould.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 28 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heinie Peitz, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Heinie Peitz was on the receiving end of the famed "Pretzel Battery" in the 1890s? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
If so, any chance you can check out [18] and pull a cause of death from it? I can only see as far as "he was stricken with..." from search. Thanks. – Connormah (talk) 19:37, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, so I got the sentence I was looking for, but it doesn't specify anything - could you still look is there's a cause? Thanks. – Connormah (talk) 19:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 2 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fred Dunlap, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Fred Dunlap, who was once the highest paid player in professional baseball, died penniless at the age of 43? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fred Dunlap.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
On 2 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dummy Taylor, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dummy Taylor(pictured), once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dummy Taylor.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
I wonder if you'd turn that source-finding magic loose on a coach
After a brief discussion with User:Ron Ritzman about closing procedures, I was watching his talk page for a while. And I noticed this. I never said anything because I was watching how he handled it. I have learned to appreciate your respect for all aspects of sport, so I was wondering if you had some input. I agree the sources I found were mostly promotional, but he seems like quite an impressive figure, one who has coached lots of young men into fine athletes, likely some notable enough for their own page. I'll watch here for response. BusterD (talk) 23:55, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, Cbl, I've got a problem. I am using the dynamically segmented Michigan Wolverines football navbox as a pattern to rework the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame navbox, but I've run into an inexplicable problem. Or, at least one I can't explaing resolve, and the original Wolverines football navbox seems to have the same problem: it does not display any of the groups/lists after the 11th group/list. Can you take a look at this and see if you can identify and resolve the problem in the Wolverines navbox? Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:39, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I found some brief tidbits about that in the template instructions. It also specifically says that it can be expanded, but it doesn't say how, of course. I've left a talk page message for the original template creator, who is till active. Hopefully he can help. I also reduced the number of groups/lists section headers by combining the men's and women's teams for the same sports, and then breaking them out by gender within the text. Looks pretty slick, and it reduces the displayed size of the navbox when you open it. It's going to be a radical improvement over the navbox's previous version, and the previously unlinked HOF member names will all link to the sport-specific section of the new "list of" article where a given member's blurb can be found. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:43, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am requesting some assistance on expanding Walter Skidmore, the UNC Tar Heels men's basketball coach between 1935 and 1939. User:Remember, the article's creator, and myself cannot really seem to find anything that would indicate DOB/DOD, or any other substantive content. I know you have access to myriad resources. If this article can get expanded, I don't think User:Remember nor myself would mind creating a three-person DYK nom. Thoughts? Jrcla2 (talk) 17:25, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto - looks amazing. Kind of a related side item: Were you planning on DYKing it? I feel that it would be good multi-person nomination (you, Remember, Jweiss, me, Rikster2). Jrcla2 (talk) 13:58, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I can source that he had 2 tackles for a loss, but sources only mention one as being on fourth down (the sack on Persa), but the Adonis Smith rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Mich 33 on 4th and 1 at MICH 32 with Michigan trailing 14–7 is not noted in any stories I see.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 10:31, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On 10 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cleveland Rosenblums, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cleveland Rosenblums.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Cbl, I didn't think the Coaches' Poll discussion was over. We were still playing around with tweaks to the schedule table to see if we could make it work there. As it is, simply pulling them from the tables on the Michigan seasons articles deletes data that exists nowhere else on Wikipedia. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:20, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
While there was no consensus on most points, the consensus was pretty overwhelming that only one poll should be listed in the tables. Cbl62 (talk) 01:21, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
On the issue of consensus, I noted a week ago at the project talk page that there did appear to be a consensus that only one ranking should be included in the schedule table. That view was supported by Ute in DC, Bsuorangecrush, Dirtlawyer1, Patriarca12, and myself. I believe you were the only one supporting the use of multiple rankings in the table. That's a consensus of 5 to 1. Cbl62 (talk) 01:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I had hoped to find out if there were any other athletes in his family (siblings), aunts or uncles, and especially his grandfather. However, don't burden yourself researching this if it does not interest you. I too generally like to work on Michigan athletes, but I think the Irwin family has an interesting athletic story to tell. It is my belief that there may be more than I have found.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:35, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the information you posted on the Arthur Matsu page about his participation in the 1930 game against Benny Friedman's All Stars - and the link to the New York Times article - that filled in a piece of a puzzle for me, since I had a letter from Dr. Harry March to members of Friedman's team, which included my father, but I had no knowledge of the game. Revmoran (talk) 01:23, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Another football coach/player
Any chance you can do a DOD search for J. W. Knibbs? He was quite a prominent member of the Dartmouth Football team in the early 1900s. There's also a team photo with him in it, but I can't pick him out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, – Connormah (talk) 03:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see you are delinking "United States" in the leads of many articles that I have edited. While I agree that we should be wary of overlinking, I wonder if one wikilink in the lead that defines the subject nationality and/or country of notable work is really overlinking. Today's featured article, Rudolph Cartier, in fact has such as link. So does Tim Duncan, another FA-rated article. Scanning some of the other recent bio FAs, I see similar links. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I fail to see how the pipe to "American" changes anything for the Tim Duncan article. The unique problem with American football people is that the sport is "American football" so that presents a bit of syntactic issue when you want to define nationality and profession in the opening sentence of the article. You're not going to say "X was an AmericanAmerican football coach" or "X was an United States-ian American football coach. I don't see evidence from a scan of recently promoted FAs that there is a moratorium on this sort of wikilinking. If you feel like cleaning up some bad formatting, I can point to you streams of unquestionably bad stuff. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It sounds like your issue is really not with the linking, it's with the wording. So I don't understand why you are removing the wikilinks, which you are apparently fine with if moved a few words to the left, but leaving the language, which you think is poor. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:36, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My point here that is seems like a rather fine issue, and one that is subject to some interpretation. I don't know if you intend to go through my entire edit history looking for every American football bio in which I wikilinked United States, but if you are, that's going to take a long time (and a similarly long time to undo if consensus ends up being okay with the links). Meanwhile, we have total crapfests like Joseph Massie (coach) sitting out there. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:41, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Jweiss, please do not link United States in such articles. It is rare for this item to be useful as a wikilink, and on rare occasions where a link might be useful, it should generally be to a section or daughter article of the United States. Tony(talk)07:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
External links
Please stop removing systematic, definitive external links. I'm going to see about having those links removed from the Infobox college coach because they are more appropriate in an external links sections. You can also reply here rather than on my talk page so as not to cleave the discussion. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:43, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi JW. We've discussed this before. Under the Wikipedia protocols, External links sections should not be used to duplicate things that are already in the "References." In the case of the "External links" section I removed today from the Wagonhurst article, CFDW was linked THREE times -- in the Infobox, in the References (where it should be per rules on in-line citing), and then in an unneeded "External links" section. The "External links" sections are disapproved for this type of info. Cbl62 (talk) 03:46, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please, let's keep conversations in one place. I just killed the CFBDW link in Template:Infobox college coach. It look likes crap there anyway, and external links are more appropriate in an external links section. I understand that CFBDW may be cited in an article, but there is a still a utility in having links to definitive websites in an external link section. A well developed article may have fifty or a hundred references. The reference serves to support a particular passage in the body of an article. The external links section isolates links to definitave listings and puts them in a standard place so that a user can find them quickly, e.g. how every MLB bio article has a link to baseball-reference.com and several other reliable, definitive listings if applicable. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:55, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No more delusional than Princeton with 28 NCs before the AP Poll started. That's the advantage of having started playing football before a lot of other schools had even been founded! Cbl62 (talk) 20:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It was pretty much a blueblood-only game in those days as well. Personally, I only speak for the '97 title, which I witnessed, in part, in person. Jweiss11 (talk) 21:37, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
1988–89 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team assistant coaches
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Oh, ok. If/when you recover your camera, please let me know :) - I have some ideas for photos in Sherman Oaks and other Valley neighborhoods WhisperToMe (talk) 00:43, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Cbl62, a while back I created {{NYU Violets basketball coach navbox}}. When searching for the coaches, I stumbled upon Billy Lush (baseball), who fits the bill for the name, era and general geographic region of the NYU coach from 1914–1916. I also thought it was probably the same Billy Lush as found on {{Navy Midshipmen basketball coach navbox}}, who coached from 1908–1910 and again 1918–1922. I added these navboxes, however, without being able to actually verify that these are the same person and I went more on statistical probability. Using your myriad resources, could you see if you can scrounge anything up that would confirm the Billy Lush basketball coach at these schools to be the same as the professional baseball player? Jrcla2 (talk) 16:11, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Cbl, I thought you should be aware of this discussion I've started at WT:NBA. Don't know if it's something you'd be interested in tackling, but I do see it as a great probability that the article would be on the main page if all goes according to plan. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:19, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]