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Transfermarkt @ Bernardo Ribeiro

"Sir": Transfermarkt is about as reliable as any other source used in WP. When you remove sources, you may wish to apply the decency of at least attempting to replace it with one that meets your degree of "sophistication" instead of leaving an article with an undue blemish. Yon know how to use Google, don't you? No wonder, WP largely resembles a garbage bin. It is not worth contributing. OAlexander (talk) 15:21, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

David Arshakyan

I've simply edited the article to convert it into a decent stub. Nyttend (talk) 15:11, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I'd prefer that you take it to AFD. <bureaucracy>Since I've worked on it, it's no longer subject to G4.</bureaucracy> Lots of international footballers are notable (wouldn't most, or all, be, since they've played at the highest level?), so if you have reason to say that I've misunderstood, or that this is an exception to the normal situation, I think it would help if you'd explain that at an AFD. Nyttend (talk) 15:43, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I read through the FOOTY guidelines, but I'm so unfamiliar with the sport that I'm not able to apply the guidelines properly. Nyttend (talk) 16:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Vadim Bakatin

Dear Sir, thank you for your help with the contents! I really appreciate your job. As I still want my initial text to be on this page, I have quoted some reliable sources (RIA/Russian News Agency and RFS/Russian Football Union) to confirm it, but the websites I refer to are only in Russian. Would it be a problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olga Kuzischina (talk • contribs) 13:39, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

@Olga Kuzischina: Looks good to me. My only concern here was with the reliability of Transfermarkt. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:38, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

transfermarkt (again)

Hi, I see from your Talk page that you're the expert on transfermarkt. Just wondering - I know that the site has a lot of "rumours" about transfers. But what about the lists of actual transfers - especially the list I had included in the Fali Ramadani article? Is that also user-submitted (the entire site?). It seems to me that is the reporting on the actual transfers that did occur is accurate, then perhaps this part of the site is acceptable? I'm at a loss to find an alternative source. -- HighKing⁺⁺ 11:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

@HighKing: Everything one the site except news articles, which are generally written by third parties like the Deutsche Presse Agentur, can be modified registered users on the site, meaning it qualifies as self-published. Any information confirmed by Transfermarkt only, should not be considered verified. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:44, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of article Baoringdao Bodo

Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league.Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:05, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Dear sir I have given right information about the player and given you articles about the player he may be yet to play in pro league but now he has joined professional league and youngest player yo sign contract with India super league club znd he represented junior national teams at AFC regional tournament..i want explanation for deletion of page which has full of real details in it..if you still have any doubts plz read the reference in the article...plz review the page soon. More over contract to pro clubs were eligible to show he is pro footballer and currently train with french club FC Metz..thank you sir — Preceding unsigned comment added by (k Dinesh 05:09, 27 May 2016 (UTC)) Dineshyazz (talk • contribs) 04:42, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

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Transfermarkt

Hi... I have checked each and every matches refereed by Kuipers over there and they are absolutely correct... So it's absolutely reliable as it's cross checked repeatedly by me and only then have I included it in the article... Please consider it... Thanks... Cricket246 (talk) 13:26, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Sorry Sir but you have removed a source that is absolutely accurate and reliable as all other sources in Wikipedia... It's not at all unreliable and is rather the most reliable site for obtaining stats on football ref's career from the very beginning... I'm an ardent Kuipers follower that why I've cross-check it and it's absolutely correct... That's why I added it... Cricket246 (talk) 13:29, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: Can I please get some kind of a response? Please help... Cricket246 (talk) 13:53, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: Sir, one very important thing I wanted to point out... We can submit changes to Transfermarkt via a form but it's not incorporated then and there... We can suggest changes to the site but it is incorporated by the administration only after they have verified from reliable sources... Users can suggest changes to any website and then admins consider whether it's reliable or not... No information is incorporated without verifying and no user can directly change the site... we have made an error in interpreting the entire thing... So in that way it's not a self-published source or unreliable source... It's as reliable as any other source... I think we earlier made a great mistake in interpreting the exact words... Cricket246 (talk) 14:13, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cricket, in Sir Sputnik's absence, there was a discussion held outside WP:FOOTBALL, where it was determined that the user-generated facet of Transfermarkt meant that it was not considered a reliable source, so it should not be used as a reference. I'm glad what you added you have been able to confirm as correct though as that should make it relatively easy to provide alternative references? Fenix down (talk) 14:23, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

@Fenix down: One very important thing I wanted to point out... We are terribly misinterpreting the thing here... We can submit changes to Transfermarkt via a form but it's not incorporated then and there... We can suggest changes to the site but it is incorporated by the administration only after they have verified from reliable sources... Users can suggest changes to any website and then admins consider whether it's reliable or not... No information is incorporated without verifying and no user can directly change the contents of the site... we have made an error in interpreting the entire thing... So in that way it's not a self-published source or unreliable source... It's as reliable as any other source... I think we earlier made a great mistake in interpreting the exact words... The main thing to note is that no user can directly change the contents of the pages other than the concerned authorities... I created an account and verified it myself... And also I compared it's stats for kuipers with 6-7 other sites and Transfermarkt was the complete and correct out of all those... Rest were all incomplete... Cricket246 (talk) 14:13, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Two points then:

1. Firstly, can you confirm how you know that submissions are incorporated by the administration only after they have verified from reliable sources? What reliable sources? That this is not shown means they are inherently unreliable, anyone can say they check something but if they don't show to what they sourced it then it is essentially not sourced. IN fact, I direct your attention to section 4.1 on their terms of use here. They state: Für sämtliche Inhalte wie zum Beispiel Texte, Daten, Fotos, Fotoserien (im Folgenden „Content”), die Sie Transfermarkt übermitteln, sind Sie verantwortlich. Dieser Content wird vor Platzierung auf den oder einer der Websites nicht von Transfermarkt geprüft und stellt nicht die Meinung von Transfermarkt dar. Transfermarkt distanziert sich ausdrücklich von diesem Inhalt. Es handelt sich hierbei nicht um eigene Inhalte von Transfermarkt, sondern um Fremdinhalte der Nutzer von Transfermarkt. Transfermarkt ist an der Pluralität der Meinungen seiner Nutzer interessiert und stellt ihnen ein Forum für diese Meinungen zur Verfügung. Transfermarkt behält sich das Recht vor, den Content im Einzelfall zu prüfen. Sie haben keinen Rechtsanspruch auf Veröffentlichung des übermittelten Contents.. This explicitly states that the submitter is responsible for all data that is submitted and that it is not checked to any other source, merely that they reserve the right to check submissions. This is the very definition of an unreliable source.
2. Secondly, your confirmation that your submission is correct does not mean anything. No one is saying there is not correct information Transfermarkt, more that there rigour in checking submissions is lax. This is a clear example of an editor faking submissions to Transfermarkt in order to fake an article.

There is clear evidence from the site that they don't check everything and clear evidence on enWiki of a user using this to their advantage to create fake articles. This is why Transfermarkt should not be used. Fenix down (talk) 14:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

@Fenix down: Thanks for the extensive explanation... Helped me understand the entire thing quite clearly... Can you please suggest me some website specialising in football Referee career statistics? Cricket246 (talk) 15:03, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

No problem, I know it can be difficult finding relevant discussions in archives stretching back a number of years. I'm not really sure about referee stats as it is not an area I am involved in. I do know that SoccerBase keep a record for a number of leagues, though, whilst I have no personal reason to doubt their accuracy, I am not sure whether there has ever been consensus achieved that they are not a reliable source. Fenix down (talk) 15:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! Much needed one! Cricket246 (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Fraser Hobday

I removed your CSD tag as, in the deleted version, he wasn't playing for Peterhead which is in a higher league. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:39, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Erik Pochanski

I declined your nomination of Erik Pochanski. The article is different from the deleted version, and the subject may pass WP:NFOOTBALL now. Best, Mackensen (talk) 13:30, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Bosnian biographies sockpuppetry

I just became aware of Special:Contributions/HankMoodyTZHankMoodyTZ and the surrounding issues. Have you checked the quality of the recent sock edits? I don't mean to encourage sockpuppetry, but in this case it seems Sporting Gijón actually is the right club. So blanket reverting might not be the best approach here. I haven't checked much of the remaining edits, so it's entirely possible that there were other problems with the socks that I missed. I'm just wondering whether it's worth the effort to go through the individual edits and check whether others also corrected errors or provided accurate information. Huon (talk) 21:36, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

@Huon: My experience with this editor has been that nothing short of a blanket revert would actually get them to stop socking, and it does appear to have accomplished that (at least for now). For most of their edits, I lack the necessary knowledge of the subject to easily tell if the changes made were correct, but it wouldn't surprise if they were. The editor was originally blocked for adding unsourced content and edit warring, and I certainly didn't see any evidence of that from the socks. Sir Sputnik (talk) 04:29, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Disgrace of Gijón

I didn't realize that '''tAD''' was still blocked, so I took his silence as "no more objections" to my edit. There is bad blood between us since Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup), where ending up it was other editors that agreed to my changes while '''tAD''' didn't participate further. Does '''tAD''' essentially get a veto over my changes to Disgrace of Gijón? JoshDonaldson20 (talk) 15:13, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Patrick Weihrauch

I fully expect Patrick Weihrauch to make his 2. Bundesliga debut within the next couple of months. Kingjeff (talk) 03:09, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

@Kingjeff: As do I, but that doesn't make him notable now. Speculation as to future potential appearances is never grounds for notability. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:13, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

I understand it doesn't make him notable now. But why delete an article that, with almost 100% certainty, will be eligible in less than a month? Kingjeff (talk) 03:45, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

@Kingjeff: Why keep a non-notable article, when it can be restored at the click of a button if and when notability guidelines are met? Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:57, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Move request

Hello,is any chance as an administrator,you can help with moving new created page FC Ungheni to CF Ungheni.this is actually a new formed club in 2013.the link confirming this had been provided.it looks like the old club from this city CS Moldova-03 Ungheni has nothing to do with FC Ungheni.thanks.15:29, 27 July 2016 (UTC)Kolya77 (talk) Rechecked.facebook account does not confirm anything.only the source at divizia-a.com.it's hard to find any information on this matter:) this is Moldova.actually in 2012/13 season the team from Ungheni with the name Abus played in division B. Is not known it was the same CS Moldova-03 Ungheni or new one FC Ungheni).on soccerway this both clubs had different profiles. One user opposed the move from CS Moldova Ungheni to CF Ungheni,so i wanted to know what to do next.put the squad and update infobox on the page CS Moldova-03 Ungheni or leaved with new created article. I'm fine with any decision.thanks. In case you permit CS Moldova-03 Ungheni to be moved to CF Ungheni, so you can delete the new article created today.Kolya77 (talk) 15:57, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

@Kolya77: First of all, I'm not an administrator, so I can't actually move the page myself. What you'll want to do here is start a discussion on the article's talk page requesting a page move. Just follow the instructions at WP:RM#CM. I hope that helps. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:18, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Dejan Čugalj wikipedia page

Good afternoon Sir Sputnik. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_%C4%8Cugalj this is Wikipedia page created by my side, from football player Dejan Čugalj from Serbia. This player played professional football in Serbia and Croatia in his young plays, and now he plays in amateur league in Germany, and in the next transfer period he will sign the professional deal in Germany in A team, Regionaliga. Other thing, he is very much all over the world wide web and very popular, so here you can check it, and Wikipedia is the only place where he is not in this momment, so I think that it is needed for sure, because Wikipedia is the biggest world encyclopedia.

web-site: www.dejancugalj.com facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Cugalj10/ twitter page: https://twitter.com/Cugalj10 transfermarkt page: http://www.transfermarkt.ie/dejan-cugalj/profil/spieler/376096# fussball.de page: http://www.fussball.de/spielerprofil/-/userid/01R5BQKQGS000000VS541L4JVT9HBH9R FuPa page: http://www.fupa.net/spieler/dejan-cugalj-976569.html Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CugaljDejan

So, the player has followers from all over the world, including Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Canada ext. So, thank you very much and I hope that it will be online for all time, because it is really needed here on Wiki.

Regards, CEO of company Janko Tepsic, Ikens PR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikens PR (talk • contribs) 20:11, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

@Ikens PR: In order to have a an article on Wikipedia, a subject must meet certain criteria called notability. For footballers, the relevant notability guideline is WP:NFOOTBALL, which says that only footballers who have played for their country's national team or in one of the fully professional leagues listed here. For the countries question, the relevant leagues are the top three divisions in Germany, the top two in Serbia, and the Croatian First League. Čugalj has not played in any of these leagues, meaning he does not qualify for a Wikipedia article at this time. Additionally, as the CEO of a PR company, I strongly suggest you read Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest, particularly the guidelines on paid editing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:32, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

WP:KARLSRUHER

There are a couple things You should know about WP:KARLSRUHER. First of all, it is an essay that contains "advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors." Therefore, it is not part of the Policies and guidelines of English Wikipedia. Second of all, WP:KARLSRUHER states "obviously in article prose, a shortened name can be used, once the proper name has been established, to make the text flow more easily. Equally in tables where there is a lack of space, abbreviations can be used, but this is rare on Wikipedia." In the prose, you can find that proper name has been established for several clubs in the prose. Also, in the fixtures and results table, it is very tight inside the table. This is why I no longer use goal difference in the table. Kingjeff (talk) 05:10, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

@Kingjeff: Why not join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Germany task force#2016–17 FC Bayern Munich season instead of here? Also, WP:KARLSRUHER represents a general consensus which is used on many articles, which you seem to be going against. Secret Agent Julio (talk) 06:31, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Transfermarkt @ Mahip Riar

Dear Sir Sputnik, Thank you for your contributions in my edits. I appreciate what you are doing friend, in keeping Wiki a reliable source. Please check the article again, my 4th source links to page where various media articles from Dnevni Avaz (Primary Bosnian daily news) and Al Jazeera Balkans, are compiled and pictured, collectively confirming all of what has been claimed about the player, however they are pictures of media clippings, and in Bosnian, is this an issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VukanCrv (talk • contribs) 13:40, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Jalalabad sports stadium

In my eyes, the appropriateness or inappropriateness of the move isn't relevant to the issue of G5 speedy deletion — an editor who isn't the creator has made a substantial alteration to the article, so it can't be G5 deleted. I'm also not comfortable moving it back, because STRUCTURE, PLACE is a common form of disambiguation in some contexts; see St Mary's Church, Hanwell for a random example. Being unfamiliar with football stadiums, I won't move it and won't stand in the way of a move; if you want to move it back, there's no technical issue that prevents you from moving it back (admin rights aren't needed), and I'm unaware of any policy/community consensus that would be violated if you moved it back. Nyttend (talk) 00:33, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Serdar SABUNCU

Hi sir; Serdar SABUNCU my first wiki. he is turkish profesyonel lig coach. look at please http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=219&antID=8791FUTBOL KARİYER (talk) 21:18, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Transfermarkt @ Luke Littlejohn

My opinion regarding Transfermarkt is similar to Bernardo's below. Please explain how the site is not a 'Viable Source'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luke Littlejohn (talk • contribs) 23:10, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Transfermarkt

Thankyou for explaining that, very sorry Luke Littlejohn (talk) 23:26, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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Football players

Hey. Can i create a page for a player, who hasn't got his debut in his club in a professional league, but has played matches for the U21 national team in for example UEFA Euro 2017? Fodbold-fan (talk) 13:03, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@Fodbold-fan: No, the guideline on the notability of footballers explicitly says that it doesn't cover youth football: Youth players are not notable unless they satisfy one of the statements above, or if they can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG. The requirements for inclusion are debut in a fully professional league or for the senior national team of a FIFA member. I hope that clears things up. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:43, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Aniket Jadhav

Why is Aniket Jadhav not eligible for PROD? Cabayi (talk) 15:47, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darren Lok Yee Deng

You're right, sorry, obviously not my sharpest today. Thanks for changing. GiantSnowman 14:32, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Bulgarian footballers - articles for deletion

You have recently nominated for deletion Georgi Kremenliev, Nikolay Dichev, Pavel Petkov and Kiril Lichev. All these players comply with point 2 of WP:ATHLETE as they have played in Bulgarian Second League (or its equivalent B PFG) which is/was a fully professional league. Would you object if I remove the deletion notices from these articles? Thanks, Yavorescu (talk) 17:31, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

@Yavorescu: I would object. Since the issue of full professionalism of the relevant league is still being discussed at WT:FPL, their notability remains unconfirmed. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:35, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

Sir Sputnik, you also nominated for deletion Tellur Mutallimov. But at WT:FPL there is a sentence about deletion of articles : "It might not provide valid criteria for an AfD nomination, or a noticeboard action or other dispute." So please be clear why you think this articles should delete? --Aabdullayev851 (talk) 18:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

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Anvar Gafurov

I can't HISTMERGE as there are parallel histories, so I've redirected. GiantSnowman 07:50, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Mario Pašalić edits by PoseidonPlanet

Hi,
I didn't see anything wrong with the guy's edit; in fact it was better as he correctly link to AS Monaco FC instead of Monaco in the infobox.
Why did you reverted it? -Bijak riyandi (talk) 01:26, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

@Bijak riyandi: PoseidonPlanet is a sockpuppet of a banned editor, namely Antony1821 (talk · contribs). In cases like this, it's fairly standard procedure to enforce the ban through reversions, without much regard given to the actual changes made. If you think the previous version of the article was better, by all means change it back. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:38, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Enrico dos Santos

Hello Sir Sputnik,

This is definitely not a threat i said that this was what was told to me. Also for all the ones that write here, i did not call the representation from the athlete in this last 12 hours.

I did in fact do my due diligence and researched before i made the page. all my facts and evidences are gathered befroe i created the page.

The warning i did receive was from them to me and not from me to you. I hope you understand clearly now and we could go back to you helping me.

I was simply passing along information i had.

thanks ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masha Ukraina (talk • contribs) 06:16, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

(by talk page stalker) @Masha Ukraina: First, I accuse you of being a liar. Second, you are perilously close to communicating a threat, however you choose to veil it or couch your language. Wikipedia will block your account if not ban you, personally, for doing such. In the future you would do well to learn how to edit rather than throw a tantrum when you don't get your way. Chris Troutman (talk) 06:30, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Australia Test cricket records against England

Hi, can you please check this AFD discussion as I think it needs to be closed but it seems to have been forgotten. Thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 19:48, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Balázs Farkas

The edit you have reverted yesterday was actualization of a long outdated page, including player history and statistics update and adding links to various external football database pages. There was no "removal of sourced content" except from dead links. You have actually been the second one to revert this edit within two days, pretty obviously without taking any time to even check its content. Since I definitely don't wish to waste my time on pointless editing, I will leave the page as it is; you feel free to re-add the updates yourself or not. 195.56.119.209 (talk) 09:19, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Sungai Buloh City F.C. for deletion

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Dimitrios Kalogerakos

Hi Sir Sputnik, Can you add some proper references to this. It is a BLP article and the current references are rank. The need to be much more solid and robust. The primary ref can't be pointing to his own blog. Since it has had two prods removed, I'll need to bung it into Afd unless verifiable refs are found. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 19:20, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

@Scope creep: If you think the article the article should be deleted, then by all means take the matter to AfD. As I said in my edit summary, my objection was strictly a matter of procedure. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:32, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik: Coolio. I wish somebody would come in and update them. Afd it is. scope_creep (talk) 19:51, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Joshua Travagli

hi, can you tell me why i got this Speedy deletion nomination of Joshua Travagli this guy is a great player and is highly notable. why do you think he is not good in Wikipedia ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ynaps (talk • contribs) 17:57, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Re:Sir Sputnik

i read all the guidelines and it says Failing to meet the criteria in this guideline means that notability will need to be established in other ways Please note that the failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted; A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published non-trivial secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject. Players who have played, and managers who have managed in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable.

i have read the terms and conditions and also all the guidelines and i found that this article can be on Wikipedia as he is notable. He has played professional matches and he has many independent sources to prove his records and information. Even Joshua Travagli and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Etienne are same notable Please check again and allow this article to be published on Wikipedia. Even we have article for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Bonomo==Re: Sir Sputnik ==

i read all the guidelines and it says

1. Failing to meet the criteria in this guideline means that notability will need to be established in other ways
2. Please note that the failure to meet these criteria does not mean an article must be deleted;
3. A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published non-trivial secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject.
4. Players who have played, and managers who have managed in a fully professional league, will generally be regarded as notable.

i have read the terms and conditions and also all the guidelines and i found that this article can be on Wikipedia as he is notable. He has played professional matches and he has many independent sources to prove his records and information.

Even Joshua Travagli and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Etienne are same notable Please check again and allow this article to be published on Wikipedia.

Even we have article for

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Bonomo
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_(footballer)

which are less notable than this guy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_(footballer) which are less notable than this guy

Re:Sir Sputnik

@Sir Sputnik: The player will play in a top professional league (The Malaysia Super League) and sources are given through references. In Addition, his past information has also been given in the external links. It is noted that the links are in Hungarian, however as per WP:GNG, sources does not have to be in English as i quote from WP:GNG, Sources do not have to be available online or written in English.. Henceforth what else is needed then? (talk) --Malaysianfootball (talk) 18:37, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

The afd

Just to inform you about I added a comment on his senior "cap". May be you could support the point by finding match report of friendly match, but I don't think unused bench in WCQ is really notable, did footy project had any previous consensus. Matthew_hk tc 16:53, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Joshua Travagli

Joshua Travagli (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been recreated. Since you started the previous AfD, and I'm not too familiar with FOOTY notability, I'll leave you reevaluate if Travagli is now notable. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:18, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Deleting footballer pages

Hello, may I ask you why do you delete footballers pages I've created. They all played in pro League and some of them for national team. Please restore them.

Nova4576 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Jordan Webb

It was announced and confirmed that Jordan Webb would be joining Warriors FC for the 2017 S.League season. So please stop deleting it. CO16 (talk) 05:40, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

BoySteven

Blocked as WP:DUCK, cheers. GiantSnowman 20:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Abcmaxx

Calling somebody "lazy" isn't enough, I'm afraid... GiantSnowman 21:15, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Chukwueze

Bases on Wiki guild lines of notability which states that "Has won an individual gold medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships, or Youth World Championships." WP:NTRACK and he has won a bronze boot in the U17 World Cup which is a youth World Championship Onwughalu Uchechukwu 09:17, 24 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Insonet (talk • contribs) He has also scored a goal considered to be the third fastest goal in history of youth football 25 seconds.Onwughalu Uchechukwu 09:27, 24 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Insonet (talk • contribs)

Ardit Toli to be deleted

Hello. I saw that you recently added a request to delete the article of Ardit Toli. Is it a discussion about it, if yes please tell me. Thank you. Eni.Sukthi.Durres (talk) 20:50, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

@Eni.Sukthi.Durres: For the moment it's a proposed deletion, meaning it will be deleted without discussion in a week's time, unless someone objects. I'll be sure to let you know if a discussion does become necessary. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:37, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, that's what I want to say, that he really fails Wikipedia:GNG as he don't pass Wikipedia:FPL. I reported early at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Archive 69#Ardit Toli this "mistake" made by wiki-users. Thank you again and keep up good work. Eni.Sukthi.Durres (talk) 17:10, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Pesho2002

Maybe you will find a reliable website for this statistic (Clean Sheets for 2016-17 Serie A)? Pesho2002 18:35, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Das osmnezz

Another admin has blocked them! GiantSnowman 18:12, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@GiantSnowman: Now that their block has expired, could you take a closer look, because of course their English is as much problem now as it was two weeks ago. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:01, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Less-than-perfect English is not a reason to block, unfortunately (we have a long-term football editor from Hong Kong who isn't great, but it's fine). GiantSnowman 07:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Palau Youth Soccer League

I have opened a discussion to potentially merge Palau Youth Soccer League with Football in Palau. See Palau Youth Soccer League. I also will ping @Quidster4040:, the creator and see his opinion. Twwalter (talk) 22:43, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Explaination

hello, i just saw the message i was tag in about stockpuppet anyway, i would really like you to explain to me whats its all about.. thanks.. Eddypep (talk) 18:27, 25 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddypep (talk • contribs) 18:04, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Blake Kallis

Do you have any thoughts on this article? It was deproded by the creator. The article only mentions an appearance by a non-professional league in Cyprus, but when I redid WP:BEFORE for AfD it appears he signed for an A-League team in Australia, but I can't find any evidence of him having made an appearance. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:07, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: This all looks pretty clear cut to me. I've nominated the article for deletion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Vlad Dragomir

I'm hoping I could get you to reverse your decision regarding the speedy deletion of this article. The fact that he is signed to Arsenal is not something that's changed since the AfD. In fact three of the five editors commenting there, explicitly mention the transfer to Arsenal and that it is not sufficient for notability unless he actually plays for the senior team, which he has not done. Thanks in advance. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:41, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure I can. I checked carefully before making the decision that this article was no longer a candidate for speedy delete. The original AfD discussion was closed as delete on July 3, 2015. Since then Vlad Dragomir has received a good bit of notable coverage such as in The Mirror and also signed a contract with Arsenal in 2016. It appears Vlad lacked this coverage and the contract when the original AfD was discussed. As such it appears that circumstances have changed and he may be notable. This doesn't mean the article can't be deleted, only that it can't be speedy deleted. I suggest bringing up for an AfD.--SouthernNights (talk) 22:13, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Kaspars Ikstens

I can see the point that player has not played a single National game for Latvia in senior level but the fact is that he is regularly on the game sheet for UEFA and FIFA qualifying games as a reserve goalkeeper so technically he takes part in that game, he is on lineup as per example attached Portugal-Latvia game link on BBC so opposition side fans and pundits definitely are curious who is the reserve keeper.Hunter242 (talk) 23:57, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

References

Jack Jones

I don't understand why you proposed deletion saying he hasn't played in a professional league. He currently plays for Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, which plays in the USL, which is a fully pro league, if you have an issue that he hasn't played a game yet with them they are playing a game tonight (3/25/17). He is under contract. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chargersrock54 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Richard Osei

Re your deprodding, I did see that he had played in the Slovak top division and checked WP:FPL, which states it wasn't fully-professional at the time at the time he was playing in it, hence why I prodded it. Would you mind reinstating? Cheers, Number 57 16:27, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

@Number 57: Done. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:33, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

2016–17 Moldovan National Division

By your edit you've removed Best Goal Award. What's the difference between BGA which you removed, and this one? Thank You 5-ht (talk) 08:58, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

@5-hydroxytryptamine: There are two key differences here: Presentation and relevance. The way the goal of the month is presented in a way that makes it very clear that this is an award, whereas in the National league article it was presented as if these were somehow the objectively best goals. In terms of relevance, the goal of the month is actually covered by other sources than just the announcement article on the Premier League website. Now that may or may not be the case for its Moldovan equivalent, but I can't tell simply from reading the article. If you want include something so inherently subjective, you need to demonstrate that your not putting undue weight on it. I hope that clears things up. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:53, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Ol Ravy‎

Absolutely not. This criterion is for when nobody else has made significant input, the same standard as G7. If you create a page, someone else moves it, and then you request G7 speedy, there's no way that it should be accepted. In the same way, deleting this page under this criterion would be entirely inappropriate. On top of that, you're asking me to delete a page when the creating address has not been blocked: do not request G5 unless the creating address or account has been blocked as a sockpuppet. Nyttend (talk) 15:55, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Daði Freyr Arnarsson

I created article "Daði Freyr Arnarsson (footballer)" that was deleted early this year. Due to failing the WP:NFOOTBALL, not having taken part in a fully-professional adult league match. I re-wrote parts of the article again under "Daði Freyr Arnarsson", fixing the comments i got earlier and it was nominated for a speedy deletion (which i did not think was fair since i tried to re-write the content, not just post it again). Since then Daði has played his first adult league match and would meet the condition of WP:NFOOTBALL. I've created a new version in my Sandbox <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ivar1988/sandbox<ref>, this article is not poorly written and i don't think we should delete it since the player is one of the most promising young goalkeepers of Iceland (plays with the most successful team FH and has played 13 youth games for the national team so far). The player is significant in Icelandic sport community and is as fully-professional as you can get in the Icelandic league (practices two time daily and is taken care of by the club). I want to propose that we create his article again either under "Daði Freyr Arnarsson" or "Daði Freyr Arnarsson (footballer)". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivar1988 (talk • contribs) 11:05, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

References

Danish 1st Division

If a player have played matches in the Danish 1st Division, is that enough to create a page for them? Fodbold-fan (talk) 17:05, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

@Fodbold-fan: No. According to WP:FPL, the Danish Superliga is the only fully professional in Denmark, so footballers who have only played in the 1st Division don't meet WP:NFOOTY. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:48, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	stop taging speedly for deletion whats your problem Solomon joe (talk) 00:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Brandon Adams (footballer)

It was @Davidlofgren1996:. GiantSnowman 06:52, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Manuel Herrera López

You nominated the article for deletion on the same day he made his local debut which was also the opening day of the 2017 Philippines Football League, a fully pro league [1]. He has also made appearances for the club in the 2017 AFC Cup. He's very much notable. FilFootyGuy (talk) 17:05, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

@FilFootyGuy: per WP:FPL the Filipino top flight is not fully pro, meaning the article does not meet WP:NFOOTY. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:54, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

AbouBakr Al Mel

Hi. You've prodded AbouBakr Al Mel for not having played in a professional match. Doesn't his Transfermarkt history show that he's made 20 Lebanese Premier League appearances? Thanks, Uncle Roy (talk) 02:15, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

@Uncle Roy: There are two issues with that. Transfermarkt is not a reliable source, because most of its content is user-generated. Additionally, the Lebanese Premier League is not confirmed as fully professional (see WP:FPL), meaning that even if the appearances were reliably sourced, it would still not be sufficient to meet the notability guideline for footballers. I hope that clears things up. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:29, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I see your point, thanks. Uncle Roy (talk) 02:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry question

It was a combination of the names being in a similar format / very similar editing style/pattern (WP:DUCK). GiantSnowman 09:19, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Respectfully, I'd rather not say, per WP:BEANS (don't want them to know why we're on to them, as it might encourage them to change editing style). GiantSnowman 19:28, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

I've emailed you. Cheers, GiantSnowman 19:46, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

You are weirdo

My dear Sir Sputnik; I do not think you deal with all the editors in the same way, You always bother me and delete my articles, Ahmed Mohsen Ashour, Karrar Ibrahim, Saddam Salman, and others, You made the same mistake as last time. That's too much. I hope you back down and leave this racism. My articles is don't different, See for example: Marc Bola, Stephy Mavididi, Chris Willock, and others. Thank you any way. ميناء (talk) 18:35, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Nikolas Mattheou

The next month begins the Cypriot championship. In the 2017-2018 season he will have participations with team that is loaned. If there is a problem with Mattheou's biography, delete it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paoki4 (talk • contribs) 11:17, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Ok my friend. The creation of this article was rushed. With first Mattheou's participation, there will be no problem, and i make request undeletion. Participation in national youth team is notable? Because he has played in Cyprus's U19. [2]. Thank you.Paoki4 (talk) 14:27, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

transfermarkt.com

Dear Sir, why did you recognized transfermarkt.com as a not reliable site? is there any general discussion about it?--Muhammad Abul-Futooh (talk) 12:34, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Summarily deleting the reference to Transfermarkt for Kaizer Chiefs attendance because you have arbitrarily decided it is an unreliable source does not improve the quality of the article. First crowd attendance is not a subjective or contentious measure. The numbers on the cited page certainly passed the reasonableness test for SA soccer clubs. Second, if you don't like the source, find a better one, don't just delete it. Third the Wikipedia article on Transfermarkt is quite positive.Paulgush (talk) 21:02, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion for footballer

Pages for : Alan Cervantes, Benjamín Galindo Cruz, Kevin Magaña. Shouldn't be up for deletion will have to wait till next season to start will debut soon are in first team but haven't debut yet. Were in preseason first team. Pages should stay up because will be searched up a lot and will be created so should be delayed or stopped. Acorona619 (talk) 19:54, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Primeira Liga (Brazil)

The reference I added it pretty explicit to anyone able to read it. It clearly states: "Os pedidos de filiação à LIGA apenas serão considerados para efeitos de deliberação dos associados caso a entidade de prática desportiva requerente esteja, no momento do registro do pedido, habilitada a disputar a Série A ou B do Campeonato Brasileiro. Cessará automaticamente a filiação à LIGA na hipótese de que a entidade de prática desportiva filiada venha a disputar Série C do Campeonato Brasileiro." It means: "Applications for affiliation to the LIGA will only be considered for the purpose of deliberation of the members if the requesting sports entity is, at the moment of registering the request, qualified to compete at Serie A or B of the Brazilian Championship. It will automatically cease membership to LIGA in the event that the affiliated sports entity will compete in Serie C of the Brazilian Championship". It means only fully professional teams can compete at Primeira Liga. Since, Seria A and B are considered fully professional leagues.--SirEdimon (talk) 22:10, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Hassan Basri Ridzuan source

Hey Sir Sputnik. I was just wondering what it was you changed with the source I put in earlier? I only ask in case I made some sort of mistake :) LampGenie01 (talk) 13:55, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@LampGenie01: No, you've done nothing wrong here. It's just the player profile provides all of the same information as the squad list and then some, and does so in a clearer fashion. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:29, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Oops. I thought it was the player profile I put in. Thanks for changing that. LampGenie01 (talk) 14:33, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Luis Miguel Quezada Sánchez notice

Dear User, May I know the reason for the proposed deletion of article Luis Miguel Quezada Sánchez?? Is it possible to use a medium like google translate for translation of the Spanish Article and use the same as an English version?? Please let me know.. Thanks. Regards Aadityaindu2004 (talk) 17:43, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Lukas Kochanauskas

Hello you had set the page of Lukas Kochanauskas to the deletion, although Lukas has played in Latvian league, which is not a part of leagues that are not "full pro" from Your strange point of view. I dont actually understand how could that even be possible for A lyga to be semi-pro league and Latvian Higher League to be a pro league. I am working in one of the clubs in A lyga and I know the amount of semi-pro contracts that players have over here. it's beyond 5. While on the other hand in Latvia pro contracts are not even as near popular with almost half of the league being o a semi pro contract. It's must be a mistake. Otherwise the system is shambles.

Re : Quezada

Hey, Thanks for your reply. That definitely clarifies things..yes, definitely. It seems that you are quite a professional in Wikipedia usage. Can I get your social media links if you have any, then I can contact you later when I need clarifications about something..Plus, I need to ask you some questions. Don't worry, I'll give you privacy, I am very active of Wikipedia and so, I will erase all that personal data from my talk page.

Thanks Aadityaindu2004 (talk) 06:02, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Andras Csonka

Terribly sorry. Thank you for pointing out my error. But I think András Csonka is notable because he played in a competitive game between two teams from fully-professional leagues on 20 July 2017. Fbgpwns5277 (talk) 04:25, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Nicholas Swirad

Derp. Good catch. I meant to tag it G4, not G6. :facepalm: --Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:50, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

Replacing "-" with "–" in Links

Hey SirSputnik. I just saw that you replaced the "-" with "–" in the Sascha Marquet article. Replacing in article text is ´fine, but replacing in links leads to that the links don't work anymore. Kind regards, DrunkenGerman (talk) 18:00, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@DrunkenGerman: Thanks for fixing that. I was aware of that problem and thought I had fixed it, but apparently not. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:06, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Zayar Naing

If Transfermarkt is not a reliable source then that should have been added to the PROD or the source should have been removed with an explanation in the source. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:32, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

@CambridgeBayWeather: I was unaware that that was possible. I had left a comment to that effect in the text of the article below the BLPPROD tag, but apparently you didn't see it. I will look into this and do it correctly in future. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:36, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

It's all good and it's deleted. Probably could have been tagged as not meeting WP:FOOTY. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:42, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Deleted article comparison

They're sufficiently similar for me to think WP:DUCK. GiantSnowman 18:49, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

 Done GiantSnowman 20:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

About Zak Elbouzedi

Hi Sir Sputnik.
I declined the speedy deletion of this article here with the implicit rationale that "If BBC SPORT mentions this footballer, that's enough to pass WP:SIGNIF if not WP:SIGCOV". I did not explicitly add that rationale. Maybe I should have. That time is now gone, and - oops, I'm probably rambling on about something that is not really important. Ping @GiantSnowman:
Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:17, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

@Shirt58: I think you may have sent this message to the wrong editor. I had no involvement in the CSD request, and didn't know the article even existed until you told about it. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:02, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Apologies - I forgot to add context.

My question should have been just plain "do you think the article about this footballer meets the WP:NFOOTBALL notability guidelines?"

Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:06, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

@Shirt58: Oh. In that case, no, he doesn't meet WP:NFOOTBALL. The guideline requires a footballer to have played a match in a fully professional league or for their country's senior national team. Elbouzedi is yet to make his debut for Inverness, and has only played for Ireland at the youth level. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:36, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Enquiry

Hello user, another question I wanted to ask you, do you WORK for Wikipedia?? Or are you a normal and common contributor like me? Aadityaindu2004 (talk) 17:35, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

@Aadityaindu2004: No, I don't. There are very few editors who actually work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and are all identifiable as such from their usernames. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:47, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

@Sir Sputnik SO HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO GET TIME IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO EDIT WIKIPEDIA??

@Sir Sputnik : So how does your account get the right to delete articles like in my case — Quezada?? Is it because of a rank of number of edits? Sorry about the unwanted content on my talk page. It was a flaw by my assistant who had made my Wikipedia user page.

Tashan Oakley-Boothe

Hello Sir Sputnik, do you think Tashan Oakley-Boothe should go to AfD? He might just pass GNG, what's your opinion? JMHamo (talk) 20:10, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

@JMHamo: Yeah, I saw that article too and had pretty much the same thought; the article either barely passes WP:GNG or barely doesn't. I'd probably !vote delete in an AfD, but could easily see it going either way. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:10, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Ryan 'Levi' Levitan

Okay so I found Ryan 'Levi' Levitan on the shortest pages-which looked like a case where a newbie patrolled a possible non notable person. Anyway-is this person even eligible for Wikipedia? I really can't tell. Thought you might be able to tell. Wgolf (talk) 02:20, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

@Wgolf: Since it's an unsourced BLP, I've flagged the article for deletion per WP:BLPPROD. Assuming the article is accurate and that he has done nothing else of note, Levitan does not meet WP:NSPORT, though I do think the article makes a sufficiently credible claim to importance to not meet WP:A7. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:58, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Would being a member of a collegiate powerhouse accumulating both a national championship and ACC championship (where significant coverage outside of the article itself exists) not suffice as credible and subsequently be eligible for inclusion in Wikipedia? Seems notable if we are going off the criteria listed with respect to WP:NSPORT, no? Tarheel90 (talk) 13:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

(by talk page stalker) @Tarheel90: WP:NCOLLATH says no. Being on the team (at the collegiate level) isn't enough. Check out WP:NGRIDIRON if he ever goes pro. Chris Troutman (talk) 13:36, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

@Tarheel90: Chris Troutman's explanation is correct, despite not being about the correct code of football here. For notability guidelines on professional soccer players see WP:NSOCCER. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:46, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the clarification. Apologies for the mix up Tarheel90 (talk) 15:52, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

2014–15 Albanian Second Division

I voted keep on the AfD for 2014–15 Albanian Second Division, but after looking again today I'm not convinced the page can stand on its own; merging into Albanian Second Division might be a better option. As a WP:WikiProject Football regular, what's your take on it? Power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:47, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Power~enwiki: It's tricky, particularly given the language barrier, but I think the keep result is a reasonable one. I think Fenix down, another WP:FOOTY regular whose opinion I respect, makes the most compelling argument here. It's hard to imagine a scenario where this league does not generate sufficient coverage for its seasons to meet WP:GNG, while the league directly above it is sufficiently covered for all of the players in it to be notable per WP:NFOOTY. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:54, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

James Sands

An article for James Sands was previously deleted, but today the person involved became notable under the guidelines. A new page has been created but lacks much of the information included in the previously deleted article. Is there a way to get this version back, and make a few minor tweaks in accordance with his recent notability? Sixtrap (talk) 22:33, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

@Sixtrap: Yes, that's easy enough. What you'll want to do is ask the deleting administrator, in this case User:Explicit to restore the deleted editing history. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:39, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

The history for the article has been restored. ℯxplicit 23:33, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Transfermarkt

Thank you for your message, I will change link. Best regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 19:30, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Cambodian League

Hi! Please review 2017 Cambodian League, thanks! I am not sure last 5 edits of the article were edited by sock(s). Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 11:41, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Sann Satt Naing

Hi. How to we do to add Sann Satt Naing Photo on wikipedia?.

please reply me.

First of all, you'll need to find an image that we are actually allowed to use on Wikipedia. For images of a living person, broadly this means either an image in the public domain, or an image where the photographer has given us express permission to use it. Please read the image use policy carefully before uploading any images. Once you've found an appropriate image, you can upload it using the file upload wizard. I hope that answers your questions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:02, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

SPI clerk training

Awesome! You're my first clerk trainee, so we'll muddle through together. The other clerks and CUs are great and they'll help us out if we need it. Everybody is very happy you're going to join us.

So later today I'll create a training page in your userspace and link it here. As I said, I don't use the watchlist because it would be like 3,000 pages long, but I'll check the page often, and you can always ping me if I miss something. I'm also available by email if there's something you don't want to put on-wiki.

Do you have any questions for me before we start? Scared off by the virgin SPI trainer thing? Excited to join the cadre of people who get made fun of by Incorrigible Troll? ;-) Katie^talk 14:28, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

@KrakatoaKatie: I'm just excited to get started, and glad that I can stop pestering Vanjagenije about clerk training. I guess my only question is what's expected of me going forward in the SPI cases that I'm already involved in? I've got about a half-dozen active sockpuppeteers on my radar at the moment. Since I'm not an administrator, do I keep reporting them as normal, or should I be doing something different as a trainee clerk, because now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever actually seen a clerk-filed SPI report. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:39, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Report them as you usually would, but don't self-endorse. The clerks routinely file and self-endorse for CU attention if necessary; some self-endorse more often than others. Katie^talk 20:42, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

I've created User:Sir Sputnik/Clerking and I've given you a small assignment. And we're off! :-) Katie^talk 20:54, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

I'm so glad that you've joined the team I'm looking forward to seeing you around more in the future - we'll vanquish the infamous backlog eventually... GAB^gab 21:46, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

...Also, I'm sorry for jumping ahead at the Michakellies case. I'll be sure not to usurp you in the future. GAB^gab 00:44, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

No worries, besides I was going to need someone else to block the socks one way or the other. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:49, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

FYI

• Another confirmed sock here...--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:58, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

@Ponyo: I get the distinct impression that I'm missing something here, because not really sure why you're telling about this sock. I'm not involved in the SPI, and it doesn't appear to be relevant to my clerk training. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:08, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

It was actually meant for User:SpacemanSpiff as a result of a ping at Commons. Spaceman...Sputnik...potato...potahto.... Sorry about that.--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 00:14, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Reverting my "vandalism undo".

Hello,

As you might see here Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, this page was vandalized by someone (such as Operator: 10enerbahçe S.K.). This has no meaning and there is not a football club. Please revert the page so that it reflects the correct information. [3] will be a good version to revert (this is what I did actually). Thank you, --Wakeup12 (talk) 07:03, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Giorgi Gvelesiani

I created this article about Giorgi Gvelesiani but the players correct name (with the capital letter on the last name) is protected from page creation due to it getting deleted so much for not meeting the criteria in previous years. Now, he meets the WikiProject Football criteria (3 apps 0 gls in Iran Pro League) but I cannot create it with his correct name. can you please unprotect the page for me so I can move my article there? I cannot get in touch with the user who protected the page (User:Tiptoey) because he is not active anymore and his last contribution was in 2015.

ThanksDas osmnezz (talk) 05:53, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

@Das osmnezz: While it's generally a good idea to go to the protecting admin for this sort of thing, because they're more likely to know what's going on, any administrator will do. It seems another admin has already unprotected the page, so I've moved it accordingly. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:25, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Deni Juric

The Proposed deletion of Deni Juric was asked of me and the question of there not being enough/reliable sources, however, there is enough information their otherwise I wouldn't of created the page and it can still be a stub.

Senior appearances

He hasn't made a senior debut in the LEAGUE which is what footballers appearances and goals are based on, however, if you need proof of a senior debut at Hajduk Split I can show you it's just not in the league.

page mover user right

Hello, Sir Sputnik. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, and move subpages when moving the parent page(s).

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

• Wikipedia:Requested moves
• Category:Articles to be moved, for article renaming requests awaiting action.

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Katie^talk 15:09, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Archiving

When you archive a completely new case, please make sure you leave behind the link to the archive. (e.g. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pakistani Wikipedian) ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:49, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@BU Rob13: This happens automatically. If your not seeing a link, just perform a null edit and it'll update the page to display the link correctly. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:52, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Ah, you're completely correct. It just wasn't appearing a moment ago. Apologies (and great work around SPI recently!). ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 14:55, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

SPI age

Hi,

I highly recommend you use Writ Keeper's SPI staleness tool - just plug this into your common.js:

• mw.loader.load("/w/index.php?title=User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/cuStaleness.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");

Thanks, GAB^gab 14:44, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Sock puppet

What’s this about sock puppets? Indubitably58 (talk) 22:27, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

@Indubitably58: Sockpuppetry is the practice of using misusing multiple accounts. You were inadvertently caught up in a sockpuppet investigation into an editor who shares some of your interests. Given that it's pretty obvious you are not a sockpuppet, I closed the case in question. I hope that answers your question. Sir Sputnik (talk) 22:47, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Re:Transfermarkt

Just changed the articles to an ESPN FC source, thanks for the warning.

Greetings, The Sandman (talk) 17:07, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

• By the way, is WorldFootball.net one I can use? I've seen it in a few articles. The Sandman (talk) 17:10, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Yuri De Jesus Messias

Hi, can you please explain why article was marked for deletion? Player is playing with Naxxar Lions and he provided full details inputted. For more details, please check official page www.naxxarlions.com. Thanks Shaun Camilleri Malacin (talk) 06:19, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Clerking at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/日本古武道

Sir, a couple of days have passed following this and this with no further contributions. Is it time to finish the job? (For what it's worth, I agree with you, and a "hunch" doesn't seem to me to be good enough, but obviously that's for you to decide.) The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:15, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

I hate it when that happens...

Always remember to sing! lol ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:44, 26 October 2017 (UTC)