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September 2017

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Allowing username change to requested username. Please select an option from Wikipedia:Changing username and file a request as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking. Vanjagenije (talk) 19:27, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

2017 Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup template

Just a heads up that it has long been a policy at WP:HOCKEY to remove these types of templates. The short reason is that it causes unnecessary clutter (consider what Henri Richard with his 11 Cup championships would look like), and doesn't really add anything of substance. You are free to discuss it at WT:HOCKEY, but it has been attempted before and is unlikely to be considered this time. Kaiser matias (talk) 12:31, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Test

Testing to see if my signature shows up. DaveTheBrave ❯❯❯ Talk 13:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Copyright images

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Roster navbox color updates

I believe there was consensus a few years ago to not do what you did on all of them. If needed, I can find it and link to it. In the meantime, I'll revert them unless you have a good argument against that. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 16:35, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@Dissident93: No problem, man. I just made those edits to be consistent with the team navboxes (which use only the secondary color on the groupstyles), but you can revert them if you want. I'll take your word for it if there's already been a consensus. DaveTheBrave ❯❯❯ Talk 23:34, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@DaveTheBrave: Yeah, it's inconsistent with other team/sport navboxes, but there was a consensus a few years ago (can't find the actual discussion, it was on some talk page somewhere) that changed it from this to how it currently is. I'm not against how you did it, but I think it should be discussed again, maybe at WT:NFL? ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:40, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

@DaveTheBrave: I also noticed you went back and changed the border scaling in the navboxes from 2.5 to 2. This was done a few years ago because 2.5 scales at higher zoom levels without affecting 100%, so I reverted them as well. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 18:06, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@Dissident93: Ah. Makes a tad more sense. Always assumed the 2.5 was a random change. DaveTheBrave ❯❯❯ Talk 05:07, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Ontario Arrows

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Draft:J. D. Martinez's four home run game

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Your draft article, Draft:2018 AFC Championship Game

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Grünland listed at Redirects for discussion

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October 2019

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December 2019

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Allen Robinson, you may be blocked from editing. Eagles 24/7 (C) 13:06, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Central Business District

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October 2020

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December 2020

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Local H. Robvanvee 08:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Unsourced edits

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November 2021

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Nomination for deletion of Template:U.S. states imagemap

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February 2022

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June 2022

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia. @NinjaRobotPirate: can you please block this guy again for pointless disruptive editing? These are all a huge string of junk redundant edits. He randomly changed all the colors in two templates, and renamed Disneyland. Absolutely no sources, no edit summaries, and WP:NOTHERE. He got his username right the first time. — Smuckola(talk) 08:11, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi Smuckola, Special:Diff/1095678370 was technically correct (see also the logo in the infobox, and Disneyland Park#1990s), Special:Diff/1093780313 is sourced in the article body with a quote from the subject calling themselves a record producer, Special:Diff/1095767073/Special:Diff/1095767037 (and the similar recent diffs) don't seem that bad, and the username change was forced. I think WP:ANI would be a good venue for enforcing a discussion about specific issues the user has been warned about yet which persist, but the diffs you have provided above don't really look like a sufficient base for any action. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Smuckola I honestly don't know what it is I'm doing wrong, all the "redundant" edits are consistent with other articles that add the year in the opening sentence. Disneyland Park is its official name per the article. I've already been blocked before for petty stuff like this and I don't know what it is that's rubbing people the wrong way DaveTheBrave (talk) 19:56, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Fielding Bible Award

Fielding bible award does not go in the infobox per Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice. They would have already been there if it did. Yankees10 23:58, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

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Opening Day starters

Please don't update these templates until they actually start these games per WP:Crystal Ball. Yankees10 22:20, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Template deletion

Hi. This is just a heads up. I have nominated the templates you have created for no-hitters for deletion.

I have nothing against you or them and in fact I can see that you love baseball, just as I do. The thing is that they are unnecessary when there are FAR, FAR better substitutes which provide more information. The team templates do the job, as does the no-hitter lists template and the page dedicated to no-hitters. The templates you created simply lead to the pitcher's page which don't give info on the no-hitter beyond a few tidbits. In cases of combined no-hitters, it can be misleading: for example, Babe Ruth did not retire a single batter in the combined no-hitter with Ernie Shore; a person unfamiliar with baseball looking at the template would think he actually pitched one.

Also, you have only created one for 11 of the 30 MLB teams and you can see how problematic that is. I admire your love for baseball and I know they were created in good faith but I think these templates are unnecessary and just clutter up a page. -- Omnis Scientia (talk) 20:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Buffalo Bills retired numbers

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March 2024

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Please revert

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R.E.M.&diff=0&oldid=1219292239 R.E.M. did not reform in 2016. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

You have added more copy writing that they reformed in 2016 and have added an unsourced, inaccurate genre. Please revert these edits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:11, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Can you please either remove the passage about them being a new wave act or provide a citation? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:26, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

The new wave part is already cited in the musical style section along with every other genre listed DaveTheBrave (talk) 04:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)