Sparrowgoose

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Image copyright problem with Image:DamienPlessis.jpg

Image Copyright problem

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Jordy Brouwer

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AfD nomination of Damien Plessis

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Image copyright problem with Image:Digao.jpg

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Copyright problems with Image:Leto.jpg

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Simon Cowell

Hi, we do not link to copyright violations n YouTube or elsewhere, so I have removed your link Thanks. --Rodhullandemu 14:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Georgi Kinkladze

I reverted your edits to Georgi Kinkladze as the information you added pertained not to Kinkladze, but to the similarly named Georgian player Georgi Kiknadze, formerly of SC Freiburg. Oldelpaso (talk) 13:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Steve Finnan

Hi. Noticed you removed a "citation needed" tag from Steve Finnan's article. Editors add these tags when they think a particular fact needs an inline citation to prove that it's true. They should only be removed if you can add a reference to a reliable source to back up the fact. If you know of somewhere reliable which verifies that Mr Finnan really is the only player to have played in all those competitions, please add it to the article; otherwise please leave the "citation needed" tag there so that someone else might notice it, find a suitable source, and so improve Mr Finnan's article. Thanks, Struway2 (talk) 13:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello

I very much appreciate your contributions to JK Rowling-related articles, but I must ask two things of you to make your fellow contributors' jobs easier. First, please familiarise yourself with the CITE template for writing citations. It's tedious but it is required in featured articles. Second, you probably could do with going over your sources a few times before writing them up; you've made some fairly big comprehension errors. Rowling never said that Dudley was inspired by Eustace Scrubb, for instance, or that the prequel would be the last thing she ever wrote about Potter. Sorry to pique you like this but it is better to get these things out of the way quickly. Thanks. Serendi^podous 13:49, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

She did say the prequel would be the last thing she wrote, besides the Encyclopedia. - Sparrowgoose

Nigeria national football team

Had to revert your edits. See the edit summary for more details. Cheers. BanRay 09:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Argentina captains

Hi, there have been many discussions at WP:FOOTY about succession boxes, a clear majority of editors see them as clutter. The general pattern has been to try and phase them out, sometimes by creation of managerial templates, sometimes by replacement by a Wikilink to a suitable article. In the specific case of the Argentine captains, the succession boxes you added only led back to Ayala where they just stopped as if he were the first captain of Argentina. If you feel the captaincy of the Argentina national team is an important issue I would recommend the creation of an article with a similar structure to List of England national football team captains, this comprehensive article could then be linked to from the player articles and from the Argentina national football team article. It would then be a much more useful navigational device which would allow quick navigation to other captains that don't happen to be immediately before or after in the line of succession. If you chose to start this article you would get my full support and any help I could offer. Regards EP 22:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright thanks mate. - Sparrowgoose 12:11, 31 May 2008 (HKT)

Emre

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Emre Belözoğlu. Please remember that just because Fenerbahçe have been given permission to talk to Emre, the deal hasn't been done yet. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (see WP:NOTCRYSTAL) so until such time as reputable third party sources have confirmed the transfer (and the move has actually taken place), he remains a Newcastle United player. Thank you. DrFrench (talk) 18:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

He has officially transferred already. - Sparrowgoose 17:12, 3 June 2008 (HKT)

You appear to have misunderstood. The citation you posted on my talk page is not 'official confirmation by FIFA'. It's a syndication of an AFP newswire which says "Emre will sign a three-year deal with Istanbul side Fenerbahce next week, the Turkish press has reported." Note that it says will not has. Note that it's reporting speculation in the Turkish press, not a confirmed fact. The Wikipedia article says as much already. If he has officially transferred already, please provide an appropriate citation. Nether Sky Sports or BBC Sport have reported it as yet - and they are two good, reliable sources for such matters. Until such confrmation is given, it's merely speculation. DrFrench (talk) 17:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Image:Fernando torres.JPG

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The Treble

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Gabriella Cilmi at Aus Open

Are you sure she sang the anthem? Unless it was sung twice, that was someone else. Joe (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 09:09, 1 February 2009 (UTC).

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