User talk:Red Director

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Z!t!@n«T@1k» 22:57, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I noticed you worked on a few articles, making great additions; I would like to know if you would mind looking at an article I'm working on. Draft:James Naleski JoeK2033 (talk) 16:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 17:34, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I've noticed you're very active improving references with ProveIt. Have you tried the oabot tool? I'd love to hear about your experience doing some edits with it. There are new suggested edits in the queue. Nemo 21:10, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 21:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Nemo 21:15, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you for trying it! Indeed {{cite journal}} is a bit of its own monster. The tool doesn't substitute your judgement for that of whoever added the citations: confirming edits is mostly a matter of determining whether an URL correctly serves a PDF corresponding to the title cited. Nemo 06:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Did you know you have the 16th most edits ever? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:20, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

	The Surreal Barnstar
	For having the 16th most edits of all-time, I present to you the Surreal Barnstar. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Lea Masters has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 17 § Lee Masters until a consensus is reached. Thryduulf (talk) 03:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey,

It's been about a year last time I wrote you, but I found some other dead links.

Reference #173 and #180 in History of Florida Gators football. I will always be happy to help you find some (I should start to learn how to put dead links, since it works differently than on French Wikipedia)

Cordially

AQuebecBoy (talk) 15:28, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I wil respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 16:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Konohakumei (talk) 19:18, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

Red Director,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 15:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 15:47, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Red Director: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message

CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Red Director (talk) 15:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy new year Red Director (talk · contribs)! Rlink2 (talk) 01:08, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	I typed "Fitztragic" in the search bar to see if anyone had done it, and alas, you had done it. lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:33, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am new to Wikipedia. I saw you made some edits to Tom Brady's page.

I think it'd be great to add his High School Hall of Fame profile and his High School Yearbook.

Tom Brady Serra Hall of Fame Profile: https://site.rocketalumnisolutions.com/entry/62cb99c8ca5bcba342c21c32/63e43603db8bbe94276e52ea/63e54bbadb8bbe94276e5331

Tom Brady High School Yearbook (page 34): https://site.rocketalumnisolutions.com/entry/62cb99c8ca5bcba342c21c32/63e6a8955604edaaf3e12718/63fd273a10e0ba5b07150f5a Chase8420138538 (talk) 19:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I’m researching forgotten women of Dorset and cam across your page. Do you know where Dodo was born in Dorset? Thanks Anya x 2A00:23C7:690:4901:B0DA:C182:AD35:4613 (talk) 13:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on your talk page Red Director (talk) 16:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I uploaded a photo of myself some time ago to the page about me - Richard Evans (Designer) - but it keeps getting deleted because you tell me I haven't stated the copyright. I have, countless times and am going round and round in circles trying to add the photo which Wikipedia keeps deleting. Help me please! I upload the photo again and again and you tell me it's the same file even though I've changed its name etc. I'm trying to co-operate with Wikipedia but you're not making it easy! Frank Torker (talk) 15:14, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 16:02, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What part of MOS:NUM explains why the dates on his page have the number first and month second? Don't want to revert work for no good reason. Thank you. ParXivalRPT (talk) 21:01, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page Red Director (talk) 23:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ramkripalyadvg Can you create a page and add it to Wikipedia You can get the material from here Draft:Ramkripalyadavge Muskang375 (talk) 03:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will respond on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 15:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind. Red Director (talk) 15:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be simple for you to clean up the refs at User:WikiOriginal-9/List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers for me? You can probably do it faster than me. I've never used ReFill before. You don't have to if you don't want to though. Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:14, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually nevermind, don't worry about it. Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect I have a bad feeling about this has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 19 § I have a bad feeling about this until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 03:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your hard work cleaning up thousands of US city articles. Such a big job. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:18, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page Red Director (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Red Director. Thank you for your work on Asi Moshe. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

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	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Congratulations on your millionth edit! ϢereSpielChequers 08:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Response on your talk page. Red Director (talk) 14:44, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:WikiOriginal-9 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate Red Director to be Editor of the Week. The veteran editor has been editing since 2006 and is one of the most prolific Wikipedians of all time. He has amassed over 1 million edits (#16 all time) in the nearly two decades since he registered his account, adding an untold number of references and making pages conform to style guidelines. I suspect you could go to any modern American football biography and you would be able to find Red Director somewhere in the edit history. Good luck trying to find a bare url on an NFL article. With Red Director around, they are as rare as gold as he is constantly chipping away at things and making the encyclopedia better at a pace and quality that few can match. Seconded by User:Hey man im josh

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Red Director

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Editing since 2006. One of the most prolific Wikipedians of all time having amassed over 1 million edits (#16 all time). Added an untold number of references so that pages conform to style guidelines. Any modern American football biography will have Red Director somewhere in the edit history. Bare url's on any NFL article are as rare as gold with Red Director constantly chipping away at things and making the encyclopedia better at a pace and quality that few can match.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers to you, RD! (Yes, I'm holding my glass up high!) All the best. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The other edits that were made to Derrick Henry by Oompaloompa1971, WikiOriginalBot, and Sjw75 were all valid. 50.239.27.226 (talk) 16:32, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I'm trying to gain insights to the work posted on this website as I currently produce a lot of different materials and I feel as if this wasn't being cited and or reflected properly. NowWorking (talk) 03:32, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, a little confused as to what you are asking or want me to do? Red Director (talk) 03:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Red Director. You are cordially invited to join WikiProject National Football League, a project dedicated to improving articles in relation to the National Football League. Please visit the project's talk page to see what areas/topics need help and to discuss any questions you may have. Thank you! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:06, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(I know I don't need to send this to you of all people, but I felt like doing it anyway, you don't have to put you name there if you don't want) ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:08, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Red_Director - please see if we may need to update/remove the disambiguation page [1] for Dinov, as there are at least two subjects with this surname/last name, Todor_Dinov and Ivo_D._Dinov. Thanks. VodnaTopka (talk) 18:52, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry, I have been working on other projects here. @WikiOriginal-9, want to take a look at this as I can tell you do some great work on surnames? Red Director (talk) 20:51, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Mario party revolution has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 August 10 § Mario party revolution until a consensus is reached. Mia Mahey (talk) 20:19, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. That looks to be a very old redirect so feel free to let it go if you cannot find verification. Red Director (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of the article I created on Cameron Echols-Luper? I think it looks pretty good. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great work IMO. Detailed information and references are there. Any drama out there with this one? Red Director (talk) 18:47, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I just wanted to show if off lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:49, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice lol. Good to take pride in some hard work. I was about to be furious if someone had nominated that for deletion while tens of thousands of sports stubs are laying here unlikely to ever to be touched. Red Director (talk) 18:51, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another one. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice article. Only improvements I could see are some minor reference fields being added, matched, or linked but those are not high priority. A+ on the initial review. My grading scale is unofficial and means nothing to anyone but me and those who choose to get validation from it lol. Red Director (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks. If you ever want to fix my refs, go ahead and feel free. I usually don't worry about ref formatting that much unless I'm submitting it for a Good Article review. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What’s happening new in Detroit and if a notable POC for information❓ Would like recent updates 2600:100C:B2A9:EE43:41D7:2190:CD49:949A (talk) 10:02, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of development happening in Detroit. What going on in Blossom❓ Who are the notable best POCs for all the new businesses 2600:100C:B2A9:EE43:41D7:2190:CD49:949A (talk) 10:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No idea brochaco Red Director (talk) 17:06, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm almost done with User:Tavix/List of NFL players but there are still some players missing. Do you have a good way of figuring out who is missing? I am not including 2024 players in the totals. I'll update those at the end of the season. For example, User:Tavix/List of NFL players (S) has 2588 out of 2589 players from PFR. It would be nice if I could figure out who is missing somehow without going through the whole list player by player again. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not the most perfect way, but I am a little tired and have to work tomorrow. I did a quick parse.

These are the URLs that appear on the "S" page on PFR that do not appear on Tavix's page. However, some are 2024 rookies. Hope this helps.

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Red Director (talk) 02:54, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice, do you mind telling me how you did that? I'm gonna run it on the other letters too. Thanks a bunch. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. It is a bit of a difficult process if you are not used to Microsoft Excel, but I will go into detail. I used a Chrome Extension called Link Klipper or Linkclump (cannot remember off the top of my head) to pull the URLs off of PFR in order. It generates an Excel spreadsheet off of your choice. When you do that, you have to clear out all of the secondary links that do not have the needed URLs. For Tavix's page, I get rid of the headers in the source editor and paste everything into Excel on another column. You have to use the TEXTBEFORE or TEXTAFTER function in Excel to get rid of the clutter from PFR and the Wiki on excel to just get the URLs. Paste from the clipboard when finished to get the formulas out and static text into Excel. Paste the information from Column 2 into the bottom of Column 1 and do the Excel feature to highlight duplicate cells. That turns the duplicate cells red by default. Sort the column by color to make the white cells, which are unique, at the top or bottom to parse out. It is a bit of a process but it seems to work. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 13:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know of a way to fill out all the bare refs at User:Tavix/List of NFL players? I tried that Refill thing a little bit but it didn't come out quite right. Maybe I didn't do it right. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:49, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Let me set a time together and I can go through all the letters with the previous method. It may be the weekend. Is that okay? Red Director (talk) 14:18, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Previous method? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Refill does add the player profile titles. That's the only thing that really needs added. The rest of the formatting can be done with "find and replace" since they are all the same. The only problem is that Refill is kinda slow for me on these huge pages. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 15:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I meant the method that I outlined above. If you are good with it, I can run that this weekend or a night this week. It will just take a while. Red Director (talk) 15:12, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you are saying in regard to the reFill tool. I just tried it as well and it is slow for me. I sadly do not think there is a faster way. Red Director (talk) 15:23, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How does the method above help with reference formatting? Just curious. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That above was just for parsing through data to find what sites on PFR were not on Tavix's page. Red Director (talk) 16:01, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I thought you said you were going to use it for reference formatting? The lists are done. I just need to format the bare urls. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good on that. I do not know a quicker way to fix the bare URLs so far. That does not mean the correct way does not exist. I will play around and see what I can find. Red Director (talk) 16:06, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm gonna try reFill again now but it's slow on the bigger pages. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:08, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I finished a small one: User:Tavix/List of NFL players (Y–Z). Hopefully, the big ones don't crash my computer. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I knocked out all of the small pages but I keep getting errors during the middle of the big pages, which stops the whole process. reFill only went partway through B and F before I received an error. I went ahead and saved what I had anyway but then when I used reFill on the lists the second time, it messed up the ones it already did :( ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, this is my last message about this. I have decided to just do it section-by-section by pasting stuff over to my sandbox and running reFill over there, instead of trying to do the whole page at once. Thanks. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:06, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all! I have an idea where I can make refs through Excel using the PFR site data, but it would have to cross-checked to Tavix's page. There is no quick way to do this I fear, but I will keep thinking. Red Director (talk) 19:12, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry about it anymore. I'm doing it pretty quick by doing section-by-section. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At PFR, scroll down to "Frivolities" and click on Players who played for multiple teams. If you enter the same team twice, it generates an all-time roster. For example, here is the list of Arizona Cardinals players. Click "All Players" at that link to see the list (2104 players). (Someone at PFR told me how to do this after I emailed them about all-time rosters.) There is also a "share & export" button for Excel and stuff.

So basically, I am wondering if there is a way to generate the team all-time rosters on-wiki based off of linking the PFR URLs up to the URLs at our master list (List of NFL players). NOT asking you to do anything, just brainstorming. I would like to accomplish this with as little manual input as possible. Doing this manually would take forever, lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm putting all the players in a master list right now. Then I'm going to put the article wikilinks in their own column in Excel. Then I will do your method above for the rest. Wish me luck. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I will look into the above later. Whatever we are trying to do is for the greater good so no worries about picking my brain. Red Director (talk) 18:29, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It won't let me save it. It said the page was too long. I didn't even know that was possible, lol. I'll have to try and save it offline. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:32, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah maybe at some point there is a maximum byte limit stored in the code. 256, 65536, 4294967296 etc.Red Director (talk) 18:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It actually did say what it was but I don't remember. It was 2600 kb or mb or something. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:59, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I created an NFL player "master list" txt file, and then pasted it into the first column of an Excel worksheet. I then "split" the column into two separate columns at the < symbol (from <ref>). I then used find and replace to delete all the extraneous text from the second column so now I just have Column A of already disambiguated article names and Column B of bare urls. I then saved my master Excel spreadsheet so I will not have to do the steps before this every time. Everything that follows below, I will have to do every time but it doesn't take that long.

Steps to generate an NFL all-time roster after you have already created the master Excel spreadsheet:

• 1. Open master Excel spreadsheet.
• 2. Use LinkClipper here to extract links to a txt file.
• 3. Open txt file and remove all non-relevant text.
• 4. Paste the txt file URLs under Column B in Excel.
• 5. Conditional Formatting --> Highlight Cells Rules --> Duplicate Values
• 6. Sort by color and remove white rows.
• 7. Paste the list of players on-wiki (Example: User:WikiOriginal-9/List of Arizona Cardinals players)
• 8. Use "find and replace" and ReFill to fill out referencing on-wiki.
• 9. Done.

The only thing though is that I have 2,353 Cardinals players and PFR says there are 2,104 but everything else worked right. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Was this so you can reference it anytime or would you like for me to do something with it? No problem either way. Red Director (talk) 20:20, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I was just letting you know. I'm gonna have to figure out why PFR says there are only 2104 Cardinals players... But I think this method will work good. I basically just copied what you did, lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:23, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, last message, but I figured it out. I accidentally pasted some of the lists like List of NFL players (I) twice into my master spreadsheet, so that's what caused the extra 200 duplicates. Once I remove those, it will come out right. Thanks for your help! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:38, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. We are all in this together. Red Director (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All active teams have complete player lists now. I couldn't have done it without your Link Klipper / Excel explanation above. Thanks! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:41, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help! Red Director (talk) 19:46, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't take this is a criticism because you are awesome and I love the work you do here. But do you think you can add maybe add all the links for the footballstats template you've been adding at the same time? It just seems kinda counterproductive to add links sporadically over months and would help to have all players having the same consistent links. Yankees10 22:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fair ask. It does take a while to parse the data by hand on multiple sites is my only rationale. However, not a big deal. Will do. Red Director (talk) 00:46, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Can we please put the game Summaries back in the original format they were before? Rolltide pisco (talk) 01:27, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rolltide pisco Can you show me an example of what I have done or what needs to be fixed because I am drawing a blank on game summaries? Red Director (talk) 01:37, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=1253752060

it’s the old revision prior to Halloween that needs to be restored. The game box format Rolltide pisco (talk) 02:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rolltide pisco Oh okay, I did not make that change or decide that was the consensus. I try to stay away from controversial style edits. Do you want me to find the user and the change that did that and revert? Red Director (talk) 02:10, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please Rolltide pisco (talk) 03:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Rolltide pisco, can you link me to an old revision that has the style how you think it should be? Red Director (talk) 22:41, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=1254008711#Game_summaries Rolltide pisco (talk) 02:06, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Josh is a college football head coach not and NFL coach, I was trying to make college head coach template 2600:1005:B195:A0BD:49E:F899:CFB4:8FF7 (talk) 21:38, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will see what I can find. I just had to do a revert to get the data back on there. No worries Red Director (talk) 21:40, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright I was just trying to get the template to college coach Chasenielsen545 (talk) 21:52, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reason Josh Heupel's page is like that is he played college football, got drafted into the NFL, and is a college football coach. He has to have both templates for the time being unless there is a major style change. Red Director (talk) 22:22, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So keep the NFL? Chasenielsen545 (talk) 22:46, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes on both for now. Red Director (talk) 22:47, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay Chasenielsen545 (talk) 22:49, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks! Hope all is well your way. Red Director (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Red Director: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:51, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @WikiOriginal-9:. Best wishes this time of year to you. The passage of time is something I am reminded of during the holiday season. Red Director (talk) 20:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, RD. I just had a quick question. Why are your edits tagged as "ProveIt edit"s? I use ProveIt for all of my referencing too but none of my edits have ever been tagged as that? If your method is more efficient, could you enlighten me please? Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:53, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like I'm using the classic version. Maybe that's why. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:04, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think that why mine are tagged. I use the newer one. Red Director (talk) 22:46, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Emmett Barrett, who I created in 2015 and expanded from a stub a few days ago, was probably the first NFL player who wore glasses? The internet is not even aware of this fact (when you look up NFL players who wore glasses, he isn't even mentioned). I discovered his glasses-wearing a few days ago when I was looking up articles about him in Newspaper.com. He had been lost to time but I have now unearthed him. I feel like an archeologist. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is amazing. I will add one: If the Bills make Super Bowl LIX, they are guaranteed to play an NFC East team. All four of their Super Bowl losses came to current NFC East teams. What are we in for? Red Director (talk) 21:39, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uh oh. I predict a Commanders victory. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:44, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now his family members are editing the page and adding unsourced nonsense, lol. Or it might just be one person but there is an account "REBarrett" and an IP. On my talk page, REBarrett said he is Emmett Barrett's son. The article was a stub for 10 years but they just now noticed it a few days after I expanded it? That's a pretty odd coincidence. Maybe they were just Googling Emmett Barrett during Super Bowl season and came across it that way...? Still pretty weird though. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:21, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who knows? I could claim to be Tom Brady but unless I show proof, it does not matter lol. Oh well, until Wikipedia makes users put a reliable source in all edits before publishing, it will likely never even be close to getting cleaned up. Red Director (talk) 23:09, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I saw you using AWB to fix references. That's really good work. There are a lot of refs that need fixed, as you already know. Would you be willing to go through all of my articles on my userpage and change the following:

• "publisher=profootballarchives.com" to "publisher=Pro Football Archives"
• "publisher=pro-football-reference.com" to "publisher=Pro Football Reference"
• "publisher"sports-reference.com" to "publisher=Sports Reference"
• publisher=arenafan.com" to "publisher=ArenaFan.com"

I'm not sure if that would be simple? (might not be) And I know you do those differently, so if you want to do them your way instead, feel free. I can explain my reasoning if you want but I'm fine if you want to do it differently. I'm just trying to update my articles. You don't have to if you don't want though, I don't care at all, no big deal. There's no rush. You can do it a year from now if you want. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:57, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I can add those prompts to my AWB settings and get to those later. Thanks for giving me a year! I shudder to think what will happen on January 22, 2026! All kidding aside, thanks for the helpful info. Red Director (talk) 01:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Like I said, you don't have to copy the way I do it. (I'm not 100% sure what the right way is...) I only do it like Pro Football Reference and others like that because the PFR article is not italicized. I only italicize newspapers because their articles are italicized (like The New York Times) But like I said, I have no idea what the "correct" way to do it is, so if you want to do it your way, that is 100% fine with me. I'm all for consistency. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:11, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is kind of an odd situation. PFR is a website at the end of the day and the references italicize the website field. This is interesting. Red Director (talk) 01:23, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Why did you remove his middle name? 2600:4041:7101:4000:503F:1243:6A43:3C6A (talk) 06:20, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the deal on that. Matthew may very well be his middle name. However, we need a reliable source showing that Matthew is his middle name. We have had issues on Wikipedia about users just adding nonsense as players' last names. These are some of the hardest things to fact check as usually those names are personal and not well-documented by the media. If you can provide a reliable news source or document showing that, it can be added with no issues in my opinion. Red Director (talk) 17:38, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did he joined at the Olympics of 1955 to 1964 ? 156.38.40.5 (talk) 02:02, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry, but I am not the best resource on the topic. Maybe seek a user out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics? Red Director (talk) 02:09, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to get Commanders team president Mark Clouse's page up to the same standard as the other personnel in the front office people and would like to know if there's a better way to re-format/fill out citations? I've used a few scripts and tools but none of them have really worked. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:46, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a uniform constant among the citations, a fill/replace in Excel and within the source editor on the Wiki can work. However, all of the autofill applications are not perfect. Citer is my personal favorite for pulling data, but I always need to double-check because sometimes it can pull bad data. The ProveIt gadget makes things easier from a bulk standpoint because if you have a browser that remembers your typing data, it can recall. I have a plugin on my javascript subpage that can find duplicate references as well. Sadly, getting the citations to look the part does not exist perfectly in an automated way, yet. I can assist here and there if you would like for me to. Red Director (talk) 23:51, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Citer seems to do the job. I must have missed it as the other ones I've used needed more manually adjusting or didn't work at all. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 00:29, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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	How can I move my article from sandbox to wikipedia? Would you be able to please? https://w.wiki/E2QX GuyleneS (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I would check this page out for assistance: [Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation#Submitting_for_review]. They can give you advice on what you need to do to increase the odds of the page being reviewed as accepted and not deleted. You need to modify the citations to a base standard, which they can assist you with. I will try to answer any other questions. Best wishes! Red Director (talk) 22:15, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

LeBron James+Stephen Curry = JamesOn Curry (shortest NBA career in history, 3.9 seconds)

Now that is a very wild coincidence. Sometimes we can find diamonds in the rough on here. Red Director (talk) 01:36, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey RD. It's surprising sometimes what hidden gems I can find. Samoa Samoa and Brian Hall (American football) didn't have articles somehow until I created them this week. Samoa Samoa was a college QB and got drafted by the Bengals. Brian Hall led the country in field goal percentage with a prosthetic leg. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:44, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great finds! The Allen DeGraffenreid Coincidence causing it to be disambiguated is funny to me. Red Director (talk) 14:04, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's a strange one. DeGraffenreid is a pretty rare last name. And it's not like "Allen" is John or Steve. What are the chances of there being two Allen DeGraffenreid's who were in the NFL at the same time. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Red Director, I’ve already raised this question at WikiProject College football, but it doesn’t seem like there are a lot of active participants there. I’d like to get your input on what this article should be titled exactly. Let me know your thoughts. GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 14:02, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I’ve gotten a couple of replies, but would still appreciate your opinion. GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 16:04, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I sent you a reply over there. Red Director (talk) 18:26, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Have you been getting logged out of your account randomly the past few days? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:34, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9, I have not noticed anything unusual from my side. Red Director (talk) 19:31, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I’ve seen you made an edit on Rupert Gomes wiki page. My dad was a good friend of his in the 70s and has since lost touch. Might you happen to have a form of contact for Rupert or a way to get in touch with him? 2A00:23C6:9F88:4301:9889:649F:2AB7:78C7 (talk) 11:58, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry. I do not have any way of reaching out. Red Director (talk) 13:58, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Just out of pure curiosity...are these baseball mass edits almost complete? I'm just asking because my watchlist has taken a huge beating the past few weeks lol. Yankees10 02:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I actually am down to 75 on my list (2024 season). I can limit to 25 or so a day, especially if the list I have has big names on it, if you so desire. Red Director (talk) 02:38, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, no don't edit less for my convenience. I was just asking to get a general idea how much longer.-- Yankees10 02:45, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably will be done by Monday night at the absolute latest because I have a big family dinner for a late Thanksgiving and plus I watch NFL all day so Sundays during the regular season are slower. I tend to put these projects in months and move on to something else so I do not get burnt out. I have not decided what to try and tackle for December (maybe assist in clean up for current NBA plus some legends). This weekend I have had way more time to do some edits since I was off work a little longer than normal. My usual edit count on a day that involves me working is 10-100 give or take the tasks. Red Director (talk) 02:49, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yankees10 Done with the 2024 season. May try to tackle some major 2025 season big editing maybe before Opening Day but not for a little while. Do not worry. I will not embark on major editing during the regular season. That is hectic enough as it is with overzealous, but sometimes helpful, editors. Red Director (talk) 00:30, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your maintenance work! This is a friendly reminder to please check your edits for obvious errors, especially when you import short descriptions from Wikidata. I know that Leonardo Verón ("Agrentine") happened quite a while ago, but given the speed at which you're adding these, I'm not sure if you actually double check each entry. Renerpho (talk) 03:31, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Renerpho Thanks for the heads-up! That was indeed a long time ago. That was a straight up import it seems and just a typo with no ill will intended. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 04:31, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello @Liz, sorry for the trouble on that. I will make a note. Red Director (talk) 23:23, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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in correct info in Robin's bio, stating he's the 1st player since 1970 to hit 2 grand slams in the same game. Fernando Tatis 2 in 1 inning 1999. ~2026-30269-0 (talk) 02:02, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lol my fault, 1999 hadn't come yet ~2026-30269-0 (talk) 02:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

and help me update the List of NFL players. It is kind of annoying having to add like 300 new players every year... ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:19, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not expecting you to do anything. Just wanted to complain to someone. Unless you can think of a fast way of updating them? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:36, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 I sadly do have a real-life job that cuts into Wikipedia time, which makes me really depressed lol. I maybe can recommend looking at 2025 NFL debuts on the PFR site and parsing the data. Red Director (talk) 21:38, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I already have the list. It just takes time to add them all. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:06, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

These are the kinds of things that AI should be used for, not what it is on a lot of things unfortunately. Do you use Excel to help paste information and sort? Red Director (talk) 22:42, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I actually did try using ChatGPT but it didn't work. I did use Excel when I created the 25K+ lists and all-time rosters originally. However, that's still a lot of annoying/complicated work to just add 300 players each year. I've been adding them manually each year since then. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Are you familiar with the highlight duplicates or remove duplicates feature on Excel comboing with the CONCATENATE function for combining cells? That can maybe assist with easy copy and paste. Red Director (talk) 02:44, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ChatGPT did help me find Itzy Davidson though, lol. There was a missing player but I didn't feel like fixing up all of the wiki-source code and doing Excel magic. PFR adds new old-timey players sometimes. There are still discrepancies between PFR and Pro Football Archives. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:02, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Props to you and the others for working on it. If you notice, my edits are smaller in number but more to my interests. I just have not had the time I used to have for the project. I do have a good streak of consecutive days with at least one edit going though lol. Red Director (talk) 03:57, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Did you ever realize that the McCowns (Josh and Luke) are the dollar store Mannings?

They even have a random third brother (Randy McCown) to go with Eli and Peyton's random third brother (Cooper Manning).

Also the kids Owen McCown and Arch Manning.

lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 06:34, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That is really funny. It makes me wonder if we will get offspring of a current good running quarterback on a bad team that will take over the NFL in the 2040s and 2050s like Archie did with Peyton and Eli. It would be funny to imagine like Justin Fields having two children that are Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. Red Director (talk) 17:16, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 Did you see where Sam Darnold was the first quarterback drafted by the New York Jets to win a Super Bowl since Joe Namath? Red Director (talk) 15:49, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it was for a different team though. Loll ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:14, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 I have dreams about future Super Bowl matchups lol. I have prophesized Jaguars-49ers, Rams-Broncos, and Lions-Patriots. One very odd one but it was the Super Bowl was Jets-Chargers, which would require some realignment Red Director (talk) 16:21, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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... that, in 2012, the Washington Redskins had two quarterbacks with the initials RGIII? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:52, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9, that is a phenomenal occurrence. Here is an attempt to add another. Did you know that Derek Carr is one of the only players in NFL history whose name fits within another player's name (Derek Carrier)? I imagine there are not many more but I am not aware of the total. Red Director (talk) 00:58, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Derek Carr and Derek Carrier were teammates too. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 05:36, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 You got Tyler Bray and Tyler Brayton. Red Director (talk) 21:32, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... that, in 2006, "professional" quarterback Andrew Walter had 3 touchdowns and 22 turnovers? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 That is rough for him. I will go on the record and say that Andrew Walter is closer to Tom Brady than I will ever be to Andrew Walter in football skill lol. Red Director (talk) 17:39, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

He was also sacked 46 times, which was the fifth most in the league (despite him only starting eight games). Everyone else around him on the leaderboard pretty much started the whole season, lol. I thought J. T. O'Sullivan's turnovers (who also started eight games) in 2008 were bad when I was writing his article: "At the time of his benching, O'Sullivan and Brett Favre were tied for the league lead in interceptions with 11 and O'Sullivan led the league in fumbles with 11. He also led the league in total turnovers with 11 interceptions and six fumbles lost. O'Sullivan, by himself, had committed more turnovers than any other NFL team at the time of his demotion. The Denver Broncos, New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals were tied for the second most turnovers with 16."

Walter blows O'Sullivan out of the water though because he only had 3 touchdowns.... lol. O'Sullivan at least had 8 TDs (and five less turnovers) ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 Giving me Nathan Peterman vibes lol. That name makes me shudder as a Vols fan. He did turn it around at Pitt though before gracing the NFL with his existance lol. Red Director (talk) 17:55, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You should make a passing yards one too. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:47, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I will make on those too. Had been planning on that. I plan to periodically update. We can view revisions to look at older years too. Red Director (talk) 22:03, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 Added the receiving and passing ones. Red Director (talk) 22:27, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Mark Clayton has more touchdowns than Anquan Boldin but half as many catches? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:13, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Is it efficiency or just a sign of the times? Inflated reception numbers in the modern era do not paint the whole picture. Red Director (talk) 18:23, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Larry Fitzgerald might have been taking away some of Boldin's TDs. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:49, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If that man had any consistent elite QB player over his career, who knows what his final numbers are? Red Director (talk) 18:54, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, don't talk trash about Josh McCown (just kidding) That article is my baby though. I'm sure you've noticed, lol.

In all seriousness, Fitzgerald had some pretty shady QBs. Ryan Lindley and John Skelton couldn't even make it in the CFL. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:59, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am afraid Justin Jefferson is going to be able to tell the same story. I do associate McCown's article with you in a great way lol. Red Director (talk) 19:01, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... that I just debunked Ken Riley's entire Hall of Fame case? See User_talk:Yankees10#Dude. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:18, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Makes you wonder about the internal politics as well. Belichick being a prime example the last cycle. Red Director (talk) 14:29, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... that the Rams have only had one first round draft pick since 2017? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:18, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

With more Super Bowl appearances and just as many Super Bowl wins the time span. Red Director (talk) 20:02, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

[37] ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 14:39, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lol! Always a little nervous when your name pops up somewhere. At least it is good so far and the comments are not awful. Looking like it kinda meets Zipf's law. Red Director (talk) 18:22, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 I predict in the coming decades that a million edits will one day be like the old 100K club. No doubt a big accomplishment but users will find a way. I remember a user here years ago saying that one million would never hit. Red Director (talk) 20:04, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure about that. A million will probably always be a lot. People a decade from now won't want to spend their own time editing Wikipedia when they're used to AI just giving them all of their answers. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:08, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Probably should amend my answer to including only human editors lol. Plenty of AI editors potentially right now and on the horizon churning them out. You will get there soon at this rate. I predict you may be the 25th member of the club. Red Director (talk) 20:26, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think AI editors are making very many edits. There are new articles getting created or revised with AI. Those are still major edits though, not minor ones. I don't think you can get AI to take over your whole computer and edit Wikipedia for you. That would be crazy (in a bad way) lol ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 21:05, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right. I will probably tell my one of my heirs down the line to make one edit announcing my departure from this planet and thanking everyone. I will not have them continuing my work through an AI version of me. Red Director (talk) 02:00, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

An AI version of you? That sounds crazy, lol.

Also, on a side note. You have heirs? ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:07, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think with the rate things are going, it is not crazy to think you won't be able to recreate yourself in many different forms using AI years down the line to even keep a version of yourself around after you die. Kinda like in Harry Potter in the portraits. I do have heirs, and believe it or not, parents! Red Director (talk) 02:15, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

LOL. Dude, no one really even knows I edit Wikipedia. There probably won't be any departure messages on my end. Unless Jweiss11 or BeanieFan11 Google me someday and see my obituary. I think they know my real name because it used to be in my Wikipedia email. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:20, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to remain anonymous. I have had my account since I was a teenager back in the day. I went dormant on this account and edited under anonymity in that dormant period here and there while in college. My life took a turn where I could edit Wikipedia more in 2016 after college and it has remained a hobby. I love the Tennessee Volunteers (heartbreaking), Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, and Oakland (notice not Las Vegas) Raiders. I loved Peyton Manning so I rooted for the Colts and Broncos in my younger days but am indifferent now. I was introduced to fantasy football by my church and Bible study group (LOL) and it really made me love the NFL, which holds true to this day. That is a little about me. Red Director (talk) 02:40, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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[38] ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 Dang lol. Watchlist patrol is not what it used to be I am afraid. We need to get the next generations editing hard on here. It seems like the older editors that have stopped have not been replaced exactly with some new blood. I sound I like I need to tell people to get off my lawn. Red Director (talk) 23:22, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jones is on my watchlist but I missed the vandalism somehow, lol. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 23:48, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I do wonder what it would be like around here if IPs could either not edit or they had to pay to edit unless they made a free account. Free accounts would then have like a 25-edit learning period to show they can make good edits and then they get full access. 25 edits would make only the true committed trolls go through that process. Have experienced editors be like an advisor to sign off on that. That is asking a whole lot of a volunteer service though. Part of what makes Wikipedia what it is revolves around the concept that anyone can edit it. Red Director (talk) 23:52, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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