Done Second chance. You have made positive edits since the block and removal. I'm sure I don't need to point this out (but I'm going to) that using the tool to edit war is likely to see it permanenetly removed. Pedro :  Chat  08:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was a question about sorting on head coaches lists at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of New York Islanders head coaches. I do not think that it is possible. Could you give us an opinion please? Thanks in advance, Dabomb87 (talk) 19:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I must be doing it wrong, what is the proper code for the emdashes that I need to add?---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloonCSD Survey Results 19:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It should be — .—Chris! _ct 19:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, will do...---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloonCSD Survey Results 19:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help you provided w/ getting the NBA Store to GA  :) - GateKeeper^(X) @ 08:08, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Chris, I really like this article. I see in the last paragraph before the tables you mention that some were ineligible to be President. Seeing as this is the case for most of them, I think it would be worth making a note of those who were still eligible. If none are, then that paragraph can be reworded accordingly. Good work. Grsz¹¹ 22:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Regarding your suggestion, I am not exactly sure who is eligible to be President. The term "natural born citizen" is very unclear and the constitution never explicitly explain it.—Chris! _ct 22:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, yes, that's very true as well. Grsz¹¹ 22:40, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would SPUR serve as a more reliable source? —kurykh 01:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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As you already may know, I created this article an hour ago, and I was wondering if you can scan through the page for grammar mistakes and such. Thanks in advance and good luck with your FLCs. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24 _{review me} 02:07, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks good although I made some changes.—Chris! _ct 02:15, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tyty. Looking forward to more comments. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24 _anyone? 02:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I responded to your comment. Mind taking another look? Thanks.--TRUCO 15:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Once again :)--TRUCO 00:33, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Dravecky (talk) 09:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you added the source yet? That is the only thing that is holding back my support. Also, are you going to submit List of Memphis Grizzlies head coaches to FLC? Dabomb87 (talk) 18:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I did. And yes to your second question.—Chris! _ct 01:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm practically the same thing as List of NFL head coaches, except that it has the teams, and a little bit more information. I also wasted 10 hours approx. doing that, so you better have a perfect reason why this article cannot be made into one. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 19:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not stupid. ;b Anyways, I just won't know how to write the prose when the lists are separated. This is my current plan: I write A–F, you write G–M, and Dabomb87 "could" write N–Z. Also, since I don't really care who nominates with me (of course we will definitely be nominators), you could choose whether or not to include Dabomb87 as a nominator. So yeahh...contact me ASAP about the prose, and I hope you could write it on your sandbox. Happy editing. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 23:49, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't care about the nomination thing, but I would be happy to write the N–Z section over the weekend. Chris, could you PR List of Toronto Raptors head coaches at Wikipedia:Peer review/List of Toronto Raptors head coaches/archive2? Even if there is nothing wrong, say so. Thanks in advance, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But I already wrote on the key BAA/NBA champions. How more clear does it have to be? -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 07:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you're doing. Ok, I'll follow then. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 07:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How will the NBA COY work? -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 07:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just don't think it's a good idea. Instead of bolding the text, I would rather note them. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 01:46, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How? you can easily just put "Have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award at least once in his career." -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 02:02, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NHL Foundation Player Award onto WP:FLC. I was too busy editing the pages on my watchlist. If I did give out WikiLove barnstars, you would've got one. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 00:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Working Man's Barnstar
	I, Tomasz W. Kozłowski (talk), hereby award you The Working Man's Barnstar for your tireless contributions to the Michael Jordan article. Tomasz W. Kozłowski (talk) 22:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may probably have thought I'm an ugly European crocodile (see to the right), but it's not that way. Have a good day ;-) Tomasz W. Kozłowski (talk) 22:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank, but I didn't really do much as most edits are minor.—Chris! _ct 22:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You currently have a Veteran Editor III service award on your uesr page, while the requirements are 16,000 edits and 3 years' service. According to [1], you only service for 2 years and 9 months (2 years and 2 months excluding the months with less than 30 edits). Just to clarify, it's not when you start, it's how many months you have edited. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 01:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have rearranged and each short paragraph on a period in the history of the show now discusses some models. Please revisit Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Victoria's Secret Fashion Show models.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'd be glad to. I'll see if I can get to it tonight. Finetooth (talk) 00:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I will also be glad to peer review it, but may take a day or two. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:53, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to all—Chris! _ct 01:54, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there is a consensus already, but you are invited to sign up as a founding member, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#WikiProject Historic Sites, to cover other officially designated historic sites, world-wide. :) doncram (talk) 03:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should this picture be added on the Lakers article instead? Since all the other pictures in the article show just the players face, for example Jerry West and shaq's picture just shows there face. Black'nRed 05:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure—Chris! _ct 05:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just thought you might want to comment on this... Cheers, -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:51, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you've commented/supported on the previous SPoTY lists so I am guessing you are aware of the general structure etc. I was wondering if you could look at List of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. It encompasses all the awards but only explicitly mentions in detail the awards that don't merit their own page. I came up with this structure myself so am open to suggestions for improvements, and I just thought I should ask for another set of eyes before throwing an unknown format into FLC. Many thanks, Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 13:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. Good luck with FLC.—Chris! _ct 17:10, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A belated thanks for taking a look. It is now at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 23:29, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks.—Chris! _ct 23:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm bringing it to FA status if that's within range. I'm just putting off rewriting the history section because that's the hardest part. —kurykh 02:09, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to get in as much work as I can on it. Also, I saw you editing the references, and thought that this script would make things much easier for you. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks—Chris! _ct 00:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See my talk page for the response. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:37, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just looking through WP Olympics stuff and saw this. Maybe with a little work here and there, this could become a Good Article. Could be well worth the nomination... Sillyfolkboy (talk) 23:25, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, that's true. I can help if you want.—Chris! _ct 23:27, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I already "worked towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors" on Talk:Kobe Bryant#Sexual harassment allegations. So this is clearly unjustified.—Chris! _ct 05:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No you haven't. By the way, I crossed out your warning on my page.JoeJohnson2 (talk) 05:46, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do whatever you want on your page. Don't need to tell me.—Chris! _ct 05:50, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding all those pictures. I am hoping to finish work on a bot that can add that automatically. Hopefully, then, there will be no need for so much grunt work. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 08:18, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! I'm proud that you found so few mistakes/things needing rewording; I have fixed each of these (including a new hidden link for hamlet (place)). Thanks for reviewing the article!--Pericles of Athens^Talk 21:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! That's awesome! Once again, I'm glad that the hold up is only over a minor issue. Thanks once again for reviewing one of my articles.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 20:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So you're from San Francisco, huh? Although I live right outside Washington D.C. in northern Virginia, my entire extended family lives in the SF Bay Area. I love the weather out there, wish I could go back sometime soon. Anyways, glad you enjoyed the articles.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 21:18, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Chris. I noticed you nominated a picture at WP:VPC. It's low on participation so would you consider reviewing the other pictures there when you get a chance? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:38, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sure. It will have to be after the weekend, though. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you find some secondary sources to use for the list? I'm wary about using a primary source for the entire list, even if most of the info is non-controversial. Also, I intend to improve the main article. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:03, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to find sources. And thanks for your help on improving Basketball Hall of Fame. I intend to bring this to FT.—Chris! _ct 03:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one [2]—Chris! _ct 03:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, excellent. I was thinking more along the lines of something on which to expand the lead (in addition to the usual summary of the list), but that definitely helps. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

35個特色列表! 第一次見! 我係香港維基人:)--JALK (talk) 15:05, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm going to be too busy for the foreseeable future to help with the article about Mr. Johnson. Good luck with it, though! Scartol • Tok 03:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks.—Chris! _ct 03:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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		I've been looking for a Steve Blake image on Flickr for a long time, thanks for finally getting one! Omarcheeseboro (talk) 11:41, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, though I didn't really do much.—Chris! _ct 19:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Blackhawks players. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:36, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I think we've hammered out a good revised Featured List criteria here. If this passes, there will be quite a few FLs (my estimate is somewhere between 50 and 75) that could soon be delisted just because of 3b. With that in mind, I'd like to get comments and opinions from all FLC regulars and everyone else who has participated in the discussion before it's implemented. Thanks, Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Chris! I noticed that like me, you are opposed to any form of dates autoformatting. I have created some userboxes which you might like to add to your userspace to indicate your position. You will find the boxes here. Ohconfucius (talk) 06:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I've nominated {{NBA teams organization}} for deletion here. Please feel free to add to the discussion. Cheers, Resolute 13:49, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on my latest suggestion here, which might render another list unnecessary. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Chris. You may not be aware, but the new Featured list criteria was implemented Sunday 5 April, 00:56 (UTC) following two weeks of discussion at Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#New criterion discussion.

I've gone through the nominations and have noticed you have !voted Support, Oppose or Neutral at the following nominations:

1. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of places of worship in Crawley (List of places of worship in Crawley)
2. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Blackhawks players (List of Chicago Blackhawks players)

Please could you take the time to revisit the articles and candidate pages, and check them against the new Featured list criteria, and confirm/revise your !vote; any !vote made against the old criteria that is not confirmed against the new criteria will be ignored when the nomination is closed.

Additionally, the following nominations have received reviews from you, but no indication whether or not you support or oppose their promotion to WP:FL; if you could revisit these too, that would be much appreciated as the nomination will not have to be kept open any longer than necessary.

1. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base (List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base)

Finally, please accept my apologies for the brusqueness of this message; the same wording is being sent to everyone who has outstanding reviews, with only the names of lists being changed. Regards, Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:50, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done all, thanks.—Chris! _ct 05:05, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm afraid you got us just as things slowed way down in number of reviewers. I'm going to prod some people and see if I can get FSC restarted again. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should add the players' positions, as in List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:15, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've thinking about that, too. Do you think they need references?—Chris! _ct 22:17, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. I will find them. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:17, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For NBA players, maybe their basketball-reference profiles will work. For non-NBA players, finding a ref will be more difficult.—Chris! _ct 22:21, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe we should add notes about each person, like in alumni lists. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:19, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean?—Chris! _ct 22:21, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See List of United States Military Academy alumni, it would be like the "notability" column except it would be called "Achievements" or "Notes". It would take a while, but would make the list more complete and interesting for readers. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:23, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but won't that constitute original research since we don't know which accomplishment compel the BHOF to induct a player?—Chris! _ct 22:28, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) Well, they wouldn't necessarily be accomplishments that made them Hall-of-Famers, just general things, such as AP All-America and NBA awards. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:45, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok—Chris! _ct 22:46, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to do the achievments column for as many coaches as I can do today. Can you do me a favor and take care of formatting, wikifying, etc. when I'm done? Dabomb87 (talk) 02:25, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure—Chris! _ct 02:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks—as soon as I remove the {{inuse-section}} tag, if you're still online, go ahead. I'm only using the accomplishments given in the "Career Highlights" section (example). Dabomb87 (talk) 02:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I hadn't been thinking of GA before you posted on my talk page. The thought interests me greatly, but there are a few things I want to add first, since it is a little short at the moment. At some point I'll put it up for a peer review, which I always do with pages I work on for FLC. This would be my first run at GA, though, so I'm uncertain about what is expected. I see that you have some experience at this. Are there any tips that you can offer on what is expected, and how to build an article to that level? Giants2008 (17-14) 00:34, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure the postseason is technically part of the season. I'm going to undo your edit, since I'm 99.99% sure that the season is not technically over. Also, I only italicized Western since we don't know what's going to happen for the conference championships. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 01:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, the regular season is over but the postseason is not over. And there is no need to specifically italicize Western since we use color and symbol to note conference championships, not italics. If you still object, start a discussion on WT:NBA.—Chris! _ct 01:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't revert yet. On the key, it says that Italics means Season in progress. The seaosn is still in progress for the playoffs, so that is why I italicized. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 01:39, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't revert. And let's start a discussion on WT:NBA.—Chris! _ct 01:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for the improvements to the sortable table at United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri! Very useful. I'll apply that to the other articles I'm working on. All the best, – Quadell ^(talk) 12:29, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much for the change to the Infobox NBAretired template allowing for the footnotes. Great work. Best, Dan.—DCGeist (talk) 20:55, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that you recently made this change to the NBA retired infobox. Charles Oakley now has "{{{height_footnote}}} {{{weight_footnote}}}" floating at the top of the article. How do I fix that? I tried filling in the height and weight fields in the infobox, but that didn't work. Zagalejo^^^ 22:31, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure. Let me look into it.—Chris! _ct 22:33, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it seems to be fine now. Thanks! Zagalejo^^^ 22:35, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the problem is that I didn't make the parameters optionable—Chris! _ct 22:39, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey -- the error was still occuring so I removed the footnotes and it seems to have fixed the issue. If you can figure out how to add it back without the error triggering, then please feel free to do so. Zodiiak (talk) 23:38, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you show me a diff? I am not sure what you mean.—Chris! _ct 23:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, someone reverted my edits apparently not realizing why I removed the height/weight footnote coding, but please goto the Michael Jordan article for example and look at the template box. Look under the height/weight and you'll see that it is triggering some weird error. The only way to have it fixed (As it seems), is to remove the height/weight notes at the Template:Infobox NBAretired page. Zodiiak (talk) 01:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(outdent) Hm, look like the parameters is still not optionable. I am sure there is another way to fix it, it is just that I don't know. Feel free to remove the parameters for now (with a detailed edit summary), I will ask someone with extensive template knowledge about this.—Chris! _ct 01:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I've updated the template accordingly. Thanks! Zodiiak (talk) 01:40, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing. Can you purge your cache and see if that error still exist? I tried it and the error disappear.—Chris! _ct 01:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip -- unfortunately, it still shows up for me. I'm running the latest windows explorer. Really strange issue. Zodiiak (talk) 01:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It does appear that this may be a browser-specific issue. I'm running Safari on a Mac and have never observed the problem reported by Zagalejo and Zodiiak.—DCGeist (talk) 02:08, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User:LOL fixed it, so hopefully there is no more problem.—Chris! _ct 03:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A quick question - how are you able to change the font of the title in the upper header? I thought that couldn't be changed with HTML, as it wasn't a part of the article main body. Thanks. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email guestbook complaints 01:58, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What header? You mean my userpage.—Chris! _ct 02:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It works alright. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 19:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Multi-listen item

Your Featured sound candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured sound status, Image:March of the Volunteers instrumental.ogg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another sound, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 09:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On April 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pet Airways, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Victuallers (talk) 18:01, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. VTA's system is very simple, and it would be a waste to redraw it Tube-style, especially because San Jose is pretty featureless. Unless you include the freeways, there's no way to know where VTA actually goes. (The same criticisms apply to my quick-and-dirty BART map that's FP nominated, albeit less so-- since the "other" BART map isn't too clear either.) CountZ (talk) 02:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to nominate this page for removal, but I thought I'd run it by you first. I think this page fails 3b since the list (the bulk of the page) recreates content from List of NBA champions. Since there isn't much else to it, would it be possible to merge it with the champions list, and just add a small section about it, maybe a "trophies" section, and to balance things out, a bit can be aded about the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy (although I'm not suggesting it be merged too). -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:51, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to nominate it. I can help merge it.—Chris! _ct 03:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll support the history of the trophy to be merged to both articles too, since when I saw the article on the task force page, I finally realized that the article was, well, useless. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 04:01, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would the delisting of the page affect the status of the NBA Trophy FT? -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 04:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But since the topic is still complete, I don't think so.—Chris! _ct 04:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead with the nomination: Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Walter A. Brown Trophy. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 05:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:02, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up regarding 99.141.21.85 (talk · contribs · logs). Could be a TyrusThomas4lyf sock . . . — Myasuda (talk) 13:09, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks—Chris! _ct 16:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Madison Square Garden (1925) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Shubinator (talk) 02:13, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:FinalsMVPPrintScreen.jpg

As you can see, it looks like this with my thumbs being defaulted at 180px. I read somewhere that it was 140, and when the stack image was 140, it looked normal. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 02:53, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well my thumb preference is on default, and I'm sure you changed yours, so for the readers, having the picture on the defaulted 180px should be best. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 00:50, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The images are on upright, no wonder...upright is 140px. I'm going to change it back to 140px. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 00:52, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think upright is 140, but if you think so, change it I guess.—Chris! _ct 00:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:IMAGES states: "...the thumbnail option ("thumb"), which is available in the image markup. This results in a default width of 180 pixels (140 pixels if the "upright" option is used as well),..." -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]]_{call me Keith} 01:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What advice? you've offered no solutions, only problems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_good_articles#Giving_problems.2C_not_solutions advice on a NPOV lead in would be helpful! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.5.41.111 (talk) 10:37, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comment at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/29th Golden Raspberry Awards/archive1. It's my first WP:FLC and I was unsure as to whether or not the "Image" column is traditionally labeled as "Image" at other WP:FLs, so thanks for pointing it out and for the support. Cirt (talk) 17:00, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem—Chris! _ct 00:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Sorry for taking so long. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:10, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 21:37, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chris. I've got a table question for you. I'm improving a list of Helicopter prison escapes and most of the time there is only one person, in the Escapee field, who escapes in the helicopter so it is nice to sort the table so you can find a specific Escapee. But sometimes there is several people who escape by helicopter. So my question is how do you handle the formating in a sortable table for the escapes with several people? Do you sort just the first person, don't sort that field, give a default sort symbol like a dash? If you have the time any advice would be great! -- Esemono (talk) 22:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In that cases, I don't think the column should be sortable at all. Anyway, that's my opinion. If you bring it to FLC in the future, it might be a good idea to ask reviewers what they think.—Chris! _ct 23:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've been testing some changes at the said template to display an "OT" indicator separately from the "team, score" cell. This is similar to the similar indicator at the ice hockey template. Tell me if you approve or disapprove, it is relatively easy to implement if it'll be used, but the template/articles won't be affected if the changes are done. You can see the template here and the mock-up here. –Howard the Duck 05:51, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a little gap between the OT indicator and the venue. Lemme know if this works on your end. I'm cross-testing this first on other browsers. –Howard the Duck 06:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I tried implementing it but there was tons of screw-ups elsewhere so I reverted it. For the meantime, the old style would be used until I debugged it. –Howard the Duck 08:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I've finally finished debugging and the template shouldn't screw up by now. –Howard the Duck 10:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not immediately finding any sources that explicitly say that. I don't think it's correct. Randomly poking around basketball-reference, I found the results of the 1970 playoffs, and it seems that two division semi-final series (the equivalent of today's conference semi-finals) went seven games. Zagalejo^^^ 19:46, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see what I can do. There are some oddities, though. In 1947, one of the semi-final series went six games, while the other was over in two games: [3]. I don't know what that's about. Zagalejo^^^ 20:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, here's a brief history of the playoffs that I pieced together from a couple of sources. It's kind of complicated. I'm not sure how much of this you want to include.

• 1947-1948: Totally different set-up to what we're used to. (It's apparently modeled after the ice hockey playoffs of the time.) In the first round, the second-place finishers of each division play against each other in a best-of-three series, while the third-place finishers do the same. In the second round, the winners of those series play a best-of-three series against each other, while the first-place finishers play against each other in a best-of-seven series. In the finals, the winners of the two second-round series play against each other in a best-of-seven series.
• 1949: A more familiar set-up, in which there are four best-of-three division semifinals, two best-of-three division finals, and a best-of-seven league championship series.
• 1950: This year, there are three divisions. One team (presumably the one with the best record) gets a bye between their division's finals and the league's finals, while the winners of the other two divisional finals duke it out in the third round to secure the other spot in the finals. Overall, the playoffs follow a 3-3-3-7 format.
• 1951-1953: Back to two divisions, but now with a 3-5-7 format.
• 1954: The playoffs begin with three-team round robins in each division. These are followed by two best-of-three division finals and a best-of-seven league finals.
• 1955-1957: Back to 3-5-7 format.
• 1958-1960: Now there is a 3-7-7 format.
• 1961-1967: Now there is a 5-7-7 format.
• 1968-1974: 7-7-7
• 1975-1983: 3-7-7-7
• 1984-2002: 5-7-7-7
• 2003-present: 7-7-7-7

Most of this isn't explicitly spelled out anywhere - I figured most of it out by looking at the records in the NBA Encyclopedia -- but see The First Tip-Off, p. 211-212, for an explanation of the system used from 1947-1948. Zagalejo^^^ 05:09, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, very detail, thanks. Just one more request, could you give me the exact citation, so that I could use it in the article? Thanks—Chris! _ct 05:16, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Rosen, Charley (2008). The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA. Mc-Graw Hill. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0071487859.
• Anderson, Corrie and Rob Reheuser, et al (2006). Sporting News Official 2006–2007 NBA Guide. Sporting News Books. ISBN 0892048549.

Technically, there were no division/conference series in 1947 and 1948. With the way things were organized, two teams from the same division could theoretically meet each other in the finals. I'll try to think of a way to reword that sentence. Zagalejo^^^ 05:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I edited that paragraph. However, I'm not sure if I should go into more detail with regards to the 1947 and 1948 playoffs. BTW, I did find a source that explicitly says the 7 game Conference Finals began in 1958: [4]. Zagalejo^^^ 06:29, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! We can use this to cite all of that paragraph. [5] Or maybe not. It's from AuthorHouse, so it probably won't be considered a reliable source. Drat. Zagalejo^^^ 06:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to come comment at Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team‎.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may also find Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Rob Pelinka/archive1 of interest.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 12:38, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris, I don't know who you are talking to but it better ain't be me because you are messing with the wrong guy!

Infonerd2216 (talk) 23:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)Infonerd2216[reply]

P.S. Better watch it, or something bad will happen to you and let me tell ya, i'm not kidding!

Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Continued problems with unresponsive editor Indianwhite. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 19:47, 23 May 2009 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})[reply]

Well, I beat you to it. It already is a featured list candidate! Regards.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 22:02, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to review Eric Cartman. Imagine my horror when I saw "review" on my watchlist, went to the talk page, scrolled down, and stopped at GA1 thinking that was it. Go Nuggets! - SoSaysChappy (talk) 02:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of extant papal tombs/archive1—thanks for your input, but I beg to differ that this is a "matter of style". The FL criteria says that FL leads should be "engaging" (Cr. 2), and WP:LEAD very specifically says that "If the page is a list, do not introduce the list as "This is a list of X" or "This list of Xs..."." Dabomb87 (talk) 22:25, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clearing things up.—Chris! _ct 00:03, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I knew it had been reviewed, but Jordan's retirement should have been in that section all along, because that probably hurt the NBA as much as the lockout itself. I wanted to avoid any indication that the lockout alone caused a decline in interest. Of course, I'll note this as part of my review response so the reviewer can check the changes for quality. Giants2008 (17-14) 22:52, 24 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, just a friendly reminder. :)—Chris! _ct 00:05, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm back and finished up with your comments at the GA review---I'm Spartacus! ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 02:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delivered by SoxBot (talk) at 03:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see Kevin Garnett's listing in the 2008-2008 team indicates this is his 10th award. Should he also be added to this sentance in the body of the article: "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar follows with eleven total honors and Scottie Pippen with ten honors." I'm a long time W fan but just registed so I could leave this comment. I don't want to try editing it myself until I read the Intro and try the sandbox. Tx for your good work. SB Hobo (talk) 08:05, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for letting me know.—Chris! _ct 21:08, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's a problem with your recent edit to List of Emperors of the Han Dynasty, at least on my monitor (which is about 13 inches wide). The Emperor Guangwu image is in the right place, so is the gilt-bronze dragon-head handle image (i.e. both can be seen as still hovering to the left in the "naming conventions" prose section). However, the Story of Jin Midi image is now completely divorced from its relevant prose text section "regents and empress dowagers" and is instead found hovering to the left of "naming conventions", where it is not relevant at all (and where it might even confuse readers as to why it is there). Could you fix this, please?--Pericles of Athens^Talk 22:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, not everyone has the same size monitor. I'm sure it looks very different on your screen. Thanks for reviewing the article!--Pericles of Athens^Talk 22:49, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

...has now been demoted. As per our discussion here, I'm going to list this article under 3 month retention, starting today (and hence running until August 30). Hope that makes sense - rst20xx (talk) 10:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On May 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ron Garretson, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 20:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]