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Brian Booth

Left comments. Aaroncrick (talk) 05:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't got yelled at yet. Aaroncrick (talk) 07:00, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

?? What for? Me or you? YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 07:06, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You, for nominating Booth. :) Aaroncrick (talk) 07:17, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, feel free to chop off the six part if you feel it is relevant. I don't know the ground at all YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 07:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting/archive1‎

Steady trickle of comments rolling in. Can you see anything obvious? Aaroncrick (talk) 00:39, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :) Aaroncrick (talk) 00:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ponting said after the 2003 WC walk against SL: "I'm very surprised at the reaction. I won't be encouraging any of our batsmen to do it." Aaroncrick (talk) 09:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure he also suggested that Gilchrist be (or might be) charged with dissent. lol YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 01:17, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure he said that. Probably thought it though. :P Tony Greig annoys me when he goes on about how a batsman should walk. I've seen footage where he's nicked it and stood his ground. Marsh and Lillee say Greig wouldn't go anywhere even if it was a bit nick. Bit hypocritical to me. Aaroncrick (talk) 01:45, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Aaroncrick (talk) 10:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Badr ce

American would be best I believe. BTW, you'll see that I'm using conversion templates for distances and etc... The tags automatically use BrEng, and I don't know how to change that without removing the template altogether. Thanks for your help. --Sherif9282 (talk) 04:11, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Booth

Fine. Re. the third point, it may be because I am not a native speaker, but still confused a bit:

Some observers felt that the personable Booth would have been more popular among the playing group than Simpson, while others thought that he would not have been hard-nosed enough in pursuing his team's competitive interest.

Should it be "Some observers felt that the personable Booth would ~~have been~~ be more popular among the playing group than Simpson, while others thought that he would not ~~have been~~ be hard-nosed enough in pursuing his team's competitive interest ? Tintin 07:05, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scratches noggin'. Rather dim, is the primate. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 00:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does Haigh say what his source for Indrajitsinhji incident is ? Tintin 07:08, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He doesn't have notes, just a list of books :( But he does seem to agree with the theme of borderline cheating umpires, per the second on 1959-60 as well. In Australia it seems to be standard that subcontinental umpires were a joke in the old days, to the point of resembling crooks in movies like Lagaan etc. eg, the same thing is in Pollard's collection, Harte about services in 1945 and a whole pile of others. I dunno whether they just got it off Whitington's book where he said that the Indian umpire wouldn't give catches at second slip. That's the problem with autobios/player comments if people just copy it without checking the raw footage if available. I think Gilly said that when he got dismissed in the Bhajji hat-trick the ball pitched a long way outside leg, which I don't think was the case although the edge definitely was. Or Ponting saying that the "the same things" in Sydney 2008 reversed themselves in Perth 2008 after Sehwag said he claimed "half-volleys" when there were no disputed catches in Perth. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 00:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

keep

:-) Hesperian 00:29, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And it ended "not with a bang but a whimper". I was expecting a closing summary rivalling War and Peace in size, instead we got a brief, succinct and very appropriate close by an administrator who was not looking to "make a statement" but simply interpreting the consensus in the light of policy. I suspect merge tags may follow at some time in the future, but that is a concern for another day. As a former British PM once said "rejoice!". -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:51, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marvellous! YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 00:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou. Very sensible admin. Aaroncrick (talk) 01:14, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on talk. Aaroncrick (talk) 06:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and fabulous work on those articles. It's a travesty they were nominated for deletion. Keep up the good work - Draeco (talk) 15:03, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 01:16, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you?

In the page Mark Waugh you appear to have made a revision as of 05:40, 16 June 2008 by adding text and citations to the article. One of those citations is causing a cite error. Could you please go back and fill out the full source information for the reference tag <ref name="debutcard"/>? Thanks. 75.69.0.58 75.69.0.58 (talk) 02:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll look YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 03:27, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Third Test, 1932–33 Ashes series has the same issue from 05:14, 3 June 2009 with <ref name="debutcard"/> and from 06:27, 9 June 2009 with <ref name=sc/> 75.69.0.58 (talk) 19:48, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And Ricky Ponting has a cite error apparently begining at

06:59, 27 August 2009 and caused by the reference tag <Ref name=testlist/> 75.69.0.58 (talk) 05:06, 15 September 2009 (UTC) All done, thanks YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AFL

You may not have seen the match, but Adelaide fluffed it again.... Aaroncrick (talk) 06:39, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I went away after the score was 38-10. Only scored 40-odd in the next three then. Appalling....As for the Invincibles the main has to be FA. Probably some more of the main stuff should be FA, eg Hassett/Morris/Lindwall/Miller/Johnston/Barnes in 48 and maybe the 1948 Ashes series. Now that it is closer maybe more will volunteer. Loxton is mostly done and Hassett and the main page 50% done for the basics YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:48, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully.... On another note... Have you read 'Bradman And The Summer That Changed Cricket: The 1930 Australian Tour Of England'? probably notable of an article in the future. Anyway, Australian cricket team in England in 1948 and Lindsay Hassett should interesting enough? Aaroncrick (talk) 06:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

who wrote that book? YellowMonkey (bananabucket!) 06:57, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Hilton. Can't say I know of him. Don't know enough about the series to know if everything is correct though... Aaroncrick (talk) 07:00, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are errors in every book that I've seen. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 07:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the Invincibles advert, you linked the Bradman FAC instead of the Loxton one... Or am I missing something? Aaroncrick (talk) 07:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 07:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Warne's auto picture book even has a few errors in matches where he's playing. Like saying that Slater hit the opening ball of the 2002/03 Ashes for four. Aaroncrick (talk) 07:14, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded history section of York Park. Will be looking to take it for a FAC run shortly, after a copy edit and some minor ref tweaks. Aaroncrick (talk) 11:27, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marvellous YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 00:59, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

With Ponting it shows you what quality comes out in the early hours of the morning, lol. Fixed half the issues. Aaroncrick (talk) 05:53, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It'll be easy. They didn't bother to point out any specifics on Gangu or SRT. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Was watching India V SL and soem of India's fielding was dreadful. Even Yuvraj. They played Nehra who has to be the worst fielder in the world. Ishant has lost the plot, bowling wide outside off. Aaroncrick (talk) 06:34, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Only Raina and Kohli are quality fielders. The rest are way below standard, the bowlers are bad even for bowlers' fielding standards. Yuvraj has been getting more and more rotund for a few years now. Ishant hasn't played well in ODIs for 18 months, can't field or bat... and is still there. I would've had Ojha in there any day. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mendis has been worked out. 1/70 from 10 overs. Ishant was very very poor in the two matches I saw. The amount of over throws and dropped catches is amazing. Then they laugh about it. At least they occasionally hit the stumps ... Aaroncrick (talk) 06:45, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gilly scored 149. Aaroncrick (talk) 07:27, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Finished referencing the lead. Did not know the cricket was on last night. Aaroncrick (talk) 01:52, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good that you checked to see if my memory was right YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spoff

You're dead right [1] –Moondyne 08:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, on the road again. Won't be back for a couple more days. Limited time/internet access till friday. –Moondyne 09:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FA on the MP

Well done, mate --Step hen 00:26, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Put in there without a request less than a day before. Need to update it quick .... It was one of my earlier FAs too.... YellowMonkey (bananabucket!) 00:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Software updates are being applied to Wikimedia sites; we're shaking out some problems where some articles don't display correctly." Must be why all the infoboxes have gone... Aaroncrick (talk) 00:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Surprising lack of vandalism, given the topic. Waiting for the usual complaints about cricket YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 01:48, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who complain? Surely only new editors? Aaroncrick (talk) 01:50, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Americans about how cricket is nn YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 01:53, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cricket is nn. *hides in Adelaide* —Dark 10:08, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Its been getting its fair share of vandals now. Anyway [2] surely it's obvious that there's sources? Aaroncrick (talk) 15:54, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Big discussions are always an opportunity for a bit of PR catwalking. I've seen lots of articles that were sourced to Tamil Tiger websites and nobody cared because there was not big debate and opportunity to get famous. And when you get a lot of people who never write articles of clean them up except mechanical stuff, and then they get concerned about NPOV and OR and all that, it's a good sign of self promotion YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 23:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good, was too tired to be bothered arguing. Aaroncrick (talk) 23:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I though I fixed some of the refs before... anyway I get in a complete muddle with them and need to be told everytime. I can't see why some are in italics and others aren't. Aaroncrick (talk) 00:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much again sir! Should remember now. Delinked ABC/Examiner. First ref where I used ABC I used Australian Broadcasting Corporation, just in case you're wondering. Aaroncrick (talk) 00:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please undo your edit on Karmichael Hunt? As he was born in Auckland not Kaikohe. per Aaroncrick (talk) 05:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good work on Loxton. Aaroncrick (talk) 05:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was surprisingly easy. I didn't know it would be so easy to get up to speed with it. :) YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Again

Hey YM,

How's that ce coming?

Cheers. --Sherif9282 (talk) 02:44, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The artcile's long so we could be here a while..... I also left soem questions in the text that need clarifying YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 05:06, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ooops... Indeed he does have a first name. I'm not sure how I overlooked that.

As for the MiGs, they were simply upgraded with new parts. --Sherif9282 (talk) 13:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As for how many years exactly, I'm not wholly certain, but I guess that can be counted as the first victory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. --Sherif9282 (talk) 14:00, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 23:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should start a PR instead of a GAN, which will take a long time in the queue. Also, you should ask them if they think the article is too detailed. I am a bit wary of copyediting and having some stuff deleted, as the preparation section and training is very long YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sock

YellowMonkey can you please block Arthur Rightus as he is trolling my talk page, thankyou Thewayilikeit (talk) 23:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You've only got 10 edits. Interesting ..... YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 23:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gasp* Blue Monkey? Aaroncrick (talk) 23:30, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to the green sig? The sock changed it YellowMonkey (bananabucket) 06:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]