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League Goals and Appearances

Thanks, I see now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mataratzzi (talkcontribs) 18:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The WPVG Newsletter (February 2009)

User:212.44.58.224

Hello Ged UK, I saw you placed a last warning on User:212.44.58.224. I just caught him vandalizing the Hypothermia page and reverted his edits. I guess you can block him. Thank you. Uirauna (talk) 13:35, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm not an admin! I'll check the IP, but you can request at WP:AIV if they're not already blocked. --GedUK  18:05, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

William Murray

Excellent, thanks for your help :). Ironholds (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Your RfA

Hey Ged - thanks for your your message regarding my failed RfA. I appreciate your participation and support, and honestly I'm thrilled if my RfA can point out pitfalls to great editors like you to avoid on your own RfA. I'm looking forward to supporting that when that comes up, and would also be happy to nom or co-nom. FlyingToaster 23:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey there, not a problem! I'm not going to run quite yet, I've got a few projects to get out of the way, mainly getting Jimmy Cagney to featured article (though i will probably be satisfied with GA before running). Thanks for your support :) --GedUK  23:05, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to go for it! user:Camaron has agreed to nominate me, so if you still want to co-nom me, then feel free to discuss with him. --GedUK  08:55, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
I can't think of a subtle way to ask this without the risk of offending you, but I'm worrying now that your co-nom might be used by some editors as a bad thing as you recently failed yours. SoWhy mentioned this (see further down my talk page), and whilst i did consider it before, it is also starting to nag at me. Do you think it might be an issue?
Hey Ged - absolutely not a problem, I understand the concern and did mention this to Camaron. I can see where SoWhy is coming from on the second point ("some people might assume she can't do CSD") more than the first (we can't co-nom together why?), but especially since you already have a co-nom I'm happy to bow out. Good luck to you! FlyingToaster 17:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
As for the first point, I just thought you might think it weird, if that happens. I do have some weird fears sometimes, so you'd best ignore that one ;-) SoWhy 17:24, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks both! --GedUK  18:53, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Although it's still your decision, you can still choose which co-nom (or both) you want to have. Just tell me how you decide. Regards SoWhy 19:17, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, as FT has withdrawn, i'd be very happy for you to co-nom :) --GedUK  19:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
I'd be happy to give it to you. Just poke me once the nomination page has been created. Regards SoWhy 19:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks :) --GedUK  10:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Cagney

Notes re. Leed;

1. Everything should be read as IMHO, it's all just suggestions and thoughts, but if I write 'maybe this' or 'perhaps that' it's a bit boring, so I'll just state ideas etc

2. It's in rough note form, so if you don't understand something, say so

common name at top, Jim Cagney? means reworking head

film star or movie star?

Is 'public enemy' significant enough to be in the leed?

best known TODAY scratch today

tap dancing kid could go from leed; it's a bit 'on its own'; is it important enough? (Maybe with the rework stated, leed will get smaller, which might be a good thing) If not removed then the word "first" is superfluous in "first started tap"

Re. "every sailor" - if there's no wikilink, you need to say what it was - a musical? Or, prob better, create a stub for it.

vaudeville 2 links within leed

I don't know, but "on the vaudeville tour" may be better as just "in vaudeville" if that's the right expression? (Not my field)

"Cagney secured " > He secured

Penny arcade - again, make stub? Or specify movie, whatever. But stub would be better.

Warners - wikilink

Para starting "Cagney's seventh film " - tense should be consistent, not "would become..." and "became". Maybe the para could be reworded to join 1st 2 sentences; tricky, so I'll stop thinking about it for now.

"After this film" can prob be "Afterwards" (depending on above)

wikilink hollywood

"1938 saw Cagney" > 1938 saw him

Re. Acadamy award - consider rewording so it's linear, ie 1938 nominated 1942 won 1955 nominated again Re. "Cagney retired for 20 years in 1961, returning for a part in Ragtime mainly to aid his recovery from a stroke." - maybe better to expand on this a little; possibly too much info to cram into 1 short sentence. E.g. "Cagney retired in 1961, (some stuff he did) before suffering a stroke in 1977. (something about the stroke) returned for a part in Ragtime..."

Consider moving the "Cagney walked out" para around with the previous one, so it's all in linear time, if that can be done

"Jack Warner called him The Professional Againster," - we don't really know what that means; needs further clarification if it's going to say 'but he made tours' etc. I guess it means he was accused of cowardice?

Who is "Billie"? I guess (from infobox) Frances Cagney? Needs writing out (with nickname as well, perhaps) - infact, leed maybe ought to say when married (date).

"private life private" maybe would read better as "private life to himself" or "reclusive"

"He was a farmer in his private life, " repetition of private life

"contributed either time or funds " maybe better "contributed both time and funds " if factual

wikilink Democrats and Republicans

"His politics moved from liberal to 'arch-conservative' by the end of his life" maybe better "Towards the end of his life, his politics moved from liberal to 'arch-conservative'"

--  Chzz  ►  11:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Bio

Asides

  • wikilinks - some redirects, e.g. [[New York, New York|New York City]] is a redirect to
  • Just stumbled across this, he was on a stamp; might be worth a mention? pic
  • Also re. pics, FAC might object to images on the left, especially at the top of a section, as in Return to Warner Bros. (1938-1942) (I think that's a no-no; check MOS)
  • Red wikilink A Lion Is In The Streets

Right, on with the reading; Bio/early life;

wikilink Norwegian

"Cagney’s mother, " > His mother

"his maternal grandfather was a Norwegian ship captain[2] while his maternal grandmother was an Irish American." maybe "her father was a Norwegian ships captain and her mother was Irish American." Even if not, I think it should be ships captain, and "was Irish..." not "was an Irish..."

Too many "Cagney" - check after rewriting; use 'he' where possible or combine sentences etc

"christened; " > christened. He later attributed this sickness...

"Stuyvesant High School in New York City in 1918" 2nd wikilink to "New York City" within this section (but for some reason uses the redirect "New York, New York" - that's prob why you didn't spot it before)

"Student Army Training Corps" is there an appropriate wikilink?

semester wikilink (please, because we're not all Americans!)

"Spanish flu epidemic" the wikilink should probably be the whole phrase, not just the 2 words, otherwise it looks like it will link to the disease rather than the specific incident. And, was it a pandemic (as that article says) or an epidemic? Should be consistent.

"He had a range of jobs early in his life, and all his earnings were given..." > "..and gave all his earnings..." (active voice)

"He was a good street fighter, fighting on his older med-student brother Harry's behalf when it was required,[16] taking on all-comers as necessary." - this sentence has poor grammer, there's several options, here is one; "He was a good street fighter, and defended his older brother, Harry, who was a medical student." - but that doesn't get in the 'all comers' part. Whatever you decide, 'medical student' needs to be written out in full.

"He was good enough for hHis coaches to encouraged him to turn professional, thoughbut his mother would not allow himit."

"baseball for a local side" maybe local team is better

"Harry, appeared on-stage" - I don't think "on stage" should be hyphenated; but, anyway, wouldn't "acted" be better? "One night, however, Harry was ill; James was not an understudy, but his photographic memory of rehearsals allowed him to stand in for his brother without making a single mistake." >

--  Chzz  ►  12:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Fab, thanks. They're pretty well all done now. :) --GedUK  14:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Part 3

A couple of things I noticed whilst reading around;

  • Some sources seem to say that his eyes are green
  • Re. speaking Yiddish (later in the article) - he seems to have spoke a few lines in Yiddish in some films, this might be worth a mention

Carrying on from "Early career (1919-1930)";

colleague who had already seen him dance

Add wikilink to Peabody (dance) (and maybe link from there to cagney)

"He did not find it odd, nor was he embarrassed at playing a woman on stage" > "He did not find it odd to play a woman, nor was he embarrassed."

natural shy persona when he stepped onto the stageacting: "For there [on stage] I am not myself. (to avoid repeats of 'on stage')

"as a brokerage house runner." - can you add wikilinks to clarify?

stage work, however, and

"$40 a week was sent back to his mother" > "he send $40 back to his mother"

"he also actedworked as a dresser " (acted maybe confusing in this context)

portered - maybe wikilink

"Archie Leach—who would famously change his name to Cary Grant" May need rewording, as I don't think he was famous for changing his name...maybe something like "Archie Leach, who later became Cary Grant" or something like that; not sure of the wording here.

"break into acting." - repeat; maybe just "act"?

"Cagney's dance studio " - this hasn't been mentioned before; maybe needs to be said before that they/he set up a studio? "enduring failure along the way by attempting to make money on the stage." sounds odd; maybe "when attempting" or "endured failure...when they attempted..."


"only got the part of "Little Red" > the role of (avoid repeat) also, next word, "since" > "because"?

"assumed he got the part because his hair was redder "> assumed he got it as his hair was more red

Nevertheless, bBoth the play...

"magazine wrote: "Mr. Cagney, in " I think this should be comma, not colon; check MOS etc, ie wrote, "Mr Cagney...

"mock-trial scene something that man" - comma needed? check quote

I can't see where you think there should be a comma? There isn't one in the quote anyway. --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

"Broadway " - is there a wikilink to this musical?

No, Broadway (play) just redirects back to the author. --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

"However, despite Cagney's discomfort in doing so, the show's management insisted that he copy Broadway lead Lee Tracy's performance. " - reword to avoid starting with "however" - maybe; The show's management insisted that he copy Broadway lead Lee Tracy's performance, despite Cagney's discomfort. ...and maybe combine with next sentence with "and, the day before..." etc?

"apart from the logistical difficulties this presented—their luggage was in the hold of the ship and the couple had given up their apartment—he almost quit show business." not sure about this phrase, "apart from..." because the idea of quitting was not another disaster, it was his choice because of the situation. Maybe reword?

I'm not seeing the problem, sorry. Could you re-explain? --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

"run-of-the-play contracts" - needs explanation

Equity - wikilink?

"understudy role to Tracy on the Broadway show," - who or what is Tracy? and what show?

The show Broadway and Lee Tracy, both from the previous para. Does that need more clarification in the article? --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

"Cagney was exhausted after both acting and " > Cagney was exhausted from acting and ...

"choreographer, and the show received rave reviews.[39] This production was followed by Grand Street Follies of 1929" maybe better as choreographer. The show received rave reviews, and was followed by Grand Street Follies of 1929

(Or maybe just remove the year part from the titles and reword, using just Grand Street Follies, and just use "continued the following year"? "because of the talent that directed them" maybe "because of the directors talent " --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Hmm, i see where you're coming from, but i've no evidence that the 1929 show only existed because of that, there could have been numerous reasons. --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, more when I get the chance, cheers. --  Chzz  ►  12:56, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for this, i'm out and about most of saturday, so i'll get onto this, and the recommendations in the GA review on Sunday. --GedUK  17:12, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

  Done Though some outstanding queries. --GedUK  16:15, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Ged (I'll refrain from greeting you with "Churz me ol babber!"), and thanks for your support in my RfA, which passed successfully with 83 support votes, 0 oppose votes and 2 neutrals. Bring on that mop indeed! Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 15:25, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure :) --GedUK  15:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 9 March 2009

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:

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Non-Malayali Keralites versus Kerala ethnic groups

You made a comment on the AfD discussion for Non-Malayali Keralites. I did an attempt at a more neutral article as an alternative, Kerala ethnic groups, which I am sure needs a great deal of work but I think would be less controversial. One or the other should go. I would appreciate your comment in the AfD discussion. Aymatth2 (talk) 03:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Cagney barnspam

  The WikiProject Films Award
I,  Chzz  ► , hereby award Ged UK the WikiProject Films Award for his/her valued contibutions to WikiProject Films. Congratulations on the GA of James Cagney.
Awarded 19:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Only my second one :) Thanks for all your help too. Feel free to carry on! --GedUK  20:06, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Let me add my congratulations to the list!! I'll extend them for Rossrs for now, until he gets home from holiday and can do so himself. Good work!! Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:37, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Co-nom

I didn't want to spam on Amalthea's talk page further, so I'll post it here: It's not forbidden to have multiple co-noms but 2 or 3 are the usual level. But I do not know if it were such a good idea to co-nom with Flying Toaster. Let's face it, my oppose was elemental to fail her recent RFA and it might be somewhat strange if I co-nommed with her. Generally speaking, without wanting to imply anything or insult her, I am not sure her co-nom is a good idea at this moment. Her failed RFA is very recent and some people might assume that her judgment in those areas you want to work in, especially CSD, is not very sound. Of course, you have that problem with any nom, that people will be influenced by their actions, so it's probably just some silly fear of mine. My offer still stands of course, it's your decision to make. Regards SoWhy 15:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I did think of that. I'll mention this to her and see what she thinks. --GedUK  16:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
I've seen you transcluded, good luck with it. PS: You forgot to accept the noms ;-) SoWhy 15:56, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
It's inside the comment, but I don't want to repair it now since that would include forging your signature. :) --Amalthea 15:59, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Strangely laid out template, and I was following the instructions so carefully! --GedUK  16:44, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Acceptance on RfA

Just to let you know you haven't formally accepted the nomination on your RfA, I don't think it matters too much in this case as you clearly approve of the RfA, but some one will point it out sooner or later, so I thought I would be that person. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Solved the problem! You had accepted it was just hidden in comment tags that were left from the template. Camaron | Chris (talk) 16:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi

hi ged, i didn't know it was only for league goals..hmm, why is it counting only the league goals? and thanks for your message..it's helping and teaching me more if i want to edit things in the future.

(excuse me if my grammer is not so good,english is not my first language)

Cheers, Neil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coheneil (talkcontribs) 17:30, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi there, It's generally because it's the fairest way of comparing players, because not every club is in as many tournaments as each other, whereas every club is in a league. Your grammar is fine :) You should also sign your posts on talk pages with four tildes, like this ~~~~ :) --GedUK  18:01, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Error

Hi, you left the following message on my page. I've never accessed the article mentioned (never even heard of the guy) and also it's not my IP address. Maybe you're overdoing the editing and need a break :) Just thought I'd let you know so that you can pass this on to the right person.

User talk:78.150.182.3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search [edit] March 2009 Your recent edit to the page Rafael Benítez appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any other tests that you may do and take a look at the welcome page, if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. --GedUK 16:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC) If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.Albanman (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. I haven't edited your page, which the page history shows. I did make the edit to 78.150.182.3 (talk · contribs) talk page however. I can only assume that before you logged in, you saw that message, which would indicate that it is your IP address. If it's not, well it's just some internet vagary I can't explain! --GedUK  19:10, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the feedback. I know my IP address and it's certainly not 78.150.182.3, so it must be a strange internet situation, as you say. You're correct in thinking that I saw it before I logged in; my mistake in saying that you had edited my page. Thanks again.Albanman (talk) 10:01, 15 March 2009 (UTC)