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Commissioner's Trophy (MLB)

After removing that talk page banner, this is now the only portion of the soon-to-be-featured topic on Awards in Major League Baseball that isn't under this project's bailiwick. Additionally, I read the talk page discussion you pointed to, but I didn't really understand the consensus, nor do I agree with it. Could you clarify for me? KV5 (Talk • Phils) 00:16, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

The Commissioner's Trophy doesn't fall within the scope of WP:WPAW because it is an award handed out as a result of a competition, not as a result of a selection based on performance like the Nobel Prize. This is why the Stanley Cup, a FA, doesn't falls within the scope of the project also. Besides, just because this article doesn't fall within this project, doesn't mean the entire topic doesn't fall within this project. Of course, if you disagree, you can always start a new discussion, but this is where the current consensus stands.—Chris!c/t 01:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Possible TyrusThomas4lyf follow-up

Just a quick note regarding possible TyrusThomas4lyf activity. The suspected user appears to have moved from IPs 75.22.238.193 (talk · contribs · logs) and 99.145.211.131 (talk · contribs · logs) to Hoops gza (talk · contribs · logs). — Myasuda (talk) 14:05, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on this.—Chris!c/t 18:28, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. First thing, Misplaced Pages:Featured list candidates/List of Oklahoma Sooners head basketball coaches/archive1 needs a review, so if you have the time, could you take a look? Second thing, the BBHOF list is not getting any reviewer love, and is just languishing at the bottom of the FLC list. Do you think we should withdraw it if it doesn't get any more reviews by the middle of next week, and re-submit after five days? Dabomb87 (talk) 17:14, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Does the BBHOF list has enough consensus to pass? It already has 2 supports and no oppose.—Chris!c/t 18:38, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Followed-up comment: If it doesn't have enough consensus, then I guess withdrawal or simply letting the nom ended as not promoted are the only options left.—Chris!c/t 22:51, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
I (obviously) can't close it. Anyway, I'll ask TRM to take a look. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:11, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

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Kiki Vandeweghe

I'm sure that this is just a misunderstanding on your part, but Kiki Vandeweghe has not been officially named head coach. Furthermore, even after his predicted official announcement, he will NOT assume operations as head coach until at least Thursday morning. That's right, he will not be the head coach of the New Jersey Nets in their NBA game Wednesday night. That position would that of Tom Barrise. KIKI VANDEWEGHE IS NOT THE CURRENT HEAD COACH. Thank you.Hoops gza (talk) 00:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hoops is right. The article says "Vandeweghe will take over at Thursday's practice and coach the Nets beginning with Friday's game against the Charlotte Bobcats", so we will have to wait a couple of days before updating. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:58, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I guess if you argue on technicality that he has yet to coach a game, he is not the head coach. But I don't think that this is the right way to look at this.—Chris!c/t 03:28, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
True. But I don't think it's worth arguing over a technicality that is only temporary. Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:33, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Agree, so I let this go. :) Cheers—Chris!c/t 04:11, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: Featured Lists

No objections on my end. Geologik (talk) 00:43, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hey there. Can you take a second look at the above FLRC? You !voted "delisted" a few weeks ago, but someone has started to work on the list, so if you could provide further suggestions for improvement, that would be great. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 00:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Tracy McGrady

Hey, are you sure this violates WP:NOT#FORUM? To me it seemed like a legit attempt to justify the content he added to his article, although it's quite assertive. I think it would be easy to argue that the current voting results violate WP:NOT#NEWS anyway. —LOL /C 23:05, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I might have been a bit too quickly to revert. There has been persistent attempt to insert something about Tracy McGrady All Star Game promotion to various articles. I thought the edit has something to do with that. But it looks like I was wrong. So, I'll be more careful next time.—Chris!c/t 23:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

UH.... check www.nba.com Tracy McGrady IS on path to play in 2010 NBA All-Star Game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.58.90.228 (talk) 01:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

re: Differential

Fair enough. Actually, though, I really meant to say that you couldn't subtract averages at one significant figure. If you subtracted the exact averages, you'd be okay. I did assume that you were subtracting averages with one significant figure since the reference you provided at http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1996/splits/ only gives averages with one significant figure and no totals. But I guess you were really pulling the data from somewhere else. Thanks for fixing up the table format. — Myasuda (talk) 03:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

NCAA Basketball awards

I noticed you amazing efforts to get all of the NBA awards up to a FT. I was wondering if you would want to help out work on all of the national college awards for the NCAA. Currently, they are not in good shape and several articles are missing. Let me know if you would be interested. Remember (talk) 18:05, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Cool. No rush. This can be more of a long term goal. Remember (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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Copycat

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I stole your idea for a list of featured / good content and made my own variation at User:Arsenikk/GA. Thanks for the good idea :) Arsenikk 23:26, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I don't mind. :)—Chris!c/t 23:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks

Hey, I liked what you did by sorting the winning streak list. Could you please apply the same thing here?--Hoops gza (talk) 23:54, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I am in the process of doing so.—Chris!c/t 00:03, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
17 games is chosen to be the minimum because it is very difficult to find a comprehensive listing of lesser streaks, due to the fact that lesser streaks occur more frequently.Hoops gza (talk) 00:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC) Expanding the list is not a good idea imo.--Hoops gza (talk) 00:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

The issue I have with extending it to 16 games is that even the link you pointed out is no longer a comprehensive list since it is missing some 16 game streaks (both recent and past). In addition, that link does not include streaks that carried across two seasons; it only includes single-season streaks. This list is already likely to be missing several streaks that carried across two seasons, and if we were to extend the list to include 16 games, it would increase the number of missing streaks.--Hoops gza (talk) 01:15, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Fair enough, perhaps the NBA will update its official list at some point in the near future. That would obviously be helpful. Of course, there is also the added factor that the 16-game streaks are the least "notable". As teams continue to streak for more than 16 games, the 16 game streaks seem to "dilute" the list's notability more.--Hoops gza (talk) 01:32, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

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Just checking to see if you noticed Wizardman's question. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Also, would you mind commenting on the table alignment issue at Misplaced Pages:Featured list candidates/List of Oklahoma Sooners in the NBA and WNBA Drafts/archive1? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 21:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the prompt response. Back to the Bobcats roster FLC, did you address Staxringold's question too? Cheers, Dabomb87 (talk) 04:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Everything done.—Chris!c/t 04:58, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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List of 2008–09 NBA season transactions

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Leo Ryan

Thanks for offering to help out, at Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1. I addressed everything at Talk:Leo Ryan/GA1, except for the first point - alt text. Perhaps you could do that one? Cirt (talk) 00:10, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Alt text is my weakness but I will try to do it.—Chris!c/t 03:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks very much! Keep me posted, Cirt (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your help!!! Cirt (talk) 20:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

United States Secretary of Transportation

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Saw media FLC

Hello, I believe I have addressed your comments at the FLC for List of Saw media. Thanks for the comments, GroundZ3R0 002 01:48, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Banned/suspended players

Well, I'm not sure. In normal usage, "suspension" implies a temporary dismissal, so it wouldn't be the same as a permanent ban. But I don't know how the NBA differentiates between the two terms.

It might be easier for you to focus on suspensions for on-court incidents. That way, you wouldn't have to worry about the druggies, or the guys who gambled in college. I can't think of any player who was permanently banned for an on-court incident. Not even Kermit Washington. Zagalejo^^^ 05:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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Featured review

Can you tell me how to sort the columns of "Built", "Construction", and "Buildings", in the article of List of tallest residential buildings in the world


Nabil rais2008 (talk) 16:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


I have sorted all the columns.

Nabil rais2008 (talk) 15:34, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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Resource request filled

A bit late but it has been filled.--droptone (talk) 18:38, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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I have restarted the nomination because the consensus is unclear. Please check back at the FLC to ensure your concerns have been addressed. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:41, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the article: "National Basketball Association"

Hi Chris,

Countries in sports leagues (just like cultures in a democratic society) should be listed in their alphabetical order rather than strength (i.e. no. of teams) in order to be treated fairly. Thanks.

124.185.163.195 (talk) 12:20, 21 February 2010 (UTC)Andy

There is no such rule on Misplaced Pages.—Chris!c/t 19:28, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Chris,

What I said is a common sense,not a rule or anything, just felt unfair for Cananda, that's all. Besides, who made the rule for countries or whatever listed first to be 'more' important than others? Why can't you ppl reverse that thinking and treat things listed last on a list as the most important? If your theory is right, why do NBA home teams always list visiting teams first? Aren't their own teams more important than their visiting teams? Think about it man.

124.185.163.195 (talk) 08:12, 23 February 2010 (UTC) Andy

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Hi- I am fairly new to wikipedia- mostly I have been correcting spelling and reverting vandalism found in the recent changes page. I noticed you reverted stuff too, so I thought you might know what the colored numbers (green or red) in each item of the recent changes page mean. Please let me know at my talk page. Thanks! E2eamon (talk) 01:40, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank You. Yes- it does. I don't know why I didn't think of that- it makes perfect sense. Thanks so much. E2eamon (talk) 01:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

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Vandalism

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Oh- I completely thought you were an admin- never bothered to check. Ok. —Preceding unsigned comment added by E2eamon (talk • contribs) 23:28, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

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NBA infobox

Any idea how to change it from the current format to the NFL format?Beast from da East (talk) 05:00, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I only support merging NBAretired into the active NBA player template. Since I am not an expert on template and the merging process looks complex, I suggest you talk to User:LOL to see if he can help.—Chris!c/t 19:49, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Fyi, we have to keep some of the parameter names that lack underscores; otherwise, there will be information missing when we replace the code of the NBA Player and NBAretired infoboxes because the current tranclusions use those (soon-obsolete) parameter names. Also, "birthplace" is actually a word in the dictionary, so I'd like to remove the underscore. —LOL /C 06:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

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Template:Infobox NBA Draft

Thanks for making the changes on the Template:Infobox NBA Draft and the subsequent changes on the draft articles, the infobox looks better without those "n/a" rows. Cheers! — Martin tamb (talk) 08:26, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

I just noticed that the recent changes made the infobox shifted down by one row (see the difference between the old version and the new version), which made the whole article also shifted down creating a blank row between "" and the first sentence of the lead. Both IE7 and Firefox3 browsers showed the same issue so it probably wasn't a browser issue. I tried to fix the issue and found that the gap would be gone if the "First selection" parameters was not an optional parameter. I wasn't really familiar with the infobox codes and couldn't understand why this happens. Maybe you can have a better opinion and solution for this. — Martin tamb (talk) 09:04, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I notice that, too. But I don't know how to fix. So, I am going to ask someone about this.—Chris!c/t 17:04, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
For now, I just change the "First selection" parameter to non-optional since every draft must have a first selection.—Chris!c/t 17:20, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Fyi, I think the mix of |- and <tr> causes a glitch. If you remove the wikitable row |- that immediately precedes <!-- end #ifexpr: -->, then the output doesn't contain a leading line break—at least in my preview. —LOL /C 02:58, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Got it, thanks—Chris!c/t 00:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

New bball page to clean up?

I think you do an awesome job at cleaning up and expanding basketball articles. I know you have a proclivity toward NBA pages, but I was wondering if you'd be interested in cleaning up List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game? It's a page that I feel plays to your strengths (among them, the abilities to make a page very aesthetically appealing and to make list-pages fluid and interesting). If you don't want to I understand, but I just thought you might like to give it a shot. Cheers. Jrcla2 (talk) 15:51, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Look interesting. I will see what I can do.—Chris!c/t 17:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Comment

The Kobe Bryant quad-double stat never happened, he might've had 10 turnovers one game but never 10 blocks and he was never defensive player of the year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.9.238.1 (talk) 19:02, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Fixed, it was vandalism.—Chris!c/t 00:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hoping for more time later this week; the rebounding list is on my to-review queue. By the way, do you follow college basketball? I've seen some pretty impressive performances from West Coast teams (St. Mary's and Washington) in the NCAA tournament thus far. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:53, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok. And yes, I follow college basketball.—Chris!c/t 05:20, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
Heh, you made the same mistake as me. Should be "Chrishomingtang", not "YourName". Dabomb87 (talk) 02:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Oh, thanks—Chris!c/t 02:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

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NBA Infobox 2.0

LOL has done an amazing job on the infobox and has done pretty much everything we have asked, are you ready to lauch it? Beast from da East (talk) 01:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for volunteering! Here's the .xml source. I left comments in the Find and Replace menu. You'll have to watch out for the former_teams update because the script might add "free agent" to it, and will not add the year range. Also, look out for any errors, especially in some of the more complicated tasks (such as league_link, former_teams, and highlights) because it's impossible to take into account all of the nonstandard entries, such as the case where there are two leagues in the league parameter. If there are any persistent errors, then let me know. —LOL /C 22:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that you'll have to fill in draft_round for cases where only the overall pick is given. —LOL /C 22:37, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Hang on a sec, I found an error with the multiplication sign. —LOL /C 02:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Found it. You just need to modify the first Find and Replace entry; see this diff. —LOL /C 02:55, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: . What's the error and on what article did you find it? —LOL /C 03:18, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you have the problem with the multiplication sign because it just worked for me. My guess is that you copied it wrong when I asked you to do that fix earlier. I've just updated it to replace "-time" with the multiplication sign anyway, so can you update your settings again and give it another try? —LOL /C 03:36, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I've updated it again to avoid another Nate Robinson. Are you familiar with IRC? If so, then I'd rather message you there instead of bombarding your talk page. —LOL /C 03:59, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I never use IRC before. Do I need to install any software to use it?—Chris!c/t 04:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Software would help if you knew how to use them, but for a quick and dirty way to get connected, go to http://webchat.freenode.net/ and join the channel #wpnba. I can idle in there tonight. I think the main drawback of the web client is you won't be prompted about any messages, but I suppose I can make a dummy edit on your talk page whenever there's something I need you to see. —LOL /C 05:05, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you should just disable the multiplication sign replacement since it doesn't seem to work for you. I don't know where the encoding error is coming from. —LOL /C 00:50, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I fixed the multiplication sign replacement through the Find & Replace window on AWB. So, it works fine now.—Chris!c/t 01:00, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I introduced an error with former_teams. —LOL /C 05:42, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

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NBA All-Star Weekend H–O–R–S–E Competition

I know you're the guy to see when it comes to FL relating to NBA material, so I thought I'd toss the NBA All-Star Weekend H–O–R–S–E Competition article your way. I created it in June 2009 and have done 99.9% of the work on it as it stands right now, but given that every other NBA list (especially All-Star related) is a FL under your direction, I'm requesting that you top off this article to make it a FL as well. It will help add to your NBA featured topic(s) that I think you're trying to aim for. Plus, I have a lot of other college basketball articles that I have in my queue to clean up or create, and so I don't have the time or mental will power to finish this article off to be a FL. Could you help out, and if it becomes a FL then we'd both get due credit as the major contributors? Jrcla2 (talk) 22:23, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

It looks good and I don't mind helping. But unfortunately it is way too short to be an FL. The unwritten rule is that a list has to have at least 10 items.—Chris!c/t 23:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Ahh I didn't know that. Oh well, only 8 more years until it's eligible haha. Jrcla2 (talk) 00:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Steal and block leaders

Great job on both lists, now the five major statistics are complete! By the way, are you planning to submit a DYK for both of them? — Martin tamb (talk) 10:17, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

No. If you want, you can do the DYK.—Chris!c/t 23:41, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Okay, it's done, hopefully the nominations is successful and will increase the page view for both lists. — Martin tamb (talk) 08:23, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

You have an error on the steals article. You forgot to include John Stockton as another player who has won two steals titles. Drew Barton —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.134.58.226 (talk) 15:06, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out.—Chris!c/t 19:44, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Chris Cohan

Is it neutral to only make positive additions and delete well reference and objective postings? No

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Totally amusing, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 22:49, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 April newsletter

Round two is over, and we are down to our final 32. For anyone interested in the final standings (though not arranged by group) this page has been compiled. Congratulations to Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions), our clear overall round winner, and to Colombia ThinkBlue (submissions) and Norway Arsenikk (submissions), who were solidly second and third respectively. There were a good number of high scorers this round- competition was certainly tough! Round three begins tomorrow, but anything promoted after the end of round two is eligible for points. 16 contestants (eight pool leaders and eight wildcards) will progress to round four in two months- things are really starting to get competitive. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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Can you comment on the naming issue Arsenikk brought up at this FLC? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for List of National Basketball Association season blocks leaders

Updated DYK queryOn May 5, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of National Basketball Association season blocks leaders, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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DYK for List of National Basketball Association season steals leaders

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Template policy discussion

You are invited to help consider a common template policy for all WP:SPORTS biography articles at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sports#Template_policy_discussion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Chicago Bulls FT

Have you thought of pursuing a WP:GT or WP:FT with the Chicago Bulls. I see you and Zagalejo (talk · contribs) have taken both List of Chicago Bulls head coaches and List of Chicago Bulls seasons to WP:FL.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I did but I have never written an FA before. But if you want to help, then that would be great.—Chris!c/t 04:21, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
I would suggest two things. 1. Inquire at WP:FTQ about what articles would make a complete set. 2. start out by shooting for a WP:GT. (I.e., get the Bulls up to WP:GA level first). Zagalejo (talk · contribs) mentioned on my talk page that he did not want to do it by himself, but that he would help out. You could work together towards a GT first and then shoot for FT.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:49, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Find out at FTQ what articles would comprise the complete topic. I will let you know when I understand what the topic is.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Seeing the topic, most of the lists are uninteresting to me. I might help out on the stadia (especially the past ones) and the overall Bulls article if this gets going.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
The only two articles that I would commit to would be the two old stadia. The full Bulls article is a bit much for me to drive, but I would help out and the same for the United Center. I don't like to get involved in highly active pages that take a lot of monitoring work. I am not much of a page watcher. I like pages that I can create and let go.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:31, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Question: Have you ever played full-court basketball?

I was a pretty good basketball player in my youth and even made a basket at a full-court game at halftime of a Buffalo Braves game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:35, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played - coloring

However, for coloring, would conventions require that the entire line be highlighted, as opposed to just one spot on a line? In addition, active players and Hall of Famers had the same color when you did it. Just make sure that active players are one color, and Hall of Famers are another (Shaquille O'Neal was in the color for Hall of Famer). --AEMoreira042281 (talk) 02:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Just color the name cell is fine. In the case of Shaquille O'Neal, I probably made a mistake.—Chris!c/t 03:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

1966 Expansion Draft

I figured that list had waited long enough for its first comments :-). Hope they help you out. KV5 (Talk • Phils) 18:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I think I corrected the only real inaccuracy (the issue with the dates). Giants2008 mentioned other facts that haven't been included in the article. I'm not sure where we could put them, though. Zagalejo^^^ 23:12, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, I gave it a shot. Zagalejo^^^ 23:19, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

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NBA champions et al.

Congrats to your Lakers; it was a great game and series. I'll be off to sleep in a few minutes, and I expect you to hold down the fort :) Just kidding; let's just hope the damage isn't too bad come tomorrow. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:21, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Right. :)—Chris!c/t 04:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

The # sign

If you want it like that, then why don't we change 2009 NBA Finals page? ActivExpression 01:19, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes. The 2009 NBA Finals page should change as well.—Chris!c/t 01:31, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
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