User talk:Sjorford

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Archive 1

AFC Sudbury/Temp

Hey, I just ran across this, well Whobot did :) I see it was your temp article until the other one was through with copyvio. I see that is done now and wondered if you were through with the temp file. Thanks. «»Who ?¿?^meta 10:01, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, done. Thanks for the reply and the rv of the anon. Cheers. «»Who ?¿?^meta 10:51, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

TAMWORTH

i'm tammie born 'n' bred and i can assure you it's pronounced 'tammoth (as well, of course, as tamworth) in tamworth... 85.57.160.190 19:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

browser problems

thanks for telling me about that, i really had no idea. ill try to check my reverts to make sure they went ok from now on. sorry about that. --Phinnaeus • T+Σ 19:57, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Eng-club-stub renamed to England-footyclub-stub

I noticed several of your user subpages linked to it, so I thought I'd let you know it's been renamed to {{England-footyclub-stub}} (as decided on WP:SFD). --Mairi 06:12, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ta! sjorford #£@%&$?! 11:47, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of British MPs not elected from a major party

I could fill in some, though not all, of the details on the List of MPs not from a major party. PatGallacher 11:31, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Revert on Manchester United F.C.

Thanks for doing that. File:Yemen flag large.png CTOAGN (talk) 17:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Player list page

Hi Sjorford - I'm making a subpage with a list of football players by country. Since you've already done something like that (on a rather bigger scale though!), I was just wondering if you could tell me if there is another way of getting the lists other than copy-paste from the respective category pages. Thanks. Aabha (talk) 13:17, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

< and > xml codes

I created them because I tried to look up the codes on wikipedia and didn't see anything, so... If I looked for the page, someone else might, so it might add some value to wikipedia. In other words, why not? Disambig pages are cheap. --Quasipalm 14:40, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't realize that they wouldn't come up through search; I usually bypass search and go directly for the URL myself, which is how I came to the page to begin with. I still think they are harmless at least and potentially useful to someone at best; but if you want to put up an AfD, that's fine. --Quasipalm 19:08, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Jackson move

I'm not really sure this does need to be moved, and it certainly shouldn't be moved without discussion at Wikipedia:Requested moves first. sjorford (talk) 22:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late reply. I thought that the article needed to be moved as it would be more recognisable to the readers; there are over 15 "Michael Jacksons" on Wikipedia and this would set apart the "entertainer" from the "actor" or the "politician" etc (Please see: Wikipedia:naming conventions (precision)). The name would be similar to other artists with popular names (like Madonna's, whose page was renamed Madonna (entertainer) just to distinguish her from the other Madonna/Mary, Seal (musician) whose page is named as such to distinguished the person from Seal (device), Seal (1991 album) and so fourth.

Lastly, you stated that it should not be moved without discussion at Wikipedia:Requested moves, but that page is only for moves that require Admins or would otherwise prove controversial. As I thought that this edit wouldn't offend anyone, was commonsense, uncontroversal and simple, I made the change myself. I apologise if this edit crossed the line, and I realise that I should have even provided a brief explanation on the talk page; I was either very lazy—which is bad— or was rushing off the computer as I was late for work :). Sorry again. If you still have any concerns with any simple or Admin related actions, please dont hesitate to comment on it. (I will place this message on the talk page of the article.) Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 03:11, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Replied

i replied to u on my page, just letting u know incase im not on ur watchlist :) --Unforgettableid | Talk to me 22:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sportbio-stub census and restubbing

I'd like to get that out of the way ASAP so it can be archived on the proposals page. Anything I can do to help byond this nag? Caerwine Caerwhine 16:08, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Article improvement drive

Hi Sjorford,

The Football AID is restarting. The next project article is to be selected on January 1, 2006. Please look at the nominations and take part actively. Thanks. -Aabha (talk) 10:32, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merlyn-Rees

Cheers, I've PA at work so just pulled it of and pasted it. I thought that if you attributed the source you were cool. My mistake.

I'm also a bit of a British Politics geek so will probably talk again.

Cheers, M

10-year TV shows

Hi. Thanks for contributing to my work-in-progress. Question: how did you find it? I thought user temp pages were unlisted. No complaints - I wasn't planning to release my list into the world until it had a goodly amount of names on it. Cheers! 23skidoo 02:17, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd forgotten about "What links here". Please feel free to add any more shows that come to mind. Cheers! 23skidoo 16:25, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

British football transfer record

Steve Daley's fee was £1,437,500, and was on 5 September 1979, so was probably before Andy Gray. The BBC and the FA sites both call Trevor Francis the first £1 million player. Oldelpaso 12:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All the Manchester City reference books I have at hand use £1,437,500 for Daley. I seem to remember official club publications using that figure (it was a club record for about 15 years). I'll have to dig out Manchester: The Greatest City which is very well researched and ought to shed more light on the matter. Oldelpaso 14:46, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Central Devon

Hey - I have (re)started creating articles for the red links in Constituencies in United Kingdom General Election and notices a page of yours (the playpen?) linked to Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency).

Just wanted to let you know the page has now been created.

doktorb | words 17:37, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sylvia Heal

Thanks for comment. I have double checked. Sylvia Heal does not appear in the wikipedia List of current members of the British Privy Council nor is she listed as a privy councillor in the list of MPs held on the Parliamentary website. [1] It is not automatic that a deputy speaker is a privy councillor, indeed the current speaker was formally a deputy speaker but did not become a privy councillor until he was elected speaker in 2000. Unless she has slipped the lists I dont think she is a privy councillor.

Have removed stub for privy council Rob Streatham 21:47, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rotherham County F.C.

Hi Sjorford. I was going to nominate this article for speedy deletion under {{db-club}}, but I see you have linked to it at User:Sjorford/Football 1 on what seems to be a quite comprehensive list. Just wondering if you wouldn't mind expanding this little stub slightly. As the article stands, it doesn't sound like a very interesting club at all.:P Thanks, pfctdayelise 04:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree they should be used with caution... which is why I reversed mine as soon as I checked the whatlinkshere. Of course, I should've done that first. :) Thankyou. pfctdayelise 09:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Constituency changes

Hey - I've noticed your "playpen" links to a few more constituency articles that has recently been created. Blackpool North and Fleetwood, and Lancaster and Wyre, have been in for a while but your page linked to "...&..", which I hope you don't mind I've changed to fix the link.

On the Cotswold/Cotswolds article, I've not created a new page, just noted on the existing page that the name will change. Should do the same with Taunton/Taunton Deane, never got round to it.

I've only a few pages left on Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election to complete now - all fun doktorb | words 07:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have been nominated

Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sjorford 2, as it appears that someone has nominated you for adminship. Please be sure to sign your ~~life away~~ acceptance to the nomination at your convenience. Best regards, Hall Monitor 22:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a few questions that I feel are important. Alph a x ^τεχ 13:17, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Hi, Sjorford, Congratulations on Becoming a Sysop

Hey there. Congratulations, you've just been made a sysop! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except junk like "LALALALAL*&*@#@THIS_SUXX0RZ"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, ban anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on Votes for deletion (provided there's a consensus) for more than one week, protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.

Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun!

— Ilyan e p (Talk) 23:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC) [reply]

I would like to congratulate you on your recent success. You deserve it and have fun on your newly acquired responsibilities! S iva1979^{Talk to me} 13:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, congratulations sjorford, I know you will make an excellent addition to our talented pool of administrators. Best regards, Hall Monitor 22:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dear sjorford, I couldn't believe you were not an admin already; the shock blinded me for days. And we should talk about how to deal with MDY articles and Current events; see below. +sj + 00:27, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Khurshid Marwat

Hi, In trying to vote on second AfD I seem to have deleted the result of first. Sorry! I've copied it to the talk page but can't seem to be able to get it back where it belongs - I'm going to leave this for someone more knowledgeable to fix. Dlyons493 Talk 20:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Note that128.103.186.226 seems to have changed a vote from delete to keep in the previous AfD. There was been a lot of vandalism in the course of that AfD and there's already been one blanking incident on this one. Dlyons493 Talk 20:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Current events

There seem to be monthly current events pages for all years since the start of WP. And daily current events pages for a few of them; they should really be redirected... unless we want to reverse the process, and create daily CE pages for each day (and perhaps transclude them into the monthly page). +sj + 19:56, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rick Peters

Yes, I did mean to blank it for now (I was in the middle of working on the page, then I had to attend my classes). -Sstrieu 20:44, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Reversion

Hey Sjoford. I saw you'd previously reverted the article on Gillingham FC to an earlier version, which is why I come to you now. Again there's been vandalism on the page (albeit from an apparant GFC fan)- it has been done methodically and there might be something to salvage from it, but as it currently stands, there'd be a lot for me to edit to get it back to a | presentable state when a simple reversion would do the trick as easily. I will look thoroughly at what (if any) of the current version can be reinstated as an ongoing editor to the article when I get a few moments. Apologies if this isn't the way requests like this are usually done, I'm not overly familiar with the methodology of asking for something of this nature, and it seemed the most direct way. Many thanks in advance. --Lawlore 02:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Month Pages

I didn't notice the structure of the month pages until after I offered up the AfD. But I'm wondering... is that format the standard? I notice that the more recent months (February 2006, January 2006, December 2005, etc) are not structured in that manner. joturner 11:37, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the help there. JoshuaZ 00:08, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shane Meadows

Hello, I spotted Shane Meadows on your to-do page. I have recently created it per Wikipedia:Articles for creation. JIP | Talk 18:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming Category:England footballers

Further to our discussions the other day, I've now listed a proposed renaming it to Category:England international footballers at Categories for deletion. Any contributions you can make to the discussion would be very welcome. Qwghlm 23:06, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Once upon a time

What you removed was not a self refernce but a link to Wikipedia:Once upon a time...Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian)(talk):-(

Stuff I posted on US History

Thanks for comment. Being an administrator, hope you might help.

I'm a middle-school American history teacher and have been compiling subject-connected quotations -- "primary source documents" in US educrat talk. Since the connecting thread is the topic in American History -- WWI, Roaring 20s, Depression, New Deal, WW II -- regular Wikipedia seemed best place to post, as opposed to quotations on a specific topic or those of one specific source.

I hope I'm on the right track, my goal being to provide an on-line location for "primary sources" for my students and any other reader/student of US history wanting to use them.

ANY comments/help/remarks are very appreciated, this being my first attempt at posting.

[ From distressed to impressed ]

Thank you for your nice and kind comments on my first entry into this wikipedia world.

Your action to remove my entry of willimagine was well justified. Wekipedia is indeed not a place for self-pity or self-proclaim. I am sorry about my naivety and ignorance.

I am seeing your prompt and kind feedback as a source of support, from wikipedia, as well as from the e-communities in general. I am now gaining more confidence, and am still learning.

Thanks again and talk to you later.

Willimagine 09:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Cook

Props for the good article on Mr. Cook (the investigative journalist)! --84.68.72.46 20:49, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Endless article craziness

Hey. I very much agree with the comment you left on my talk page--in fact, you'll note I apologize for moving the page incorrectly on the requested moves page itself. However, I still can't fix the problems with the locations of this particular group of articles because I'm not an admin. Perhaps you can help me out. Here's the deal:

The Endless (comics) needs to be relocated to The Endless, as it's the primary use for the term. I can't do this, however, because The Endless is presently a redirect. The Endless (comics) should then probably be deleted or set to redirect to the new The Endless article. I'm not sure what the Wikipedia policy is on having articles with parenthetical tags that describe the main article page. My guess would be redirection.
Endless (comics), which is presently a mirror of The Endless (comics) (I didn't do this) should be turned into a redirect to the new The Endless (as changed above) or deleted.

The Endless (disambiguation) doesn't exist, so I can move the page(s) that are around already serving as disambig pages there, and I can also do all the other cleanup myself. I just can't move articles to locations in which something (erroneously) already exists. Want to help? Drasil 22:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]