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From alpha order to numerical? The Bulls is numerical but the Hawks, Celtics, Hornets are alpha order. I was going to change the Bulls back but wanted to see if I missed something. Rikster2 (talk) 15:27, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Not that I recall. I only remember making a comment about the rosters being alpha but the navs being numerical, but I dont think anyone cared. There was some other thread about automating WNBA templates.—Bagumba (talk) 15:36, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Looked like the Bulls was just oddball so I restored alpha order Rikster2 (talk) 15:41, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/190706-lakers-sign-cook-cousins-green

This is as official as it is going to get. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:641:500:11A4:AE:C83A:5A43:5484 (talk) 02:40, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. In the future, you can also use. {{Edit semi-protected}} on the respective article talk pages. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 03:10, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello Bagumba, I've noticed the Twitter post of Richard Jefferson that he is planning to return to the NBA, as shown on his post.

But the article was changed by someone and stating that he is currently a free agent, things in the article are little bit of messed up right now. If this is correct, according to his tweet that he will be playing one more season before retiring again. Regards. VictorTorres2002 (talk) 10:32, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@VictorTorres2002: Yes, it was sourced in the article that he is interested in playing again.—Bagumba (talk) 10:36, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@Bagumba:, Thanks a lot, I thought he has already officially retired after the 2017-18 season. Looks like we will see him play again soon. Thanks again. :-) VictorTorres2002 (talk) 10:40, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

@VictorTorres2002: You rarely really know if a player "officially" retires i.e. filed the paperwork with the league. At any rate, there's ways to get re-instated, so will just have to go off of his word.—Bagumba (talk) 10:46, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

According to Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN NBA insider, Kawhi Leonard signed a 4 year contract on LA Clippers worth $142M maximum contract with Paul George trade. Please read this article. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27129474/sources-clippers-land-leonard-george https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-clippers-kawhi-leonard-paul-george-trade-20190705-story.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaustria35 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi

WP:SPORTSTRANS for how these transactions are usually handled on Wikipedia. We usually want a reliable person speaking on the record, which often is when the team announces a deal. Regards.—Bagumba (talk

) 12:11, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Transaction related. Thanks Rikster2 (talk) 22:25, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Done. 1 wk.—Bagumba (talk) 03:27, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Can you see if the Marcus Morris Sr. Signing to the Knicks is official? Jake22923 (talk) 20:35, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jake22923: A good resource is https://www.nba.com/freeagents/2019/tracker. See if they list anyone under "New team". You can double-check with the news link that they usually provide, and see if it sounds legitimate too. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 05:33, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

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MOS:NICKNAME, part of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography, reads Most of the examples throughout this section illustrate usage in the title sentence, but are generally applicable to personal names in any encyclopedic text ... It's MOS:NICKNAME that is applicable to prose. The one you cites is related to the page title.—Bagumba (talk

) 07:58, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

And

MOS:NICKNAME reflects that, and says that "If a nickname is used in place of the subject's entire name, it is usually given separately". GiantSnowman

08:00, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

@GiantSnowman: I was under the impression it was a nickname replacing his given names, and not one that replaces his entire name. For example, he's mentioned as "Bra Ike Maphoto" at africantimesnews.co.za At any rate, I'm not too knowledgeable on him, so will defer to you if "Bra Ike" is used like "Scarface". Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 08:14, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

If the article was at 'Big Ike Maphotho' then I wouldn't have made the change - but a nickname he is given that is used in the media should not be in the opening name, hence why we don't have 'Paul "Gazza" Gascgoine' (though the nickname is mentioned later in the lede, which is fine). GiantSnowman 08:24, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

However for Earl Strickland, the MOS does say to use either Earl "the Pearl" Strickland; or: Earl Strickland, nicknamed "Earl the Pearl" At any rate, I'll leave it to others.—Bagumba (talk) 08:32, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

@GiantSnowman: Forgot to ping above.—Bagumba (talk) 08:37, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Hello, could you please revise the 2019-2020 Lakers roster, by having the assistant coach Phil Handy, becoming Phil Handy, for me to create the page today? Thank you 16 July 2019 Riodamascus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riodamascus (talk • contribs) 11:27, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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do this on your own. If not, please let me know the message you are seeing. Regards—Bagumba (talk

) 13:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, this is the message:
This page is semi-protected so that only autoconfirmed users can edit it. If you need help getting started with editing, see the Questions page. 11:00, 9 July 2018 Bagumba (talk | contribs) protected Los Angeles Lakers [Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) (Persistent vandalism: resume indef protection after temporary WP:ECP/ECP) (hist) (thank) View full log 16 July 2019 Riodamascus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riodamascus (talk • contribs) 14:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@Riodamascus: Looking here, it says you are a member of the "Autoconfirmed users" group. The message you are seeing is unnecessarily confusing the matter. I receive the same message; you should be able to edit still. On the other hand, if I log out and go to Template:Los Angeles Lakers roster, there is no "Edit" button, only "View source". Clicking on it shows: You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason ... Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 14:53, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

This user keeps adding the same content over and over again to Kawhi Leonard, using the same style of edit summaries as if it is the first time. They have been reverted many times and appears to can't let go of the exact wording they added originally. Is this grounds for a block? DaHuzyBru (talk) 07:48, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

I'd normally like to see a talk page discussion, but too many other editors have been reverting this. Blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 18:53, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

This user has done it again here. Another, longer block? DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:41, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Done.—Bagumba (talk) 05:56, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

bruh 6’10” 225 pounds is NOT a SF. I don’t understand why you won’t let me change him to PF. Whatever... it’s not like anyone checks anyways... MrSplashman77 (talk) 12:55, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

It’s your prerogative if you choose to ignore the common theme on your talk page.—Bagumba (talk) 13:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi Bagumba, I saw your name on the WikiProject Baseball page, and am in need of some help with a page that was recently rejected (Draft:Adam_Klein_(baseball)). If you'd be willing to help me, please let me know. Thank you very much in advance. Take care. --WikiWriter135 (talk) 23:26, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

In most of the world football refers to association football not american football. Do not change american football players articles to football or I will report you. Thank you Jozamba (talk) 19:39, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

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MOS:TIES allows for American English on American subjects.—Bagumba (talk

) 19:47, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

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WP:WABBITSEASON?—Bagumba (talk

) 20:00, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:03, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused on what the consensus is at this point? If we're basing it off of the 2011 discussion, then it seems there was no consensus to include the dunk contest or three point contest winners either, yet they are included in infoboxes consistently. I've had numerous movements to get minor things changed on pages over the years, yet I usually have no luck and I'm told that there is no "consensus". I'm well aware of the definition of the word, I'm more so confused about how innovations to NBA players pages, infoboxes, and leads can come about if consensus is such a mystery (at least to me). I've read

Is this the best place to ask/challenge/reiterate consensus? Frequently, there are not many responses and when there are, it is usually someone pointing out the fact that consensus hasn't been met. RichieConant34 (talk) 23:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

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WP:BRD. Let me know if you have further questions.—Bagumba (talk

) 02:19, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

When you do a search on desktop, the number of found results shows on top. Like on Google News for search of "perry young" basketball, it shows "About 251 results (0.10 seconds)". This doesn't show on mobiles though. Alternatively, there's https://trends.google.com/, which is the number of times people have used the search term.—Bagumba (talk) 07:04, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

... what being the primary article means:

WP:DRV included) are just a crap shoot on who shows up. That being said, it's not earth shattering, so I'm not going to stress out about these RMs. BTW, Mark Jackson MR is still open, if you still wanted to make a more formal !vote (i.e. boldface) there for the record.—Bagumba (talk

) 07:04, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for your valuble feedback on the ITN RD. I will try and improve this article based on your suggestions. DBigXrayᗙ 07:01, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

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LilKoolAid56 has been changing the listed team of notable NBA stars like Andre Drummond, Klay Thompson, Jaylen Brown, and Bradley Beal. I left a message on his talk page yesterday, but he has continued. RichieConant34 (talk) 17:17, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

@RichieConant34: I warned them that unsourced edits could lead to a block. Let me know if that didn't stop it.—Bagumba (talk) 17:37, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

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This user is a vandalism-only account. Continued to do so despite my warning. DaHuzyBru (talk) 12:42, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Blocked.—Bagumba (talk) 12:56, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Bagumba Thanks a lot for for your help and good work in improving this article. I have corrected the first statement and moved the second to the talk page. Please see if you can now support this ITN/C. Today is the last chance to promote this article since it has become stale due to more recent ones already promoted to ITNC. --DBigXrayᗙ 04:03, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

On 7 August 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cliff Branch, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page.

Thanks for your helping hand with the sourcing issues. --DBigXrayᗙ 11:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

@DBigXray: Thanks. I don't mean to make you defensive. I'm actually trying to help you not get into long-term issues. Perhaps you can consider tagging unsourced text, and at least give a couple of days for yourself and others to fix before commenting out/moving. Don't feel obligated to leave a response. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 11:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. Each article is different. The issues are not always the same. Hence my approach to resolve them are also not same for all. As I already said, I would try to be less aggressive in commenting out unsourced content. But again, I am not responsible for its addition into the article in the first place. I will still remove/comment anything that IMHO are controversial as the

WP:BLP's and articles with BLP violations cannot be promoted to the main page. Since "controversial" is subjective and our perceptions clearly dont match, so it may be possible that we may disagree again in future. Although I hope we dont. cheers. --DBigXrayᗙ

11:40, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

IP 184.164.19.214 go look at the history of the Blazers, etc. roster templates. Rikster2 (talk) 13:36, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Blocked and protected a few FWIW.—Bagumba (talk) 14:46, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Can you check out IP 46.103.93.70 and potentially re-block Rikster2 (talk) 20:56, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Blocked 1wk.—Bagumba (talk) 05:44, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Same Guy, same articles, same vandalism on IP 2A02:587:9E16:5000:836:5309:3375:95C9. Check history on Nick Calathes. Rikster2 (talk) 20:21, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I blocked for 1wk. However, looking back at the original IP, I'm not sure if anyone ever told them exactly what they were doing wrong. Maybe it was done on yet another earlier IP. I left a note at User talk:2A02:587:9E16:5000:836:5309:3375:95C9, giving them some pointers on MOS and offering to lift/reduce the block if they just acknowledge it.—Bagumba (talk) 04:30, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Bagumba. I'm just informing you that I have noticed multiple disruptive edits on the 2015–16 New York Knicks season article that were made by an IP user that has vandalized other Knicks articles. From what I can tell, the IP user's edits occurred on June 24th and 25th. Thank you. – Yowashi (talk)

@Yowashi: Thanks for the notice. I reverted their other edits and blocked them again. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 15:56, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Just letting you know that the same IP user has made recent edits on the 2001–02 Chicago Bulls season, and 2017–18 Minnesota Timberwolves season articles. – Yowashi (talk) 06:16, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

@Yowashi: Ok, re-blocked. In the future (hopefully not with this one again), feel free to revert the edits too. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 11:28, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi. I realize that

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bold move if you dont agree with them. Frankly, when there are other page titles like Great Britain Olympic football team, it seems natural to just have the year in front of the similar title instead of a convoluted <country> at <year> <event> format.—Bagumba (talk

) 11:12, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

@IndexAccount: I'm not sure if you were informed, but there is an RM now at Talk:2019 United States FIBA Basketball World Cup team. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 16:06, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, people keep adding that Tyrone Lue is on the Clippers. It's only reports nothing is official from the team website or social media pages. I will leave it alone when there is an official word. Blackhawksfan1445 (talk)

@Blackhawksfan1445: I went and protected the page for a few days. In the future, you can leave {{uw-sportstrans}} on people's talk pages, if you are inclined. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 04:30, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Okay thank you didn't know how to do that in the first place.Blackhawksfan1445 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:45, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

I'm puzzled by your decision to close the RM as moved. The assertion that it is the common name was refuted, and high quality sources as well as those within Western Australia call him Graham first and foremost, not Polly. Noting that Polly is a nickname. The most common name may be Graham "Polly" Farmer, but I don't see a consensus in the discussion that the common name is Polly Farmer. Please could you relist or reclose as no consensus. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 09:24, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

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consensus can change later. Regards.—Bagumba (talk

) 10:47, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Hey Bagumba, I was wondering about on one of the article headers on the history page if this should be added on the 2004-2007: Rebuilding Can I add 2004-2007: Self-destruction and rebuilding? The reason of the 'Self-destruction' is because of what happened between Kobe and Shaq feud, it killed the team and made everyone split up cause of their egos etc. Sports Fan 1997 (talk) 03:32, 24 August 2019 (UTC)