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Basketball positions

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 08:21, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

@George Ho: Extended to 6 months, but frankly the poorly written, unsourced article just invites more poor edits. Out of curiosity, how do you manage to track all these pending expiry dates?—Bagumba (talk) 16:59, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Simple: List of pages pending changes. --George Ho (talk) 06:19, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Brandon Knight (basketball)

Hey. Can either Brandon Knight (basketball) be semi-protected or this IP be blocked? The same obnoxious edits have been revert multiple times, and not just be me. DaHuzyBru (talk) 18:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I left a note on their talk page that stuff needs to be verifiable. Hopefully a block won't be needed, but let me know if otherwise.—Bagumba (talk) 23:11, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

The IP was at it again with the same edit again [1] – surely a block now. Also, Giannis Antetokounmpo has been vandalised a lot lately. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:33, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Sigh. Blocked, and Greek Freak protected.—Bagumba (talk) 06:46, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Some just don't heed warnings... cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:53, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Jarell Eddie

Hey. Can you please back me up on Jarell Eddie? I've reverted this user multiple times and tried to explain that the Atlanta Hawks should not be in his infobox because he did play for them during his short stint. I tried to explain this point and ended up just getting reverted with no explanation, and right now if I revert again, it would be plain edit warring. You and I both know of this deal with teams in infoboxes. I tried to explain it to him in the summary section and on the user talk page. Would you be able to revert the edit and explain it as well to back me up? Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:46, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

I see you left a message on their talk page which went ignore. I left the editor a warning on edit warring.

WP:AN3 if I'm slow in responding.—Bagumba (talk

) 06:24, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

I'd just like someone to back me up so the user knows it's not just my personal vendetta. I linked this old discussion on the user's talk page and yeah, no response. It's frustrating as that final revert came with no further explanation – which really pisses me off. I've explained the situation to the user very clearly – that last revert shows ignorance and stubbornness. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:49, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

If you didn't want to bring in others (which I would still recommend), one other suggestion would be to ask them to discuss again. If they don't, what you could do is remove in a few days, link their talk page section in the edit summary, and say you assume

WP:SILENCE is consensus. They've already been warned of EW, so they really shouldn't continue reverting without consequences. Good luck.—Bagumba (talk

) 06:59, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, cheers! I have confided in Rikster to see if he is willing to help me out, but if not, I'll go through your listed process. Hopefully, like most drive through new users, they will "die off" and this won't be an issue. Always appreciate your cunning advice! :) DaHuzyBru (talk) 07:07, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Well, we could always use more editors—productive ones that is—so showing them that discussion actually works can be beneficial in the long run (even if a bit time consuming in the short term). Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 07:14, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Schea Cotton

On 22 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Schea Cotton, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that expectations for the basketball player Schea Cotton were "as great as any pre-high school aged player ever, even LeBron James"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Schea Cotton. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Thanks for your help Victuallers (talk) 22:01, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Editing Problems

Hello Bagumba,

Do you know why I can't edit? Everytime I edit something, it doens't show up for some reason.

Thank you, UVABallers — Preceding

talk • contribs

) 02:13, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

@UVABallers: You were able to edit this page at least. Which article are you having a problem with?—Bagumba (talk) 02:34, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

I was changing the Dallas Mavericks Roster for Rajon Rando saying he was injured and it wasn't working for some reason. — Preceding

talk • contribs

) 03:20, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:PURGE if you want to expedite the process manually.—Bagumba (talk

) 04:13, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Wkoppel again?

Looks familiar. Account created March 29, about a week after you last blocked an IP. Same kinds of small edits to the same kinds of pages, same phrasing in edit summaries, same kinds of issues raised on Talk pages (no edit summaries; removal of content). Your thoughts? Special:Contributions/WolvResistance. JohnInDC (talk) 20:41, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

After a few more edits, it's clear that it's him - here are two identical edits to the same article: WolvResistance and Wkoppel. JohnInDC (talk) 17:27, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:DUCK.—Bagumba (talk

) 02:54, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Tks. Persistent! JohnInDC (talk) 11:38, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

IP, block expired, back: Special:contributions/68.66.31.117. JohnInDC (talk) 14:58, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

@JohnInDC: +1 block.—Bagumba (talk) 19:24, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Possible block

This IP has been warned many times before (I gave them a final warning after Josh Smith edits) and has been blocked many times before as well. The Omri Casspi vandalism should be enough to block again. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 00:44, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Done.—Bagumba (talk) 01:26, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

One week block ended for this IP and straight away back at editing Brandon Knight with the same edit that got them blocked [2]. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:30, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

2-week block.—Bagumba (talk) 05:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team

On 25 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team is the longest-running selection of high school basketball All-Americans in the United States? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 07:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Larry Bird 'In popular culture' entry

I see that the reference I entered yesterday to the Larry Bird article was rejected. This is the first time I've ever attempted to enter anything on Wikipedia, so I'm a little unclear on the process. Is there a way I can appeal the rejection, or attempt to gain support from other users? If so, how do I go about this?

My thinking was that I wasn't just trying to add to a 'trivia list': Larry Bird's identity was used as a symbol of a racial divide in an artistically important film. Certainly, this is more significant than the 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' reference that is already included in the 'In popular culture' section.

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjscott77 (talk • contribs) 14:40, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for discussion this. Wikipedia operates on consensus; see

original research on cultural references that are listed to imply this impact. I'd encourage you to gain support at Talk:Larry Bird if you believe it belongs in the article. Cheers—Bagumba (talk

) 18:40, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Larry Bird 'In popular culture' entry

Bagumba,

Thanks for your help so far. I have to admit, I'm still a bit confused as to how to go about gaining consensus to have an entry added to an article. If you could walk me through this a bit, I'm glad to try it.

Interestingly, this discussion brings up a larger point about Larry Bird and race. There is no mention of the controversy that erupted based on comments by Dennis Rodman and Isiah Thomas that if Bird were black he would be just another good guy(http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/05/sports/thomas-explains-comments-on-bird.html), although a reference to the incident does show up on Isiah Thomas's Wikipedia article under 'Controversy: Michael Jordan rivalry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isiah_Thomas).

Do you have any idea why this has been omitted from the Larry Bird article?

Again, many thanks for your help!

Sjscott77 (talk) 20:23, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

@

there is no deadline. A lot of times, editors just have not gotten to it. You can also check Talk:Larry Bird to see if there were any past relevant discussions.—Bagumba (talk

) 20:31, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993)

Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk

) 19:57, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Jaylen Brown

Could you protect this article? He is a top HS player and folks keep adding their school as the choice even though he hasn't made a decision yet. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 22:44, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Gave it 1 week.—Bagumba (talk) 23:12, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Question for you

Hey Bagumba, I have a question for you. Could you either protect the

Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns page or do something about the users? There is currently an edit war between an I.P. and an editor. A user (Pncomeaux) who I believe has a COI with the university per this statement

, wants to change the content to Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns and there have been discussions about this in the past and have decided not to change the name. (You can see the talk page for that!) There is also another account named Piclanco, which could be either the IP or Pncomeaux, who has reverted the IP edits. I don't want to claim its them and I'm not going to open a case, but I have my suspicions. I did tell Pncomeaux to post it on the talk page and he has, which other users have yet to respond (and I'm still debating on what my decision is). Anything you can do would be great!

Also, did you ever hear back from UCLA? I know you went ahead and changed it and said they hadn't contacted you back, but I was just curious if you ever had after that edit. Corky | Chat? 22:39, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:SOCKing was suspected.—Bagumba (talk

) 23:27, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Never heard back from UCLA. Could try sports info dept, but I haven't (and probably won't). As it is, people seem to be changing colors left and right on other schools with no sourcing. Maybe they pass the general eyeball test so it's not that big of a deal (???)—Bagumba (talk) 23:27, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Like I said, I have my suspicions but I'm not going to take it to the SPI. Thanks for the information, though! I do have a feeling it is going to persist, so most likely I will request page protection and will report them to for edit warring. Thanks for the help!

As for the UCLA thing, I'm with you and don't think it's that big of a deal, either, just thought I'd ask! I also figured that most likely they wouldn't respond! Corky | Chat? 23:37, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Discussion at

WP:CBB

on NCAA championship templates

Would love your input at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College Basketball#Rasheed Sulaimon on Template:2015 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball navbox? so we can reach a healthy consensus. Rikster2 (talk) 19:56, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Brett Hundley

Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 18:53, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Not to say it won't ultimately be needed, but there was only one questionable edit in the last month (so far). Will see with the draft.—Bagumba (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

There have been recently many edits today. Care to consider? --George Ho (talk) 19:03, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993)

On 3 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tony Parker was the first basketball player in Georgia in nearly two decades to start for four straight state champions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Harrias ^talk 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bash Brothers

On 5 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bash Brothers, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the United States national baseball team mimicked the Bash Brothers at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bash Brothers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 20:05, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for San Diego Padres retired numbers

numbers retired by the San Diego Padres? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/San Diego Padres retired numbers. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk

) 21:45, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Kenny Booker

Verbum Dei to its fourth consecutive title? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kenny Booker. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk

Semi for 2 weeks. Hopefully it dies down with their season being over.—Bagumba (talk) 17:34, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Can you help revert 2010–11 New York Knicks season to an older version? Two IP addresses keep perpetrating a hoax with a made-up NBA player and did lots of other vandalism to this and other pages. Because of intermediary edits I cannot revert it. Thanks Rikster2 (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Is there a specific version you had in mind? Twinkle supports restoring a specific version. Otherwise, it's going to need to be manually removed. Aside from that one bogus player, were there other problems?—Bagumba (talk) 19:31, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

I began an important issue that will affect the college football, basketball, and baseball projects. You are a regular editor within any or all of these WikiProjects and your input is requested. Please weigh in at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College Basketball#University of Texas Rio Grande Valley athletics. Jrcla2 (talk) 01:38, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

You have added

@TonyTheTiger: There's generic sources in Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team, but I went and added a Moore-specific source to his bio.—Bagumba (talk) 20:32, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Can we protect? Lots of IP activity changing draft order, venue, etc. Thanks Rikster2 (talk) 15:12, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Gave it 1 wk. Might just need to protect it through the draft.—Bagumba (talk) 15:24, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, honestly that page is always a free for all on draft night. I stay away from it that evening and look to see if there are any fixes needed the next day. I think it would be good to protect it that evening, even if it isn't protected continuously until then. Rikster2 (talk) 15:32, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

On 22 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Corey Hawkins, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hersey and Corey Hawkins combined to score the second most points by a father–son duo in Division I college basketball history, behind only Dell and Stephen Curry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corey Hawkins. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Harrias ^talk 07:17, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Can I please have some help on Al Horford's page? There is way too much vandalism and I don't know how to put a lock on the page, which I think should be done. I don't know who else to turn to besides you, because I know you know how to do this. Thank you.Miamiheat631 (talk) 02:37, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

@Miamiheat631: Some else has already handled it. In the future, you can submit requests at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 05:22, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Semi protection for Paul Pierce please. Nothing but IP vandalism. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:29, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Y 2 weeks.—Bagumba (talk) 16:59, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

User:68.103.37.238 appears to be a vandal account who has been inserting misleading and false information to Kansas athletics articles such as Cliff Alexander and Perry Ellis (basketball). ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 23:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Blocked for 1 week. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 23:21, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Semi protect for

Pierce was already done a few days back. Jones is borderline, but gave it a week semi.—Bagumba (talk) 03:49, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry, I meant same reason as with Pierce. Hopefully a week will do for Jones to calm it down. As always, cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:52, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Even once the hiring is announced he won't become the Pelicans' head coach til the Warriors' season is over. The Pelicans HC isn't sitting on the sideline of an active team. Rikster2 (talk) 03:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

I'd be surprised if anything is officially announced until the Finals are over.—Bagumba (talk) 04:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Consider me surprised now. I agree the article esp. infobox should consider him with GS, and said as much at Talk:Alvin Gentry. Wouldn't be surprise if it will need full protection.—Bagumba (talk) 07:13, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Hello, sorry to bother you but I would appreciate your opinion (whichever it is, even if it's contrary to mine) on the topic Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Basketball#Standard format for Euroleague and domestic league statistics. If you have none on a discussion that's central to European basketball only I would perfectly understand, it would be useful to note the fact. By polling the most active members of the WikiProject Basketball it would at least make everybody's opinion (or lack of) on the issue clear and a discussion that has largely been between me and AirWolf (talk) could be closed (ideally in a consensus) for the foreseeable future. Again sorry for blemishing your talk page. --ArmstrongJulian (talk) 10:53, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

@ArmstrongJulian: I see there that are three participants already in that discussion. You might try to organically reach a consensus among the three of you. If you weren't already familiar with it, you might find Wikipedia:Dispute resolution helpful. I don't normally edit European basketball articles, aside from NBA players who might have played in Europe, or the occasional college basketball player of interest that plays there. I may choose to offer an opinion if the discussion is still at an impasse, but my preference would be for more involved (and perhaps more informed?) parties to reach an understanding on their own on this matter. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 16:23, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

David Levy

01:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Wkoppel returns

Pretty obvious, this one: Special:Contributions/2601:4:5400:77A:594B:D1F4:AB10:3E35. Enjoy your vacation! JohnInDC (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

@JohnInDC: Likely will be assigned another IP address, so a block here at this point might be futile. Will continue to monitor this IP.—Bagumba (talk) 15:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Seth Curry

Just on your recent edit to Seth Curry, the reason there was only one listing of Erie is because he was only with the Suns for 10-days and there really doesn't need to be a double listing IMO. Myself and User:Intruder007 (we were the main d-league editors this season) kind of came to a mutual agreement on that sort of thing. Also, if that is to stand, another Santa Cruz Warriors listing needs to be made under Cleveland Cavaliers as he returned to SC straight after his stint with the Cavs. DaHuzyBru (talk) 03:39, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps it makes sense. I was just following general convention outlined in docs at

WT:NBA and see what others think?—Bagumba (talk

) 03:47, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Eh, I usually don't bother myself with that page, too much other stuff going on. Also, it's difficult to put into words. It is sort of just common sense. If a d-league player is called up multiple times by one team or multiple teams, we don't need to keep doing (for example) Santa Cruz, NBA team, Santa Cruz, NBA team, Santa Cruz etc if they keep going back to their original d-league team. I think just to be consistent with Curry, you or I should add SC again after Cavs or remove the second Erie. I can't be bothered formally introducing it – I've done it this way for a while now. DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:19, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Seems fuzzy then why the Santa Cruz stint after Memphis had a separate entry. I can see some extreme cases why we wouldn't want to list each stint separately. Not sure if this is one of them. I added the other one for "consistency", but not going to sweat it if you or someone else remove these. Still, kinda hard for me to agree it's "common sense" if it's not simple enough to put into words. At any rate, a footnote or hidden comment might help in the future. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Well I think an experienced editor like yourself can understand what I'm trying to say, but yes, perhaps it would be difficult for others to understand the concept since it's hard to formally describe it. Overall, no big deal – both ways suit me tbh. Just thought I'd bring it up with you. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 06:59, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Dairese Gary

Could you please undelete (or at least unprotect) Dairese Gary. He is a notable basketball player who has played professionally in the U.S. and Egypt. A G4 does not apply because the article is not the same as the deleted version since I added some sources and content. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:32, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: It seems you have Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2015_June_7 pending. Am I missing something?—Bagumba (talk) 22:43, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes. I'm not entirely familiar with the proceedings at DRV. In fact, I probably shouldn't have even went there, since

User:Spartaz made a bad decision to just delete and protect, and compounded the issue by comparing me to a 10 year old. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs}

)~ 16:52, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

I've went and commented at the DRV. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 18:05, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

• Thanks by the way. 00:04, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

ce

Hello! You pop up on my Watchlist a lot and sometimes the edit summary says "ce". I was just wondering what that means. I have seen that summary used by others as well. Is there a page detailing these sorts of things so I don't bother anyone else? —DangerousJXD (talk) 22:23, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:CE. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk

) 01:13, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Andy Hill (basketball)

On 20 June 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andy Hill (basketball), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Andy Hill's bestseller was inspired by his career as a television executive, which drew upon his experience playing basketball for John Wooden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Hill (basketball). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Terry Schofield

German national basketball team, Terry Schofield won three national titles playing for UCLA under John Wooden? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Terry Schofield. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk

) 14:46, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Craig Novitsky

On 4 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Craig Novitsky, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Craig Novitsky is the first player in the history of UCLA Bruins football to start every game of a four-year career? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Craig Novitsky. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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Greetings. I'm writing simply because you were my contact on the only Sock Puppet Investigation I've initiated. I've stumbled upon a likely puppeteer who may have dozens of user IDs. Note that I say "may." I'd like to bounce the preliminaries off of a knowledgeable person before doing anything formal. If what I surmise is factual, there's going to be a lot of work to be done on my end and for Sock Puppet admins also. Drop me a line when you get back fr/ vacation and have a bit of time. Thanks & regards. Tapered (talk) 05:11, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

@Tapered: I am back. Let me know if you still have questions.—Bagumba (talk) 01:35, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi! I noticed that you placed semi-protection on Michael Sam eight months ago. As he is no longer in the NFL and hasn't been for quite some time, the article is significantly less likely to be the subject of vandalism and BLP violations. In keeping with Wikipedia's general philosophy that anyone should be able to edit and protection should be used sparingly, I'd appreciate it if you'd consider removing the protection or reducing it to pending changes. ~ Rob^Talk 08:21, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

@

WP:RFRPL. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk

) 01:44, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

@

WT:NBA if you think it should be added.—Bagumba (talk

) 01:47, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Bagumba, I wasn't sure whether the intended ping from this nomination had actually gone through to you—it doesn't appear to be wikilinked, which probably means it didn't. At any rate, Cbl62 has answered your query, so please return when you can to continue the review. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I was away on vacation, but the DYK has since been promoted.—Bagumba (talk) 01:50, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

I know you are on vacation, but if you get a moment could you close this AfD discussion? There was no dispute that he met GNG and now he meets NBASKETBALL too. Thanks Rikster2 (talk) 11:46, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Appears to be resolved now.—Bagumba (talk) 01:50, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Paul Pierce needs another run. The last semi ended today and already there is a flurry of IP edits etc. DaHuzyBru (talk) 17:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Done—Bagumba (talk) 17:24, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

http://www.fiba.com/news/afrobasket-2015-hosts-tunisia-to-open-preparations-with-24-player-squad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popezo (talk • contribs) 17:15, 9 July 2015‎ (UTC)

Not sure what you are implying. Feel free to address the specific issues at Talk:Michael Roll (basketball).—Bagumba (talk) 21:04, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

User:Mwrcwms has repeatedly taken down the image at Kennedy Meeks. Recently he claims that Meeks himself wants the image taken down. Is this okay? If the subject of an article requests that we take an image down, do we have to comply? Of course, this is assuming Mwrcwms actually contacted Meeks. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 14:08, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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WP:NOTCENSORED applies. ~ Rob^Talk

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dispute resolution seems applicable.—Bagumba (talk

) 16:11, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

@Editorofthewiki: Likely a dead issue as users have been blocked per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/PWfellow.—Bagumba (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Are you an administrator? If so, then I think I need to get a consensus of the administrators on protecting this page, because I just had to revert blatant vandalism.

Never mind!!!! I see that the page has already been semiprotected due to vandalism.

Hello, I tried to expand the article by adding to his article : Hachim has been eligible to play for both

Tad asked me to look for few more points I will try hopefully to cover during the weekend :) thank you for helping with this :) Adnan (talk) 22:50, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello. Could you please review my DYK nomination of Tyrone Garland? It was nominated on June 22, but has not even been touched yet. TempleM (talk) 14:37, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

@TempleM: I cannot commit at this time. In my experience, a particular nomination sometimes take longer than others to receive attention, but they do get reviewed in due time. As long as you nominated it in time, the request will not "expire". Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 16:39, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi for Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987) please. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 17:16, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Done, since it's mostly unsourced edits, but it's also one of those gray areas since the agent announced it.[3].—Bagumba (talk) 17:20, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Hm true. It's a relatively notable signing though, the Rockets will no doubt announce it in time. DaHuzyBru (talk) 17:28, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Probably trying to hold on to cap space as long as possible. I forgot how Chris Bosh was finally listed last year when it took a month to officially announce his signing. Anyhow ...—Bagumba (talk) 17:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, it well in fact might be like Bosh's situation this year. After July 9, there have not been many official signings i.e. the Kings and Nuggets have lots pending. But yeah, all good :) DaHuzyBru (talk) 18:02, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Bagumba, looks like Dat money$ responded to your revert at Chris Andersen, but it was misplaced. I've moved it over to Talk:Chris Andersen#Moved here from Template talk:Talkback so you can respond. Also, it's best to avoid linking to the {{talkback}} template when working with new editors, since they often mistakenly click the wrong link and respond at Template talk:Talkback. Thanks, Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

• BTW, if you respond, you might want to post at the user's talk page pointing them there. They seem to be struggling with talk pages. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:34, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

On 14 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Welsh (basketball), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during this past season, Thomas Welsh became the UCLA Bruins' first 7-foot (2.1 m) basketball player in almost a decade? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Welsh (basketball). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:26, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes I looked back on what I removed and I must have been thinking about something else because I thought I was removing the number 9 being listed in Jordan's "career numbers" spot of his infobox. Correct me if I'm wrong but I guess I removed that he wore number 12. What I was thinking was that someone included that he wore number 9 for Team USA which we do not include in that spot of the infobox. Including number 12 was correct and it was my bad for removing it. Thank you. --RichieConant (talk) 17:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

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unintentionally every now and then. However, using edit summaries does make it easier for others to understand an editor's original intent. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk

) 17:09, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Ok thank you very much. So when I make a addition/subtraction to a page I should provide a description of why I did this. Where would I provide that description? --RichieConant (talk) 17:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@RichieConant: Have you looked at Help:Edit summary? Also, Wikipedia:Help desk may be of assistance if you are still stuck. Good luck!—Bagumba (talk) 17:29, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Great! Thanks for your help. As you can see I am kind of new to this but would like to be able to help. --RichieConant (talk) 17:31, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Good day sir or madam, I see you have an issue with my edits on the page of Seth Curry. If it is of any help, adding that he was automatically entered into the NBA draft as a graduating senior does hold significance. There should ALWAYS be a large amount of information in an article and what happened to a player directly following there college career is very important. As for me not adding an edit summary, i apologize it completely slipped my mind. Thank you and have a blessed day. --Mathgenious989 (talk) 19:50, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

@Mathgenious989: Feel free to comment at the general discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Basketball_Association#Senior_automatically_in_NBA_draft. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 19:53, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

I placed an edit to the Baron Davis page stating that he appeared in the film Joe Dirt 2. However, you removed it. My source is the movie that I watched, in which he appeared in, and was later confirmed in the credits of the film. Just because it is not on IMDB or no the internet, does not make it untrue. Here are a few links that will back up my edit

http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/dr-baron-davis-pulls-joe-dirts-balls-out-of-his-asshole/

http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2015/07/joe-dirt-2-trailer-preview-baron-davis/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manamike (talk • contribs) 08:13, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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reliably sourced. Cheers—Bagumba (talk

) 07:24, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Can I look at the source of the deleted page "Pīchī no Shiro de Rokkuman to Patī"? Just asking. 67.82.89.253 (talk) 01:11, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

You can request at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 01:20, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/68.66.31.117. I know it's hard - and probably futile - to stay caught up with his IP hopping but this seems to be one of his main ones, indeed the one he used for a long while before creating his now-indeffed Wkoppel account. Thanks for any observations or help - JohnInDC (talk) 23:33, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Blocked 6 mos.—Bagumba (talk) 00:42, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks - JohnInDC (talk) 01:00, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Is it really necessary for the 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season Offseason Transition, for subtraction to put trades in? And for additions, is it necessary to have players resign in additions? Just wondering.

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WT:NBA. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk

) 18:04, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Just wondering, have you added those barnstars to your page or do other members add those for you to show recognition of your good work? --RichieConant34 (talk) 16:45, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

@RichieConant: I had copied ones placed on my talk page by others over to my user page.—Bagumba (talk) 18:00, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Ok gothca. Then I'm assuming you just delete them from your talk page after you copy them over to your user page. --RichieConant34 (talk) 21:07, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Don't remember, I might have just left them to be archived.—Bagumba (talk) 21:11, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Hey can you protect Jasmin Repeša from anonymous users. Guy is deleting valid sources, and calling me idiot on talk page. Thank you very much--Bozalegenda (talk) 00:47, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

There's been a long history of edit warring there among many users for months (years?). I have no background on the subject, so I think

full protection is the best solution to force editors to discuss and gain consensus. Thanks for the notice.—Bagumba (talk

) 04:55, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

A block for this user possibly? Very inappropriate personal attacks. DaHuzyBru (talk) 18:14, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Issued a warning.—Bagumba (talk) 18:26, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Block for this IP. Has not heeded to your or my warnings. DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:47, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Was already in the process after seeing the Okafor junk.—Bagumba (talk) 08:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, thought so. Cheers. DaHuzyBru (talk) 08:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Happy to do the DYK, if you don't think my edits/position represent a conflict of interest. Dan arndt (talk) 10:05, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

@Dan arndt: Your contributions were as a copy editor, and came after the nomination, so I think you are fine as outlined at Template_talk:Did_you_know#How_to_review_a_nomination. I have no issue if you are OK. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 17:13, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Just a quick note to say thank you for adding the Tony Gwynn info to

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WP:NFCI #10 allows for pictures of deceased persons. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk

) 04:45, 2 August 2015 (UTC)