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Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Let me say, having seen tons of GA reviews before, you seem like a pro at this! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:31, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Changes addressed! Thanks for taking on this review! Let me know if anything more is needed! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 01:42, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:47, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Regarding the comments by Eggishorn, I must disagree with him. I've had several articles become GAs that relied even more heavily on SABR than this one did. This article is a product of research from SABR, Baseball-Reference, and the New York Times primarily, though it cites many other sources as well (including the Gittleman book, which despite Eggishorn's claim to the contrary is directly cited in the article). Like I said on the review page, sometimes SABR will credit specific sources with its information, and I can use those cites in the article. This SABR article did not do that, though, so I had to cite the article directly. SABR is a reliable source (it is part of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University), and though I cite it heavily, that should not be a problem. I've left the tag on the article because you're the reviewer; if you think it is well-researched enough, I think you can take it off; though if you have concerns about the article's amount of research, let me know. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 01:28, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Let me know if anything more is needed! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 18:58, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Excellent job filling out Dan Fouts, especially with sources! The hard thing with adding details on an accomplished player is putting the game details into perspective. Sometimes it's not obvious until later in the editing process. Eventually, see how much of the game details might be better moved to the respective team season articles and their game recaps. This balances the bio from becoming too repetitive with game stat lines. Ideally in bios, it's better to summarize a season or stretches of games, leaving individual game mentions to true career highlights. Don't misunderstand, what you've been doing is fine. I'm more commenting on how to refine the bio once the raw facts are assembled. Sometimes a newspaper article from after a specific season can help frame that perspective. Anyways, glad to see the progress. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 02:27, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I'll go back over the career section once I've gone through his college years. I'd like to get the article to FA status eventually.

Bagumba Do you think we need the section on Chargers franchise records? It's difficult to source without using original research from a stats website (the NFL Record and Fact Book only has his TD passes in a game record on their list of Charger records, and I've mentioned that one in the body of the text). As he set some of the biggest NFL records during his career, club records don't seem as important.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 00:18, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The ones that are already listed seem like standard stats and are probably fine; I'm sure they'd be mentioned in a newspaper too if we dug hard. There's probably a bunch more in the team media guide, which might be getting excessive (

WP:FANCRUFT).—Bagumba (talk) 00:39, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply

]

Bagumba I've trimmed out some of the less important game details now. Let me know if there's more that should be taken out. As things stand, I just need to add a section at the end on his life outside football, and then I can put it up for good article status.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 00:48, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to take a look in a few days.—Bagumba (talk) 00:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Got through some of it. Here's some comments for improvement:

1. Per
   MOS:CONTEXTBIO
   , the opening paragraph should include some of his most notable achivements e.g. All-Pros, 4,000 yards, HOF? The rest of the lead can supplement.
2. College career: Can the text after "Things were quite different ..." go chronologically to the end of the section.
3. 1975 and 1976 rely too much on reciting stats db facts.
4. "Fouts expressed a desire to leave San Diego, and complained at a new collective bargaining agreement, which meant the Chargers had only to match the offer of another team to prevent him from leaving": it seems to incorrectly imply his complaining allowed the Chargers to block him from leaving.

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Hello.

As I know, Ross Porter did not call the Colts-Chargers game. He was calling the Steelers-Chiefs game (which the Steelers would end the Chiefs scoring streak). The website by the of mcmillenandwife has that game and it does sound like Ross Porter and Lionel Aldridge called that game (Steelers-Chiefs). I say either Jay Randolph, Jack Buck, Jim Simpson, Tim Ryan, or Charlie Jones was the play-by-play announcers for that game (Colts-Chargers) but I am not sure who was though.

Thanks - I don't know the commentators well enough to recognise them by their voices. I'm going by the Pro Football Researchers Association's announcers list. If that's wrong then I don't know of any other sources to check. Harper J. Cole (talk) 22:29, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I say Jay Randolph (play-by-play) or Jack Buck/Paul Maguire (who was put in that Steelers-Chiefs game on the announcers list) called that game.

talk) 21:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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I could check with the fellow who compiled the PFRA data? It looks like he's on Twitter. Harper J. Cole (talk) 22:46, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If not, check from the newspaper site for the announcers (that game got blacked out in San Diego).

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JCartoonsFan 2021 It took me a while, but I found a more reliable source for the TV pairings. Jack Buck was the Chargers-Colts commentator, as you said.[1] I've corrected it now. Harper J. Cole (talk) 18:25, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply

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Thanks! Much appreciated. Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Congrats on the GA. Sorry I never got back to reviewing it further above. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been more of my back-burner bio, and even that has been a crawl.—Bagumba (talk) 04:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My two lasting memories of the old OR versions of Fouts' bio are "one of the most prolific passing quarterbacks during the Golden Age of the 1970s and 1980s" and "This required a tough, intelligent quarterback with a strong arm. Fouts fit the bill." Classic.—Bagumba (talk) 04:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks (and thanks for your edits since the promotion)! I started out just planning a tidy up, but I find it hard to stop short of GA status. I learned some new things, at any rate. Genuinely shocked that Fouts still has the playoff record for consecutive 300-yard games, considering how pass-oriented the game is these days.Harper J. Cole (talk) 23:44, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At this edit, you created this citation template:

{{cite news |last1=Baum |first1=Bob |title=Chargers stand up again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106241145/chargers-23-15-cardinals-23-sep-2002/ |agency=AP |issue=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106241366/chargers-23-15-cardinals-23-sep-2002/ B3] |publisher=Santa Maria Times}}

Baum, Bob. "Chargers stand up again". No. B1, B3. Santa Maria Times. AP. {{cite news}}: External link in |issue= (help)

There are two problems with this template: in-source page numbers go in |page= or |pages=, not in |issue= (which is used to hold the issue number of a periodical). Santa Maria Times is the newspaper, not the newspaper's publisher. A correctly written template looks like this:

{{cite news |last1=Baum |first1=Bob |title=Chargers stand up again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106241145/chargers-23-15-cardinals-23-sep-2002/ |agency=Associated Press |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106241366/chargers-23-15-cardinals-23-sep-2002/ B3] |newspaper=Santa Maria Times |via=Newspapers.com}}

Baum, Bob. "Chargers stand up again". Santa Maria Times. Associated Press. pp. B1, B3 – via Newspapers.com.

I spelled out 'Associated Press' because that is how the agency is named in the newspaper article. I also added |via=Newspapers.com because the source is delivered to our readers from distributor that not the Santa Maria Times.

Please take more care when writing citation templates so that I and other editors don't have to clean up after.

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@Trappist the monk: Thank you - to be honest, I am aware of these issues. When using the "cite news" template, "newspaper" and "page"/"pages" don't seem to be given as options, unless I'm missing something. Therefore, I put the data in the "publisher" and "issue" fields, then try to remember to manually edit them afterwards. I always make a final check when I'm done with editing a page, e.g. this edit, where I correct over 70 instances. Of course, other editors can't know that I'm going to do that. I'll try to get into the habit of checking my work more often. Harper J. Cole (talk) 19:13, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When using the "cite news" template, "newspaper" and "page"/"pages" don't seem to be given as options What editor are you using? If you are using visual editor, all of those listed at Template:Cite news § TemplateData either as the canonical parameter name or as aliases. If you are using the WP:RefToolbar editor, aliases of the canonical parameter names are not listed because of lack of space for them. |newspaper= is an alias of |work=. |page= and |pages= are listed in the 'second page' (click the 'Show/hide extra fields' button).

I don't use either of these editors (especially not ve) but if you really don't see these options and are using one of these editors, there is likely a bug in one or both that should be reported so that it can be fixed.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:32, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Trappist the monk: Thanks again - I use WP:RefToolbar. I see what to do now. Apologies for any inconvenience. Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:09, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I happened to pass through the Fouts' FA review and saw you mentioned me. FYI, I didn't actually get a notification, however, because you didn't sign your post, as explained at Help:Notifications—a technical limitation. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 23:59, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I don't usually forget that. I've belatedly signed them now. Harper J. Cole (talk) 00:07, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Outstanding work on LaDainian Tomlinson's article! References are clean and from reliable areas. It is a very detailed, yet organized, article. Keep up the great work Red Director (talk) 15:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I appreciate you saying that. I'm hoping to get it to FA standard eventually. Harper J. Cole (talk) 18:13, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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You have an impressive editing record, concentrated in a narrow topic. I've gone the other way, especially in recent years, just gnoming across all subjects. As I mentioned, 99% of my edits go unremarked, but since I did most of my 400,000 or so edits in the last year, that 1% (or less) that gets reacted to can be a burden. Several times the sports fans have taken me to

Thanks, it's a nice thing about Wikipedia that editors can pick the type of work that suits them. I'll know the right approach when I edit Chargers season articles in future. Harper J. Cole (talk) 19:04, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What's your thinking on "Week n Gamebook"? Is this a work title that should be in title case? Some have lowercase gamebook. In 1964 San Diego Chargers season I downcased Week to match gamebook, but in others I capped both. I'd like to make it consistent, but am unsure what this is since I don't see a link that works for me. Dicklyon (talk) 03:46, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gamebooks were historically documents that were created by the home team and only released to the media to aid in coverage, though they're published online these days: recent example.

These vary from team to team, but are usually untitled or given a basic title like "Game Summary". The word "gamebook" is a general description of them, so I think lowercase makes sense. Harper J. Cole (talk) 09:32, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then lowercase week, too, I presume, when it's not the first word. Dicklyon (talk) 15:31, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'd agree with that; it's a description of the document rather than an official title. Harper J. Cole (talk) 16:40, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

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• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
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• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

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• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

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