User talk:Legwarmers1980 - Revision history

Rowdytimothy: fix internal link

2007-10-18T23:25:11Z

fix internal link

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	When creating a boxer page, there is no need to manually insert all his profile stats (name, date of birth, height, etc.). Instead, just add the "boxer code" at the very top of the page. (But immediately beneath the code for any image of the boxer.) The boxer code is the number (which you can see at the top of any boxer's page, assuming you created the page coming from the BoxRec database). Put that number between tags, like this: <nowiki><boxer>12345</boxer></nowiki><br>		When creating a boxer page, there is no need to manually insert all his profile stats (name, date of birth, height, etc.). Instead, just add the "boxer code" at the very top of the page. (But immediately beneath the code for any image of the boxer.) The boxer code is the number (which you can see at the top of any boxer's page, assuming you created the page coming from the BoxRec database). Put that number between tags, like this: <nowiki><boxer>12345</boxer></nowiki><br>

	The boxer code will automatically insert the boxer's name, and all the other stats, from the BoxRec database. Whatever is there in the database. However, you have to manually enter the names of managers and trainers. Try it on the [[~~Boxer:Kid Carew:055460\|~~Kid Carew]] page you just edited.		The boxer code will automatically insert the boxer's name, and all the other stats, from the BoxRec database. Whatever is there in the database. However, you have to manually enter the names of managers and trainers. Try it on the [[Kid Carew]] page you just edited.

	You can get other instructions and help [[Help:Contents\|here]].		You can get other instructions and help [[Help:Contents\|here]].

Ric: Dane Clark?

2006-12-03T16:51:07Z

Dane Clark?

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	Should you delete the page for [[Salamo Arouch]] as well. He was an amateur, yet his place in history is important. Look at [[Ron Lipton]], he never went pro either. I feel that amateur boxer are boxers & have a place here as well.		Should you delete the page for [[Salamo Arouch]] as well. He was an amateur, yet his place in history is important. Look at [[Ron Lipton]], he never went pro either. I feel that amateur boxer are boxers & have a place here as well.

			== Dane Clark? ==

			The problem is not that these pages concerned amateur boxers, although that may have been the stated reason John deleted your two Bergman pages. There recently has been suspicion that you are "not who you say you are." And that your two Bergman pages, particularly the Sherman one, may be bogus. There used to be someone who used the name "Dane Clark" (and the alias "Sherman Bergman") who entered a bunch of bogus material into the BoxRec database before he was banned. (And who is Acunaboy? You two seem to work on the same pages.) A regular and "News" Google search fails to turn up anything on Sherman Bergman except the main Wikipedia page you created. Perhaps you can scan an e-mail to an Administrator here some of your primary newspaper sources to confirm what you have been writing. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 10:51, 3 December 2006 (CST)

Legwarmers1980: /* Sherman Bergman */

2006-12-03T16:25:34Z

Sherman Bergman

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	Jusy to let you know that I deleted the Sherman Bergman page after discussion with the other editors as it is not really relevent to pro boxing. Sorry if you put a lot of work into it, regards, John		Jusy to let you know that I deleted the Sherman Bergman page after discussion with the other editors as it is not really relevent to pro boxing. Sorry if you put a lot of work into it, regards, John


			I don't understand, if you deleted these two for not being pros...then you should delete the likes of [[Bob Hope]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Teo Stevenson]], [[Robert Ryan]].

			There was no policy that the fighters listed here had to be professionals. And yes, I did a lot of research-check the sources on the two pages you deleted. Makes no sense to me at all.

			Should you delete the page for [[Salamo Arouch]] as well. He was an amateur, yet his place in history is important. Look at [[Ron Lipton]], he never went pro either. I feel that amateur boxer are boxers & have a place here as well.

John: Sherman Bergman

2006-12-03T12:26:45Z

Sherman Bergman

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	Hey! Despite all my comments to you here, I still say you're doing a great job. As an Administrator here I appreciate all your research and work for the cause here. Thanks!		Hey! Despite all my comments to you here, I still say you're doing a great job. As an Administrator here I appreciate all your research and work for the cause here. Thanks!
	--[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 00:43, 11 November 2006 (CST)		--[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 00:43, 11 November 2006 (CST)

			== Sherman Bergman ==

			Jusy to let you know that I deleted the Sherman Bergman page after discussion with the other editors as it is not really relevent to pro boxing. Sorry if you put a lot of work into it, regards, John

Ric: Image Use

2006-11-11T06:43:55Z

Image Use

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	Why do you create such hug "white space" gaps between paragraphs? Such as you have in the [[Hank Bergman]] page? One, the page doesn't look "pretty." Two, these gaps make for an unnecessarily long page. Three, when printed out, it's a waste of paper and still looks "ugly." --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 14:54, 10 November 2006 (CST)		Why do you create such hug "white space" gaps between paragraphs? Such as you have in the [[Hank Bergman]] page? One, the page doesn't look "pretty." Two, these gaps make for an unnecessarily long page. Three, when printed out, it's a waste of paper and still looks "ugly." --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 14:54, 10 November 2006 (CST)

			== Image Use ==

			For me, there are simply too many images in the [[Robert Ryan]] page for such a short page. Generally a page of this brevity merits only one image; you could then link to others. See the [[Bobby Leitham]] page, for example, to see how other images are linked to, and not actually placed on the relatively short page itself. (If you click on the Edit, you can see how the image code is tweaked to do this--by using a colon: in front of the word "image.")

			The longer a page, the more it can accommodate another image. Otherwise the page is just too cluttered. I would get rid of that fuzzy one at the top-left and replace it with the third one now at the bottom-right.

			Another point: photos should preferably be boxing-related. Having a page with two, three, or more non-boxing-themed images is a bit much. I'm thinking of all those Army images in [[Hank Bergman]] page.

			Hey! Despite all my comments to you here, I still say you're doing a great job. As an Administrator here I appreciate all your research and work for the cause here. Thanks!
			--[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 00:43, 11 November 2006 (CST)

Ric: White Spaces

2006-11-10T20:54:45Z

White Spaces

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	"Knocked out" is two words, not knockedout, as you always spell it. Please watch out for this. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 12:51, 22 October 2006 (CDT)		"Knocked out" is two words, not knockedout, as you always spell it. Please watch out for this. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 12:51, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

			== White Spaces ==

			Why do you create such hug "white space" gaps between paragraphs? Such as you have in the [[Hank Bergman]] page? One, the page doesn't look "pretty." Two, these gaps make for an unnecessarily long page. Three, when printed out, it's a waste of paper and still looks "ugly." --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 14:54, 10 November 2006 (CST)

Ric: Knocked Out

2006-10-22T17:51:47Z

Knocked Out

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	== Bruce Lee ==		== Bruce Lee ==
	I deleted the Bruce Lee page, his life as it pertains to boxing is very limited. Besides, you can find enough information elsewhere on the web about Lee. If someone were interested in learning about Bruce Lee, this would be just about the last place to look for that information.--[[User:Matt Tegen\|Matt Tegen]] 10:20, 16 October 2006 (CDT)		I deleted the Bruce Lee page, his life as it pertains to boxing is very limited. Besides, you can find enough information elsewhere on the web about Lee. If someone were interested in learning about Bruce Lee, this would be just about the last place to look for that information.--[[User:Matt Tegen\|Matt Tegen]] 10:20, 16 October 2006 (CDT)

			== Knocked Out ==

			"Knocked out" is two words, not knockedout, as you always spell it. Please watch out for this. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 12:51, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

Matt at 15:20, 16 October 2006

2006-10-16T15:20:24Z

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	This is an example where too many bulleted factoids makes for what I consider a poor-looking page. It's OK to use the bulleted factoid format when there are only a few facts to list. But, as with the Rouke page, when you list about 30 or so facts, the better format is to write a paragraphed biography incorporating all those facts. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 06:42, 15 October 2006 (CDT)		This is an example where too many bulleted factoids makes for what I consider a poor-looking page. It's OK to use the bulleted factoid format when there are only a few facts to list. But, as with the Rouke page, when you list about 30 or so facts, the better format is to write a paragraphed biography incorporating all those facts. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 06:42, 15 October 2006 (CDT)

			== Bruce Lee ==
			I deleted the Bruce Lee page, his life as it pertains to boxing is very limited. Besides, you can find enough information elsewhere on the web about Lee. If someone were interested in learning about Bruce Lee, this would be just about the last place to look for that information.--[[User:Matt Tegen\|Matt Tegen]] 10:20, 16 October 2006 (CDT)

Ric: Mickey Rouke page

2006-10-15T11:42:37Z

Mickey Rouke page

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	I've noticed that whenever you work on a page, you have countless edit "saves" in the Edit History (as can be seen by clicking on the "Recent changes" page in the Navigation box on each wiki page here). Why is that? Are you saving each minor edit as you work on a page? Do you know how to preview your work before making an edit save? Rather than click on the "Save Page" button after an edit (to see what the edit looks like), click the "Show preview" button instead. That will let you see what your edits will look like before saving them. Then, once you are satisfied with ''all'' your edits, you can click the "Save Page" button. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 13:43, 8 October 2006 (CDT)		I've noticed that whenever you work on a page, you have countless edit "saves" in the Edit History (as can be seen by clicking on the "Recent changes" page in the Navigation box on each wiki page here). Why is that? Are you saving each minor edit as you work on a page? Do you know how to preview your work before making an edit save? Rather than click on the "Save Page" button after an edit (to see what the edit looks like), click the "Show preview" button instead. That will let you see what your edits will look like before saving them. Then, once you are satisfied with ''all'' your edits, you can click the "Save Page" button. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 13:43, 8 October 2006 (CDT)

			== Mickey Rouke page ==

			This is an example where too many bulleted factoids makes for what I consider a poor-looking page. It's OK to use the bulleted factoid format when there are only a few facts to list. But, as with the Rouke page, when you list about 30 or so facts, the better format is to write a paragraphed biography incorporating all those facts. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 06:42, 15 October 2006 (CDT)

Ric: "Previewing" Edits as You Work on a Page

2006-10-08T18:43:01Z

"Previewing" Edits as You Work on a Page

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	From your work on the [[Shine Forbes]] page, it appears you have caught on to the formatting and codes here. Great job and Great contributions! Keep it up! --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 19:13, 30 September 2006 (CDT)		From your work on the [[Shine Forbes]] page, it appears you have caught on to the formatting and codes here. Great job and Great contributions! Keep it up! --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 19:13, 30 September 2006 (CDT)

			== "Previewing" Edits as You Work on a Page ==

			I've noticed that whenever you work on a page, you have countless edit "saves" in the Edit History (as can be seen by clicking on the "Recent changes" page in the Navigation box on each wiki page here). Why is that? Are you saving each minor edit as you work on a page? Do you know how to preview your work before making an edit save? Rather than click on the "Save Page" button after an edit (to see what the edit looks like), click the "Show preview" button instead. That will let you see what your edits will look like before saving them. Then, once you are satisfied with ''all'' your edits, you can click the "Save Page" button. --[[User:Ric\|Ric]] 13:43, 8 October 2006 (CDT)