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Advice if you have a mo

Sorry to ask, I'm looking for a policy on footballers. It's something along the lines of, if a nationality is causing disruption then it should be removed? I'm sure I've seen it in relation to football articles. The reason I'm asking is because there is some disruption over at Hamza Choudhury. Any advice? Thanks in advance, Knitsey (talk) 17:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

The general rule is - if someone is born in one country but plays for another through e.g. parentage, do not mention the nationality straight after the date of birth (e.g. Riyad Mahrez). For Hamza, until he actually plays for Bangladesh, I think saying he is 'English footballer' is fine. If/when he plays for Bangladesh, remove the nationality. GiantSnowman 17:15, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Lovely, thank you. I was fairly sure I had come across a discussion. Appreciate the advice, ta, Knitsey (talk) 17:18, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Tournament Pages

Hi Giant Snowman, happy new year!

How far advance should pages of major tournaments (World Cup, AFCON etc) be created in advance?

I'm considering starting a page for UEFA Euro 2036, is it too early?

Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 18:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Same to you! What information is known about the tournament? How much significant coverage is there? GiantSnowman 18:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Always nice to make acquaintance of a fellow Yorkshireman! 2 potential bidders are known - Poland and Nordics. Precedent suggests bidding process will open later this year with host chosen in late 2027. Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 18:58, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
Maybe create it in draft first? See WP:AFC. GiantSnowman 19:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Your comment about me

Hi again,

I've seen your comment about me on the admin noticeboard. Just to clarify I am a new editor on this account but have been editing on and off for a few years on various IPs but hadn't logged in until recently. I have spent plenty of time reviewing wiki policy and procedure and am very interested in the 'behind the scenes' aspect of wikipedia.

Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 19:51, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Please comment at WP:ANI. Why have you been undertaking botched page moves, why did you mess with my user space draft, and why have you created a RFA for another user? GiantSnowman 19:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I’m not sure what to write here but I ask you read it

Hi Mr. Snowman,

I want to sincerely apologize for my actions and I realize that we both were getting frustrated and I apologize for that.

I'm starting to realize your point regarding the inexperience and I'm starting to realize although it is true and I don't want it to disqualify my vote, I feel like it is necessary to somehow be proactive about.

I was wondering if you would considering "adopting" me and be a mentor? I know we just argued a few hours ago but I'm realizing I really do need someone to help guide me and with the warning I already got for a satire edit (which was fully my fault), I'm starting to realize that maybe I don't know the Misplaced Pages's ins and outs as I thought.

I have been mostly trying to stay behind the scenes and been working on promoting this article but in light of recent events although I'm still working on it, I definitely need someone to mentor me. Would you consider adopting me?

Thanks, Reader of Information (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC) Reader of Information (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, and yes, of course more than happy to mentor you as much as I can! GiantSnowman 10:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Awesome! Thank you so much! Where do we start? Reader of Information (talk) 14:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
You can just ask me any questions if you need help with anything. GiantSnowman 14:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Alright, thanks. I'll ask if I come up with anything. Reader of Information (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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Hey mentour!

Hi my mentor, Giant Snowman,

I'm asking if you could help review the guidelines with me and assist me in creating a central discussion page regarding AI use as there are no guidelines. I was thinking of something like what I mentioned in the ANI as a start and your mention of a separate discussion was what brought me here.

Fyi, yeah I'm feeling better something I ate this morning did not sit well and passing gas actually helped 🤣

This is probably the first major project I'll be working on and your help as an experienced editor (and my mentor) would really help me out. I would like your help on the flaws with my views with the AI mentioning in AI, how that'd conflict with WP:LLM, and other aspects of AI usage to draft a good post for centralized discussion.

Your mentee, Reader of Information (talk) 22:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC) Reader of Information (talk) 22:35, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

You are looking for WP:RFC, but I think you are probably too unexperienced to be starting such a discussion. GiantSnowman 18:47, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Hmmm, well, I started one at Village Pump, proposals, it seems to be gaining traction. Reader of Information (talk) 19:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) You're too inexperienced to be doing a lot of the things you're doing. You need to spend less time in project space.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
I suppose so lol. I guess my eagerness can get the better of me. I'll work on the Fourth Army (France) revamp I have planned. Reader of Information (talk) 19:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Nice to meet you, have some images

I hope our disagreement on Talk:Carol and Eric Hafner is settled. Meanwhile, as a sign of appreciation of your contributions in general (you're a very active admin!), I found some free licensed images to illustrate your articles. I do that occasionally.

Hope you like. --GRuban (talk) 18:56, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the images - but no, it's not settled. GiantSnowman 19:02, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
OK, let me see what you said there and figure out the next steps. I think I found an image of Ratking (group) - not great, but better than nothing, about as good as the image currently on Wiki (rapper). This is as much as anything a reminder to myself to actually upload it while doing the former! --GRuban (talk) 20:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
  • American band Ratking performing in Köln in 2014. Left to right: Wiki, Sporting Life, Hak. American band Ratking performing in Köln in 2014. Left to right: Wiki, Sporting Life, Hak.
Not very good depictions, I'm afraid. I'd still put in one or two of them into the article, on the grounds that they're still better than nothing, but if you don't agree, I won't insist on it. --GRuban (talk) 00:29, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
I think they're good enough to include (in particular images 2 or 4?) - thanks! GiantSnowman 16:28, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Put two in. May keep looking for more. --GRuban (talk) 20:19, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diplomacy
The Barnstar of Diplomacy is awarded to you, GiantSnowman, who have helped to resolve, peacefully, conflicts on Misplaced Pages. Even when editors attack, you don't take it too personally and are happy to see the redirection of editors towards positive citizenship. TiggerJay (talk) 16:32, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
Gosh, thank you very much! GiantSnowman 16:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
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