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JWB followups[edit]

Thanks for the nearly 1000 follow-up edits on NFL Draft. I think you might find about 4000 more needed (see Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked miscapitalizations). I was planning to appeal my indef JWB ban at some point, so I could work on those, but it might go better if the bulk of stuff to work on was not the NFL Draft things. So I really appreciate you doing that. I'm busily fixing things from that report manually, but not the ones with big numbers of links where JWB would be the way to go. It's hard to keep up though. Dicklyon (talk) 05:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dicklyon: Gnomey work is not usually my thing, so no guarantees on how long the urge lasts. It was more a fun exercise to fiddle around with regular expressions. —Bagumba (talk) 07:52, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, yes, who doesn't enjoy a little self-flagellation now and then? Dicklyon (talk) 09:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was wrong. I forgot to account for the fact that your edits each fixed multiple links (maybe 4 on average). So the total left at Wikipedia:Database reports/Linked miscapitalizations looks like fewer than 1000 across all leagues, not just NFL. Dicklyon (talk) 18:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dicklyon: I think most of the NFL Draft redirs have not been tagged as miscaps, so are not on the report. —Bagumba (talk) 18:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. That's another thing I was hoping to do with JWB eventually. Dicklyon (talk) 19:02, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like over 800 in Template:. Dicklyon (talk) 02:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and tagged the <year> NFL Draft redirects by hand. Now about 30,000 more links are showing up in the report (probably not requiring nearly so many edits to fix, but definitely begging for JWB help). Are you feeling good about the regular expressions you're able to do to work on such? I'm no expert, but have some experience in those. We could do a bot request if we had solid patterns that would fix most of them without false positives. Dicklyon (talk) 20:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dicklyon: I've never done a bot request. Can volunteers figure out the details, or proposals needs to spell out the nuances, like avoiding citations. What about direct quotes? Others to leave alone? The ones I'm using are a hack. It misses things like {{main|2020 NFL Draft}} and other instances that are not direct wikilinks, or just plain text usage of "NFL Draft". —Bagumba (talk) 01:38, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't done it myself, but bot requests typically get approved for a test run of 50 or 100 edits to just verify that it's going OK. Being careful not to have false positives is key, which means it's hard to fix "NFL Draft" in sentences, since it's not so easy to eliminate quote and ref titles and filenames (though I think these are mostly possible to some extent). But adding patterns for the main and see also templates is straightforward. A good way to do this is to make a bot request (for someone else to craft and run the bot) and start them off with what you've got in JWB. See WP:BOTREQ and WP:BRFA. Dicklyon (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dicklyon: I don't see myself applying to run my own bot any time soon. Feel free to make a bot request for someone else to volunteer. If you do, let me know, and I can chime in if I have anything helpful to add. Or feel free to bounce off drafts with me. In the mean time, I'll continue with low hanging fruit and semi-inefficient "save" clicks (semi-therapeutic like weeding).—Bagumba (talk) 04:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I submitted Wikipedia:Bot requests#NFL Draft move downcasing cleanup. Dicklyon (talk) 05:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Wayne Cook (American football)[edit]

Hello! Your submission of Wayne Cook (American football) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Name, image, and likeness has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 16 § Name, image, and likeness until a consensus is reached. BD2412 T 02:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the good faith nod[edit]

When on an NFL page I won't use this one anymore either, Australian Football League (AFL). I have to laugh, I thought about it and did it anyway. I'm figuring .. well, unless Helen Keller was reading the article .. maybe they'll see 'Austrian' typed there. When I saw Wikipedia adding (AFL) on the main pages of Austrian, Australian, and American football, somehow I knew there would be trouble. I know what you mean, believe me I do. I just find it comical with the way we have to guide a reader away from stupidity. OR .. I could just stay away from those pesky Charger pages, lol! Bringingthewood (talk) 03:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now I feel like Helen Keller. Can you find the disambiguation links I added on a Myles Garrett revert? Bringingthewood (talk) 03:35, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You should be so lucky. You could be a good Samaritan and report the bug somewhere (dont ask me where). —Bagumba (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bringingthewood: (forgot prior ping) If it wasn't AFL, Id say whatever. I probably add CFL lots of times in lead w/o see if it's really used again. But how much can be written about Austrian football that would require reusing "AFL" in a bio. Haha. —Bagumba (talk) 03:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No ping needed, I was just about to send this anyway. That's true. I did lots of CFL and some WFL and WLAF also. Leaving the AFL to American football only from now on. --- prior response --- I'm not blaming WP, it's probably my computer. The only other time today it happened was a revert on Portugal. But I believe there was a disam. link on top when I put some blanking back to the page. Figured that one out all by myself! You can send the medal to my home address. Thanks for looking and for the revert, it looks like I removed an 'f' that you had to put back anyway. Sorry about that. Enjoy your Sunday!! Bringingthewood (talk) 03:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And how did I forget the AFL that I added to over 100 pages .. the Arena Football League! That one seems safe enough to continue doing. Now I'll leave you alone. Bringingthewood (talk) 19:55, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

red links[edit]

Hello B. Some of your edits are missing the 'e' in teams Chase Hansen. I'll check and fix, but I didn't want you to go all night like that, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bringingthewood: Arghh. I'll clean them up. —Bagumba (talk) 06:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was hoping you had a quick fix. I'll stop now. Any help, I'm here. See you later. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:15, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bagumba, was this JWB edit on 2022 Conference USA football season a mistake? You removed a very large chunk of the article, including all of the end matter. I would've just reverted, but I'm not sure if there was something specific that you wanted to do there. Liu1126 (talk) 23:52, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liu1126: Thanks for the heads up. I fixed it. Intention was only to downcase draft links to "NFL draft". —Bagumba (talk) 00:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Was patrolling the abuse log and came across a brand new user (Goatedkid678 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)) making an odd rant related to the NBA. I don't see how this has any value for the encyclopedia; are blocks and deletions necessary? Left guide (talk) 23:54, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Left guide: Hi there. Another admin has gotten to it. Thanks for being on the lookout. —Bagumba (talk) 00:36, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, and by the way thanks again for helping to save Sweet spot (sports) from deletion at both the AfD and article, it's extremely appreciated. :) Left guide (talk) 05:13, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]