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Wow!

Just thought I'd stop by to say "Wow". I haven't been so active in recent months, but when I come back from time to tine I see all your great work on historical football topics. It is great to see someone relatively new working so diligently in this area and generating quality work. Cbl62 (talk) 16:55, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
:Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:07, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For creating and expanding high-quality content on college football players and teams and for diligent research and advocacy in saving many notable articles from deletion. In a relatively short period since 2021, the 823 articles you created have received more than 3.7 million page views! These contributions include 21 college football biographies with more than 25,000 views:

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# Spencer Webb ↗ - 475,944 views
# Sam Hartman ↗ - 229,142 views
# Josh Sills ↗ - 131,480 views
# Britain Covey ↗ - 111,227 views
# Frank Gore Jr. ↗ - 110,607 views
# Reed Blankenship ↗ - 108,971 views
# Vinny Papale ↗ - 56,539 views
# Jack Stoll ↗ - 48,702 views
# Ledarius Mack ↗ - 46,757 views
# Maurice Drayton ↗ - 46,469 views
# Nick Rallis ↗ - 44,719 views
# Dicaprio Bootle ↗ - 37,674 views
# Christian Saulsberry ↗ - 35,272 views
# Tom Flacco ↗ - 34,467 views
# Chris Naggar ↗ - 31,753 views
# Amen Ogbongbemiga ↗ - 30,137
# Caleb Huntley ↗ - 29,824
# Christian Elliss ↗ - 29,218
# Matt Leo ↗ - 28,929
# Josh Pederson ↗ - 28,642
# Lester Cotton ↗ - 26,159
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I look forward to your next contributions. Cbl62 (talk) 17:08, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you very much, Cbl62 - this means a lot coming from you! And wow, I'm surprised my creations have received that many views - when I joined back in November 2020 (initially only to write two things), I would never have guessed I would go on to create things read by millions! BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:19, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

:: Page views are an indication that people care for the subjects about which you are writing. You garnered 3.7 million views in just two-and-a-half years. That total will continue to grow in the years (and decades) ahead. Keep it up! Cbl62 (talk) 17:25, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Recognition for your hard work

Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here ↗), are:
# {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant16|BeanieFan11}} with '''1,604''' tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
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thumb|center|The 2025 WikiCup, awarded to '''BeanieFan11''', the winner of the 2025 Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup ↗. ↗
thumb|center|The good article prize awarded to '''BeanieFan11''' for nominating the most good articles in the 2025 Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup ↗, with '''100''' GAs. ↗
thumb|center|The DYK prize, awarded to '''BeanieFan11''' for nominating the most DYKs during the 2025 Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup ↗, with '''147''' DYKs. ↗ – Epicgenius (talk) 23:33, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, {{ping|Epicgenius}} – I remember one year ago today I declared my quest for the 2025 title, and now I've done it {{smiley}} (BTW, did I win the ITN prize as well, or just the GA/DYK prizes?) BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:19, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

:No problem, and congratulations on all your hard work. Looks like I forgot the ITN award though: thumb|center|The ITN prize awarded to '''BeanieFan11''' with the joint strongest contribution of ''In the news'' items in the 2025 Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup ↗, with '''20''' ITN articles. ↗ – Epicgenius (talk) 02:22, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

::Congrats! ---Another Believer (Talk) 13:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

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::: Congratulations to magnificent achievements in many fields! - Today I remember a singer who impressed me on stage. - You are invited to the peer review after FAC ↗, - in a poll, you could simply mark yes or no for the four open questions. It's an experiment. The piece has its 300th anniversary on Christmas Day, and should be as good as possible by then. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:50, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: Thanks, though I'm completely unfamiliar with the standards for music, so I can't be of much help at the PR. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:05, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
::::: It's not the normal PR, and in a way, a fresh look is especially welcome. The four questions are not about music but: #1 link a 3rd time? #2 move a table to a separate article? #3 does a book that Google and a reviewer want me to cite look like a helpful additional reference? #4 prose in descriptions? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
::::: I have three biographies on the main page today, miss a fourth one ↗, nominated a fifth, that means little time for other matters. My places now include La Scala ↗, - see music, Verdi three times, and twice in my story! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Bill Gutteron

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... continued from an afd page

You can speculate as much as you want, but i already said that i did WP:BEFORE duly before my nominations. zglph•talk• 20:39, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

To repeat what I asked at the nomination: How long do you spend searching for coverage for each of these athletes? Do you search in their native languages in addition to English? You're making mass nominations of dozens of articles from non-English countries on a daily basis and not specifying in the nominations that any search is being performed, which is very concerning. In a good nomination, I'd expect to see a statement of what types of BEFORE searches were attempted, as well as anything that has been found. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:44, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

:I answered your question already. zglph•talk• 20:46, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

:: You only stated that you "did WP:BEFORE duly". I asked how long do you spend searching, and do you try to search in the athletes' native languages in addition to English, because if someone is making insane quantities of AFDs rapidly, it seems very unlikely that such things are occurring. Even ''if'' a search is being performed, the nominations should be spaced out so that the editors in the topic area are not flooded with 60+ articles to search for within a week. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:48, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Lorenzo Bugli

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A barnstar for you!

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Thanks! BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:36, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Regarding your QPQs

Hey BeanieFan11. I've noticed that, oftentimes, when you do nominations, you nominate first then pledge to provide a QPQ within two days. However, because WP:QPQ ↗ states that nominations can be closed at any time if no QPQs are provided, this leaves the possibility of your nominations being closed prematurely. Recently, some of your nominations were marked for closure because a QPQ was not provided immediately. Even though those issues have since been resolved, my suggestion is that you do your QPQs before nominating the articles for DYK, instead of after like you are currently doing. If the issue is that you do not have time to do reviews, you can hold off nominating the article until after you have accomplished your QPQs. Remember that you have seven days (plus up to two days extensions) to nominate an article, so you should have enough time to do the QPQs before nominating. Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions ↗) 13:52, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

There's only so much I can do with the amount of work I have. That may be somewhat reasonable in normal circumstances, but in this "backlog mode" requiring multiple QPQs for every nom, I don't always have the time to get that many QPQs done before every nomination. You even ↗ told me before that "being late by a day would be understandable". I don't understand this obsession by some editors to force immediate QPQ compliance even when there is a promise to do QPQs very soon (and if not accomplished by the promised time, I have no objection to them being failed) and even when, in Len Garrett's case, ''there was already a QPQ'' at the nom (just not two). It's not like missing a QPQ for a few hours is some substantial hindrance for reviewers; in many cases I'm waiting weeks for anyone to review my noms. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:38, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hello! I’m contacting you because you have experience with college football biographies, and I’d be grateful for your guidance.

I have created a fully sourced, policy-compliant draft for the article '''Danny Lauter''' in my sandbox:

User:Dlau1515/sandbox

The previous page was protected due to unsourced content, but I have rebuilt the article from scratch using only reliable secondary sources (ESPN, AP News, local newspapers, Patriot League releases, etc.). All claims are cited, and I have avoided any primary or non-independent sources.

Because the article title is still protected from creation/move, I cannot publish it myself. Would you be willing to:

review the sandbox draft, and

move it into mainspace if it meets Wikipedia’s standards?

In addition, I wanted to note that Google displays a full Knowledge Panel for “Danny Lauter” (including images, team info, statistics, and biographical data). I realize this cannot be used as a source in the article itself, but I mention it here only to show that the subject already has significant digital footprint and recognition across reliable, independent outlets. If helpful, I can provide links to the underlying independent sources that Google uses (ESPN, AP News, Greenwich Time, Patriot League, etc.).

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Sorry, I'm not seeing enough significant coverage ↗ on Lauter for him to be notable (worthy of an article). BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:54, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

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Bill Mallon

Hello. I think expanding the article about him would be useful, so that readers could assess whether he is really {{tq|also a leading authority on the history of the Olympic Games}} as the current article claims. Kelob2678 (talk) 10:59, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

That would be useful, but I'm not sure I have the time to do that. It doesn't take much effort to search his name on Google and see that's he's received several honors and published dozens of books on the history of the Olympics. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Anniversary BeanieFan11 🎉

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Thanks :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

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Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy ↗

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Thank you! BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

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Edit warring

Beanie, you've just reverted me three time, and I could report you for WP:3RR ↗. I like you, so I am not going to do that but this type of fighting should be avoided. I don't want to see you get blocked. As regards to notability tags. In general, I view tags as a diagnostic tool. Articles that don't have WP:SIGCOV ↗ present in the article can and should be notability tagged in my opinion. The tag shouldn't be removed until source presence has been addressed. That may not be how you perceive tags, but for me they are there to draw attention to ways articles can be improved. They aren't there for any other reason that to help target future editing. Best.4meter4 (talk) 22:05, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

If a subject is obviously notable, that subject should not be redirected nor should it have a "notability" tag. "Do not use this tag merely because the page requires significant work. Notability requires only that appropriate sources have been published about the subject. It does not require that any editor has already named these sources, followed the neutral, encyclopedic style, or otherwise written a good article." ↗ More appropriate would be a "more sources needed" or similar tag. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:07, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

::No offense, but you never actually presented any evidence of notability and never showed WP:NEXIST ↗. It's not unreasonable to want evidence of WP:SIGCOV ↗ (ie specific publications). Throwing out generic url searches with lots of hits that are largely trivial isn't showing NEXIST. You could weed through that search and find specific articles, and then give details about which ones actually have WP:GNG ↗ level sourcing. That would actually show notability, and address the tag. Until that evidence is in hand the tag should stay because requiring editors to prove a negative is impossible, and you could literally remove every notability tag ever placed anywhere under that logic which means there is no point to having notability tags.4meter4 (talk) 22:16, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
::: The first results in that link are many significant stories on him and clearly evidence his notability. He's an NHL player – almost no one seriously would think he's not notable. There is no requirement that sources be presented in the article for a subject to be notable – notability tags are for subjects which appear like they are not notable, not for subjects which are obviously notable based on their accomplishments but don't yet have sufficient sourcing. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

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Here is what one edit looks like

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Taylor_(Canadian_football)&action=history ↗ '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:28, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

+13,000 bytes in one edit – nice! I used to write articles that way (see 18,000 at creation ↗, 19,000 ↗, 21,000 ↗), but there were two or three times that I lost all my progress due to issues with my laptop, so after that I decided to write my articles in parts. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:37, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

:"there were two or three times that I lost all my progress due to issues with my laptop" That's happened to me before too. I just copied the whole article before clicking preview this time though. Nice work on those three articles. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:42, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

:How did Nelson Whitney ↗ not have an article? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:20, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
:: Interesting – that he defeated Bobby Jones head-to-head is impressive. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:42, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
::Dang, how did Michael Menzinger ↗ not have an article? Not even a stub? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 23:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
::: In my quest to write about every country, I've come across several subjects where I've been very surprised at the lack of an article. Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy ↗ (''founded a country''), Muhammad Tajuddin ↗ (Sultan of Brunei), Nuno Xavier ↗ (signed the document that made São Tomé and Príncipe a country) and Bethwel Henry ↗ (a founding father of the Federated States of Micronesia) are a few that come to mind. And there's lots of neat stories I've come across in writing all these foreign political figures. Like how John Mascarenhas ↗ impersonated the leader of the Seychelles anti-independence party to advocate ''for'' independence, Adam Sapi Mkwawa ↗'s quest to retrieve his grandfather's skull, Håkon Balstad ↗'s governing of half-destroyed Svalbard, the death of the last Easter Island monarch ↗, the politician known as "Buy Cash" ↗, and who could forget Stanislav Moroz ↗'s tenure as Acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic at the Second Extraordinary Congress of Deputies of the Transnistrian Region of All Levels? :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
::::Wow! Those are hidden gems. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 02:04, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
::::: {{ping|WikiOriginal-9}} You might have seen, but I thought I'd mention that by you writing Nelson Whitney, I clicked and then began reading the article on Bobby Jones, which led me to click on the article about the U.S. Amateur ↗, and from there I noticed the most recent winner – Mason Howell ↗ (who, as a four-year-old, dressed up as Jones for Halloween) – was missing an article. Thus I wrote Howell in what turned out to be the very first article of 2026 :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:00, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::You got the first edit too? Wow. Nice! '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 23:06, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

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Draft:Jerry Welsh (basketball) ↗

Hi there. Just an FYI that Jerry Welsh died this week, it was announced by his son Tim Welsh ↗ yesterday (link ↗), but so far the exact DoD is unclear. Just thought I would let you know in case you had energy around publishing your draft as interest could be at a high with the announcement. Rikster2 (talk) 16:57, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I moved the draft and I'll complete it later today. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:07, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

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The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: {{User4|Cwmhiraeth}}, {{User4|Epicgenius}}, {{User4|Frostly}}, {{User4|Guerillero}} and {{User4|Lee Vilenski}}. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

First article ''and'' edit of 2026

Hello BeanieFan11! As a fun annual tradition of mine, I try to find the first and last edits of the year on New Years, based on UTC timestamps and revision IDs. After some digging, you appear to not only have the first edit of 2026, but also created the very first article of 2026 as well, with your creation of Mason Howell ↗! Congratulations! The very last edit of 2025 appears to have been 3PPYB6 hitting publish a little too early ↗. —&NoBreak;'''k6ka''' 🍁 (Talk · Contributions ↗) 01:26, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! That's pretty neat that me publishing Howell turned out to be both the first article ''and'' edit of the new year :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:31, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

:Also stumbled upon this with my query ↗. Laura240406 (talk) 01:09, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Jerry Welsh (basketball) ↗

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :File:Frank Fitzgerald - Yanks.png ↗

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A tag has been placed on :File:Frank Fitzgerald - Yanks.png ↗ requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion ↗, because it is a non-free file ↗ from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press ↗, Getty Images ↗), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary. If you can explain why the file can be used under the non-free content guidelines ↗, please add the appropriate non-free use tag ↗ and rationale.

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{{ping|999real}} Why would low-resolution images from AP be unacceptable when there aren't (as far as I'm aware) other usable images of the subject? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:37, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Nam Singh Thapa ↗

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Precious anniversary

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Happy new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the Menzinger picture DYK I had the pleasure to review! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:29, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Framoi Bérété

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DYK for Michael Menzinger

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DYK for Mamadali Kurbanov

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DYK for Boobie Feaster

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:* One of the best names, ever! Very nicely done. Cbl62 (talk) 21:23, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Triple Crown

right|thumb|{{u|BeanieFan11}}, for your contributions to Wikipedia you are awarded the '''Imperial WP:Triple crown|Triple Crown ↗ Jewels'''. Your hard work is appreciated. Damien Linnane (talk) 05:55, 20 January 2026 (UTC) ↗
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Wow

I was looking for sources for Dereck Brain ↗ and noticed the Grokipedia ↗ article. Talk about terrible. The "article" is 1,238 words long but it's basically not even about him. Throughout all of the sections it just says little is known about Brain and it goes off on tangents about other stuff. I've fact checked Groki on two other articles and found stuff wrong on both of them. Groki has a bible ↗ on LaDaris Vann ↗ for some reason even though he's not super-duper notable. It said he was on practice squad'''s''' but that's not true (he wasn't even on one practice squad, let alone plural). It also said he was released due to injury but the source did not say that at all. It was just a transaction listing that said he got released. I didn't fact check the whole article. Those are just a few things I noticed. I thought this passage was funny: "These short stints underscored persistent hurdles, including injuries that restricted playing time and the competitive nature of U.S. professional football, preventing long-term establishment in either the NFL or AFL." There was also a painter article I fact checked recently (don't remember his name) but it just completely guessed how long he was under the tutelage of another artist. The source didn't say anything one way or the other about it. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:54, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Lol. I knew as soon as Grokipedia was announced that it would turn out a mess like that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:51, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

:Also according to Groki, he was placed on IR on September 3, 2005, which ended his NFL Europe season prematurely (in September?). He was also released by the Bills during final rosters cuts in .... wait for it ... April 2006. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 04:03, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

::A Google search of Dereck Brain gives Grokipedia as the '''second result''' after WP. Dear God... JTtheOG (talk) 04:18, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

:::We're all screwed. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 04:59, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

::::Oh big time lol. JTtheOG (talk) 05:05, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

:::::Yeah, have I've just begin looking at Grokapedia a bit of late. Compare Clinton L. Hare ↗ (an article I built out back in 2011) vs. https://grokipedia.com/page/clinton_l_hare. Grokapedia tends to add in a lot of generic narrative filler like "This foundational schooling prepared him for higher education" and "leaving a lasting mark on early Indiana college football through his emphasis on strategic preparation and athlete development." The Grokapedia article doesn't make any mention of Billy Crawford ↗, and the associated confusion between the two in the coaching records, content I only added to the Wikipedia article in 2024. There are some details in the Grokedpia article that aren't in the Wikipedia article, likes names of the country clerks that Hare worked under after his football career. I presume those may be correct, but I can't see where they come from. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

::::::Groki says "In November 1894, Hare was appointed chief deputy" while our version says "In November 1894, Hare was appointed as cashier to the clerk of the Indiana Circuit Court." Wonder where Groki got chief deputy from? Like you said, there's no reference for some reason. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:14, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

:::{{ping|JTtheOG}} Now it's the '''first result'''. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:06, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

::::Where tf did WP go.... It's so over it's not even funny. JTtheOG (talk) 18:43, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:::::It took all of a week for my statement to become outdated. JTtheOG (talk) 18:44, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:::::{{ping|JTtheOG}} The WP article got deleted. Now all that's left is Groki. I wonder though if the Groki article will get deleted too now since the WP article is gone.... '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:52, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

::::::Oh I see. My position remains unchanged lol. I'm sure it'll stay up. JTtheOG (talk) 19:09, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:Groki thinks ↗ Clay Brown ↗ and Clay Brown (American football) ↗ are the same person. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:53, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
:: {{facepalm}} BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:35, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
::: Found the same issue with Steve Potter (PFR ↗) who I'm writing about: https://grokipedia.com/page/steve_potter ↗. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:58, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Abdudzhabar Abdurakhmanov

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you! :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 28 § Draft articles ↗

<div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0">48px|alt=|link= ↗</div>Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization ↗ guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at '''Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 28 § Draft articles ↗''' on the categories for discussion ↗ page. Thank you. Mclay1 (talk) 09:14, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Multisport race ↗

Beanie, would you mind working on this article? It's been unreferenced since 2004. I placed notices on several wikiproject pages and it hasn't helped in attracting editors. Thanks for any assistance in advance.4meter4 (talk) 15:59, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

It's a notable topic of course, though not the area of sports I usually edit in. I'll see if I can at least add some sources later today. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:52, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Nam Singh Thapa

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Your nomination of Brad Lekkerkerker ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Brad Lekkerkerker ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Brad Lekkerkerker/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 13:36, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Laura LeRoy Travis/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 14:03, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Lenny Brown ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Lenny Brown ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Lenny Brown/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 14:33, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ has 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:Laura LeRoy Travis/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If the article is eligible to appear ↗ in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it ↗ within the next seven days.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 00:03, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Aram Piruzyan

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DYK for Abdullatif Al-Ghanim

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Your nomination of Lenny Brown ↗ has passed

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What do I have to do to get a picture hook dude?

I tried to get one for Emmett Barrett ↗ due to him playing football in glasses. However, someone wanted to debate about whether the pic was public domain or not. I recently nominated Ezekiel Hughes ↗ for a picture slot and it was approved. However, I check the front page today and there is no picture... How many picture hooks do you have? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:22, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

The DYK people seem pretty picky about what approved pictures get to appear on the main page. I've had many pictures declined in the past. Looking through my history, it seems the only pictures I've had featured are Jim Dillard ↗, Red Weiner ↗, Brian Driscoll ↗ (DYK ... that Brian Driscoll became the director of the FBI by accident?), Paul Loudon ↗, Wycliffe Smith ↗, Enriqueta Duarte ↗, Franco Testa ↗, Maher Abbas ↗, Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy ↗, Michael Menzinger ↗, and Jonathan Stoklosa ↗ (11, but note I have almost 500 DYKs). I think there's a slightly higher chance of a pic being featured if its of someone from outside of the US/UK. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:23, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:Do you have any idea how many you've nominated for picture slots though?

:And yes, I did know that about Driscoll. That's crazy. I only knew about it though because I follow your edits. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:31, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:: I'm not sure how many I've nominated for picture slots, but in my past 50 noms there's Template:Did you know nominations/Abdullatif Al-Ghanim ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Vidoe Smilevski ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Maher Abbas (second nomination) ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Menzinger ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Bill Gutteron ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Red Seidelson ↗, Template:Did you know nominations/Vladimir Popov (wrestler) ↗, and Template:Did you know nominations/Marty Norton ↗ (would've been a good one...). Only Abbas and Menzinger were featured (2/8). BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:39, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Cory Lekkerkerker ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Cory Lekkerkerker ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Cory Lekkerkerker/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 20:03, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of African Grant ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article African Grant ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:African Grant/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 20:33, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Brad Lekkerkerker ↗ has passed

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DYK for Jerry Welsh (basketball)

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DYK for Boleslovas Baranauskas

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DYK for Mason Howell

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Four Award

Nomination of :Joe Santone ↗ for deletion

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The article will be discussed at '''Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Santone ↗''' until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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A barnstar for you!

Thank you :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 05:07, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

WikiCup 2026 March newsletter

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP ↗. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Bgsu98}} with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article ↗, 5 featured lists ↗, 15 good articles ↗, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;

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The full scores for round 1 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Vidoe Smilevski

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}} &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) ↗ 12:03, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Smilevski - quotation marks

Very near the beginning of the "Career" section, there are quotation marks used like this:

{{tq|1=During this time, he organized a trade union and "his apartment turned into the center of illegal revolutionary activity".}}

This gives readers a confused impression, because it isn't clear why you're using quotation marks, and they're normally not used on Wikipedia without a very good reason. Readers seeing these quotation marks might be wondering if they can trust you as an editor, or wondering if they can trust the source you used.

If the marks are just to say "this is not necessarily this editor's opinion", then the quotation marks should simply be removed - our opinions as editors are never allowed in articles anyway. If the marks are to warn readers "Borba is an important valuable source, but Borba's reporting on this topic might be biased", then it would probably be better to change it to something like this: {{tq|1=During this time he organized a trade union, and according to a report in Borba, his apartment turned into the center of illegal revolutionary activity.}} TooManyFingers (''he/him'' ↗ · talk) 15:58, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I used quotation marks because its a direct quote from the source and I wasn't sure of a better way to reword it that would give the same meaning. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Strand

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}}  — Amakuru (talk) 12:34, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi BeanieFan11. Thank you for your work on Aaron Flint ↗. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol ↗ and left the following comment:

{{Bq|1=Thank you for your work on this article. Please add more sources - primarily secondary sources - and establish notability as per WP:NPOL ↗. Thanks and have a wonderful day!}}

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{code|<nowiki>{{Re|</nowiki>Mariamnei<nowiki>}}</nowiki>}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation ↗ tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Mariamnei (talk) 07:34, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

I had created this as a redirect and someone expanded it into an article. The subject isn't notable at the moment so I have restored the redirect. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:38, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Draft: Jack Hubley ↗

Do you mean the Associated Press citation I provided is not suitable and are there citations I should take out and what else should be taken out of the draft as well? R2025kt (talk) 17:27, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

No, that's not what I mean. I only said, to the reviewer, that I think the ''Sunday News'' and ''Daily News'' are significant coverage ↗ (SIGCOV) that can qualify for WP:GNG ↗. I don't know if I'd say the AP story is detailed enough to be considered SIGCOV, but that doesn't mean it needs to be taken out. It's fine if articles have sources that are not SIGCOV – the important thing is that there are ''also'' sources with SIGCOV included (which, in my opinion, there are in this case). BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:37, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

:So it's good enough to submit this time? R2025kt (talk) 19:05, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

:Regarding local sources, a source being very local to the subject can impact its independence ↗ in a way that compromises its ability to be used to support notability. Local media sources have a vested interest in promoting the profile of local places, figures, events etc. In much the same way we don't consider trades magazines as reliable sources of notability for companies within their industry, we also have to be cautious of using very local sources. Athanelar (talk) 00:05, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

::Well the Associated Press ↗ is worldwide and not local. R2025kt (talk) 14:40, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

:: Virtually all newspapers have an interest in covering the subjects that are in their region. I'm not seeing how the newspapers cited in the draft are not independent from Hubley. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:34, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Brad Lekkerkerker

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DYK for Cory Lekkerkerker

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}} '''Hurricane''''''Zeta'''C ↗ 00:04, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/359 ↗

There is a year-long sports event for WP:WikiProject Women in Red ↗ if you are interested in participating. I thought you might want to share this with any sports wikiprojects you participate in. Best wishes.4meter4 (talk) 01:37, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

The main wikiprojects I participate in (American football-related) wouldn't have many qualifying articles for WiR, but I'll participate in the event. There's a good number of notable women in the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame ↗ I've wanted to get articles for, so now I can use this to push me to actually write them :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:23, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

NFL IP drafts

It appears that our IP friend is back creating NFL drafts. I found WP:SIGCOV ↗ for Ken Pope ↗, a draft he created. I intend on finding sources for as many of their drafts as possible. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 03:38, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I noticed. I'm sure SIGCOV could be found for all of them, I just haven't had the time to do it yet. Thanks for your efforts. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:55, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm done for today, but I was able to publish four. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 04:58, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

::Only 3 remain. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 03:40, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

::: {{ping|The Knowledge Pirate}} Looks like he's created a bunch more: here ↗ and here ↗. Could you source some of those if you get the chance? I'm too busy dealing with the discussion to redirect thousands of Olympians... BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:49, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

::::I'll do that. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 20:01, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

:::::Oh my. I just looked at both of your links. I'll start doing it right now. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 03:56, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

::::::I got all but two on the second link. I'll do the first link tomorrow. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 07:12, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

:::::::I got all of the blatantly notable ones done. Only 4 or 5 remain. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 04:34, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Bo Levi Mitchell

You might not care about reading this but I think it's very interesting. Thank you for humoring me if you do take the time to read it and respond.

Did you know...

... that 2010s CFL All-Decade Team QB and future CFL Hall of Famer '''Bo Levi Mitchell ↗''' is objectively better than '''''48''''' NFL QBs?

I came up with these players below by going through the CFL starting QB lists (I already knew a lot of them though). The checkmark {{tick}} means Bo Levi is objectively better. {{not done}} means he isn't objectively better (he still debatably is though).

Here are 14 NFL '''''starters''''' (12 of which Bo Levi Mitchell is objectively better than) who were in the CFL at the same time as Mitchell (2012–present):

Johnny Manziel ↗: Pretty much had the same mediocre statline in both the NFL and CFL. {{tick}}

Ryan Lindley ↗: Sucked in the NFL but managed to start a playoff game. He was a backup in the CFL. {{tick}}

Paxton Lynch ↗: Sucked in the NFL. He was a third-stringer in the CFL. {{tick}}

P. J. Walker ↗: Sucked in the NFL but somehow managed to start games for multiple NFL teams. He is currently a backup in the CFL. {{tick}}

Brian Brohm ↗: Sucked in the NFL and CFL. {{tick}}

Devlin Hodges ↗: Sucked in the NFL and CFL. Hodges, like Mitchell, won the Walter Payton Award ↗. {{tick}}

Max Hall ↗: Sucked in the NFL and CFL. {{tick}}

John Beck ↗: Somehow managed to start games for multiple NFL teams. Didn't do much in either the NFL or CFL. {{tick}}

Rusty Smith ↗: Didn't play much in the NFL but still started one game. He was a training camp cut by the Calgary Stampeders in 2014 (the same year Mitchell took over as Calgary's starter) {{tick}}

J. T. O'Sullivan ↗: Sucked in the NFL. Third-stringer for Saskatchewan in 2012. {{tick}}

Jarious Jackson ↗: Managed to start one NFL game in 2003. Okay in the CFL I guess. {{tick}}

Troy Smith ↗: Heisman winner. Started for multiple NFL teams. His NFL and CFL stats are pretty much the same (mediocre). {{tick}}

Vince Young ↗: NFL Pro Bowler and ROY. He was washed up by the time he ended up in the CFL though. He suffered an injury during training camp and was cut by Saskatchewan after the first preseason game (not sure if he played in it or not) {{not done}}

Henry Burris ↗: He started one NFL game in 2002. He was actually good in the CFL though (he's in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame ↗). He and Mitchell had a battle in the 104th Grey Cup ↗. {{not done}}

Here are 11 people (9 of which Mitchell is objectively better than) who were on NFL '''''active rosters''''' but didn't start an NFL game:

Chris Streveler ↗: Threw passes in actual NFL games. Mostly a CFL backup. {{tick}}

Dominique Davis ↗: Threw passes in actual NFL games. Mostly a CFL backup. {{tick}}

Ricky Ray ↗: Member of the Jets' active roster. CFL Hall of Famer. {{not done}}

McLeod Bethel-Thompson ↗: He was on multiple NFL active rosters. Actually decent in the CFL though. {{tick}}

Nathan Rourke ↗: He was on multiple NFL active rosters. He's actually pretty good in the CFL though. {{not done}}

Chad Kelly ↗: Played in an NFL game without throwing a pass. He's actually good in the CFL though (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Jake Dolegala ↗: He was on the Bengals active roster in 2019 and spent time with 3 other NFL teams. He is currently one of Mitchell's backups for the Tiger-Cats. {{tick}}

Kerry Joseph ↗: Played safety in the NFL but actually good in the CFL at QB (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Drew Willy ↗: Member of the Colts' active roster. Okay in the CFL I guess. {{tick}}

James Morgan ↗: Member of Jets active roster. Sucks in the CFL. {{tick}}

Adrian McPherson ↗: Member of the Saints active roster (and my old backup QB in Madden, along with D. J. Shockley ↗) I think I used Vince Young (also noted above) or Michael Vick ↗ as starters. I liked running QBs. (end of tangent) McPherson was a backup in the CFL too. {{tick}}

Here are 27 '''''offseason/practice squad''''' type NFL QBs (26 of which Mitchell is objectively better than) who have been in the CFL since 2012:

'''Practice squad'''

Dan LeFevour ↗: Mediocre CFL stats. {{tick}}

Travis Lulay ↗: Actually good in the CFL (Mitchell is still better though since he was the 2010s All-Decade QB and is still good in the 2020s). {{tick}}

Zach Collaros ↗: Actually good in the CFL. His CFL accomplishments are pretty good so I won't say Mitchell is objectively better I guess. {{not done}}

Mike Reilly ↗: Actually good in the CFL (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Darian Durant ↗: Actually good in the CFL (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Seth Doege ↗: Didn't play much in the CFL. {{tick}}

Alex Brink ↗: Mostly a backup in the CFL. {{tick}}

David Watford ↗: Only started two CFL games. {{tick}}

Jeff Mathews ↗: Doesn't look like he did much in the CFL. {{tick}}

Jonathan Crompton ↗: Average CFL stats. {{tick}}

'''Offseason'''

Jeremiah Masoli ↗: Actually decent in the CFL though. {{tick}}

Dane Evans ↗: Average stats in the CFL. {{tick}}

Antonio Pipkin ↗: Didn't play much in the CFL. {{tick}}

Drew Tate ↗: Bo Levi Mitchell's backup in the CFL. {{tick}}

Cody Fajardo ↗: Actually good in the CFL though (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Taylor Cornelius ↗: Not that good in the CFL. {{tick}}

Trevor Harris ↗: Actually good in the CFL (Mitchell still better). {{tick}}

Logan Kilgore ↗: Not that good in the CFL. {{tick}}

James Franklin ↗: Okay in the CFL I guess. {{tick}}

Matt Nichols ↗: Okay in the CFL. {{tick}}

Brett Smith ↗: Didn't do much in the CFL it looks like. {{tick}}

Keith Price ↗: Only started one CFL game. {{tick}}

Joey Elliott ↗: Sucked in the CFL. {{tick}}

Jamie Newman ↗: Only started one CFL game. {{tick}}

Jacory Harris ↗: Only started one CFL game. {{tick}}

Dustin Crum ↗: Average CFL stats. {{tick}}

Brock Jensen ↗: Didn't play much in the CFL. {{tick}}

And yet Bo Levi Mitchell was never even an NFL camp body. Make it make sense. Interested in reviewing Bo Levi Mitchell now? :) {{small|(Just kidding, you don't have to; that's not the reason I sent this message)}} Mitchell is also the newest member of the List of gridiron football passing leaders ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:03, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Interesting :) – I've thought it odd how some of the best CFL players were never in the NFL at any point. I think I have autograph or patch cards of a few of the suck QBs you mentioned (Lindley, Morgan, and Newman at least). BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:That's funny. I think I have a Morgan jersey card too. Might have a Lindley one also? I have so many, it's hard to remember. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 21:30, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:I updated ↗ the list: User:WikiOriginal-9/Bo Levi Mitchell. He is now objectively better than '''''106''''' NFL QBs. I went through the annual CFL roster lists on Wikipedia and added the CFL backups who were also in the NFL. I also looked through :Category:Canadian football quarterbacks ↗ and added some people. I didn't click on all 735 names. I just clicked on ones that looked familiar or suspicious. Like I said, yesterday I only went through the CFL starting QB lists (along with adding a few people that I specifically remembered like JT O'Sullivan and Vince Young). That's why there are so many more today. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:53, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:: Wow. And you're list includes someone I wrote the article for: Vincent Testaverde Jr. ↗ (who was briefly a backup to Mahomes in college) – in my collection I actually have several odd Vinny Testaverde items, such as a some pieces of a strip of 1987 photographic film ↗ from a game he played in, some signed game programs of him, etc. – someone on eBay was selling them really cheap one time. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:59, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I went through everyone in the Canadian football QBs cat above and found eight more stragglers (there is a browser tool that lets you drag and open all of the links at once. And if your computer is good, it doesn't slow it down). The final count is now '''''114''''' NFL QBs whom are objectively worse than Bo Levi Mitchell. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:26, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for LeShun Daniels Sr.

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DYK for Steve Potter (American football)

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A barnstar for you!

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Thanks! BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Gerd Schädlich ↗

The expand to German i feel is useless as the German version is much longer than the English one so there is nothing to expand. Good actions only 22:02, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

{{ping|Good actions only}} I think you have a misunderstanding of what the tags are for. It is saying that the German article is longer and thus the text from German may be able to be used to expand the English article. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:05, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

:Perhaps it works both ways but i don't think so. When you add the template to an English article you can give it what the name of it would be in German so when it is tapped it opens the article to be made on the German Wikipedia then you go onto create the article in German insinuating it is to be translated from English to German strictly. Good actions only 22:09, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

:: {{tq|you go onto create the article in German insinuating it is to be translated from English to German strictly}} – It is supposed to link to the subject's German article, not link to a place to create an article in German. See this ↗ for Schadlich, his German article which is linked in the tag at Gerd Schädlich ↗. The tag clearly says, "You can help expand ''this article'' [i.e., English] with text ''translated from the corresponding article in German'' [i.e., English can be expanded using text from German]." BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:18, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

:::Yea... i figured that top part out about 2 minutes after sending it and after a few minutes of researching and reading everything on the template page it actually somehow turns out I've misunderstood that the whole time. Welp... damn. Good actions only 22:28, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

::::i am glad you told me and i thank you for it (and i am quite embarrassed).

::::There should definitely be a template for requesting traslations. Good actions only 22:30, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

In appreciation

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Haha thanks! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:53, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Review request: Boyd Epley

Hi BeanieFan11! I hope you don't mind me reaching out directly.

A few months ago I created my first ever sports-related article — Boyd Epley ↗ — about the man widely regarded as the first full-time strength and conditioning coach in college football ↗.

I came across Boyd Epley through my own training background (I follow NSCA strength programs), so I knew his story well. But I'll be honest: American football is not really my area (I'm based in Europe), so I may have missed some nuances relevant to sports-related articles.

The article is already in the mainspace, but it seems to have gone unnoticed by Wikipedia:New pages patrol ↗. Given your experience and reputation in the football and sports topic area, I thought you might be the right person to ask: would you be willing to have a look and let me know whether the article is ready to be marked as reviewed at Special:Log ↗, or whether something needs to be improved first?

Thank you so much for your time! '''A'''lexandra '''G'''oncharik -'''sms'''- ↗ 10:47, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello. The article looked alright to me (I did fix a citation which was dead). I marked it as approved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:53, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you so much, @BeanieFan11! I really appreciate you taking the time to look it over, and for fixing that dead citation! Great to know the article is in good shape. '''A'''lexandra '''G'''oncharik -'''sms'''- ↗ 06:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

DYK for African Grant

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Random comment

I'm not sure if you're still trying to get Packers GAs but Boob Darling ↗ is an interesting name. He's a Packers Hall of Famer (I'm not quite sure why though). The Packers Hall of Fame is huge, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 01:52, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

That's been on my to-do list for awhile. I do plan on writing some more Packers GAs this month, so I'm considering doing him. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:19, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Tyren Montgomery

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Your draft article, Draft:Union Republican ↗

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DYK nomination of Kyle Green (basketball)

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Nomination of :Aaron Flint ↗ for deletion

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Did you know ...

... that '''Joe Haering ↗''', who "slugged" Arena Football League president Jim Foster ↗ and later became the defensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons ↗, did not have an article until five minutes ago? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:40, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

He punched the AFL president!? That's a good way to get an instant-suspension. Also, nice – that was an article on my to-do list. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:43, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

* Yeah, he slugged him. Foster is the one who invented the sport too lol. Also sorry if I "stole" it. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:59, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

** LOL. I wonder if there's any footage of that fight anywhere. I don't think I've ever heard of a coach punching the league president before – that it was the inventor of the sport makes it even more crazy. Also, I'm fine that you wrote it – it would've been a long time before I ever got to it anyway (the amount of articles on my to do list is massive – I have a notebook with several pages filled with names and notes handwritten in ridiculously tiny font lol). BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:10, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

**:That's cool. I have a massive list of random junk to do in my sandbox, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:15, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

**::You can steal stuff from my sandbox if you want. It's under User:WikiOriginal-9/sandbox#Notes and templates. All of those aren't necessarily article ideas though, a few are just random notes I left for myself for whatever reason. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 14:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

**:I didn't see a video but possible I missed it. I did find this ↗ photo of the refs separating Haering from Foster. I have no idea how Haering did not get suspended for life after attacking the founder. He only got suspended two weeks. Talk about lenient. Could you imagine a current NFL coach slugging Roger Goodell? lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:50, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

**:I added some more details on the fight. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:06, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

**:: This is now one of my favorite football stories lol. And a two-game suspension for decking the founder is even more crazy. Also, minor thing I noticed: the Haering article says "However, interim head coach Darrel Jackson was credited as the coach of record for the postseason loss to the Denver Dynamite", but according to 1989 Arena Football League season ↗ they beat Denver? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:59, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

**:::Great catch. I always get the Denver Dynamite and Detroit Drive confused, lol. It looks like Pittsburgh actually played two postseason games that year. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 21:15, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

* I'm not sure if people will complain the hook is too negative, but that's something I'd have tried to get to DYK: ... that Arena Football League coach '''Joe Haering ↗''' once punched the league's president? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:49, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

*:Haering isn't a BLP so it might work. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:57, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

*:The only thing that's putting me off of nominating it for DYK is the fact that the only source I could find for his death is Facebook. I'm worried that, once the article hits the main page, someone will come along and remove that. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:16, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

:I was surprised to see this ↗ was you. He "got" 11 varsity letters? I used to do silly stuff too when I first started editing, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:42, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
:: Oh, lol, yes I was not as good a writer when I first joined Wikipedia. At some point I should probably go back and copyedit some of my early articles... BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:12, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
:::Don't worry, I had to go back and expand a lot of my stubs like 10 years later.... lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:22, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

... that '''Harry Leons ↗''' went from sixth-string walk-on to pro QB? Read the first paragraph of the college career section too. It's pretty funny. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:46, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Haha! Wow! BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:01, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

... that '''Blake ↗''' and Eric Frohnapfel are one of only two sets of twins in NCAA Division I ↗ football history to connect on a touchdown together? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Wow, didn't know there were twins who connected on touchdown passes before. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:57, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

... that Chattanooga Mocs QB (and NFL fullback) Jacob Huesman ↗ and Appalachian State Mountaineers QB (and NFL WR) Armanti Edwards ↗ are the only two players in Southern Conference ↗ history with 4,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards? It's weird though because :Template:Appalachian State Mountaineers quarterback navbox ↗ has a ''completely unrelated'' Jacob Huesman listed (2018). The Chattanooga Jacob Huesman was also an assistant coach at Georgia State, so when I was searching his name to add wikilinks I came across 2021 Georgia State Panthers football team ↗. However, the unrelated Huesman was the one listed there. Spooky! '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 14:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Interesting. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

... that quarterback '''Tom Beck ↗''' has a ridiculous amount of weird coincidences? (maybe the most ever) '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:29, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Beck grew up only three houses away from the Denver Broncos practice facility and was still living there when he signed with them. He could literally walk from his childhood home to NFL practice with his favorite team. He told fellow Broncos QB John Elway "I've watched almost every game you've played"

Beck competed for a quarterback spot on the Broncos with fellow Grand Junction High alum Bill Musgrave ↗.

Beck beat Carson-Newman in the NCAA DII title game. His great-great-great grandfather, William Allen Montgomery ↗, was the president of Carson-Newman from 1888 to 1892.

Beck had been working as a loan officer in Colorado before being signed to the Chicago Bears' practice squad. Bears teammate Mike Horan ↗ had also been working as a loan officer in Colorado earlier in the year before signing with the Bears. Growing up in Colorado, Beck also babysat for former Bears player Len Walterscheid ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:29, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

*Not to mention that the other Tom Beck ↗ was also a quarterback. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 21:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

** WOW. That's cool to sign with a team he lived three houses away from lol BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:50, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

**:Actually, I'm not sure it was actually his childhood home. He had been living there three years at least though. What made me think it was his childhood home is that the babysitter source said "as a teenager in Greeley". Maybe it meant 19 years old? Or maybe he moved to a different house in Greeley? Heck if I know. Close enough, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:10, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

**::Actually the University of Northern Colorado ↗ was in Greeley so that might be why he lived so close to the Broncos' practice facility. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:44, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

**:Sorry for being annoying but I found another coincidence. The Portland Forest Dragons ↗ signed Beck due to former NFL QB Chris Dittoe ↗ deciding to leave the team after only playing one game. Beck also later left the team after only playing in one game. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 04:05, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

**:: Nice (also, I'm not annoyed at all :) ) BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

... I created 11 out of the 14 QBs in :Template:Oklahoma Wranglers starting quarterback navbox ↗ (Brad Lebo ↗, Jake Logue ↗, Grady Benton ↗, John Bonds ↗, Chad Davis ↗, Jason Stiles ↗, Bob Stockham ↗, James Guidry ↗, Tom Beck ↗, Ron Lopez ↗, and Jeff Loots ↗). The only ones I didn't were Troy Kopp ↗, Duke Tobin ↗, and Ben Bennett ↗. I also somehow created articles on Portland Forest Dragon QBs that threw passes but didn't start any games (Chris Dittoe ↗ and Harry Leons ↗). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 14:57, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Wow! Nice. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

... that '''Cary Brabham ↗''' and '''Gordon Laro ↗''' were featured on the cover of ''Madden NFL '96 ↗'' despite only having nine NFL games between them? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:47, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

:I expanded Brabham. If you do Laro, we can do a double DYK nomination. (I could expand Laro too right now but I felt like sharing, lol) '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:53, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

:: Lol, I wonder what made them think to have those two players on the ''Madden'' cover. I'll take a look into Laro today or tomorrow :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:05, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

:::I expanded ''Madden NFL '96 ↗'' with details. You don't have to if you don't want to. I don't care. I'll give you a few days to do it though. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:28, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

:::I already completed two DYK reviews (Template:Did you know nominations/Emmanuel Oyebadejo ↗ and Template:Did you know nominations/Shiyazh Pete ↗), so you do not have to do a review if you don't want to (you still can though if you think you should). Thank you, '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:25, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

:::: {{ping|WikiOriginal-9}} OK I finally finished expanding Gordon Laro ↗. You can make the nomination and include those QPQs, and then the next QPQ I do I'll "gift" to you. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:29, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

:::::Are you allowed to do that? lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 03:51, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

:::::: I think so; I remember once or twice where someone "donated" a QPQ for my nominations. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:52, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

... that current stub Tillie Voss ↗ played for an NFL-record 10 teams? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:05, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

* First player to get ejected too? I want to turn this into a GA at the end of the month (but you could expand as well if you want.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:26, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

*:I don't plan on expanding it. I was just cleaning up the error at Josh Johnson ↗ that said he was a member of the most different NFL teams (14). That accolade actually goes to Shayne Graham ↗ with 15 teams (even though the NYT mistakenly believes it's Johnson ↗). Shayne Graham and Tillie Voss are tied for the most NFL teams actually played in real games with at 10 teams. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:33, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

*::Also, Voss had sole ownership of the record for '''''86 years''''' (1929-2015). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:46, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

*::: Wow! BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:13, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

**:Even ''Guinness World Records ↗'' has it wrong: Most teams played for in an NFL career ↗: "The most teams played for in an NFL career is 14, achieved by Josh Johnson (USA) between 2009 and 2025."

**:He didn't play in games for 14 teams, only 7. Shayne Graham ↗ still has more overall teams at 15. According to this ESPN article ↗, Graham is tied with Tillie Voss ↗ for the most NFL teams played for with 10 (real games only). So either way you look at it, Graham should have the record, not Johnson. Although Johnson does have 12 active roster stints while Graham only has 11 (Guinness isn't counting it like that though)

**:I emailed Guinness. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:59, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**:: {{facepalm}} Funny when we find the correct answers that major organizations couldn't figure out, lol. Also, nice that you found that out since I always had thought Johnson had the record. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**:::I know, it's crazy. I also had to debunk Ken Riley ↗'s HOF case: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yankees10#Dude ↗ (in case I haven't told you already, lol). Oh well, at least Josh Johnson's Guinness page helped me notice Diana Armstrong (world record holder) ↗, whom I just created an article on. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:21, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**:::: There's been some times I've seen broadcasts before and noticed inaccuracies. Like I had written the article for 1930s player Red Weiner ↗, the only Eagles QB to throw for two touchdowns on four or fewer pass attempts until Tanner McKee ↗, and the next Eagles preseason I heard the announcer say something like, "McKee is the only Eagles quarterback to ever throw for two touchdown passes on four or fewer pass attempts." {{facepalm}} Also, I had actually heard of Armstrong before, I just didn't remember her name. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:08, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**:::::It's crazy how me and you (two random people) have to fix everything! That's an awesome article on Red Weiner ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:12, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**:::::: Thanks! though upon rereading it it looks like I messed up his number of pass attempts in the lead, so I fixed that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:17, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**::::::: Also, as mentioned before, here's a QPQ for you that you can use: Template:Did you know nominations/Bradley Roberts (Bahamian politician) ↗. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:24, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**::::::::OK, ''if you insist'' (lol). Also, I was thinking about creating an article on Red Heater ↗. However, if you want to make it feel free. I don't care. I've created enough stuff. I don't want to hoard everything for myself, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:28, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

**::::::::: That's a good name. I don't mind if you make it since I have other tasks I'll be busy with through the end of the month. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:59, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

**::YES!!! They fixed it ↗!! There's now a line that says "The official NFL record requires at least one game to have been played for each team, not merely being signed to a contract." I am so good. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 11:56, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

**::: AWESOME! BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:59, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Did you know that Nick Truesdell ↗ broke into someone's house and lived there for a week? It was listed under United Press International ↗'s "Odd News" section. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:32, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

* Wow, I don't even know what to say to that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:08, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Did you know that, in 1944, Rams players Mike Kabealo ↗ and Al Gutknecht ↗ Formed Football's Most Amazing Pass Combination ↗? I created (and expanded) Kabealo. That would have been a good DYK.... Al Gutknecht ↗ is still a stub. Maybe we could do another dual nom if I take Kabealo to GA? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:54, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

* Wow! If you're able to get Kabealo to GA I'd expand Gutknecht for DYK. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:17, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

*:I think I'll try to get Kabealo to GA but it might be a little hard for someone who only played one year in the 40s, lol. I wish I nominated it for DYK when I expanded it last year but I was expanding so many of my old articles I couldn't nominate everything lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:20, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

*:: I'm sure it's possible: I've turned old one-season players into GAs dozens of times {{wink}} BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:45, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

*:::Kabealo nominated for GA. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:42, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

*:::: Though if we're doing a double-DYK nomination where you're the author of Kabealo and I'm the author of Gutknecht, I wonder if there would be an issue if I'm the GA reviewer of Kabealo? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:03, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

*:::::You can wait until someone else reviews it if you want. Maybe I can get a review out of JTtheOG or someone else? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:06, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

*:::::: Maybe I'll wait to see if someone else reviews it to be safe... BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Roosevelt Blackmon ↗ has passed

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DYK for Kyle Green (basketball)

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Guidance on creating article about myself (COI disclosed)

Hello, I wanted to reach out regarding my situation and ask for guidance.
I believe there may have been confusion in the past related to multiple accounts. I want to be transparent that I am Danny Lauter, a college football quarterback, and I understand that I have a conflict of interest when it comes to articles about myself.
I am not looking to create or directly control an article, but rather to follow the correct process and ensure that any information written is accurate and properly sourced.
I would really appreciate any guidance on how to move forward appropriately, or if there is a recommended way for a neutral editor to review or create a draft based on reliable sources.
Thank you for your time and help. DannyLauter51 (talk) 18:52, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello. In order for a subject to receive an article, there must be in-depth coverage ↗ of them in independent, reliable sources ↗. In other words, what is needed is stories focusing on you from media outlets unconnected to you or your school, such as in newspapers like ''The Post-Standard ↗'' (since you're at Syracuse). Take this ↗ story about Antoine Deslauriers ↗ as an example of the kind of things we look for (if you can't read it let me know). Sorry to disappoint, but most college athletes simply aren't notable ↗ and I'm not seeing much significant coverage about you. If you start any games for Syracuse this upcoming season we can take another look. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:16, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Timon (deacon)

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Nomination of :Allen MacDonald ↗ for deletion

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The article is being discussed at '''Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen MacDonald ↗''' until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Your nomination of Mark Cooney ↗ is under review

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Your nomination of Mark Cooney ↗ is on hold

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Your nomination of Zac Alcorn ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Zac Alcorn ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Zac Alcorn/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Gonzo fan2007 -- Gonzo fan2007 (talk) 17:47, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

:Black Hills State?? I've never even heard of that. Nice work. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:00, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
:: Thanks! I actually had heard of it, but only because I have thoroughly analyzed List of NCAA Division II football programs ↗ before lol. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:13, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Why did you do that? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:45, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: I had once tried to see how many team names for DI, II, III and NAIA schools I could memorize lol. (I still know from memory the team names for virtually every DI school and maybe 60% of DII.) BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:53, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::Nice. I probably have a lot of them memorized too, lol. I've never tested myself though. I wonder if there's a quiz somewhere online about it... '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:55, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

April 2026

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, I'm Discospinster. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source ↗. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable ↗. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation ↗, your edit is archived in the page history. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.  ... '''disco''''''''spinster''''' '''talk''' 01:40, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

IMO the reverts are excessive. These are all people that were just selected in the 2026 NFL draft ↗. Their selections are easily verifiable and citations will be added. It will just take a few minutes. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:43, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

:Then the article can wait a few minutes for the change in information. ... '''disco''''''''spinster''''' '''talk''' 15:25, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

:: The draft is a hugely popular televised event. There are many editors who try to update the selections as soon as they're picked and the selections are easily verifiable. Reverting the edits when they're so easily verifiable and when citations will soon be added is excessive. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:16, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Zac Alcorn ↗ is on hold

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Zac Alcorn ↗ has been placed 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''on hold''', as the article needs some changes. See '''Talk:Zac Alcorn/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Gonzo fan2007 -- Gonzo fan2007 (talk) 16:06, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Anthony Smith (wide receiver) ↗

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You tagged it for speedy deletion within seconds of me starting it. The subject is a notable player who has been selected in the NFL draft ↗. It will be improved. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:35, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Zac Alcorn ↗ has passed

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Your nomination of Lindsay Knapp ↗ is under review

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Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :File:Arch Wolfe.png ↗

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A tag has been placed on :File:Arch Wolfe.png ↗ requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion ↗, because it is a non-free file ↗ from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press ↗, Getty Images ↗), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary. If you can explain why the file can be used under the non-free content guidelines ↗, please add the appropriate non-free use tag ↗ and rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may '''contest the nomination''' by visiting the page ↗ and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines ↗.   <math>999</math>REAL 💬 ⬆ ↗ 01:28, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

File:Arch Wolfe.png listed for discussion

30px|left ↗ A file that you uploaded or altered, :File:Arch Wolfe.png ↗, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion ↗. Please see the '''discussion''' ↗ to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you.  Whpq (talk) 03:25, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Bunny Vosters ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Bunny Vosters ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Bunny Vosters/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 13:01, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Gretchen Vosters Spruance ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article Gretchen Vosters Spruance ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:Gretchen Vosters Spruance/GA1{{!}}the review page ↗''' for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of WikiOriginal-9 -- WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 13:22, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Congrats

You have created the first two ↗ squash GAs (assuming that nothing in the past has been delisted). There was already an empty section ↗ for squash for some reason. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:46, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:06, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Bunny Vosters ↗ has passed

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Your nomination of Gretchen Vosters Spruance ↗ has passed

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Your nomination of Mark Cooney ↗ has passed

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Your nomination of Hise Austin ↗ has passed

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DYK for Debbie Windett

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WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP ↗. Peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article ↗ (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|MCE89}} with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Generalissima}} with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction ↗, waterways, and Gu Yanwu ↗

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{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Gommeh}} with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to ''Genshin Impact ↗'' and ''Honkai: Star Rail''

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ has been updated.

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DYK for Bunny Vosters

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DYK for Gretchen Vosters Spruance

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DYK for Roosevelt Blackmon

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DYK nomination of Zac Alcorn

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Your nomination of Lindsay Knapp ↗ is on hold

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DYK for Hise Austin

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

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Question

Do you have any idea if Carl Zoll ↗ was considered a pro wrestler or just an amateur? It's harder to tell back then. I was considering adding him to List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:09, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

:Jim Londos ↗, who Zoll wrestled against, turned pro in 1914. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:11, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

{{edit conflict}} I would lean towards yes, since the opponents he faced with articles are described as professional (Ed Lewis ↗, Władek Zbyszko ↗, Jim Londos ↗) and he was a contender for the World Light Heavyweight Championship ↗ which is described as professional. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

:Dang, I think Zoll is the only pro wrestler to play in a real NFL game without any prior football experience. See List of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers#Professional wrestlers who became football players ↗. Most pro wrestlers start wrestling ''after'' their NFL careers (not before). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:20, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

:Also, I did see this ↗ that said he was professional. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:27, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of Lindsay Knapp ↗ has passed

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DYK for Solon Barnett

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IP draft

The IP editor's accounts just expired. I got all that I could find WP:SIGCOV ↗ on into the articlespace. Some NFL players were not so lucky. Do you know what account the IP has now? The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 01:16, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure, though I think we'll probably find out soon enough once he makes more drafts. Could you send me a list of the ones you couldn't find coverage for? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:37, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Article request

Beanie, I just expanded the article on opera singer Joyce Castle ↗ who was the brother of academic Neal Malicky ↗. Their father George Malicky ↗ was, according to our article on his son Neal, a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics ↗; although from the sources I looked at it appears he was more active in the minor leagues. I'm not really a baseball guy. If he is notable it would be great to have an article given he has two notable children with articles. Best.4meter4 (talk) 16:46, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

It doesn't seem he played in any games for the Athletics (otherwise he would've already had an article). He arguably meets GNG with coverage in Texas papers (e.g. 1 ↗ 2 ↗ 3 ↗ 4 ↗) but I would want to see something more special before I write an article since it seems he was just a decent minor league player who never made it to MLB. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:07, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Possible Philadelphia Eagles WikiProject

Hello,

I was planning on creating a WikiProject for the Philadelphia Eagles. I am looking for interested editors before making an official proposal. If you would be interested in participating in this WikiProject, please let me know. EaglesFan37 (talk) 18:39, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Most existing team projects aren't active (aside from Packers somewhat) but I would participate in it if its created. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:54, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

:@User:WikiOriginal-9 advised against creating a team project, so I'm shifting gears towards a task force instead (which I just posted about on the WikiProject NFL talk page)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League#c-EaglesFan37-20260522195300-Philadelphia_Eagles_Task_Force ↗. EaglesFan37 (talk) 19:58, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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A barnstar for you!

Thanks! :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:13, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Lesley Attwell ↗

Hi. This is just a notification to tell you that you seem to have destubbed this article after the contest ended: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesley_Attwell&diff=1357137724&oldid=1357129299 ↗ 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 00:40, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

I thought the contest ran from May 1 to May 31, and thus that articles completed on May 31 would qualify? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:43, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:Only before 23:59 British Summer Time. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 00:45, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:: Your link shows me finishing the article at "23:43, 31 May 2026"? That time is in British Summer Time, correct? BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:46, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:::It depends. What is your timezone set to in your preferences? 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 01:06, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:::: My timezone in preferences is the default, UTC. I finished the article at 23:43, UTC. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:19, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::I believe British Summer Time is UTC+1. This would mean you finished at 00:43 BST. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 01:20, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::: That's...odd. I don't know why the contest would be under BST instead of the standard UTC... BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:23, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::::It is. I'd assume this is the timezone Dr. Blofeld uses. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 ↗ 01:25, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Destubathon Barnstar

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Thanks! :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:35, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Cooney

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DCWC call for coordinators

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DYK nomination of Harry Hoch (second nomination)

25px ↗ Hello! Your submission of Harry Hoch (second nomination) ↗ 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!  Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:47, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Zac Alcorn

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LLM Prod

{{tqq|why can't the content stay in draftspace so I can review it?}} https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1359203838 ↗ – Well per WP:LLMPROD ↗ {{tqq|edits to existing pages may be reverted without review}}, and per WP:LLMPRVOBJ ↗ removed content should be reviewed ''before'' restoration.

Why can't the content stay in the page history where other editors won't accidentally start editing it or moving it back to mainspace until you have a chance to review it? fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four ↗ (talk) 21:14, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

As I've watchlisted the pages, they are not going back into mainspace until they have been reviewed. The tags you added make sense, but complete removal of everything will make it somewhat more time-consuming for me to properly restore the correct information. I suspect that most of the content in these articles is accurate – it'd be easier/make more sense for me to review, cut the information which is not correct and then move back to mainspace than to have to look back into the page history, add back the portions that are correct, then format it properly, etc. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:45, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

:The review process for older revisions isn't quite so laborious in my experience. I view an old revision, press edit, press preview, and work from there. fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four ↗ (talk) 21:55, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

:: Eh, fair enough – if you want to blank any of the other drafts until I have the chance to review them I'm not going to object. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:52, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Draftifying

Just a reminder that if you want to move mainspace articles into draftspace due to problems with the editor who created them, then you need to disable the categories on the draft at the same time. Drafts have to be kept out of categories per WP:DRAFTNOCAT ↗, so you're making a lot of extra work for other people to clean up if you move pages to draftspace but leave the categories on them enabled. So if you want to keep doing that because of a bad creator, then please disable the categories on the page right away after moving it, instead of leaving that for me or Quinntropy or whoever else to clean up on your behalf. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 19:51, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, forgot to do that. Will disable categories in the future. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:06, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Seth Van Neerden

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DYK for Laura Taylor (softball)

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Tyrell Fortune Chart check

Hey, I added in the usual MMA record chart for fighters to Tyrell Fortune ↗'s page. It is currently hidden as it was my first time editing in this chart for an article and I hope you or another vet editor can double-check if everything's all good. KyleBYerrick (talk) 17:33, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

{{ping|KyleBYerrick}} Thanks! As far as I can tell, the table looks good, so I made it so it isn't hidden anymore. Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:38, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Fred Johnson (linebacker)

Sorry to bother you, but I was confused about whether the title of this article (Draft:Fred Johnson (linebacker) ↗) should be under Fred Johnson (linebacker), Fred "JayR" Johnson, or JayR Johnson? Butters (talk) 18:26, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

I could see it going either [Fred Johnson (linebacker)] or [Fred "JayR" Johnson]. Personally I'd do [Fred Johnson (linebacker)] and have redirects from the other titles, since not all sources include the "JayR" name (e.g. ESPN ↗ doesn't) but I don't think there's anything strongly supporting one option over the other. I think you could choose whichever option you think best. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:57, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

:Sounds good, thank you! Butters (talk) 23:25, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Cary Brabham

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DYK for Gordon Laro

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The DCWC is back!

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Hey BeanieFan11, the Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ is back for a third year, and '''sign-ups are now open ↗'''! The contest will run from 1{{nbsp}}July to 30{{nbsp}}September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia ↗.

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DYK for Patrick Castagno

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Your nomination of Sabahudin Delalić ↗ has passed

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Syracuse Pros?

Hi BeanieFan, hope all is well. I'm not really sure what to make of the article at Syracuse Pros ↗. It seems like we've got a pretty serious case of original research going on through the article, but I don't know where to start cleaning up. You came to mind as a user with more knowledge of American Football than me who might be able to make better sense of things here. Any thoughts on what to do here? Best, Eddie891 '' Talk Work ↗'' 14:50, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps post about this at WT:NFL ↗? I'm not sure the best way to go about this, although I haven't taken a deep look. The article seems to be mostly based on the ''Coffin Corner'' ↗ article about whether the team was a part of the NFL. It seems a lot of the content could be cited to that, but other content does seem to be original research or questionable such as {{tq|Only the Chicago Tigers, who played seven games against NFL teams during the 1920 NFL season, have been generally recognized as league members without having formally been admitted to or removed from the league. At least one team, that year's runner-up Buffalo All-Americans, refused to recognize their membership and canceled two games against them, and possibly pressured the Akron Pros into canceling a game against Syracuse as well. }} or the "Ties to other Syracuse teams" section. I can try to rewrite it in a week or two if you like. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:20, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks for the suggestion, I will post over there- it's hard to know which WikiProjects will get you a response these days. Feel free to take a stab at rewriting if you are interested, it would certainly be much appreciated! Best, Eddie891 '' Talk Work ↗'' 19:47, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Question

Do you know how to get around this ↗ paywall? archive.today isn't bypassing it for some reason. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 17:31, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

I've noticed in the past that the ''Times Free Press'' is one of the few newspaper paywalls that archive.today can't seem to bypass. I see two people on reddit ↗ gave suggestions for how to get around it, although I haven't verified them myself. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:56, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Nifty

Check out this nifty table I made on my gridiron article creations: User:WikiOriginal-9/Articles created (gridiron football). Interesting fact: I've created 1,101 articles on NFL players (real games only). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:19, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

That's pretty cool! (forgot to reply to this earlier) How did you make it? I wonder how many NFL players I've written about... I think you have me beat, although I would imagine I have a pretty high number as well. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:01, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

* Also, I think there's like 20,000 NFL players all-time in total? That'd mean 1 in 20 NFL players ever have an article written by you haha. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:14, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

*:"1 in 20 NFL players ever have an article written by you" I know it's crazy, lol. According to PFR, there are 28,381 NFL players though (unless I miscounted). Of course, PFR includes AFL and AAFC players in that total. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:37, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:I had to create templates User:WikiOriginal-9/Articles created (gridiron football) start and User:WikiOriginal-9/Articles created (gridiron football) entry. I copied Template:CFB Yearly Record Start ↗ and Template:CFB Yearly Record Entry ↗. It took me a lot of trial and error to figure out how to make it work. I'm also creating a separate table on my non-gridiron creations: User:WikiOriginal-9/Articles created (other). I could help you make some tables too if you want. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:33, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:: How were you able to add in all the players to the table – was there a tool or something that generated it? Or was it manual? I'd be interested in making some tables for my creations (although the next few days I'm busy with articles to write and reviewing your noms ;) ) BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:40, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:::I added them manually basically. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:02, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:::: Oh. Personally I would get tired way before manually entering 1,000 bios on a list lol. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:17, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::When you edit on your laptop, do you have an actual mouse or just mousepad? Mousepad is a lot slower, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:29, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::: I have an actual mouse that I use, but I would still get bored far before completing a manual listing of 1,000 articles... BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::::It doesn't take as long as it sounds. If you do like 15 a minute, that's 900 in an hour. I have a dragging tool where I open like 50 links at once. Then copy-paste the name into the list while also taking a second to see what league they played in. Also ctrl+w to close the tab and move onto the next one. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:36, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

::::::::I did both of my tables last week, lol. Maybe I have a fast computer too? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:37, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

::::::::Also, I don't add all the link brackets manually. I use find and replace + Excel to do that. {{small|I'll stop being annoying now}} '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:23, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

::::::::: Well my laptop is old and slow – I don't think it could function with 50 tabs open lol – I'm not very good with Excel either... I just know how to write articles ;) BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:46, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::I could potentially work on a table (or tables) for you if you want though. It would be kind of interesting to look at all of your articles. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:33, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::: If you're fine doing it! Though some of my early articles might be in poor shape... It would be cool to have an exact number of the NFL players I've written about (versus totals for other topics). BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:"I wonder how many NFL players I've written about... I think you have me beat" I'm sure you have a lot too, lol. I'm not trying to show off though. You're a God-tier editor too. I wonder if I do have the most though? There are some other editors that have created a lot in the past if you look at the article histories. Eventually there won't be too many left to write about though. No one will ever catch up to us. Editors in the future might only brag about GAs and stuff (unless AI hasn't completely taken over...) '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:42, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

::I don't have the most NFL players though. Patken4 ↗ and Yankees10 ↗ have a lot too. Patken4 has a lot of other stuff besides NFL though so I'm not sure about him. Y10 has 5,548 articles, he probably has me beat. He only creates NFL and MLB players. I know Jwalte04 ↗ probably has me beat for sure. He has 1,380 articles and it looks like they're pretty much all NFL players. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:55, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:::According to that link, Jwalte04 has 1,301 tagged with WP:NFL. Y10 has 2,704 though. He probably has the most.... lol. It looks like you have 863 tagged ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:07, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:::: {{tq|You're a God-tier editor too}} – LOL thanks. Yankees10 being no. 1 sounds about right. I figured my number of NFL articles would be somewhere around 700-900. Initially when I started I only wrote NFL articles but then in the past few years I've written about lots of different topics, everything from Tuvan politicians ↗ to North Korean actors ↗ haha. Although I haven't made much progress lately, I'm hoping to eventually write an article for every different country (and territory) in the world (which it seems no one has claimed ↗ to have accomplished yet). BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:40, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:::::Wow, that would be epic. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:03, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Also, the CFL needs to send me a royalty check. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:43, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

LOL. BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:40, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:And Cmm3 (1,195 CFL articles ↗). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:05, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

It's also kind of surprising that I've only created 9 articles on United Football League (2009–2012) ↗ players. That league was from the Wikipedia era though so I guess most of them were already getting articles created, and I wasn't editing yet anyway. It also wasn't on NGRIDIRON, lol. That league didn't have that many games a season anyway. I've also only created 8 UFL2 players but that's not surprising because I haven't created that many articles on recent NFL players (only recent CFL players, lol). You picked up a lot of the slack of doing the current NFLers that I used to do. There was a weird year in 2019 though where neither one of us were editing, lol. I think that's why Ryan Bee ↗ sneaked through the cracks without an article until I created it in 2024. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:43, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:There were several other NFL players from around 2010-2012 who somehow sneaked through the cracks without an article before I created them years later in 2014-2016: Richard Medlin ↗, Chris Smith (2010s defensive back) ↗, Brian Smith (linebacker, born 1989) ↗, Michael Lockley ↗, Vince Agnew ↗. I suspect those guys were due to their active roster promotions never getting updated on the roster templates. Because anytime someone sees a red link on an NFL active roster, they jump to create those. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:52, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:: Yeah I usually immediately create an article if I see someone make an NFL active roster haha. I was surprised that one time I saw you create Bee. I had thought every player post-2006 already had an article. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

You still have the most football GAs though. Most of Y10's articles aren't that detailed, lol. Other people just come along and expand them later. I can't actually view what my WP:NFL tagged total is since XTools doesn't seem to be working right now since I have so many edits :( I'm sure I have a few hundred more than 1,101 due to offseason/practice squad stuff. I think Y10 still has everyone beat though. I don't think there is anyone from the old days who stubbed out more than that unless I forgot someone?? {{small|I'll stop bugging you now}} '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:39, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Oh I don't mind you talking to me about NFL article creator stats lol...I'm not sure of anyone else who has written that many NFL stubs. BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

:Maybe I've created the most "solidly start class" gridiron bios. I've done nearly 2K of those. Like I said, even Y10's start class articles aren't that detailed lol. I don't know though. I know for sure I've created the most Arena Football League articles, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 14:21, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

:: Yeah you probably have a good shot at being number one for start-class bios. It seems I've written about ~1,100 start class articles myself, but of course many of them aren't football-related. So Yankees10 is the NFL player king, you're the start-class biography king, and I'm the GA king {{wink}} BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:16, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

:::Nice lol. Here's ↗ a Y10 start-class aticle. See what I mean? It's "barely" start-class. So maybe I have written more gridiron bio prose than him overall? Or maybe you've written the most gridiron bio prose?? lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:01, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:::: I know. It's funny sometimes I'm able to guess who wrote modern football player articles just based on citation styles, length and certain phrases used (like, I could tell that's a Yankees10 article based on length and how the citations are formatted). It's quite possible that you've written more overall prose than him, although I don't know how one would figure that out (I would guess that you've written more than me since quite a few of my NFL articles are still stubs, although I do have a fair number of expansions for NFL articles I didn't create...). BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

::Maybe I've created the most NFL Europe articles too? lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:18, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Just noting I will try to finish your GA reviews and complete Kobasa (the one of mine I didn't finish cleaning up) by tomorrow (June 28) since that's the last day of this WikiCup round. Sorry for being a bit slow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:46, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

:Wait, did I not review them in time? Why's it June 28 and not the end of the month? Oh well, don't blame me. I can't really edit on weekends right now. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

:: Well part of it was me being slow...I'm not sure why it doesn't run till the end of the month. But I'm not upset about it since I'm not trying to win this year. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Pardonner ↗: I have to do 2 QPQs now. :(((( dang it.... '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:18, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Yeah I don't like it. It's when they have "too many nominations" they make everyone review two each; I think they'll remove it in a few days ↗ though. However, for Pardonner you could just list Ruck as your QPQ, since that's two articles (Markus + Liam). You missed that I still have to finish up my own QPQs at the Ruck nomination though... BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

I think Marty Norton ↗ is missing from your userpage. I was wondering what your longest articles are and I remembered that one. How is that not featured?? Seriously, something is wrong with Wikipedia if Norton can't become featured without a big fuss. Red Weiner ↗ and Ed Storm ↗ are also contenders. I would nominate Josh McCown ↗ but worried people might subjectively change stuff and make the article worse. At Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jayden Daniels/archive1 ↗, Gonzo didn't like highlights sections. -.- '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:01, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that should be in my "Expanded, or made significant contributions to" section but I haven't gotten around to updating that in a long time lol. I similarly worry that people will end up making Norton worse if I bring it to FAC (it's probably my favorite football article), not to mention there could be the "too many local newspapers ↗" argument if I bring it there, same with Weiner and Storm. I am considering eventually trying to get Weiner or Storm to FA in the future, but I'm wondering if I should make a third and final attempt for Carl Zoll first. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:22, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

:Reviewers are so annoying sometimes. You could write literally a perfect article, and reviewers would still say stuff. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:59, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

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I don't know if you noticed but we both created List of National Football League players with unidentified given names ↗ at one point in time. I created it for the same reason you did ↗: the MLB list. Mine wasn't taken to AfD though. {{noping|Lizard the Wizard}} had me tag it for deletion as the only significant contributor. User talk:WikiOriginal-9/2016#List of National Football League players with unidentified given names '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:16, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Oh that's funny that we both created the same article lol. I remember it was one of my earlier articles and I spent like two hours scrolling through PFR's list of every NFL player ever to find the ones without first names. There had to have been an easier way to do that... BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:55, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

:I'm assuming that's what I did too. I don't remember. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:07, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

:It's the only red link on my list, lol. There are a few redirects there too. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 19:09, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

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Just signed a two-way contract with the Bulls ↗. Rikster2 (talk) 14:06, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

:Nice work! ~'''''EDDY'' (talk/contribs ↗)'''~ 14:32, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

:: Thanks :) BeanieFan11 (talk) 14:45, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Jerry Welsh (basketball) ↗

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :File:Frank Fitzgerald - Yanks.png ↗

ITN recognition for Nam Singh Thapa ↗

Precious anniversary

DYK for Framoi Bérété

DYK for Michael Menzinger

DYK for Mamadali Kurbanov

DYK for Boobie Feaster

Triple Crown

Wow

DYK for Abdudzhabar Abdurakhmanov

A barnstar for you!

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 28 §&nbsp;Draft articles ↗

Multisport race ↗

DYK for Nam Singh Thapa

Your nomination of Brad Lekkerkerker ↗ is under review

Your nomination of Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ is under review

Your nomination of Lenny Brown ↗ is under review

Your nomination of Laura LeRoy Travis ↗ has passed

DYK for Aram Piruzyan

DYK for Abdullatif Al-Ghanim

Your nomination of Lenny Brown ↗ has passed

What do I have to do to get a picture hook dude?

Your nomination of Cory Lekkerkerker ↗ is under review

Your nomination of African Grant ↗ is under review

Your nomination of Brad Lekkerkerker ↗ has passed

DYK for Jerry Welsh (basketball)

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 January 28 § Draft articles ↗