User Talk: Bringingthewood

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Invitation to join WikiProject National Football League

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| Hi, Bringingthewood. You are cordially invited to join '''WikiProject National Football League ↗''', a project dedicated to improving articles in relation to the National Football League ↗. Please visit the project's talk page ↗ to see what areas/topics need help and to discuss any questions you may have. Thank you! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:39, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Always refreshing to get a talk page notice instead of a revert one, especially when it was regarding my revert. —Bagumba (talk) 03:21, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
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The American Football Barnstar!

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|style="vertical-align:middle; border-top:1px solid gray;" | For all the hard work you put in towards improving American Football articles. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
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Another American Football Barnstar!

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|style="vertical-align:middle; border-top:1px solid gray;" | I know you had one already, but I thought you deserved another (in a different colour). This is for all the work you do on American football articles. It's very much appreciated. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:21, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for all the minor edits you've been doing. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 22:38, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
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A brownie for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thank you for the help at Senior High (TV series) ↗! Have a lovely rest of your weekend! :) Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 07:41, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For "taking the high road" ↗ '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 03:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I don’t know what to write 🤷‍♂️ Roasted (talk) 05:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Your edits are so good dude, you're like a bot. You notice everything. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 00:44, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
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Barnstar

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For all of the great edits throughout your history. Best wishes. Red Director (talk) 17:11, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Thanks for mediating and offering me advice to also reach out to users over misunderstandings. 9mm.trilla (talk) 03:13, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
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A beer for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For all you do, this Amstel's for you. —Bagumba (talk) 01:58, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
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A beer for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | have a pint for continually reverting the I WILL SHOOT YOU TO DEATH ip address vandal Bastubunny (talk) 04:45, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I think we both know what this is for. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 03:15, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
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Congrats on 100K!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For diligent service. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 05:02, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
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Congrats on the milestone. You might be interested in adding {{t|100KE user topicon}}, {{t|User 100,000 edits}}, and/or the 100K Edit Star ↗ on your userpage. Left guide (talk) 23:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! And a Cookie for you!

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''Thank you for reverting User:~2026-10689-66's attack on my User Talk page! I even noticed they attempted to vandalize my User Page as well, seeing the filter logs by them. I was asleep at the time, so thank you so much!''

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Steelers Barnstar

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid #F2C800; color:black;" | For your long-term pattern of stellar work at the T. J. Watt ↗ article, culminating in a successful GA. Left guide (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, Bringingthewood!

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'''Bringingthewood''', Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year ↗, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy Holidays

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'''Hello Bringingthewood:''' Enjoy the '''holiday season ↗''' and '''winter solstice ↗''' if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 20:49, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas!

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'''Hello Bringingthewood, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion ↗. Spread the WikiLove ↗ by wishing another user a Merry Christmas ↗ and a Happy New Year ↗, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing,''' 
Red Director (talk) 00:31, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays

Well, I don’t know of any other templates and I was planning on stealing Red Director's template like the Grinch, but I’ll just write it myself.😂 Anyways, Happy Holidays to you and yours! GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 01:23, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

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'''Hello Bringingthewood, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion ↗. Spread the WikiLove ↗ by wishing another user a Merry Christmas ↗ and a Happy New Year ↗, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026. Happy editing,''' 
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Nowrap

Kudos to a fellow {{tl|nowrap}} user.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Brown_(defensive_end)&diff=prev&oldid=1167842053 ↗ —Bagumba (talk) 11:26, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi Bringingthewood. I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Crackers

Sorry, restricted to RfC participants only. Bad bird ↗. —Bagumba (talk) 07:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Who was that goat guy, lol

'''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 05:09, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't think they want to block him ↗, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 05:15, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
:He's about to be blocked. I tried to report him, but someone else already did it. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 05:17, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
GONE BABY!! Now that was awesome!!!! Bringingthewood (talk) 05:16, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
::He should have been reported yesterday. I was just praying that this 2007 Dell wouldn't freeze up on me. Glad you got to see the movie! :):):) Thanks for trying to get that report in. I almost deleted the good messages with the bad, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 05:21, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
:::lol lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 05:23, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk page fmt

Sometimes, this is consensus ↗ —Bagumba (talk) 00:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

:I see you prefer visual over written communication.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Bringingthewood&curid=70581522&diff=1220665588&oldid=1220341836 ↗ lol—Bagumba (talk) 05:31, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Regis and Street Sign

Bringingthewood I agree, I live in Morris Park but yes, Regis was from Van Nest. I don't know why MP always took ownership of Regis. I've contributed to the Van Nest ↗ page significantly over the years. Good to meet you. TheBronxNYC (talk) 04:31, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Appreciation

Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate your contributions around here. May we make all of this better one edit at a time. Red Director (talk) 23:21, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

I thought I recognized you

I just noticed that you're the same Bringingthewood from Answers.com. I was a supervisor on there as well. TornadoLGS (talk) 02:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

:@TornadoLGS Wow. I would say it's a small world, but this is a big place, lol. You've been here for quite a long time I see. I always wondered if someone would drop by one day. Were we doing that at the same time? You may have used a different username, I only remember some that I was in constant contact with. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:58, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
::I think we were. I remember you from the forum at the very least. I went by Stormish on that site. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:00, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
:::@TornadoLGS I'll be a .. I looked at your name and user page and tried to think - storm related weather -. I do remember your name! You had to get a WikiAnniversary or two from me over the years. I do miss the trash can icon ... a lot easier to get rid of a vandal back then. I appreciate you dropping me a line. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:18, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Crazy

I've never seen someone take this long to get blocked before, lol. They were reported at WP:AIV ↗ 30 minutes ago. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 06:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

:@WikiOriginal-9 I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they want to see if all of our new names were used up. I'll take knucklehead and numbskull .. but you're keeping porcupine!! Bringingthewood (talk) 06:43, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
:@WikiOriginal-9 Ten more minutes and I'm waking up Charlene. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:45, 8 February 2025 (UTC) That could have been messy, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:48, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
::That took longer than expected. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 06:51, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

@Bringingthewood and @WikiOriginal-9 thank you both for helping with that LTA, I’m a little surprised they lasted 40 minutes spamming those edits, but I appreciate you both helping to revert all of those as well (I’m also sorry for pinging you both). Keep up the good work you two! '''ProClasher97''' ~ '''Have A Question? ''' 06:52, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

:{{Ping|ProClasher97}} I've never seen anyone last that long before, lol. Guess all the admins are asleep. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 06:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Right back at you, PC97. No apology needed ... it was fun while it lasted. I was looking at the names he was giving us .. and started to slow down, lol. Maybe we'll catch up again. Regards, Bringingthewood (talk) 06:58, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

::@WikiOriginal-9 Well Dearie .. I mean, Porcupine. Time for bed. P.S. I know someone heard me jiggle the closet handle. Charlene has a gift! ;) Bringingthewood (talk) 07:03, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
:::LOL '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 07:04, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Civility

You were asking at ANI for the rule applicable to others. See WP:REMOVEUNCIVIL ↗: {{tq|In the event of rudeness or incivility on the part of another editor, it may be appropriate to discuss the offending words with that editor, and to request that editor to change that specific wording. Some care is necessary, however, so as not to further inflame the situation. It is not normally appropriate to edit or remove another editor's comment. Exceptions include to remove obvious trolling or vandalism, or if the comment is on your own user talk page. Derogatory comments about another contributor may be removed by any editor.}} Thanks for carrying the stick. —Bagumba (talk) 04:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

RIP to the Hulkster

'''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 22:44, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Really?

A few days off needed.

I saw this: https://www.foxnews.com/media/wikipedia-editors-attempted-delete-charlotte-murder-article-removed-suspects-name-from-entry-report earlier today and I still can't let it go. I'd rather not make things miserable for some people. Believe me, I do know the way this site leans .. but really?

The Charlotte mayor should be happy ... because if I was on that train, I'd make Daniel Penny look like a fucking altar boy. See you later. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:35, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

:Maybe a few more days! R.I.P. -- Charlie Kirk ↗. Sleep well, you fucking assholes! P.S. Thank God I have a few good friends here, or you might have to make a page for me. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:53, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I still think I'm allowed to vent on my own talk page. That being said, looking at the political userbox selection the other day .. I saw a lot generated by User:Buaidh. I think what bothers me is that a good friend of mine, about a year ago, wanted to join and purposely bash Obama and Biden by way of the userboxes. After I told him he would be shot down, and we know that's the truth, I told him not to do it, take the high road. Turns out, by the looks of it, I was the real asshole in that conversation. Let's try to remember, this is our current president. Good or bad, I hope we at least acknowledge that. Like one of those idiotic boxes states .. I bow to no King, lol. Remember, in time we all pay for what we do. Bringingthewood (talk) 01:35, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

There's a never forget userbox for 9/11/01, and .. let's strike up the band, one for 1/6/21. At the risk of repeating myself, it's the comedy that keeps me going. RUDY! RUDY! RUDY! ↗ Bringingthewood (talk) 00:01, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Mayor Douche, it's going to be really hot for a few days .. what should we do? Hello there, children! (R.I.P. Isaac Hayes), Well, I think we should set our thermostats to 78 degrees. -- The lesson today, boys and girls, use as much ammo as possible before they take it all away. '''HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!!!''' ↗ Bringingthewood (talk) 01:09, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Welcome back

—Bagumba (talk) 06:10, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you, B! :) John. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:20, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
:Welcome back again. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 22:23, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
::And thank you, WO-9! The time away was much better this go around, lol. John. Bringingthewood (talk) 22:32, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Ed White

Was going to joke that it's your conspiracy to rack up edits, but you weren't the one who unlinked it before.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed_White_(American_football)&diff=prev&oldid=1135940713 ↗ —Bagumba (talk) 04:31, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:@Bagumba Lol, I was hoping my remark would bring you to that part of the history. No rack up here, at least not purposely. I'm still paying for my link removal sins. Most of my college fixes now are for not seeing the 'football team' link earlier. Example: C. J. Hanson ↗. John. Bringingthewood (talk) 04:43, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
::My pet peeve is something like <code><nowiki>Hanson at Holy Cross ↗</nowiki></code> ... a football program is not an "at <location>" (though I'm paying more attention to the lead's prose, not caption) —Bagumba (talk) 05:38, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:::@Bagumba I thought that way originally, that's why I was going with the University etc. Then I saw about two dozen with the football program. Not an "at", I agree. Maybe I should leave the program links to "with the", being that I don't pay too much attention. :/ Bringingthewood (talk) 05:53, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
::::What you did at Hanson was fine. So "with the" in the lead/infobox, and maybe "at" in the body to introduce the actual school e.g. "at <s>Holy Cross University</s>College of the Holy Cross ↗". —Bagumba (talk) 05:58, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::@Bagumba I felt good there for a second, but 'body' and 'introducing' .. not good for me to tinker with that. I'm all for staying with the NFL. Hell, I've never even watched a whole college game .. someone else can do that stuff, lol. P.S. The last time I watched a whole quarter, "Hail Flutie ↗", need I say more? Bringingthewood (talk) 06:11, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
::::::Friday after Thanksgiving! Now there's too many televised games to have any distinct memories. 'Nuf "back in my day" stories lol. —Bagumba (talk) 06:26, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::@Bagumba I hear that. Saturday has a bigger television schedule than NFL Sunday! Yeah, I just depressed myself by checking out the year of that game. Time for sleep .. we'll speak again soon. Enjoy the rest of your week! John. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:37, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::I didn't think Bagumba was that old (no offense, lol). '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::Lol, I was really hoping someone here was older than me!! Cough ... sorry, B. Bringingthewood (talk) 22:19, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Here you go

No. 500,000. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 02:32, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
:I'm honored. Another BIG CONTRATS, WO-9!! Hope you took a picture. I have an old Kodak with the flash over here, just in case. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:38, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
::Does it still work? lol '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 02:41, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
:::It actually does. Along with my VCR, cassette player and a few IBM Selectric III typewriters. I bring new meaning to This Old House!! Bringingthewood (talk) 02:47, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Bread Truck

First I ever heard of it,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Barkley&curid=201184&diff=1326483805&oldid=1323193800 ↗ but I guess it's legit. Is "Chuckster" really vandalism though (I'm more familiar with that one) —Bagumba (talk) 06:16, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
:Bagumba I never heard of it either. Funny you said that, after I entered it, I knew it wasn't vandalism, I was just correcting a sock that was blocked (11/1 edit). It started off easy, just wanted to make the T lower case ... then I saw the name changed completely .. then I saw they were blocked. Well, it started to roll, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:26, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
:If I get reverted --- I'm blaming you, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:31, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
::No prob. I usually don't edit too much with nicknames. There's really no consistency with what gets listed or not. Maybe we just add all of his ↗ lol. I was just curious about your choice. —Bagumba (talk) 06:38, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Bagumba Wow, now that's vandalism. They should remove about a half dozen of those names. Honestly, I didn't choose at all. Being that it was rated a good article, I figured someone must have wanted them there for a reason. Your choice is a good one, and it's in the top 3 on that list, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 06:56, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
::::Sports Reference ↗ goes overboard with nicknames. Take a look at Tom Brady ↗. No one calls him "Tom Terrific, Touchdown Tom, GOAT, The Pharaoh, Comeback Kid or Sir". He's never really had a nickname. The only one that should really even be there is "TB12", and it's the first one listed. TB12 still isn't widespread enough for his Wikipedia intro though. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 15:01, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::WikiOriginal-9 We also had a couple of good ones. That's why I kept that 'Crazy' section on my talk page, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 22:25, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::@WikiOriginal-9 Maybe the same people that edit List of nicknames in basketball ↗. —Bagumba (talk) 22:45, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Aaron Rodgers lives on

That was crazy. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 05:02, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

:@WikiOriginal-9 You got that right, lol. I don't think either team wanted it. Now I have to rip up my list of all the reasons why they missed the playoffs!! Bringingthewood (talk) 05:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi, I've granted you rollbacker. Given your experience, temperament, and P&G knowledge, I see no reason not to trust you with the right, which can help revert vandalism and other types of disruption more efficiently when patrolling articles and recent changes. Feel free to read up on WP:Rollback ↗ if desired. Good luck. Left guide (talk) 04:46, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

:@Left guide Thank you for your trust and I'll definitely read up on it. Very much appreciated. Bringingthewood (talk) 05:00, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

T. J. Watt

@Left guide Yes, very much so. I'd trade in 100K edits for it, lol. I did mention it in passing, nothing concrete, to WO-9 and Josh over time, basically for other people with knowledge with GA's to make it better. Their help was very much appreciated. I'm not good with the ins and outs of setting up a good page. I'm very stat oriented. Grammar, structure, punctuation, not so much. That status would mean more to me than any personal gain. Bringingthewood (talk) 01:23, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

:The GA criteria are laid out at (naturally) WP:Good article criteria ↗. For an article this size, I'm thinking the big hill to climb to prep for GA review is ensuring the sources are reliable. We can replace citations to questionable or unreliable sources with better ones. {{u|Bagumba}} and I previously did some research and documentation of source reliability at WP:NBASOURCES ↗, and there seems to be quite a bit of overlap there with sources also in the Watt article. FWIW, I find Bagumba to be very astute at assessing the reliability of sports sources. For grammar, structure, and punctuation, I wouldn't worry about it too much since it seems like low-priority for GA reviewers; that said, I can probably do a copy edit sweep at some point. As someone who seems very knowledgeable about the topic, I'm curious as to how well you think the article meets the other criteria. Left guide (talk) 05:52, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

::@Left guide I do believe every source is correct/reliable regarding Watt's page. I can tell you, no lie, his stats are, I've followed him since 2017. I do give you a big thanks for even asking me about this. I'll be honest, as I always try to be, I look at Tom Brady's article for example and other top-notch players that look like .. maybe their status is 'good' .. not the case. But a thug like Vontaze Burfict ↗ is. He's not a noteworthy player, but maybe he has a well-written article. I can be diplomatic with the best of them. This is why I never presented it in the first place, some players may need to meet certain criteria. I will try to help in any way possible from here on out. Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 08:23, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
::Now I see that even if sources are reliable, there may be some better ones out there for the taking. Live and learn. Going out on a limb here, but I'm thinking the neutrality, stability and illustration are aiming in the right direction. Bringingthewood (talk) 04:43, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
:::I appreciate all the fixes/additions, LG. (I'm guessing a ping isn't needed here). My computer has Vista and nothing is supported. I just lost pro-football-reference recently, which is a big hit. Even some of the references that are on Watt's page I can hardly read on my side. At least I know others can. This is why I asked for help in case it was close to achieving GA status. I'm a lazy bastard, but if I lose Wikipedia access .. that will be the time for a new computer. ;) Thanks again. Bringingthewood (talk) 22:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
::::No problem. Btw, if this passes, the article would be eligible to appear in the "Did You Know ↗" section of the Main Page ↗ for a day. If you're up for it, is there a quirky or interesting fact about Watt you can think of that can be cited? IIRC, {{u|Bagumba}} and {{u|WikiOriginal-9}} have done dozens to hundreds of these (so they might be able to advise/assist further), and I've only done a small handful, though all three of us have experience with the process. It's overall pretty simple though imo. Left guide (talk) 23:48, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::The only interesting fact that I found out was when he and J. J. made the cover of the Wheaties box (Derek's on the back). I never added that to the article. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/t-j-and-j-j-watt-make-history-as-the-first-brothers-to-share-the-cover-of-a-wheaties-box/ Maybe 'cereal unworthy'. :/ Bringingthewood (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::{{ping|Bringingthewood|Left guide}} I nominated it at Template:Did you know nominations/T. J. Watt ↗. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:10, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yes, being promoted to GA qualifies for WP:DYKNEW ↗. Then you can WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS ↗ and school everyone about that award they won't allow on his infobox. —Bagumba (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::Lol, I know you didn't mean that. Because me schooling someone would mean I had to know what I'm talking about. Bringingthewood (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of T. J. Watt ↗ is under review

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article T. J. Watt ↗ is 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''under review'''. See '''Talk:T. J. Watt/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 Ivebeenhacked -- Ivebeenhacked (talk) 06:32, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

"I'm guessing when a 'featured' article is put up, you need to give blood!"

That's probably what it would feel like. Hence why even I have never done it. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 16:57, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

About the T. J. Watt review

I just saw your comment over at User talk:Left guide. Just to assure you, I'll never tell someone to fix something they're unable to. I can only know that if I'm informed of it by you saying it in the review page or on my talk page, so you don't need to worry, I won't bite you down for it or something like that. And I absolutely don't mind if someone else, who isn't the nominator, is leaving more comments than you. The more the help, the better and faster the review will go by, no? And so far, you've been more than capable in resolving issues being brought up in the review page, so you genuinely don't have to worry. Hacked (Talk|Contribs ↗) 07:09, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
:@Hacked I appreciate all that you said. The reason I didn't go to the review page first, basically was my knack for leaving a short story to get my point across. I'll definitely use those options going forward. Help by other editors was greatly needed, and I'm glad you didn't frown on that. I don't like computers, but I like Wikipedia, something has to give. Btw, the giving of blood comment I made earlier was done tongue-in-cheek ↗. But I do believe FA reviews would be a total nightmare. Well, thanks again for all that you're doing. See you soon. Bringingthewood (talk) 07:43, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

See

See this is why we don't mark players as free agents before it actually happens. Geno Smith ↗ just got traded. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:29, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
:And I heard that Maxx Crosby ↗ won't, lol! Bringingthewood (talk) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Rollback question

Hey there! For these rollbacks of the person adding the YouTube link, are you using an automated script or just refreshing really fast? tony 05:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

:@TonySt Hi Tony. I refresh really fast .. when my computer is up to it, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 05:13, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
::Props! You're quick! Thanks for your help :) tony 05:19, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::@TonySt Thanks, I appreciate it. Those spammers are the few treats I give Windows Vista ... Mr. Dell is getting old! ;) Bringingthewood (talk) 05:23, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

T. J. Watt passes the GA process

I've passed the T. J. Watt ↗ article as all the points I brought up was fixed. And I wanna apologise take way too long. I started the review on 20 February 2026 and now it's 12 May.... how ridiculous of me. I'll have to admit one major flaw of me, it's that I procrastinate a lot. And I do mean a lot. So I'm sorry for stretching the review for too long. @Left guide: This message includes you too. Hacked (Talk|Contribs ↗) 18:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

:@Hacked Apology, are you crazy? You can say it wasn't planned, but I'm speechless .. May 12th? The best present I received today!! I thank you for all that you did, and I apologize for being a pain in the ass at times. I thank you for being thorough, I did appreciate it going forward, even though I didn't express it the right way at the time. Great job! John. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:28, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
::I appreciate it. I guess I don't have to be sorry then, even if I really am. And don't say you were a pain in the ass, because you weren't. Thank you for understanding. Goodbye for now. Hacked (Talk|Contribs ↗) 13:56, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
:::@Hacked Lol, I'm being honest, you had until Christmas Eve. See you around and thanks for the note. Regards, John. Bringingthewood (talk) 00:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Your nomination of T. J. Watt ↗ has passed

Your good article nomination ↗ of the article T. J. Watt ↗ has 20px|alt=|link= ↗ '''passed'''; congratulations! See '''Talk:T. J. Watt/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. Please also consider reviewing ↗ somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down.  Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Ivebeenhacked -- Ivebeenhacked (talk) 18:26, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

:Nice work. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 18:59, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

::I thank you, WO-9, and all involved. This was .. wow. I really appreciate everything that was done. You know I wanted ten sacks this upcoming season .. but anything short of that .. THIS HERE will make up for the difference! Thanks again for all the help!! John. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:33, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
:::Congrats! Left guide (talk) 20:43, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
::::And thank you, LG. John Bringingthewood (talk) 04:05, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Myles Garrett

As a Steelers fan, I know you probably were interested in the news of Myles Garrett to the Rams. Red Director (talk) 03:12, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
:@Red Director Hi there. I was, and I'm glad the Steelers will no longer see him twice a year! He's a terror, and I don't think Rodgers could take many more big hits anyway, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:24, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
::Dang, another year of Old Man Rodgers? '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:13, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
:::And hopefully the last. Then Mr. Khan ↗ can start earning his money and start to worry about the FUTURE of this team! Bringingthewood (talk) 21:56, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
::::I have seen this story before. Rodgers leads you guys to a 10–7 or 9–8 record to make the Wild Card Round barely. You all draw an overpowered division winner and lose a game that was competitive for three quarters. You are not bad enough to get a top quarterback in the draft. This means Joe Flacco ↗ ends his career with you guys in 2027 to finish his personal AFC North journey of playing for every team lol. Red Director (talk) 02:51, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::@Red Director And I thought we were friends, RD. Ahhhh, only kidding. You hit it right on the head, that's exactly the reason I didn't want Rodgers in the first place. They better get familiar with the phrase, 'trading up', for next years draft. Unless Rodgers gets hurt .. and we'll get that longed for 3-13 record after all. I could see Flacco ending up there .. why the hell not, lol. P.S. My pain is that I still can't forget Super Bowl XLV, and with our quarterback and new head coach, it sure as hell won't be this year. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:13, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::That's tragically hilarious that Mike McCarthy and Rodgers are both on the Steelers now. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 12:57, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::::'Tragic' is the operative word. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::::@Bringingthewood So sorry BTW! Maybe McCarthy can pull some strings that Tomlin could not toward the end. Red Director (talk) 17:50, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::@Red Director LOL, no apoIogy needed, the team does make for good humor. I was going to use, maybe McCarthy 'can pull a rabbit out of his a**' instead, but I see you're taking the diplomatic approach. We'll see. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::::::@Bringingthewood and @WikiOriginal-9, it is crazy when you look at Mike McCarthy's coaching history. He has been the head coach for NFL royalty (Packers, Cowboys, and Steelers). Red Director (talk) 13:28, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey hey

Go check out the main page ↗! (especially the "did you know" section) Left guide (talk) 01:23, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
:LOL! Left guide I had a funny feeling if I went away ... or just for a few days, something might happen! Wow!! Great to see and it means a lot, LG ad WO-9!! Alphabetically is the way to go. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:24, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
::Now that it's no longer on the main page, you can still see the occurrence immortalized in all its glory at WP:Main Page history/2026 June 11 ↗, if you ever want to re-live it. ;) Left guide (talk) 00:56, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
:::Lol, thanks, Left guide. Oh yes, I will re-live it. :) Bringingthewood (talk) 01:12, 12 June 2026 (UTC)
:WO-9 .. you go here also!!! It is something to see.. thank you.. Bringingthewood (talk) 23:27, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

:@Bringingthewood Nice BTW! Red Director (talk) 18:12, 11 June 2026 (UTC)
::Red Director Thank you, RD, very much appreciated! Bringingthewood (talk) 23:46, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Month in captions

Hi Bringingthewood! I noticed that you recently removed the month from the portrait captions in several BLP infoboxes, including Buffy Chen ↗, Yoyo Tse ↗, and Mo Tzu-yi ↗, with the edit summary "caption - month is not needed". With all due respect, I do not intend to challenge your edits, but I checked WP:CAPTION ↗ and could not find any mention of this. I have been using the month and year format in captions for articles that I have authored or updated photos for ever since I began editing, and I have never encountered any objections to this format before, even after passing numerous DYK and GA reviews (like Mo Tzu-yi). I was therefore wondering whether you could point me to the relevant MOS or RfC that states the month is not needed in captions. Many thanks!! —👑 ↗'''PRINCE''' of '''EREBOR'''📜 00:12, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

:-- contacted directly -- Bringingthewood (talk) 01:51, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Giannis

I had already requested protection at {{slink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Giannis_Antetokounmpo}}. Maybe not worth sweating over in the meantime. Best. —Bagumba (talk) 06:01, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

:@Bagumba I had a funny feeling it was coming soon, so I had to get a last word in there before sleep. I almost got my three reverts in, lol. Bringingthewood (talk) 20:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Negro leagues

I hope you don't mind I "stole" all your Negro league edits, lol. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 13:00, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

:ROFL, stole he says. Are you kidding? I was hoping you didn't mind that I was going through the ones you did, looking for tedious edits. Besides, those politician geolinks were getting on my nerves (for now). P.S. If you continue this ... it's infinity X infinity. Yes, I just made that up. Regards, Bringingthewood (talk) 21:27, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
::I never noticed the Negro leaguers were all missing "professional" until you started adding it. '''''~WikiOriginal-9~''''' ('''talk''') 11:53, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
:::For me, it was just the league being professional. I never thought outside the box .. Mexican League, Cuban League. MLB is not the only thing out there, stupid me. I actually had to look up minor leagues, they're professional also. I was really stuck in that Major League only box, lol. Thanks for all that you're doing. At least I get to branch out a little, learning different things. Bringingthewood (talk) 21:06, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Zomby ↗ dispute

Hi, I'd seen that you reverted edits by that user. I'm currently having a conversation on their talk page, but I'm still relatively new to wikipedia. Could you help me with this user, as they seem stuck in their ways. Thanks Freddieh9 (talk) 02:00, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

:@Freddieh9 I did see that, Freddie. Don't forget to go back and sign your warning. Wow, I just deleted all that I typed .. problem solved already, PhilKnight to the rescue. Btw, you did fine. Some of these editors will drive you insane. Good luck moving forward! Regards. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:15, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks, I would have forgotten about that. Freddieh9 (talk) 02:24, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
:::@Freddieh9 No problem at all. Stay well. Bringingthewood (talk) 02:29, 4 July 2026 (UTC)