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Central Coast Mariners FC–Sydney FC rivalry ↗ moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Central Coast Mariners FC–Sydney FC rivalry ↗, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable ↗, independent sources ↗. <small>(? ↗)</small> Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability ↗ is of central importance ↗ on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace ↗ (with a prefix of "<code>Draft:</code>" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. I did this rather than removing the uncited material in the article, which I felt would be more disruptive. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask on my talk page. In addition, there is a notability question. While there is no doubt these two teams meet, you need in-depth coverage from independent, reliable, secondary sources which talks about the rivalry, not simply mentioning it. When you have the required sourcing (and every assertion needs a source), and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. '''<span style="color:#536895;">Onel</span><span style="color:#ffb300;">5969</span>''' <sup><i style="color:blue">TT me</i></sup> 13:23, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi mate.

I understand it needs more referencing, I will get onto that over the next couple of days. Referencing code just isn’t my strongest point, all the statistics came from the same website database.

As for questioning the rivalry, I’d urge you to look into some of the other pages that are still up about A-League rivalries such as Western United v Wellington Phoenix and Western United v Melbourne Victory. If they are rivalries and Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC is not, Wikipedia might as well cancel its whole A-League coverage! Particularly the Wellington Phoenix page, those clubs have basically nothing to do with each other. Not that I think it’s a bad thing that those other pages exist, I think the more detailed pages about the history of match ups between teams, the better and more detailed Wikipedia’s A-League information is.

I did put an awful lot of time into this page to make it as detailed, accurate and professional looking as possible. I’ll get onto trying to add more references over the next couple of days and re-submit, but it’s definitely an article worth having on Wikipedia. Matt jobe watson (talk) 12:42, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

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Sasha Kuzevski ↗ moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Sasha Kuzevski ↗, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable ↗, independent sources ↗. <small>(? ↗)</small> Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability ↗ is of central importance ↗ on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace ↗ (with a prefix of "<code>Draft:</code>" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline ↗ and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. <span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 11:04, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

:What on earth mate. I literally copied Harry Steele ↗, another Mariners player's profile. Literally copied the entire thing and just editted it to be Sasha's details.
:Kuzevski was already on the Mariners squad template, just didn't have a page because he hadn't debuted until about a week ago. His page is literally identical to several other lesser players in the Central Coast Mariners ↗ squad. See Steele, Nectarios Triantis ↗, Cameron Windust ↗, James Bayliss ↗ and Dor Jok ↗. How is my Kuzevski page any different?
:I literally provided a source to two player profiles from external sites of his, which provides all the details such as his height, date of birth and everything. There's legit nothing else on his page yet for me to even reference.
:Get a grip. Don't dis-encourage an editor who is putting in the time to keep Wikipedia up to date and accurate about a smaller topic he is passionate about. Put it back up. What a joke. Matt jobe watson (talk) 09:27, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
::I'll go through the list of players that you have mentioned. It's quite possible that some of them need to be deleted. Kuzevski hasn't been deleted and is preserved in draft space until he becomes notable. <span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 09:49, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
::Windust is now up for deletion. <span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 10:04, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

What are you doing mate? The point isn’t to delete them. Of course they’re notable, they’re playing in the A-League...

Why would you deliberately make the A-League have less information on Wikipedia??

Come off it mate, your role on Wikipedia is not to decide whether A-League players are notable or not, and it’s not your role to decide that the A-League should have less information about it. Matt jobe watson (talk) 11:48, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
:I suggest you learn about Wikipedia notability guidelines. I would, again, ask you to read WP:GNG ↗ and WP:SPORTBASIC ↗. If you need further assistance, please see WP:TEAHOUSE ↗ or WP:HELPDESK ↗. If you feel that I have behaved wholly inappropriately, after reading all of those, then please report me at WP:ANI ↗, if you feel it necessary. <span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 12:00, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Central Coast Mariners-Sydney FC rivalry ↗

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Hi mate,

Just wanted to know what’s up with you deleting every A-League page I try and contribute to the website? Especially the Sasha Kuzevski page, it’s literally an identical copy of about 10 other Central Coast Mariners players profiles. Literally everything is identical, I just changed the info to be Kuzevski’s, and this includes every single reference on these other approved pages. They all only have linked to player profiles on football websites, and I linked Kuzevski’s profile from these matching websites.

The A-League is not the biggest topic on Wikipedia. It has holes everywhere in it’s accuracy and information. I am one who actually takes the time to try and keep information relevant and as informative as possible. Do you just dislike the A-League, or is there some reason you don’t want more content about it on Wikipedia? Because like deleting the Sydney FC v Mariners rivalry page is stupid, given it’s all accurate information and makes Wikipedia more informative and adds to its library, but deleting the Kuzevski page is absolutely unjustified.

Please at the very least approve the Kuzevski page. I have put heaps of time and effort into keeping the Central Coast Mariners relevant pages up to date with relevant information and you keep cutting it down for no reason.

Thank you. Matt jobe watson (talk) 01:55, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation ↗: Sasha Kuzevski ↗ (February 1)

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{{divbox|blue|3=The sourcing is not at all acceptable for Wikipedia standards - see WP:SPORTBASIC ↗ and WP:GNG ↗. ccmariners.com.au is not an independent source as it's the club he plays for (his employer). Also, the coverage in both is trivial as he is only mentioned once. Soccerway is not significant coverage either as it's a database site with low standards for inclusion. Please read the linked guidelines and add sources that meet standards, if any exist. It would need to be coverage not published by his employer.}} Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit ''after they have been resolved''.
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<span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 09:18, 1 February 2023 (UTC)</div>

:Look at the profiles of Harrison Steele ↗, Cameron Windust ↗, Dan Hall ↗, Nectarios Triantis ↗, James Bayliss ↗ and Dor Jok ↗.
:They are literally the exact same. How is it not acceptable if all of those pages have been accepted in the past mate? Or are you going to remove all their pages too and pretend the Central Coast Mariners (a professional football team in the top tier of Australian football) don't exist?
:He's a relatively new player, he has made 6 appearances for the Central Coast Mariners so far. There isn't an awful lot to write about him yet. But he's an active professional player in the top league in Australia, just like all those other guys I mentioned. He deserves his page, especially when his page is an exact replica of acceptable pages of other similar Mariners players.
:Not to mention if you have any knowledge of sport, if anything, ccmariners.com.au being his employer is a more reliable source than anything else out there... lots of rumours and false reports go around the sports world, you know if it comes from the club it's official and confirmed... Matt jobe watson (talk) 09:51, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
::Please add independent news sources showing significant and detailed coverage of Kuzevski then <span style="color: #996600">Spiderone</span><sup><span style="color:brown">(Talk to Spider)</span></sup> 09:57, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
:::As I said he only just debuted recently so there isn't a lot of media coverage yet. He's still a capped player in a professional league and deserves to have a page. He's notable because the A-League is notable and if you don't have his page, the A-League is missing content.
:::If you hate football so much, why are you involved in it's Wikipedia world? Matt jobe watson (talk) 06:35, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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:Your constant targetting of the Central Coast Mariners and the A-League is a joke. Deleting valid articles for no reason damages the community more. Matt jobe watson (talk) 06:37, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of :Sasha Kuzevski ↗ for deletion

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:Don't delete it?? Just leave it in draftspace until there's a more major article on him? He's a current football player in the top tier professional league in Australia. What harm does leaving my work in draftspace do until he gets a bit more media coverage? Matt jobe watson (talk) 04:35, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Oliver Sail ↗ joining Perth Glory

Hey mate, saw your edits on Sail's page. It is official that he's joining Glory - the club published a press release ↗ on 9 March updating that he signed a 3-year contract. --SuperJew (talk) 12:54, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks mate, I stand corrected. I will fix it up. Matt jobe watson (talk) 12:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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Hey Matt, at first I was opposed by your merge of Australia men's international soccer players ↗, because of the former guidelines of WP:Article size ↗, where if a certain article was at a big size (in kB), it should be split for convenience.

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Although, its bring a bit of a dilemma of how other countries player lists should be, if this is the case. FastCube (talk) 23:35, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

:Yeah, it just makes more sense to me to have it in one page. I went to the page not looking to make any edits, just for information, and it didn't give me the information I was after because it was split into four. Matt jobe watson (talk) 04:31, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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:What was it that I said that was my own point of view? Matt jobe watson (talk) 08:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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:::What are you talking about? He did win the Championship?
:::All you've changed is removing this line: "Kaltak was part of the Mariners' Championship, Premiership and AFC Cup ↗ winning 2023-24 season ↗."
:::What are actually on about? Matt jobe watson (talk) 09:11, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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Please stop listing every player who was delisted as "former".

Hey. There is no need to change every player who was delisted to former this quick. Plenty of players get picked up after being delisted. "Last played for" is more accurate, unless the player has announced their retirement. If they don't get picked up. No issues. But "former" straight away is jumping the gun. Basetornado (talk) 10:14, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

:It's correct until they're picked up again in the league mate. If they get picked up, then you move it back to present tense. Matt jobe watson (talk) 11:25, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
::It's far too quick. If they don't get picked up? Great. But players get picked up all the time after being delisted. Pretty much every other sport just lists them as a free agent until they retire, because "Former" means they retired. "Former professional" is retired. "Last played for" is still playing but don't have a team. Basetornado (talk) 23:51, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
:::In other sports, such as the American sports, players are contracted to the league. It's different here, players aren't contracted to the league, if you're not contracted to a club, you're a former player until you're re-drafted. Matt jobe watson (talk) 00:38, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
::::That is just not true, for either of those examples. "Former" in context of an athletes page means retired. They have not retired, they just don't have a club. You make a lot of edits. The vast majority good. These ones however are inaccurate. Just wait until the end of the trade/draft period at the very least. "Last played for" similarly to how I reverted Markov's page accurately describes the situation. Your edits do not as they stand. Basetornado (talk) 05:37, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
:::::I respectfully disagree. Thanks for the positive comment on most of my edits. I think your way, players will easily slip through the cracks and people will forget to go back and edit them. And as soon as you're not on an AFL list, you're not an active AFL player.
:::::Most players don't get the chance to retire. Jackson Hately currently plays for our VFL side, I'd still call him a former professional Australian Rules footballer. But he's never "retired" as such, and actually still plays the game! Matt jobe watson (talk) 11:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
::::::If they slip through, that's still better than the alternative. I initially only noticed it, because one of the players got mentioned in a footy group I was in as being listed as former and it was remarked upon as being wrong. I can agree with players who go down to the VFL/local footy etc being listed as former. That is fair enough. But if a player gets delisted and doesn't get picked up, that's the time to call them former. Not 5 minutes after they're delisted. Especially for younger players who stand a decent chance of being picked up elsewhere. It just strikes me as far too early, and in context "former" pretty much always means retired when it comes to sports pages. Basetornado (talk) 14:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

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:I was closing it. Matt jobe watson (talk) 04:48, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
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:I don't think I wrote about her? I just added categories? Matt jobe watson (talk) 03:00, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Douwtjie Hoogenboezem ↗ moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Douwtjie Hoogenboezem ↗. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because '''it needs more sources to establish notability''' and '''No significant coverage. Wait until he makes his FC/LA/T20 debut.'''.
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Elijah Holland's edits.

Hey, just giving a heads up on the Elijah Hollands edit you made to expand the recent incident. I changed a bit of it and removed some text, largely because it's a fairly sensitive topic.

Most of the stuff I changed, was largely because it felt unnecessary to add. For example fans filming him. It already says he was observed acting erratically. Anything more feels ott. The game time % was not referenced at that line and the percentage mentioned was not the same as in the reference above it. No major concerns. At least not enough to warrant a talk post.

I did have a pretty major concern about one section though. You had written "The AFL and AFL Players Associaton ↗ confirmed they would seek to work with Carlton to investigate the full circumstances of the situation, including how Carlton had declared him fit to play, why he played so much game time despite his obvious struggles, and whether he may have been intoxicated by alcohol or substances." This felt very editorial and did not match with what the sources were saying. Especially on the alcohol or substances section. The AFL ref does not mention it at all. The Seven reference only mentions alcohol once due to an earlier unrelated incident. While the closest it comes to drugs or substances is "Carlton are insisting his performance was affected by a mental-health episode and did not have anything to do with the influence of drugs."

Hope this is taken in the right meaning. Just that, need to be careful on sensitive topics like this, not to include your own research or "reading between the lines", especially when it comes to allegations of drug or alcohol abuse.Basetornado (talk) 08:33, 20 April 2026 (UTC)