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Spartaz (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
I'm a long term user (first edit 2006) and have been an admin on or off since 2017. That makes me a bit stuck in my ways but I have the benefit of experience and working through many of the changes that have left us where we are. I am getting grumpy. Sorry but all the drama and grief has washed away a lot of my younger idealism...
A BLP is a serious matter and needs to be properly sourced.
I mostly work on deletion discussions. I am willing to userfy deleted articles for improvement as long as there is a reasonable likelihood that they can be saved. If you are challenging a deletion, do you have three good sources? Also, don’t waste your time asking me to review a close or you are going to DRV because I’m not going to review a close with a sword hanging over my head. Just raise the DRV or ask someone else.
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List of cricketers
Hello. We do have a pretty extensive set of lists of cricketers, per your comment at the John West AfD (I find myself nearly calling him Fred all the time...). In that case, there is an obvious list to redirect to, for example. There are a few sub continent lists that probably need to be created, and the odd one elsewhere. What sort of list were you thinking about? It wonder if a central list of lists on the wikiproject would be helpful? Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- By decade and club would be my preference. Categories are better for navigation. Spartaz Humbug! 16:09, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, so I'm not quite sure I understand how that would work - and the work overhead concerns me a little. I think I can see the point, but it depends on the format we'd be looking at. Can I throw three lists at you and ask you to think about possible formats and how you'd break them down? No worries if you don't have time, it's an idea that intrigues me.
- List of Lancashire County Cricket Club players - a quite basic, traditional list
- List of Hampshire County Cricket Club first-class players - a stats table format
- List of Kent county cricketers to 1842 - a tabular format
- By breaking down by decade, say, (or, perhaps, period - e.g. 1919 to 39) would you look for more detail, stats or just plain lists?
- Fwiw I disagree about cats, but then I've never really enjoyed using them. Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:58, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, so I'm not quite sure I understand how that would work - and the work overhead concerns me a little. I think I can see the point, but it depends on the format we'd be looking at. Can I throw three lists at you and ask you to think about possible formats and how you'd break them down? No worries if you don't have time, it's an idea that intrigues me.