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Protect several player articles

Can you protect the following 7 articles, all are recent Panathinaikos signings and all are targets of capitalization of position vandalism. I imagine it is the same user, but it is from different IPs. If you can figure out how to block and that is a better solution, so be it.

Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 04:29, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rikster2: I know there was that MOS talk page discussion, but MOS:LISTCAPS still says "If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items." Yeah, those guys said this wasn't "really" a fragment. I don't really care either way, but if I'm going to use admin tools, I'd need to at least see a referencing link to the discussion in the edit summary. Then I can at justify that others are persistently not explaining their changes as a reason to protect. There's a lot of examples of WP pages that cap consecutive sports positions, so it's not necessarily obvious. —Bagumba (talk) 07:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK then I am stepping out of it because I did not agree with that change nor did I think it was necessary. It was just another example of someone who doesn’t care about the articles but wants to impose their preference across Wikipedia in the name of MOS. There is a lot of that going on, funny for a platform that supposedly has few rules and mandates. Rikster2 (talk) 13:18, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thy, THY! ("Thy", "my darling")

Not "thou", as thou would/hast now, "brown cow". Verily, though, allusions are/or illusions; no matter, no mind. May the fours be with you! InedibleHulk (talk) 18:52, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Apologies for the bad Middle English.—Bagumba (talk) 01:48, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if I should apologize for this and that or not. I feel I should at least let you know it "got weird", if only for cross-reference purposes. And don't read too deeply into that Misfits song title, either; live long and prosper! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:10, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Is that a non-apology apology? Dōmo arigatō.—Bagumba (talk) 01:48, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since you apologized, I'm bound by ancient Canadian custom to pay it back. Sorry. Might happen again. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:55, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Accepted. We can both learn from Springfield. —Bagumba (talk) 02:04, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New favorite team name

Zanesville Flood Sufferers ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 07:24, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: "Potters" heh heh. —Bagumba (talk) 07:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ballpark: "Unknown" ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 07:45, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of reliable sources noticeboard discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Fadeaway World. Thank you. Left guide (talk) 11:23, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is Opta Analyst reliable?

Hey Bagumba, so I'm mulling over whether or not to send List of NBA rookie single-season rebounding leaders to AfD and doing a WP:BEFORE search. I stumbled upon this source by Opta Analyst. Never heard of the site before, is it reliable? And do you happen to have access to other sources that might satisfy WP:NLIST for this list? Left guide (talk) 18:28, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Left guide: New to me also. Doesn't seem to meet WP:USEBYOTHERS, esp. for basketball. I did find an advertorial on The Guardian here. As for the WP list, I'll see what Google can turn up. —Bagumba (talk) 02:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sometime after I posted here, I realized that the bottom of the Opta Analyst site says it's owned by an AI site, so most likely unreliable. Might confirm that with the RSN folks before heading to AfD though. I noticed you tagging and working on the rookie scoring page, best I could find was this. Is it reliable? Was wondering if you might recognize the author name for an WP:EXPERTSPS exemption. Left guide (talk) 18:24, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Left guide: The reliable sources I could find are 100 Things Hoosiers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, 20 Second Timeout (total rebounds only, the author seems to meet USEBYOTHERS), The Oklahoman. Someone steadfast willing to wade through Newspapers.com might find more. I wouldn't have created it, but ...—Bagumba (talk) 10:11, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Grammar"

[1] ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 05:54, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9 a Zim fan —Bagumba (talk) 06:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]