User talk:Alakazam/Archives/2008/July-December

Hello

Hi, I would like you to please see this link on the Arena Football League WikiProject talk page. I would like everyone to read this one and the one right after it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will do my best to answer you in a timely manner. Thank you, Crash Underride 05:00, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Miami Dolphins All-Time Team (1966-2007)

Template:Miami Dolphins All-Time Team (1966-2007) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — ►Chris Nelson^Holla! 16:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - August 2008

{| width=100% style="background:none;"

|- |valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Project News

• Arena Football League only infoboxes have been created and need to be added to ALL AFL players. This infobox is for active AFL players only. However, this one is for players who retired from the AFL and NOT another league.
• Infoboxes are currently being worked on for af2.
• A few new templates have been created and added to the appropriate articels, however if you have ideas for a template leave them here.
• The assessment function has been added and the count is over 300 articles at the moment.
• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

Current Events

• After an almost 20 year wait, former Washington Redskins wide receiver Art Monk will finally be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 2, 2008, along with Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman.
• The Philadelphia Soul and the San Jose SaberCats faced each other in the Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl XXII on July 27, 2008. The Soul defeated the SaberCats by a final score of 59-56. A big congratulations goes out to all the players and coaches who had a great season this year.
• It was reported by the Philadelphia Daily News that Philadelphia was still in the hunt to host the 2009 ArenaBowl, though it wasn't alone. In fact, interest has been shown by Hawaii to host the event.
• Will Pettis was announced as the AFL's 2008 IronMan of the Year.
• The Columbus Destroyers named Pat Sperduto head coach.
• On July 26, 2008 AFL commissioner C. David Baker resigned after 12 years.
• Pat O'Hara was hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Avengers on July 25, 2008.
• Cleveland Gladiators head coach Mike Wilpolt was named coach of the year.

This Month in Football History

• Every year in August, in Canton, Ohio the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducts a new class.
• On August 31, 1997, Eddie George ran for 216 yards on 35 carries and one touchdown as the Tennessee Oilers, playing their first game in Tennessee, beat Oakland 24-21 in overtime at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.

Arena Football League Article Stats

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current count is 185, and will probably be growing in the near future. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

Arena Football League articles		Importance
		None	Total
Quality
	B	9	9
	Start	68	68
	Stub	185	185
	List	1	1
	Assessed	263	263
	Unassessed	226	226
	Total	489	489

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Member News

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.
• On the calendar:

Collaboration of the Week

• The article collaboration for August 2008 is Siaha Burley.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen in late August.
  

Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!

Articles for Deletion

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

From the Editors

Contributors to this Issue:

---

Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback

---

|- |} → Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 23:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Chicago Bears seasons at WP:FLRC

You are one of the leading editors of Chicago Bears. Chicago Bears seasons has been listed at Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/Chicago Bears seasons for removal from the set of featured lists under the WP:FLRC procedures. I am not sure who to turn to, but the original WP:FLC nominator is unable to save the article. I hope you will consider responding to the discussion page issues and save the list.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:02, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Ravens-Steelers rivalry requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, because it appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion. If you can indicate how it is different from the previously posted material, place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article and put a note on the page's discussion page saying why this article should stay. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please use deletion review instead of continuing to recreate the page. Thank you. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 02:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Ravens-Steelers rivalry requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, because it appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion. If you can indicate how it is different from the previously posted material, place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article and put a note on the page's discussion page saying why this article should stay. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please use deletion review instead of continuing to recreate the page. Thank you. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 05:16, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - September 2008

→ Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 10:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Heading reminder

Hey Alazakam, when you're adding headings (like "Regular season results") make sure you follow WP:MOS and make the heading "Regular season results," not "Regular Season Results." Thanks. Pats1 ^T/C 20:24, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of AIFL Ghostchasers

I have nominated AIFL Ghostchasers, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AIFL Ghostchasers. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Guy (Help!) 22:21, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Minor edits

I noticed, because of your edit to the Houston Texans article, that you are marking all of your edits as minor when, in fact, most of them are not. You might want to go to your preferences settings and, under the “Editing” tab, disable the “Mark all edits as minor by default” checkbox. Thanks —Travis^talk 17:15, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 Patriots season article

Hey, thanks for your efforts there. I can handle the game info part (like the attendance, weather, etc.) before the game if you want; I want to keep things consistent and your version is slightly different than mine. So if you could just skip over the Pats when you add those skeletons, that would be great. Thanks. Pats1 ^T/C 20:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, please just leave what is already on this article alone. It follows WP:MOS more closely, and your efforts to change it just means more work on my end to get it back in compliance with WP:MOS. Pats1 ^T/C 12:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Please, either use the standard formatting for 2008 New England Patriots season game info (i.e. p.m. instead of PM, no links for the second instances of channels or announcers, no linking of EST after the first instance, etc.) or just don't add them and let me do it. Pats1 ^T/C 14:57, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Troy Brown

I've heard he might be close to making a statement, but is there a source yet saying that he has officially retired? Also, don't forget to use edit summaries. Cheers. youngamerican (wtf?) 13:38, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - October 2008

{| width=100% style="background:none;"

|- |valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Project News

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

Current Events

• The Kansas City Brigade will hold open tryouts on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 8a.m. at the Kansas City SoccerDome.
• The Utah Blaze will be holding a player combine on October 17, at the University of Utah.
• Darion Conner, a former member of the Tampa Bay Storm won the right to a retrial in his DUI Manslaughter case. He is currently serving the maximum sentence for the crime, 15 years in state prison. It was also his fifth DUI conviction since 1990, first since 1993.
• In the NFL, Matt Millen has been removed as the Detroit Lions' team president, and CEO.
• Billy Parker of the New York Dragons, alongside new Dragons Advisory Board members Kerry Rhodes of the New York Jets and Danny Clark of the New York Giants, unveiled the teams new logo on September 23, 2008.
• On September 22, it was announced that Toledo, Ohio will receive and af2 team begining in 2010.
• Dean Cokinos has agreed to a two year contract to remain the head coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.
• On September 24, 2008 the Colorado Crush have hired Chris MacKeown as their new offensive coordinator.

Transactions

• On September 3, 2008 the Chicago Rush released DL James Baron.
• The New York Jets signed Philadelphia Soul wide receiver and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005 fifth round pick Larry Brackins, however he was released before the start of the regular season and then on September 2, signed to their practice squad.
• Thursday September 11, 2008 the San Jose SaberCats waived OL Walter Curry. And the New York Dragons waived K Chris Onorato.
• On Monday September 15, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived FB/LB Chris Avery.
• On Wednesday September 17, 2008 The Los Angeles Avengers waived DL Joe Bradley.
• The New Orleans VooDoo hired Derek Stingley as their new defensive coordinator. Stingley had been last season's coach of the Year for the South Georgia Wildcats. He is the son of former New England Patriots player Darryl Stingley, as well as an AFL defensive back.
• On September 19, 2008 the Rattlers released FB/LB Dane Krager, and waived LB Lance Mitchell.
• On September 22, 2008 the Arizona Rattlers activated DL Darrell Shropshire, and placed DL Mkristo Bruce on the exempted list.
• Also on September 22, the VooDoo activated OL Rob Hunt. The Soul activated OL Phil Bogle and WR Larry Brackins. The SaberCats activated WR Burl Toler. The Tampa Bay Storm activated WR Hank Edwards. The Blaze activated OL Jesse Boone and DL Maurice Fountain.
• On September 24, 2008 the VooDoo traded future considerations to the Philadelphia Soul for WR Michael Lewis.

This Month in Football History

• October 1, 1955 - Baltimore Colt Alan Ameche became the first rookie in NFL history to rush for more than 100 yards in his first two games after totaling 153 yards against Detroit. He had 194 yards in his debut against Chicago.
• October 2, 1950 - Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown catches as the Chicago Cardinals defeated the Baltimore Colts 55-13. The record was tied in 1981 by Kellen Winslow and again in 1990 by Jerry Rice.
• October 3, 1920 - The Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers 45-0 in the first ever games between NFL (then the American Pro Football Association) clubs.
• October 4, 1992 - Miami's Louis Oliver returned an interception a record-tying 103 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo, tying the mark set by Vencie Glenn against Denver on November 29, 1987.
• October 5, 1986 - Eric Dickerson ran for an overtime-record 42-yard touchdown as the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-20.

Arena Football League Article Stats

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

Index · Statistics · Log

Arena Football League pages by quality
Quality
	Total
Assessed	0
Total	0

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Member News

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:

• • October
    • 15: AFL Free agency period begins.
    • 26: San Diego Chargers vs. New Orleans Saints at London's Wembley Stadium. (The second NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.)

Collaboration of the Week

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!

Articles for Deletion

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

New AFL Articles

• Derek Stingley
• Dan Alexander (Arena football)

From the Editors

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

---

Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback

---

|- |} → Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 10:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

2008 Miami Dolphins season

I'm not sure if if it's you or User:Bocafan76 as both of you have heavily edited this article recently, but the game summaries need to be written in a much more appropriate tone. They should never be called the "Fins" and things like "Ronnie Brown had a field day" and "The Fins splashed first" have no place on the article. This is an encyclopedia, and the article needs to stick to the facts and remain neutral.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 23:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

So you're just going to ignore this?►Chris Nelson^Holla! 06:43, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

October 2008

Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. —Travis^talk 23:36, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Scoring summaries

You do not have to add a road or home total to the summaries, the template automatically adds them up. I see you have been warned about this once already, I would appreciate it if you would stop doing so. Thanks. Blackngold29 03:07, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Again, you do not need to add totals. There is no reason for it and it takes up article space. Please stop. Blackngold29 20:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

This is the final time I am going to warn you about adding totals. If you continue to do so I will seek intervention from admins. Perhaps you don't understand the concept of the template, I advise you to check it out. Thank you. Blackngold29 04:24, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Detroit Lions game log

Hey I noticed you've been doing the game logs on 2008 Detroit Lions season and I think you do a good job but you haven't the one for the Redskins game yet. Did you give up on the Lions already? If not, I posted the recap to get you started. Go Lions! TomCat4680 (talk) 04:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

2008 Washington Redskins season

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you.

Please use the appropriate tone when creating game summaries. This includes abstaining from using peacock words or other phrases which compromise the neutrality of the article. The Redskins should never be referred to as the "'Skins". Do not use idiomatic phrases such as "drew first blood" or "nailing a 42-yard field goal". This denigrates the quality of the encyclopedia. Please do not copy and paste the same phrases and structure from previous game summaries. I've noticed that several other users have had concerns about the tone and wording of your football articles. Your work on Wikipedia is appreciated but please keep this in mind for future edits.

Also, a game summary was created earlier today for the Steelers game. Later in the afternoon, you overwrote the entire game summary. The new summary contains some slightly inappropriate tone. There are idiomatic phrases which should be avoided such as "Byron Leftwich... to go to work" and "his streak of 249 pass attempts snapped" (emphasis added). The old summary seems a bit more neutral in tone and more encyclopedic. Was there a reason you overwrote it?

206.233.95.18 (talk) 21:17, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

I will just revert things back if no one minds.

206.233.95.18 (talk) 19:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey Alakazam, I merged the two game summaries. I think you had more information on certain things, and the old summary had more information for other things. I took the more informative sections of both and put them into one summary. I also removed inappropriately toned words, idiomatic statements, and similar phrases from other summaries out of this one. I hope this is ok. I think as this is a wiki, we should work collaboratively. Please do not completely overwrite other people's work when it follows Wikipedia's writing guidelines.

206.233.95.18 (talk) 14:46, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Alakazam, again, please watch the tone of your edits on the Redskins articles. I am referring to your recently added Dallas game summary. Do not refer to the Redskins as "the 'Skins". Do not use idiomatic phrases such as "the 'Skins struck first" or "shut their offense down". This is an encyclopedia, not a fan site. Also, please respond to your talk page. At the very least try to avoid phrases and words that several users have already mentioned are un-encyclopedic for your new edits.

206.233.95.18 (talk) 14:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Please do not remove section cleanup messages if the section was not cleaned up and still contains phrases and words that violate Wikipedia's writing guidelines. Please respond to your talk page if you want to discuss this. If you do not respond in a timely manner I will add the cleanup notice back - unless someone fixes the NPOV violations.

206.233.95.18 (talk) 19:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Again, please do not remove section cleanup messages if the section was not cleaned up. Terms such as the "'Skins" and "struck first" should not be used on articles. Is there a reason why you continue to use these terms?

206.233.95.18 (talk) 13:39, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - November 2008

{| width=100% style="background:none;"

|- |valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Project News

• It's Issue IV, whoooooo!
• I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween.

-Needs-

• Articles for the more popular and "star" players of the league need to be expanded, have citations added to them and hopefully we can get some GA's out of them.
• All articles on active players and coaches need to be updated with stats, news, and all things important. (Note: For stats it's best to use ArenaFan.)
• Also, we NEED to get things done so we can take them off of the to do list.

-New-

• Standardized roster templates have been created for ALL AFL teams.
• New tables have been added to each team article for coaches. It is broken down into six columns. Column one is for the name of the head coach. Column two is for the coachs tenure there. Column three is the coaches regular season win/loss record (ONLY while with THAT team). Column four is for the coaches post season win/loss record (ONLY while with THAT team). Column five is for the coaches most recent coaching staff (if the coach is no longer there, list the coaches last coaching staff), with years that the coaching staff members have been there, the term coaching staff ONLY applies to Offensive Coordinator (to be listed as OC), Defensive Coordinator (to be listed as DC), Special Teams Coordinator (to be listed as ST Coordinator), Fullbacks coach (to be listed as FB coach), Linebackers Coach (to be listed as LB coach), Offensive line coach (to be listed as OL coach), Defensive line coach (to be listed as DL), Wide receivers Coach (to be listed as WR coach), Defensive backs Coach (to be listed as DB coach). And coach that coaches multiple positions is to be listed as QB / FB coach, with a / between each position. Also, the list should start with Offensive Coordinator, then Defensive Coordinator. Place line break (<br>) after each coaching staff members name, and between coaching positions (should the column become wider than what looks good). Column six is for notes about the head coach during their tenure with that team only. Lastly, be sure not to make the columns too wide, if the column becomes wider than what looks good, place a line break (<br>) in the sentence/note.

Current Events

• On November 22, the Georgia Force will host tryouts at their practice facility in Flowery Beach, Georgia.
• Quarterbacks Matt D'Orazio and Mark Grieb are two of the numerous veteran free agents during this offseason.
• Quarterback Joe Germaine of the Utah Blaze opted of his contract in hopes to sign with the Arizona Rattlers, to be near his family.
• The Albany Conquest of af2, have changed their name to the Albany Firebirds.
• Though Chris Vallozzi owns the Florida Firecats, the addition of the Milwaukee Iron in 2009, will in no way affect the Firecats. His older brother Drew, is behind the new Iron franchise.
• The Macon Knights may be returing in af2 as early as 2009, but no later than 2010.
• New Orleans VooDoo owner Tom Benson announced in a letter to interm comissioner Ed Policy that the franchise would be ceasing operations.
• It is speculated that since the New Orleans VooDoo have folded, that new Defensive Coordinator Derek Stingley will return to the South Georgia Wildcats of af2.
• The Utah Blaze player tryouts attracted, as head coach Ron James stated "high-quality" players. Some of whom have NFL experience, such as Reno Mahe, Ade Jimoh, and Toniu Fonoti.
• The Amarillo Dusters have named Ben Bennett their new head coach.
• On October 10, AFL owners approved a nonbinding letter of intent, that called for Los Angeles-based Platinum to invest $100 million into the league. A step that, as it stands, will dramatically alter the financial and managment structure of the two decade old league.
• Danny White, whom resigned as the head coach of the Blaze, will join the Arizona Rattlers as their new Offensive Coordinator in 2009.
• Tiffany Worsham, V.P. of Business Development for af2 has contradicted the claims made by D. J. Daniels, the investor interested in bringing a team back to Macon, Georgia. Claiming that there is "no reason for any optimism." She also went on to say that "serious conversations about the subject ended a few months ago."
• Derek Stingley, it was announced, is a candidate for the head coaching position with the Albany Firebirds of af2.
• Quarterback Ryan Vena will return to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers.
• Lawrence Samuels, the AFL's career receptions leader (1,020) was hospitalized on Thursday, October 23, after a severe car crash.
• Just days after a severe car crash, wide receiver Lawrence Samuels was listed in fair condition.
• The AFL announced that the Dallas Desperados would be moved from the Eastern Divison of the National Conference to the Western Division to replace the New Orleans Voodoo.
• Steve Clary, Jim Guy Tucker two owners of the Arkansas Twisters have decided to forego their shares of the team, as "they both were too busy with their other businesses."
• On November 22, the Twisters will hold a tryouts.
• Derek Stingley, has removed himself from the list of candidates for the head coaching position of the af2's Albany Firebirds, as he has "another coaching opportunity closer to his family's home in Baton Rouge, La."

Transactions

• The Colorado Crush have hired Tommy Johnson as their new Defensive coordinator.
• The San Jose SaberCats traded Linebacker Steve Watson and Offensive lineman William Obeng to the Columbus Destroyers for Offensive lineman Howard Duncan.
• The Spokane Shock of af2 have signed former NC State Defensive back Jimmie Sutton and former Central Washington Free safety Chris Hemphill.
• The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz and owner Phil Miller announced the hiring of Dan Kilgras as the new Team President.
• It was announced that Leslie Lee, will not return as the head coach of the Boise Burn of af2.
• On September 25, the Chicago Rush released Quarterback Sherdrick Bonner.
• On September 30, the Cleveland Gladiators released Offensive lineman Tango McCauley.
• The Tri-Cities Fever gained their first player, when they were assigned defensive back DeVon Walker from the University of Nevada-Reno. He spent the last three weeks of the 2008 AFL season with the SaberCats.
• On October 2, the Tampa Bay Storm released Wide Receiver Terrill Shaw.
• On October 3, the VooDoo released WR Jeremiah Pope. The Georgia Force released DL R-Kal Truluck.
• On October 7, Defensive lineman Jacob Owens and Wide Receiver Tremayne Kirkland signed with the Spokane Shock.
• On October 10, the Grand Rapids Rampage exempted Wide Receiver Eric Fowler.
• On October 13, the Los Angeles Avengers waived Quarterback Sam Keller. The VooDoo activated OL Isaiah Ross.
• The Columbus Destroyers have hired Green Bay Blizzard Defensive coordinator Doug Lytle to the same position.
• The Tri-Cities Fever have re-signed wide receiver Phil Goodman, which makes him the first returning player from the 2008 Fever.
• On October 15, the Philadelphia Soul released Defensive Back Brandon Williams.
• Danny White has joined the Arizona Rattlers as their new Offensive Coordinator.
• On October 20, 2008 the Kansas City Brigade waived Quarterback Quincy Carter.
• The Brigade have also hired Skip Foster as their new Offensive Coordinator.
• The Oklahoma Yard Dawg's have been assigned quarterback Robert Kent, fullback / linebacker Freddie Rollins, and defensive back Andre Burns.
• Offensive Lineman Lorenzo Breland has been added to the 2009 roster of the Spokane Shock.
• The Shock have also added former Oklahoma State Linebacker Rodrick Johnson.
• Wide receiver Manwell Talbert as been assigned to the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings.

This Month in Football History

• November 2, 1958 - The Los Angeles Rams beat the Chicago Bears 41-35 in front of a record crowd of 90,833 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
• November 3, 1935 — The Philadelphia Eagles and Boston Redskins combine to throw an NFL record 11 interceptions.
• November 4, 1984 — The Seattle Seahawks set an NFL record by returning four interceptions for touchdowns in a 45-0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Dave Brown scored twice while Kenny Easley and Keith Simpson also scored a touchdown each. All of the scores were longer than 50 yards.
• November 6, 1995 — Art Modell announced that he was moving the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore for the 1996 season.
• November 8, 1970 — New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey broke a 17-year-old record by kicking a 63-yard field goal. Former Baltimore Colt Bert Rechichar had held the record at 56 yards.
• November 11, 1990 - Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas set an NFL record with seven sacks.
• November 19, 1961 — Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown rushed for an NFL record 242 yards and four touchdowns.
• November 23, 1975 — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton became the NFL's all-time completions leader when he completed his 2,840th pass in the Vikings' 28-13 win over the San Diego Chargers.
• November 26, 1989 — L.A. Rams wide receiver Willie "Flipper" Anderson recorded 15 receptions for an NFL record 336 yards and a touchdown as the Rams rallied for a 20-17 overtime win over the Saints.

Arena Football League Article Stats

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles down to 0, in due time. The current article count is listed below, I have placed the forumla that is on the project page that is updated everytime the bot is run and it tallies up our articles and where they are and lists them as seen below, so that no one has to worry about making sure it's updated manually before the newsletter is sent out. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list is provided in the stub-class category of stub articles that need to be improved, and some should be fairly easy.

Index · Statistics · Log

Arena Football League pages by quality
Quality
	Total
Assessed	0
Total	0

|valign=top style="border:1px solid black; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#EEEEEE;"|

Editor help

• Distinguish names of players with similar names.

Member News

• Based on the members list, there are currently 28 members participating in WikiProject Arena Football League.

• On the calendar:
  • November
    • 7: Chicago Rush tryouts.
    • 22: Georgia Force tryouts.
    • 22: Arkansas Twisters tryouts.

Collaboration of the Week

• The article collaboration is currently suspended until we obtain more members who are active in the project.

• Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia American football related article.

• The next articles for collaboration will be chosen once we have a sufficient number of active project members.
  

Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next month! — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!

Articles for Deletion

• Current:
• Kept:
• Redirected/Merged:
• Deleted:

New AFL Articles

• DeVon Walker
• Jacob Owens
• Tremayne Kirkland
• Alonzo Ephraim

From the Editors

Contributors to this Issue:

• Crash Underride

---

Discussion • Suggestions • Feedback

---

|- |} → Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 06:01, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

2008 Detroit Lions season game summaries

Hey I was reading your summaries on 2008 Detroit Lions season and here's some tips.:

• Stick to 1 verb tense. You constantly go from the present tense (getting, nailing, etc.) to past tense (nailed, got, etc.) and back. I suggest you stick to the past tense, since the game you're describing is already over.

• Use MORE verbs. Instead of only saying "got a..." use more verbs like "completed a...", "scored on a...", "ran in a...", "threw a...", etc. It makes the article more interesting. "Got" is a bad verb anyway, use one that describes the action that was performed better, such as those I just listed.

• Proofread your summaries for typos or spelling errors.

GO Lions!

TomCat4680 (talk) 07:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

2008 Patriots

Please read my comments in an earlier section on your user talk page (this thing). Please stop linking Gillette Stadium and Foxboro in every single game; that is over-linking, just the first instance is needed, so please stop doing it for every single game. All Patriots season articles use the weather as a comma, not in parentheses, so please stop adding those. And that weather is OFFICIAL from the NFL gamebook, so please do not change it. This is the third time I've told you this. Thanks. Pats1 ^T/C 11:57, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

And please use proper tone when writing on Wikipedia. Things like "the Jets got the last laugh" is NOT encyclopedic and is NOT acceptable writing for Wikipedia. And, please read and respond to posts on your talk page. Not doing so is considered to be a bit uncivil. Pats1 ^T/C 12:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Pats, this guy won't listen. I've asked him to stop referring to the Dolphins as "the Fins" on the Dolphins' season article and to stop writing in a manner that is not appropriate, but he just ignores my messages. Can someone be banned from contributing in a certain area? Sure would be useful.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 16:59, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Chrisjnelson. Alakazam continues writing inappropriately-toned material on the Redskins season article. This talk page itself is evidence that several users have problems with his tone for numerous articles - going back over the course of several years. The main problem is not just the tone, but he/she seems unwilling to listen or change; persistently violating writing guidelines. 206.233.95.18 (talk) 18:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to delete every summary from the 2008 Dolphins article since you can't take a hint.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 03:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Plead read this!

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first.

Please read over the messages on your talk pages and please do not ignore them any more. Other users are trying to pass you messages, and you have thus far ignored them, as shown by your continued violation of Wikipedia guidelines and policies (specifically WP:NPOV.) Please, just respond here on your talk page and enter into a discussion and you will be unblocked ASAP. Pats1 ^T/C 21:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

What's The Deal?

I don't get it. How come my way of typing NFL articles works for most of the other articles, but not for the Miami Dolphins? What, are the Dolphins using some other informing format that I'm not aware of? Does having a perfect season means that my writing format will ruin their legacy or something? I'm just trying to tell others how the scoring came to be. I'm not dissing the Dolphins in any way, shape, or form. If there's some other way to tell how their score came to be, then let me know so that this doesn't keep happening.

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Alakazam/Archives/2008 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

---

Request reason:

My writing style isn't blocked from most of the other articles

Decline reason:

This request is moot. Your block has already expired. —  Sandstein  17:31, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

---

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Please respond to my comments as well (I left a bunch on the section on your talk page called "2008 Washington Redskins season". I would really appreciate it if you stuck to a neutral point of view on your Redskins game summaries. Specifically, please stop using the term "the 'Skins". It is un-encyclopedic, and it infers a bias towards the Redskins. Also try to stay away from colloquial phrases such as "the 'Skins struck first". This is also un-encyclopedic and degrades the quality of the article. Thanks. 206.233.95.18 (talk) 19:00, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Because I'm concerned enough to take a stand against your crap summaries. Perhaps if you engaged in discussion with the thousands of people trying to talk to you here, you might get somewhere.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 19:43, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I will go into more depth later, when I have more time. But the point of the block, really, was to get you to read your talk page. Pats1 ^T/C 20:11, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject San Francisco 49ers

Hello fellow Wikipedian! I just wanted to let you know that WikiProject San Francisco 49ers is looking for participants who are interested in improving the quality of the articles on the San Francisco 49ers! If you want to help, you can add your name to our list of participants, check out our to-do list, and most importantly, improve the articles!

--pbroks13^talk? 23:36, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Blocked again

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 12 hours in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first.

Please stop ignoring warnings and please start engaging in dialogue. Ignoring other users' requests, not paying close attention to your talk page, and not heeding advice is not acceptable behavior on Wikipedia and will only dig you a deeper hole here. So, you have been blocked again. You may want to start to organize your user page and user talk page in some sort of what where other users can communicate efficiently with you. Also, you should also start to use edit summaries in your edits for other editors know what you are doing. If an editor reverts your edit, then you may want to engage in a dialogue with that editor by posting on his or her talk page. But first, the key is to READ edit summaries, and to READ your talk page. And when you respond to this block, do not make comments like you did before ("does having a perfect season..."), because those can be considered uncivil and not in the spirit of the code of conduct here. If you don't, then you will not be able to be a functioning member of Wikipedia. Thank you again. Pats1 ^T/C 20:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Arena Football League Newsletter - December 2008

→ Please direct all enquiries to the WikiProject talk page.
→ This newsletter/release was delivered by ENewsBot · 23:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)