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Hi Jeff, for the Test team line-ups on that 1910 GB RL tour of Australia article, you might want to consider the horizontal small font team lineups like we've use on the Wallaby tour articles. Always handy when there are a number of Tests and line-ups to fit into a tour article and fits well if you're putting in any match reports of individual Tests. Cheers -Sticks66 14:21, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey. Yeah I went for something similar when I worked on 2008 Rugby League World Cup matches. But I dunno, I guess I just like the way the vertical teams have players of a position lined up against one another for immediate comparison. Although I know what you mean, and I think they only really work when they don't stretch past the text beside them. I guess I'm hoping that (unlikely as it is) that the old Kangaroo tour tests someday will be similarly filled with prose to fix that big, empty, white space issue.--Jeff79 (talk) 13:32, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Well I know what you mean in terms of GFs. Nothing like a man-on-man lineup. That 2010 GF matchup does look impressive, but jeez if we're going to go back to every GF report for the seasons past and make them look as smooth as 2010 ......well that's a big job and something I thought we'd done & dusted in 2007! Cheers mate -Sticks66 14:46, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I've dropped out of my Wallaby captain article focus for bit and have been glamming-up the in-line citation refs on the old DCI article. In the Aust section, the Tubby Allan cross-code debut date is still unclear. Do I recall that you have some access to sources re the Other Nats test teams of years gone by ? -Sticks66 14:53, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Nah, I don't remember seeing any. If I did I'd probably have just incorporated it into the article.--Jeff79 (talk) 02:11, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

The USA Tomahawks are an AMNRL rep team as you can see here http://www.amnrl.com/teams/usa-tomahawks they do not represent the United States they represent the AMNRL. Tell me, if they represent the United States then all rugby league players from either the USA Rugby League or the AMNRL will be considered for selection! http://www.amnrl.com/news/usa-tomahawks-squad-colonial-cup the squad named only features players from the AMNRL. Captain Apple Pope was supposed to play for the Delaware Vipers and is listed as playing for Flordia http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/index.php/2011/08/tomahawks-the-breakdown/ I mean cmon at the start of the season the AMNRL are calling themselves real rugby league, real players and real teams and they have a supposed South East expansion conference http://www.amnrl.com/news/tomahawks-train-squad this team does not represent the United States they represent the AMNRL they are not a rugby league team, they are an AMNRL team. You can obviously see how I feel about this if you can edit the United States national rugby league team in a sensible manner then please go ahead. Youndbuckerz

How old are you?--Jeff79 (talk) 08:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Can this be used a source? the Official New Zealand Rugby League newsletter from April 2009, referencing an article in Rugby League World from 2000. Skip to page 7 www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=325224 Kaleeyed (talk) 20:07, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, looks good to me. Being the NZRL's work it would be less than ideal for saying things that might be challenged. But for uncontroversial World Cup history I don't see why not.--Jeff79 (talk) 04:22, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, now that Tony Williams redirects to a disambiguation page, please don't forget to WP:FIXDABLINKS. This tool makes the job easier. Thanks, --JaGa^talk 17:04, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

I've looked at the direct links to Anthony Williams and those to the redirect Antony Williams. We still need someone who knows their music to divert redirect Tony Williams's ~150 incoming links to Tony Williams (drummer) or another appropriate destination. Certes (talk) 19:14, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:13, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, do you think we really need both the recent photo of Andy Gregory, and the cover of Pint Size? If so, I can change the charity section and see if I can fit it in there (since it isn't really coaching). I think a picture of Gregory playing for GB would be fantastic, but if we can get one which isn't the cover of Pint Size, would you agree that it would be more suitable? Heywoodg 10:00, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why both can't be there.--Jeff79 (talk) 11:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough, I will tidy the page up and move the picture to an appropriate section! Heywoodg 12:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Jeff, the whole "fair use" thing on that image was bothering me and looking here WP:FUC, it seems that the Pint Size image should indeed no longer be used as a free image of Andy Gregory is now available. What do you think? Heywoodg 14:27, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Please read my comment above. It is nothing to do with "one image per article", it is about fair use. See WP:FUC:

"There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Wikipedia. Articles and other Wikipedia pages may, in accordance with the guideline, use brief verbatim textual excerpts from copyrighted media, properly attributed or cited to its original source or author, and specifically indicated as direct quotations via quotation marks,

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Sorry, I don't know how to style that correctly, but you can see on the original page. Fair use requires fulfillment of ALL TEN criteria and the image now fails the first. Doesn't it? Cheers Heywoodg 05:23, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't get your point. It's illustrating the book, not the player. Of course there is no free equivalent of a book cover. First criteria: met.--Jeff79 (talk) 06:43, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Which would be perfectly fine in an article about Pint Size (the book). However, the article is about Andy Gregory, not the book. The Pint Size image, is being used as a photo of Andy Gregory, for which there is a free equivalent, so it shouldn't be used there. Is that any clearer? Heywoodg 07:33, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Jeff. I've reverted your changes that used Category:Rugby league players by French club instead of Category:Rugby league players in France by club. The latter is the correct format as you can see at Category:Rugby league players by club but also at Category:Association football players by club. I have also requested the deletion of Category:Rugby league players by French club since it's now empty. If you disagree, feel free to nominate Category:Rugby league players in France by club for renaming at Categories for discussion where you'll get input from other people. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 18:23, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Disagree indeed! Please see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_October_4#Category:Rugby_league_players_by_club.--Jeff79 (talk) 05:52, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

No worries on the tables. My major concern is that one of those sources says people dispute who had higher ratings, in a source that you used to say that the NRL has higher ratings. To avoid the conflict, I've put in recent ratings total. This whole section should probably be spun off into its own article, summarised and then put back in… but to avoid conflict, having numbers seems to be the best bet as it makes it harder to argue. And there are plenty of reliable sources around which provide numbers like the ones cited. Screen Australia also has ratings. --LauraHale (talk) 09:09, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

I disagree that the claim of aggregate audiences being highest is contentious as it is supported unambiguously by the source. In truth, given the article's title, that belongs in the lead-in. Tucking it down out of sight under the table where a new section about films starts doesn't look too good. Also, there was no need for the 3D TV part to go anywhere as it flowed chronologically before. As you said on the talk page, we shouldn't remove accurate and well-referenced content about one (major) sport for the sake of a consistently low standard across all sports.--Jeff79 (talk) 09:19, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

The vast majority of teams that play in the NRL or Super League are either Australian or English. Also they were previously in different Australian or English categories. Other relevant nationality categories can also be added if needed. Djln--Djln (talk) 14:35, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi there, a few years ago, you made this edit, which added a line about Gillett playing Aussie Rules for WA whilst in Kalgoorlie. The WAFL state game lists here and here don't mention him, and I think back then the Goldfields often had their own separate representative team to WA. Do you have a reference for him playing Aussie rules, or even a tighter time frame than just "after the war"? I've had a bit of a look through the old newspapers at trove but nothing jumps out at me as a definitive reference. Thanks The-Pope (talk) 05:25, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Right here. Page 55. Nothing I add to wikipedia is unreferenced.--Jeff79 (talk) 11:20, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I always forget to check gbooks! The-Pope (talk) 16:41, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Found an old boyhood book of mine. Gregory's Guide to RL. published 1965. Has many of those details that are hard to find on-line but which you've been gathering: results of every pre-origin NSW v QLD clash up till 1964; good detail on Bulimba Cup; snippets of info on which local club some of the more obscure Qld & NSW Country Kangaroo reps came from. Was thinking about that long mooted idea of an article on pre-Origin interstate clashes. At this stage I probably only have enough info to make it a list of results in the kind of format that this one uses. Being able to ever find complete player lists still seems like a pipe-dream. But perhaps you have thoughts ? -Sticks66 02:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Mate, I think between your book, this and everything else we can scrounge up we might just have everything we need. Good times. Those years between 1980 and 1965 might prove troublesome though.--Jeff79 (talk) 08:21, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

1965 to 1980 ? Living memory for some of us. Though I run the risk of being accused of original research !-Sticks66 10:41, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Question about him here for your consideration. -Sticks66 12:05, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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I've fixed this; it was only orphaned due to this edit. pablo 18:18, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Good one starting Johnny Hawke. I'd always meant to get to him. A while dead now, I'm afraid.-Sticks66 12:51, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

and good job on him too.-Sticks66 13:06, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Lovely to see this article. Johnny was a cousin of my father-in-law.  florrie  06:46, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I had to revise your edits here as the sports project has a standard format for RL seasons which is used in the majority of years in sport articles. In addition, you asserted that Hunslet won the first RL Cup final but it was in fact Batley. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 07:05, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Your "England" sub-heading is completely redundant as all the items mentioned occurred there.--Jeff79 (talk) 12:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Your changes have been reverted. You link to the same competition (the Challenge Cup) twice and since all events are in England there is clearly no need for an 'England' sub-heading.--Jeff79 (talk) 04:28, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

It has obviously escaped your notice that the sports project has standard layouts which we are trying to introduce across all the years in sport articles. This includes the use of sub-headings which specify a country unless it is obvious from the context which one it is. We might then use a heading like "Events" or the name of a competition. This applies to rugby league too. I have accepted your point that an "events" header is superfluous in 1897 but the reader who knows little about rugby league, which is a minor sport, needs something to indicate that it was played in England. You're right that the cup competition shouldn't be linked twice so I'll fix that. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 07:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Everything in that section is part of the 1896-97 Northern Rugby Football Union season and I think it's absurd that no link to that article is "allowed". The same goes for 1897 Challenge Cup. Naturally I find it frustrating the way some Wikipedians won't "allow" improvements for no better reason than for keeping things at a consistently shitty standard.--Jeff79 (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

No one is saying you can't link to those articles if you wish but the summary information which the years in sport articles need is in the articles we already do link to. If you want to expand the section because some significant event occurred in 1897 which is described only in 1896-97 Northern Rugby Football Union season then do so. When I talk about a standard layout, I mean the format of the article not the links. I find it frustrating that some Wikipedians have to resort to using phrases like "shitty standard" and I would remind you that you introduced false information when you removed the result of that final and said it was won by "Hundlet" (sic). My reason for writing to you in the first place was to point out that I had reverted your edit with good cause and, per WP:AGF, I wasn't just dismissing you like some fly-by IP. I suggest we drop this. ----Jack | ^{talk page} 11:47, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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Do you reckon he spent the 1955 season with Waratah Mayfield ? The sentence seems contradictory in saying he played the 1955 GF with Newtown (which he did do) but also went to Newcastle that year. I reckon it may have been 1958, then he turns up in Brisbane in 1959. -Sticks66 13:04, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

I was just going by the reference. If you have more info, definitely incorporate it. I've got everything I could find online in there.--Jeff79 (talk) 06:47, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for adding to it. I read somewhere that he was originally from Newcastle. Maybe it was earlier in his career? You're probably right though and the Newcastle Herald article has an error.--Jeff79 (talk) 06:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

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Just wanted to say thanks for putting in all those wikilinks to my edits on the NRFU Seasons pages in the infoboxes. I was going to go back and do it myself, but you've done a better and quicker job than I could have.Rimmer1993 (talk) 09:46, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

No worries. Where'd you get all the info from?--Jeff79 (talk) 09:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

I have a copy of Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96. I need to go back to the edits and put in the references now.Rimmer1993 (talk) 13:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

If I were you I'd use the reference with a mention on the players' articles rather than the seasons' infoboxes.--Jeff79 (talk) 07:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

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Just noticed an error in the following article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_M%C4%81ori_rugby_union_team

Biggest loss in the right hand panel currently reads New Zealand Māori 6 – 31 Australia (23 September 1936)

List of results on http://www.allblacks.com/news/34/NZ-Maori-first-class-results-1910-May-2010 suggests otherwise. S Africa d Maori AB 37 - 0 in Auckland 1956.

The above link would also be a useful addition to the article.

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