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On 3 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pete Vann, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pete Vann. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pete Vann), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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On 3 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kurt Burris, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kurt Burris. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kurt Burris), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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On 4 January 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Charlie Maxwell, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 22:40, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Cbl62, please note that not only does this nomination have two QPQs due because it was posted during our backlog when the extra QPQ was required, but QPQs are now required to be posted along with the nomination—the week's delay allowed in the past is no longer allowed. The lack was overlooked previously, but now that it's been discovered, you'll need to act quickly. Please post your two QPQs right away; I'd hate to see this nomination closed when it's otherwise in good shape. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lou Whitaker you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of TonyTheTiger -- TonyTheTiger (talk) 23:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Tony. Sweet Lou deserves a good article, so let me know if there's anything I can improve. Cbl62 (talk) 23:38, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

The article Lou Whitaker you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Lou Whitaker and Talk:Lou Whitaker/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of TonyTheTiger -- TonyTheTiger (talk) 17:45, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

• Should I close this nomination or can you begin revisions this long weekend?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:06, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

On 13 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article BLKBOK, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that pianist BLKBOK (pronounced "Black Bach") has composed works based on the murder of George Floyd, the Little Rock Nine, and The Negro Motorist Green Book? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/BLKBOK. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, BLKBOK), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi Cbl62, I am working to add information to the Dan Gilbert article. I see that you're a sports fan and a member of WP:Michigan. As Dan is the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and has invested much money in Detroit, I hope you'll have an interest in the edit request I posted on the Talk page: https://en.wikipedia.orghttps://wikious.com/en/Talk:Dan_Gilbert#Additions_to_the_page. Would you consider adding information to the Early life and education and the Philanthropy sections?

Thanks for your help, Annie13478 (talk) 13:31, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

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Could you restore this? It was deleted per BLPPROD but there are some sources on the first page of Google. I'm not sure if it passes GNG or not though (I haven't looked). I am just disputing the BLPPROD. Thanks, ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

• @WikiOriginal-9:: Did you want this in draft space? Cbl62 (talk) 14:03, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

  That will work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:12, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

You may already be aware of this but Gannon resumed football in 1989. Nice work on the article. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 22:42, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks, I knew it was resumed but wasn't sure what year. Would probably be worth a mention. Cbl62 (talk) 22:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi Cbl, I hope you are well. Am I to understand that any image published in a newspaper between 1930 and 1977 without the symbol "©" or the word "copyright" affixed to it is in the public domain...? JTtheOG (talk) 08:34, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

No, my understanding that the photo is covered by the newspaper's overall copyright. The issue turns on whether the copyright to the image was renewed. This needs to be checked on a case-by-case basis. Cbl62 (talk) 09:03, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Would you mind quickly explaining the process? How would you check for images like File:Boley Dancewicz (1941).jpg or File:St Cloud Times 1942 11 14 Page 9.jpg? Did you have to look through something like this catalog? JTtheOG (talk) 21:32, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

My best suggestion is to read through the discussion at User talk:Cbl62/Archive 2024#File:Michael F Seyfrit.jpg. Cbl62 (talk) 01:07, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. That was helpful. Since neither the Los Angeles Mirror or The Star-News are listed on the first renewals inventory, does that mean that an old image (1940s/50s) from these periodicals is in the public domain if it appears without a copyright or reprint notice accompanying it either as a caption or in image credits? JTtheOG (talk) 02:30, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Since the photo may be a wire photo, it makes sense to also search for the subject of the image (in this case "dancewicz"?) to see if there are any renewals. Cbl62 (talk) 02:41, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

For example, this image appears to me like a photo original to the Mirror. I didn't find it in any other accounts of this particular game, including those from the AP, UP, and INS wires, nor in an original LA Times story. Additionally, both the previous and the subsequent pages include images specifically tagged with "AP Wirephoto", further solidifying my suspicions. Would you surmise the same thing? JTtheOG (talk) 20:03, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, you forgot to sign your!vote. LibStar (talk) 00:58, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

and here too Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Ould Brahim. LibStar (talk) 01:00, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Fixed. Cbl62 (talk) 01:02, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

After doing all that work on the Kalamazoo and Albion decades articles, it looks there may be some more early fight names were are missing for the small Michigan colleges:

• Alma; Template:Alma Scots football navbox: current naming scheme is "Maroon and Cream" from 1894 to 1931 and "Scots" thereafter. I've seen some newspapers articles calling Alma the "Presbyterians" in the early 1900s
• Albion; Template:Albion Britons football navbox: current scheme is no fight name before 1900, "Methodists" from 1900 to 1929, and "Britons" thereafter. I think "Methodists" may been used before 1900 a well.
• Adrian; Template:Adrian Bulldogs football navbox: current scheme is "Bulldogs" from inception in 1892. I suspect the "Bulldogs" fight name did not come into use until sometime in the early 1900s.
• Hillsdale; Template:Hillsdale Chargers football navbox: current scheme is "Dales" from inception in 1891 to 1967 and "Chargers" thereafter. I suspect the "Dales" nickname did not come into use until sometime in the 1900s.
• Kalamazoo; Template:Kalamazoo Hornets football navbox: current scheme is no fight name from 1892 to 1922 and "Hornets" thereafter. But I have seen references to "Baptists" in the early 1900s.
• Olivet; Template:Olivet Comets football navbox: current scheme is no fight name from 1890 to 1907, "Crimson" from 1908 to 1931, and "Comets" thereafter. I have also seen references to "Congregationalists".

Something to keep in mind as well flesh this out. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:16, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

• Agreed. As the articles are built, and we see the newspaper coverage, we should account for such changes and inconsistenceies. I, too, have noticed fairly common use of denominational names for the early MIAA teams. Cbl62 (talk) 19:23, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

• 1909: Sources referring to them as Baptists include 9-24-09, 10-31-09 11-07-09, 11-11-09, 11-13-09 11-14-09, 11-16-09
• 1923 and 1924: Navbox says Hornets, but I'm not finding any sources using the term. The newspapers still referred to them as "Baptists". E.g., 10-10-24, 9-12-23
• 1925: Hornets in common usage. E.g., here

Cbl62 (talk) 21:03, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

I searched Newspapers.com from 1900-1924. Sources calling Olivet sports teams the Congregationalists are in the hundreds. Examples: 1904, 1906, 1907, 1913, 1913, 1913, 1915, 1915, 1915, 1915, 1918, 1923, 1924

A quick search appears to also show hundreds referring to them as the Crimson. Cbl62 (talk) 21:34, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Searching for Alma Presbyterians 1894-1931 results in > 33,000 hits. Examples: 1912, Cbl62 (talk) 22:11, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, a recent brand-new anon has been on the verge of edit-warring with me and has been since engaged in zero discussion with me when asked and even begun now peskily editing other pages I commonly edit. Should I go through the whole formal process of the Administrators' Noticeboard at this point? Here's the user in question's contributions. Thanks for any help! Wolfdog (talk) 01:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

• @Wolfdog: I am traveling to South America tonight and will be out of touch for a couple days. I'd suggest trying another admin or asking for help at the administrator's noticeboard. Cbl62 (talk) 17:05, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

My spring project is further development of multiseason articles on Michigan Division II and III programs that do not IMO warrant stand-alone season articles with the exception of national championship seasons. I welcome help from any interested editors on this effort. So far, I've started the following which would benefit from additional development:

The following are multi-season articles that are on my "to do" list, subject to confirming sufficient level of coverage. If anyone wants to start any of them, I would welcome and appreciate the help.

Cbl62 (talk) 17:02, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Cbl, a few thoughts here:

1. When including rankings in the schedule tables, the "rankyear", "rankdivision", and "poll" fields need to be properly set. Otherwise table the footer will, by default, state that the rankings are from the (FBS) "Coaches Poll".
2. Those decade overview tables after the lead ought to include postseason results and finals rankings, where applicable.
3. The cfb call crises that persists on many national season articles, such as 1957 college football season, could he helped by a priority on creating decades articles over non-independents in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s over more recent decades.

Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 21:56, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

• Thanks for the input. Here are my preliminary thoughts:

1. I've generally avoided getting into rankings for Division II/III teams. Rankings can be hard to find, and (unlike FBS) it's unclear which of them are most reputable/reliable.

2. The great majority of teams don't have post-season games at the Division II/III level. As a test case, I've added a column to indicate whether there was a post-season appearance. See Michigan Tech Huskies football, 2010–2019#Decade overview. The details of any post-season performance are already set forth in each season's summary, just below the "Decade overview". Accordingly, adding details of post-season outcomes would IMO unnecessarily clutter the "overview" chart with empty columns or, in rare cases, with information itemized just below the overview chart.

That said, I'm open to color coding to indicate conference / national championship seasons. I may try adding that. Thoughts?

3. I have helped in the past with seasons impacted by the so-called "call crises". However, my focus in the near-term will remain on Michigan GLIAC decade articles moving back in time to the 2000s (and perhaps 2020s). Reasons for my new focus include: (a) using page views as a measure, our readers are far more interested in reading about recent seasons than they are in seasons from 60, 80, or 100 years ago (e.g., articles on perfect season such as 1920 Wooster, 1924 Oberlin, 1936 Middlebury, and 1941 Millikin haven't even generated 100 views); and (b) the occasional change of focus helps maintain my interest in working further on season/decade articles. Cbl62 (talk) 03:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

We have a full complement of weekly sourced rankings already on Wikipedia for NCAA Division II, e.g. 2010 NCAA Division II football rankings. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. This is limited to AFCA. My recollection is that there are multiple rankings at the DII level. Is AFCA considered more authoritative than the others? Cbl62 (talk) 03:33, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

I also edited the decade overview table for the Michigan Tech article to more what I had in mind, with specific detail. I agree that the column can be excluded in cases where there team made no postseason appearances during the entire decade. Some programs like Ferris State or Grand Valley State tend me make the playoffs in most years. There are also some bowl games for teams that miss the playoffs. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:35, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

A better mock-up would be one of the more frequent playoff participants like Grand Valley or Ferris State. Care to take a crack at how you would propose formatting the decade overview on one of those? And what about color coding for conference/national champions? Cbl62 (talk) 03:39, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

I expanded the Ferris State table. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:53, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hi there. It appears Hal Hanson (American football guard) is ambiguous with Hal Hanson, who also played as a guard. Neither appears to be a primary topic, so maybe the dreaded birth year should be the disambiguator (WP:NCGRIDIRON). I'll leave it to your judgement if you care to make the moves and update the links. (As an aside, plain (guard) probably meets WP:CONCISE.)—Bagumba (talk) 08:34, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Cbl, nice work expanding the 1905 Hal Hanson article. The other day, I also noticed this issue that Bagumba brings up. I've moved the articles to Hal Hanson (American football, born 1895) and Hal Hanson (American football, born 1905). There is also Harold Hansen (American football) and Hal Hansen! Jweiss11 (talk) 17:18, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

I've done some more cleanup and tweaking to all these articles. They are all now listed at Harold Hanson, a disambiguation page. I think there could be some conflation between Hal Hansen and Harold Hansen (American football). Both are listed as having played at Minnesota in 1916. The Minnesota website lists a "Harold F. Hanson" lettering in 1916; see https://gophersports.com/sports/2020/4/13/football-letterwinners. The 2024 Minnesota media guide lists a "Harold Hansen, B" as a program alumnus that played for the Green Bay Packers in 1923; see page 142 here: https://gophersports.com/documents/2024/7/22/2024_MediaGuide.pdf.Jweiss11 (talk) 17:45, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jweiss11: User:BeanieFan11 has also been trying to sort the various Hal Hansens. That's what prompted me to expand this one. You guys should put your heads together and see if you can figure out just how many Hal Hansen/Hansons there were playing high-level football in the Upper Midwest of the early 20th century. Cbl62 (talk) 17:50, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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Please stop mass-reverting. There's an updated version of the Nevada media guide available. I will update accordingly. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

• You need to be much more careful with these edits. You have mass-removed working citations to CFDW, leaving only a non-working citation to an old media guide. That is not making Wikipedia better. If there is an updated version of the media guide, it should be added BEFORE removing another working source! Cbl62 (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

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Congrats for getting the page up to snuff. Remembering that the 84 Tigers were touted as being strong up the middle, I assumed Lemon was a Gold Glover all this time. —Bagumba (talk) 08:05, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Lemon was an excellent center fielder to complement the Tigers' up-the-middle defense with Trammell, Whitaker, and Parrish, but Dwayne Murphy dominated the Gold Glove at center field, winning seven straight years from 1980 to 1986. Cbl62 (talk) 12:36, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

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• Thank you, User:Wizardman. Cbl62 (talk) 16:52, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

  Hey, just wanted to make sure you saw what I reviewed so far. I know you're working on Gehringer so not a big rush, just making sure it wasn't missed. Wizardman 22:27, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

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Thanks for catching my bizarre JWB error from 2023. I checked a few before and after that in my contribs and see that whatever I had going in that pattern made a few more errors, too. I'm presently not able to work on that, but hopefully soon. Dicklyon (talk) 04:07, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

No problem, User:Dicklyon. As I come across them on Ohio State pages, I'll try to fix as well. Cbl62 (talk) 12:13, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Hey Cbl. Was there not a category for multi-year college football team season articles (such as Wayne State Warriors football, 2020–present)? I thought I recalled there being a catch-all category for these decade/late-19th century/multi-year articles. Was it deleted or was it a figment of my imagination? JTtheOG (talk) 23:34, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

There is but it's an administrative category the User:Jweiss11 created, so I am pinging him to provide you with details. Cbl62 (talk) 23:36, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, it's Category:College football multi-season team articles. It's a hidden category, so it doesn't appear on the constituent articles. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:41, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Perfect, much appreciated. JTtheOG (talk) 00:03, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

I thought we did "series" articles but no one at the AfD discussed that aspect much. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 07:10, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

• I am disappointed at the discussion, but I'm inclined to move on. Cbl62 (talk) 11:07, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

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Do you happen to know the selection criteria for the consensus All-American navboxes? Just looking at a few articles (1922 All-America college football team, 1924 All-America college football team), there are a few people listed in the consensus All-American sections that aren't in the navboxes. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 12:13, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

• In 1924, are you referring to Henry Bjorkman? He is listed in italics with an explanatory footnote. The same is true with respect to several italicized and footnoted players on the 1922 team. Do you think we should remove them? Cbl62 (talk) 16:51, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

  Sorry, I didn't see those. Thanks. Those should be formatted as notes though, not references. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:17, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

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A certain user is quickly creating barebone list articles while ignoring proper sourcing, formatting, categorization, templating, etc., which I've fixed many, many times by now. They also promise to go "all the way" to complete the series. I've messaged them on their talk page and pleaded several times for a response over the course of several days, but I've not received one and the articles are continuing to get churned out. Can you perhaps send them some sort of warning on their talk page? JTtheOG (talk) 23:25, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

• @JTtheOG: List of 1953 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom looks pretty good for a newly-created list. What else do you think needs to be included? Or are other years less complete? Cbl62 (talk) 00:39, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

  It's missing, at the very least, a {{reflist}}, a succession box, a navbox template, and two or three categories. If they are already working with a template, it would take no extra time to copy a few more lines of code onto each article. However, for a reviewer like me, it takes exponentially more time to go find a similar (well-done) article, copy over the code, and make the changes according to the year. There is also the use of dozens of bare URLs, plus the fact that they are not responding to messages in the first place. JTtheOG (talk) 01:58, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

  • I understand your concern, but the work appears constructive. From the very first edit, List of 1953 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom had a reflist, two sources (no bare urls), and wikilinks to each listed film. That's a decent start. The originator also included tags for additional sources and orphan status, alerting other editors that the article could benefit from further development, thus inviting other editor to help -- and that's precisely what happened as User:Uncle Bash007 started adding additional content 20 minutes after the article was created. That's the kind of collaborative process that makes Wikipedia great. My suggestion in dealing with User:Elihu Esparza is to use a carrot rather than a stick-- they are new editor who appears to be making generally positive contributions. Of course, the collaborative process works much better when editors respond and engage with talk page inquiries, and I will leave a note to that effect on their talk page. Cbl62 (talk) 15:04, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

    Agreed @Cbl62 Uncle Bash007 (talk) 18:09, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

    Well now I'm blocked, if only I actually paid attention to my notifications, things would be very very different. But because I'm blocked, all my hard work throughout the months is disappearing, and It's breaking my heart. Elihu Esparza (talk) 15:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

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• @BeanieFan11:: Here, here, here, here. Cbl62 (talk) 17:09, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

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@WikiOriginal-9: I left them a warning. —Bagumba (talk) 07:29, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. Cbl62 (talk) 13:53, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

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