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:{{yo|ChaseStone}} No, it doesn't count, as that is ], in addition to Misplaced Pages not being a reliable source for itself. You'll still need to cite a reliable published source. Thanks. ] (]) 11:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC) :{{yo|ChaseStone}} No, it doesn't count, as that is ], in addition to Misplaced Pages not being a reliable source for itself. You'll still need to cite a reliable published source. Thanks. ] (]) 11:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hey, I saw you decided to quit ]. I was wondering, who is the banned user who is apparently being allowed to continue editing? – ]] 12:39, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
:I understand your desire not to talk about this, but other editors such as myself might want to be on the lookout for suspicious editing patterns. You don't have to tag them, just put their username on my talk page or in an edit summary. – ]] 20:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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Ronald Acuña Jr

Just saw that you rolled back the World Series champion thing from the Acuña Jr article. Is there an established rule of thumb on that? Does the player have to be on the playoff roster? In Acuña's case, he's on the 40 man roster and is inactive due to injury. He'll have a ring for sure as a member of the team. I'm just curious. Thanks! - Nemov (talk) 19:07, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm not really sure, I just know the Baseball project members usually revert it, like User:Yankees10 and User:Muboshgu. BilCat (talk) 19:27, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Looks like it was covered here Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 34#WS champion in infobox. Player has to be on the postseason roster. Thanks! Nemov (talk) 21:06, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Nemov, yep, that's it, otherwise it's a slippery slope to including everyone who had a cup of coffee during the season. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:40, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey...

...just curious, is Talk:Her Majesty's Naval Service on your watchlist? I noticed you had a similar discussion a week or so ago... Cheers - wolf 06:17, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that too. Not sure if its BKFIP or not, but I think its regular question-asker. Best to DNFT, probably. BilCat (talk) 06:33, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Well, I'm hoping my last post brought the thread to an end, but he might have a case of 'must-have-last-word-ism', so... we'll see. Cheers - wolf 09:55, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

British army strength

I thought the reference I used was relevant as it shows the averages for each century.

Is that not good enough for a reference? 82.19.42.13 (talk) 21:58, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

It's not a reliable source. But if disagree with me, you're welcome to propose adding back using the article's talk page. BilCat (talk) 23:01, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Barbados President

Hey! So you undid a small edit I made to the "President of Barbados" page for not citing my source on the claim of "Barbados is the only country to never have had a male president" (honestly, quite fairly)

So I went out looking for a source for it, because I know for a fact I read it somewhere. Aaaand I couldn't find a single article mentioning it - at all.

But I knew for a fact that it was true. So, instead of doing the rational thing and leaving this alone, I looked at every country with a Head of State featured in List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government (including going through List of leaders of Communist Tuva) and checked if that country ever had a male head of state.

And, in my findings, I found that my claim that Barbados is in fact "the only country to never have had a man serve as a non-monarch head of state" (newer, better phrasing) is true. Every other country has had at least one man (kinda underselling how many men there were...)

Does this count as enough to include it back in? Or would I need an actual, written source? Because just tonight I've read entire Misplaced Pages articles written with less sources, haha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChaseStone (talkcontribs) 11:04, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

@ChaseStone: No, it doesn't count, as that is Original Research, in addition to Misplaced Pages not being a reliable source for itself. You'll still need to cite a reliable published source. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

WP:NFL

Hey, I saw you decided to quit WP:NFL. I was wondering, who is the banned user who is apparently being allowed to continue editing? – PeeJay 12:39, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

I understand your desire not to talk about this, but other editors such as myself might want to be on the lookout for suspicious editing patterns. You don't have to tag them, just put their username on my talk page or in an edit summary. – PeeJay 20:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)