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Hello! I believe that the dexit issue should be noted in some capacity in the lead, due to how much attention was put on it and how developers responded. I can understand not wanting to put too much emphasis on it,but I still believe it should be addressed. You said it doesn't exactly fit Neutral point of view, any ideas on how to better word it, if you are willing to note it? Thanks anyway. ShalomSir (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, sorry to bother you but since you are one of the mobile editors I know, I am notifying you. Could you spare a moment of your time and leave your feedback about the new watchlist design in AMC? Actually several editors have criticized the new watchlist design and which is why a task on phabricator was created. We would love to hear your experience with this new version of Watchlist. Please leave your feedback at mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Advanced mobile contributions (a related discussion) Yours sincerely, Masum Reza📞 15:34, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
With that all being said, I can appreciate the work that is being done to play with the current mobile view. I'm not sure the current change (to look similar to the desktop view) is the way to go. The items are far too small. I hope that helps. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:52, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
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Congratulations on both these awards! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:13, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Lee. How's married life treating you? I remember that great newly-wed feeling, make the most of it... So, the 2019 WSC article is now an FA, yes my first! I don't have any great ambitions to promote loads of articles to FA, but it is indeed quite a good feeling. And it is a rather excellent article, though I say so myself!
What's the situation with the 1985 WSC article? Are you going to promote it to GA first and then go for FA at a later date? I still have lots of comments on that one but have held them back for now. The 1984 WSC would also be a good candidate that I could offer further assistance with. I'm most interested in the mid-80s articles because that's when I first became a snooker fan back in my youth and I remember those days well. The 1991 one might be a good one too as I used to be quite a Parrott fan. I think Ronnie's BLP should probably be promoted to FA—but would that be considered as favouritism if we did that and not all the other BLPs? I'm not a particular fan of his, but he does happen to be the "greatest player that has ever lived" !! My personal faves these days are actually Selby, Trump, Murphy and Kyren Wilson (in no particular order) – what about you? I used to be a HUGE John Higgins fan until he, er, blotted his copybook so to speak.
I'm busy working on some rugby union articles at the moment, following our failed attempt at winning the world cup this year. That's another of the many sports I follow, and preps for the 2020 Olympics are hotting up too, so I have plenty to fill my time. Let me know when you need me though, always happy to chip in. Cheers, Rodney Baggins (talk) 11:27, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi! Would you mind having a look at 1987 World Cup (snooker) ? I've not really added that much. I'm not sure if I've explained the format very well, but at least I've filled in the gaps that were there for results. I had a quick go at this one because I came across my old event programme signed by the winning team (Taylor, Higgins, Hughes)! I also found my ticket for the 1987 Masters final, so I might give that article some attention later. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 00:26, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Lee, how's it going? I'm having an interesting discussion with someone about scorelines in the rugby arena and now I'm really not sure myself. In snooker, we always put first the score that applies to the player that is the subject of the sentence, e.g. "Carter lost the match 5–6 to Selby". This rule is stated in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Snooker#Score format, but does it just apply to cue sports? I shouldn't have thought so as it's a matter of logic. Surely in any sport, if you lose the match then you would state the score according to your own point of view, i.e. with the number of points that you scored placed before the other team's number of points? I've tried doing this in some of the rugby articles, which up until now has been ok, but now someone has questioned it and I'm beginning to doubt myself... What do you think? Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:29, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article 2019 World Open (snooker) has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck with the GAN
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Twofingered Typist (talk) 22:40, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
P.S. Still chuckling over Robertson's screw up!
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Hi Lee,
I'm writing about your review of Championship Wrestling from Arizona. I feel it was dismissed without being properly understood and am hoping I can provide context. I'm happy to work with you to understand what I can change on my end to make that context more clear within my article.
The articles cited (I will add more) don't contain "passing references". This Week in Wrestling is one of Sports Illustrated's (and the media as a whole's) largest, weekly, main-stream wrestling articles. It's written by, arguably, the top wrestling writer in the world. The Week in Wrestling doesn't contain passing references; it's a roundup of the top stories in wrestling that week. In each of the articles cited, CWFAZ is given a full write-up, complete with interviews and accolades, always being listed right after WWE and before several other promotions.
In addition, I'm confused about your comment RE: "not signed". As the piece clearly illustrates, CWFAZ is a developmental territory and, in its short time, has been able to send several of its talents to every single industry leader on planet earth. CWFAZ's peers (and subordinates) already occupy Wikipedia and independent or minor league sports teams (with an identical mandate to CWFAZ) occupy the site as well.
CWFAZ has been utilized by Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins as a developmental territory as well.
I have no problem manipulating the content of this article to better tell this story. In addition, I have located two additional articles on CWFAZ earning additional accolades and praise in Sports Illustrated which I will add to the article as well.
Thank you for your time — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickSPR (talk • contribs) 20:36, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hi! Would you mind having a look at Draft:2019 World Women's Snooker Championship please? I'll hopefully be adding a bit of further text soon, but would appreciate your advice on tables etc. For the knockout, I only found that template I've used for accommodating 24 participants. I can't find all the K.O. seedings (which were based on the qualifying group results), so I thought I'd use the "seeding boxes" for the flags and have put in a few to see how it looks. Let me know if this is unacceptable! Thanks.
On another issue, do you know of any reliable sources for snooker career earnings for retired players? I've been trying to tidy up a few articles from the cleanup listing, but haven't found a non-blacklisted source for earnings (or indeed for century breaks). BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 01:15, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Lee Vilenski. I know you have an interest in Wrestling and the Good Article process so was hoping you could look at a few articles for me. There are three John Cena, Shawn Michaels and Triple H that have had a {{GAR request}} since March/April this year. It looks like the same editor that nominated Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Cody Rhodes/1. I am not sure what to do about them. On the surface they have lots of tags that would normally result in a pretty quick delisting, but I know from experience that the editor likes to tag bomb articles. Could you have a look at them if you get a chance. AIRcorn (talk) 09:35, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
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The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article 2017 World Snooker Championship has been completed.
Best of luck with the FA process.
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The article Marharyta Fjafilawa 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:Marharyta Fjafilawa for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sportsfan77777 -- Sportsfan77777 (talk) 06:01, 30 November 2019 (UTC)