User talk:Alex Holowczak

1 WELCOME TO MY TALK PAGE

[edit] WELCOME TO MY TALK PAGE

[edit] Feel free to leave a message below

Incase, your wondering, I will never archive this talk page. Never! MWA HA HA ... I've had my moment...

I apologise if it is too big for you to edit. In which case, send me an email instead! Technology is wonderful.

Alex Holowczak 12:46, 12 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Welcome

Welcome to ArmchairGM --Awrigh01 10:00, 4 May 2006 (EST)

Welcome to the site! You may be interested in adding fan boxes, your User Stats or a blog-like Opinion Clubhouse to your user page. In any event, let me know if I can assist you with anything. -- DNL (contact me)

[edit] Snooker

You may want to create a page for snooker itself, such that people can find the other pages you've authored. Excellent work!--DNL 12:05, 5 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] "ArmchairGM:"

The "ArmchairGM:" preface for a pagename is used for project pages and website documentation. Can you remove those from your future pages? I'll take care of it for F-1 (I already did for Snooker). Thanks! --DNL 06:44, 6 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Formula One news

You got there before I did. Kudos. I'm going to add something on it sometime soon, possibly including the tables of qualifying and classification. Thank you for making the post first. :) Bobo 09:00, 7 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Elsewhere

As a matter of interest, what are your specialist fields? With snooker, formula one, and American football covered in a matter of the last 50 posts, you seem to be quite an allrounder, and rather a good one at that. Awesome work. Bobo 09:01, 7 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Formula One

I just added a whole Formula One section. It's a subsection of Auto Racing. Thecrookedcap 16:50, 7 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Snooker

We need a Snooker page. Maybe it should look like MLB? Let me know, I'll help you set it up.--DNL 05:43, 16 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Pictures

I think Corel Draw allows you to Save As .jpg. --DNL 08:09, 16 May 2006 (EST)

Can you ask User:Awrigh01 or User:Pean? They're more likely to know. By the way, be sure to add your signature when you leave notes on talk pages (it's --~~~~). --DNL 08:19, 16 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Hockey Stats

I noticed you tried to input hockey stats. We don't have that yet. So far, we onlyhave NBA, MLB, and offensive players in NFL.--Roblefko 09:05, 16 May 2006 (EST)

I made a "templete" kind of thing for hockey stats, if you want to put more up. Go here http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Madproof9%27s_Projects . it's not as good as the NFL ones or as easy, but it's a start --Madproof9

Yeah, I just put it on a minute ago, so it's all good. It's up to you, I'm fine doing all the Avs, they're my team so I don't mind inputing all their stats or anything, it's kind of cool finding out a little about all the players... I just saw the note from Roblefko about you putting in stats for hockey, and thought I'd show you what I've come up with for the table. --Madproof9

Yeah, up until this year there were ties, no Shoot-outs or anything like that. Losses were just counted in the loss column, so I just have a column for ties, i put all the overtime and shoot-out loses in the ties column, since they have only been around for one year.--Madproof9

Definently, go ahead and do all the Red Wings. I was just gonna finish up the Avs, the Red Wings and anyone else you want are all yours.Sorry, I didn'tmean to make it seem like everyone is mine and no one should touch them. Do as much as you want. --Madproof9

I fixed Shanny's stats for you. Sorry it took so long, I had to go to work, and the internet wasn't working there. --Madproof9

No, doesn't really matter if a specific year is a specific color, I just

made the first line white and then switched off after that. --Madproof9

I just saw your last note. I just finished all of the Colorado Avalanche doing it the table way. It looks alot nicer, it is a big pain, but I think that eventually there will be enough people on the site where each team will have one or two people that keep up all the stats, and it's not that bad for one person to do a team the table way... I just did like 2 or 3 players a day and finished it within a week, so I'm sticking with the table. If you guys want to copy and paste, I'm sure in the future people will come along and change it to the table. Madproof9 16:31, 28 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Page Title

Hey, I hope you don't mind, i changed your sports statistics title to: Accuracy of Pre-Computer Age Sports Statistics. I envision that in the future we will need the title Sports Statistics for soemthing more general, like a page to provide links to other statistics pages.--Roblefko 10:39, 16 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Category:Snooker Players

You should add players to the category like this:
[[Category:Snooker Players|LastName, FirstName]].

That will alphabetize them. --DNL 05:26, 17 May 2006 (EST)

The reason they are all alphabetized under "S" is because you wrote: [[Category:Snooker Players|Snooker Players]].

If you write: [[Category:Snooker Players|Davis, Joe]] it would be alphabetized under "D". --Roblefko 05:41, 17 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Snooker

Check out the page and let me know what you think. Snooker<-- --DNL 06:09, 17 May 2006 (EST)

You can edit the snooker page to add what you want. Honestly, the sport is so foreign to me, I'd not be the best one to do it. I'll make changes to help it flow with the site, though. --DNL 09:08, 17 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Snooker Page Names

Alex, Ive moved your pages to 2006 Snooker World Rankings and Snooker World Rankings..remember,there are alot of sports..try not to use general titles that can be applied to any sport..hope you dont mind.--Roblefko 10:36, 17 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Switzerland 1954

Is that a reference to soccer? You need to be more specific with your page names --DNL 05:04, 18 May 2006 (EST)

Check out what others have been doing for soccer names. You may want to ask User:Bobo or User:thecrookedcap, as they've been doing a lot about it. As for changing the name, you want to use the "move this page" link at the bottom of the page to the correct name. --DNL 05:14, 18 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Some Answers

Your userstats are broken -- we think because of the space in your username. The site is treating "Alex Holowczak" and "Alex_Holowczak" as different entities. We're aware of the problem but haven't had time to address it.

As for fan boxes for players, their is no list, but I think I have a way of doing it. They're all user-created -- there's no reason why Player A has one but Player B does not, other than that someone wanted to create one for Player A. Feel free to create new ones. --DNL 03:35, 19 May 2006 (EST)

Indeed, I found a way. Check out Category:Player Fan Tags --DNL 07:11, 19 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Snooker Dictionary

You want to help create it? Check out Category:Dictionary. Just make sure that when you add a term, you put "Snooker" in the bottom box on the form!--DNL 12:01, 19 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Rules

Feel free to add them! --DNL 09:06, 20 May 2006 (EST)

"MLB Rules"? As long as it's descriptive and not ambiguous, it should be fine. --DNL 09:10, 20 May 2006 (EST)

Don't worry about attaching it for now -- others can figure that out later.--DNL 09:15, 20 May 2006 (EST)

I think it's better not to do it, then. Maybe you can link to the MLB rules and give examples? Or is that silly? --DNL 16:02, 20 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Page Names

Imagine someone comes onto the site via England 1966. They'll have no idea what the page is about. Can you fix that (and fix similar pages with the same problem)? Thanks! --DNL 05:24, 21 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Page Names

ACTUALLY, IGNORE MY BELOW MESSAGE, YOUR WAY IS BETTER, WE CAN JUST PUT THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR Jump Shot FOR EACH SPORT ON THE SAME Jump Shot page.

Please remember that Snooker is not the only sport in this website. Pages like Jump Shot, Ball In Play, and Stroke are used in other sports as well. So on the Jump Shot page it should say: To see, if you are looking for the jump shot in snooker, see Jump Shot (Snooker). And then you should put the information that you now have in Jump Shot into Jump Shot (Snooker). And you should follow the same format for other terms that are used in multiple sports. --Roblefko 14:42, 21 May 2006 (EST)

Ill fix it for Jump Shot so you see what i mean. --Roblefko 14:44, 21 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Cricket

Done. For future reference, to start a sport, just create the page and put in

I made a minor change to that to make it easier for you to edit it.--DNL 18:12, 21 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Stats

I fixed your stats so they all come in now Pean

[edit] Replies

Leave the cricket grounds as they are, but you may want to put [[Category:Cricket Grounds]] on each page, to categorize the pages. As for the player template, you have to ask Pean. His talk page is at User talk:Pean. That format -- "User talk:Username" should work for everyone, by the way. --DNL 04:06, 24 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Player Stats

I have those stats boxes specially coded since they are pulling from all kinds of external databases. So, they are all done outside of the wiki. You could always replicate the styles that are used for the stats tables, but i am not sure how familiar you are with HTML and CSS.--Pean 18:40, 30 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Other Imbedding

Probably not. --DNL 07:08, 31 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Deadpsin

One of your Snooker articles made it to Deadspin, a popular sports blog, check it out . . . http://www.deadspin.com/sports/blogdome/blogdome-starburys-ashes-177343.php

Thanks, bro --Awrigh01 10:20, 31 May 2006 (EST)

[edit] Stats

Hey Alex, i saw your question on DNL's page. You are adding the wrong numbers together. There are 469 registered users right now, so if you are ranked first in edits you get 469 points, second gets 468 points, 3rd gets 467 etc..in your example DJCFLA was ranked 26th in edits so he gets 443 points (or whatever it comes out to), and he was ranked 20th in comments so he gets 437 points...and then you add 467+443 etc.. --Roblefko 02:58, 1 June 2006 (EST)

Hey, yeah those numbers should add up also (if there are no ties). The reason it doesnt add up is probably because one of them are tied with another user. For example, even though DJFLCA is ranked 26th in edits, he may not bet getting 443 points for it if 5 other people are tied for 26th also. So if 5 people are tied for 26th, they would split up (443+442+441+440+439 / 5) between them. Anyway, dont worry about the math. The above method i mentioned earlier works. I hope i was clear. --Roblefko 06:02, 1 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Video

I fixed it! :) --DNL 10:56, 3 June 2006 (EST)

I had it working. Look at what I did and follow the format. --DNL 14:30, 3 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Top Pages

Suggest it to Pean -- that's his bailiwick. His talk page is here.--DNL 11:19, 6 June 2006 (EST)

I think its a great idea. Ill put it on my queue --Pean 11:33, 6 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Re:FIFA World Cup History

I'm working on it as we speak. I'm following what I did with the NCAA basketball tournament, setting up all the info and all that will be needed are scores and standings. Thecrookedcap 12:27, 8 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Comment Scores

Who knows? Someone probably thought it'd be "funny" to give out tons of -1s. --DNL 11:13, 10 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Time Zones

I'd not worry about it. --DNL 07:12, 12 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] PGA

Done. --DNL 08:18, 17 June 2006 (EST)

Wow, that's awesome! Yes, keep it up. I made two minor changes -- I bolded the name of the course and added __NOTOC__ to the page -- that supresses the table of contents (which is ugly b/c of all the holes). Oh, and I created the snooker recent news page for ya. --DNL 09:59, 17 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Le Mans

No can do. Pages are categorized by their page name. You may want to make the historical trck a subsextion of the current track's page, though. --DNL

[edit] F1

See if you can figure out how to do it -- you're getting pretty good w/the wiki stuff -- and if you have troubles, I'll help. As the site grows, we're going to need to rely on more people to understand wiki language, and core users who know how to do it will be invaluable to the community. I'm pretty sure you'd like to be part of that core, so this is a good way to learn. Agreed? --DNL 16:48, 21 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] England

Hey Alex, I set up a page for Canada. It only deals with canadian sports and canadian teams..i think its a good idea if you did that for england with english sports, teams, etc....look at my Canada page to get an idea of how it can be structured, and let me know if you want help.. --Roblefko 18:39, 21 June 2006 (EST)

To answer your questions: 1)

whatever you put in the category= field is what you haev to put in double brackets on the player's page. So in your case, since i see you wrote "Players born in England" , you would need to put [[Players born in England]]. Feel free to switch it to "English born players" if you want, its up to you.

2) There can be a game recap section for english sports..you would set it up in the same format as the left side of the english page when you typed in all the english sports in the Catgory= field. You would create a new page called English Game Recaps or something, and in the Category= field you would type in Snooker Game Recaps, Soccer Game Recaps, etc...

3) you can set it up for ireland, scotland, etc..but it doesnt seem like we have any users that would work on those sections, but its up to you.

4)i fixed the problem with the widths..

5) oh, and yes, the count= determines how many are displayed..put in whatever number you want.

--Roblefko 03:27, 22 June 2006 (EST)

width fixed --Roblefko 05:15, 22 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Voting

Alex, no it is not me. My comment yesterday asking if you were new here was a joke that you obviously missed -- i was referring to your comment about how you couldn't believe that the conversation starting with one thing ended up in a big discussion about something else -- hence, me asking if you were new (maybe its a US joke). I can take a look at the scoring tonight, but i am not sure if i feel comfortable telling you who did it. most likely, if we do find an offender (which we will since annon fanactics can't comment vote anymore) we will let them know privately if we feel they are doing something wrong. Pean 11:25, 22 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Page Renaming

You can do it yourself. Use the "Move" link at the bottom of the page. --DNL 14:03, 22 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Yeah, that may be a good idea. Maybe if we see how it looks, then we will be able to tell if itll work well. Draft up a sample so we can play around with it. Dont make it an opiniopn yet, bc we dont want other people to see it. Use these pages to create them: User:Alex Holowczak/Draft1, User:Alex Holowczak/Draft2, User:Alex Holowczak/Draft3 --Roblefko 05:50, 23 June 2006 (EST)

I couldnt help but take a quick look at Draft1 to see what you were doing, and i noticed two vote boxes. Remember, we dont haev that technology. Notice, if you click on the vote button, itll only change the vote for one of the boxes. So we need to make this project with only 1 vote box per page.. --Roblefko 06:06, 23 June 2006 (EST)

Thats not such a good idea, bc then in the long run , everyone will make the Hall of Fame. If we se tthe hall of fame at 1,000 votes, for example, then someone like Babe Ruth will make it after 1,005 people see the page, and someone else where 9,000 people dont want him in, and 1000 people do will eventually make it after 10,000 people see the page.. I thought your first post on my talk page made sense, 1 page for pros and cons, one page with a vote box for yes, and naother page with a vote box for no...thats why i left 3 draft pages for you to make a sample, so we can see how it looks... --Roblefko 06:23, 23 June 2006 (EST)

Give me a day or two and let me think about how we can link the vote pages --Roblefko 13:28, 23 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Scores

They change based on a number of factors. It's a bit lower for the weekend. --DNL 07:09, 24 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] NHL Stats

Well, it depends: does Madproof have access to a database of stats that go into the tables automatically, like the way we do stats for basketball/baseball/etc.? If so, I like the tabled formatting. If not -- meaning we have to manually enter the data in html table format -- then I'd much rather copy/paste stats from hockeydb.com, it would be much less of a pain in the arse. It's really not my call, though... - Davis21wylie 16:47, 24 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Anaheim Mighty Ducks moved

Cool, thanks, I didn't know if since it was a team page it had to be moved special or anything, cuz there wasn't an "edit" on the main page, just a "source" button. I'll write something about the name tomorrow sometime.

Haha, more like still awake. it's about 3:30, I usually work at 5 a.m., so I sleep during the day, like 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and then work two jobs, one at night, one at 5 a.m. EAK (aka Madproof9) 01:43, 25 June 2006 (EST)

I just saw this, all the Opinions, News, Game Recaps, etc. links at the top of the Ducks page are still in Red, I dunno if I can fix that or not, or if you could do that too.

Ok, I have to start heading into work, I'll look into it later today sometime. Madproof9 02:00, 25 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Let's wait another few weeks until we see whether we can figure out how to get two vote boxes on same page. All the other ideas are O.K. but not as good as two vote boxes, so lets not rush this idea just yet. --Roblefko 03:20, 25 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Showdowns

try adding Category:England Showdowns in double square brackets to your actual showdown page...that should do it

[edit] Lela Lombardi

You may want to add/create her page on the site --DNL 07:35, 26 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Showdowns

Ask User:Awrigh01 --DNL 09:45, 26 June 2006 (EST)

Go for it --Awrigh01 10:58, 26 June 2006 (EST)

Gotta make sure you close out the table--the structure is a table within another tables. So it requires two tags to close it out |}|}. You were missing one so, the next two tables were in the first table. Hard to write out. . . . Just look at the difference b/w the two codes. --Awrigh01 11:22, 26 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] English/American Showdown

Hey Alex, don't worry about Fornelli's comments. He overreacted. I think he may have been upset that you created the debate without inviting him beforehand, thereby forcing him to participate. In the future, in order to make sure that the user wants to actually debate, maybe just ask him first on his talk page, rather than just creating the showdown right away. --Roblefko 05:12, 27 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Right now, Pean cant focus on the two vote boxes, because he is in the middle of other technology/programming issues. So you can either wait it out (at least another few weeks, possibly more), or think of some other way to do the hall of fame (which will probably be less user-friendly), so its up to you. I had an idea though. Maybe we can somehow combine the showdown feature with the hall of fame. Here's an example. We pick 16 players. 16 users. Each user picks one player. We have a 16 person tournament. e.g. if i have Babe Ruth, you have Paul Moliter, Pean has Mickey Mantle, DNL has Barry Bonds, etc... me and you would enter into a debate over who is more dserving to make the hall, presumanly i would win with Babe Ruth so i would advance to the next round. Pean would beat DNL with Mickey Mantle, so Pean would advance to the next round, then i would debate Pean, and lets say i win with Babe RUth, so i adavnce to the semifinals, etc...out of the 16 players, 4 rounds, 1 winner, that player makes our "hall of fame"...anyway this idea isnt perfect bc it will be limitless, every tournament someone would make the hall and so inevitably after 1000 torunaments, we'd have 1000 players and so on..so we gotta refine it, but thats the starting point...what do u think? --Roblefko 18:48, 27 June 2006 (EST)

Pean has to program it for this site and may not have the time for that specific thing for a while. He is working on other stuff, like redsesigning the main page, and a few other important things --Roblefko 03:00, 28 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Buenos Aires

Try Buenos Aires (Second Track)== or something like that? --DNL 04:15, 29 June 2006 (EST)

[edit] Playing Rugby

Ive been playing in American since 2001 when I got to college. I used to play eightman and flanker, but now I spend more time as a second row now that Ive moved up in divisions. When I was in Ireland I played number 8 all the time.

Yeah there is a major league here in the USA. Its the Super League, its also the league I play it. Its still not a pro league but its the highest level of club rugby we have. Id love to help you out with a Rugby page for here. I have solid knowledge of rugby on the international scene. I also have two club mates who start for the US Eagles and my ex coach is the new Eagles ass't coach so basically I can help with the US side of stuff for sure.

[edit] News/Opinion

News article must have some sort of source listed, even if it is rudimentary. For example, I've written Red Sox recaps where the only source was "NESN Telecast". If you relate facts from a neutral point of view (i.e., Wikipedia's NPOV standard), there should be some sort of source, even if it is a vague one. If it's an opinion that uses facts, you don't need a source, but usually if I use statistics or a quote in an Opinion I put in a note of the source using the following format: [http://www.url.com/article.html], which becomes [1] - unless the statistic is such common knowledge that a source is unnecessary, like "Barry Bonds is number two all-time in home runs."
The standard of using sources in Opinion articles is a personal one, not site policy, but the division between News and Opinion articles is site policy. One of the things AGM needs to do better is organize and publish its policy, so these kind of things are more clear.
Cheers,
Xinoph 08:24, 5 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Online Status

i think its a good idea...ill have to see if its feasible Pean 11:52, 5 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Curveball

I would say how to pitch it but there are many variations and grips so there is no definitive way to throw a curveball. User:Jgov05 2:33, 6 July 2006

[edit] Manny

So you're just going to let erratic, bipolar Manny Stiles continue to dazzle us with his articles which are just a collection of comments? If we do not control these one paragraph or no substance users, then armchairgm will just continue to have articles such as my joke article "Should Allen Iverson Play For The Celtics (READ IT) posted on the good stuff. Where are our standards? We do not have any apparently. User:Wtt02005

[edit] Voting System

We should also consider having a vote down option for articles. That way, good articles can actually be good. User:Wtt02005

[edit] Back to Manny

And i'm not asking to kick him off. I'm just telling everyone to not be like Manny who just writes utter crap sometimes. WRITE SUBSTANCE that has quality and quantity!!! User:Wtt02005

[edit] NFL Article

For future reference, nobody should touch any draft article that's a subset of your user page (i.e. User:Alex Holowczak/ArticleTitle). If that happens again please let me know and I'll have a discussion with the offending user about it. As on Wikipedia, a user's namespace is largely their own to do with as they wish. BTW, great job working on non-American sports. I imagine your efforts alone will attract a number of international users to the site.
Thanks,
Xinoph 05:05, 7 July 2006 (EST)

Well, I'm glad this got settled, anyway. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

Xinoph 05:14, 7 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Team Nicknmanes

Hey, I moved it because Team Nicknames sounds like an ecnyclopedia-style page that would hold a list of well, each Team's Nicknames...so i added Alex's Best to the front of it. --Roblefko 05:24, 7 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Encylcopedia

Hey, i thought you'd be interested in this. Ive spent the last few days organizing all our encyclopedia pages for MLB, NFL, and NBA. I still havent moved them to the appropriate page names because im not done, but here's how they look so far: User:Roblefko/MLBDraft, User:Roblefko/NBADraft, User:Roblefko/NFLDraft. Jus tthought you'd beinterested in case you ever want to organize all your English-sports type encyclopedia pages you've created.

[edit] Sportsdot Lite Mode

You have to create an account with Sportsdot -- you'll get your password emailed to you, and then login in and go to your preferences page, and you'll see a check box to enable lite mode. It's very very fast.

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[edit] Hall of Fame

Hey, as i mentioned earlier, we wont be having it for a while. Pean, who does our programming, is working on many other things to improve the site, and the two vote boxes is a big project which isnt at the top of his priority list (he's currently working on many cool functions which will be released over the next few weeks and which will make the site much beter). You should try and find another way using our current capaabilities to set it up. Sorry if i mislead you into thinking that it would be ready soon. --Roblefko 08:17, 7 July 2006 (EST)

Cool, set it up, and lets see how it looks. To sort by most votes, you can copy the code from Top Pages.

There is no way to use comments +/- to accomplish this. The "most votes" will order the pages by most votes using the vote box score (not the comments +/- score). And if you use the +/- score, you wont be able to sort them in oder in a different page. The only thing u can do (i can set it up) is have it ordered by most votes using the vote box (which means a person wont be able to vote negatively). I really think we should just wait it out. There's no point of setting this up when there are a lot flaws to how itll work. Youve come up with good ideas before and youll come up with more in the future. I say we just be patient with this one, and wait a couple of months. If you really want this up and running, you can set it up using just the one vote box, but as you recognized, it has many flaws.

[edit] Showdowns

Fixing it Alex, give me a couple of moments --Awrigh01 12:54, 7 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Introduction

We already have an introduction page, if you logout, you will see a button called first time in the same spot as help --Awrigh01 04:56, 8 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Showdown Pep Talk

Good luck, not that you'll need it. He knows he can't be you. I can't get in on it myself (besides, that would be unfair), but I'm sure you'll find the flaws as easily as I can. After all, how can non-European nations be "token" successes when half of the World Cups have been one by South American nations (5 Brazil, 2 Argentina & 2 Uruguay - 9 out of 18)? --Thecrookedcap 19:20, 8 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Commenting

What happens when Jemma and/or Bobo tries to comment? What browser are they using. --Awrigh01 05:46, 10 July 2006 (EST)

It helps us debugg if there's a problem with the website. --Awrigh01 06:07, 10 July 2006 (EST)

are they using a Mac? Pean 07:25, 10 July 2006 (EST)

could you ask Bobo what the error message says? --Awrigh01 12:10, 10 July 2006 (EST)

yeah, now if i can only figure out a way to alert me when someone posts a comment haha...i will try something out tonight...in the meantime, can you find out what Operating System he is using (Windows 2000, XP, Me etc) and what version of Internet Explorer (click on "Help->About Internet Explorer" in the menu bar). Pean 11:07, 11 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Detroit vs. Colorado

I think it's a great idea, I'd be happy to do it. I'm at work right now, just checking into my account, so I don't have much time right now to look into it, but I just wanted to let you know I'm down to do it, I'll message you again later when I have more time and we'll figure out all the details. Madproof9 13:02, 11 July 2006 (EST)

Sounds good, I'll work on a draft, and hopefully have it by tomorrow sometime. Madproof9 13:13, 11 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Comment Bug

Hey Alex...I updated the comment code to hopefully fix the problem your friends were having...can you ask them to try it out and let me know if it works? Thanks Pean 13:29, 11 July 2006 (EST)

Can you tell them to goto the homepage, and click "SHIFT-F5" on their keyboard...its possible they still have the old code cached -- this will refresh everything. Pean 06:14, 12 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Encylopedia

Sure, ill try and do it today but i may not have time.., if not today then definitely tomorrow. --Roblefko 05:21, 13 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Blank Space

Try   --DNL 10:27, 13 July 2006 (EST)

Yeah. Enters are what I've been doing too. --DNL 10:40, 13 July 2006 (EST)

Cool. I will take a look at the project.

[edit] Snooker Encyclopedia

Hey, I just took a look at it. I cant convert it into the same format as my other sports because to be in the same format it needs to be in categories. The snooker seasons need to be put into [[Category:Snooker Seasons]] , the championships into [[Category:Snooker Championships]] etc.. (you did it fine for Players and Venues, but most of the other ones need to be in categories for my format to work).

ok, check it out, I think i included everything, let me know if i left out anything.

yeah, ill add the snooker encyclopedia to the top menu now...i dotn remember who made them either, but it wasnt me...if yuo want to see who made a page, just click on "page history" at the bottom of the page. that'll show you all the previous edits that were made to the page. --Roblefko 05:08, 14 July 2006 (EST)

close the voting on yesterdays contest so i can declare myself the winner! Pean 06:02, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Indianapolis 500

I fixed your indianpolis 500 page, so that you didnt have to hit Enter 500 times. I took out the "align:left"- thats what was causing the problem. See http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=1950_Indianapolis_500&curid=38912&diff=98105&oldid=98045&rcid=99997

to see the change i made. --Roblefko 06:04, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Fantasy Football

Hey, sorry for not responding, but I like the idea. As I said, it will be done on Yahoo! Sports, as yahoo is free to play. If you give me a date I can set up the league and if you're able to, let's try to round up a few more armchair gm'ers for the league. Sound good? --Ufgators
Okay cool, I'll write up an article later today about fantasy sports, and propose a column for fantasy sports in general. Good luck with the F1 article!
Oh man, it is a big project, how long have you been working on it? Yes, suggest it to Roblefko if you'd like. I wonder, though, if that would make any other fantasy sports articles off-limits (in principle) to other users?? All I know so far is that I'm writing the "Rant" column, which will probably be on Thursdays.

okay buddy, I posted an article for our fantasy league. IF you have anything to add, then by all means edit the article.

Alright, to sing up for the league, go to www.yahoo.com. now, go look at the top of the main page, it should have a link for fantasy sports. (If you don't have a user id for yahoo, you need to sign up and make one). After you've signed up and clicked on fantasy sports, there should be a big banner for fantasy football, and click on that. NExt, click on "join custom league" under the "free leagues" section on the right hand corner of the page. the League ID#: 200497...

League Name: ArmChairGm Allstars...Password: acgm...i hope i explained it well enough. if u have any questions, just send me a message!!

oh gee, okay. Now when you type in your yahoo id, make sure its all in lowercase letters, NOT UPPERCASE!! Also, you don't have to put "yourname@yahoo.com" for example, in the user id, but rather, just "yourname" in the id box. the password must be lowercase, too. i will be away for most of the day, so if there are any complications, contact dnl. i will notify him about your problem.

okay youre all signed up, youre in the league, and heres the link: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/200497

i will edit all of you team info and your name and everything like that. ill explain it all later, but your yahoo account is now set up as well. check it. i have to go, iwill talk to you later, and i will change draft date.

[edit] Weekly Caption Contest

Read all the comments on Friday Fryer (July 14, 2006) and let me know if you are interested in doing the weekly caption contest. Youll understand what i mean once you read all the comments in that article. --Roblefko 08:39, 14 July 2006 (EST)

Yeah, i already asked a bunch of people to about the weekly articles. Let me wait for everyone to respond, and ill update you with the status. --Roblefko 09:46, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] NFL Stock Up/Down

What did you have in mind for this? A general stock up/down for the NFL or just fantasy? --Coreyisarealboy 09:51, 14 July 2006 (EST)

No problem. I would do it, but as you'll probably see in the Fantasy League, I suck, and you guys might not want to take advice from me :) --Coreyisarealboy 10:45, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Re:Indianapolis 500

I'd be fine to add them, but I need to make a few style changes. We don't do box scores like Formula 1 does. I've done some adjustments on 2006 Indianapolis 500 as a demo. I can't do it just like yours though, since it's very foreign to me and wouldn't adapt well to American results. Thecrookedcap 10:02, 14 July 2006 (EST)

I get what you're saying for inconvience. It's just a cultural thing that's all. Teams are of minor importance, so I took them off in favor of engine and chassis. All teams are placed, no matter if they finish or not. It may be wise, however, to do Indy stuff more like my way. After all, only 10 Indys are F1 races. I'd be willing to work on them if you please, so you do not have to have any hassle. Thecrookedcap 10:16, 14 July 2006 (EST)

That's fine. If I do other F1 races, they'll be in that format, but Indy will be different. Thecrookedcap 10:24, 14 July 2006 (EST)

I'll add a points column for those races. Shared drives are no problem, since I'll have to deal with them for other 500s (even as recently as '04).Thecrookedcap 11:05, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Stock Up/Stock Down

Hey Alex, is Corey the one that does the Stock Up/Stock Down column? I think you may hav ethe wrong person? --Roblefko 10:03, 14 July 2006 (EST)

Dont't worry about it. I asked a bunch of people. I have it all planned out, and should be getting 7. Ill update you once i got it all organized. --Roblefko 10:26, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Detroit/Colorado

I'm kind of glad you haven't done much, I was starting to feel bad because I haven't done much either, I've been busy working and editing the NHL stuff. I have the first year kind of done, but not too much. I'll keep working on it and keep you updated. Madproof9 10:14, 14 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Premiership

Alex, I have yet to have a look at the Premiership website you've recommended. I will do so today. I would love to participate in the fantasy league, so please leave me a note on my userpage with how to go about that.

Additionally, I plan on writing an article about the Premiership today. Some general background on each team. Hopefully it can be used as a guide for which teams to root for, kind of a 'English Premiership for dummies (Americans)'.

As far as the quiz, I will be participating tomorrow. Thank you for the reminder. Patrickburke1980

alex, please have a look at my user talk page. as you'll see, i'm in the middle of putting together a rather large article on the english premiership. I am using this as a guide for americans to get interested in the league. however, there are certain teams and thing I don't know. I was hoping to enlist your help, if you don't mind. by no means am I asking you to finish this article, but any help would be appreciated. I'd be happy to jointly submit this article with you.

please let me know what you think. --Patrickburke1980

Alex, that sounds like a great plan. I will try to finish this article today. The added input of best players, coaches, etc. would be very helpful. Thank you. -Patrickburke1980

[edit] F1 Stuff

I was just working on a few templates that might make navigation a bit easier. One is for year-by-year results of a particular race (see Template:British Grand Prix), which I would probably put at the end of the page (as I have with my Indy 500 one, see here. The other is a full season template, which could be placed either at the top or bottom. The template is here. Let me know what you think. I think they look better, and will make editing a little easier. Thecrookedcap 09:40, 16 July 2006 (EST)

I concieved for the GP template to go at the bottom of each individual page. For example, the British GP temp would go on the '50 GP, '51 GP, etc. It wouldn't go on the overall British GP page as that would be redundant.

As for the season template, how about this one: Template:1950 Formula One Season 2? Thecrookedcap 10:15, 16 July 2006 (EST)

Should I use the one with the flags (Template:1950 Formula One Season) or one without flags? Thecrookedcap 10:27, 16 July 2006 (EST)

I can't figure out a way for the image to link to something other than its page, so it will need to have the text. Thecrookedcap 10:44, 16 July 2006 (EST)

Worth asking.

I used the British GP since there's always been one. It's easier to subtract than to add. Thecrookedcap 10:57, 16 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Image question

If you go to the image's page, you can get the absolute URL of the image, e.g. http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/images/7/74/MiniUnitedKingdomFlag.jpg<nowiki> for the one you mentioned. Click the image -- that brigns you to the image's page. Then click the image's name, in this case, MiniUnitedKingdomFlag.jpg. That'll show you the URL. Then, use the single-bracket link format to link the URL you want to the image's URL, i.e. <nowiki>[http://www.armchairgm.com http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/images/7/74/MiniUnitedKingdomFlag.jpg]. That'll do this: -- DNL 15:36, 16 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] nickname

my bad..pat's article said that the fans called themselves that..i guess it was incorrect...anyways, I think I have joined him in rooting for Newcastle. Pean 17:31, 16 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Old pages

If you go to the old version, click edit, and click save page, it replaces the new version with the old version --DNL 07:18, 17 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] recent top users=

enjoy...your number #1 so far...this will update once a day Pean 18:03, 17 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Re:Help?

It'll be slow coming until the weekend. I just started graduate school and my free time during the week is a bit limited. Thecrookedcap 19:54, 18 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Comment Spam

We're working on it. --DNL 05:25, 19 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] FA Premier League

Hey Alex, where's a good site to find current rosters and schedules for each team. WIth the new season coming soon, i want to start inputting rosters ,schedules, and making the team pages look nicer. Where can i find this info? --Roblefko 08:57, 20 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Premier League Fan Pages

Hey, I've been setting up all the pages (schedules, rosters, player, history) for each team, and it's alot of work so i was wondering if you can help out. Can you create all the Fan tags. Here are the links (some are alreayd created), thanks! --Roblefko 06:17, 21 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Everything Okay?

Hey! just making sure everything is going okay with your email address and if you are able to access the league homepage? DNL set up a page where we can do the offline draft, if everyone does want to do an offline draft. Ufgators

[edit] What do you want me to do?

I didn't follow, sorry. --DNL 03:58, 23 July 2006 (EST)

[edit] Box Problem

I'm kind of busy the next two days and may not be able to help... can you ask others?--DNL 07:48, 31 July 2006 (EST)

fixed --Roblefko 08:01, 31 July 2006 (EST)

i have no idea. i know he likes the CFL and the AFL. that's all i know about him.

[edit] Aussie Sports

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I am a Californian. I just happen to enjoy the AFL. I have been visiting Aussie sports blogs trying to get some interest in ACGM. But no takers yet. I will mention cricket, V8 Supercars, and F1, along with the AFL at the next opportunity. Hopefully we can get some interest.Erooster 15:08, 31 July 2006 (EST)

I emailed the kid that you suggested. Not that it makes much difference, but you guys do know that he is only 13. I suggested that there is interest in the covering of AFL, cricket, rugby, V8 Supercars, and F1. Not that I asked him to cover it all personally, but if he would be interested in writing. I will let you know if he emails back, or he may just pop on one day.Erooster 14:42, 1 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] Thanks, I guess...

My name at the top of the list over yours is merely a sign of my ability to produce mindnumbing volume and quantity, not sweet, sweet quality. I have been trying to practice editing more and commenting less, so hopefully my stay at the top is short lived. Manny Stiles at #1 really is a misleading statistic and should be viewed as a bad omen for the success of this website. I may be 'Hank Aaron' for now, but you're the 'Babe Ruth' around here, buddy! Keep on typin'! Manny Stiles

hee hee yeah, I can find enough things to edit/build... if I run out of things to edit, I'll let you know!!

[edit] BigPPup

Alex, I love arguing with you. Just had to give ya some hell bout the British sports thing. Also if you need help with the rugby page for here let me know. We started our fall season over here this past month. And oh yeah, Im ready for ya in the EPL league...

[edit] hey

long time since we last spoke, how ya doing buddy? I listened to "snooker loopy" and i forgot to tell you that i edited that page a while back :). What have you been up to? --Ufgators

[edit] six nations

I added a blank line between the top box and the actual info. --DNL 05:21, 13 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] old/new revisions

on the screen it looks like its the same page, but if you try and edit it, youll see the code is from the older version. --Roblefko 12:22, 13 August 2006 (EST)

==More on Rugby-- Thanks for editing the USA Rugby section, I wasnt sure how I wanted it to look. Your right OMBAC is an abriviation for something. I need to go back and look it up. Im working on doing the history of the Super League teams,a nd will work with other USA rugby stuff. I just finished doing the Washington Club history, have to say Im a bit bias so that will be the longest one.

[edit] Keep it up

Hey I just wanted tos ay keep up the good work. I love the fact that Rugby has made it onto ArmchairGM for the past few days in a row and generated a lil discussion. Its efforts of this nature that will help to grow the sport in America. Oh yeah its not OMBAC, its Old Mission Beach Athletic Club, Pac does not need the AC at the end of their name because its Potomic Athletic club, NYAC is New York Athletic Club and I think thats it, let me know if you need anything else.

[edit] Golf World Rankings

Good idea about the flags. Do I have to do anything special to be able to do this or can I just type what you said? Thanks, Bobbyjim45

[edit] comments

im not sure how they can comment logged out, but not logged in

Can you have them go to this page http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/extensions/test2.php

and copy and paste what they see on the screen, and send it to me in an email or something? Thanks Pean 06:21, 15 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] f1 stats

i edited the page to show you how its done. just follow my format. --Roblefko 04:12, 20 August 2006 (EST)

you have to put the thing in {{{ }}} for the = thing, not the thing on the left hand column. For example, it would be Races= not Grand Prixs= --Roblefko 04:37, 20 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] draft

hey, sorry for getting back to you so late, but the draft will be next week. it is a time that works for most people so we went with it. you can sign in to your yahoo account and edit the order in which you would like to draft players, if in the event you wont be able to attend. if u have any more questions, dont hesitate to ask. Ufgators

haha, okay so were you able to access the league? If in the event you can't attend the draft (which i made as early as possible, to try to accommodate all the armchair users around the U.S. and yourself as well) then it will automatically draft for you. no worries! Ufgators

well i made it early as possible, as i said before to accommodate the many time zones around the u.s.! so the league starts drafting at 3pm eastern time. the link that you saw was one that dnl made up, as we were originally going to do an offline draft but abandoned that idea. in any event, the password is acgm, and the league id number is 200497. the name of the league is ArmChairGm Allstars.

alex, thats because you are already in the league. just SIGN IN TO YAHOO with your username and password. remember you wanted me to sign in for you and sign up for the league? well, youre already in. so just click "sign in" on yahoo, and once you're signed in on yahoo, then you can just click the link for the league.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/200497
if you are signed in to your yahoo account, then the link will work. if you arent signed in to your yahoo account, then the link will say you arent allowed to view the league. ps. you need to archive your talk page!!

oh im glad it worked. im glad you got to the three column screen. the middle screen is a list of players, which can be sorted by clicking--at the top of the columns-- "show-" and you can click 25 players, 100 players, all players, etc. the right column is where your list is for the players you want to draft. obviously, you wont be able to get all the players there, but it gives the computer an idea of your strategy and will try its best to get the players you want, in the order you want. so when you see a player you want in the middle list, highlight his name, and click the arrow associated with the column (if you want to add him to the list of players you want to draft, then click the right arrow). the left column is the list of players you want the computer to avoid. say, for example, you dont like tom brady, then you would highlight his name and click the left arrow and he will show up on the left column! if all else fails, read the help section. Ufgators

better yet, if the clicking arrows thing is too confusing, i believe you can highlight a guys name and drag the name to the appropriate column (exclude column, or your players list column)

any time. oh, i would say about 150. if you dont want to do that many, then just highlight two hundred names on the middle column and drag them all to the right column! but 150 should be sufficient enough. here is a post written by someone on the league page:

here is a little help with pre ranking. you need to do the top 100 (at the least) possibly more players. i have found that doing top 100 or more ensures you that you get a decent pick each round. put the players you want the most near the top but not at the top of the list because everyone else will probably have picked them by that time. also any players you wish not to draft or just don't want keep them off your list even putting them at the bottom you will end up getting them.and your pre rankings list mix it up. have the first 5 like QB's but mix the next 15 or so with TE,RB,WR and QB. i have done a few where i just mix up the whole bunch of players moving good guys down a little further and just keeping my pre-rankings really mixed up.

[edit] farini

i put the news and opinions feed on his page. --Roblefko 20:56, 20 August 2006 (EST)

im not sure what you mean? what big gap? --Roblefko 05:13, 21 August 2006 (EST)

sorry, im still a bit confused..under Opinions, it has the heading good stuff and new stuff and then directly under that the opinions will show up, where do you want the opinions to show up?...anyway, on a side note, i thought of a better looking design foro player pages which you may like: here's an example: Bryan Cupito. Note how the opinions and news show up on top.

ok, keep your style. i was just suggesting another one, you dont need to use it. As far as fixing your problem, i cant really help you with that because on my computer it looks fine, there is no gap. If you want to fix it, its probably a problem with the stats box template. Template:F1 Driver. there's probably some code on the top (with all that margins, floating, width etc..) that causes the problem. you can probably try and figure out what the problem is by erasing aprts of that code, and seeing what works..also ill do the encyclopedia for you, but not this week. im busy setting up college football section since the season starts next week. but ill do the encyclopedia for you in a round a week and a half. --Roblefko 06:32, 21 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] Sevens

Hey do you want to put up a basic rules and cover sevens rugby or do you want me to do it? Ill say right now I wont do it justice cause I dont consider sevens real rugby, thats why I play League during the summer and not Union.

[edit] More Rugby

Sounds good take your time with it, and Ill start working on some stuff also. Ill admit Im not as affluent in international rugby as you are, being a new comer to the game (6 yrs experience now). Im still working on the Super League Team historys and should wrap that up in the next week or so, also want to do a break down of the American Divisions. Sorry I really want to use this rugby platform here to help grow Rugby in American. I was at a tourney all weekend and saw so manynew and young faces out there watching the sport, and I see the talk our articles generate here, so Im really looking to push the fact that there is rugby in the USA its not some cult, and we are activily seeking athletes who want to play.

You are right about that. For any of your rugby infomation, check out RugbyRugby.com. It has international rugby from every major nation in the world. Its where I get most if not all my info, it also has the official Law book for all of rugby union and is where Im getting those laws from. Also for USA rugby history you can go to USA Rugby.org but it can be a little sketch in how far back it goes.

Sounds good. I had not check how far back RugbyRugby goes, but glad to know. Ill keep my eyes open for more rugby history.

[edit] AGMVC idea

I think it's a good idea, kind of like the ESPYs for AGM. However there would be a problem with it. Football, college football, and the NBA would all be in season at the time which would make the voting harder. I like the idea, it just needs some refinement. jgov05

[edit] Create your own Grand Prix

Great idea. Can you create a category for all (so far, two) these articles? This way we can group them, too. --DNL 09:27, 22 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] Motor Speedway Question

i have no idea, but i trust your judgment. Do what you think is the right way. --Roblefko 07:08, 23 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] More rugby yet again

Hey, Im still in the middle of putting the Rugby Union rules onto the site. I forgot how many rules there are, since I ignore half of them. Anyways, lets keep up the work and keep moving.

[edit] madden

hey! how is the game by you? i recall you saying you had to pay more for it, which i guess is inevitable. the article was published on many, many blogs though, so im pretty happy about that! Ufgators

hey, good questions. with this league, trades are limited to players only, and they are AFTER the draft. and the 17 week schedule...there are really 17 weeks to an nfl season, even though teams only play 16 games. remember that there is a bye week in which a particular few teams dont play, so it all evens out to a 16 game season, with one week as a bye, hence the 17 weeks of football. for us, there are no bye weeks...thus we play 17 games. the number of teams in the league doesnt matter. any thing else? :) Ufgators

yeah, you are going to play some teams twice. others in the league include bobbyjim, dnl, i am a cpcp, and...others! i dont remember them all. um...yes i am going to do a weekend in review. i've always done it so this year will be no exception. i usually post it on the league page, though. if you want ill post the weekend in review on armchair as well.

okay for sure, i'd appreciate it! Ill keep the link on my user page and then i'll fill it in on saturday evening after the draft! you rock alex

perfect! it looks great, you are awesome at making tables. i practiced writing random letters (which i erased, of course) to see how it would look, and it looks perfect. thanks alex!

[edit] Fantasy Soccer

Thanks for the invitation, but I'm doing four or five fantasy NFL leagues and I don't want to add another fantasy team on top of that. I appreciate it though. SuperFrankieLampard

[edit] yes

hey! yes i did indeed get your message. um...if you want to do other fantasy sports then i'd be up for it as well. ill see ya in a half hour :) Ufgators

i may cut the amount of bench players...as for the drafting, you can draft any amount of rounds and then turn off your computer. then maybe later rejoin the draft if you want! its all very organized so you dont need to worry!

I think I finally figured this out, courtesy of roblefko (or something like that). Thanks for the invite to the fantasy league, but I don't put enough into those to stay on top of it.

[edit] great job

thanks for filling out the table. i was extremely busy yesterday, thus i wasnt able to access a computer and fill out the table. i added your name to the article, so we can both get credited with the article. Ufgators

no way alex! jeramy stevens is injured, Betts will take the backseat to clinton portis when he is back. plus, domanick davis alone scored more points than stevens and betts combined!

sure...although it is really hard to folllow a basketball fantasy season! anything you need me to do ill do it, though. Ufgators

i dont know muchabout hockey, though, alex. and basketball/baseball is really hard to maintain as you must keep up with the lineups every day...

[edit] your msg

Yeah, it'll have to be tabled for a while tho... you'll see why. BTW, you gotta shorten your talk page, it's huge!--DNL 09:56, 28 August 2006 (EST)

[edit] f1 encyclopedia

i didnt forget, ill do it tomorrow probably. --Roblefko 08:39, 30 August 2006 (EST)

Done: Formula One Encyclopedia.

[edit] 20,000

By the way, the page you just created: Monte Carlo 1929-1971 has the honor of being the 20,000th page created on AmrchairGM. --Roblefko 09:30, 1 September 2006 (EST)

sure, after the weekend though.

[edit] I know I'm lazy, but WHAT took me so long???

Template:Alex Holowczak Fan

I wanna take you on in chess sometime, but I'm scared. You got some O!F on the tiles! And I am REALLY wanting to try snooker sometime! Maybe I can be the first American great snooker player - or the First American snooker player for that matter... hee, hee

Love your work man!

Manny Stiles

As far as who I read and enjoy the most, YOUR fan box should have been the first one I made! (I got ya right next to Roy Jones on my page... (the box is kinda crappy, so feel free to adjust it as you see fit - I want it to represent you properly!)

I just wanna play snooker for the snazzy outfits!!! (I might have to dress my 1 and 3 year-olds as a snooker and a cricket player for Halloween!)

[edit] A guy nicknamed "Spaceman"??

I love it! Sounds like my kind of guy, all flavo(u)r, little O!F!!!

Thanks, I will definitely add a snooker fanbox, if you make it pretty!

Yesterday, I was in a store that had billiards tables, I asked the sales guy if they had snooker tables or balls and he looked at me like I had a conjoined twin stuck to my head. I'm gonna do this more often, me thinks!

Guess Who?

I do have 2 Draft-Only FFL's going but they is more non-armchair participants than armchair members. Participation from ACGM was low, so I got a bunch of my stockbroker co-workers and friends to join... still have some openings if you want to join the easiest FFLs ever. Friskysman has a draft-only league too, damned copycat: of course I joined that one, too! =)

I've been shoving Armchair down people's throats ever since I joined! Alot of the Anon's lately have been friends of mine, which is why I ALWAYS state that I won't vote for Anons... make 'em sign up! You should see some of them join soon, I'm wearing them down! My one buddy has crazier sports stories than me! (but I spell WAY better than him, so I told him, I'd help him edit)

I have 2 drafts today, so I'm out! See if you like my 'soccer' article I posted this morn! Have a great one, Big A!!! The irrepressible one

[edit] Hall of Fame

Thank you! I actually would appreciate some help, especially with the British sports as they are more of your expertise. I really love the idea of a tiered system (i.e. regular HOF, "Ring of Honor", etc. as I mentioned on the update page) but am more curious about what other users want to do and exactly how we want this tiering system to work.

I actually have made a category for the ArmchairGM Hall of Fame members, but would appreciate some help with this. I'm currently working on filling in some profiles for the new Hall of Fame members and don't really have the time to work on the rest. A general ArmchairGM Hall of Fame page with links to the various categories would be fantastic, if you put something like this together.

As to your problem with only allowing one voting box, users can edit their names into two separate yes/no categories; though a little less wikified, it works equally well.

Glad to work with you! --Drpatriot

That actually makes a lot of sense. I'm going to include all players in the all-sport Hall of Fame for now but will also put players into individual sport hall of fames. Glad you like the graphics. --Drpatriot

[edit] template

okay good. it says that there are links there but i dont see what it links to lol. well if you need anything else, im here. Ufgators

[edit] fantasy hockey

hey, i tried signing up for the hockey league with the id #18445 and password acgm...but it says you're not in predraft mode. Ufgators

[edit] I drive you crazy, eh?

I got my 1-10 on there... hopefully I didn't mess up too bad! (This is why I didn't vote for the Football HoF!!!)

Dr Commento

That's fine! You can move Dale down to 10 an Spencer up to 9, I gotta go right now or I'd do it! You are so British sometimes!!! hee hee

Have a great day Big A!!!

[edit] Snooker HoF

I have to admit, I know next to nothing about snooker. I used the resources you linked to, they were very helpful! --Drpatriot

[edit] Fantasy Hockey

It worked today. - Davis21wylie 08:59, 4 September 2006 (EST)

okay, i tried it and i know what i was doing wrong. I'm in :) Ufgators

oh haha, what i did was i put in the pound sign (#) before the number. obviously, it just wanted the number, not the "#" before it. :) Ufgators

[edit] ron's user page

hey alex..thanks for catching this...the problem has been fixed, so his page should come up fine now Pean 10:37, 4 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Thanks!!!

I appreciate cartoons of ANY variety! That was very Tom & Jerry-ish!

I was out all day yesterday doing my skin art apprenticeship (tattooing) didn't see a single article on Armchair, I didn't even watch a single second of Football!!! Sundays are MY time! Take it easy, Big A!!!

Your hero!

[edit] Sporting Interests

Hey there! Umm yeah we'll win the Ashes this year *hesitant optimism*. Yeah I'm into a lot of sports including the ones you mentioned cricket, football, and rugby. I wouldn't mind helping out a little. I'd probably be able to help more on the cricket articles though. I don't know too much about rugby and football. Pnatt 13:01, 21 September 2006 (EST)

This is my MySpace profile. http://www.myspace.com/nuts_about_hockey There's a list there of my sporting interests. Enjoy! Pnatt 13:10, 21 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Armchair Article

Hey Alex, I'm working on a feature article on Armchair for a news website I'm working for. You mind if I send you some interview questions? I'd like to get some quotes from your side of the pond :-) --I am a cpcp

Oh yeah, and I noticed on your user page our birthdays are only a day (and eight years) apart. Thought that was kind of cool.
- I e-mailed the questions to you through the link at the bottom of your user page. My birthday is the 28th.
  - I tried it again, if you don't get anything this time check your account to see what e-mail address it's sending to.

[edit] Fantasy Hockey League

How do I join exactly? Need some help. Thanks. Pnatt 20:22, 23 September 2006 (EST)

Is this the one? http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey. I already have a Yahoo! ID so that part is already done I just need to know what to do now... Pnatt 14:41, 24 September 2006 (EST)

Ok all done! My team is the Melbourne Blue Stars. http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/18445/9 So what do I do now? Pnatt 12:03, 25 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] ff league

hey alex! i saw you left a note on dnl's talk page. i hope he didnt quit our league...? oh well, good luck this week! Ufgators

[edit] 2 ideas

sure, both those ideas sound great!. i don't think ill have time to add content to those pages, but let me know if you need help setting up the actual page(s). --Roblefko 15:55, 24 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] USA

Let the record show, we're NOT all 'ugly Americans' - I may be ugly, but I'm not an ugly american, although my friend from tennessee used to call me a damned yankee all the time... Keep up the excellent work, and God save the Queen (she needs the help!) arrogant being, humble American

[edit] Calendar

Well you want a calendar for the year 2007 right? So should i set up the calendar where each date links to , for example, September 25, 2007? That way, it wont conflict with September 25. --User:Roblefko

[edit] ArmchairGM Redesign

Alex, we have finished up with the redesign and wanted to give you a sneakpeak before we go live with the site. If you want to check it out the link is here. Your username won't work, b/c its a different database, but please log in with the following:

user: test
pass: test

If you have any feedback good/bad or anything in between please, drop me a message on my userpage. Thanks! --Awrigh01 05:28, 26 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Video O' the Da

How could you! Just kidding. I don't really care, the more non-TO articles the better, even if we get seven videos of the day. I am a cpcp

[edit] Redesign Follow-Up

Hey Alex. Thanks for the feedback. All of the information on the current site will remain the same the only thing that will be different is the look of the whole site. --Awrigh01 12:07, 27 September 2006 (EST)

Aiming to have the site up on this server by sometime next week. Just making some last minute adjustments and double checking everything. --Awrigh01 12:17, 27 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Fantasy Hockey

I don't know the puck from a pick. Can you find someone else? --DNL 11:50, 28 September 2006 (EST)

Alex, if you need an even number, I can drop out of the league; I just realized that I have a class tomorrow at noon that I can't cut, and fantasy's no fun if you don't draft your own players. Will this help? - Davis21wylie 12:06, 28 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] 2007 Sports Calendar

Oh, i didnt realize you wanted it 3 months before the new year. Ok, Ill set up today. --Roblefko 13:11, 28 September 2006 (EST)

2007 Sports Calendar. There ya go, buddy.

[edit] Reply

Hey Alex. Sorry for not replying earlier, I've been a little busy. About the F1 articles I might have time to do a little but you'll have to tell me what to. Ohh and today the AFL Grand Final is on, that's like the Australian version of the Super Bowl or FA Cup Final, so it's a big day. Ohh and the Fantasy hockey league draft starts in 4 minutes!!! Pnatt 09:33, 29 September 2006 (EST)

I might quit, I dunno. It's just that I'm not good with long commitments and yeah the thing goes on for a while. We'll see how it goes. Pnatt 10:38, 29 September 2006 (EST)

Yeah I'll have to decide whether I want to stay or not. Thanks for inviting me to the fantasy hockey. It's just that I don't wanna force myself to stay on there if I don't want to. I only found out today that it's a long term thing. If I knew before hand I wouldn't have joined. I hope you understand. Pnatt 10:49, 29 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Calendar

WHat? You're taking time off of armchairgm to go eat dinner? how dare you. I'm taking away your administrative privileges. Haha, just kidding :) --Roblefko 11:21, 29 September 2006 (EST)

[edit] Grand Prix

I notice you created a page called Grand Prix with Snooker information. But isnt the Grand Prix also a common term for some type of auto racing? Can you fix up the page. Maybe put the snooker info on a page called Grand Prix (snooker). And on the Grand Prix page, write something like. "You may be looking for Grand Prix (snooker) or Grand Prix (auto racing)." THanks, --Roblefko 04:09, 1 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] NFL

Check out my comment here!! http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=IFAF_-_The_Future_of_American_Football#end Pnatt 05:10, 1 October 2006 (EST) Also, check out my comment here http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Why_Do_Forward_Passes_Exist%3F Pnatt 05:10, 1 October 2006 (EST)

Did you watch the NRL Grand Final today? Pnatt 05:10, 1 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] pet peeves

Please don't talk about it yet. Thanks. --DNL 05:56, 1 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Congratulations!

...On becoming Numero Uno. Great work, great dedication to the site. You've earned it! - Davis21wylie 09:30, 3 October 2006 (EST)

Well done! (You should clear your talk page now. :)) --DNL 09:38, 3 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Ask Armchair GM page(s)

Alex - Even though I think that this was a great idea (posting a question on the main page) but I think that it's becomming more of a problem than what it's worth... either there are multiple pages asking the same question or some of the answers in the comments section are just plain rude if you look back... granted I'm not an admin or have any saying here... but, honestly, I think it might be time to end the question pages IMO... Demonboy

[edit] Fantasy football...

Since I got you in a sense lol What would it take to get Ladell Betts?? Just curious...

I have Terry Glenn, Doug Gabriel, T.J.H. (on a bye week), Darrell Jackson (on bye week) & Travis TaylorDemonboy

[edit] theory

i was just kidding Pean 13:05, 3 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Fantasy Hockey

I changed my mind. I'll stay!! Pnatt 09:54, 4 October 2006 (EST)

I've got an excellent lineup anyway so I guess that's partly why I changeed my mind. Pnatt 10:00, 4 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Icon

Put the pic on your computer. Go to Profile Image. Upload it via that form. And shorten this talk page, it's huge! --DNL 09:40, 5 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] F1 Help

Ok, ill do all those belgian grand prix over the next week. I can just copy and paste from wikipedia? how long does it take to do each one? Is it a straight copy/paste or do i have to switch some code around? you dont have to go into detail, just tell me in general how long itll take and the extent of the copy/paste? --Roblefko 11:37, 5 October 2006 (EST)

Just leave me a bunch of red links you want me to do with a sample of one thats already finished, and ill do them. --Roblefko 11:52, 5 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Customizable thing

Email support. I don't know how to add things, but someone else will. --DNL 05:19, 7 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Preview of this year's Ashes

Umm the problem is Australia doesn't seem to be preparing that well or caring that much about the Ashes yet, only major news I've heard so far was about trying to outnumber the Barmey Army both on noise and attendance.

Yeah it's a good idea, I'd wait a bit though.

[edit] flag

The page pulls an image automatically. It's pulling the mini flag. I don't know how to fix it. Ask Pean --DNL 05:43, 8 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] re:Schroeder

Okay, thanks. Guess I should brush up on my International Politics.

By the way, this is the longest Talk Page I have ever seen. Good Work! ---Shark

[edit] Images

Hey Alex..the front page looks for any images located within an article -- it takes the first image it finds in the system, so in this case, it finds the flag image Pean 06:54, 9 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Featured stuff

Talk to Roblefko. And archive this page, it's nuts! --DNL 10:38, 9 October 2006 (EST)

I dont know. For now, we will have these articles for a few weeks until we figure out a method to feature articles. Any suggestsions? User:Roblefko

Ook, ill figure something out with the featured articles over the next week. Btw, you can see the Statistics by click on "Stats" which can be found on the bottom of every page in between the "ABout" and "terms of serivce" links.

Go Here and sort by sysops. You can also find this page by clicking on special pages, and user list.

[edit] F1

Added to the customize menu. --Awrigh01 11:28, 10 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Joining

No, tell him to click the big "Join Us" link on the top right. You dont see it, bc once you log in, it turns into the "My Page" button. Log out and look at the top right --Roblefko 12:02, 10 October 2006 (EST)hi alex

[edit] World Champion

"We've had this a lot" so you deleted it? After I spent considerable time writting a comment for it? Was I supposed to comment on some other page? Thanks a lot. MikeBriggs 12:46, 10 October 2006 (EST)

Ok, and I've reposted the comment (able to recreate becasue had it in a word processing file to check spelling, and hadn't deleted it yet). MikeBriggs 13:04, 10 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] World Champion

Please do not delete my questions regarding the term World Champion. I want to know the real meaning behind the term and so far I haven't found any. Pnatt 12:49, 10 October 2006 (EST)

I've just got a reasonable answer. Please don't delete the new page I created after you deleted the previous one. Thank you. Pnatt 12:53, 10 October 2006 (EST)

Don't worry. YOu can delete duplicate articles or articles that arent sports-related etc even if they have opinions/votes. But if its just a regular article that there's no reason to delete and the user who made it asks you to delete it, dont do it if someone else voted/commented on it. If he's the only who contributed to it, then you can delete it. --Roblefko 12:59, 10 October 2006 (EST)

Thought this was up your alley - PatrickBurke1980

[edit] scout

glad you like it...now, im going to take it away if you don't archive this talk page!!!! Pean 12:42, 12 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] erroneous comments made about Australia

Yep. In the Victorian Era, it was founded and Britain dumped its' prisoners there. So, in effect most non-aborigonees in Australia are simply decendants of British prisoners.

I suggest that you research this before making wild observations and before I start thinking that English people are ignorant of Australia. Pnatt 11:22, 16 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Travel Guide

Thanks for sticking your nose in and helping. If you like the idea, you should set one up for English cities as well. --Roblefko 11:38, 19 October 2006 (EST)

You can use the same template. Its up to you. Just call the page Birmingham, England Sports Travel Guide to avoid confusion with another city of same name.

[edit] Rugby

I thikn you left me the wrong link. You left me a link to a nonexistent page. --User:Roblefko

What's wrong. The page looks fine on my computer?

[edit] Alex!

Sorry if I sounded a bit rough with the Australia comments it's just that it's simply not true that most prisoners are decendents from British prisoners. While it may have been true before Australia is a very multiculural society today. Umm sorry I'm really don't feel like writing articles I think I've shifted my focus to writing comments. Anyway write back about what I said. An arrogant Aussie

Yeah MLS doesn't sound too appealing, just look at the name of the league!! There's no doubt that the FA Premier League is the best soccer league in the world!! Even the A-League is better than MLS, do you agree? Pnatt 06:31, 20 October 2006 (EST)

You like to rub it in don't you Alex?! It's funny cos I wasn't even sure when the Ashes begin! Shows how well prepared we are! Pnatt 06:34, 20 October 2006 (EST)

Yeah agreed. I find it unbelievable that prior to the World Cup the United States were ranked 5th in the world! Pnatt 06:40, 20 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Nationalities

I just saw your nationalities piece. We should have though it ages ago. Thecrookedcap 07:43, 20 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] I'm not dead, just 'retired'

(archive your page, it's HUGE!) Beta scout is great eh? It's a slow day at work, I have to do SOMETHING to stay awake! Thanks for keeping an eye on me, but I'm not going away, I'm just backing off... I figured I could help the sight more by being "invisible" and enigmatic. But seriously, get back to doing your GOOD work, I don't need attention wasted on me when there's MANNY more things that can use a little AH 'love'... As always, I read most of 'em and I deeply appreciate everything you bring to the site. You're one of my faves! (especially when you get snippy)

I can't get Bette Midle out of my head now, but oh well... +

just waiting for REAL retirement now

[edit] Indy

I've just been looking around the auto racing stuff, and I've been wanting to do something. I wanted to switch up the configuration that is "Indianapolis Motor Speedway" on AGM. The oval is really IMS. I created an "Indianpolis Infield" page for the F1 track. I hope you don't mind, and it's really such a minor thing, but as a big Indycar fan it means a lot. Thecrookedcap 07:55, 20 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Re:Tracks

I believe I'm within the bounds, since I'm using it for NASCAR configurations. Thecrookedcap 08:54, 20 October 2006 (EST)

There are two reasons I'm making pictures of ovals:

I wanted some continuity between all the race tracks on AGM, so they all deserve pictures.
There are differences; trust me. Aside from the oddball that is Pocono, there are two primary kinds of ovals and I'm showing which one it each track is. It also helps me describe the banking of turns, which comes into play.

Thecrookedcap 09:13, 20 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Mexico City

That track is currently on my back burner. I am trying to start with Nextel Cup tracks first, so feel free to work on it for now. Thecrookedcap 09:21, 20 October 2006 (EST)

I'm having troubling finding the bank. It's no big deal, since I added it for oval tracks primarily. And since Mexico City is one of those rare places where a stock car makes a right turn, it is a small detail. Thecrookedcap 10:05, 20 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Rugby Page

On my computer, i can see all the columns, so its not a problem with the wiki language. Let Awrigh01 or Pean know that the right side of the page is blocked out on your screen. --Roblefko 12:49, 20 October 2006 (EST)

I can see all of the columns too. I would try to build the page with a 100% width and see if that makes it better. I might also try pressing the control button and refresh, maybe something got cached and the page needs to be refreshed. If that doesn't work, assuming you are using widows, I would right click on your desktop, click properties, then try to increase your resolution. We'll figure it out --Awrigh01 06:08, 21 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] NBA Draft

You're never going to believe this. My power went out about 20 minutes before the draft, and it only now came back on. I'm -- what's the term? -- not pleased. So give me a draft recap, buddy. Who else was there, etc. I still can't believe this happened! - Davis21wylie 11:24, 21 October 2006 (EST)

NBA '98, that's great! I'm amazed that guys who were good back then (Iverson, Ilgauskas) are still good today. So, yeah, you've got a pretty nice team. For my part, I somehow managed to get Nash/Nowitzki on autodraft, but I still wish I had actually picked my team. Oh, well. It's a shame that my computer was down, sounds like a lively time was had by all! ("all" meaning "you".) Hopefully we can turn you into a full-fledged basketball fan through this... - Davis21wylie 11:52, 21 October 2006 (EST)

Wow, teletext is weird. I had only barely heard of it before, and we don't have anything like that here in the States. The closest we come is an interactive programming guide that you can call up on your TV via remote control. Teletext... Very odd, yet somehow cool! (I find myself saying that about a lot of British things, actually) - Davis21wylie 15:07, 21 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Page Title

Nice catch. Fixed --Awrigh01 11:51, 21 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] You and Your darned English Sensibilities

Alright, AH. On your behalf, I'll just completely ignore the troll. I don't want to be percieved as a bully (It's not like I've threatened him in any manner). I wanted to help the dude out but he needs REAL help. I apologize if it makes you see me for anything more than I am; someone who wants to have fun.

I am very strong-willed and I have an inate nature to defend people/things from ridiculous, unacceptable behavior of the sort. But in this case, it doesn't benefit anyone. The admins do a fine job and I don't want to throw fuel on this fire to make it tougher for them.

I apologize. Things get out of hand sometimes, I guess. I'm doing the best I can with what I have

[edit] Can't you just have crows peck out my eyes instead??

I do have some work/editing to complete on the WNBA... maybe I'll just write a new article today... I asked DNL to delete "Armchair Users Unite"... I never asked anyone to delete my work before... I am feeling shamed. Guess Who?? (or just mouseover the link and see

[edit] Not sure I get you

The big rule is "should be about sports." After that, it's OK. --DNL 10:11, 24 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Re: Race Reports

I will try to get to it. I am currently at the middle of the semester, so work is piling up and I am in the process of writing the first honest-to-goodness lesson to teach to actual high school students. I may pour out a few on the weekend, but I can't make any guarantees. Thecrookedcap 11:48, 24 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] images

ask pean --DNL

[edit] images

Right now it is just pulling an image from the article at random. Theres no other way currently to specificy which image gets taken, other than to have only one image present. Its something we have to work on. Pean 07:19, 30 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Australian Snooker

Hey, nah snooker ain't popular at all. They hardly ever show it here anymore they did show it a bit before. The interest of snooker in Australia seems to be the same if not worse than American football! I'm sure there's a few people that play snooker but not as interested in professional snooker. Pnatt 12:28, 30 October 2006 (EST)

I don't even know who Will Robertson is! Pnatt 12:31, 30 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Jalen Rose

No problem. I thought it was funny. But i still deleted it for obvious reasons. --Roblefko 12:48, 30 October 2006 (EST)

[edit] Brackets

I think Roblefko is your man there. --DNL 12:50, 3 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Brackets, Part Deux

Hey Alex, I just noticed your question on Roblefko's page as I was going to leave a message to him. A while ago I made Template:8TeamBracket, Template:4TeamBracket, and Template:16TeamBracket that should address your need. There are instructions on how to use each in the article's talk pages. Xinoph 09:55, 4 November 2006 (EST)

You are most welcome! Use them wisely :) If you have any questions about them, please drop me a line. If you need brackets with other numbers of teams, they should be easy enough to create using those as models.Xinoph 19:12, 4 November 2006 (EST)

I think the easiest way to do that would be to either type spaces, as you suggested, or type "Bye Round" or some other form thereof. Again, feel free to fiddle with the code and create a new version that better suits your needs, if that would work best for you. Xinoph 05:44, 5 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Fantasy Recap

Hey Alex, do you need any help with the article? Pnatt 05:59, 5 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Playoff Brackers

Playoff brackets for what sport? If NBA (or any other 16 team playoff format), you can find it here Roblefko's 2006-07 NBA Predictions.

[edit] Snooker Players

You sure? Youll also then have to go and change the categories all the opinions are in. For example, on the bottom of this page: Mark Allen (Northern Ireland) it has his opinions show up. Once we move the page to Mark Allen, youll also then have to go and switch the opinions to "Category:Mark Allen Opinions"...You sure you want me to move the pages knowing that? --Roblefko 10:32, 5 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Excel

Yeah, that's exactly what I do. I select the cells that I want to put into the article, then copy and paste them to Notepad. From there, I go through and make sure that the columns are all aligned properly -- sometimes player names are too long, and they screw up the formatting. Once I get it looking nice in Notepad, all I have to do is "select all", and copy/paste to AGM. Remember to put the <pre> and </pre> tags around your table, though. I hope that helped... - Davis21wylie 11:36, 11 November 2006 (EST)

Sadly, wiki markup (i.e., the double brackets) doesn't work when you're in <pre>, so you can't link to the names. If you put it into an html table (like I did for the GT basketball team), you can link, but the code gets pretty messy if it's a big table. If you really want your table to have links, try Google searching for a program that converts excel to an html table; I haven't had much luck with those in the past, and the resulting code will almost certainly give you one of those "WARNING: This page is 36 kilobytes long" messages, but it might be worth a try if you want links. - Davis21wylie 12:09, 11 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Been Busy

Sorry... I'm swamped w/a ton of stuff. It may be a while before I can address concerns. For images and stuff, tho, ask Pean?--DNL 19:41, 14 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Table

You can do whatever you like, making the table bigger messes up the top bar, that the only reason why I changed it. --12:59, 19 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Cricket

I'll give it a try. After Christmas, maybe? I went to the Cricinfo site the other day, but I'm sorry to say that I couldn't make heads or tails of the stats they have! :( But I'll definitely read up on whatever sources (Wikipedia, etc.) you would suggest for a cricket newbie. Baseball vaguely descended from cricket, right? Maybe that will make it easier for me to understand. Anyway, I think it's an interesting idea, and I'd certainly be willing to give it a shot. Let me know what background reading I should do to ease my way into an understanding of the sport... - Davis21wylie 12:00, 18 December 2006 (EST)

[edit] Happy New Year!

While I personally never understood celebrating the passage of a random unit of time, I understand people like the kissing and the drinking, so Happy New Year! Xinoph 14:08, 31 December 2006 (EST)

[edit] hey

Hey Alex -- right now there is no way to choose the image that gets on the front page..it still will pull any image that might appear on there (any image using wiki format that is)

By the way, I had to change your article about the Denver guy getting shot, because it was just copied and pasted into the page. You can redo it as long as its in your own words. Thanks and Happy New Year! Pean 10:03, 1 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Rosters

Hey, good catch. Ill try and get around to the rosters. With regards to Wikipedians, its not a good idea, the admins will probably end up blocking us for spamming their users. --Roblefko 20:08, 1 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Schumacher

Done. (by the way, don't you have access to edit the main page? You have permission to changed te featured articles whenever you like :))

You still have access to edit it: this should work. --Roblefko 05:20, 3 January 2007 (EST)

fixed. I forgot about the new stuff page. (btw, you can edit that too!)

[edit] Oh, I'm not ignoring you... I would never ignore you!

I'm going to reject your your challenge, but offer a new challenge with "slight" modifications... in a bit. I'm not sure I benefit much from whooping you chess then having you do something fun like a Red Wings page...

Plus I wanna check out Yahoo chess before we go at it, but I definitely look forward to it! I'm the man, you the Manny

[edit] CFL Fantasy League

This will be the first fantasy league that I am running. I don't know all the parameters of the league just yet. So, I don't know if it is going to be a ACGM Fantasy League. I offered to Manny because he was kind enough to let me in on his league last year. If I have room, I will definitely let you know. I am not going through yahoo, as my computer has some difficulties with the site. More than likely, I will be going through Fantasy Sports Network.Erooster 15:57, 5 January 2007 (EST)

Alex, the link is as follows for the Fantasy Sports Network: http://www.fantasysportsnetwork.com/cfl/default.aspx. Like I said, once I know who is in, if there is space, I will definitely let you know.Erooster 13:32, 6 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Challenge

Sorry to reject you, but I'm not supporting the rise of NASCAR crap on this site =)

[edit] Favre Challenge

Christof

I am cool with the challenge, except for the Patrick Roy request (I can't stand the guy). Instead of writing a article on Roy, I want you to write an article in support of Ron Hextall being inducted into the hockey hall of fame. If you are cool with that, the challenge is on.

Chris

[edit] Chess Match of the Century

I'm kinda lazy, but I like to play chess really fast anyway, so time limits mean little... How about we draw out the drama and have the match before the Super Bowl (a.k.a. "in about a fortnight or two")?

Captain Checkmate

[edit] Perfect!

28-01-07 it shall be! Prepare yourself semi-adequately! My favorite chess piece is the horsey

[edit] My Challenge

It's me and Manny, what do you expect? =)

[edit] Foo

Site demo :) --DNL 15:23, 8 January 2007 (EST)

The whole site -- showing it to an old friend. --DNL 09:56, 9 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Recent Challenge

I don't know who Jimmy White or Matthew Stevens are or what sport you're even referring to. I also couldn't name five NHL players... --I am a cpcp

[edit] Fantasy NASCAR

Alex -- will you be using Fantasy Nascar in your Fantasy Championship 2007? If so, I will sign up. If not, no big deal. I wouldn't sign up for it otherwise. Good job on the fantasy standings... I plan to be on top at the end of the year! Joebook

[edit] Snooker Challenge

Ok, i accepted. But, Ill have no idea where to find out who won, so Ill trust you in telling me if i won :) --Roblefko 11:51, 11 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Help a noob?

User:Kelsdad is looking for help w/the site -- wiki markup and stuff. Can you contact him and help him out? Thanks! --DNL 12:52, 12 January 2007 (EST)

Dunno... lots of wiki markup stuff. Help is in the upper-right of each page. --DNL 13:35, 12 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Re: Admin

Alex sorry I am not an admin for the site, just an overly active user. Good luck though with chalking up that win on the Challange.

Also redo the odds for the World Cup and Ill take you up on a challange for thatBigPPup

[edit] hey

hey alex..you can use <br> tags to create line breaks in HTML..Also, i have completed your two challenges Pean 10:25, 14 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Haha

Never bet against me when I have no idea who im picking :). You seem to like NHL more than the other two sports, and we don't have many NHL edits, so feel free to pick any five NHL players. Thanks, --Roblefko 10:30, 14 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] challenge

hmm, strange...an admin seemed to cancel the challenge..i restored it...in the future, any admin involved in the challenge will not be able to cancel it (in case The Beast tried cancelling it after he lost) Pean 13:44, 14 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Hockey Bios

good job. I gave you a positive rating ofcourse. also, I know you've been patient for a while, so i just wanted to tell you that we will have a really cool way to do the Hall of Fame within a week or two. --Roblefko 13:49, 16 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Brackets

Yeah, I played around with it for a while, and I couldnt figure it out. Do you have any other creative easier way of doing it? --Roblefko 12:51, 17 January 2007 (EST)

[edit] Fantasy Bet

It will be hard for me to beat you this week... we have almost the same team! I started Weir the last two days, and you started Phil, but our teams are very similar. Good Luck... Joebook

[edit] PGA Cut

I believe the cut is after three rounds, but rumor says it's four. That wouldn't make any sense, so I'll stick with three. Joebook

[edit] Challenges

Push means it's a tie. --Roblefko

[edit] Meebo

www.meebo.com, choose meebome. --DNL

[edit] Charley Hoffmann

Alex, I'll have a bio up for this unknown golfer in a couple of days... I've been pretty busy, but I'll get it done for ya... congrats. Joebook

[edit] BIO

Alex, I've put up a bio of Charley Hoffman, winner of the tournament. It isn't very good, because I don't know all of the tricks of editing, but I wrote a little about him. I don't know who to talk to as far as admin goes, but it hasn't awarded you the challenge victory yet. Congrats again... Joebook

[edit] PLease Refresh My Memory

What time am I beating you tomorrow? Can you get back to me with GMT? I'm seven hours behind/yet earlier in the day than you, so if I gotta wake up at 6am (1pm your time) to do this, I'm gonna be extra cranky and extra motivated to kick your ass swiftly (or lose with top notch reckless abandon - Goooo Cricket!).. hee hee Just a pawn in the game of life, but I dress like a Queen... wait that didn't come out right

[edit] I do remember

You said anytime before 3pm EST, which is 1pm to me... I'd like to do it much earlier if possible (I have some tattoo work to get done), anytime after 7am my time is suitable, (9am EST = 1pm GMT if I'm not mistaken) Yes, I know everyone uses UTC, not GMT now but I'm old school... We'll meet on the hour, get comfy and let the game roll from there... I'll set a "running Blog" page up on the 'chair and we'll coordinate info there.

I am excited to play my first intercontinental match!

(I'm not tagging this with my name)

[edit] I'm on Mountain Time, not Pacific

Yeah, to further confuse you, Arizona does not observe "daylight savings time" so we're 2 hours behing New york half the year (we're currently 2 hours different), 3 hours behind the other half.

But yeah, 7 hours behind you currently. 10am my time would = 5 your time!

That's fine, we can go earlier if you want, but 10/5 is perfectly acceptable!

My yahoo name is "Theowies". We'll meet on the chair in the so-called running blog, you can find a room and post it (so others can watch) then we'll have at it...

(it's gonna be harder to get all of this arranged than playing the actual match!)

Life is a chess match to me, homie!

[edit] See, that's why I like you...

You're on top of your isht. I'll be on bright and early tomorrow warming up my horsies, bedposts and castles. I might put the "running blog" up so I can pre-game hype and talk trash, get people "into it". Then tomorrow we can roll up our sleeves and begin the first ArmchairGM Chess World Championship.

Get back at me with a "Wresting Style nickname" to add to the drama. I'm either going with Manny "Queen Me" Stiles "One Tough Rook-ie" or "The Checkinator"

side note: I hurt myself filming an ArmchairGM "commercial" today! I'm such an idiot sometimes (here's where you say "sometimes?")

Anyway, I'll hit up Yahoo! tonight to make sure my settings, etc. are up to par. I can't tell you how truly excited I am to play chess - I haven't played a live, non-random person in over a decade, everyone's afraid of my isht-talking. I don't care if I win or lose, I just hope we don't stalemate. And I am truly honored to have at it with the honorable and esteemed, You!

Good luck, Big A... get some rest tonight ;D

I'm the Manny, you da Man!

[edit] Mega Bowl

Hey I want to get on the Maga Bowl of Chess ladder, can u tel me how?

[edit] Sorry about the mess

My bad on making Mega Bowl of Chess such a big deal. Sasha should be up on the rankings with me since we agreed to a match as a challenge well before the inaugural Mega Bowl event took place. I gotta play him first! I think he should be 2nd, I should be 3rd... it's only fair.

You beat me now everyone wants some of that action!

[edit] About that...

The Cricket article is a touchy issue right now. I'm gonna write it definitely, but the timing of the whole issue sucks. I am doing a charity event soon concerning baseball and I don't want to trash baseball then try to strum up charitable donations based on my love of baseball. I was originally planning on writing it after the Super Bowl, just to let the whole football buzz go away and lend to Spring Training baseball. then I decided to go ahead with an idea I've been sitting on for too long.

I chose the theme because I wanted to do it anyway (expect it to be drenched in humor and sarcasm, but coherent nonetheless)

I know this doesn't make much sense right now, but I will definitely get the article posted eventually. Just be patient with me as I squeeze it in discreetly with all the other crap I've started! Me

I could have saved myself some trouble by just beating you in chess...

[edit] Billiards

Hey Alex, I have to work during that time period tomorrow. Otherwise I'd be there. I'll leave you a message someday on Sunday letting you know when I'm available early next week. --I am a cpcp

Oops!! I forgot to change the time when I copied your challenge description. I work until 3 pm (my time) so I will be able to be online around 3:30-3:45. If you want to set the room up around then and leave me a message where to meet you I be there as soon as I can. I am a cpcp

[edit] Favre

I will write the F-1 story, if Favre shows up to training camp. However, talk is cheap at this time of year. Lets see if he follows thru and reports to training camp. If he does, the story will be posted. And yes, please send me all of the sources that you have!

[edit] Nationwide

That's great! Thanks for being so prompt. --I am a cpcp

[edit] hey

ill get to it soon Pean 09:55, 8 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Mega Bowl

I was wondering about the Mega Bowl and will it effect the game because of time differences. I live in Australia and i'm not sure about rhe times.

Cheers, Joeboy21

[edit] Race Report

Hey Alex. I've taken on a second job and am now working about 50 hours a week, so I just got a chance to pick a race report. I'm going to do the 1952 German Grand Prix. I've looked over what you provided and I'll hopefully be able to get it done by the end of next week. --I am a cpcp

[edit] Mega Bowl of Chess

Well, I've knocked off two competitors now, but still fear the wrath of Big A... my arse is still sore from the whoopin' you applied. We will need to get a battle in eventually, I suppose! I've been researching Cricket to build my article, I have about half of what I need, I DIDN'T forget!!!

The guy who likes horseys and castles

[edit] Six Nations

Im sure you have been watching the Tourney so far. I dont get to see all the games over here, but Ive made sure to catch my Irish both times so far. I cant believe what happened to them on Sunday. I wanted that win bad over the French. SO whats up with the English? Is there anyone on that squad besides Johnny who can play? BigPPup

Yeah, I think England vs. Ireland is going to be great. That will be a big one for my club here. As I am the only Irish supporter on my club, trying to keep off our English recruits. Italy has looked a lot better than I thought they would. I like the French a lot. But after their squeak out performance against IReland on Sunday, I think England may be able to take them.

[edit] article

hey alex..yeah it might gotten the votes but as a page gets older it takes a little more votes Pean 08:04, 13 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Did you see?

The USA earned a shield at the World Cup 7s tourney in San Diego this past week. Tui Osbourne (my teammate) put down a try in the last game against Portigual. Also P.J. the scrumie for the USA team (and one of USA's newest brightest stars at 19) is another one of my teammates and will be playing some Scrumhalf adn winger for us come the Super League season in March BigPPup

[edit] Close

The Shield gave us around sixth or 7th overall. The USA went 3-3 overall, including 2-1 on the final day. Trust me any American who went to the games knows exactly what is going on. It was a solid showing for a 7's side that might have an average age of about 20 or 21. 7's will be the way that the USA breaks into Rugby on the IRB scene. BigPPup

Ouch. Thought they finished better than 13th. Not bad though, I will take it as a start. Yes I really do think 7's is where the USA can be great early and often on the international scene. We are built quick paced games. My Club team sponsors an inner city highschool Club team. They competed in teh 7's competion out in San Diego and ahve become oneo fthe top high school 15's teams in the country. P.J. the halfback is from there.

[edit] Momsgonewild

I figured that, with that username and those comments, there's no way this guy's gonna be a serious contributor here... - Davis21wylie 06:27, 14 February 2007 (EST)

im on it Pean 06:28, 14 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Easy, Grasshopper!

Do you want an article or do you want a good article?

PLEASE be patient, I have my reasons... --E--

[edit] Two Things

First of all, I wanted to update you on my race report. I had to pick up a second job, so I've had absolutely no time to work on it. My schedule will be easing up dramatically in the next week or two and this race report is at the top of my priority list. I am going to get it done, I'm not going to stick you on it. I just honestly have not had any time.

Second, can you please complete this in my favor? The Browns won the toss earlier this week. I'd appreciate it. Thanks! --I am a cpcp

[edit] Fantasy Baseball

Hey Alex, will you be okay with a 3:00 EST draft instead of 2:30? Joebook says he doesn't get off work until 2:00, so he couldn't do the draft if we leave it as is. Anyway, just checking with you because of your unique time zone... Thanks. - Davis21wylie 01:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Challenge

I will get to the report in a while. I've still got to fill out all the Bios of the New England Patriots, and write a couple of WNBA bios from previous challenges. As soon as I'm done with those, I'll ask your for the info to fill it out. False Prophet 15:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article

Can I tell you that I had your article (as well as two other challenges I was trying to pay up on) in one piece and about 2/3rds done and my MicroShaft computer blue screened me (The Blue Screen of Death!) My emephen day was slightly maligned from that point out. Gimme time. I don't want to just do the article to fulfill a commitment, I want it to be good, too.

Don't worrry about me doing too much... FalseWags is apparently out to crush us both in the rankings!

Wait til he finds out I don't care =D I still got the only guy who can whoop me at chess as #1

[edit] Fantasy Draft

Alex, the points league (the one with Davis21Wylie's strange estimated runs format) is still drafting this afternoon/evening. Here's the link.

The four tildas? Buh?

Aha. Thanks! Tylersalt 18:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Wikipedia/F1

First, wikipedia falls under the same liscence as we are, so I'm free to copy it right into here. They even say so [2]. Whoever told you that you need to post the history is wrong. Their work is in the public domain and they allow anyone to copy it. The Beast now owes you the F1 report. I challenged it off to him. It's his responsibility now. False Prophet 03:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

I'm gonna get you to clean you talk page or I'm gonna edit it until you do =D

Alex - you're by far my favorite writer on the site. You are an edit god. I always appreciate your raw, untainted insightfulness in your comments, your articles are written with sheer passion and love for the topic, yet educational and enjoyable for the reader. I don't give a flying you-name-it about being #1 or the rankings;whatever... ArmchairGM is played on wiki, not a secret formula, you know? I'm just not competetive like that. I do what I do because that's what I do (and I'm really quite lazy about it).

I contribute because I've got stuff I'm gonna say anyway and articles I'm gonna write anyway. I'm a little not-right and that's my rite to why I write alright? That being said, I quit my job today to be a stay-at-home Dad, so I'll have a ton of free time all summer long and lots of observations to "talk/write" about. Yes, you will get your cricket article, it will be fantastic and a treasure for generations to come, I'm sure. I'm not avoiding you. I just want you to focus on being the best YOU that you can be and let "manny be manny" and don't gather your image of self-worth based on how you compare to an opinionated whackjob with too many chemical imbalances, a computer and abundant free time.

Just do what you do and don't worry about others feel about it. It's how YOU feel. Time will justify your worthiness, my friend. Be patient, young buck! A guy who shudders when he hears your name and chess in the same sentence

[edit] Special:Emailuser

http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Special:Emailuser&target=DNL is the link -- just put in their username instead of mine. Remember to replace spaces with underscores like _ <-- that. --DNL

[edit] challenge standings

thanks alex..i fixed it Pean 14:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NHL Challenge

Hey Alex, that sounds like a cool idea. I'll cook a rating up in the next few days, and we should be good to go. You should know something about me: I'm actually a huge (closeted) hockey fan! In fact, I may even be going to see a Thrashers playoff game in the next few weeks, which will be my first NHL playoff experience. I'm pumped! BTW, have you seen my NHL player rankings? They're based on the +/- data at this ridiculously cool site... Some of the results are odd ([[Tom Preissing comes off as one of the best players in the league), but all in all, I think it's pretty cool. Anyway, you're on for this challenge! - Davis21wylie 16:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stats link

spied on your message to DNL..and fixed the link :) Pean 18:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hall of Fame

Yeah, we almost have it on AGM. Here's the idea. If you look at one of our other sites , see http://entertainment.wikia.com/index.php?title=Braveheart for example, notice how we have the 5 star rating box on the right side. I figure if we put those on all the player pages, we can have a Hall of Fame, where if you ahve 4.5 stars or over (or some number we all can agree on), you are in First Tier Hall of Fame, 3.75 or over, you are in Second Tier Hall of Fame, etc.. I'll let you know when we have that 5 star box working. What do you think of the idea? --Roblefko 15:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

actually, we'll have it up today. ill keep you posted. :)

Ok, check out a player page: see Derek Jeter for example on top right. It should be on every player page, because i put it in the Template:Player Profile Box Middle1 page, which I think is loaded into every player page. Feel free to get the project running. --Roblefko 16:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

To answer your question of how it is brought altogehter- you can list out all the pages in a certain category (e.g. Category:MLB Players) in order of highest score. See User:Roblefko/DraftHoF for example.

Feel free to put the voting box in any sport's player pages. Just figure out what template is in all pages, and put it into that template. If not, youll have to do it manually for each player.

To have a list for ALL sports, you would have to put in all the categories under the Category= field. Category=MLB Players, NFL Players, NHL Players, etc..

[edit] hof

for the listpages field, you can also put "rating minimum = X", so only players that have a certain number of votes will show up..will prevent all the people with 5's who have just one vote Pean 20:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

you can put it on any page by putting this template on the page: Template:Hall of Fame Voting. You don't need to put the whole player profile box onto the page. --Roblefko 21:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Update

Yep, I finally worked out all of the issues w/ my system -- in fact, I was about to message you, because I added the current rankings here. What are your terms if I lose? If you really want me to do F1 history pages, I'll do them, but I was thinking that since this is an NHL challenge, we should make the spoils of victory involve hockey pages. Here's my proposal: Whoever loses has to do scouting reports (like the one I did on Daniel Alfredsson's page) on each of the Top 20 scorers in the NHL in 2006-07. Let me know what you think... - Davis21wylie 17:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, that's fair enough. Your challenge is en route! - Davis21wylie 19:12, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Very funny. We'll do better today -- I've got two pitchers starting this afternoon. - Davis21wylie 19:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure, just make a draft with whatever you have to say about the matchups, then I'll add my 2 cents, and we'll submit it as a joint opinion. I can't add anything until today's games are completed, though -- I want my formula to use the final season stats. - Davis21wylie 17:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tiger Challenge

I lost 2 chess matches, 2 super bowl challenges, and then the F1 challenge with you. Thanks, I really don't want to write 30 Articles(which I have to do if Tiger loses)!!!!!

Btw, please don't put the __NOEDITSECTION__ onyo your page. It's more than 3 times longer than the ideal maximum and makes it hard to load to leave a message. False Prophet 15:43, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

Our challenge article is in the books! Great work, I'm looking forward to the next one... - Davis21wylie 03:42, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Very Slowly

[edit] Hmm=

Ask Rob. :) --DNL 17:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Football Outsiders

here. --DNL :)

College to pros. --DNL

[edit] Game Recaps

They do show up on right side of main page under just created section. Which one's aren't showing up? --Roblefko 16:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formula One Encyclopedia

You can get rid of that unneccesary info by adding:

ShowStats=No ShowCategory=No ShowDate=No

into the code. I did it for drivers. Just see what I did there and repeat it for the rest of the sections. --Roblefko 16:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bugs

ok, will fix..thanks Pean 20:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Challenge!

Hey, do you want to get started on Round 2's predictions? Make a page like last time, and I'll add my stuff to it. Remember, the 2nd round starts Wednesday, April 25 (that's tomorrow), so we don't have a lot of time... - Davis21wylie 14:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HelP!

This needs more content. Please! --DNL 14:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, write those guys up. Thanks! --DNL

Cool! Thanks. --DNL

What about Sachin Tendulkar? Can you do him? Is there a more influential cricketteer to do? --DNL

[edit] Challenge!

It's that time again, do you want to get started on Round 3's predictions? I formatted your page for the 3rd round already, so all you have to do is put your text and "decisions" in the appropriate place. The next round starts on Thursday, May 10, so we've got a few days. BTW, we're still tied, which is ridiculous b/c I called Anaheim over Vancouver all the way, but you got BUF-NYR and DET-SJ in the correct # of games! :( Next time we do this, getting the series right should count more than getting the # of games right, like they do at this ESPN challenge... Oh, well. Good luck in the conference finals! :) - Davis21wylie 04:27, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'm finished with my writeups, it's all yours... - Davis21wylie 20:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! - Davis21wylie 17:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advice

Sure, I can give you a little advice. Well, BaseballProspectus had him projected for a .299, 78 runs, 8 HR, 62 RBI, 5 SBs. With the way it is going, as you know, he isn't going to even touch those numbers. This is only Freddy's 3rd full season, and his OBPs have been .336 and .378. I'm guessing he will end up with an OBP in between those two numbers, probably closer to .336. That should be good enough to score 65+ runs hitting in front of Jason Bay. He's got Chris Duffy and Jack Wilson hitting in front of him, so he will have VERY few RBI opportunities.

Freddy has been banged up this year, but I think he is fully healthy and that health is not what is wrong. To be honest, luck was very much on Freddy's side last year. He was poking doubles all over the field and his Batting Average on Balls in Play was inflated, at .370. This year his BABIP is at .294. His 2005 BABIP was .308, so he's not far below a normal BABIP.

Sanchez's BB rate is where it normally would be but his K%, while still good, is higher than normal. This means he could be trying too hard or still a little rusty from the time lost to injury. From what I've seen, he hasn't looked as "confident" or "smart" at the plate this year as he did last year. This should be fixed in time.

Sanchez's power is down this year. The biggest reason for this is the fact he is hitting fewer flyballs and line drives, while hitting more groundballs. This is out of the norm, but not by much. That was how he hit before he became a line drive machine last year. So don't expect him to be hitting 50 doubles again.

Early signs are all pointing toward Sanchez reverting right back to where he was in 2005, as opposed to his breakout in 2006. It looks like that .370 BABIP was what made his year last season. If you were expecting last year's numbers, I would know expect something like a .290/ 3 HR/65 R/45 RBI final line. At 2B, there is still room to start him, but if things don't turn around in a few weeks, it will be time to declare last year a fluke, and accept Sanchez for a borderline starter at best.

[edit] Alex Rios

You are correct, Alex Rios is of Puerto Rican heritage, but was born December, 18, 1981 in Coffee, Alabama.

Kelsdad

[edit] Previous/Next

Yeah , we know, we are working on fixing that. --Roblefko 16:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

ok its fixed. (and not only that, you can also now vote for someone just by clicking the stars , u dont need to go on that person's page anymore. Go to MLB Player Ratings for example, and put your mouse over the stars to see what i mean. --Roblefko 19:24, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin

Alex, it turns out you are all ready an admin. You should be able to delete and protect pages, as well as block users/IP addresses. --'Prophet

[edit] Race Track Ratings

Sure, ill do it once im done with the other sports that im in the middle of. I did it for you here though: Brands Hatch, if you wanna do it on your own. --Roblefko 12:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Hold on. Do all the tracks have the "Race track" template in them? If so, I can just put the rating box into the template, and then you wont have to edit any pages at all :) --12:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Done :)

[edit] Gifts

For now, you can't make gifts. Just let us know what gifts you want, and we can add them as time permits. --Roblefko 16:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patience

Young grasshopper! Never forget that I'm lazy... the body cannot keep pace with what the mind creates.

[edit] Meebo

Not sure why, but your meebo box is a bit messed up. -- False Prophet 02:40, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BATracer

I left you a message on BATracer. -- 'Prophet

Got it, and will do

Hey, I wrote it in like 20 seconds. There were bo

[edit] Chess

Friday beteen 5-6 PM EST. I'll play him then. -- 'Prophet

[edit] Stick Cricket

Yeah, I looked at that earlier. I suck at it. I played four or five games, five overs each, averaged about ten runs, and was all out before five overs. What do you score? -- taytay_24 22 May 2007

I played three games last night. I'm getting the timing down. -- taytay_24 23 May 2007

[edit] NO 1. Draft Picks

It got linked to here: http://myespn.go.com/nba/truehoop That's why it got so many votes. --Roblefko 01:35, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Snooker Rankings

Alright Odd, I'll see what I can do...

Sorry for the mishaps...I was just helping to pass some time, but I've got some things to do...I'll fill in when I get some more time... -JuTMSY4

No Problem, Sorry I could do more. I was watching the baseball game yesterday and it kept my hands busy. Keep me updated on your other projects, its a good mindless thing to do during commercials... - JuT

[edit] Germany

I'll remind my people and all of my family not to let you in my country... U.S. Germans everywhere take great offense! ;-) - JuT

[edit] The New F1 Guy

PLEASE make him a state-of-the-art encyclopedia entry... like Kosuke Fukudome's -- I'll try and get it some links. --DNL 01:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Lewis Hamilton. I was hasty, but my goal is to get pages for people who aren't superstars yet -- basically, I want to have a lot of information on people for whom there is not a lot of information! --DNL 12:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Those guys sound great. The goal here, though, is to CRUSH the Wikipedia entry. We want Wikipedia to be your nuts-and-bolts biographical overview, with us being the in-depth, foremost information source. You're an expert, show your stuff! --DNL 15:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mindless task

No problem but it might be a few days. I'm going away this weekend and may or may not have time. I'll keep you updated...

--JuTMSY4

[edit] Billiards

I'll fill in the red links with templates if you want. -- False Prophet 19:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, if you could get community help instead of, well, me, that'd be better for, well, me :) --DNL 20:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sports Moments

I was hoping you could help with this project: Greatest Sports Moments Project. --Letsgojets 17:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Alex

Yeah, ChachiOSU is Chachi. I lost the Chachi name when they combined with the other wiki sites. Also, I haven't been able to be on much, but hopefully I'll be on a bit more often. --The Original Chachi 20:28, 29 June 2007 (EST)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the heads up. Also, I don't know jack about F1. If it isn't time consuming I might be interested. I don't have a lot of time between returning to college (why I haven't been around for ever), work, and fantasy baseball. Let me know.

[edit] Hey Alex

I saw what you posted to Niteowl. That COULD be the case... lol.

Romi

[edit] lol...BTW

I'd like to see a challenge between you and Roblefko to see who would get to their points' milestone first. You're close to being an all star, and Roblefko is close to being at 1,500,000. So..what do you say?

[edit] Yeah

I guess so. Dude, also, check out what Double D said on "Manny Stiles is Dead! (or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love ekom)". I think you'll change your mind about something..or maybe not..

Romi

[edit] Snooker online

Do you know of a snooker game, either for online play or for (free) download? To make it that much harder, Mac compatible is preferred.--Taytay 24 10:09, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll give the links a try. As for the other, I'm an XBox guy.--Taytay 24 12:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Played Miniclip, but I had to use my wife's crappy Dell instead of my Mac. Not bad, thanks.--Taytay 24 16:56, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tyrone

I need 4 admins other than myself to sign off on blocking Tyrone. Leave a note on my talk page if you agree. The rationale is below

http://armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Beast_Throws_Me_and_Erik_Kombol_Under_the_Bus#comment-91311 -admits to trolling

http://armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Houston%21_ArmchairGM_has_a_problem#comment-91216 – admits to inciting “war”

http://armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Houston%21_ArmchairGM_has_a_problem#comment-91226 – Name calling

http://armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Beast_Throws_Me_and_Erik_Kombol_Under_the_Bus#comment-91319 – Language and Name Calling

http://armchairgm.com/index.php?title=Beast_Throws_Me_and_Erik_Kombol_Under_the_Bus#comment-91321 – threatening disruption

-- False Prophet 02:19, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friends

Check out the left side of http://f1monday.blogspot.com/ --DNL 16:02, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA

I think the lockerroom is easier and more noticable. --DNL 20:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miniclip Snooker

I'm hooked on it. Thanks for the tip. If you are ever over there and need someone to whip up on, I'm taytay_24 there, too. --Taytay 24 13:33, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm on now. How do we set it up? --Taytay 24 13:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I saw earlier where you said something about IE. Get Firefox, man. Don't be a Microsoft slave. I can be on about this time just about any day. Any time from 1300 to 1500 is my window. --Taytay 24 14:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pool

Sure. Where? Miniclip? Email me the details at aussietaylor@gmail.com. That'll be faster. --Taytay 24 14:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)==

[edit] Batracer

It looks interesting and I will have to look at it more, but I am just not sure that I have followed F1 enough recently. Too bad there isn't an IRL one I would definately do that. Let me look it over more and I will get back to you. I really do want to get back into F1, but it's just so hard to get motivated to get up at 4 AM to watch a race.

[edit] The Sarge

Yeah Alex, he's Jamel

--JuT

[edit] Positive Vote

I am asking all of my "friends" on this site for a positive vote for my administration bid. Hope that you will comment as well.Erooster 02:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Check out the Locker Room to vote and comment.Erooster 03:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] F1

You are right, I'm really into F1. By the way, the F1 Encyclopedia is pretty good. There is a lot of information there. As for writing some of the race reports, I will see what I can do. My problem is finding free time. I usually write about F1 during my lunch break at work. My boss doesn't seem to enjoy it. :( Andren 21:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Show/Hide

No, i tested it out and it doesn't look like we can do it. Sorry. Ill ask Pean or Awrigh01 to check it out and see how hard it will be to make it.--Roblefko 19:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

hmmm, that looks confusing. I cant take a look at it right now, but ill check it out a little later. Dont know if it will end up working though, so dont copy/paste it all over just yet. --Roblefko 19:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

fixed.

oh, yeah, i responded to the wrong message? Howd you know??? Anyway, yeah, I honestly have no idea what is going on with that code/template you showed me. Just do it manually i guess. Sorry! --Roblefko 16:42, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Monster

Moral victory, yeah, sure. I just disagree with the system. Maybe if voting for pages (opinions, and such) were worth the 10 points and voting on stars were valued at 1 - 5 points. Don't know how one would change that...

Also, I'm not a big F1 fan, but if I could list Alain Prost, I would.Erooster 20:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I would list Alain Prost as my favorite (favourite) driver on the profile page, if I could swing it. Although, I believe that he is dead now.Erooster 20:48, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

You are right on Senna. I should have known better than to bring up that subject with the King of Armchairgm F1.Erooster 20:57, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] F1

Back in high school (some 20 years ago), my water polo coach was a big F1 fan. So, we as a team had to watch many races. I know a bit about F1, though my context is a bit dated.Erooster 21:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

And now, up over 80,000 just for voting.Erooster 03:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CFL

My favorite player(s) would be Doug Flutie and Warren Moon.Erooster 04:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Yep, most notably, Flutie played for the Patriots and the Chargers. He was never a great QB in the NFL (as he is a bit short and couldn't see over the defense) but had the heart of a champion. That heart led him to several Grey Cups in BC, Calgary and Toronto. Moon played for the Titans (then Houston Oilers), Seahawks, Chiefs and Vikings. In Canada, Moon played his entire career for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1978 to 1983 and was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2001.Erooster 11:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User page

Just edit it and delete it. If there's no edit button on a page, which in this case there isnt, you can still edit a page by going to the url and adding &action=edit to the end of it. Here, just click this link: http://www.armchairgm.com/index.php?title=User:Alex_Holowczak&action=edit , it should open up your user page to edit. --Roblefko 13:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Read Ben Graham / Warren Buffett Next

Yo Alex:

I see that you are reading Adam Smith. Good foundational stuff. Next, I would recommend that you read Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. The topic is value investing. Start with Graham, then move to Buffett. Actually, the best thing to do in regards to Buffett is to read his annual shareholder reports. Here is the link http://berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html.

Chris

[edit] stuff

Hey Alex, I fixed a few things for you for now. I added the "Speedway" fan network (the others we will probably have to add later in the week). I also created a handshake award. As for the standings ont he front page, it shows the 3 friends who are above you in points, and the 3 friends who are below you in points (so Manny wouldn't be included in your list if Rob/DNL/Christof are your friends, which they probably are). Pean 13:03, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] voting

to Alex and Erooster

I think you bring up good points about the value of voting/editing, but I disagree about viewing them as not contributing to the site. 12K votes is alot, and almost half of what you can vote on the site. If someone wants to take the time and vote for everything imaginable on the site, I think thats pretty impressive, and they should be rewarded. However, there is a cap there as things to rate run out. We have noticed thats its a good entry into the site though -- hopefully the hardcore voter will turn into an editor/writer/commenter. With that said, we think There definitely needs to be some additional rewards for hard core editors like yourselves. Maybe getting points for certain edit milestones? What do you guys think? Pean 13:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Handshake award

What do you want the award description to be? --DNL 14:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fantasy Soccer

Disappointing. I don't really understand your decision too much. Looking over the rules, I think it is much more complex than the Premier League's version. Thecrookedcap 16:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Fantasy Soccer Msg

Well, I am not sure. I don't have any experience in Fantasy games. They're kind of addicting, and I'm kinda busy with college courses and stuff. So, unfortunately I can't. Sorry. Oh, and about the Dictionary message, don't worry about it. You'll only receive about 10000 dictionary gifts. lol...

Sorry for the late reply...

Romi

Haha. Well, I'm pretty busy this month. During my school year, I don't think I will be. So, if it starts around then, or later, let me know...
Aight cool. I don't think I'm going to do the soccer one, I'm gonna be VERY busy this entire month. For football, I think I can. How many people do you want joining? I know a couple of friends who might wanna join...
Oh, well in that case, I'll spread the word. BTW, sorry for being stupid, but is fantasy football like a daily thing?
OK, I'll see if I can spread the word out. Count me in.
Yep. Just the football one. But can you tell me when and where to sign up for it?
Will do. Thanks a lot. 'Preciate it...

[edit] Snooker Players and BDays

w00t w00t!! Yout found the mistake!! lol. Yeah, I have this thing with birthdays. I don't know why. :) But thanks for telling me, and thanks for the help... Romi

Hey, can you send me the information for any upcoming fantasy sports. i think you mentioned a NFl pickem and maybe a Premier League one. Thanks, MetsJetsDevils

[edit] Talk Page

Pean made a comment in a article he posted on site changes, and it mentioned that your long talk page is useless. Hence, the gift.

[edit] The Intelligent Investor

It is available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-1474322-0444112?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Benjamin+Graham

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