User talk:Alias Flood
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Stupid dates war on Steven Gerrard page
Linking every date on a page does absolutely nothing to help the clarity or level of information on a page. Is every date on this page linked? No. If I do 5 tildes does it give a linked date? No. Does saying "Steven Gerrard scored a goal on 4 July", which I could then click and think "hey that's American Independence Day, cool!" add anything to Steven Gerrard? No.
It's dumb. That's why I reverted all dates that weren't birthdates. The link to date format doesn't mention anything about linking every possible date. I am going to revert Steven Gerrard and leave this message on his talk page. aLii 19:21, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (note it isn't linked!!!)
- The point is not whether you think it is dumb or stupid. The point is to write articles to a high standard within Wikipedia's guidelines. By formatting dates that contain days, months and years enable the program's software to sort the dates according to a user's preferences. I have already asked you to visit WP:DATE and Help:Preferences#Date_format which support my reasons. Your reasons of dumb, stupid and bold text does little to strengthen your case. In the light of this, I have reverted as per wikipedia guidelines. Alias Flood 19:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC) (posted on user's talk page and in article's talk page}
Football AID 2 April - 8 April
Timeline of football (soccer) has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.
- I have 'wikified' the article in its entirety. Alias Flood 04:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Football AID 16 April - 22 April
Ukrainian Premier League has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.
Germany was chosen to host World Cup 2006 in June 2000, not June 2006. Questions, see my talk page. — Ian Manka Talk to me‼ 20:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- I have reconstructed the sentence to make this clear -- Alias Flood 21:27, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Football AID 23 April - 29 April
History of football (soccer) has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.
This country
Sorry, I feel a bit embarassed, but thought you'd like to know that 'this country' didnt mean 'the one I am in', but the one I had just referred to (i.e., the USA). Your version is clearer, though, thanks. 08:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Football AID 7 May - 13 May
Reading F.C. has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.
Nice edits. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 14:37, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
Premier League Winners
I don't know what you meant by your query in the FA Premier League talk page, however if it's any help, I removed the 'titles won' column several times in the past because it was widening the page causing me to horizontally scroll across. All the best. Mark272 17:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Combine
I'm sorry, but I don't think the revert on the Combine (Half-Life) page's intro was warranted. The parts I had corrected were original research, and inaccurate to boot. The link in the original version does not actually lead to a source, and the quote in question was misinterpreted in a way that isn't grammatically correct. Am I missing something? 72.57.42.230 01:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)