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ASU season articles edit

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you have an interest in Arizona State football and welcome your efforts to improve the program's season articles. However, your changes would be far more useful if you followed a few simple guidelines applicable here at Wikipedia. I have taken the time to edit 1966 Arizona State Sun Devils football team to give you an idea on how the content might be presented more effectively. A few general rules:

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  • You are not including in-line citations for the new content you are adding. If you are using the media guide as your source, you need to include page numbers for each fact you are adding to the article. The first citation should include the full citation (see 1966 article). After the first citation, you can use shorthand like "2007 Media Guide, p. 63."
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If you have further questions, feel free to ask them here or on my talk page. Cbl62 (talk) 11:52, 29 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

In your recent edits to the 1967 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, you are still using improper abbreviations, failing to include citations, and generally disregarding the suggestions made with respect to the 1966 team article. You are also infringing on copyrighted material in the 2007 ASU Media Guide by copying large portions verbatim. These edits are creating lots of extra work in cleaning up your mess. Please pause and take heed of the suggestions above and in the revision of 1966 Arizona State Sun Devils football team. Cbl62 (talk) 00:06, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Do you work for Wikipedia or are you just another user like myself? I've previously worked for ASU's Media Relations department. I'm an ASU alumni. My father & grandfather both played football for Arizona State. I've been adding content which was never presented on Wikipedia. I've cited the media guide as a reference and can add the page number if needed. If you feel the content could be organized in a different way, that's fine. However, I'm not copying large amounts of copyrighted material as you stated. As far as removing previous citations, they linked to sources where the information such as game dates and game scores was incorrect. I deleted them and made sure the correct information was presented.

No, I do not work for Wikipedia, but I have been creating and editing college football articles on Wikipedia for about 10 years. Some of my suggestions are based on well-established practices for team-season articles, others are based on basic grammar. For example, you are now going through past articles and putting season records, as they appear in narrative sentences, into parentheses -- this is completely wrong. I believe that you are trying to improve Wikipedia, and I do appreciate that. I am simply trying to give you suggestions, as a relatively user, to aid you and others in making Wikipedia its best and to minimize clean-up work on what you have been doing. No offense is intended. As for page numbers, yes, when you are citing a lengthy source such as the media guide, you need to include page references. Cbl62 (talk) 21:17, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Good to know! I would greatly appreciate if you could not further alter the content I've provided within each of the Arizona State Football seasons. I'm in the process of copying the stats and information into my own personal files. I've spent hours creating and adding information which was not previously listed. I don't want my work to be lost, especially the years where my father and grandfather played. Please allow me time to retrieve the information as it stands. Thanks for your time and suggestions!

Thank you for responding. May I assume you will now heed my concerns? This means, for example, not using abbreviations in narrative text, not putting season records or lists of players in parentheses within narrative text, using in-line citations, and page references to the media guide? If so, there will be no need for me to continue cleaning up your work. Thanks. Cbl62 (talk) 22:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

I will take your suggestions into account and won't alter anything that currently stands. My grandfather is very ill and it's my goal to print out all of these Arizona State Football stats and give them to him before he passes away. It will mean so much to him!

Nice gesture. If you tell me what years he played, I'd be happy to link to a pdf for each game summary as reported in The Arizona Republic. You could then print those for him as well. Cbl62 (talk) 22:27, 30 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
I also have now built out the 1933 Arizona State Bulldogs football team article to provide a further example of better citation format for the early years. Cbl62 (talk) 12:25, 31 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

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  Hello, I'm Justiyaya. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. on article Arizona State Sun Devils Justiyaya (talk) 05:27, 1 May 2021 (UTC) Reply

You added info that said Tim McCormack was the head coach. There is a Wikipedia article that said Tim McCormack is a politician from Euclid, Ohio. If I'm wrong about this undo, I'm sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justiyaya (talkcontribs) 05:29, 1 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Tim McCormack was named the ASU women's lacrosse Head Coach beginning with the 2020 season. Here is his bio on the ASU Athletics website: https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster/coaches/tim-mccormack/4486

Thanks, that was my mistake reverting your edit. I'll add the link you provided as an citation -Justiyaya (talk) 05:51, 1 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much Justiyaya!

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