User talk:Rikster2

Gulf Star Conference POY

My newspapers.com subscription lapsed so I put in a request w/Wikipedia to have it re-extended; I'm waiting on approval at the moment. The reason I bring that up is because I want to create Gulf Star Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. I think it'd probably be easy to find the three guys who won it, since it would have only been 1985, 1986, and 1987. A couple sources that could point us quickly in the right direction are this and this.

Since it might be a while before I get my newspapers.com sub again, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind starting to poke around at sources to find those CPOYs? SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:25, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

I actually have the names at home, I pieced it together sometime last year. I will reply this evening w the info and yes, I can help research Rikster2 (talk) 17:20, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks. Assuming none of those three players have articles yet, I'd be happy to immediately hop in to create at least 1 to start (to avoid all red links), and more than that time permitting. SportsGuy789 (talk) 18:51, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

The names are: 1985: Bruce Allen, Sam Houston State; 1986: Lorenzo Duncan, Sam Houston State; 1987: Eric Rhodes, Stephen F. Austin. I also have the coaches and freshmen of the year. Rikster2 (talk) 23:05, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Cool. As soon as I get newspapers.com back, I'll try and get to this. It'll be a good defunct CPOY link the awards navbox. SportsGuy789 (talk) 03:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Article is live. SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Also created American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. SportsGuy789 (talk) 18:03, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

NBA Transactions

Hey just a heads up. Make sure to cite a ref when players are waived/added to rosters. I see you usually put it in the edit summary but it is helpful to add a ref to the article itself. Not a big deal. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:38, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

I do when I have time. I clean up after a lot of people and they clean up after me sometimes. Rikster2 (talk) 22:55, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Basketball player team categories

Thanks for the info on the categories, I'm fairly new to editing wikipedia. Let me know if I'm doing things the wrong way on any edits Koolcatz34 (talk) 20:17, 23 October 2021 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Koolcatz34 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

I can help with stuff if you have questions. I made some formatting edits to Gary Chivichyan you might want to review. Welcome to Wikipedia Rikster2 (talk) 20:17, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Re: Chiney

I made the wrong assumption about your change. It was obvious the word "women" was unnecessary in the sentence. Your edit comment was ambiguous about whether it applied to the article. There I could see it possibly going either way and my main line of thinking was "well there's an article about it..." And there was some discussion on the talk page about it having separate rules - but especially as I look at the poor quality of the article I'm with you on this one. --John (User:Jwy/talk) 15:27, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, there actually isn't a sport called "women's basketball." There is a sport called "basketball" and gender is one way it is segmented (others are by age group or level of play). Effectively what happens is that only the womens' side shows a gender qualifier and the generic "basketball" is assumed to be male. For example, a common lead is "Bob Smith as an American professional basketball player," while you see people trying to write "Barbara Smith is an American professional women's basketball player." Yes, there are slightly different rules for women's college (or professional) basketball and men's, but that is also true as you move age groups or from country to country or between FIBA rules and NBA rules. It's still the same sport. And it is also true that if you are talking about "she/her" playing in the "Women's National Basketball Association" then a gender identifier serves no purpose. No offense taken from your edits, just trying doing some auditing of WNBA articles from a formatting perspective. Rikster2 (talk) 18:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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Grant Golden - headed for historical achievement?

Assuming that Grant Golden earns at least a third-team All-Atlantic 10 selection, will he be the first college men's basketball player ever (all divisions) to be named to five all-conference teams? SportsGuy789 (talk) 06:22, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Jack Nichols (basketball) Rikster2 (talk) 09:56, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Wow I had no idea! How did you know about Nichols? SportsGuy789 (talk) 16:31, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

I remembered somebody in the P12 way back but didn't remember who it was until I went looking for it. It had struck me at the time as very unusual. Rikster2 (talk) 16:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Nichols is about to get some historically elite company this year, then. SportsGuy789 (talk) 17:04, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Conference tourney champion categories

Thoughts on Category:Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament championship seasons and Category:Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship seasons?

I'm considering nominating for deletion. I can see the argument being, "the winners of these tournaments receive automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament" as a defining characteristic. But to me, winning a conference tourney is notable for the team's season article but I'm not convinced it's a necessary category. What's your take? SportsGuy789 (talk) 22:15, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

I don’t have a strong feeling either way. Might be good to CfD just to see where the line is (if it got any traction) Rikster2 (talk) 22:58, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Template:Charlotte 49ers men's basketball navbox

Do you know when the school changed from UNC Charlotte to just Charlotte? To update {{Charlotte 49ers men's basketball navbox}}. SportsGuy789 (talk) 17:22, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

I don't know. I tried to find that info last night but couldn't. But the Final Four team was definitely "UNC Charlotte." I want to say they were UNCC into the late 90s. Rikster2 (talk) 18:21, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Based on Charlotte 49ers it sounds like athletics dropped "UNC" in 2000. Rikster2 (talk) 18:24, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Good catch. I'll update the infobox. SportsGuy789 (talk) 19:42, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Are your services for hire ?

Sir... I saw that your name associated with a number Wikipedia pages. Are you an author or a creator of Wikipedia pages ? I am a retired college basketball coach. I am going to make an attempt to get back into coaching this coming spring. I am looking to broaden my on line presence. Are you available to be hired to create a Wikipedia page for me ? Please let me know if this offer appeals to you. Sincerely, Michael Brown [email protected] 148.74.59.30 (talk) 02:03, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Infobox honor

I forget, are scholar-athlete honors listed in infoboxes? See Adam Emmenecker. SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:27, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Academic AA or Academic AA of the Year for the sport yes. All others no. Rikster2 (talk) 14:28, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:29, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Jerry Kindall

I saw your edit[1] to this article. Maybe you'd be interested in this talk page discussion[2]. There is an editor massively overcategorizing not just baseball articles but all sportspeople articles....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Orlando Magic 10-days

They signed Schofield and Gravett to second 10-day contracts, not Ford and Johnson. Mandomanny313 (talk) 23:11, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

That is not what the notes said when I posted that earlier today. They changed their minds on Ford. Rikster2 (talk) 23:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Paris Bass

Please don’t delete the right information directly. It is not difficult for you to put the key word on Google. Stop doing this nonsense. Okay? Dreamkd (talk) 22:17, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

I didn’t say it didn’t happen, I said there is no consensus to include this minor honor in the infobox - not everything goes in there. Feel free to start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association if you’d like to see this added to the honors listed in highlights in the infobox. Rikster2 (talk) 23:06, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

G league showcase team

https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/att-winter-showcase-all-showcase-team-highlights/n-5776315

Read this news.

How “professional “ you are.

U just write article like shit.

Poor man. Dreamkd (talk) 19:12, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Can you not read dumbass? Rikster2 (talk) 19:18, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

ECC 1992–93

Hey do you know why there was no ECC POY in 1993? I feel like it should be added to the prose so that it clarifies confusion. SportsGuy789 (talk) 00:07, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Pretty sure they had a big membership exodus and didn’t play that season but reassembled for the following season. Rikster2 (talk) 02:09, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Ah, that would explain why there were no basketball championships / tournaments / awards. SportsGuy789 (talk) 16:55, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

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College retired numbers vs. retired jerseys

Whats the difference between retired numbers and retired jerseys in college sports? Megacheez (talk) 16:22, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

if the number is retired no one can ever wear it again. If the jersey is retired/honored that number can be worn again in the future but the players jersey is put on display in the arena. For UNC, number 23 is retired (Michael Jordan) but number 42 has been honored by 3 different players (Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty, Jerry Stackhouse) but can be worn by anyone. Some programs don’t actually retire numbers (I think Kansas falls into that category). Rikster2 (talk) 16:35, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Question

If a player is on a team but does not play (e.g. a redshirt), should it be mentioned in the infobox or categories? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 14:48, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

No category unless they play. For infobox it depends. If currently redshirting awaiting eligibility then yes. If it’s a past school and they didn’t play a game then no Rikster2 (talk) 14:56, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Should we update the statistics for the players on teams unlikely to make the postseason, or wait until the brackets are announced? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:30, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I’d probably wait, it’s only a couple days. Rikster2 (talk) 01:31, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Pictures

I wasn't able to find any free images, though you could request the owner changes the license for this picture. Usually I just ask a flickr user to change the licensing to creative commons, like Alexander Jonesi or GamecockCentral. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 20:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

600 Wins Help

Thank you, thank you for your help on the men's 600 wins page. I never was good at fixing something like that. I'll keep an eye out for the next time. I've went back in and updated the top 15. I'll let some others do the rest (or their faves). Have a good one! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord RamRod (talk • contribs) 18:44, 21 March 2022 (UTC)