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Cheers for the notification. Should we simply redirect Alexander to Sandy? Bobo. 12:56, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I've been meaning to give this to you for a while. Keep up the good work. Simply south...... walking into bells for just 6 years 16:28, 7 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

On the subject of Leyland, I'm a bit light on material for his early career. I've got Wisden up until the 1925 edition, but nothing after until he plays Test cricket apart from the odd fragment of Cardus and from the Times. I'd be extremely grateful if you could do a quick Wisden trawl for 1925-28, and particularly for the MCC tour of India in 1926-27. And of course, anything else you may have! No urgency on this one, just if or when you have the time and inclination. And I may be back for his later career as there were a few seasons when he began very poorly then scored ridiculously heavily in July and August. Cheers! Sarastro1 (talk) 11:51, 27 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I don't have Gibson's book, so that would be great. I'm afraid I don't have the Dodd's book, or anything else on him. Sarastro1 (talk) 16:32, 27 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for all that. And the Wisden stuff is actually more useful than it looks. I may be back, cap in hand, before too long! Cheers. Sarastro1 (talk) 17:36, 28 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Really specific one this time! Leyland bowled far more in 1928 than ever before: the obvious explanation being the death of Roy Kilner. I don't suppose Wisden mentions this explicitly for the 1928 season? Sarastro1 (talk) 22:21, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Still in the 1929 edition, the Cricinfo copy of Leyland's cricketer of the year citation says "and a fine forcing game when it is necessary to make runs quietly", which doesn't really make sense. Could you check the original to see if it should say "quickly"? And if it does, what is the page number of the article, and I might change the citation to the paper copy. Sorry to be a pest, but the sourcing should improve from 1928 onwards! Sarastro1 (talk) 22:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Yes indeed, I'm certainly better described as more active than I am retired! That sounds like a plan with the names, I'll also add the obscure ones to disambiguation pages. I remember doing the lists of Hampshire players a couple of years back, which took an absolute age, it is a long term plan to get one done for all global first-class teams (daunting). I hope those orphan bots don't become as annoying as my old friend the CorenSearchBot! Howzat?Out!Out!Out! (talk) 23:35, 1 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

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I found this on Leyland, and it's rather good. However, there is no author given. I don't suppose you could check who wrote it? And in which case, I probably need the page reference as well... Sarastro1 (talk) 22:59, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

That's odd. I thought you bought them to provide me with obscure page references on Yorkshire cricketers in the 1928 season. All my illusions have been shattered. Sarastro1 (talk) 23:10, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Hi John, I asked User:CDTPP if he has anything and he replied with the following. He's new to site and has limited access at present.

Only that he was a private tutor. And from Winchester register. 1861-1903. Rev. Godfrey Bolles Lee, b. 19 March, 1817, 7th s. of Robert Newton Lee, Esq., of Coldrey, Hants. Sch. Win. Coll. 1830; Sch. New Coll. Oxon 1834, Fellow 1836-61, B.A. 1839, M.A. 1844 [University XI. 1838-9, Capt. 1839], College Tutor Win. Coll. 1839-60, Bursar New Coll. 1860-1 ; elected Warden 1861 p 1846. m 5 April, 1866, Emma Nunez, y. d. of Andrew Fergushill Crawford, Esq., M.D., of Winchester. IB 29 Jan., 1903. Inscription in Cloisters. His Son AM Lee was an academic on Micrometry and he published a standard work. His daughter married the son of General Alexander Russell.

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Wonderful ! Tintin 13:24, 11 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, it was doing funny things for me! Sarastro1 (talk) 19:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Two sources contradict about how many Peter Smith conceded. Does the match report say anything ? Tintin 04:30, 9 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

I know you've got plenty to keep yourself occupied with, but I thought I'd let you know that I've set up a "task force" for articles relating to Somerset County Cricket Club. It's mostly somewhere to take stock of what there is, and what needs improving. Given your work on Somerset articles in the past, I thought it might interest you. Harrias ^talk 16:36, 3 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Dear Johnlp,

I must apologise for barging in on your work on David Kirby. I hadn't checked to see whether anybody had been working on him recently, and when I looked at the history (after I'd done my bit) I was mortified to see that you had just created his page and were still going.

Please forgive my breach of etiquette. You might find some of my contribution useful; otherwise please feel at liberty to ditch the rest.

It was especially mortifying to me, as I admire your work. Apart from obvious love of the game and respect for the players, you bring a level of literacy and a sense of proportion that are rare among cricket Wikipedians.

Regards,

Sammyrice (talk) 00:33, 21 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for that reassuring message. You will note the date discrepancy from the two Wisdens: did he start in 1963 or 1968? I'll leave that there for a future researcher to solve. As you say, there is so much to do; plenty of work for all of us. I'll try to be careful not to tread on toes in future. But there is still the Battle of Chris Duckworth to be fought...

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The CU player was listed in the ACS guide to CU cricketers as Sir George Elliot 1812 to 1901 one of several Sir George Elliots including the contemporaneous industrialist. The scotish birthdate came later and put him a year younger but it was not a requirement to be in residence to play(IG Peck and JM Brearley) for the university and still isn't. Only the University match requires that qualification. The more famous Admiral Elliot was Scotish and I presume the Admiral GA Elliot, his son was the cricketer - it is too much of a co-incidence otherwise. P Bailey who compiles CA is impossible to shift if he believes something and I presume he has not seen a birth certificate and thus has not appended the 'Augustus' second name. Were GA Elliot a naval officer, he would have attended Dartmouth rather than Cambridge. By the age of 20-23 he would have likely been at sea in command of something. My father in law was a Surgeon Commander and he has free access to the Navy list but it will be December before I see him though I can get him on Skype in about a fortnight (he's on holiday at present). The issue with CA has always been that PB is unwilling to trust all but a few contributors if he himself has not seen the evidence at first hand. Hold on - by chance I have a list or two her and the one for 1848 lists him(on raising to rank of Admiral (age 36) as George Elliot - the Augustus may have been a later affectation. I would say the Admiral G Elliot is certainly the cricketer from 1831. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CDTPP (talk • contribs) 13:14, 3 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

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The discussion on WT:CRIC reminded me that I meant to mention how much I enjoy the stuff that you do quietly on here. I particularly liked looking over Walter Keeton, but you always seem to be up to something worthwhile! There seem to be so few people on the cricket project these days, unfortunately. Sarastro1 (talk) 20:56, 20 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Hey, apologies. I'd already done substantial work fore I realised you were on same task. Had to decide whether to abandon or carry on. As I had the dates, went ahead. Your list was nearly complete except for the Ws and I had those. A lot of them too! All I needed was the wikinames and I followed your lead on those. I'm doing both unis, Oxford same format – dates, scorecard version of name and then the wikiname. Wikinames hold things up. Each has to be checked for existing use. Well, cool, apologies again. Hope Xmas is good and wish you the best in 2014. --Bill (talk) 12:49, 26 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Belated season's greetings, and another request, I'm afraid. I'm looking to see if the Abe Waddington article can be beefed up a little, having found some nice juicy scandal about him in the Yorkshire Post just after the War. With that in mind, I think his playing career needs de-statsing to get away from the list of numbers. I'd be ever so grateful if you could check the 1920, 1927, and 1928 Yorkshire summary in Wisden. And maybe the 1929 for good measure. I have the Willows versions of the rest, and get the impression that poor old Abe was not too highly thought of. So any snippets, even just "he was dreadful" would be useful. Cheers! Sarastro1 (talk) 00:19, 29 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Much obliged, thanks! Sarastro1 (talk) 11:23, 31 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Hey and thanks for your help with this. Much appreciated. I can't see wood for trees. Made a point of removing all who played in the war only and didnt think to alter dates of those who started or finished in the war! Must check other lists to correct same oversight if there. Not too many redlinks in foxy land, unlike Lancs and others. Cool. Thanks again. --Bill (talk) 07:43, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

I would be inclined to move the article to A. E. Bailey, and provide both possibilities for his first name, unless we find a third source (that isn't a mirror or copy from one of the others) that clarifies one way or the other. I would be inclined to agree that CA is more likely to be right, but given that he would have been referred to by his initials during his career, this seems the safest way to go for now. Harrias ^talk 10:21, 5 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

What edit? There was no edit. What are you talking about???? (Furtive glances around...) Sarastro1 (talk) 22:20, 10 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hey, thanks for correcting the date. You highlighted fundamental problem with templates there! It had been adjusted for Essex and then not for Glamorgan. Dough (or whatever)! Anyway. Done with lists and redlinks now. Away for a month from next week and then start something else when I come back. Probably Sydney Barnes. Doing a bit on Syd Brown in meantime but short of time now. Thank you for your help in last few months. Much appreciated. Hope to pick up with you again in March. Best. --Bill (talk) 08:19, 23 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Just a word. The administrators on this site are useless so I'll be doing my own policing.GeorgeGrady (talk) 13:27, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

I'm afraid I don't know who you are, though you are of course welcome to comment on my talk page. If your words are meant to imply some form of threat towards me and my activities on WP, then I fear you may have come to the wrong place, because you should know that I really don't bother with that kind of nonsense. Johnlp (talk) 16:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi, an admin User:NativeForeigner has been conducting a little investigation via the checkuser tool and, guess what, has found that User:GeorgeGrady is yet another example of Guess Who? He must be raising his bat for a double century by now, surely. I won't do anything with the above nonsense but the best thing you can do, as previously advised, is to summarily remove any and all suspicious messages on your talk page, and anywhere else you see them, per WP:DENY, WP:RBI and WP:BMB. I'm checking out tour articles at present, and busy in real life, so not editing much but will put something about tours on CRIC before long. Bye now. HCCC14 (talk) 22:15, 29 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

I shall feel very safe now knowing that both of you are policing my page so closely and acting, of course, with my very best interests at heart. Particularly as I'm not around much for the next week or so. Johnlp (talk) 09:08, 31 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

I can well understand the frustration you have expressed above (your post on 31 March) but if you had taken steps to get this page protected you would not have to put up with frequent visits from a site-banned user whose purpose is to disrupt the cricket project and make personal attacks on several of its members, using your page as a "safe haven" for his activities. His last post here was removed by an admin (see page history) and I have taken the step of formally requesting page protection here.

Page protection would have minimal to no impact on you because it merely prevents IPs and non-registered users from using the page. Apart from the banned user, your page history shows that no one other than autoregistered users has ever been here. If this page is protected, you will be able to use the site in peace. HCCC14 (talk) 18:11, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) Just relax. There's no need to worry about this ongoing disruption. It's trivial. Your concern is noted, as was your serious concern for Harrias and his block. Now I suggest you let us deal with this and do something else, more productive. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:32, 1 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, TRM (and Moondyne). Johnlp (talk) 20:48, 7 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Hi. Firstly, if you don't already know, I replied to your comments on my talk page yesterday. Secondly, I thought you might find this article interesting; it's about the family and their association with Cricket [1]. Thanks, --Noswall59 (talk) 17:17, 3 July 2014 (UTC).Reply

Try this one. It's the section right at the bottom of the page. Sorry, I really shouldn't be talking to myself, should I? Hope you are okay. All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 11:58, 18 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Oh dear, it gets worse. Somerset connection, I suppose, but apart from that... I was once bracketed with Sarastro because of the Yorkshire connection although I could never match him as a writer. It's never-ending but, as Churchill used to say, we just KBO. :-) All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 12:13, 18 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

I didn't realize people could thank each other for their edits. I should spend some more time around here.

Thank you for liking my comment! I suppose in one sense it's a much quicker way of making it obvious that people have seen a post. Bobo. 10:47, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Every time an inclusion debate comes around, it brings me back to the "One-Test wonder" debate. If it were up to me, there would be an article entitled "List of cricketers with 13 Test appearances"... "..37 Test appearances"... "122 Test appearances"... etc! ;) But then, I'm like that! Bobo. 11:30, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Do we *have* to limit it to Test cricketers? Cricketers? Sportsmen? Humans? That's unfortunate! ;) But seriously, it raises the important debate of "when does a criterion become notable". I will see what I can add. Cheers. Bobo. 11:50, 23 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, John. That must be double figures for me now!! I've added his stats summary to the original and applied for CSD of the new one. Oh, and thanks for correcting the list entry too. All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 17:36, 13 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

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A year ago, you were recipient no. 1059 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 11 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Five years ago, you were recipient no. 1059 of Precious ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Gerda. Johnlp (talk) 23:41, 13 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

The party was selected and the fixtures listed. It is a cancelled tour and therefore requires a listing. Bearing in mind the fuss it caused, it really does need one, at least from the political viewpoint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.220.123 (talk) 15:25, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

Yes, maybe, but perhaps not in the same series as other tours, where we used the "X team in Y in 0000" convention: there never was a "South African cricket team in England in 1970" so that title would be wrong. I'm not averse to a separate article on "The South African cricket tour of England in 1970" or some such, or to it being a subsection under the more general article about the apartheid boycott which really began to take effect from that point. Why don't you start one or other? Johnlp (talk) 16:22, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

I added everything I could from the Edward Walter Clark, Jr. obituary. If you think I added too much, just delete some. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 20:04, 12 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

But is there a good reason why you're not an admin? --Dweller (talk) 09:40, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Harrias' mention of User:Dweller/Dweller's law reminded me how much I value you and JH as sensible, cool heads. I understand your response. If you ever change your mind, drop me a line, and a shiny nomination will be yours. --Dweller (talk) 12:34, 6 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Do you have a ref for that info please? Mjroots (talk) 21:23, 21 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the additions. I've removed the claim about him turning down the captaincy. From what is now written, it does seem unlikely, and no date is given in the source. It is likely that this is a case of embellishing the truth a bit. Mjroots (talk) 05:52, 22 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks from me and the DYK project. Victuallers (talk) 16:17, 14 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

First, felt happy about it. Then felt weird about being happy about it ;-) Tintin 10:30, 2 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

I've put the workflow for the list talk page tag at User talk:SpacemanSpiff/Criclisttemplate and started work on the template, do let me know what you think, this is a preliminary version. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 18:59, 26 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

And thanks to you. He's such an interesting character that finding out more about him has been fascinating. I'd heard of the Naughty Nineties, but it seems that the naughtiness began a lot earlier than that! JH (talk page) 21:03, 12 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

This is fascinating, but as it's a blog probably not usable. The comments are worth reading too. JH (talk page) 09:19, 13 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I've just found this, which I've downloaded and will search at my leisure. JH (talk page) 09:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

I think I've done about as much as I can now. Searching on Google Books for the books referenced in the article for the Sporting Times reveals that the 1924 book "Old Pink 'Un Days" by Booth, J. B. has a lot of mentions of our hero, but the snippets that are all that one is allowed to see are too brief to be of much use, and unfortunately I haven't been able to find an online edition. I suppose the book could still be under copyright. JH (talk page) 19:48, 13 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. JH (talk page) 21:04, 13 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Do you think that Anthony Gibson counts as notable? I'm tempted to write an article on him, based on the information here, here and here. JH (talk page) 08:55, 18 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I listened on=line to some of the commentary on that match, and as a Surrey supporter it was naturally very enjoyable. Anthony Gibson was one of the commentators, which was what led me to wondering if he should have an article. His voice sounds remarkably like his father's, if my memory is to be relied on; he's a good commentator, though without his father's streak of brilliance. JH (talk page) 17:52, 18 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Reid. Fixed, thanks. Tintin 07:14, 22 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

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You added a nice method to write dob and dod on Gar Waddy. But I couldn't understand what is this 2 August 1963(1963-08-02) (aged 83)? What is df=yes? Guide me please. Xender Lourdes (talk) 18:29, 29 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

If I may ask you for one more assistance. I have nominated William Walker (Australian cricketer) for a WP:Good article status. If you can review it, it would be very nice. You can go to the review link through the page Talk:William Walker (Australian cricketer). Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 09:37, 30 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hello again Johnlp. I wanted to inform you that I got my first DYK on the Wikipedia main page today. The article is William Walker. I wanted to thank you as you taught me the dob and dod templates very nicely which I used in the article. Thank you. Xender Lourdes (talk) 04:44, 7 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello again. Today I got my first good article. Leaving a note as I just wanted to share with the editors who have helped me settle in. Thank you John. Xender Lourdes (talk) 16:38, 12 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

• And today, I got my first FL :) Thought I'll inform you about that too. Lourdes 11:19, 1 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Johnlp, may you continue to make Wikipedia a better place in the New Year. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:36, 31 December 2015 (UTC)Reply

I understand your point and trying my best to improve the content. If you see major issues, if you could edit those, that would be very helpful.

-- Brownweepy (talk) 16:18, 20 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi John,

thanks for taking the time to get involved in this discussion. This page has already been taken to AfD and a consensus reached. Please see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Major_cricket. The onus is now on anyone who wishes to see the page re-instated to make their case and seek consensus before re-instating.

I am aware that you were not aware of the full situation and am now going to ask you politely since you were kind enough to get involved and are now aware of the community consensus as to this page. Please follow correct protocol and carry out the correct procedure and delete the page. I am not interested in getting in an edit war with an irate editor, perhaps as a neutral (?) third party, you can do what needs to be done. I will just mention that deliberately ignoring a community consensus is a bannable offence. Perhaps someone should have a quiet word with jack? It would be a shame to see such an enthusiastic editor permanently banned from our community.

Py0alb (talk) 00:07, 22 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your advice, I have done just that. Py0alb (talk) 09:20, 22 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi JohnIP, this is just a courtesy reminder that you may want to vote on this AfD before it is closed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Major_cricket_(2nd_nomination) Py0alb (talk) 14:25, 25 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi. Given the closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Major cricket (2nd nomination) as non-consensus I'd like to consider a possible merge of the Major cricket article to History of cricket - see the discussion I've started at Talk:Major cricket. Blue Square Thing (talk) 09:33, 30 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

I've removed content that was unreferenced and POV. GiantSnowman 07:08, 15 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

WP:BOLD - so no, I'm not going to go to a WikiProject every time I see a problem article. GiantSnowman 10:13, 16 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

I would argue that masses of unreferenced text - large portions of which have been in the article since it was created in August 2005! - are far more detrimental to Wikipedia than me removing them. GiantSnowman 12:18, 16 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Yes, next time I see an article as poor as that I'll come to you. GiantSnowman 12:33, 16 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello, John. I've "officially" retired from WP but still need to use it a lot for reference. I've been logged out for about a month but today I decided that it really is easier to use the site logged in, so here I am. Top of my watchlist was this list and I immediately thought: "Oh, I left that with a load of nolinks, didn't I?" You are manfully striving to improve it. Well, I won't have a lot of time and I may be absent for days on end but I'll try and help you with this one. As you are doing "B", I'll start at the bottom and work up. We've done very well with all the other English club lists but this one is in a bit of a state.

Also, you were absolutely right to revert the removal of info from Fred Titmus. This sort of issue has cropped up a number of times where a very old article has been left behind by the site's evolution, especially re MOS and inline citations. The article was written by our old friend Loganberry who normally focused on Worcestershire. It is a good article and I doubt very much if there's anything in it that is misinformation; it just needs some citations and some rephrasing to lift it from the 2006 standard to the 2016 one.

Anyway, hope all is well with you. I'll make a start on the OU players and see how we get on. Best wishes. Jack | ^{talk page} 15:16, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello John. You were interested in this topic at WT:CRIC which is now at TfD. All the best. Jack | ^{talk page} 19:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Lovely stuff. Did the 1901 Wisden have two parts? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:22, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Goodness me! My oldest Wisden is 1946 and I've never had the chance to look at an older one. Fascinating, thanks. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:44, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Draft:Aaamer Hameed. Since you had some involvement with the Draft:Aaamer Hameed redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. GeoffreyT2000 ^{(talk, contribs)} 13:40, 3 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi John. Are you sure the list should be at List of One-Day International cricket umpires? You state it's because it is spelt "One-Day International", but the main article is at One Day International. As far as I know, a player would make their "One Day International" debut, not their "One-Day International" debut. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

To add to the Townley surname wiki page.

Shane Townley. New York Manhattan Artist born 1972 in Ithaca, NY. Responsible for creating artwork depicting global warming landscapes that depict the earth and trees melting or crying using mediums such as car oil, trash, spray paint, wood and metal. The artist also donates art supplies to children’s hospitals and schools which are victims of technology overload. Shanetownley1 (talk) 01:35, 26 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

You might want to read WP:CoI and WP:Autobiography before adding any material. WP is not an advertising or self-promotion tool. Johnlp (talk) 09:30, 26 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Hi John seems a bit random for me to be messaging like this but I am just writing to ask if you could change the information about the deceased as it was not a suicide. I am the brother of the deceased , if you require anymore information please contact me here. Liamcafc (talk) 22:30, 6 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

I think it would be perfectly reasonable to remove this "incident" entirely from this article. A child was killed by a train at the same station in 2019, and that isn't mentioned at all. It seems invidious to mention one but not another, and it's likely that there have been other similar events over the years before 2015. It's not really relevant to the article on the station, and Wikipedia is not a newspaper! Just delete that whole section. Johnlp (talk) 23:20, 6 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

I have removed, after slightly rewriting, the following from Tom Flynn (umpire) until references can be provided. Please feel free to copy and paste back into article once you can add these references.

Flynn's appointment to the two Melbourne Cricket Ground Tests in the 1894–95 season proved uncontroversial, but he was also nominated to umpire the fourth Test of the series at Sydney, alongside Phillips; the match followed the New South Wales game against Victoria, and Flynn was Victoria's regular umpire between 1891 and 1895. Although he had umpired the New South Wales v Victoria matches at Sydney in the four preceding seasons and had umpired a Test there in 1892, Flynn was refused permission to travel to Sydney by his employer in Melbourne, the Fitzroy Cricket Club, for whom he was the groundsman (curator). BarcodeIII (talk) 19:57, 17 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

References provided and more added. Johnlp (talk) 23:25, 17 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks for your keep vote on Hubert Preston. As a cricket fan did you know that Surridge Sports has been nominated fof afd?Davidstewartharvey (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

For your comments at the ANI thread - they were very much appreciated. Take care. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 20:30, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

You're very welcome. People who create material need to stand together in the face of those who would rather dismantle and destroy. Johnlp (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi John. Hope all is well. I'm trying build up a library of book sources here and wondered if you'd be happy to 'donate' some book you may have, and I also wondered if do if you'd be happy for me to list your username next to the entry so people could contact you for extracts? StickyWicket (talk) 15:08, 13 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

@AssociateAffiliate: I have a lot of Wisdens going back to 1890 (missing some war years), and I've bought every Playfair annual since 1957 (though whether I can find them all is another matter...) Then there's rather a random lot of other cricket books, not all of them to hand. I'm also a (fairly low-key) member of ACS. Happy to help, but I'm not around much these days (and haven't been for a couple of years), and might not respond very fast to urgent pinging. Johnlp (talk) 22:58, 13 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Johnlp thanks for the reply. If you're happy with me adding the ones you have to the library that would be great. That's also a lot of Playfair's! I keep reminding myself to buy a Playfair and a Wisden each year, but at 31 I still haven't! If there's any contacts you have in the ACS would be willing to allow project members to access eBooks that would be brilliant also. Have appreciated your input in the discussions defending the project from the deletionists. All the best, StickyWicket (talk) 15:16, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

@AssociateAffiliate: I think with Wisden there's a danger in raising hopes that it can provide answers that other sources can't. In practice, Wisden is a bit like CricketArchive in yellow-brick form: it's a compendium of stats, with only the most cursory of editorial coverage, and it's good for verifying that certain matches took place and certain cricketers played in them, but no good for detail, and even less for "colour" or descriptive writing, except in the obits (available on cricinfo) and in the Cricketers of the Year citations. It's also, still, heavily weighted towards the English game: coverage of cricket worldwide has improved in the past 30 years, but for most of first 100 years of the editions I've got (1890 onwards) cricket outside England rated no more than a few pages, and most of that was Australian. In the 1950s, the "cricket in Pakistan" section was half a page every year, and no more. It was also, at least until 1980 (when the last of the Prestons died), appallingly snobbish: if your name was Marmaduke and you went to Winchester, you were much more likely to be singled out for attention than if your name was John Ford and you played once for Gloucestershire. Playfair is, of course, even more obviously a directory than Wisden. So I suspect your library ought to say that some WP:Cricket members have access to Wisden and Playfair and can look things up, but also to point out some of the limitations, and then maybe set aside an area where people can ask specific questions. Otherwise we stand a chance of being inundated with requests we can't then fulfil. Where Wisden is useful is in tracing the careers of prominent Test and good county players over several years: the county correspondents usually had a few pithy words on each regular player in their summaries of the previous season, and User:Sarastro1 used some of my Wisdens for his series of articles on cricketers of the 1920s and 1930s that reached GA and FA standard. It's also good on "issues", such as throwing or selectors' judgements. But for the cricketers whose biographies have proved controversial recently, it would be no help whatsoever. Unless their name was Marmaduke...

PS. I'm not really aware myself of ACS publications, aside from their work on what is, and what isn't, a first-class match (which CricketArchive follows). I'll maybe try to investigate, if I ever get time.

PPS. A lot of my books went into storage seven years ago when I moved house, and have not, so far, re-emerged. They include most of the Playfairs. I might need about seven years' notice if someone needs me to find something in one of them. The Wisdens are at least on my shelves here. Johnlp (talk) 17:24, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

I hope the two of you won't mind me butting in, but my Playfairs are rather more accessible than John's, by the sound of it. I have 1965 and then all of them from 1968 to date, so not quite as many. JH (talk page) 17:32, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

I think the first few of mine are the News Chronicle Cricket Annual; Playfair adopted the News Chronicle format when the newspaper ceased publication in about 1960. I have a couple of Playfairs from the early 1950s that are in an entirely different format. Roy Webber worked for both. Johnlp (talk) 17:37, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes, IIRC our Playfair Cricket Annual article covers that. I think about the only thing that Playfair contains that can't be readily found on CricketArchive or ESPNcricinfo is the heights of the current players. JH (talk page) 18:26, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I do wonder if I'm holding out too much hope on Wisden being a useful yellow-brick to throw at the deletionists! I have noticed from the published obits on Cricinfo that certain names and schools reoccur. While completing the OU cricketers last year I did notice that Lord Marmaduke, Old Etonian, two FC matches for OU had a lengthy obit, whereas I recall a county chap (name escapes me, but had played 17 FC matches in the 1920s I think) and not a thing. Turns out he wasn't from an elite public school, so Wisden didn't bother including his obit. I will add something along the lines of what you've suggested RE how useful they can be in a wider context. I imagine Playfair might prove useful for my umpires side-project I'm due to make a start on soon in regards to the FC umpires list pre-1980. I may have to move all the players to Marmaduke, like our poor Mr Ford from Gloucestershire. StickyWicket (talk) 21:16, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

PS. I'm hoping to relaunch the cricket quiz in a few weeks, you're 23 points off the lead and there's a nice shiny new trophy for the winner at the end of the year! StickyWicket (talk) 21:16, 14 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi John. Just created an article on Henry Palairet who served on the Somerset committee. Just letting you know incase you have any more sources to expand the article. Pinging @Harrias: too! StickyWicket (talk) 11:02, 8 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hi John. I've finally got round to doing this. Please find the list at the bottom of the page. StickyWicket (talk) 21:38, 8 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Johnlp (talk) 23:22, 8 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you, Gerda. You are very kind. Johnlp (talk) 23:14, 11 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

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