Football Manager Wiki

[pnefc22]

Plus, I have done Stadium pages for the following stadiums:

Preston
QPR
Liverpool
Ipswich
Norwich
Arsenal

And, another team which I can't remember.

[ssestig]

It seems to be exactly the same messages from the last banned spammer. Got to be changed to only registered users can edit pages.

[pnefc22]

What stadium is it for? I'll try and get it sorted.

If you could delete the empty Stadiums page, as this is what is stopping me doing it I think.

It is causing problems whenever, I try and categorize to the stadiums section.

Great news on the affiliation BTW.

[pnefc22]

It seems to be exactly the same messages from the last banned spammer. Got to be changed to only registered users can edit pages.

Totally agree.

Every page has to be locked so that only registered users can edit pages and not just the talk page.

[ssestig]

Totally agree.

Every page has to be locked so that only registered users can edit pages and not just the talk page.

Not only has he/she spammed the page, they've deleted all of the information that was on the page.

[pnefc22]

Turns out that there are more pages that were spammed by the same person.

The other pages were:

Spain - La Liga Clubs
France - Ligue 1 Clubs
Germany - Bundesliga Clubs
Championship Manager

[pnefc22]

Not only has he/she spammed the page, they've deleted all of the information that was on the page.

I think that the mods may be able to get that back but if not, this is very bad.

As that is 7 pages of work, that have gone.

[arsenal_2111]

I'll undo it now

[rancer890]

WTH. All my work on the US page gone.

And who called Landon Donovan Landy Cakes. C'mon, let's be serious, I call him Landy Cakes too, but I don't put that in Wiki.

[ssestig]

How do you re-direct a page to another eg. Spurs to Tottenham Hotspur?

[arsenal_2111]

How do you re-direct a page to another eg. Spurs to Tottenham Hotspur?

#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]

So you would search for a page called Spurs, when it says that isnt a page called that make it and put the above in, replacing Page Name with the name of the page you want to link to.

[Stevicus]

WTH. All my work on the US page gone.

And who called Landon Donovan Landy Cakes. C'mon, let's be serious, I call him Landy Cakes too, but I don't put that in Wiki.

I noticed that too, i thought, this couldnt be the work of the authors

Almost fixed it myself, but i didnt know wether it was official or not.

[pnefc22]

#REDIRECT [[Tottenham Hotspur]]

I think that it is that.

[pnefc22]

I actually have done 9 stadiums.

I am putting them on now.

EDIT: I have put all 9 of them up now.

[ssestig]

#REDIRECT [[Page Name]]

So you would search for a page called Spurs, when it says that isnt a page called that make it and put the above in, replacing Page Name with the name of the page you want to link to.

Cheers mate. I've asked in the GPTG forum thread if the author of each club guide could do a stadium page or to send the info to my email address.

[pnefc22]

There is no need for anyone to do any stadium guides.

I will do them all.

I will do about 10 a night and will have them all done soon.

[ssestig]

Only thinking of saving time Rob and saving you a job.

[pnefc22]

I don't mind.

If people do some then, that is great but if they don't, I don't mind because they only take a few minutes each.

[ahmufcwafc]

Right, he's been banned (again).

I guess our only choice is to block all pages for non-registered users.

[pnefc22]

Block them, as it is getting ridiculous.

[ssestig]

When we get to do this, how will we differensiate (sp) between two or more players with the same name? eg. Billy Jones (Crewe) and Billy Jones (Preston)

[ahmufcwafc]

Block them, as it is getting ridiculous.

This is about the 20th time I've banned him

When we get to do this, how will we differensiate (sp) between two or more players with the same name? eg. Billy Jones (Crewe) and Billy Jones (Preston)

Just change the page name I'd imagine.

[pnefc22]

I was just about to ask the exact same question about Billy Jones after looking at your Crewe article.

Billy Jones at Preston is better.

They were both at Crewe at the same time so they will have had the same problem.

[ssestig]

Could we include the place of birth to separate them? Thankfully you took the better one of the books so it wasn't too bad though last season we had Gary Roberts (now Yeovil) and Gary Roberts (now Huddlesfield) in the same midfield.

[arsenal_2111]

This is about the 20th time I've banned him

Only option is to only allow edits to registered users imo.

[ahmufcwafc]

From the Singapore thread:

The above was all written by [insert name here] in the Sports Interactive Community Forums. It was originally posted in the Football Manager 2009 International Management Thread. All credit for the above goes to him. As footballmanagerwiki is avalible to anyone to edit as they like, I can not guarantee that the below is the exact work of the original writer. To see the original thread and to discuss this team, please visit the Good Player and Team Guide.

Could the person that made this thread sort it out? Thanks

Only option is to only allow edits to registered users imo.

I'm doing that now.

[ahmufcwafc]

Right, unregistered users aren't allowed to edit any page any more. It's not ideal, but I felt as if we had no other choice. That's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back...

[ssestig]

Saves all the minutes you could have to spend banning unregistered spammers though mate.

[ahmufcwafc]

Saves all the minutes you could have to spend banning unregistered spammers though mate.

Good point. I've a funny feeling this won't be the end of the spamming though.

Oh yeah, whenever someone makes a new page, could they please just mention it in this thread so I can lock it asap.

[arsenal_2111]

From the Singapore thread:
Could the person that made this thread sort it out? Thanks

It wasn't me who made it, but it's fixed

[ssestig]

I didn't say it would be the end of the spamming. No problem, i'll probably do some more of the Crewe players tonight. Who else are the mods just in case you're not around?

[ahmufcwafc]

I didn't say it would be the end of the spamming. No problem, i'll probably do some more of the Crewe players tonight. Who else are the mods just in case you're not around?

JJay, jod123 & peter-evo are the others

[arsenal_2111]

I didn't say it would be the end of the spamming. No problem, i'll probably do some more of the Crewe players tonight. Who else are the mods just in case you're not around?

JJay, ahmufcwafc and jod123 are all the mods iirc. Not sure if peter is

[peter-evo]

I am a mod. Only because I made the initial site.

[ahmufcwafc]

It wasn't me who made it, but it's fixed

Cheers for that Jammy

One question though, are you sure it was BenArsenal that made it. Looking back on the history, it initially said that tcoleman1 made it.

[pnefc22]

It was BenArsenal, I think because it was me that got permission to use that.

I can't remember though.

Sorry about the disclaimer, I must have forgotten his name and then, not had the time to find it and then, forgotten about it afterwards.

What is the next option after only allowing registered users to edit?

Only allow mods to edit?

[small Mac]

Oh yeah, whenever someone makes a new page, could they please just mention it in this thread so I can lock it asap.

I've just made an article; Extinct Nations.

Are there any international tournament articles such as world cup, olympics etc?

[ahmufcwafc]

I've just made an article; Extinct Nations.

Are there any international tournament articles such as world cup, olympics etc?

Cheers, locked

Don't think so, would be nice to have some though.

[small Mac]

Sign in

Cheers, locked

Don't think so, would be nice to have some though.

I'm quite suprised no one has done them yet. I was looking to link them into my article but couldn't find anything

For anyone looking to do articles there is a whole host of international tournaments that could be included. I'll consider doing some myself soon, but not tonight.

[ahmufcwafc]

It was BenArsenal, I think because it was me that got permission to use that.

I can't remember though.

Sorry about the disclaimer, I must have forgotten his name and then, not had the time to find it and then, forgotten about it afterwards.

What is the next option after only allowing registered users to edit?

Only allow mods to edit?

Whoops, completely misread that earlier

It's to make admins only able to edit.

[pnefc22]

And, so would you have to add me, ssestig, smallmac and the other contributors of this thread as admins so that we could edit?

Hopefully, we don't get to that situation and the spammers get bored with spamming

I might make some international tournament articles.

I will do 10 stadium articles tomorrow and maybe a tounament article. Plus, some bits and bobs of articles which I have not finished.

[ahmufcwafc]

But registered users can edit.

[pnefc22]

Sorry, maybe I didn't make it clear.

I meant if the spammers kept registering and spamming then, would you have to do the above.

[peter-evo]

It seems that way, though that would destroy the object of the project.

[ahmufcwafc]

It's fine the way it is now imo.

[arsenal_2111]

Pages Camp Nou and Nou Camp(redirected) have been made

[ahmufcwafc]

Pages Camp Nou and Nou Camp(redirected) have been made

Great, I have them protected now.

[pnefc22]

I will do some more stadium pages after my dinner.

[ahmufcwafc]

Just a thought regarding the stadia articles - How about we just leave the stadium profiles in the page of the club/nation that plays there? Let's face it, there's more or less the same information about the stadia in the stadium pages as there in the club pages

Also, regarding player profiles - Is the aim of having a profile for every player realistic? Personally, I feel we should only have a page on players infamous to the FM/CM series, like Tó Madeira. Otherwise it'd esentially just be a waste of time because wikipedia has all that information & more anyway.


I'd like to hear what you all think about it

[rancer890]

Also, regarding player profiles - Is the aim of having a profile for every player realistic? Personally, I feel we should only have a page on players infamous to the FM/CM series, like Tó Madeira. Otherwise it'd esentially just be a waste of time because wikipedia has all that information & more anyway.

Well, we probably won't have every single player in FMWiki anyways.

I'm new to the series (FM08), the only parts I can contribute to the wiki is MLS stuff...

I probably won't have much time to contribute to the wiki anyways...too busy these days.

[ahmufcwafc]

Well, we probably won't have every single player in FMWiki anyways.

Well, what I saw on the introduction section of the player profiles page was that the aim is to have every single player's profile on the site. Needless to say, I took it out since we only have about 10 at the moment

[arsenal_2111]

Cheers for that Jammy

One question though, are you sure it was BenArsenal that made it. Looking back on the history, it initially said that tcoleman1 made it.

tcoleman1 may have been the person who made the page? It was definately BenArsenal who made it, I did a search in the International Management thread and found it.

[ahmufcwafc]

tcoleman1 may have been the person who made the page? It was definately BenArsenal who made it, I did a search in the International Management thread and found it.

Nope, it was robertlangman.

[arsenal_2111]

Nope, it was robertlangman.

http://community.sigames.com/showpos...0&postcount=39

Thats the post it was written in

[ahmufcwafc]

http://community.sigames.com/showpos...0&postcount=39

Thats the post it was written in

Fair enough, could've easily just been a typo by Rob.

I'm back working on the wiki now. I've made a few pages & have made a good lot of edits since yesterday.

[arsenal_2111]

I'm going to do quite a lot more on abrevations etc, theres a big list in the GPTG FAQ so I will use some of them.

[ahmufcwafc]

Yeah, I thought it'd be easy at first. Went blank soon enough after that

[ahmufcwafc]

We need some more redirects now imo. So if anyone can think of any, please just request them here & I'll sort it out

[arsenal_2111]

Yeah, I thought it'd be easy at first. Went blank soon enough after that

Haha, I must use them too often as it was quite easy when I wrote it originally

Anyway, it's done and I've removed the Stub tag

[ahmufcwafc]

Good job, no need for the stub tag anymore

[arsenal_2111]

Bosman Transfers has been made, as a stub

Affiliated Clubs is also made, again as a stub.

And, lastly, WeeGiE has been made as a stub.

These will all need developing at some point, but for now they are a good start imo.

[ahmufcwafc]

Both have been protected

I've added a few redirects for FM series titles.

[arsenal_2111]

Both have been protected

I've added a few redirects for FM series titles.

Thanks, I edited that post to include a third I made, and 'Work Permit' has also been made. This one isn'ta stub, as it is quite indepth.

[ahmufcwafc]

Okay cheers, weegie is now protected as well.

[ahmufcwafc]

I've added an external links section at the end of a few articles.

[arsenal_2111]

I've added an external links section at the end of a few articles.

Got an example? Would like to see one

[ahmufcwafc]

http://www.footballmanagerwiki.co.uk...l_Manager_2009

Bottom of the page - lists the patches & the FM09 website. Good or bad idea for other articles?

[arsenal_2111]

Good idea imo, although I don't think they are needed for too many articles.

[ahmufcwafc]

I've added them to all game release articles, as well as a few graphics & editing pages. They're not needed for much else really.

[ahmufcwafc]

Do you think it'd be worth submitting our site here?

Oh yeah, we're an official affiliate now as far as I know. Forgot to mention that

[peter-evo]

Do you think it'd be worth submitting our site here?

Oh yeah, we're an official affiliate now as far as I know. Forgot to mention that

Do we not go on the FM site?

[arsenal_2111]

Do you think it'd be worth submitting our site here?

Yeah, I reckon so. Who wants to do it?

Oh yeah, we're an official affiliate now as far as I know. Forgot to mention that

Are we allowed to put something on the main page about this? Like, in a seperate text box?

[ahmufcwafc]

Do we not go on the FM site?

I have no idea tbh. But I think we're an affiliate now since I now have access to the affiliates forum.

Best ask CaptainHaddock

[arsenal_2111]

I have no idea tbh. But I think we're an affiliate now since I now have access to the affiliates forum.

Best ask CaptainHaddock

What affiliates forum is this?!

[ahmufcwafc]

Yeah, I reckon so. Who wants to do it?

I don't mind. If no one feels up to it, I'll do it later on. But go ahead if you want to do it.

Are we allowed to put something on the main page about this? Like, in a seperate text box?

No

What affiliates forum is this?!

It's a small forum for affiliate sites' webmasters. Nothing to get excited about, it's not very active

It's like SIASII, but private.

[ssestig]

How many stadia have you done Rob?

[ahmufcwafc]

I've change stadiums to stadia on the front page & on the title of the article.

[pnefc22]

Sorry, I got lost in my Valencia game.

I have done a few(about 4) but will go and do some more, now.

I will post them up tomorrow probably.

[pnefc22]

Who changed the 'Stadiums/Stadia category so that it was listed in Alpabetical order?

I think that this is a bad idea.

As, before you could read what leagues and which club it belonged to and was much easier to find a specific club with.

I think that once we get lots of stadium articles it would look bad.

So, my idea is that we have them categorised into League Stadium pages, which have all the clubs in that league's stadiums in.

[ssestig]

I might do some more Crewe profiles tonight. To keep the players who have the same name I will enter date of birth eg. Billy Jones 790102 if he was born 2nd Jan 1979. Is that OK?
If it is easier you can call me Stig if you want.

[TheOriginalJez]

Who changed the 'Stadiums/Stadia category so that it was listed in Alpabetical order?

I think that this is a bad idea.

As, before you could read what leagues and which club it belonged to and was much easier to find a specific club with.

I think that once we get lots of stadium articles it would look bad.

So, my idea is that we have them categorised into League Stadium pages, which have all the clubs in that league's stadiums in.

Why not have one list using wiki's function to order by certain columns? surely that would accomodate everyone :P

[pnefc22]

I don't understand what you mean, Jez.

If we had it in League pages, we could have the 'Stadium' page for links to the league stadiums pages.

[ahmufcwafc]

Someone made a mistake creating the stadia page, meaning that it isn't actually a category. I'll fix it now.

[ahmufcwafc]

Ah, now I see the problem. Someone spelt 'category' wrong.

It's fixed now

[arsenal_2111]

Seeing that category, shouldn't 'Stadia' be put at the top of the page instead of under S? Should only be stadiums in there imo.

[ahmufcwafc]

Seeing that category, shouldn't 'Stadia' be put at the top of the page instead of under S? Should only be stadiums in there imo.

That's a good idea. I'll do that as soon as the site is back up.

[arsenal_2111]

That's a good idea. I'll do that as soon as the site is back up.

Don't worry, I've sorted it. De-categorized it so it didn't appear on the list and added it to the top of the page. Might want to embed it into some text though.

[ahmufcwafc]

Is the site working for you? It's down for me.

[arsenal_2111]

There have been a total of 38,779 page views



That is a lot of views!

Is the site working for you? It's down for me.

Yeah, it's working for me.

Also, I see we now have over 203 full pages!

[ahmufcwafc]

There have been a total of 38,779 page views



That is a lot of views!

Most of them would've been from us though I'd imagine

[ssestig]

New Wales national team page created by WelshWizard11

[ahmufcwafc]

Who is WelshWizard11?

Whoever it is, welcome

[ssestig]

Not sure Alan but definitely welcome.

[ahmufcwafc]

I still can't get onto the site - any idea why it's not working?

[pnefc22]

The site is working fine for me

What url are you using?

[ahmufcwafc]

http://www.footballmanagerwiki.co.uk...itle=Main_Page

Tried http://www.footballmanagerwiki.co.uk/ as well, but no luck.

[ssestig]

I'm using http://www.footballmanagerwiki.co.uk too but it's working for me.

[pnefc22]

I am doing a Valencia Stadium page.

But, they move into a new ground on the game in the second season (I think) so, should I include information on that?

[pnefc22]

Yeah, I am using that url and I am having no problems.

Maybe do an article while you wait for it to fix

[ssestig]

Could do Rob.