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	The Minor barnstar
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Numbers

Some of your changes to baseball player articles are going against the Manual of Style. More specifically, they go against the part of the MoS that deals with numbers. Please read up on these before you make any more changes that involve changing the formatting of numbers. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 20:26, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

Again, please read and stop violating WP:NUMBERS. If a single-digit number is in word form rather than number form, do not change it to number form. It violates the MoS and is therefore considered disruptive, especially after you have already been told to stop. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 02:30, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Numbers…again

Buddy, this is getting old. This edit is inappropriate according to the Manual of Style. Low numbers, such as three, should be SPELLED OUT. This may begin to be considered disruptive editing if you continue to make these changes. And on top of this, I know you're getting the messages since you continue to blank your talk page and remove the warnings we've given you. Please edit according to the guidelines. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 12:50, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Numbers response

I'm sorry. I just want to make improved edits to articles whose contents I believe need changed or new wording. I don't like leaving low numbers, such as five or three, spelled out. I just like them to be in number form (e.g. 5). I try to leave low numbers in letter form from now on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptb1997 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for responding. I will acknowledge that some of your changes have indeed been constructive. However, the Manual of Style makes it clear that single-digit numbers are to be in letter form, so if they are already, do not change them. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 16:40, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Please also know that numbers should be spelled out even when it's first, second, third, etc. The change you made with this edit where you changed third to 3rd is incorrect. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 16:46, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

If it's a number that has more than one digit (such as two or three), do I leave it in number form or letter form? Or can I do both? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptb1997 (talk • contribs)

When I say "single-digit number," I'm referring to numbers from 0 through 9 that have only one digit when written in number form. Those numbers should be written in word form when in a sentence. As such, the same also applies for writing out first, second, third, and so on, all the way up to ninth. When you reach numbers 10 and above, they can be written in number form. Also, please make sure that you're signing your talk page comments by putting the four tildes (~~~~) at the end. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 16:51, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

I understand it, but I already know what you mean when you say "single-digit numbers". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptb1997 (talk • contribs)

Again, do not put 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. in number form, either. Write them out as first, second, third, and so on. Only put them in number form for 10th or above. Also, do not put an apostrophe before the s in RBIs, and do not put 0s before the decimals of numbers like batting averages. This edit made all of the mistakes I just mentioned. And please, sign your talk page comments by putting the four tildes (~~~~) at the end. This automatically generates a signature with your username and the time your comment was added. --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 17:36, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Opps!! I almost forget.Paul T. Backes (talk) 21:06, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ptb1997: I'm sorry if I came off as rude. I've just been frustrated with the amount of vandalism that I've had to deal with over the past few months, and most of it comes from inexperienced editors who do not care about the MoS. As Christ says in the Lord's Prayer (by the way, @A guy saved by Jesus:, LOVE the username), we are to "forgive those who trespass against us." While I wouldn't necessarily consider this to be a sin, it was something that needed to be corrected. That being said, I was once an inexperienced IP editor myself who was making all kinds of similar MoS errors. Because of this, I am hesitant to reprimand others because I know I was doing similar things just a few years ago. I ask for your forgiveness and hope you continue to enjoy contributing! Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 21:47, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

@Ptb1997: Yeah, I'm sorry if I came off as rude too. Patience is something I don't always do a good job of showing, but I can understand that you weren't aware of these parts of the MoS since you had probably never read them before.

@Bentvfan54321: Thanks for the compliment on my username! --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 22:02, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

You weren't being rude; in fact, neither of us were. And...uh...you're welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptb1997 (contribs)

I wasn't saying thanks to you, Ptb1997. I was thanking Bentvfan54321. He complimented my username (look at his comment and you'll see it). --A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 22:34, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. I thought you were saying thanks to me. But I know you weren't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ptb1997 (talk • contribs)

@Ptb1997: Just remember to sign your posts (don't lose that much sweat over it, I've forgotten a few times myself). --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 23:45, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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There is consensus to list both years, do not remove it until you read the message in talk page. —Indian:BIO ^{[ ChitChat ]} 12:34, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Care to chime in

Care to chime in on the latest topic on the WP:NASCAR talk page? Since you're one of the most active members on the project like myself, I wanted to see what you think of the idea.--Nascar king 17:30, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Back That Thing Up

Do you care to explain to me why you keep re-inserting the dead link to The 9513? The site was pulled down years ago. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:47, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) TenPoundHammer I'm not commenting on the appropriateness, but there is an archived version here. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:17, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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Be careful

Paul, please make sure you read these warnings that editors such as SNUGGUMS are giving you. Removing them within minutes without ANY explanation implies that you are not reading them and do not care about your non-constructive edits. We are only trying to help you learn the ropes in terms of what is right and what is wrong. If you are not willing to obey the Manual of Style (which you should generally know by now), you may be putting yourself in danger of being blocked. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 19:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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I see you've been told about it above and when looking through your contributions, it looks like you use your edit summary very seldom. Please use it as it doesn't take to much to write a summary of what you did... even if it is just a couple of words. Corkythehornetfan 19:34, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Just another note to both you and @Nascarking: These edit summaries (Ptb1997's Nascarking's) have no merit to them and are inappropriate. Also, Ptb1997, if you "wanted to say something to Nascarking," do it on his talk page, not with a WP:DUMMYEDIT. Dummy edits are to be used if the wrong edit summary was entered, not to deliver messages. Thanks, --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 19:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@Bentvfan54321: I know it was inappropriate. I just get annoyed real fast when I try to submit an edit and I get an edit conflict message. I understand perfectly that all are welcome to edit these articles, but I have far more experience writing these race reports and have been the only person doing so the last two seasons.--Nascar king 21:42, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@Nascarking: All I was doing was trying to tell you that you don't cuss at me, especially with the "dammit". That was not very nice of you. Ptb1997 (talk) 21:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

@Bentvfan54321: I also know it was inappropriate. I didn't do that so it could be inappropriate. And...uh...also, I kept forgetting to use the talk page. I am really, really sorry. I will try to use the talk page if I would want to say to say something to another user rather in the "Edit Summary" box. Please accept my and forgive me, alright? If so, good. Thank you. Ptb1997 (talk) 21:52, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Ptb1997: Please use the edit summary when editing. I don't think it is that hard to do, and quite frankly, I'm not sure how many times you need told. It helps other users know what edits you've made. Corkythehornetfan 22:22, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

@Ptb1997: I hate to beat a dead horse, but please—pretty please?—leave edit summaries for every edit you make. If you have time to make the edit, you have time to describe it. This recent edit would have been adequately described with any of these:

• "Rephrase."
• "Minor rephrasing."
• "Rephrase potentially confusing sentence."

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• Ptb – it would really be helpful if you could use your edit summary... Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 16:19, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Careful when changing wording of quotes

For future reference Paul, when you change the wording of a quote as you did with the John Oreovicz quote in 2015 Bojangles' Southern 500, put what was changed in brackets such as "doesn't do anything until [they decide] it's a good idea..." That shows that, while essence of the quote remained unchanged, the quote wasn't used verbatim. I'm taught in journalism that you can get in a lot of trouble for changing around the wording of a quote without marking the changes. It's nothing major in this case since you just did a simple rephrasing, but just remember to mark changes like that in the future.--Nascar king 16:34, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

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Class Act

Ptb1997: that's a solid, classy and gentlemanly edit. Jmg38 (talk) 23:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) re: this, I agree. Thanks, Paul. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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With this edit on 8 July 2015 you created a section which is a blatant copyright violation. Can you please fix it. Moriori (talk) 01:11, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

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Would you please change your signature so that you are not copying another Ss112's. This looks like petulant mockery at best, and impersonation at worst. Thank you, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:48, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

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I understand, but those stats needed to be added. Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 22:22, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

No, they don't "need to be added". Especially for someone like Nolan Gorman who just debuted. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:28, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

I understand, but I don’t want to listen to you. Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 22:29, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

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June 2022

Please stop adding unnecessary stats that don't need to be there to player infoboxes. Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Player style advice is the consensus so you need to follow that. Malmmf (talk) 09:31, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Updated during games

Hey, I've noticed that some of your stats updates are being done while the player's game is still ongoing. As a result, the information may not be correct once the game is over. Our standard practice is to wait to update the articles until after the game is over. LEPRICAVARK (talk) 05:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

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2022 Kansas City Chiefs season

Number 1, do not revert edits without an explanation in an edit summary. Number 2, weekly or monthly awards aren't notable enough for inclusion on team pages. Please do not add again without getting a consensus.--Rockchalk717 22:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Once again, stop adding this without a consensus per WP:ONUS.--Rockchalk717 21:09, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

For a 3rd time, STOP ADDING THAT SECTION!!!! Stop editing without edit summaries and stop the lack of communication.--Rockchalk717 04:30, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

October 2022

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Enough with the unexplained edits. Too many people have asked you already, for years now. Drmies (talk) 02:05, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Career highs for interceptions and fumbles

A consensus was recently reached at WT:NFL to reword to career best and add the career low for negative stats like fumbles and interceptions. Please stop changing this on articles.--Rockchalk717 22:52, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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Colors and contrast issues

Hi there - just wanted to drop a note to warn about changing the colors in stats sections of sports articles; I have undone several of your recent changes of this nature because they introduce a color combination that does not contrast enough and is therefore not very readable - this creates accessibility issues for some readers and is very impractical, which is why I often default to white text in these situations. Just something to keep in mind. Thanks! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:33, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

I've also reverted some of your edits for the same reason. Corky 00:30, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Same reason. Please stop. glman (talk) 17:49, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

And again! Are you not understanding what we're asking or do you figure your personal passion for making it so other people can't read parts of certain articles is more important than the accessibility of the encyclopedia to all readers? Rhetorical question, since I don't expect an answer judging from your talk page habits and favorite hobby of ignoring people just to make the same mistakes(?) over again. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:37, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

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Stats

Do not update infobox stats mid game. Yankees10 18:35, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm going to go one step further on this. Stop adding interceptions, defensive touchdowns, and pass deflections to defensive linemen infoboxes. We determined at WT:NFL we should only include stats important to the players position and those stats are more important to defensive backs not defensive linemen.--Rockchalk717 16:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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  I will start responding to requests from other editors and start communicating with them from now on. Paul T. "Ptb1997" Backes (talk) 17:49, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I need to get back to editing.

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But we don't need you to. Not a reason for unblock. — Daniel Case (talk) 06:15, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

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Note the user created a sockpuppet: Ptb19975555 (talk · contribs) to evade this block. PhilKnight (talk) 12:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Unblocked

Hi, Ptb1997. A few days ago, the community became aware that the administrator who blocked you, User:Lourdes, had been editing in violation of a ban on a previous account. Before anything else, I'd like to extend an apology that this happened and was not caught by other administrators. To my knowledge, this is the first time in 14 years that a banned user has become an administrator, but I realize that from your perspective that is probably little solace. So again, I am sorry.

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Don't change the established comma style of an article. See MOS:SERIAL. Binksternet (talk) 06:27, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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What's wrong with redirects?

Hi Ptb1997, what's the purpose of edits like these? Don't the redirects already work fine as is? Ajpolino (talk) 02:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Cell Padding assistance request

It seems that you figured out how to add cellpadding to colored tables. Can you help me with List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:35, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

List of acts of the 118th United States Congress

Hi, @Ptb1997! Could you join the discussion at Talk:List of acts of the 118th United States Congress#Remove_Sponsor_and_rowspans, since you have made a bunch of edits adding sponsors? Thanks! jhawkinson (talk) 17:23, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

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Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024 moved to draftspace

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