User talk:Zyxw

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Nomination for deletion of Template:PHF profile

Template:PHF profile has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. MikeVitale 16:24, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zyxw, I noticed your recent removal of the Sports links template on some American male artistic gymnasts (Alex Diab, Alexander Artemev, etc.) and was curious as to the reasoning behind your choice. GauchoDude (talk) 14:44, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I see that you have been changing the links to the itsrugby.co.uk website in the articles about rugby union players. You're linking to a different tab of the players' profile (the "by year" tab) that gives fewer details and less interesting stats about the player than the previous link (to the "team career" tab), so your changes aren't really helpful. Can you explain why you are doing this? Without a reasonable explanation, I'm inclined to revert your changes. Ruggalicious (talk) 11:51, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruggalicious: I updated {{ItsRugby}} so it links to the "team career" tab, which hopefully addresses your concern. I was updating external links to use templates where they are available, such as that and {{ESPNscrum}} and {{EPCR}}. There are many reasons to use external link templates where available, including the ability to easily update the URL if it changes (as I just did yesterday with {{EPCR}}, fixing dead external links in over 300 rugby player articles with one change to that template) plus the ability to compare the player ID to Wikidata (which helps with fixing incorrect links here and in other language Wikipedias). -- Zyxw (talk) 12:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, yes, thank you! Now that the template links to the "team career" tab, I have no problem with your changes. The usefulness of the It's Rugby website has decreased considerably since they started hiding stats behind a pay-wall, but at least some of the stats are still accessible and fortunately there are now other reliable stats sites that can be used to fill in the "blanks". Ruggalicious (talk) 13:19, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Laurenzo Noèl Thomson

Hi Z can you advise if you can proofread a page I created for an individual in hockey and how I can get it published?

Please advise... the page is on my account. People1965 (talk) 07:51, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Laura Robson (disambiguation)

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Noticed many of your edits today are to update the format of Instagram links, but I suspect WP:NOSOCIAL applies in many (if not most) of these cases? --ZimZalaBim talk 03:14, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I converted links which were already in those articles to use a template. If there are articles where that link shouldn't have been there in the first place, please feel free to remove it. -- Zyxw (talk) 03:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]