May 2015

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I think I made a mistake on that one, sorry. Megacheez 03:05, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Number sign

I have changed "#" back to "number" in List of National Football League retired numbers. It appears that you have been inserting "#" in place of "number" or "No." in many NFL-related articles. This appears to me to be contrary to MOS:NUMBERSIGN. It may be that there is some sports-specific standard that overrides this general style rule; if so, please let me know. Thank you so much for contributing to Wikipedia in our joint effort to make this online encyclopedia a great place to go for information. Cheers! YBG (talk) 05:32, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@YBG: Is there anyway to mass revert the edits? He's done it on so many pages that reverting all of them manually isn't the best way to handle it. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 06:16, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how one would go about that, though I'm sure there would be a way. YBG (talk) 18:37, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have also reverted some pages manually, as there have been intermediate edits on some of these pages since then. Zzyzx11 (talk) 10:49, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzyzx11: Thanks. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 22:27, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2015

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Please stop making changes to number styles in violation of MOS:NUM. You are merely making a mess of dozens of pages that other editors will now have to clean up. Please stop. Laszlo Panaflex (talk) 04:24, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Manual of style

Thank you for doing a lot of grunt editing. Much of it has been helpful -- for example, adding spaces where they are required. But a lot of your edits are violating MOS:NUM, which explains how numbers should be formatted in Wikipedia. Please take the time to read this carefully. Personal taste is different, and so organizations like WP with many contributors adopt stylesheets to preserve a common look. Please, please, please, PLEASE take the time to read and understand our Manual of Style. If you will do this, your contributions to wikipedia will be greatly appreciated by many people. But when you go against our established style guidelines, you are not improving this encyclopedia, you are actually making it worse, and wasting your time and the time of others who have to clean up after you. My personal preferences do not always align with what the MOS says, but I try to follow the MOS in what I edit, and I try to change things only when they are clearly violating the MOS. (And if I really didn't like the MOS, then I would start a discussion someplace to change it.) There are some things where the MOS gives two alternatives -- for example, we are required to use one, two, ... nine, but are allowed to use either 11 or eleven and so forth. In those cases where the MOS allows two alternatives, you would better use your capabilities if you would refrain from changing what other editors have already used unless there is a clear case of making a given article internally consistent -- i.e., in one article with eleven, 12 and ninety-nine, you would change 12 to twelve, but in another article with 11, twelve and 99, you would change twelve to 12.

It is my earnest hope that you would use your energy and talent to help make WP closer to conforming to the MOS, not making it worse.

You have so much to offer WP. Please use your energy and talent to make WP better. YBG (talk) 05:45, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:Megacheez. Thank you. Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:58, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:AN/I discussion was saved in archive 900 at § User:Megacheez. YBG (talk) 04:53, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for refusal to communicate despite repeated requests; refusal to stop editing despite repeated requests. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: ((unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~)).

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Request reason:

I really got carried away, so I will never make anymore disruptive edits, what I intend to do differently is proofread and communicate often. Also, I want to know how the communication thing works. And I apologize for any wrongdoing. Besides, I just launched my account 5 months ago.

Decline reason:

See below. Huon (talk) 22:40, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: This as good news; as I have said above, I believe that you have much to offer to help us build a great encyclopedia. Please note that the above comment says "AND agrees to discuss the matter with others". To me that means that you will agree to respond (and do so politely) when others initiate discussions on your talk page or on article talk pages. I'll let @Jayron32: chime in case the intent was something different than my interpretation. YBG (talk) 04:37, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez, I find the above comment unsatisfactory, as it is far too curt to be useful in helping us understand that you recognize what the problem was. Can you explain, in some detail 1) why you did what you were doing 2) what you intend to do differently going forward and 3) that you recognize and understand the importance of returning communication with others if you wish to continue to work here? The main issue is a total lack of communication on your part, and right now, in all the time you've spent on Wikipedia, we've only got 7 words of communication from you, the 7 above in the unblock request. I'd like to see some further assurances that you're capable and willing to communicate with others and advocate for yourself, both so we can understand you, and so that we know you're willing to take input from others and change if others note problems. --Jayron 32 13:45, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Megacheez has amended their unblock statement so it is now 18 words, after I initially made the above comments, which is 18 more words than they have ever attempted to use at Wikipedia when communicating with other editors. However, the additional 11 words does not adequately solve the problem. A lengthy explanation as I outlined above is what is needed in light of the lack of communication that lead to the block. No thought has been given yet to explaining himself. --Jayron 32 06:47, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez: With regard to your statement

"What I did was unknowingly, so I will never make anymore disruptive edits, what I intend to do differently is proofread and communicate often. Also, I want to know how the communication thing works"

here are a few comments:

Starting at the end of your comment, you say you want to understand better how communication on WP works. Ideally, the people who post on your talk page will assume good faith and reach out to you politely. If they do, then respond in the same way. But even if they don't, your best response to them is to rise above it all and assume they have the good faith that they failed to assume you had. Assume the other person is doing their best to make WP a better encyclopedia. So whether someone speaks politely or impolitely, you should respond politely. If you don't think you can respond politely, then take a wikibreak from all editing for a while until you feel you can respond politely.
But what do you say when you do respond? If you understand their point and see their point, tell them so and thank them for helping you. If you don't understand or don't agree with their point, then ask them to please help you understand by explaining more. And don't be slow to look up WP policies. If you don't know what the policies are, then ask. If no one responds to you, then put ((helpme)) on your talk page and someone will drop by and help.
With regard to your first statement, you say it was unknowing. I get this for your first big batch of edits, but I'm trying to understand how this can be for the subsequent edits, which occurred after others had already tried to reach out to you by posting on your talk page. I am not doubting that it was unknowing; in fact, I can readily guess two or three different ways in which your subsequent edits would have been unknowing. But it would help me if you would actually tell me in your own words how it was unknowing.

So, in this last bullet, I'm giving you a chance to practice communicating with me. Your answer should follow below, on a new line after my signature. Start with an initial colon (:) to indent your comment, and don't forget to sign your answer with four tildes (~~~~). There are more hints on how to use talk pages at WP:TP. I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Cheers!! YBG (talk) 04:45, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, YBG how are you?

Megacheez 23:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm fine, and I'm here, though I've been off-wiki for a few days and expect that the next few days will not allow me much wiki time.

(Notice how I've added colons to your signature line to make it correctly formatted. Then each of my lines of response began with two colons to provide additional indenting. Your response to me should consist of one or more lines, each indented with three colons. This is the convention used to carry on discussions on talk pages. If the indents get too unwieldy, one or the other us will include ((outdent)) on a separate line and then begin the stair-step indenting all over again.

I hope this helps to begin to explain how the communication process works on talk pages. YBG (talk) 00:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx!!! Megacheez 02:45, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

OK, you seem to get the hang of back-and-forth and indenting and so forth (except you really didn't need to ((outdent)) quite so soon; usually it isn't done until the indenting is several levels deep).

I have one comment and one request. The comment is that I would like to discourage you from trying to change your username. My reason is that I'm hoping that your username and edit history can become a wonderful example of how a problematic editor can be engaged and then be transformed into a valuable WP contributor.

The request is with regard to your continued problematic editing after people had tried to communicate with you. I'd still like to understand what was going on in your head and how this was "unknowing" as you have said. For reference, you can refer to the chronology listed at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard § IncidentArchive900#User:Megacheez. Thanks! YBG (talk) 03:52, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

YBG, I think I got carried away when I started almost 5 months ago and I apologize for any wrongdoing that I caused. Megacheez 02:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Sacramento Kings Hall of Famers

There should be a seperate section on the Sacramento Kings article for the Kings Hall of Famers. This section should include for example:

talk[reply]

REDIRECT Sacramento Kings

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Voiding above template as autoblock is working correctly. PhilKnight (talk) 20:31, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

N°	Player	Position	Tenure	Inducted
Sacramento Kings Hall of Famers
2	Mitch Richmond	G	1991–98	2014

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How do I change my username?

Megacheez 04:02, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Changing_username. --JustBerry (talk) 04:11, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

Decline reason:

See below. Huon (talk) 22:40, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez 04:25, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

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Decline reason:

Firstly, that account is taken already. Secondly, you have immediately fallen back into your old uncommunicative pattern. You haven't even bothered to address the question YBG raised above, which was explicitly a test case for your new willingness to communicate with other editors. I don't see that unblocking you wouldn't lead to a resumption of the previous issues. Huon (talk) 22:40, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez 18:44, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

I really got carried away, so I will never make anymore disruptive edits, what I intend to do differently is proofread and communicate often. Besides, I just launched my account 4 1/2 months ago. I am really getting used to communicating with you guys and I apologize for any wrongdoing.

Accept reason:

I'm good with that. Please try to respond to people's concerns more promptly in the future. We appreciate your desire to help out around here, and I wish you well from now on. Jayron 32 15:47, 14 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your edits

Thank you so much for your patience with WP while you were blocked, and your willingness to jump right in and start editing constructively. It is much appreciated.

I have two relatively minor comments:

I added ((cn)) to your addition to the Oakland Athletics article.
I think it is great to add information based on your personal knowledge even without a reference -- especially if it is well-known by people familiar with the subject. With or without the ((cn)), unreferenced material is subject to being deleted. But if you are careful to always add the ((cn)), you are acknowledging the fact that a reference is needed. This notifies other editors, making it more likely that someone will add a reference.
I notice that in several places (e.g., American Airlines Center, Toyota Center, Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame, Anaheim GardenWalk, AT&T Stadium), you have changed an article from saying something like "event-E is scheduled for date-D" to something like "event-E happened on date-D" when the date has passed.
Please only do this when you have personal knowledge that the event occurred or you have verified it in a reliable source. (In this latter case, why not add the reference?) Otherwise it might be better to simply change it from "is scheduled for" to "was scheduled for" without actually saying tat it occurred. I say this because of a personal experience I had several decades ago -- I wrote an article about an event scheduled to occur after the paper was put to bed but before it was scheduled to appear. Well, what do you know, the event got cancelled -- and I was very, very embarrassed.

Just some friendly suggestions for you to take into consideration as you continue editing. Thank you for showing that Jayron32 made a good decision! Happy editing! YBG (talk) 03:35, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that. Megacheez 03:47, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

One more thing: It might be good to go up and delete your ((retired)) above. I'd do it myself, but it is generally considered bad form to edit someone else's comments on talk pages. But the template page says that if you resume editing (1) you should promptly remove it but (2) any other editor can also remove it. YBG (talk) 03:56, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx, YBG

Megacheez 03:59, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

I just discovered another option for ((dated info)). You can even put this in articles ahead of time with the appropriate date on which it should become effective. YBG (talk) 05:59, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be interesting. Megacheez 23:48, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Uploading Pics

How do I upload pics? Megacheez 04:05, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

I've never done this, but it looks like there are instructions over at Help:Files. YBG (talk) 06:38, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

TCF Bank Stadium

I reverted your edits after I saw your note on Materialscientist's talk page. Go ahead and restore your information one piece at a time. Mind you, it's a GA, so edits need to be well verified and of good quality. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 05:34, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank u so much, Drmies!!! Megacheez 05:36, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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My pleasure. Megacheez 01:22, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Sortable tables

I notice that you are frequently updating tables in sports articles. Is there a reason you often remove the "sortable" attribute from tables?[1] It seems like a useful feature to leave enabled, so I am curious what is your rationale. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 06:28, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep that in mind. Megacheez 06:33, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

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Wnat is Dab Solver? Megacheez 00:53, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

'Dab' means disambiguation. Dab Solver is a tool that allows editors to easily fix inappropriate links to disambiguation pages. Follow the link and you'll discover what it is. Look around the tool and you'll find the directions. But as with all automated tools, one should be very careful with the dab solver. YBG (talk) 01:43, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Reversion of changes to Washington Redskins name controversy

Since this is a non-technical article, I have restored the use of the word "percent" in accordance with the Wikipedia Manual of Style guideline for numbers. WriterArtistDC (talk) 05:28, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Megacheez 03:20, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Date format

Can your revert your recent changes to year ranges in NBA articles e.g. your Los Angeles Lakers changes? You might not have been aware, but MOS:DATERANGE states: "A date range may appear in 2005–2010 format if it is a range of sports seasons." This is the format used by WP:NBA. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 02:54, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You're Welcome Megacheez (talk) 02:56, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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AT&T Stadium

I see you thanked me for this edit. However, I want to clarify that I reverted it back to your version as that commentary was intended for a different article. No worries about this "thank you", but just wanted to clarify it. – Sabbatino (talk) 10:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanx alot!

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June 2017

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Talking Stick Resort Arena, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:17, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Wrigley Field. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:25, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How do you cite reliable sources? Megacheez (talk) 21:54, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

September 2017

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concerts section at Tampa Stadium

I started a conversation about the concert section at talk:Tampa Stadium, but I forgot to ping you so I guess you didn't see it. I don't think the table of concerts is a good addition. With rare exceptions (like the famous and infamous pair of Led Zeppelin shows, for example), concerts are not particularly notable events at a stadium, but the table you've created is already taking up a disproportionally huge part of the article. And it's going to be very difficult to make the list complete, with good sources. I grew up within a mile of Tampa Stadium and I can tell you that you're still missing some concerts, but I don't know the exact dates and attendance, etc. You haven't cited sources for most of the info you've included, so I have no idea if the facts are accurate or not.

Anyway, I know you've put a lot of work into that table, but to be honest, I think the original text that listed some of the most prominent shows and performers in paragraph form is better. Zeng8r (talk) 14:14, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ADDENDUM: Looking over your talk page, I see that you've been making the same sorts of additions to many venue articles. Please look over WP:RELIABLE for details on how to identify and cite sources. Zeng8r (talk) 14:16, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There are very many concert tour pages that do not exist. Megacheez (talk) 01:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't have anything to do with adding huge concert tables to many sports venue articles across Wikipedia. Again, I appreciate that you're trying to help, but I don't think your additions are a good idea. As I've said and others have said, there are two big problems with these tables: 1) They have little or no citations. (See WP:CITE for guidelines) and 2) At least on Tampa Stadium, the table takes up an enormous amount of space in proportion to its importance. (See WP:UNDUE for guidelines.)

If these problems are not fixed, the table at Tampa Stadium is going to have to be removed, and possibly on other articles as well. Zeng8r (talk) 14:00, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Houston Astros retired numbers

A discussion point was raised at Talk:Houston Astros#Retired numbers regarding the images of retired numbers, which seem to impart no information over and above a simple text table and appear to be purely decorative. Though I intended to replace the images with a table, I waited two months to see if there were any objections, but as no objections were forthcoming, I went ahead and made the edit. Then today you reverted that edit, saying "Leave the retired numbers alone". Did you not see the talk page discussion and do you have a better rationale for keeping those images other than "leave them alone"? Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 19:51, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why do that? Megacheez (talk) 01:34, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why do what? --Jameboy (talk) 15:25, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why replace the images with a table? Megacheez (talk) 02:22, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The images are purely decorative and don't convey any information that cannot be represented in a table. The text in the table is searchable and the columns can be made sortable. Images have their place in articles for sure, e.g. to show what a person or thing looks like, or to help visualise information better (icons etc.) but I just don't see that here. --Jameboy (talk) 15:44, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Concert sections

Please make sure you read WP:UNDUE and WP:FANCRUFT. Many of the concert sections you have been adding violate both of these. An article on an arena or stadium is about the facility, not the details of every event that has ever occurred in the facility. The concerts section should largely be prose and mention some of the most prominent concerts that have been held there and when. Attendance and revenue for the facility can be mentioned if they are significant or otherwise unusual. The concerts section you added as Chesapeake Energy Arena, for instance, accounted for almost half the entire article. I would highly recommend holding off on adding these kinds of tables to arena and stadium articles because they're more than likely to be removed eventually, if not right away. Again, making mention of several concerts is certainly appropriate and welcome; details about them, however, are not. --JonRidinger (talk) 20:50, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

They all need seperate pages. Megacheez (talk) 21:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Even so, that doesn't mean the section in the article for the arena should have all the details. We certainly don't include the game stats for every NBA or NHL game at an arena (even though those are often a major American arena's primary tenant or tenants), so why should we include all the statistics for every concert? --JonRidinger (talk) 00:27, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of List of entertainment events at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for deletion

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Nomination of List of entertainment events at FedExForum for deletion

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Nomination of List of entertainment events at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for deletion

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NHL team articles

Will you PLEASE address the concerns raised at WP:HOCKEY, concerning your bold changes to sections of NHL team articles. GoodDay (talk) 22:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just reorganizing in order to make way for future Hockey Hall of Fame inductees. Megacheez (talk) 22:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the discussion at WP:HOCKEY. GoodDay (talk) 22:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rod Thorn / HOF

If you're keen to update NBA team articles with 2018 inductees such as Rod Thorn, you might wish to also update the personal articles as well. The content you're adding to team articles seems uncited in both contexts. UW Dawgs (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rod Thorn was just announced as one of this year's inductees as a contributor. Megacheez (talk) 16:34, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Color in table headers

I see you adding a lot of color to table headers, e.g. List of Milwaukee Brewers managers. I'm curious as to what value you think this adds. In this case the dark blue obscures the black sort icons, so for clarity I think it would be better just to use the default light gray table header. Would be interested to know your thoughts. --Jameboy (talk) 09:43, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear, this is a genuine enquiry and not a criticism of your editing! You obviously do a lot of good work on here. I don't do much with color or tables so I'm not overly familiar with the standards but am trying to learn (or re-learn). My one and only Featured List was promoted 10 years ago so I'm probably a bit rusty and I appreciate things may have moved on since then. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 10:11, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that. Megacheez (talk) 02:29, 25 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2019

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to use disruptive, inappropriate or hard-to-read formatting, as you did at Ron Fowler, you may be blocked from editing. There is a Wikipedia Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Specifically, MOS:PERCENT discourages use of "%" in non-technical articles. —Bagumba (talk) 06:59, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wont happen again Megacheez (talk) 01:05, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

NBA Basketball Hall of Famers

Please stop adding people to wrong columns in the Basketball Hall of Famers' tables. For example:

If a person was inducted as a player and played for the team then add him to the "Players" column.
If a person was inducted as a coach and coached the team then add him to the "Coaches" column.
If a person was inducted as a contributor then add him to the "Contributors" column.

Adding people to wrong columns just confuses the reader and just makes a mess when there are people in columns where they do not belong. I reverted your additions at Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks and I hope you will do the rest. – Sabbatino (talk) 07:53, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update: no help is needed as I have reworked all the tables myself. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:15, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sabbatino: I only added the Inductees on the day that they have been announced. Megacheez (talk) 22:36, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2019

Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in University of Nebraska Omaha. There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Please read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations. Scrolling through your most recent 500 edits shows that a large number of your edits appear to be minor edits which abbreviate terms and phrases that should not be abbreviated. This doesn't seem to be the first time you've been warned for Manual of Style related issues. Thank you. Vanilla Wizard 💙 04:10, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Megacheez (talk) 21:25, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 2020 (mass-replacing spelled-out numbers with numerals)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. This is just a heads up that numbers expressed as one or two words don’t need correcting to numerals, per WP:MOSNUM. It looks like you’ve been getting periodic messages about MOS-related problems for almost as long as you’ve been a registered editor, so I’m wondering if you have unresolved questions about this. Thanks. Larry Hockett (Talk) 21:21, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that you're still going through MANY articles replacing spell-out numbers with numerals against MOS:NUMERAL. You also have not replied to the same concern expressed above over two months ago. (See what I did there?) I don't want to start mass-reversions over minor issues because I'm pretty sure you're trying to be helpful, but you really need to pay attention to this sort of stuff when editing! Other people keep having to fix your mistakes, and you keep making them even after multiple polite editors have pointed them out... Zeng8r (talk) 20:47, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Youre Welcome Megacheez (talk) 20:53, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

Ok, now I'm not 100 percent sure that you're sincere about this. I hadn't looked at your contributions before posting my comment a few minutes ago, but now I see that you've done this same thing on well over 1000 ARTICLES since @Larry Hockett: informed you that it was against MOS. This is... not good, and I'm thinking that perhaps some admin involvement is required.

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you make disruptive edits to Wikipedia contrary to the Manual of Style. I'm going to leave this here for documentation purposes. Please see above for context. Zeng8r (talk) 21:01, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Cleveland Browns. Only a small portion of your edit was supported by the sources cited. Please stop your disruptive editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:46, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Chrysler Building, you may be blocked from editing. David J Johnson (talk) 10:40, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Style edits

Just to be clear, I very much appreciate the effort you put into you style edits - time and time again you come up on my watchlist adding conversions. The reverts I've done on the BART stations are solely because of the whitespace issue and not a reflection of the overall high quality of your edits. Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 02:10, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Megacheez (talk) 02:12, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. --Klohinx^talk 06:39, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2020

You have been blocked from editing. The reason for this is that you are still persisting in making edits (changing text to numbers) in violation of WP:MOSNUM despite many, many, warnings about it which can be seen on this talkpage. You may be unblocked if you promise to stop doing this, although any admin may note that you have already previously said you would follow the rules, and you haven't. You will need to explain that you understand why you have been blocked and what you will do differently in the future.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~)). Black Kite (talk) 10:30, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I really got carried away again, so I will never make anymore disruptive edits, I will no longer change texts to numbers and I will keep them as is. I would also apologize for any wrongdoing.

Decline reason:

This is a repeat of what you said in October 2015. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez (talk) 21:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You have been asked many times to stop. At one point, you were asked to stop and you said "You're welcome" to the person who pointed out what you were doing wrong. How come you didn't stop when you were asked to stop in January or March? only (talk) 22:06, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IDK, I promise it will never happen again. Megacheez (talk) 22:10, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What kind of changes will you make going forward, aside from not changing the numbers? How will you be a better editor if you are unblocked? Please give specifics. only (talk) 23:37, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will continue to add sources (e.g. videos, news articles from various sites) if necessary, contribute in talk pages, and proofread. Megacheez (talk) 00:14, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Black Kite: if my block is indefinite does this mean I'm blocked until further notice?

Megacheez (talk) 22:50, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can refer to WP:INDEF.—Bagumba (talk) 04:49, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I've read and understood the policies of editing, and I learned how to convert units and I want to learn more about editing, recently I posted a fact about the 1986 World Series.

Decline reason:

Yes. You learnt this back in 2015. Yamla (talk) 12:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamla: Is an indefinite block considered permanent or temporary? Megacheez (talk) 16:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neither. It's indefinite. It will be lifted manually, once you've convinced us the block is no longer necessary. --Yamla (talk) 16:52, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamla: Could it be lifted if I took no action? Megacheez (talk) 17:00, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Practically, no. The block will not automatically expire. It's unclear to me why this is confusing to you. --Yamla (talk) 17:10, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I am willing and able to contribute positively to this community like I did 5 years ago. I rearranged the retired numbers and Roy Halladay's #34 was to be retired on May 29, 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Megacheez (talk) 02:52, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I am declining your unblock request because it does not address the reason for your block, or because it is inadequate for other reasons. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
the block is no longer necessary because you
1. understand what you have been blocked for,
2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. 331dot (talk) 08:57, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I am willing and able to contribute positively to this community like I did 5 years ago. I understood what I was blocked for and I want to put it all behind me. Since I was blocked, I've suggested a few new articles on my talkpage and I plan to do so in the future. Also, I will only make sporadic contributions. Above this is my proposed edit that will improve Wikipedia. Megacheez (talk) 23:46, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
the block is no longer necessary because you
1. understand what you have been blocked for,
2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 21:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rosguill: Procedural Decline? What does that mean? Megacheez (talk) 17:05, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Megacheez, I explained it above already. The request was opened for two weeks, no admin accepted it in that time, so it gets closed as stale and you can re-open a new request. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 17:53, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November 2020

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Megacheez (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I am willing and able to contribute positively to this community like I did 5+ years ago. The first time I was blocked, I had a bit of a misunderstanding and got carried away. The second time, not so much. I understood what I was blocked for and I want to put it all behind me. Since I was blocked, I've suggested a few new articles on my talkpage and I plan to do so in the future. Also, I will only make sporadic contributions. If this unblock is approved, i'll do anything to make this community great again. If rejected, i'll just move on. Thank you for giving me the opportunity in being a part of this WikiCommunity.

Accept reason:

accepting this request, but Megacheez, please realize that another block is likely to be considered by many admins as intended to be permanent. —valereee (talk) 17:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Astros Hall of Fame Class of 2020

The Astros Hall of Fame was to include Lance Berkman, César Cedeño, Roy Hofheinz, Roy Oswalt, Billy Wagner and Bob Watson.^[1]

References

^ https://www.mlb.com/astros/history/hall-of-fame/

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