User talk:Bob305

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Penn State

No worries at all. I am going to write a longer summary tomorrow. Gerry D (talk) 04:29, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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PSU vs. Ohio

Are you planning on writing a preliminary game summary for this one? I can help if necessary. Go Phightins! (talk) 18:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

I never turn down help! Bob305 (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

If you start it, I'll just add stats on players and some notable plays. But go ahead and get it started. Come on Lions! Pull it out! Go Phightins! (talk) 18:40, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Some PSU player articles I started

Hey, just a heads up in case you wanted to help edit or improve (which they all need, especially Robinson) some of the PSU player articles I created. Thus far I have Gerald Hodges, Paul Jones (American football), Bill Belton, and Alan Robinson. I have a pretty quick process I can go through (about 20-30 min.) if you can think of any other PSU guys who deserve articles, let me know, I'm watching your talk page. Additionally, on the season page I couldn't figure out how to link the articles in the table, so I just wanted to see if you knew how to do that. Sorry for the rambling, have a good day. Go Phightins! (talk) 00:09, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you just asked, but take a look at the table. If you click on September 1 or September 8, it now links to the game summaries below. Is that what you are asking? Let me know.

My other interest is baseball and I've been updating the game logs for the Phillies most games since mid June. Others are writing the summaries. I completely forgot about today's day game as I have a full teaching (high school) schedule on Wednesday afternoons. I need to add today's game log momentarily. Bob305 (talk) 02:48, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

In the roster section, the only players who have blue links to their Wikipedia articles are Matt McGloin, Michael Mauti and Paul Jones. I can't figure out how to create blue links to the Wikipedia pages of Robinson, Belton, and Hodges. Go Phightins! (talk) 20:39, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

I used the code ("|rs=y|link=y") that was after McGloin's name on the roster and it worked for the other 3. I don't really understand what it stands for, but it works now. Bob305 (talk) 01:10, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Go Phightins! (talk) 02:01, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

You're right

My fault, you're correct that it occurred in the fourth...it is pouring and thundering here too, I'm worried I might lose the game too. Go Phightins! (talk) 18:50, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Whaddya think?

What do you think of the way I formatted the stats for the Illinois game. It's more similar to how the nfl teams' season pages look (e.g., 2012 Philadelphia Eagles season.) As you and I seem to be the primary contributors of content on this page, I figured I'd get your opinion. Let me know. I just thought it'd be something to try to make it more visually appealing and easy to read. Go Phightins! (talk) 02:37, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

What about making the information hidden, but easily accessible with the "hide/show" feature? I like stats, but I do know that too much information at one time can be overwhelming for some people. Bob305 (talk) 02:42, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Good thought. I'll try to work on that tomorrow, but tonight I'm headed to the rack. Thanks for the suggestion. Go Phightins! (talk) 02:52, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

How's it look? Go Phightins! (talk) 21:48, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Looks good; only criticism is to distinguish at Illinois for an away game or vs. Northwestern for a home game. Bob305 (talk) 22:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

will do--thanks for the input--Go Phightins! (talk) 01:27, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on statistical format

Bob, I wanted to let you know that Talk:2012 Penn State Nittany Lions football team currently has a discussion going on regarding statistical format. Feel free to chime in. Thanks--Go Phightins! (talk) 03:05, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for providing a cite for Charles V. Bush's death. I was ready to revert the whole thing as vandalism.--Auric (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your work with stats and updates to the 2013 Philadelphia Phillies season article, I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Go Phightins! 20:49, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Bob305 (talk) 17:50, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

PSU this week

I am going to be camping on Saturday, and as such will not be around to watch (and update 2013 Penn State Nittany Lions football team) on the progress of the game. If you happen to be around and wouldn't mind doing so, I would really appreciate it. I will be back Sunday afternoon and should have time to write some prose summary. Thanks - Go Phightins! 21:12, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

I'll be at a wedding (at 11 AM with the reception to follow), so it looks like I won't be seeing any of it live either. Thanks for thinking of me. Bob305 (talk) 22:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Interestingly, I have to go to a wedding on the 19th – my cousin intentionally scheduled it for the bye week, as their entire family are season ticket holders. Oy vey. We can catch up after. Have fun at your wedding. Go Phightins! 11:17, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

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About that fellow inputting all the baseball game logs...

I replied. You're not alone in being bothered by his slip-ups, but he is new, so we must give him time to learn. Heck knows I was clueless when I was as new as he is. –RedSoxFan274 _{(talk~contribs)} 05:29, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I tried to put a good spin on it and show him examples. He did pick up a few clues on the Phillies page. Thanks for helping. Bob305 (talk) 12:03, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

We are a model of efficiency :-)

[1][2] all within 5 minutes of the games' conclusion. If only other institutions would run with our excellent efficiency :-) Go Phightins! 03:26, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for all of your writing and documentation on the page! Bob305 (talk) 20:54, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Kudos on your edit to Babe Ruth

Hi Bob!

Nice edit on How to Babe Ruth. The article looks much better now.

Keep being awesome! EmilyREditor (talk) 05:14, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

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Tonight's game

I picked a good one to go to! Got some great pictures that I'll upload in the next few days -- got a few of Ken Giles, and finally Ben Revere in a Phillies uniform! Go Phightins! 03:36, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Good for you! I changed the TV station when they were down 4–1; my brother came in later and said, "You can turn it on now; they're winning." So dummy me, I missed the most exciting part.

If you get a chance, can you check out my WP:NOR comments on the Joe Pittman and Talk:Joe Pittman#date of death pages. I'm a peaceful guy and don't want to edit war, but I can use some advice, if I'm following procedure/policy correctly or not.

Hey, I looked at your comments, and think you are well within policy ... there's only been one revert, and you are the one engaging in discussion, so you're fine. Have a great rest of the day. God bless, Go Phightins! 19:39, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

And re photos - here they are. Use away! Go Phightins! 20:25, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Looks good ... thanks for your contributions and advice! Bob305 (talk) 20:28, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

PSU 2014

Hey Bob, I don't know if you'll be around Saturday morning to watch PSU and UCF, but if you are and wouldn't mind updating the game box with pertinent information as the game progresses, that'd be great. I set up the section for the game as we did last year, and wrote the preview, but won't be around for the game itself, as we are headed to Ocean City, MD this weekend for the holiday. Looking forward to a great season. We are! Go Phightins! 21:37, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. My volunteer fireman brother has a pancake breakfast at the firehouse starting at 7 AM so I should be home for the game. And enjoy OC! the same brother planned a summer vacation trip there for us a month ago! Good times & good memories. Bob305 (talk) 08:24, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

I was still at the firehouse when the game started so I didn't get the temperature (and weather) at kickoff, but I was able to update the 1st half scoring en masse (as opposed to play-by-play). I was looking back at last year and noticed (1) some games had first and last name of each play-maker throughout (2) other games had first and last names of play-makers at the first reference and just the last name at all subsequent mentions. I edited in the form of the former. I was unable to get names of the officiating crew (referee), but will be looking; I do know that they were from UCF's conference. Thanks for the opportunity! Bob305 (talk) 16:08, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey Bob, I think I have everything in there now. If you want to copyedit my game description or make sure I didn't monumentally misrepresent anything/screw it up as you watched the game and I didn't, please do. Look forward to working with you for the remainder of the season :-) Go Phightins! 22:34, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Looks good! Initially, I was a little confused with the line "taking only three plays to drive 72 yards for a touchdown, scoring via a 79-yard pass from Hackenberg to Geno Lewis," but when I went back and looked at the play-by-play, I noticed there was a 9-yard sack involved in the drive. ... And how about those Phils today? Bob305 (talk) 00:31, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately we were stuck in traffic while the game was going on, so I heard about it after the fact, but that's something! Go Phightins! 01:33, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Rogers McKee

Hi Bob305. Thanks for your attention. I added recently an image file and a footer to the article {*) Cheers. MusiCitizen (talk) 21:25, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits! I tend to edit mostly baseball (Phillies) pages, but that branches out as I'm looking at opposing pitchers' pages moving back year-by-year. Right now, I just finished 1983 and will move back to 1982 shortly. I usually look at recent deaths of Americans also. Bob305 (talk) 13:06, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Eddy

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User:Go Phightins! submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate User:Bob305 as Editor of the Week for tireless work managing the technical/maintenance end of sports articles, specifically season articles for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Philadelphia Phillies. As one who writes a lot of the content for those articles, having Bob around to handle the templates, stat boxes, etc., as well as to occasionally copyedit, revise, and make better what I write is terrific both for me and for readers. His penchant for excellence in filtering out any editorialism that sneaks its way into what I write, fixing typos and mistakes that only he can recognize because he watched the game too, etc. quite simply makes the articles on which we collaborate much more professional, and much more accurate. The fact that he does it without expecting any recognition – he rarely ventures out of the article namespace – confirms to me that he is exactly the type of editor we set out to begin recognizing at EotW, and is a highly deserving recipient. Oh, and by the way, he single-handedly updates the statistics for every Phillies' player on an almost daily basis, and in his free time, he works backwards to make sure every Phillies season article has a table indicating wins/losses. Need I again say excellence?

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Thanks again for your efforts! ```Buster Seven Talk 14:12, 14 September 2014 (UTC)