User talk:Trb333

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2009 European Racquetball Championships

Hi Trb333, thanks for the congratulations. Your articles in the wikipedia about racquetball competitions and players are a good job too.

I read your blog since some time ago, and is really great ! There are no many racquetball websites, and your blog is very interesting. Congratulations.

In the next weeks-months I'll add more racquetball articles. Cheers. --Puigsacalm (talk) 19:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Racquetball players

Hi, thanks for the new additions. A few notes though. Can you format them more like this intro (bold name, parenthesis around birth year). Also, please help to fill up Category:Racquetball players by nationality by putting them there. Last, have you looked at Did you know for new articles and trying to get some up there on the Main Page? Just a little mention could get a lot of notice on your work and help bring in other editors. You seem to write long enough articles, it's just a matter of knowing where to go. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 04:32, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. I've been putting people's names in bold and their birth dates in parentheses. I'm not sure about the nationalities thing though. I didn't start the American racquetball players category, and as there are few racquetball players in general, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to have them all in one category. That is, there are only a couple of Mexicans that I've done pages for, and a couple of Canadians, though I might do a few more of them. Does it make sense to break down racquetball players by nationality in this situation? Also, I'm not sure I get the DYK thing, though it would be cool to have an article on the main page, of course. Cheers, Trb333 (talk) 07:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moving an article

There's move button at the top so you can change the article's name. See Help:Moving a page for more details. It will also create a redirect so people searching for the old name should transfer over. Also, our naming convention is to use the most common name of a person (which isn't always their legal name). For example, Prince (musician) doesn't use his full name (or that symbol). -- Ricky81682 (talk) 06:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed the problem with the template not appearing. The name in the template itself was incorrect. So you can now edit it. In the future, if you have a template issue like this, as in the template exists, you can always access the template by typing "Template:US Open Racquetball Champions (men)" or whatever the name is of the template. To find the correct name, edit the section where the template is transcluded onto an article and you can find the name inside the {{}} as in {{US Open Racquetball Champions (men)}} is the name of the template. Or a shortcut is to edit the section, then write {{tl|US Open Racquetball Champions (men)}} (as in add a "tl|" inside the brackets) in there and hit preview. It will then give you a link to the template you can then select to leave the article you were on. Be sure not to hit save though on the original article as you are only using it as a portal and you don't want to save the edit. Aboutmovies (talk) 22:27, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010 World Championships

Hi Trb333, this time you've been quicker ;-) Good job

I've done two european racquetball national teams. Have you enough information to do the US and Canada teams ? --Puigsacalm (talk) 21:18, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've got information for who has represented US and Canada internationally though the references aren't always that verifiable and I don't know if it's complete. Is that what you're referring to? Would be a good addition to the web. Trb333 (talk) 23:57, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure you have more information about US and Canada national teams than information I have about European teams, so it would be great if you can do articles about american teams when you'll have time :-). I'll try to do more european teams, but it's hard to find many information about them. --Puigsacalm (talk) 22:01, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 World Championships

I have been checking the results from the International Federation... and either I can't understand the Draw System or the information in the article 2012 Racquetball World Championships that you have created. Osplace 02:42, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The IRF's website isn't the best for obtaining information, but I've put in links to the relevant pdfs. Do they help? I'll do it with the citeweb format, when I've got a bit more time. They do use a straight draw - with seedings based on performances based on the best 2 of the last 3 World Championships. But there are 'consolation' divisions, so they play off to determine all the positions. Also, this year those playoffs matter in singles, because this the selection event for the 2013 World Games with the top 16 players qualifying. Is this clear? Trb333 (talk) 14:09, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Daniel de la Rosa

You may do as you like, but I suggest you start looking up articles about him in Spanish [1]. You'll see his name being written as "de la Rosa" in more or less 90% of cases. That may not be the norm in English and I know this is the English-language wiki, but let's not anglicize everything. -- Lancini87 (talk)

Well, I did as I thought was appropriate based on what the individual himself does. I get that Spanish written conventions may hold that his name should be written differently, but that's not what he's used when he had the opportunity. Now, maybe he's Anglicizing his name, but that would be his choice, and we should respect that over Spanish conventions, yes? --Trb333 (talk) 13:57, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, go ahead. -- Lancini87 (talk) 15:13, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

October 2016

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Magazine covers

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Is is appropriate to put up a magazine cover as an image in an article or would that be a copyright violation? Thanks. Trb333 (talk) 01:08, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A magazine cover is almost always covered by copyright. Therefore, the rules about fair use of non-free content apply. See Non-free content criteria. So the answer is that, yes, it may be possible to use the image of the magazine cover, but you need to provide a suitable rationale, showing that the use fits within the guidelines. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:28, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the prompt reply. The article would be on a racquetball player, and there are few images of players, so that's why I'm wondering about using a magazine cover. The magazine would be the official magazine of the player's national sport organization (NSO), so non-profit organization publication. I'm sure the NSO would be OK with this use. Also, I'm thinking of a magazine from about 20 years ago, so not a recent publication. Finally, where would I make the case for this use? On the article Talk page?Trb333 (talk) 03:05, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to my reading of the non-free content policy, that use isn't something that could be covered by a fair-use rationale. Your notion that the copyright holder would be OK with such a use is not persuasive, and the cover copyright is both with the magazine and the photographer. And in most countries, copyright lasts considerably longer than 20 years. In the United States, only works published before 1923 can be presumed to be out of copyright and there are wrinkles around even that rule of thumb. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:53, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, bother. Thanks for your response. Trb333 (talk) 16:37, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Follow up - what if the photos are ones that an organization has issuesd for promotional purposes? Would those be OK to use in Wikipedia articles? Trb333 (talk) 17:50, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge award

		The Red Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Trb333 for expanding the biography article Jennifer Saunders (racquetball) during the third year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge fourth anniversary

		The Red Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Trb333 for writing three sports articles during the fourth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 19:54, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge fifth anniversary

		The Red Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Trb333 for improvements to a half-dozen Canadian sports articles during the fifth year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 16:41, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of 2022 Racquetball World Championships – Mixed doubles for deletion

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge sixth anniversary

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Proposed deletion of 2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships

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I'm gobsmacked by this proposed deletion, which I have removed from the article, as per Wikipedia protocols. What the what? Trb333 (talk) 15:38, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of 2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships for deletion

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Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:30, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge seventh anniversary

		The Red Maple Leaf Award
		This maple leaf is awarded to Trb333 for updating an article during the seventh year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 14:59, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]