Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby league

message: Request Challenge Cup semi final be moved to draft space as article is incomplete and unreferenced. Mn1548 (talk) 20:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: To be honest, it should probably be sent to AfD, as it's already been PROD'ed a couple of times. Semi finals aren't really notable enough to be considered anything more than trivia. J Mo 101 (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If we take FA Cup semi-finals, the Challenge Cup article has the potential to be a well written article, but agree it shouldn't exist in the mainspace in its current state. Mn1548 (talk) 09:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

text: No further discussion will move to draft for now. Mn1548 (talk) 09:54, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Challenge Cup semi final 

message: Was his move to Manley a loan, if KR had the power to recall him after three years? Mn1548 (talk) 15:28, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Manly paid £15,000 to sign Lowe for three years, after which he would either return to Rovers on a free transfer, or stay with Manly a further two years if an additional £10,000 was paid (which of course the two clubs later disagreed over). I don't think it was really a loan, the RFL were still using the Retain and transfer system at the time, so presumably Rovers kept him on the club register so he couldn't sign for another club when he returned to England. J Mo 101 (talk) 15:51, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers, thanks. Mn1548 (talk) 13:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Phil Lowe]] 

message: Just a friendly reminder to adhere to WP:RELIABILITY and WP:NOR when editing, and to check for incorrect information in articles if possible! I've noticed several players of the pre-WWII era had unsourced DOBs listed which were incorrect and not even similar to the correct date. It appears these were added by User:Hugh 3476 (since banned for unrelated reasons) around 2018-19 and remained on the pages uncontested ever since. Some examples:
* Roy Bossi: Hugh's edit, my correction
* Tom Nevin: Hugh's edit, my correction
* Charles Rice (rugby league): Hugh's edit, my correction
* Stan Robinson (rugby league): Hugh's edit, my correction
* Clarrie Tupper: Hugh's edit, my correction
Narkova (talk) 10:20, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Moral of the story, any IP that's 1.14x.xxx.xxx, or 1.12x.xxx.xxx be suspicious of. Local Potentate (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect DOBs added by [[User:Hugh 3476]] 

message: Infbox states organisation is based in Brisbane whereas history section says it is based in Auckland. Both are unsourced. Mn1548 (talk) 16:19, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone changed it to Brisbane without a source. I've switched it back as the official site says Auckland. J Mo 101 (talk) 17:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Asia-Pacific Rugby League]] contradiction 

message: I'm currently working on an update for this article (last updated in 2018), there's been a large turnover of players since then!
I'll be adding all new players since then, using Heritage Numbers | Hull FC as my primary reference, alongside other sources.
As part of this refresh, I plan to add a Heritage No. column (to bring it in line with corresponding lists articles for Featherstone, Oldham, Halifax, Leeds, Saints etc, plus the Aussie clubs).
I've been in touch with J Mo 101, who has put me straight on Heritage No. in the main player articles, so thanks for that.
Before I press the button, does anyone have any objections, or advice? All feedback gratefully received.
Robinson Drinkald (talk) 11:45, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The only thing I would note is that the page is already quite large (over 300kb), which can slow down loading times etc, but removing all the duplicate links in the season columns would help with that. No issues otherwise, editing those huge lists can be a bit of a mammoth task, so appreciate the effort!. J Mo 101 (talk) 13:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of Hull F.C. players]] 

message: This is a bit tangential to the above, so I'm going to split it out here. If the intention is to only list certain clubs and certain levels of play, would it make sense to have the infobox disallow any team that does not fit that billing? In other words, if  and  were input, but only TeamB was an "acceptable" team, Team A wouldn't be listed. If I've totally misread the intention of the above discussion feel free to trout me and hat this. Primefac (talk) 12:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It could be done, but the team list would be quite long and complicated if it had to take into account historic team names, piped links to the current names, and things like nowrap templates and loan/DR arrows. EdwardUK (talk) 19:32, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I do suppose that would be more useful as a "brand new infobox" territory where we could get it working the way we wanted right out of the gate. Retrofitting thousands of transclusions to ensure they match what we "want" is going to be more hassle than it's worth... Primefac (talk) 19:40, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

text: That would definitely add consistency to infoboxes of all players if it would be done. But would need a strong concensus and regular updating as it could end up being too indiscriminate. Mn1548 (talk) 22:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Preprogram teams?