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Hello Dingy:
Could you please go to the images you've uploaded and make a note on them about their copyright status? These are really good illustrations and it would be a pity if we couldn't keep them in the article. Thanks, --Wtshymanski03:48, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sad to say that due to a recent change in policy, we will have to delete all image contributions that you have uploaded if you do not put copyright information on them. If you have any questions, please contact me on my talk page. Thanks! Ral31522:32, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Fig 1.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.
Hi, I liked your work. And English is not my native language too (I am from Brazil). I am glad to help. Feel free to ask for my help, if you need. Regards, Carioca15:57, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for your encouragements, I did a lot of biographies for the French wiki, mainly on Brazilian players, I my town of Lyon we have a good team (Olympique Lyonnais) with 3 excellent brazilian players, I start to write articles on them and then will do some more. Your help is appreciated, I saw what you did on the articles yesterday. A+ (as we say in France) Dingy16:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, about the Cerezo article, I think that you should merge its content to the Toninho Cerezo article, and create a redirect (redirecting Cerezo to Toninho Cerezo). Your article is much better than the other one, however, this former football player is better known as Toninho Cerezo, and this is the reason why is better to redirect Cerezo to Toninho Cerezo. Anyway, keep up the good work. Regards, Carioca05:00, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Right, I did not saw it, in Europe we called him generally "Cerezo". I made the changes as you indicated Thanks. My next one is Julio César da Silva, is it done already ? Dingy05:09, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Renan is correct. The correct spelling of José Macia's nickname is Pepe. However, as there is aleready an article called Pepe, the better option is to use the move button and move the Pépé article to something like Pepe (footballer) or Pepe (football player). If you need any help, please, contact me. Keep up the good work, Dingy. Regards, Carioca16:43, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, yes, the player is Marinho Chagas. He played for Bangu in that year. According to a Brazilian magazine (Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro-Lance), he played at: Riachuelo (1969), ABC (1970), Náutico (1971), Botafogo (1972 to 1977), Cosmos (USA, 1979), Strikers (USA, 1980), São Paulo (1981 to 1984), Bangu (1985), Fortaleza (1986), Harlekin (Germany, 1987). Keep up the good work. Regards, Carioca02:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Dirceu Lopes was an atacking midfielder and forward born on September 3, 1946, in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, his fullname is Dirceu Lopes Mendes. He played for the following clubs: Cruzeiro (1963 to 1976), Fluminense (1976 and 1977), Uberlândia (1978 and 1979), and Democrata-GV (1980 and 1981). He won the following titles: Taça Brasil (in 1966) and Campeonato Mineiro (in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975), all with Cruzeiro. He was a idol of Cruzeiro, and played 594 matches for the club, scoring 224 goals. He had 19 caps, scoring 4 goals. References: Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001. Regards, Carioca19:41, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comercial (MT) is Esporte Clube Comercial of Mato Grosso do Sul. On January 1, 1979, Mato Grosso do Sul was split off from the state of Mato Grosso. Until that year, Comercial disputed the Mato Grosso Championship. After the split, the club started to dispute the new Mato Grosso do Sul Championship. Regards, Carioca19:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. No, Valdo Cândido de Oliveira Filho has never played for Fluminense. It was another Valdo, who played for Fluminense some years before the better known Valdo was born. Regards, Carioca21:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey thanks. Yeah, I've struggled to find really good resources, and clearly some aren't in English. Any more refs would be great. I'm going to get the article done as soon as I can. Are there any refs out there saying what clubs he played for and when? I don't think I have any of those yet. - Shuddatalk10:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
here it says that he played with (in this order) : Peyrehorade, Bayonne, Brive, S.U. Agen, Bayonne. It is the information we have in the French text, no date yet but I will try to find something. He played with Brive when they won the European cup in 1997 and in 2000 when they won the French cup. In 2002 he won the French championship with Agen. He finished his career with Bayonne. Dingy11:51, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This reference [1], in english, gives the information on one part of his career :
CA Brive from 1996 to 2000
SU Agen from 2000 to 2002, it fits with the other information
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it. Only other thing, did he retire after playing for Saint Medard in 2004? I was looking into that but couldn't find out. - Shuddatalk21:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
in [2] (discussion in French) it shows that he played durng the 2005-2006 season, until the final round in May 2006. he was then 35.. probably his last season Dingy02:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, he may have retired now, but that ref is prob not acceptable, it's a message-board. Would need something more verifiable. Thanks for looking though. - Shuddatalk02:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Dingy, I noticed that you have worked on the French rugby team on the FR wikipedia, and I thought maybe if you get any spare time you could translate some of that stuff over to France national rugby union team. For example, the section on the colours/uniform and home grounds would be fantastic. But yeah, if you can do anything like that, it would be really great. Cheers. Cvene6401:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Cvene64, I have just finished the work on this article in french, in a few days I plan to propose it as Feature article, concerning the translation I will do something in a few days, of course afterwards you will have to check the wording ... Dingy02:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks very much for the info on the crest and uniform, it really adds so much to the page. Great job. And congratulations on all the work that has been done on the FR wiki rugby articles (World Cup, 6N etc are all really really great). (also, sorry, I didnt see the above message from you until after your second one on my user page). Thanks again and good luck with your feature nomination. Cheers. Cvene6409:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. Sorry to bug you like I do, but was wondering if could you help with the Waisale Serevi article? The specific section of the article i'm talking about is the bit about his French clubs, Stade Montois, then Stade Bordelais. I've added as much as I can discover in English, but there isn't much out there. Was also wondering if you could find out whether he learn't french? Thanks. - Shuddatalk10:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, he was interviewed in March 2001, in the report it is said that he and his family speak english and that the interview had to be in english (with a good dictionary) [3]. Dingy02:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, while France national rugby union team is still the collaboration I want to get as much of it done as possible. I was wondering if you knew of a reference that gives a list of coaches of the team? The list does not need to go back to 1903, but should probably include the last 40 years (the whole idea of a coach not popular many years ago, so a comprehensive list will be impossible). Anyway, please let me know where I can get a list of coaches, even if it's only the last twenty years. - Shuddatalk11:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, when I wrote the French version I could not find the kind of list that you are looking for, I had to define one by looking into the history of the national team and detect the places where the replacement of the coach was mentionned (E.Escot, J.Rivière, Un siècle de rugby, Ed. Calmann-Lévy, 1997 (ISBN2-7021-2784-3) ( Henri Garcia, La légende du tournoi, Minerva, 2005, 254 p (ISBN2-8307-0793-1) Dingy12:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, me again! Another request, would it be possible to put the image here up on wiki-commons? I'd do it myself but my French is poor. - Shuddatalk11:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
James Milner Career section
Not really asking for full feedback on this article (although I wouldn’t mind it). I’d just like to know what you feel the best way the divide up the Career section is, by Club, by season, not at all or some other way. Please leave your reply under the section in my talk page named “Milner Career section”. Buc16:26, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I may do that later this year, at the moment I am too interested to contribute on rugby (english version) as some impose their views and there is apparently no way to modify the content of articles such as the one on WC 2007 teams. Dingy02:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Following discussion and for practical reasons, we have decided not to take votes "against" into account at Talk:French people/Vote. I see you did vote against Eric Cantona and it would be appreciated if you could remove that vote. Also when you add names to the list, make sure there is a free non-copyrighted picture available for that person. Many thanks - Wikigi | talk to me | 16:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Dingy! I see you voted for Isabelle Adjani in the poll for the French poeple pics. Unfortunatelly there are no free pics of her available. Would you like to vote for someone else? Thanks! The Ogre (talk) 00:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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