User talk:Approximately

Welcome to BR Bullpen! We hope you will contribute much and well. You will probably want to read the help pages. Again, welcome and have fun! Philippe (talk) 14:32, 6 October 2016 (EDT)

Notable Achievements is a standardized list; follow the link to learn more. --Philippe (talk) 21:07, 6 October 2016 (EDT)

I've removed the redirects for Joe Crede as they were too far-fetched to be notable: they're not even mentioned in his article. If you want to re-create them, go ahead, but there should be an explanation in the article itself. --Philippe (talk) 12:49, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

I don't even understand the need for the redirect. Who's going to type "Joe Crede getting greedy" into the search? --Jeff (talk) 06:39, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

When you input the statistics of an active player in a table of career leaders (as in the Grounded into double play table), you should either put those of the last completed full season, or indicate as of which date the statistic was valid. The latter is problematic unless you chose a significant date (for example, as of the day a player obtained his 3,000th hit); if you choose a random date (August 16, 2017 in Albert Pujols' case), that has no particular justification except that you felt like updating a table that day. It's even more problematic if you simply input the figure without any explanation, since a reader will not know where that particular number came from. Since you are not going to update the table every time Pujols grounds into a double play during the remainder of this season, it will immediately be out of date. We should whenever possible avoid drafting articles in a way that will irremediably make their content out of date. --Philippe (talk) 19:55, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

I've reversed your modifications on the pages of Craig Biggio, Rafael Palmeiro and Carlos Beltran. The category "20+ seasons" includes all players who have appeared in 20 or more major league seasons, including token appearances, appearances when they were still rookies, etc. All three qualify. Philippe (talk) 19:12, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're talking about when you say "MLB does not honor those as seasons in its leagues". Do you think MLB erases players names from its official statistics if they fail to meet whatever definition of minimum playing time you think exists? See for example Biggio's Hall of Fame plaque which says: "Gritty spark plug who ignited Astros offense for 20 major league seasons." That's about as official as you can get. In any case, the category is for players who have appeared in a major league game in 20 or more separate seasons, not for players who played an (unspecified) minimum number of games. It's extremely straightforward and I don't understand why you want to mess around with it. Philippe (talk) 19:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

The 20+ Seasons category has nothing to do with accrued seasons for service time. Its for players who appeared in 20 seasons. Jeff (talk) 19:35, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Finally, our criteria is not based on when a player is no longer considered a rookie, just on the total number of seasons in which a player has appeared. That category was created 10 years ago and there is no reason to revisit its criteria. Philippe (talk) 19:43, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

The format of the first section of player pages has been standardized for over 15 years and reflects the format used on the main B-R site. I'm not sure why you suddenly find it necessary to insert notes about a player's career in other sports in the spot where a nickname or name variation would normally be. The proper place for this is in the biographical information section, most logically in the introductory paragraph. Also note that such a major change to our formatting would require prior discussion with other editors. Philippe (talk) 22:13, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Why are you messing up the Nicknames for a Home Run page? If you don't provide an explanation, or stop, I'll have to report you to Sean. -Umbreon9 (talk) 00:54, 19 March 2024 (UTC)