Hello:
I am a chess player and teacher who contributes what I can to chess-based articles. I am always seeking to add relevant citations and new sources.
As I am an amateur when it comes to formatting, please let me know if and when a citation or source meets the necessary requirements for website publication.
Thank you kindly.
Sincerely,
Sir Mouse
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You performed a cut and paste move of John W. Collins, and left the page messed up. See WP:MOVE for an explanation of the reasons why cut and paste moves are not done, and also to learn the correct way to move a page. If you haven't seen this before it isn't knowledge that anyone is born with, so the procedure is new to everyone at first. I don't think your new page name is really the best either. I undid your edit because the page seems OK at its current title, but if a move is needed we usually disambiguate chess players by adding a suffix, as in Frank Marshall (chess player). Quale (talk) 16:26, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Sirmouse,
It seems to me that an article you worked on, Jack Collins (chess player), may be copied from http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/index.php?p=collins. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Bobby Fischer. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
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Sirmouse, I noticed that the William Lombardy article you nominated for Good Article status has a "more footnotes" template on it.
Basically, if that template is accurate, then the article will not be eligible to be a Good Article, since adequate inline sourcing is one of the required criteria. So, if there is still more inline sourcing to be done, I wanted to recommend that you withdraw the nomination (just revert the addition of the GA nominee template) until it is ready. Also, just so you know going forward, the "subtopic" field in the GA nominee template needs to be filled in; for Chess-related topics, the proper subtopic is "Sports and recreation", which I've added to your Bobby Fischer nomination. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about such nominations, or you can check the instructions page at WP:GAN/I. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:23, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
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Starting a sentence: "However, [...]" is considered poor writing style by some of the expert British writers on this site. FYI. Plus there's nothing wrong with word "but" in place of word "however" (in fact it has its advantages). Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 18:34, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
I guess what I'm asking is, that you discontinue changing existing sentence structures *to* the "However, ..." (or "But, ...) format, since it just means work for me to clean it up if the article wants to go to GA/FA some day. The best route when in doubt I think is the structure "[Text], however, [additional text]" which is considered better than introducing sentence with "However, [text]." (That might seem arbitrary at first, but it's really not. You don't wanna introduce a sentence with a cautionary pause or contrary fact, when the reader at that point can't fathom why or what. That is why I believe the introductory "However, ..." is deemed poor form. There can be other reason too, such as implying contrary information follows, when many times that's mistaken.) Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 08:35, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate the insight. I have no intention to edit war with anyone. Let me know any thoughts or concerns you may have. I am more than willing to fix anything you want me to fix. Thank you. Sirmouse (talk) 19:57, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Good read. Thank you for the link to the discussion. Sirmouse (talk) 15:25, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Plz put back all the sec heads you removed in Bobby today. Thx. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 18:50, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
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[1] Are you sure that's the way it's done? MoS talks about wlinking first-occurrences, but that guideline was meant for body text, to reduce annoyance when reading it. The Refs section is not *read* the same way as body text is. You seem to be extending the MoS guideline to Refs section. Those entries w/o authorlink just look "incomplete" to me. I don't see redundant author links as irritating or interfering with research, like you suggested. Are you making up your own guideline here? Ihardlythinkso (talk) 19:20, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
I agree that the Bibliography sub-section of the Refs Section is not *read* the same way. I believe this is the reason that it is generally considered to be okay to have someone who is linked in the body and then linked again in the Bibliography sub-section. The reason I made the linking non-duplicative was so that there wasn't a phallanx of "blue" and that it would, therefore, be easier to read. It seems to me that this is the format that is used on some other GA pages, which is what I based the format on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sirmouse/George_Washington#References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sirmouse/Abraham_Lincoln#References
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I just came across this page and you made the most recent edit and I was wondered whether you just collected the updated information as you came across it on Wikipedia or is there some way to search for articles with many references? Thanks for any information you can provide! Liz Read! Talk! 23:11, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
I updated a number of the articles that were currently on the list. I do not know if there are other articles that have over 500 references or 400 references. I haven't come across them, so I don't know. If you can find some and add them, it will be greatly appreciated. With any list, it is very time-consuming plugging in all the most recent updates, so the more people working on such a page the better Wikipedia will become, I believe. Thank you for asking.Sirmouse (talk) 03:36, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
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Another editor let me know that you're no longer actively involved with Wikipedia, so I thought I would drop by to say that I enjoyed the article you nominated, World Chess Championship 1972. Thanks for your contributions, and I hope you are able to return to editing at some point in the future. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:03, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Sirmouse. I'm acquaited w/ your frustrations that led to your retirement. ProjChess IMO is a passive group (single operators w/ rare exception) where wiki-term "community" doesn't reasonably apply. I've criticized two or three of your edits, but really that was detail stuff (style and/or emphasis) which could be worked out in collaboration. (I think you were seeking same; me too in areas of sincere interest.) I've quit editing orthochess articles, but might make exception re Fischer-related articles, if I had someone to collaborate with. What do you think? Sincere, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 05:48, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
Take a look at these viewership spikes for September 1 anniversary of Fischer becoming world champion: World Chess Championship 1972, Bobby Fischer. Sincere, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:06, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
I saw the documentary about a year ago. It presents a partially true story of what happened. Interestingly, they didn't interview the people who knew Fischer best (Joan Targ passed away, as did Regina Fischer, and they wanted Lombardy to be interviewed without paying him; there was another fellow that knew him well, but for some reason he was not interviewed either). I don't believe that Fischer ever went "mad." As Brady says, he was just "angry." And rightfully so. The U.S. wanted to arrest him for playing a chess game. This is absurd. Fischer was a little paranoid because of the Russians and I believe he was being realistic in his assessments. I do believe he overworked his brain, however, (one can kind of do that if one is always playing over the historical chess games, and playing through endgames, all the time) and that allowed negative thoughts and conspiracy theories to creep in later in his life (i.e., his radio interviews). My opinion is that Fischer needed something spiritual to keep him grounded, but because he wound up being persuaded and betrayed by the Worldwide Church, he wound up tossing out anything and everything religious or spiritual, leading him down the road of being perceived as an "anti-semite." Just my two cents... The viewership spikes are intriguing. I think the "Pawn Sacrifice" movie is partly responsible for that spike. Perhaps it being a "this date in history" listing on wikipedia. I haven't seen the film yet, so who knows whether it is truly accurate, or just dramatic. We shall see. Hope all is well with you. Sirmouse (talk) 19:32, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
I did notice that. That was interesting to see. I can't say too much about it, except to the extent that I believe it may be an accurate assessment, from what I remember being said in the interview in the documentary. "Rumor" has it that the people that took care of him received a little bit of money when Fischer passed away. Any which way you slice it, the USCF didn't do much to back Fischer for playing after the 1972 World Championship, so I can understand his frustrations with the world at large. It seems that part of what made Fischer so exciting for the chess world was his knowledge of chess, precision of play, attacking style, relentless work ethic, tough-guy Brooklyn personality, and, of course, his phenomenal chess record against his contemporaries. He let little get in the way of what he wanted to accomplish. To him, I believe, chess was art. I hope he and his games will not be forgotten as history progresses. I hope all is well with you and that you have survived the Holidays. Sirmouse (talk) 04:15, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi Sirmouse, just finished watching Pawn Sacrifice for first time, quite liked it (even tho many details were distorted for reg moviegoers). My fav line was Ivanovich in the taxi after his loss: "It was like ... having a building fall on me." :) I think they s/ have included the Bronstein draw for add'l dramatic development, but no. :( Was well-cast/acted I thought; what did you think of Sarsgaard's portrayal of Lombardy? Happy New Year, too. Sincere, IHTS (talk) 08:40, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
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