User:BeFriendlyGoodSir

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		The NBA WikiProject Barnstar
		message BeFriendlyGoodSir (talk) 21:51, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

. Don't forget the four tildes (BeFriendlyGoodSir (talk) 21:51, 12 May 2024 (UTC)) to sign your username.

Honors[edit]

		The Original Barnstar
		Your latest efforts on behalf of WP:CBBALL are greatly appreciated. You have done lots of great work for the project. However, 1997 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament is especially exemplary because of the diligence with which you fully completed page and the extent to which you polished its presentation. Because NCAA Division III is relegated in obscurity to NCAA Division I and the project emphasizes Division I, having all men's DI and women's DIs is all that is a high priority to some. To complete the set of all men's and women's D1, D2 and D3 tournaments is of underappreciated importance for the project. Keep up the great work.TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:39, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

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Draft:List of WNBA All-Star Game records

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Floor Impact Counter Player Impact Estimate Defensive Win Shares Offensive Win Shares Adjusted Plus Minus - add section on RPM, RAPTOR, LEBRON, DPM, ABPM, PIPM, Simple Player Rating, Individual Player Value, Statistical Plus-Minus Usage percentage Turnover percentage List of the most lopsided scores in US professional sports List of National Basketball Association rookie single-season assists leaders List of National Basketball Association rookie single-season steals leaders List of National Basketball Association rookie single-season blocks leaders List of National Basketball Association records considered unbreakable List of National Basketball Association career personal foul leaders List of National Basketball Association annual turnovers leaders List of National Basketball Association annual free throw scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game 3-point scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association annual triple-double leaders List of National Basketball Association career field goal percentage leaders List of National Basketball Association annual field goal scoring leaders List of National Basketball Association career field goal scoring leaders List of NBA G League regular season records List of Women's National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game playoff scoring leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game rebounding leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game assists leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game steals leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association single-game blocks leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association seasons played leaders List of WNBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise List of Women's National Basketball Association career games played leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association career minutes played leaders List of Women's National Basketball Association career triple-double leaders List of highest-scoring WNBA games List of Women's National Basketball Association longest winning streaks List of Women's National Basketball Association longest losing streaks List of WNBA teams by single season win percentage List of oldest and youngest Women's National Basketball Association players List of Women's National Basketball Association annual three-point field goal percentage leaders List of WNBA teams by single season win percentage List of longest WNBA field goals List of tallest players in Women's National Basketball Association history List of shortest players in Women's National Basketball Association history List of people banned or suspended by the WNBA List of Women's National Basketball Association longest losing streaks List of Women's National Basketball Association longest winning streaks List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff assists leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff rebounding leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff steals leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff blocks leaders

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Essays on building, editing, and deleting content

Philosophy	Article content Articles must be written All Five Pillars are equally important Avoid vague introductions Be a reliable source Civil POV pushing Cohesion Competence is required Concede lost arguments Dissent is not disloyalty Don't lie Don't search for objections Editing Wikipedia is like visiting a foreign country Editors will sometimes be wrong Eight simple rules for editing our encyclopedia Explanationism External criticism of Wikipedia Here to build an encyclopedia Leave it to the experienced Levels of competence Most ideas are bad Need Neutrality of sources Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction The one question Oversimplification Paradoxes Paraphrasing POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields Process is important Product, process, policy Purpose Reasonability rule Systemic bias There is no seniority Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Tendentious editing The role of policies in collaborative anarchy The rules are principles Trifecta Wikipedia in brief Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Wikipedia is a community Wikipedia is not RationalWiki
Article construction	100K featured articles Abandoned stubs Acronym overkill Adding images improves the encyclopedia Advanced article editing Advanced text formatting Akin's Laws of Article Writing Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test A navbox on every page An unfinished house is a real problem Articles have a half-life Autosizing images Avoid mission statements Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Blind men and an elephant BOLD, revert, discuss cycle Build content to endure Cherrypicking Chesterton's fence Children's lit, adult new readers, & large-print books Citation overkill Citation underkill Common-style fallacy Concept cloud Creating controversial content Criticisms of society may be consistent with NPOV and reliability Deprecated sources Dictionaries as sources Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't get hung up on minor details Don't hope the house will build itself Don't panic Don't "teach the controversy" Editing on mobile devices Editors are not mindreaders Encourage the newcomers Endorsements (commercial) Featured articles may have problems Formatting bilateral relations articles Formatting bilateral relations templates Fruit of the poisonous tree Give an article a chance How to write a featured article Identifying and using independent sources History sources Law sources Primary sources Science sources Style guides Tertiary sources Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats Inaccuracy Introduction to structurism Mine a source Merge Test Minors and persons judged incompetent "Murder of" articles Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a template Nothing is in stone Obtain peer review comments Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Pruning article revisions Publicists Put a little effort into it Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Sham consensus Source your plot summaries Specialized-style fallacy Stub Makers Run an edit-a-thon Temporary versions of articles Tertiary-source fallacy There are no shortcuts to neutrality There is no deadline There is a deadline The deadline is now Try not to leave it a stub Understanding Wikipedia's content standards Walled garden What an article should not include Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not a reliable source Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion The world will not end tomorrow Write the article first Writing better articles
Writing article content	Avoid thread mode Copyediting reception sections Coup Don't throw more litter onto the pile Gender-neutral language Myth vs fiction Proseline Use our own words We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions Write the article first Writing about women Writing better articles
Removing or deleting content	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion But there must be sources! Confusing arguments mean nothing Content removal Counting and sorting are not original research Delete or merge Delete the junk Deletion is not cleanup Does deletion help? Don't attack the nominator Don't confuse stub status with non-notability Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Follow the leader How the presumption of notability works How to save an article proposed for deletion I just don't like it Identifying blatant advertising Identifying test edits Immunity Keep it concise Liar liar pants on fire Nothing Nothing is clear Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Relist bias The Heymann Standard Unopposed AFD discussion Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was the page I created deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork No Encyclopedic Use

Essays on civility

The basics	Accepting other users Apology Contributing to complicated discussions Divisiveness Don't retaliate Edit at your own pace Encouraging the newcomers Enjoy yourself Expect no thanks High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors How to be civil Maintaining a friendly space Negotiation Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors Please say please Relationships with academic editors Thank you Too long; didn't read Truce Unblock perspectives We are all Wikipedians here You have a right to remain silent
Philosophy	A thank you never hurts A weak personal attack is still wrong Advice for hotheads An uncivil environment is a poor environment Be the glue Beware of the tigers! Civility warnings Deletion as revenge Failure Forgive and forget It's not the end of the world Nobody cares Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals Old-fashioned Wikipedian values Profanity, civility, and discussions Revert notification opt-out Shadowless Fists of Death! Staying cool when the editing gets hot The grey zone The last word There is no Divine Right of Editors Most ideas are bad Nothing is clear Reader The rules of polite discourse There is no common sense Two wrongs don't make a right Wikipedia clichés Wikipedia is not about winning Wikipedia should not be a monopoly Writing for the opponent
Dos	Assume good faith Assume the assumption of good faith Assume no clue Avoid personal remarks Avoid the word "vandal" Be excellent to one another Beyond civility Call a spade a spade Candor Deny recognition Desist Discussing cruft Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass Encourage full discussions Get over it How to lose Imagine others complexly Just drop it Keep it concise Keep it down to earth Mind your own business Say "MOBY" Mutual withdrawal Read before commenting Settle the process first
Don'ts	ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI Wikipedia:Because I can Civil POV pushing Cyberbullying Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack Don't be a fanatic Don't be a jerk Don't be an ostrich Don't be ashamed Don't be a WikiBigot Don't be high-maintenance Don't be inconsiderate Don't be obnoxious Don't be prejudiced Don't be rude Don't be the Fun Police Don't bludgeon the process Don't call a spade a spade Don't call people by their real name Don't call the kettle black Don't call things cruft Don't come down like a ton of bricks Don't cry COI Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid Don't eat the troll's food Don't fight fire with fire Don't give a fuck Don't help too much Don't ignore community consensus Don't knit beside the guillotine Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature Don't remind others of past misdeeds Don't shout Don't spite your face Don't take the bait Don't template the regulars Don't throw your toys out of the pram Do not insult the vandals Griefing Hate is disruptive Nationalist editing No angry mastodons just madmen No Nazis No racists No Confederates No queerphobia No, you can't have a pony Passive aggression POV railroad Superhatting There are no oracles There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns You can't squeeze blood from a turnip UPPERCASE
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About essays	Essay guide Value of essays Difference between policies, guidelines and essays Don't cite essays as if they were policy Avoid writing redundant essays Finding an essay Quote your own essay
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