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Sportsfan1976, good luck, and have fun. Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 18:12, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

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Worst sports teams

I just saw this Teahouse question.

The 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats hold the record for worst season.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:15, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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1990 NFL season

With this edit at 1990 NFL season, you added "February 21- Lindy Mayhew, age 82. Played guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1936-1938." What was your source to support this? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:58, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Here's the link to the source. It's a website that many who edit the pages here on Wikipedia use.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MayhLi20.htm Sportsfan1976 I'm only here because I'm not currently somewhere else. (talk) 17:04, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

My concern is that you make large, detailed, unsourced edits. Could you please add sources to your edits. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

I just copied the format others have used for other pages, like the MLB pages, and I thought I was okay in my edits. If there is a section marked "sources", can I just link the page I use there? Sportsfan1976 I'm only here because I'm not currently somewhere else. (talk) 17:08, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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