Talk:Brisbane Broncos

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Contents 1 Typo? 2 History 3 Tidy up 4 Article Status 5 2006 GF? 6 History Section

[edit] Typo?

Is Gorden Tallis actually meant to be spelt Gordon Tallis? Also, perhaps it would be a good idea to put in a Club Information section, like the Sydney Roosters have?

No, that's how Gorden spells his name. Great idea about the club information section. Get cracking!Dr Zen 00:12, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] History

• The history needs some serious fleshing out. It just discusses the first final etc. THeres a massive hisotry (not very long granted) about the Bronocos... their defection to Super League, the turmoil of Powers beer vs XXXX leading to the move to ANZ. The loss of Wally Lewis because of rumoured fighting between him and Wayne....

• The history section is still very bland and very vague. The Broncos have so much history and in this web article such little is written. Would expect to see alot more. [[Bradley1956 11:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)]]

[edit] Tidy up

This article is untidy. Its lengthy and has unnecessary information

Many times is it filled with biased and emotive language as well as informal language. There is a load of information in this article, but with that alot of biased one sided commentary in the writing.

Also I dont see any sourcing to the article in the history section? I would expect something like this addressed. Since I don't have access to Brisbane Broncos sources you have been using I would think it appropriate any uncited, unsourced material be removed. [[Bradley1956 11:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)]]

I have removed the inappropriate tone tag as the article appears to be fine on this front. If anyone would like it to be reinstated, please list areas that need attention.--dan, dan and dan 20:43, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Status

I've watched this article take shape over the past month or so and I'm paticularly amazed at the number of editors that contribute to the article. The history section seems quite comprehensive from a neutral point of view and I can see that a lot of people have put in much dedication into the article. But personally I think this article could be improved dramatically with relatively little effort at all. All the basic parts of a featured article are there, but a lot of tidying up needs to be done. Check out the layout of Sydney Roosters and Arsenal FC and have a look what needs to be done to get it to this stage. As I said, what's been done so far is great, but I think tables and statistics need to be reduced in numbers and a few more direct references need to be made if you guys want this to be pushed up to featured status. Where do you guys want this article to head? --mdmanser 11:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I've moved some stuff around, and added info on the crest, colours, etc from Gallaway's The Brisbane Broncos: The Team To Beat. Stuff that was taken off was put into the Brisbane Broncos records and Brisbane Broncos Stadiums sections - imo its still good info, just it couldve been in a better place. Steeden 08:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 GF?

The 2006 Grand Final was the first final between two non-NSW based teams, not Sydney based. For example, the 1994 GF between St George and Broncos, both of these teams are not based in Sydney.

St George are, and always have been based in Kogarah, which is a southern suburb of Sydney. --mdmanser 03:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

My bad, what about Panthers v Raiders in '91 then? Or is Penrith still technically still part of Sydney? 144.134.73.207 02:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History Section

Is it worth including a bit of the history, briefly summarising what is said on the history of the broncos page?