Talk:Houston Dynamo

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I moved all the stuff to this page and added a redirect, someone more knowledgable please finish the job. Thanks. BobbyAFC

Wow, that was fast! Jhbutcher 16:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Next time, please do not move or rename a page by copying/pasting its content, because doing so destroys the edit history. (The GFDL requires acknowledgement of all contributors, and editors continue to hold copyright on their contributions unless they specifically give up this right. Hence it is required that edit histories be preserved for all major contributions until the normal copyright expires.)
If you cannot rename a page, or you think that the renaming may be controversial, please go to Wikipedia:Requested moves and list it there. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Logo leak significant

Why was the part regarding the logo/name leaked? i can see taking off the "spoiler" section, but the leak was certianly a major incident in the young club's history? SteelyDave 20:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dashes

All other MLS team pages use regular dashes in the team info box and in player, coaches area. If you switch this page to use mdash and ndash, please be consistent and change all other MLS pages as well. DR31 (talk) 13:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Those articles and the version you keep changing back to are NOT dashes—they are hyphens. Hyphens and dashes are used for different things. I suggest you consult with an English instructor or take a look at how to use hyphens and dashes in the college writing manual. Please do you not change dashes to hyphens again. You are using it incorrectly! I do not have time to change all of the articles to the proper en dash and em dash. Also, please do not force your preferences on using the hyphens on all articles. I believe it was you that made all the articles "consistent" by improperly using the hyphens instead of dashes.
Here are examples of what the hyphen, en dash, and em dash look like and when to use them:
Hyphen: (third-largest)
En dash: (1995–2003)
Em dash: (2005—)
RJN 22:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Look, there is no set way to do this, no matter what a writing manual says. Some people can do it one way, some another. I am not forcing anyone to do anything. All I ask is for the pages to look the same, that's all. Please don't take it presonally. DR31 (talk) 03:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History/Stadiums edit

The two recent additions under "History" and "Stadiums" both seem to be too long-winded and irrelevant for this article in that they really belong to other articles (esp. the Robertson Stadium ones. I think both sections should be taken out but don't want to do so unilaterally ... opinions? Jyardley 21:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The history section is too long and most of it does not apply to the current Houston Team. This information should be added about on their respective team pages and/or a history of the respective leagues. I have reverted to the last version by Jyardley. You can see the long version here: [1]. I am willing to work on cutting this into other articles. It seems like quite a bit of good information. --Rballou 00:11, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Houston Dynamo, Dynamo sports society, Soviet secret police

It's true that the Dynamo sporting society was not only "sometimes supported by the KGB" - as anonymous users keep adding to the article - but indeed sponsored by various political-police organizations, including those preceding the KGB, and initially created as their sporting arm. However, I'm thinking that it's fairly tangential to the Houston Dynamo article, and that people can find out that info, if they care, by clicking on the link I put in there. I don't think we need to go into the secret-police association of the name in this article, especially since it was never intentional. Bill Oaf 04:32, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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