Talk:Brownian Motion Ultimate

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Is a college men's ultimate frisbee team really considered encyclopædic? 24.255.46.150 21:54, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Notre Dame football has its own page. While college Ultimate is in nowhere near the same league as college football, Brownian Motion, like the Fighting Irish, have a reputation as being one of the most storied teams in the history of their respective sports.
  • Usually, no, but in the case of Brownian Motion, yes. --Liface 04:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
  • There is plenty of precendence for college sports teams having articles. If the argument is the "size" of the sport (i.e. Ultimate is smaller than Football), I would point out that Ultimate is one of the nation's fastest growing sports, and Brown University men's Ultimate has been at the top of college men's Ultimate. I think that this article is "encyclopædic" in so far as it is an historical article which is of interest to a group of people. Because Ultimate is not popular, is it less "worthy" of a Wikipedia page? Out of curiosity, where can I find the official Wikipedia definition of encyclopædic? Metromoxie 14:11, 14 April 2006 (EST)

[edit] Stop the Jihad

As a contributor to another college ultimate team page that was unceremoniously deleted (Elephant Men), I've gotta say: get off your high horse. The sport has been around for 35 years, it claims teams on every continent, has been part of the last two World Games, has been featured on cable sports networks for the last 4 years, and supports numerous periodical publications and websites. Well over 100,000 play worldwide. Brownian Motion is among the best of the 400+ American university teams, having been on several of those broadcasts and having won two North American championships in the last decade. I can see if you were complaining about sparse citations, but you aren't. You're just passing a personal judgment based on your mistaken perception of a sport. Back off. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Emanroga (talk • contribs) 07:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC).