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[edit] Barbershop Quartet
There's also a barbershop quartet called The Buffalo Bills (barbershop quartet). I'm not sure the football team should be displaced by a disambiguation page, but I'd like to include a link to the quartet. Any suggestions as to where would be appropriate? -- Ventura 04:33, 2004 Jun 14 (UTC)
- I added a fairly compact disambig header at the top, as such is the thing to do when there aren't enough major alternate meanings for a separate {disambiguation) page. -- Hadal 23:18, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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- Thank you! Ventura 20:43, 2004 Aug 25 (UTC)
[edit] "Not to be forgiven"?
Eep. Somebody just linked Scott Norwood under the inauspicious title "Not to be forgiven". Normally I'd assume vandalism, but the IP-only user is making some good changes in other edits. I'm not sure if this is something that requires a non-fan's disinterest or a fan's understanding of the culture. -- Ventura 07:36, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC)
There is an orphan article 0 for 4 Curse which needs to be connected with another article and it relates to either the Vikings and/or the Bills. If someone knows how to work that into the curses section of this article. If not then perhaps someone should mark it for deletion. --Randolph 18:03, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It's possible.
The Vikings did lose in all four of their Super Bowl appearances.
On the other hand, The Bills are the only team to lose four consecutive Super Bowl appearances, so I think the stigma attached to their record is a bit harder to escape.
Ruthfulbarbarity 06:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] JP Losman a "star?"
How is that correct? He has yet to start a pro game. I'm considering deleting that; tell me why I'm wrong. (A few of the others listed are stretches too--I'm looking at you, Aaron Schobel.) GeeZee 00:52, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Improvement drive
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[edit] Main Page Does Not Answer the Most Obvious Question
We all know what a Buffalo is. That is the city that hosts the Bills. What is a Bill????
"Bill" has a mile-long definition in the dictionary. Which one applies to this team... one of these?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bill
8. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.
9. (Weapon) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
Or are they simply a checkmark, like Nike's "Swoosh", like that thing going through the helmet? --grubbmeister 21:26, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- I always assumed it was a reference to the famous cowboy Buffalo Bill. Is that connection not made in the article? —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-11-29 03:49:43Z
Acoording to the Hall of Fsame website, the Bills were the name of the city's old AAFC team from the 1940s. When there was a contest to name the new AFL team in 1959, the winning entry was the Buffalo Bills, with the description being that the team was like a gang just like the cowboy legend.
- This is a glaring omission. It has to be in the article. Has to. [1] 169.137.151.146 19:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2005 Season
The description of the 2005 season is quite long, should be shortened. It wasn't a memorable enough season for a desciption like that.
- 2005's being the most recent season, I don't think it's really a problem (right now). I do think that section needs to be cleaned up near the beginning of training camp 2006. ~July? Also, as more time passes, the perspective of the 2005 season will change and fall more in line with the rest of the article. D-Rock (Yell at D-Rock) 04:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I agree that we should hold off for the time being to gain greater perspective, but eventually it will have to be shortened down to a paragraph or two. TheNewMinistry 07:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ESPN commercial
Is the new ESPN commercial("without sports, what would we do" series of ads) that includes the Bills relevant to this article? Obviously a commercial featuring a professional sports team isn't noteworthy to that team, but it seems to capture a common theme in the organization since the 90's (1 step forward, 2 steps back) in that it features a holding penalty after they miraculously get a fumble off of a kneel. Since I'm a newbie, I'd rather ask first then write instead of having people clean up my errors -VetteDude 22:22, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- Even if you add it, it might get reverted anyway, because, as you said, "Obviously a commercial featuring a professional sports team isn't noteworthy to that team". Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not a Bills fan but....
Should this be included somewhere in the article Whoa, Canada? Bills eye home game in Toronto, espn.com). It also mentions briefly the team moving to Toronto. SashaCall (Sign!)/(Talk!) 00:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Firsts
The way the Buffalo Bills firsts currently is doesn't look correct. The automatic conversions don't seem to work. Take this one for an example:
First 400 yard (400 m) Passing Game: Joe Ferguson, 419 yards (383 m), vs. Miami Dolphins, 9 October, 1983
400 yards is not 400 metres as it says at the beginning of the line, but then later in the line it says that 419 yards is 383 metres.
I have never worked with the automatic conversions between units and don't know how to fix it. Jons63 16:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
