Talk:Chicago Bears

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[edit] Why

WHY CANT I EDIT THE PAGE

Because it is semi-protected, due do vandalism, this means new and unregistered users can't edit the article. John Reaves (talk) 02:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bear head ... 1999?

The article states that the orange bear head was introduced in 1999. Surely that can't possibly be right? I remember seeing the bear head logo growing up.

Anyone know more about the history of the bear head logo?

It refers to this one, [1]. Before that, they used this one, [2]. See SportsLogos.net for more info --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  02:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


>>I'm sitting here coincidentally wearing a Chicago Bears sweater that has the orange bear head logo (no.1 of the ones you linked to, not no.2) that I got when I went to Chicago in March 1997 (I'm English and it's the only time I've ever been to the States, so I can be certain of the date!). So I have to agree with the first poster here, they were definitely using the logo before 1999! 84.64.229.91 22:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

No they weren’t the pre 1999 logo looked like the current Bear logo but the current one was retouched. --72.146.210.253 19:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coaches W-L Records

Do those include playoffs? At this point, for Smith in particular, I am assuming the answer is "yes" to this question. KyuuA4 08:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] 2018?

When talking about the teams logo the article says, "The team kept this until 2018, when the Bears trademark 'C' logo was first introduced by the team." This can't be right - could someone please change it. I'd do it myself but I'm not sure which year they really did change their logo. Master Strike 21:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I think someone changed it back because I don't see it. --Happyman22 01:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Issues with images

A review of the use of images in all Featured Articles is currently ongoing. A few issues have been brought up in regards to this article. Please see Wikipedia:Featured articles/Image survey#Sport and games for a description of the issues. Feel free to address the issues and leave a comment on the survey page. Any questions to me personally can be left on my talk page. Thank you.↔NMajdan•talk 20:01, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured

Great to see this article featured on the main page today! Would've been better if they won the super bowl last month, but I guess there's always next year,... ;-) Dr. Cash 17:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] semi protect

let's just protect it since it's on today featured article and there are so many vandalisms Rockvee 23:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it like, an unwritten rule that the FA of the day stays unprotected? Potential Wikipedians should be given the impression of openness. It would be awfull hypocritical to say "you can edit this", and then have (what will probably be) the first link they click on be semiprotected. --Hojimachongtalk 23:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, it's a written rule. ~ UBeR 23:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Really? I never knew that :O. Interesting stuff, I just assumed it, since the FA is never protected. --Hojimachongtalk 23:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Depth Chart

Does anyone have a link the verifies the content of the team's depth chart? The Bears official website states that the Thomas Jones is still the team's first string running back, while we all know that he left to play for the Jets. Additionally, the depth chart fails to include players like Garrett Wolfe and David Ball. I think the depth chart belongs on the 2007 Chicago Bears article - since its current incarnation looks kind of crude - even though Wikipedia is not about aesthetics --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  00:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The depth chart format has been updated. Various members, including myself, are going through and updating depth charts like the neglected Bears one, and both updating their format and maintaining them. Pats1 01:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Er, I'm moving it to the 2007 page, I think it seems like it belongs there. It seems more important to add the players and coaches, before breaking down into a speculative template about how the team organizes their players. thanks for updating it though, the older incarnation was hard to look at :-p --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  06:25, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
All NFL pages have the depth charts on the main page as well as (in most cases) on the specific season pages. Pats1 20:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radio/Local TV

Who does this for Da Bears? WAVY 10 16:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

TV varies - Most noon/afternoon games during the season will presented on FOX or CBS, while prime time games were either presented on NBC. Monday night games will be presented by ESPN (ABC for local market), while Thursday night games will be broadcasted on the NFL Network. All games will be on 780 AM. [3] Also take note that the Bears will play 5thier games at 3:15 CST, 6 at Noon, 3 at 7 on Sunday, and 2 games at 7 during the the weekday. --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  17:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Should have clarified...Local TV and who calls the games. WAVY 10 19:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Networks or announcers? I already said the local networks above (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX). --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  21:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ChicagoBears 1000.png

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BetacommandBot 11:20, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Isn't the Arizona Cardinals franchise actually the oldest? Joel K. 'Jay' Furr 17:00, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ChicagoBears 1000.png

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BetacommandBot 18:45, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The Word packers should be linked to the packers page when citing their fierce rivalry. It's cited in the opposite way on the packers page. As a packers fan I think it would only be fair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.81.113.60 (talk) 20:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Packers is already linked earlier in the same sections that ironically mentions the Packers have won more championships than the Bears. It would be redundant to link it twice. --ShadowJester07 ► Talk 06:28, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:1946Bears.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 1919

The Chicago Bears state that the team was founded in 1920[4], as do the NFL[5], and the Pro Football Hall of Fame[6] If we're going to say that these three authorities are wrong, it ought to be fully substantiated. As it is, there's no citation to support the assertion at all. I'm going to tag it for now - can anybody provide vertifiable, authoritative documentation to support the contention? SixFourThree (talk) 16:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree


Halas By Halas, by George Halas, Gwen Morgan,& Arthur Veysey, McGraw Hill, 1979 p.53-54 "In March of 1920 a man telephoned me at the railroad office...George Chamberlain and he was general superintendent of the A.E. Staley Company...Three years earlier the company's Fellowship Club had formed a baseball team...In 1919 the Fellowship Club had formed a football team. It had done well against other local teams but Mr. Staley wanted to build it into a team that could compete successfully with the best semi-professional and industrial teams in the country....Mr Chamberlain asked if I would like to come to Decature and work for the Staley Company..."

Revmoran (talk) 23:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)