Talk:Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

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[edit] World-famous?

They might be well-known to Americanbdg gfg s overseas (particularly servicemen, I suspect), but remember that cheerleaders and American sporting traditions in general are not big in most countries. I suspect that most non-Americans (except the diehard fans of American sports) will have no knowledge of cheerleaders beyond knowing of their existence. -- Necrothesp 23:05, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, I'm not American (though not far geographically), dislike most sports, really dislike football, and I think they are world famous. They've appeared over the years, on lots of places outside of a football stadiums, including on TV shows aired internationally. It's a little like the Harlem Globetrotters, where you needn't know much about Basketball to know about them. If you know nothing of cheerleading, you probably still know of the DCC. I think groups like the Laker Girls, and others could be described as being only nationally famous. Wherease, the DCC are world famous. In fact, I suspect those least familiar with chearleading, are probably more likely to see the DCC as being representatitve of cheerleading as a whole. Also, it's important to distinguish between "world famous" (true) and "popular all over the world" (false) or "having a world wide fan base" (false). --rob 23:42, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Well, I'm not American and I'm happy to say that I've never heard of them. I care nothing for American sport or for its accoutrements and neither, as far as I know, do the vast majority of my countrymen (I notice you're Canadian - maybe these things percolate over the border). In fact, I've only ever met two (non-American) people who gave two hoots about such things - and one of them was twenty years ago at school. I really don't think they're world-famous in the slightest - "world-famous" to my mind means that most people in countries with developed media have an awareness of the subject, which is definitely not the case here. However, I'm not inclined to get into an edit war over it. -- Necrothesp 00:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I changed the wording to say they're one of the most famous organizations in the world. It (now) doesn't say their famous throughout the world. --rob 02:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
That I'm happy to go along with. -- Necrothesp 10:40, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of current cheerleaders

Can we have that in the article? And also post their current pictures?

Adding a list is fine with me (I can't speak for others). As for pictures, you can add pictures only if they're public domain or under a free license. That's unlikely to be the case. --Rob 23:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Cowgirls"

I'm sure that when NFL was on Channel Four in the UK, the presenters would regularly refer to them as the "Dallas Cowgirls", which is apparently Not Actually Correct. Was this ever their actual title, and is it a common enough reference to ve worth including? Alai 00:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A major part of their attraction"

To whom? OK, to everyone. But still POV without a reference. Sorry. Ribonucleic (talk) 23:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)