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Contents 1 name change 2 snl 3 Harry Caray = Harakiri? 4 Where did he die? 5 WikiProject class rating 6 WikiProject class rating 7 Problems

[edit] name change

Did he have his name legally changed? Skip Caray and Chip Caray are referred to just as that, despite the name Carabina being present in this article. Tromboneguy0186 04:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] snl

what about that snl skit? --E tac 00:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember Harry doing Hawks basketball but I definitely remember him doing St. Louis University Billikins basketball

[edit] Harry Caray = Harakiri?

I propose we get rid of the link to seppuku on this fine man's page. It's out of place. How many people seriously think to themselves, "I'd like more info on Japanese ritual suicide... what's it called again? Hara... harry... Harry Caray! That's it!" MysticalGenesis 06:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I hate to admit it, but when I was younger and didn't know any better I was like that... I think it could be far more common then you think. EnsRedShirt 06:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I think a redirect from harikari to seppuku (harakiri) is enough. --Kjoonlee 09:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

It is, in fact, far more common that you think. It should stay, for the sake of clarity. And is often mispronounced as harry carry rather than hah-rah kih-ree or whatever. In fact, I never heard of seppuku until today. Not everyone has studied Japanese ritual suicide in depth. Baseball Bugs 15:27, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Citations, please. --Kjoonlee 20:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

But please explain to me, a person who is looking for harakiri but is unaware of the spelling, would be more likely to type harikari than Harry Caray. We already have measures for people who type harikari. So why do we need a notice, on an irrelevant article? --Kjoonlee 20:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

When I was a kid, everyone called Japanese ritual suicide "harry carry". I heard it said that way on TV, anytime they were doing some sort of Japanese satire in those politically incorrect times. I never heard the term "hara kiri" until I was in my teens. That's probably just typical American corruption of foreign words. In fact, we always thought it was funny that Harry Caray's name was a homonym (or so we thought) for this Japanese ritual. Baseball Bugs 23:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Have to admit, we called it harry carry as a joke and ALSO because we would never have thought harikari as a possible spelling. Ill-educated perhaps, but we were what we were.

That said herrykerry might be reasonable as well. Where does the madness end? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.122.181 (talk) 03:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Where did he die?

It current says he died in Chicago, but I could have sworn the newspaper said he died in California. I'm not 100% sure where in California so I'm not going to change it for the time being. Bluecollarchessplayer 03:49, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

According to IMDB [1] he died in Rancho Mirage, California. I'll look into this further. I recall he was at a banquet, when he suffered a stroke or heart attack and fell, dying, and hit his head on a table or something. I just don't recall where it happened. But it should be easy to find out. Baseball Bugs 06:48, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Definitely. Baseball Bugs 07:09, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 06:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot (talk) 19:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problems

1. The seppuku/hari kiri link at the top is gone. Nobody is going to come here and think Harry Caray is related to seppuku.

2. This needs heavy copyediting. It's tone is totally wrong, it's full of OR and POV, and it desperately needs reliable sources.

I'm not an expert on Harry Caray but I know enough to say that this article needs a huge amount of work. Nobody of Consequence (talk) 20:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)