User talk:MeekGeek

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[edit] Washington Senators

Regarding your recent shifting of text from the Washington Senators page to various pages for the different forms of the team, please don't simply cut and paste text to a different page; please move the entire page itself, which shifts the editing history as well (ask for help if you're not sure of how to do this). Also, the standard practice is for the material for the two main Senators franchises to link directly to the pages for the Twins and Rangers, rather than having links go to the Senators page; this is easier in cases like Brooklyn Dodgers (which simply redirects to Los Angeles Dodgers) and St. Louis Browns (which redirects to Baltimore Orioles). The only reason there was a page at Washington Senators, rather than a redirect, is that there have been different teams of that name. It's really an expanded disambiguation page, and shouldn't really be a principal destination page. (There was a long, nasty discussion about the Expos/Nationals situation a year or so ago, so simply shifting things without discussing them first is a really bad idea in cases like this.) MisfitToys 21:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I understand what you mean about moving the page. It would be good to have the edit history intact. Unfortunately, it won't let me move it to the new page since it already exists.
As far as what you said about the Senators page needing to be a disambiguation page. I understand your side of the argument, but I tend to side with the other side. It's an argument that probably resembles the Nats/Expos discussion that you spoke of. I think that the team should reflect the fans in the respective city, not the entity that signs the paychecks.
I created pages that Washington Baseball fans can be proud of. As a Washington Baseball fan, I am not interested in learning about Minnesota Baseball or Texas Baseball. The Montreal baseball fans have their own page, so should the Senators. I was about to add photos and such to some Senators player pages, but now I am throwing my hands up in frustration. I will revert the Senators page back to the way it was before I started editing it, and I will add your changes to the "19th century baseball in Washington" section.


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