Template talk:Record vs. opponents

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[edit] Editing inquiry

This is more or less directed at HouAstros1989 (talk), due to this edit[1], but I encourage others to chime in with their thoughts as well. I honestly don't see what the problem is with editing the records of anyone's favorite team, or just any team for that matter, once the results of those respective teams' games become final. Why should anyone have to wait to edit this template until all of the games are over? It doesn't have any sort of relative effect, such as what happens when editing the standings of each MLB division (although, I don't really have a problem with people editing the standings over those same motives as well). I'm just wondering what's the reasoning behind why everyone needs to wait to edit this template until all of the games are finished. -- Luke4545 (talk) 23:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Maybe to make sure edits don't get duplicated? It makes sense to me... I wait until all games within a division are over to update standings when I do it too. KV5 (talk) 00:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I know, but you could always check the revision history to see what records have been modified. I guess maybe some people would consider that an unnecessary step to take; so, in that sense, I could see a reason behind waiting. In my opinion, though, that particular step isn't that big of deal, but if others feel otherwise, then I have no problem going along with what HouAstros1989 (talk) said. I just wanted to see what other people thought about this. -- Luke4545 (talk) 02:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MOS compliance

OK, so I have been running around like a maniac on Wikipedia every day trying to make sure that all the divisional standings contain the correct formatting, using en-dashes vs. regular old hyphens. Really, this chart should have them as well, but the formatting of it is going to take a really long time, and it would make the chart quite a bit larger, width-wise, than it is now. I'd like to get opinions on whether it would be preferable to comply with the manual of style or to leave it the way it is for ease of reading and size concerns, per ignore all rules. Comments welcome (indeed, necessary!). KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 12:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)