User talk:Jabberwock359

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Having got the "boilerplate" text out of the way... I was amused by your comments at Talk:Barack Obama. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions - we don't bite (well, we shouldn't, at least). Regards, SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 18:57, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, thank you! I started reading your msg and at first thought hey-ho, another system generated msg... how wrong I was and how nice to get a personalised welcome. Glad you liked the Barack Obama comment. I have to admit to a certain delight in an extended wiki wrangling (reading it, I mean, - I wouldnt have the staying power of the ¨must include Biracial in the lead¨ fraternity!) Cheers, Jabberwock359 (talk) 19:55, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfC[edit]

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rorschach test images. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 16:34, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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World Series[edit]

When they start out with bogus information about the term world championship being first used in 1886 or 1887 (the correct year is 1884), then I question the veracity of the rest of it - some of which, by the way, later in the column, appeared to have been lifted from wikipedia. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Spalding quote is correct. In 1888, there was a world tour conducted by the Cubs and Giants, as I recall, to try and introduce baseball around the world. It didn't stick very well, though if it had, the course of the game's history might have turned out differently. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:15, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I already re-added the source, while re-phrasing the explanation. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:19, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And having seen your additions, I'm thinking most of that info should be moved to the history section, with just a brief reference in the lead. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:29, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Before I make any more changes, I'll let it simmer for awhile. :) There's also an ongoing discussion about the sort order of the champions table. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:45, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just think there's too much info in the lead, and also a bit of apologist/revisionism going on, because in 1884 the world champion and the major league champion would have been indisputedly the same. More recently, I recall when the Bears won the NFL championship in 1963, and the radio announcer said that the Bears were "world's champions of professional football", which was certainly a stretch, but it says something about the loose way the term "world champion" has been used from time to time. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:11, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]