User talk:RobOCalla
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Happy editing! Nemov (talk) 03:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
October 2021[edit]
Hello. Some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Atlanta Braves tomahawk chop and name controversy, have conflicted with our neutral point of view and/or verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you seek consensus for certain edits by discussing the matter on the article's talk page. Thank you. Nemov (talk) 19:37, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Please see:
existing citation #5 https://ajc.newspapers.com/clip/54133514/the-origin-of-the-tomahawk-chop/ “…mimicking fans at Florida State football games”
existing citation #6 https://ajc.newspapers.com/clip/54138287/tomahawk-chop/ “‘The Tomahawk Chop’ was born at Florida State …”
Could add more citations from the internet but that would seem redundant. RobOCalla (talk) 20:23, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- The article is about the Atlanta Braves and how the chop started in Atlanta. You can check out the Tomahawk Chop for the history of how it started at FSU. The citation you mention above clearly states ""Carolyn says she neither copied it from FSU nor decided to play it this season because of Sanders." The Kansas City chiefs started chopping in 1990. It was popping up in a few places at that time. The article says the Braves adopted it in 1991. They didn't started it and she helped kick it off. Nemov (talk) 20:34, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Yes, King says she played those organ notes without thinking of Deion Sanders or Florida State. She does not claim that she taught fans to sing OOOH oh OH-oh-oh and she does not claim that she taught fans the chopping motion. The fans put two and two together and started doing what many of them knew from seeing Florida State on TV. That’s why the same article can also say that the chop came from Florida State. What’s interesting about the article was that wasn’t even her intent, she just happened to be playing the same notes. In 1991 that would’ve been especially interesting because fans were under the assumption the Florida State reference was intentional. RobOCalla (talk) 21:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC)