Talk:Liiga

message: Hello, anybody here? Happy summer holiday for Finnish ice hockey fans!
Let's get the page up for the season 2004-2005! Are there suggestions for the content? I propose the plan (and will construct this entry according to this unless somebody mingles):
# Definition and key people
# Participants (the 13 clubs and past)
# Format of competition (explain the regular series and the play-offs)
# Winners (gold, silver, bronze since 1975-1976)
# Awards (personal awards, all-stars lines)
# Records
# History and international standing
## Why was SM-liiga constituted?
## How was SM-liiga constituted? 
## Developments after 1975
## Current standing as a European professional ice hockey league
# External links (only the really relevant sites, which are few - exclude club related sites)
Agreeing on a plan like this would make the rest of the job easy: as research for other sections than history will be mostly trivial, typing the data could be made without interfering other work. 
At the moment I consider postponing section records until rest of the article is finished. It is also debatable which records deserve inclusion. History will be the most difficult - a good source will be hard to find, and redundancy with other sections must be avoided.
The current standing bit will be difficult, probably controversial and hopefully rewarding to write. Such issues should be discussed as competition over players against other European and North American professional leagues. Sounds ambitious, I think!
--Tyhjiö 21:36, 10 May 2004 (UTC)
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message: Tyhjiö (in an edit summary): "Corrected first paragraph: the complete and sole name is 'SM-liiga', other names should never be used"
I'm not saying you are wrong (you are probably right), but if "SM-liiga" is the complete and sole name and the only one that should be used, why does the official website say "Jääkiekon SM-liiga" in several places (like the page titles)? Also, obviously the name "SM-liiga" comes from the fact that it is a "jääkiekon suomenmestaruusliiga", but that may not be important for the article.
The most literal translation for "suomenmestaruus" would be "championship of Finland", but I guess "Finnish championship" is better English.
--Lakefall 12:31, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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