Talk:Victorian Football

message: This VFA Wikipedia page has recently been rewritten by "Portman 111" (that's not me). Whereas in the past, anyone searching for "Victorian Football Association" was automatically redirected to this VFL page, that no longer happens.
This VFA page now includes a little bit of information that's duplicated on the VFL page, along with some very interesting detail on the Liston Trophy and on a 1940s attempt to amlagamte the VFL & VFA.  Unfortunately, much of the information now on this VFA page needs careful scrutiny, particularly the side-box containing the list of clubs which is incomplete and contains some peculiar anomolies.
I suspect that "Portman 111" doesn't know of the existance of the VFL page which, frankly, contains more of the history of the VFA than the updated VFA page.  Some of the history on the VFL page was provided by me.  However, there are many others who have helped to make it a fascinating and valuable VFA history.  I particularly like the timeline showing when clubs were actually in the VFA.  This is fascinating, particularly when it comes to the little-known early VFA clubs like South Williamstown, Heidelberg, Inglewood and Castlemaine.
I have briefly edited this VFA page so as to explain that the fuller VFA history appears on Wikipedia's VFL page.  However, it really needs someone with more time than me to properly amalgamate the information on these two pages.  ANY VOLUNTEERS?
Albert Isaacs.
The two major topics from this page that were not properly covered on the VFL page have now been incorporated into the latter; that is, reference to the VFL/VFA talks in  the 1940s, and metnion of the VFA's Best and Fairest award.  The VFL page has a much better coverage of both the history and current situation within the VFL/VFA.  Unfortunately the VFA page contains numerous historical inacuracies and sweeping statments.  However, now that changes have been made to the VFL page, the VFA page can be deleted.
Albert Isaacs (talk) 22:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  VFA Page / VFL Page 

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