Talk:Ottawa Lynx

message: An anonymous user continues to remove the team's scheduled move to Allentown, Pennsylvania in 2008.  Please stop.  It is verified and done and a very critical part of this article.  Thank you.  PAWiki 23:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I second this.  If you have an issue with the facts and/or whether it should be included or not, let's discuss it here instead of just getting into an edit war.  -- dakern74 (talk) 01:25, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

text: It sounds like the team has been sold but the stadium still needs to be built, right?  —Wknight94 (talk) 02:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reads that way. -- dakern74 (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I re-worded to make the future a little less certain.  (They said a new road by my house "will be done in 2005".  Almost 2007 now and we're still waiting).  Is this more satisfactory to everyone? —Wknight94 (talk) 02:51, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Guess we'll find out.  My cite #3 does admit that the Lynx GM wouldn't confirm or deny, but what do you expect.  If this keeps going, we'll just add a couple "it was announced that"s here and there.  Thanks for the help. -- dakern74 (talk) 02:54, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My point is that it doesn't matter who says what will happen in 2008 - it needs to be tempered with some degree of uncertainty.  I'm sure there were plenty of "this will happen in 2006" and "that will happen in 2006" for New Orleans...  but unforeseen things can always happen.  —Wknight94 (talk) 03:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

text: This is a contractually done deal.  Their affiliation with the Orioles will end at the end of this season and the Orioles already have contracted with Sranton/Wilkes Barre.  The team is contractually obligated to become part of the Phillies franchise at the end of this season, and it is equally obligated to the move in April 08.  Sure, things could happen.  But this is not a speculative issue any longer, as it maybe once was.  It is as done as done gets in baseball.  PAWiki 03:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

text: The agreement for the Lynx to become a Phillies affiliate is complete, as reported.  The agreement for them to leave Ottawa also is complete.  Please stop your deletions, which really constitute vandalism of the page. PAWiki 20:50, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Everyone's going too far.  I didn't say that nothing about Allentown should be put into the article - I just said it was stretching a bit far (and was almost starting to sound like rubbing it in).  On the other hand, disagreeing with the content and removing it is not vandalism - just a bad edit.  —Wknight94 (talk) 00:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Please don't remove content without even an edit summary and without discussing things here first.  Also, please sign your talk page posts with ~~~~.  I will agree that there is nothing about a "contract" in the cites so you may want to change that wording to more closely fit the references: "league approval" and "sale" as opposed to contract.  Just to keep the peace.  Also, the section about Allentown's support is unsourced and unnecessary.  Removing it is far from vandalism but let's agree to something here before removing it again.  —Wknight94 (talk) 01:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thought, I looked closer and the Eagles training camps aren't even in the same county as Allentown!  I snipped it as simply too far removed from the Ottawa Lynx which is still the name of this article.  The Lehigh Valley love is sufficiently covered in Allentown, Pennsylvania and doesn't need to spread to every article remotely connected to Allentown.  Let's be reasonable.  —Wknight94 (talk) 02:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

text: No, there no longer is a team called the Lynx.  That team got sold.  New AAA affiliation is the Phillies.  New location (in '08) is Allentown.  And the new name will be announced in a few weeks.  PAWiki 00:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Allentown, Pennsylvania

message: Their affiliation still says Orioles, I'm trying to switch it to Phillies. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NightHawk2005 (talk • contribs) .
:That's good.  Also, the Lynx no longer exist and this article reads like they are still a team.  They have a new team affiliation, a new name (in a few weeks), and soon a new location.  The Lynx have been shut down and a new team has emerged in its place.  PAWiki 00:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no team known as the Lynx.  It will be renamed on November 16 as part of its new Phillies affiliation.  This team no longer exists.  The new team will require a new article and title.  And, obviously, it's Ottawa affiliation is ending.  PAWiki 16:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 209.87.255.110, I think it's time to stop fighting it - the team is done.  I wonder, though, should the content here be carried to the new team and this page turned into a redirect?  I've had difficulty determining a standard for cases for like this. (Also, please remember to use ~~~~ to sign your talk page posts...) —Wknight94 (talk) 17:26, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are many comparable cases to this--and typically this article would be maintained for its historical value, and the other article might make a briefer reference to the historical origins of the team.  This article should be preserved.  PAWiki 15:39, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Affiliation 

message: For some reason, people continue to edit this as the Lynx no longer exist.  This information is incorrect, and cannot be substantiated, so it is asked that these edits please stop.  The Ottawa Lynx currently play in the International League, and have their 2007 season schedule confirmed and adopted.  Without proof or justification of these facts, incorrect edits shoud not be allowed on this or any other site within Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.136.164.35 (talk • contribs) .
:I agree and I cleaned up the wording in the article to reflect this.  We know the 2007 season will be their last (or at least, is expected to be), but let's wait until that 2007 season plays out before we change everything to past-tense. -- dakern74 (talk) 15:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Enough with the revert war before blocks start.  PAWiki, if you want this to stay a historical article, then why do you keep changing the ownership to reflect the new team?  Let's hash this out here because you're all confusing me and I'm getting dizzy with this popping up in my watchlist four times a day.  —Wknight94 (talk) 22:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this reads fine now, provided that the new name is not immediately effective.  Is it?  Or does it not take effect until April 2007?  The article now correctly references that the team is under new ownership, that the Orioles affiliation has ended, that 2007 is the last in Ottawa and 2008 the first in Allentown, and that the team is now with the Phillies.  When does the new name--to be announced in two weeks--take effect?  PAWiki 17:25, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: edits

message: Am I alone in thinking this is about the most absurd name they could have selected??  A page should be started for them, however.  PAWiki 15:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: IronPigs

message: I know it is awkward to read that the Ottawa Lynx "was a team," not "were a team," but it's true. A team is one thing. I'm going to change it back to "was," and I request that it not be changed again without discussion on this page. Thanks. Mikehillman 15:15, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was vs. were