Talk:Illinois High School Association

message: I like the new info box (I hope it goes on all the state association pages), but the size of the logo is a little overwhelming. Would it be possible to scale it back by about half? Xuehxolotl 19:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --JohnDBuell 20:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info box 

message: The following information appears at http://www.marchmadness.org/history.htm:
The IHSA tournaments continued to grow and develop. In 1963, the tournament moved to the huge new Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois and fans witnessed the most famous finish in history, when Chicago Carver beat Centralia on a last-second shot by a substitute named Anthony Smedley. "March Madness" grew as well. Beginning in 1973, the IHSA began using the term officially in its programs and on its merchandise. In 1977, the organization enlisted veteran Chicago sportswriter and Big Ten basketball referee Jim Enright to write the official history of the boys basketball tournament. The result was March Madness: The Story of High School Basketball in Illinois. As media technology advanced, the IHSA and KOST Broadcast Sales of Chicago produced March Madness: The Official Video History of the IHSA Basketball Tournament in 1989. Both the book and video were sold nationwide. During this period, the Illinois High School Association received trademark status for the term "March Madness" and registered the trademark "America's Original March Madness." The spirit of March Madness has subsequently spread from coast to coast, as other companies and organizations, including state high school associations and manufacturers, have been licensed by the IHSA to use these trademarks.
The text above implies that IHSA received trademark status for "March Madness" in 1989, though "this period" is open to interpretation. Is the second trademark worthy of inclusion in the article?
PlaysInPeoria 02:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  March Madness 

message: This new section is not written in an NPOV style. It contains a lot of speculation ("one has to wonder if this will be the next "March Madness" catastrophe for the IHSA. As no doubt larger daily papers in the state will most likely challenge…")  Whether something "might" happen is not a story. I also don't see what the link to the article about the Lousiana state association has to do with this entry. 
Controversies or "current issues" are fine, but this section needs major cleanup if it is to stay.  63.26.107.170 12:19, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will remove it until it is rewritten. Xuehxolotl 19:10, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media Usage Restrictions 

message: I added a small section (and citations) on the IHSA constitution and policies.  I also added a table showing the sports, year first contested, and school with the most team championships.  I decided not to do anything with classes because that would have made things far more complicated. LonelyBeacon 20:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Added a bit

message: I'm just copying this over .....
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Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.[?]
::I checked WP:LEAD.  Two pragraphs is fine.  I tried my best to better summarize the article to come, though that might certainly be open to interpretation. LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I took care of this. LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I took care of what this suggests ... LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Definitely done! LonelyBeacon (talk) 03:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this was all set.  I checked all of the footnotes, and those at the end of a sentence were all post-punctuation. LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions