Talk:Maryland Terrapins

message: The result was merge into Maryland Terrapins. -- Brewcrewer 22:25, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree because the article seems doomed to stub-hood.  RedRollerskate 03:37, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The Terrapin Times article is written more of a joke than actual useful information so it should not be merged ThorHammerTerp 04:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Merge. per nom.--Brewcrewer 22:21, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: - This article is extremely biased plain and simple. There are countless statements that reflect poorly on the school and the athletic department unnecessarily. For example, when citing the "rioting" incidents, why is there no mention of similar incidents in the WVU athletics article or the U of Arizona article? Or how about the countless other schools who have acted similarly following sporting events? How about citing hazing incidents regarding schools? Why is there no mention of the Duke lacrosse rape allegations in its article on athletics? 
I tried to clean this article up a bit last week by taking a few extremely biased statements out while also adding some additional information regarding many of the incidents and games mentioned. Apparently you chose not only to ignore the changes I made, but you actually rewrote the article in an even more biased manner than it previously was written.
The school has had some problems with fan behavior in recent years, but your characterization of the fans and school as a whole is grossly unfair. There is absolutely no reason to characterize Maryland's athletics and fan behavior in the manner you have and I hope to see it cleared up in the near future.
:It is removed. This is an article about Maryland sports, a few fan incidents doesn't merit inclusion. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a page about Maryland athletics.  A few fan incidents is not important in the grand scheme of things.    --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Complaint

message: There is no mention of "other" incidents because this is a UMD athletics page, not a WVU or U of Arizona article.   UMD athletics have a reputation of troubling action by its students in comparison with 95% of colleges in the US.  All pieces of the section in question are sourced by multiple publications to be clearly unbiased.  All removals were based on VERY biased editing.
:This is a page about Maryland athletics.  A few fan incidents is not important in the grand scheme of things.    --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: RE: Complaint

message: I agree that the text as written was unecessarily biased in its characterization of the incidents reported.  However, as this is a Maryland page, the references to incidents at other schools would also be innappropriate.  I edited the section to put the focus on the events that occured and not an editorial characterization of those events.
Zms676 16:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: RE: RE: Complaint

message: I restored most of the edits I previously made after they were undone by an unregistered user who did not post in the discussion page.
First, I restored a short blurb about the 2006-2007 season.  Although I would be open to a general consolidation of the the recent history of the Duke-Maryland basketball rivalry, as the page is written, I see no reason why 2006-2007 should not have its own blurb.
Second, I re-edited the incidents section to remove some of the editorial tone of the article.
Specific changes:
1. I included the statement "like many other schools" because it puts the described incidents in context and is more consistent with the USA Today article cited, which covers many different schools.
2. The statement that "Maryland's reputation has been tarnished" is entirely subjective.  My edit puts the emphasis on the objective facts - the incidents - and not what some writer thinks about them.
3. The sentence "The incidents have caused outrage and negative publicity by university officials and the community." is another characterization of events and is not properly cited.
4. The sentiment that rioting has become part of fandom is also subjective, so I got rid of it.
5. The term vulgarity is misleading.  I replaced it with the specific word that is the source of the controversy.
6. I removed the report of the posted phone number, because it is the product of an individual act and inconsistent with the other events listed (which are mass incidents).  
Zms676 17:47, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE: RE: Complaint  2

message: I needed to re-edit the incidents section which had deleted sections of factual evidence.  I did agree that some of the tone was editorial so I fixed a few statements therein.  "Like MANY other schools" is not true so it was removed.  Also the phone number incident was perpetrated by many individual as the report says so it was restored.  The duke section was way too labored, we dont need to have the record of every game leading up to the comeback.  The point of the sweep 2 out of the 3 years by previous author is a good summary.
DBrentster 18:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE: RE: Complaint 3 

message: I did a couple of grammatical edits to clarify things after all the edits and cross-edits.  Also, I agree with a lot of the points by DBrenster, but I still disagree on a couple of issues.  (1) I still think the 3-year old quote from a random student that "rioting is such a part of fandom" is too subjective and random to include (2) I replaced the vague term "vulgarity" with the more specific term used because it adds accuracy without taking up more space or reading time (also, the term "suck" is already referenced earlier, so I don't think it's a profanity issue).  I left the reference to the phone prank in, but it would be nice if you could point to a cite that wasn't a high school newspaper.
Regarding the 2006-2007 blurb, I agree that the whole Duke section has gotten out of hand, and I might take a crack at consolidating recent seasons into one or two paragraphs.
Zms676 21:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: RE: Complaint 2

message: The fact that the incidents mentioned have been cited in the press does not make them relevant to this article about the Maryland Terrapins. As has been mentioned above, pages for schools with similar "incidents" such as Penn State, West Virginia, and Michigan State do not include a section about fan behavior. 149.79.35.227 18:27, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Incidents section removed.  It is an article about the overall history of the program. A few fan incidents doesn't merit inclusion. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 16:50, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Incidents section

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====Survey - in support of the move====
# Support per current naming convention.   *Mishatx*-In\Out 17:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: # Support per current naming convention.   *Mishatx*-In\Out 17:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey - in support of the move

message: I've recently pasted a large block of text from the main UMCP article that seemed too long-winded to be kept there.  However, while there is a lot of information, there also seems to be a considerable amount of POV as well as a lack of proper citations. --Tom (talk - email) 02:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV and references concerns 

message: Currently says: Latin for "a shed wheeled up to a wall used by the ancient Romans to protect an attacking force". .... Not sure Latin is that succinct. Testudo is latin for 'tortoise', and the term was used to describe a type of military formation... I'm going to make the changes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Strikehold (talk • contribs) 05:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Testudo meaning

message: As a Maryland native, it'd be nice to see the phrase 'Fear the Turtle' somewhere in this article.  This is a common phrase in the region, in fact, try doing a Google search on this phrase, 'Fear the Turtle'.  I would change the article myself, but I suck.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.70.210 (talk) 18:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fear the Turtle

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message: Greetings everyone. I come here following a Third Opinion request. From what I can tell, Strikehold and Omarcheeseboro believe the article is in need of revamping. On the other hand, SportsNut2K disagrees and has thrice reverted the changes. Limited, local consensus appears to favor re-evaluating the article, and editing it.
Further, I notice that Strikehold and Omarcheeseboro have brought their requested edits to the talk page. Unless I am missing something, it appears that SportsNut2K has reverted changes without coming to discussion. I urge him to discuss changes before reverting again, in order that the Three Revert Rule is not violated.
My opinion is that improvements to the page should continue. Discussions should occur here before agressive reverting.
I hope this helps the dispute. Lazulilasher (talk) 17:03, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Opinion

message: I strongly favor the calls to revamp this page. Strikehold's work on pages for Maryland football rivalries are so detailed that they make the rivalry section almost unneccessary. The Duke-Maryland material, for which I contributed (and poorly sourced), could perhaps be truncated and the bulk of it put on a page of its own. The items on traditions and fan incidents, as pointed out above by Omar, are either not noteworthy or unique to U. of Maryland and are out of place when compared to pages on other collegiate athletic programs.  (Apathyjunkie (talk) 04:29, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fourth Opinion

message: After discussion on here and feedback from The Third Opinion Process, the changes have been implemented.  --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 19:09, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes implemented 

message: soccer
Rodney Wallace DC United  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JG1868 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  current professionals 

message: Princeton Review ranked Maryland's athletic facilities #1 in the country . Strikehold (talk) 04:19, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best athletic facilities 

message: The following section was added in the last 24 hours under "traditions"
"Maryland fans have a well-earned reputation as vulgarians of the highest order, frequently shouting obscenities at their opponents. As a rule, they take every opportunity to demonstrate their utter lack of class. The most recent demonstration of this behavior was a riot on March 3, 2010 that featured helicopters, a SWAT team and riot police."
Is this really necessary? I think the explanation of Rock and Roll Part Two, etc. is enough to convey the nature of UMD fans. I have not removed it myself simply because I am not entirely sure of how standard procedure works regarding this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oka Nieba (talk • contribs) 01:47, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditions Vandalism? 

message: There is a discussion on the Maryland Terrapins football Talk page regarding use of the new wordmark and logo for the Terps. I have requested a consensus on the use of the marks throughout the different types of Maryland Terrapins pages that are on Wikipedia (teams, seasons, facilities, etc). Your input is appreciated - please click here to go to the conversation and add your opinion. Thanks! Mdak06 (talk) 13:04, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion regarding current Maryland Terrapins wordmark and logo on Terps football page 

message: It is being reported that Maryland is moving to the Big 10.  Do not change the conference affiliation to Big 10 - Maryland will join the Big 10 in however many years it takes for them to remove themselves from the ACC.  It may or may not be multiple seasons until they move their sports. Virsingh (talk) 16:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big 10 Move 

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