Talk:San Jose Earthquakes

message: There has to be a better way of including the NASL stuff (or better yet, not including it and making a seperate article).  It's just messy and confusing as it is.Spejic 07:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It shouldn't be moved; San Jose got a Cleveland Browns type offer, and Houston is an "expansion team" in the eyes of MLS. Jjjsixsix 22:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I propose we split the article into two. The NASL franchise has no connection with the MLS franchise beyond the name, so it doesn't make sense to include them in the same article. Most NASL franchises have their own articles, so the San Jose/Golden Bay Earthquakes should too. Thoughts? Objections? | Mr. Darcy talk 17:24, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. The other examples you give were not MLS teams. Plus the articles would quickly become too long. Gateman1997 16:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Splitting the article

message: The picture of the home/away shirts, while much prettier than the hodgepodge approximations we have usually on team's websites, they are eggregiously outdated and are in serious need of update.  Can someone with a little more technical skill work on this?  --  Grant.Alpaugh 15:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of Shirts

message: How many references do we need on the "current roster" section? There are currently seven references before a single player is listed. We should need only one or two, I would think. Gentgeen (talk) 07:47, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many refs are needed? 

message: We seem to have a couple of guys listed as "notable former players" who played 20-something, 30-something games for the club, had no caps of any kind, no wider fame, and no special notability.  Dave Salzwedel and Tom Liner, for instance.  I'll leave it to SJ fans to figure out who they find notable, of course, but I would suggest a bit of a trim. Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 02:11, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: On second thought, I went and axed Levesque, Salzwedel, and Liner myself.  If anyone feels strongly that they need to be included - local hero factor, I guess - I wouldn't protest a re-add for Salzwedel or Liner.  Mr. IP 《Defender of Open Editing》 02:56, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bloat on "notable players" 

message: Your club doesn't yet have a 2009 Season article, we are hoping to get each of the MLS teams up and going like these; Sounders, Fire, Dynamo, Wizards, and TFC. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me at anytime. Thanks Morry32 (talk) 01:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  2009 Season article 

message: Talk:New York Red Bulls#conference champions
just adding a link to a centralized discussion on division champions conventions. Please post comments there.
Nlsanand (talk) 04:10, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  conference champs 

message: There was a discussion about the new roster format and we have had a trial at both the Timbers and Whitecaps articles and recently Cascadia Cup rival Sounders have converted. The idea is to move all club articles on Wikipedia to the new format as is discussed in the original discussion and more recently at the football project.
My suggestion is to complete the MLS team articles first, so if you could respond at this discussion, that would be ideal. In short, the new layout is slightly taller and less wide, but it correctly impliments WP:MOSFLAG and is better for visually impared users of Wikipedia and others who use readers. I plan to implement the change to this article by the weekend of January 20-22, however other editors could make the change sooner. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:51, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change in roster format 

message: There was a discussion about the new roster format and we have had a trial at both the Timbers and Whitecaps articles and recently Cascadia Cup rival Sounders have converted. The idea is to move all club articles on Wikipedia to the new format as is discussed in the original discussion and more recently at the football project.
My suggestion is to complete the MLS team articles first, so if you could respond at this discussion, that would be ideal. In short, the new layout is slightly taller and less wide, but it correctly impliments WP:MOSFLAG and is better for visually impared users of Wikipedia and others who use readers. I plan to implement the change to this article by the weekend of January 20-22, however other editors could make the change sooner. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:51, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change in roster format 

message: In case anyone feels like adding it, here is a fun team photo from Lenhart Wig Night.  —Noah (talk) 02:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fun Team Photo 

message: Anyone want to discuss this? As with all clubs, the color chosen on the squad templates is the primary and secondary kit colors, but for some reason it keeps getting reversed for San Jose. I know a lot of fans like the blue for San Jose, but it's not accurate, is it? What do people think? UncleTupelo1 (talk) 00:48, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw it. It looks better, but had I remembered your logic (which is applied equally to all team articles) I would have reverted it. I agree with your application of home colours. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current squad - color choice? 

message: The :Vancouver Southsiders have the sort of references required for this section. One MLS team article has a link to the club's website that lists the official supporters groups. Both of those would be fine. The Crazy George site is enough to be verifiable, but not reliable. A third-party writing that he does would be fine. I know that the media in Vancouver has mentioned his attendance at BC Lions games. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:50, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Walter, links to the first two types of links are provided in this article. You've now deleted them twice while trying to revert the page. Please read the section before you revert as you're reverting good references. As for Crazy George, until someone else finds a better reference to the guy I've removed the section about him. But to answer your question, no the 1974 Quakes and the MLS Quakes are not the same team, but George has been at games for both doing his cheerleader bit. Gateman1997 (talk) 03:48, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes. Sorry. I was focusing on reference this reference, which supports Crazy George's involvement with the original team. I have no doubt that he is still there. His current involvement would need to be referenced. I didn't see http://www.mercurynews.com/earthquakes/ci_23072919/san-jose-earthquakes-reprimand-1906-ultras-supporters-group or http://www.sjearthquakes.com/content/earthquakes-supporters-clubs and so I'm sorry that removed those. The current state is good, but I removed Faultline. Perhaps a re-write to include the suspension of 1906 Ultras with the article as support. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:50, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion of supporters section 

message: Anon has once again decided to edit war over material that explains the rivalry in detail. Anon added similar sections to the Seattle Sounders-Portland Timbers page which was great. Not sure why anon thinks it doesn't belong here, on the rivalry article or on the LA page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:21, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rivalry must have balance 

message: Aside from being unreferenced, it's not standard. Most attendance figures only focus on home matches, not including away, which seems to be the case here. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:03, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average attendance 

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message: April 15, 2017, May 22, 2017, and there are others. A simple Google search will show that the title is still used. I can't reference it, but one of the announcers for the Whitecaps still uses the term at least once per match during games between the two sides. Even if it were no longer used, it was a nickname and the article explains the context better. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:14, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Goonies is still current