Talk:List of Major League Baseball postseason teams

message: OK, the East-West teams are seriously jumbled in the 69-93 charts. I will attempt to sort them out. --Do Not Talk About Feitclub (contributions) 02:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Why are the Orioles listed in the American League West column? Juve2000 (talk) 03:54, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Baltimore Orioles

message: This page makes no sense at all.  And I know baseball.  What is this page listing?  Why are some team names in boldface?  Why only data from 1969 on?  What do the numbers in the tables mean?  Sue D. Nymme (talk) 17:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The page is keeping statistics on the number of appearances each team has made in the different playoff rounds.  It ignores years prior to 1969 as the World Series was the only playoff round.  Between 69 and 93 there were 2 playoff rounds, and after 94 there are 3 rounds.  Teams in bold are the ones that have appeared in the respective playoff round for 2008.  They could have done a better job of explaining this in the main page, and they should move the Baltimore Orioles to the Eastern Division column in the "1969-1993" section.Juve2000 (talk) 19:11, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! Sue D. Nymme (talk) 20:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What the...?

message: I just added this table.  It's only updated through 2011, and I can't do more than that today.  Others may want to help with this, and people may have various comments. 
I would like to add a table that gives the number of appearances at each level for each team, all in one table.  
Once we have decided on a format for these two tables, I tend to think that the tables previously on this page can go away. 
Comments welcome.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 19:41, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I have added a second table as described above.  Personally, I would be in favor of removing the tables with everything sorted by division and by time period, but I would be interested to hear an argument as to why we should keep them.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 05:39, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Table 

message: Should the old tables, dividing out the number of postseason appearances by era and by MLB division, be deleted and replaced by new tables giving a more compact version of the most relevant information?  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 18:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ugh. This page either needs a total overhaul or deletion. Either way for me. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:17, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

text: Summoned by bot. I definitely think a more concise, updated, and easier to read version should replace the overwhelming tables the page currently has. The page sis kind of tough to navigate and break down. Meatsgains (talk) 23:53, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

text: Concur with the previous commenters, the two new sections at the bottom are much easier to understand than the mess at the top. I'd be in favor of dumping the era tables at the top and keeping just the 2 sections at the bottom, then the page might actually become useful enough to get some inbound linkage.--John, AF4JM (talk) 02:50, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed page overhaul 

message: We need to make a change to ragmenting the charts,it's important to divide the last 20 years into separate tables for each time a team changes leagues . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colin1990813 (talk • contribs) 08:03, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would that be important?  We could divide the Giants' postseason appearances into pre-Bonds and post-Bonds eras, but there's no real reason to do so.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 14:19, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

text: There is no end of ways in which the numbers could be subdivided.  The problem is that each subdivision has the side-effect of making the tables harder for a casual reader to absorb.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 14:33, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

text: Why do we need to explain that?  This is not an article about which teams were in which divisions during which years.  This is an article about which teams were in the postseason.  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 06:54, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see Colin's point, in that the number of teams in a league affects how easy it is to make the postseason. But I think the readability of the table is more important, so I would be opposed to breaking it up further. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 04:04, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Major League Baseball postseason teams to make a change 

message: Should the extensive reformatting of this page stand?  Or should it be reverted to its former format?  --BlueMoonlet (t/c) 19:42, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extensive reformatting of this page 

message: What Swordman97 mentioned was my intent. Now I understand that the downside is that the years are not in order (because of different postseason finishes), so if someone were to change to a different legend format by using colored font instead of simply using a combination of bold/ italics, etc. from the original table, I would say that it would still be an improvement, as it would be less confusing and in chronological order. Example: black (with hyperlink) for WC loss, orange for DS loss, blue for LCS loss, green for WS loss, red for WS win. Evirdenilmiss (talk) 14:51, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Response from user who made changes 

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thread_title:  Move discussion in progress