Talk:BC Lions

message: With respect to the pass interference no-call that cost the Lions the Western Final in the 2005 season, I agree that it was an extremely contoversial no-call, should Wikipedia state that it was pass interference, or should we say "many believe it was pass interference" etc.
Tawker 03:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 07:57, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver|WikiProject Vancouver]] Collaboration of the Month nominee

message: This history section is getting really long (which is excellent). Perhaps it is time to give it its own page? Qutezuce 05:49, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: I can't believe that ALL of the 8 retired jersey number honorees aren't linked! There's info on the web about all of them, and I recently completed a Wiki article on Lui Passaglia (please check it out and contribute to/edit it).  I plan on working up a Willie "The Wisp" Fleming Wiki article as well.  Sundevilesq 19:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Willie Fleming page is now up and running! Check it out! Sundevilesq 21:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retired Jersey Numbers 

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:This article fails to Cite sources.Ardenn 00:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]] [[Wikipedia:Good articles/Nominations|nomination]] has failed 

message: In an effort to "wiki" each of the 8 retired jersey #'s of the B.C. Lions, I need some info on Byron "By" Bailey that I have been unable to find in a Google search.  From a recent article in the Vancouver Courier (referenced on the Willie Fleming page), I discovered that Bailey died, but I don't know when he died.  I think that information is pretty critical for a Wiki page, so if anyone knows, please let me know! Sundevilesq 04:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  By Bailey 

message: is much better than all the other western cfl teams, I commend those who have worked on this page.   64.230.107.149 18:58, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This page

message: We're missing the logo for 1968-1980. heqs ·:. 23:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some jack @ss wiki editor removed the current Lions logo that appeared next to the helmet in the Info box.  Does anyone have a "Wiki proof" logo they can supply? Sundevilesq 03:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

text: More research have to be done with the paw logo.  I think it was used as the official helmet logo during the 50's and 60's.  Bestghuran  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.104.157.49 (talk) 17:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical logos 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:BCLions.gif

message: I think we should work on trying to make this BC Lions article a featured article. For this to be successful, we need to; move the franchise history section back into this page, find lots of sources for everything, add some more info, expand the article, etc. Anyway, who's with me? JimböV1 10:16, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lets make this a featured article 

message: Saskatchewan? Really? If the league sets up anyone as BC's rival it's the Alouettes, whom the Lions always play on Labour Day - the day for rivals (mostly because every other team has a real rival: Edmonton/Calgary, Saskatchewan/Winnipeg, Toronto/Hamilton). I would say Montreal is BC's rival, and if not them, then Calgary. But Saskatchewan? Where's that coming from? --24.80.173.156 (talk) 08:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The "main rivals" should really be removed from all the team articles, because they're just the opinions of the editors, which don't belong in Wikipedia. Unless we can find references from reliable sources. Indefatigable (talk) 22:38, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agree 100%. I'm removing it from this article because I don't see any historical justification for any "main rival" for the Lions. the Edmonton/Calgary, Toronto/Hamilton rivalries are legendary and the Saskatchewan/Winnipeg rivalry has really heated up in recent years and are all easily referenced but anything else is either recentism or personal opinion. DoubleBlue (talk) 01:51, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Rivals? 

message: Dal Richards arranged and performed the Lions Fight Song; he did not compose it as the article says.  The words were written in 1953 by Peggy Miller, who also wrote the lyrics for the Edmonton Eskimos fight song.  The melody for the Lions Fight Song is not original, either.  It was taken directly from "I Love The Sunshine Of Your 
Smile", 1951, by The Four Knights.  "I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile" was #23 on the US Pop Music chart that year, and was adapted for the Lions two years after. 
 
Sources: BC Lions 2013 Media Guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Knights
There's a YouTube version of the song you can find using a search engine, Wikipedia has blocked the site however. 
I started digging into this when by chance I heard "I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile" on JazzRadio.com, and have personal confirmation of these events from the BC Lions head office.  Took a while, though. 
Dall Richards is very much a talented composer, arranger, musician, and performer, and he deserves all the accolades he has received, but he only performed the piece and made an arrangement for his orchestra.  The creative part was handled by others.  Great song though!  
Jeff S.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.48.65.14 (talk) 23:54, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fight Song Facts Incorrect 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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