Talk:Oakland Zoo (cheering section)

message: Why the heck would this be deleted?  Look at Cameron Crazies, that's not being deleted. Superbowlbound (talk) 20:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First, please mind WP:CIV. For personal attacks you could be blocked. Second, this article is unreferenced, and fails WP:N. Cameron articles shows that their group has been mentioned in newspapers. This article could just as well be a hoax. Unless it can be improved I will nominate it for deletion.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  20:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  there are a ton of news articles on the zoo. The Oakland Zoo blog http://pittoaklandzoo.blogspot.com/, The Facebook group http://pitt.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200205870, The shirts http://www.shoppittpanthers.com/catalog/product/?fcID=83282, News article http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2005/01/14/Sportsbasketball/Pitt-Thanks.Zoo.For.Wild.Behavior-1787859.shtml, Team Spirit http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/basketball/p/panthers.htm. There can be more, or you could search it also. Superbowlbound (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, the Oakland Zoo is definitely a real organization, it is mentioned in the first paragraph of this Post-Gazette article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07358/844102-175.stm .  The reason I ranked it as low on the importance scale, however, is that while it is highly relevant to the University, city wide it is not as significant as it is on campus.  I'm planning on updating and organizing this page in the near future. BocoROTH (talk) 23:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Mentioned in an ESPN article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncb&id=3216311 I'm sure there are many other examples. BocoROTH (talk) 23:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  is this a joke 

message: This is notable.... it has already been decided as seen above Superbowlbound (talk) 17:06, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yet again why would this be deleted? 

message: The reason this article should not be merged with The University of Pittsburgh is because it would better fit in the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball section. If you want to nominate it for that feel free. I just want to save any needless discussion again. The Oakland Zoo is not a club for anyone who is wondering, it is a cheering section. Superbowlbound (talk) 02:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is more than adequate to have its own page now and referenced well enough now that there is no question of its notability.   It is also grown too large to have any realistic place in which to merge it.  Possible parent pages, such as the University of Pittsburgh main page, are already too big.  The Oakland Zoo serves as the cheering section for both the men's and women's team, and isn't really appropriate to merge into either of those alone anyway. CrazyPaco (talk) 02:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I just meant for anyone suggesting it, it would be a waste of time to try and merge it to university of Pittsburgh like some had suggested. Superbowlbound (talk) 16:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, 100% agree.  I don't think that person looked at either article.CrazyPaco (talk) 22:26, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this artcle should neither be deleted nor merged.  It is quite a large article and does not appear to break any of the rules on Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. --Jmv31 (talk) 19:13, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the comment. It is really a non-issue now. The article was much, much smaller and not nearly as well sourced in April, 2008.CrazyPaco (talk) 06:51, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questions about merging 

message: It would be nice to add photos of the Zoo in all its frenzied glory if anyone has them.  Maybe also one with some of the costumed members as well.  Any additional information on the final settlement of the lawsuit would also be useful.CrazyPaco (talk) 02:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: Was Jedlicka and original member?  Because there is no mention of him in the original 2000-2001 group of 9 students by either the Trib article or in Sam Sciullo's book, plus the fact he obtained his BA in 2006 and therefore seems like he may be too young to be one of the originals, I have edited him out of the list of original members.  
Also, remember to keep edits "encyclopedic" and referenced in order to maintain wikipedia's standards so this article doesn't get tagged again.   CrazyPaco (talk) 09:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: David Jedlicka