Talk:List of major Negro league baseball teams

message: The merge seems like a good idea.  It's funny--even though both pages were on my watchlist, I wasn't aware that there were duplicative lists.  Clearly, though, only one list is needed. BRMo 00:21, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Negro League teams]] 

message: Being as the article on Negro league baseball is with a lower-case "l", among other reasons, this page should be moved to List of Negro league baseball teams with a lower-case "l". --64.85.220.224 (talk) 09:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there were no objections after 7 days, I made the request at WP:RM. --64.85.214.168 (talk) 04:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page move 

message: This is essentially the same issue as with the List of Negro League Players.
According to the intro on this page, it "follows the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum of Kansas City, Missouri, in using the term 'Negro leagues' for the highest level of play for black baseball during racial segregation in the United States."  Most teams recently added to this list are not of the "highest level of play" as stated, and are not even included in the Negro Leagues Museum's list.
So, what do we do?  As opposed to the conundrum of trying to determine "best players", a list of top teams is less difficult, as there IS a list of organized leagues from 1920 (the organization of the first NNL) to 1950 (the consensus date of the end of top-tier Negro leagues play), and a general consensus by Negro Leagues historians, authors, and researchers about which independent and pre-league teams were top-tier.
I do not recommend culling the list, but I would think that we could identify and note those top-tier teams within the list, so that readers understand that the Portland Rosebuds and Seattle Steelheads did not play at the same level as the Homestead Grays or Kansas City Monarchs.  I also think that we could have a second list of teams, divided by era rather than state.
At the very least, we need to restate the purpose of this page, as it has teams of varying levels of play, not just the "highest".  -- Couillaud 15:28, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh oh, not again.  If the title is "list of teams", then I thought it was just a list of the teams, but I have only been adding teams that are verified to have played in one of the major Negro leagues.  I'm not too keen on having all of the traveling/semi-pro teams unless they have a reference, just as you suggest.  I was thinking of doing tables like with the list of players, but only for the league teams (they're easy to group).  As it is, this page is hard to decipher the good from the bad.  Maybe for now just add the league affiliation and dates of existence after each team? And tweak the lede paragraph, too, I guess. --64.85.214.118 (talk) 16:19, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: And how do you want to handle relocations?  Do you want to count the Nashville/Cleveland/Columbus/Washington/Baltimore Elite Giants as one entry, or five?  I have been trying to incorporate these into this page, the template, and the team pages, but some have different entries for each relocation, and some have redirects back to one page for a team.  I realize there are different situations of which method to use, but I am seeing great inconsistency, especially considering some of the pages were created in 2005, 2007 and then forgotten for years.  This, too, needs to be made consistent.  --64.85.214.118 (talk) 16:29, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this page's purpose need to be restated? 

message: Hello, I’ve started updating this page by converting the list to a table format and including conclusive data: a) years of existence, b) affiliations, c) any notes, and (most importantly) d) a reference from a reliable source.  Hopefully this will better distinguish between a highly-notable major Negro league team and a lesser team.  Possibly, this will enable future pages to be split-off: 1) List of major Negro league baseball teams, 2) List of minor Negro league baseball teams and 3) List of Cuban league baseball teams.
*Here are some discrepancies I have encountered:
#Indianapolis Clowns/Ethiopian Clowns/Cincinnati Clowns - first year, dates of Miami Giants & Ethiopian Clowns
#Boston Royal Giants - first & last years, when were they based in Philly & when in Boston
#Dayton Marcos - exact first & final years
#Homestead Grays - first year, final year 50 or 59?, league info & dates, Wash/Hstd date & Wash only date
#Memphis Red Sox – 1933–36 NSL or independent?
#Houston Eagles - moved to New Orleans in 1951?
#Cuban Stars (West) - in Cincinnati in 20 & 21 or just 21?
#Cuban Stars (East) - last year 1929 or 33 or 34? were they reformed after '29 or is that a different team entirely?
#Tennessee Rats - should this team even be included??, not really a Negro league team?
*Not sure what to do with: Chappie Johnson's Stars, Colored House of David
Please help fill in the missing dates and references in the table; also, please correct the errors or oversights (regrettably I lack access to preferred sources).  The idea behind this list having the basic info on it is to iron out most contradictions and gaps in the teams' histories and then the teams' articles can be updated accordingly.  (Dynamic IP, will change when I log off.) Rgrds. --64.85.214.131 (talk) 04:21, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Converting list to tables 

message: The Louisiana section is rather cluttered and I am not 100% that all of these could be considered Negro league teams.  The listed reference  states nothing more than "Other Louisiana metropolitan areas boasted numerous amateur, semi-pro, and touring teams, including New Orleans (Algiers Giants, Black Pelicans), Baton Rouge (Black Sox, Hardwood Sports, West Baton Rouge Cubs), Lake Charles (Lincoln Giants), Alexandria (Aces), and Houma (Delta Cubs)."  Not sure this really meets the criteria, but I'll not have more time to research them until later. Thoughts? Rgrds. --64.85.216.217 (talk) 07:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Louisiana teams 

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message: How are the New Orleans Eagles not in the Louisiana table?Dogru144 (talk) 03:16, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 06:04, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: New Orleans Eagles