Talk:Western Australia cricket team

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discuss roles of key people such as Tony Mann, Ken Meuleman, Barry Shepherd et al —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moondyne (talk • contribs) 17:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

State Team Name

There should be some sort of reference as to when the WA State Team name was rebranded to "Western Warriors". BartBart (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. It was about 1994 I believe. I'll add something. (one of the considered but discarded names was the 'Dugites') —Moondyne 15:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 06:05, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

– per WP:COMMONNAME. The use of these titles is an example of severe recentism. These names are an attempt to force nicknames onto the general public. Both major cricket resources (Cricinfo and CricketArchive) use "Western Australia" as opposed to "Western Warriors". Most other media use just the name of the state. This usage is consistent with all other established cricketing teams (excluding the obvious IPL and BBL teams). For example, Sussex County Cricket Club instead of Sussex Sharks. Note: I have not included the ACT (Canberra) Comets, as the team was and is commonly known under this name. Ignorant Armies^?! 16:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It's irritated me for ages that we use these recent nicknames, but I've never got around to starting a RM. Anyway, I support because using "cricket team" is the long-term common name (the nicknames are a case of recentism) and this would make Australia consistent with other cricket teams of the same level (first-class) worldwide. Jenks24 (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - it has likewise annoyed me that the limited-overs/nicknames of these teams take precedent as the article title. It should be "Blah cricket team", with the limited-overs names being redirects. I think the same might be true of the New Zealand domestic teams as well. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the New Zealand domestic sides to the above list, as much the same situation appears to apply. Ignorant Armies^?! 08:52, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Agree with above. Mr.Apples2010 (talk) 22:11, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Agree with above arguments. --Roisterer (talk) 02:22, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The teams are not known by those nicknames for first-class games, so the current names are a little restrictive in terms of scope. – Pee Jay 07:19, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. In 160 years of Australian first-class cricket these names are but a small footnote. Johnlp (talk) 08:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strongest possible support A long time coming and consistent with views expressed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 July 8#Domestic Australian domestic cricketers by state team and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Victoria (Australia) cricketers. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 10:02, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Support- The proposed names appear far more commonly in the media and are really just a footnote in the greater context of the competition. Hughesdarren (talk) 02:59, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support for most of the reasons above. Harrias ^talk 21:28, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Western Warriors which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 16:30, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]