Talk:Allies (Australian rules football)

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Dream Team and All-Stars[edit]

I'm not sure the Dream Team and the All-Stars are officially considered continuations of the Allies. We need to be careful that we don't generically lump all 'composite' state of origin teams into the same article unless we are certain that they're all the same; or unless we rename the article something like 'Composite interstate teams...'. Remember that for most of the last decade, Dream Team had its own distinct article (until it was merged into the article for the only game it ever played). Aspirex (talk) 04:57, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I mean so what? Do we have be so pedantic that we can't mention that a similar concept to the Allies is the Dream Team/All-Stars teams were created for one-off purposes. Neither deserve an article of their own, but their similarities to the Allies (both composite teams, just one with players from SA/WA and the other not) means we should mention their contributions. Let's just chill. Global-Cityzen (talk) 02:57, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Completely agree Global-Cityzen. They are the exact same team, with the exact same purpose, however have either been renamed or referred to as something else on the different occasions they’ve played. Dylben01 (talk) 01:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Agreeing" is not WP:VERIFIABILITY, and the latter is a pillar of Wikipedia. Can you provide any sources that actually verify it? Aspirex (talk) 21:23, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They are all exactly the same thing. An AFL fabricated "state" created simply for the purposes of competing against Victoria. The Dream Team and All Stars are not significant enough deserve pages of their own given they've only played in one off games. They are equally meaningless from a player's point of view. For example does it really make any difference to Andrew McLeod whether he represented The Allies or the Dream Team??? Neither is either his "State of Origin".--Rulesfan (talk) 03:27, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]