Talk:List of Australian Football League grounds

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This either needs to be renamed List of Australian Football League grounds or needs to be re-written to label all the current sections Current Major AFL, Current Minor AFL etc and include WAFL, SANFL etc grounds. Australian rules football does not equal AFL. The-Pope 15:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. To me the former option seems better, as that name defines a well defined list. JPD (talk) 16:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions[edit]

Responding on a request here I'm making a few comments. First the good:

  • This list is clear, well-defined and well organized. There are lots of descriptions, explanations and pictures that put the information into context and make the list an interesting read. I think this definitely has the potential to be a featured list.

Now the bad:

  • It needs to be better sourced. I can see just four references, and there are entire paragraphs and sections that aren't supported by a single in-line citation.
  • The prose in a few places is a bit clunky and awkward. I've had a go at tweaking some of it, but writing brilliant prose is a talent I just don't have.

All in all, a fine bit of work, but not FL standard yet. It can definitely get there though. Reyk YO! 03:19, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]


The major problem is still with the sourcing. Finding references for the ground capacities is a good start, but there are still too many unsupported statements. I'll give some examples:

  • The MCG is the only ground that has been in use since the beginning of the VFL/AFL
  • TIO Stadium is the newest AFL venue
  • The Prince of Wales and the Portuguese King being there at the exhibition match in 1969.

These all need citations- you need to provide a reference everywhere a statement is made.

I'd also go over the sources you already have. Some of them are incomplete. There's one that says "Anon, 1916", and another that just says "Herald Sun". If I wanted to refer to those sources I'd have no idea how to find them. You're already using citation templates, you need to fill out every field that you possibly can. This is likely to be a tedious chore, but it's necessary to bring this up to FL standard. Reyk YO! 03:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some of these sentences are "sky is blue" statements. Nick carson (talk) 03:19, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Capacity[edit]

Windy Hill had a capacity of over 15,000! As you can see by it's record crowd of over 40,000, It holds roughly that now.. Aaroncrick (talk) 07:13, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stadium naming convention?[edit]

I propose that we return to naming stadiums by their actual names, not their commercial names. We simply can't continue to use the commercial names of stadia. They change too often and they conflict with WP policy. We need to take the same stance the ABC does with commercial naming. Football Park, Kardinia Park, The Glasshouse, Docklands Stadium, Stadium Australia, etc, are what we should be referring to these stadia as. Also from an organisational point of view, it makes no sense changing the names of stadia with the commings and goings of commercial naming rights. This was decided on a couple of years ago but somehow it's lazily been let slide. Nick carson (talk) 03:11, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Olympic Stadium / Motordrome[edit]

According to this list, Olympic Stadium was used by Melbourne for three games in 1932. But according to Olympic Stadium, Melbourne the venue was opened in 1956. Can someone clarify? Reyk YO! 04:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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