Talk:2004 USL A-League

Requested move 17 March 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Procedureally closed. Nom has noted there is a WP:LOCALCONSENSUS issue at a parallel RM which will have to be resolved via an RfC. (closed by non-admin page mover)  SITH   (talk)   17:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

– Per WP:WikiProject Football/League season, if the league is decided by a knock-out tournament after the conclusion of the regular season, the word "season" should be attached to the title. Other American soccer league seasons follow this rational already (eg. 2018 Major League Soccer season, 1972 North American Soccer League season). All seasons linked in this RM included a playoff/knock-out tournament. BLAIXX 16:07, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 2004 USL A-League → 2004 USL A-League season
 * 2003 USL A-League → 2003 USL A-League season
 * 2002 USL A-League → 2002 USL A-League season
 * 2001 USL A-League → 2001 USL A-League season
 * 2000 USL A-League → 2000 USL A-League season
 * 1999 USL A-League → 1999 USL A-League season
 * 1998 USISL A-League → 1998 USISL A-League season
 * 1997 USISL A-League → 1997 USISL A-League season
 * 1996 A-League → 1996 A-League season
 * 1995 A-League → 1995 A-League season
 * 2004 USL Pro Soccer League → 2004 USL Pro Soccer League season
 * 2003 USL Pro Soccer League → 2003 USL Pro Soccer League season
 * 2002 USISL D-3 Pro League → 2002 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 2001 USISL D-3 Pro League → 2001 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 2000 USISL D-3 Pro League → 2000 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 1999 USISL D-3 Pro League → 1999 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 1998 USISL D-3 Pro League → 1998 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 1997 USISL D-3 Pro League → 1997 USISL D-3 Pro League season
 * 1996 USISL Professional League → 1996 USISL Professional League season
 * 1995 USISL Professional League → 1995 USISL Professional League season
 * 1994 American Professional Soccer League → 1994 American Professional Soccer League season
 * 1993 American Professional Soccer League → 1993 American Professional Soccer League season
 * 1992 American Professional Soccer League → 1992 American Professional Soccer League season
 * 1991 American Professional Soccer League → 1991 American Professional Soccer League season
 * 1990 American Professional Soccer League → 1990 American Professional Soccer League season
 * 1989 American Soccer League → 1989 American Soccer League season
 * 1988 American Soccer League → 1988 American Soccer League season
 * 1983 American Soccer League → 1983 American Soccer League season
 * 1982 American Soccer League → 1982 American Soccer League season
 * 1981 American Soccer League → 1981 American Soccer League season
 * 1980 American Soccer League → 1980 American Soccer League season
 * 1979 American Soccer League → 1979 American Soccer League season
 * 1978 American Soccer League → 1978 American Soccer League season
 * 1977 American Soccer League → 1977 American Soccer League season
 * 1976 American Soccer League → 1976 American Soccer League season
 * 1975 American Soccer League → 1975 American Soccer League season
 * 1974 American Soccer League → 1974 American Soccer League season
 * 1973 American Soccer League → 1973 American Soccer League season
 * 1972 American Soccer League → 1972 American Soccer League season
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 10:49, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. GiantSnowman 10:54, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * support per nom Hhkohh (talk) 11:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: I just want to point out a discussion similar to this one about Australian soccer league seasons: Talk:2018–19_A-League. Several editors are opposing the rational used here and wish to have a formal discussion on naming conventions at WP:FOOTBALL shortly. Perhaps it would be best to hold off on these page move until then. BLAIXX</b> 20:43, 20 March 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. <b style="color:red">Please do not modify it.</b> Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Why only those seasons? and Switching Back and Forth

 * I'm curious as to why you chose to include only some of ASL seasons in your request for this change. Do all of the following years not also fit into this same criteria?

...as well as three of the five Western Soccer Alliance seasons, the league that merged with the ASL to form the APSL in 1990.
 * 1969 American Soccer League
 * 1967–68 American Soccer League
 * 1966–67 American Soccer League
 * 1955–56 American Soccer League
 * 1948–49 American Soccer League
 * 1938–39 American Soccer League
 * 1937–38 American Soccer League
 * 1936–37 American Soccer League
 * 1931 American Soccer League
 * 1927–28 American Soccer League
 * 1987 Western Soccer Alliance
 * 1988 Western Soccer Alliance
 * 1989 Western Soccer League

Is there any practical reason not to just add "season" to all of the ASL years going back to 1921? While I really don't have a preference either way, it seems like not going back to the beginning and changing all of them will create a degree of awkwardness/randomness to the common viewer, when (in sequence) some ASL years will be titled 19xx American Soccer League season, and others 19xx American Soccer League. Especially when it would change back and forth in the 1960s and 1970s. Just trying to look at from an outsiders POV. Cheers, -Creativewill (talk) 18:12, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I did not include those you mentioned above because I just did not see them. I'm sure that there are even more that we both missed. The reason I did not nominate all ASL season articles is because there has been a long standing consensus at WP:FOOTBALL to title the articles as I mentioned above. You do bring up a good point about consistency between the same league and perhaps it is time to revisit that titling guideline. <b style="color: #329604">B</b><b style="color: #FD8F42">L</b><b style="color: #0096FF">A</b><b style="color: black">IXX</b> 01:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)