Talk:ANZ Championship

New template
Propose replacing current template (below) with a new all-encompassing template (possibly named ):

If there are no serious objections, I'd like to replace the current template maybe within a week or two. Feel free to leave comments here. Cheers. – Liveste (talk) 12:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Seconded - great work Gialloneri (talk) 16:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Adelaide-thunderbirds.gif
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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * None of the logos have fair-use rationales for use in this article, so I've removed them. The logos can be readded once a fair-use rationale for this article is added to each image file page, but please make sure that the use of the logos in this article meets all WP:NFCC criteria before adding them. Cheers. – Liveste (talk) 02:18, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Sponsored name
Other articles are known as (for example) Stadium Australia, Docklands Stadium and A-League as opposed to ANZ Stadium, Telstra Dome and Hyundai A-League (which are redirects). Wouldn't it make sense to use the non-sponsored name for this one as well? -- Chuq (talk) 01:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

If that is the norm then yes I guess

--Matt (talk) 01:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


 * To my knowledge, ANZ Championship is still the most widely used name. The non-sponsored alternative would be Tasman Trophy, but it was only meant to be a provisional name. However, if significant current use (i.e., after 9 October 2007) can be demonstrated, then moving the article there would still satisfy WP:COMMONNAME.


 * Regarding opposition to corporate names in article titles, while it has been discussed for articles on Australian stadiums, this has not occurred for articles on New Zealand stadiums (e.g., Westpac Stadium, AMI Stadium). Netball competitions such as the Commonwealth Bank Trophy and the National Bank Cup also retain their corporate names. Wider discussion and consensus is probably needed.


 * All in all, I think that a page move should wait until either "Tasman Trophy" is demonstrated to be in significant current use, or until a wider discussion of corporate naming reaches consensus. Cheers. – Liveste (talk • edits) 02:43, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Franchise Map
I created a basic franchise map for ANZ Championship Season 2008 to replace the previous version, which I felt was of poor quality. It's probably more of a temporary thing as I think a greater franchise area map such as the Super 14 examples (such as would probably serve better than a map pointing to the major franchise bases, but if someone wants to use the current version feel free to do so - it is as follows:



Gialloneri (talk) 09:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Rename Article
I propose that we rename the article to the "Tasman Trophy", as it was provisionally known until ANZ Bank secured the naming rights. Removing advertisers/naming sponsors from the article name has already been done with the Sheffield Shield and with many Australian stadiums. Bongomanrae (talk) 06:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Absolutely not. The name of the competition is the ANZ Championship - it's the name that is used in every single source, whether unofficial or official. There is no source that refers to it as the Tasman Trophy in any sense apart from back when it was a proposed competition. As such, renaming it would both be a) factually incorrect, and b) confusing as hell for readers who are wondering why our article on a major competition refers to it by a verifiably incorrect name.


 * The entire purpose of the renames away from sponsored names was to avoid the situation where you had grounds that were predominantly known by a standard name - i.e. Kardinia Park being renamed every season according to whoever had the naming rights that season. This is being taken to a particularly silly extreme. Rebecca (talk) 06:46, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Dead link
During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!


 * http://www.sparc.org.nz/research-policy/research/national-surveys/200708-active-nz-survey/sport-recreation-physical-activity-participation/participation-in-sport-and-recreation
 * In History of netball on 2011-03-30 03:34:00, 404 Not Found
 * In ANZ Championship on 2011-06-20 00:49:01, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:49, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

In 2015 the finals system has been changed and extra time in home and away matches has been abolished.110.32.78.72 (talk) 10:44, 23 March 2015 (UTC)Geoffrey Hilliard