Talk:Rising Stars Challenge

2007 Game Coaches?
Does anyone know who coached the game in 2007 for each side? All websites I have found name the coaches as "TBA" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpasqualicchio (talk • contribs) 00:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Del Harris and Tom Thibadoau, I think. Basketball  110   vandalise me  15:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The head coaches at least should be the lead assistants for the All-Star game coaches. Can't actually find who it was listed anywhere. I just added the 2008 coaches though. Novastarj (talk) 23:32, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Rosters
Should the rosters section be split into another page? Basketball 110   vandalise me  15:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I think maybe we should put the rosters and coaches by year on another page with an all-time list of participants by team on the main page as well as records. I will take care of all of this if someone wants to create the new page for past years rosters and coaches. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpasqualicchio (talk • contribs) 15:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

About Finished
I have put on this page just about every bit of information possible about this game. The last few things to possibly do:


 * Find those 2007 assistant and head coaches
 * Break down the year-by-year rosters/coaches into a separate page
 * Expand on the opening paragraph with more about the game.

I'm leaving this in your guys' hands. Good luck

Requested move

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Page moved to NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:54, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge → Rising Stars Challenge – Relisted.Favonian (talk) 23:48, 16 February 2012 (UTC) Reflect new rebranded name of event, supported in news sources by WP:COMMONNAME. 251 ghits for "Rising Stars Challenge" vs 38 for "Rookie Challenge". Sponsorships are transient, and not commonly used in sources, so no need to prefix with current sponsor, BBVA. Also, not using prefix of "NBA All-Star Weekend" from previous name, again per WP:COMMONNAME; the opening sentence in the lead explains it is part of NBA All-Star Weekend. There are no other "Rising Stars Challenge"s out there to disambiguate that would require the prefix.—Bagumba (talk) 07:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Dropped a note about this at WT:NBA. Jenks24 (talk) 04:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 *  Weak support. For consistency, I would like to see this article moved to NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge, in line with other NBA All-Star Weekend events. If all of the events are going to be moved, I'll support moving this to Rising Stars Challenge. — MT (talk) 17:54, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. The plan was to gain consensus here to remove "NBA All-Star Weekend", and then we can apply to remainder of articles. The prefix is unnecessary per WP:PRECISE: "Be precise, but only as precise as necessary. For example, it would be inappropriate to title an article 'United States Apollo program (1961–75)' over Apollo program" —Bagumba (talk) 18:14, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Good to hear. I'll definitely support the other RM as well. — MT (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, the reason I added "NBA All-Star Weekend" to the title is that there are other Slam Dunk contests or Three-point Shooting competitions and it serves as a way to disambiguate. And all the other contests also have "NBA All-Star Weekend" in the title because I want them to be consistent.— Chris! c / t 23:12, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Slam Dunk Contest currently redirects to NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest. Three-Point Shootout also redirects to NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout.  They both seems like the proper WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. So naming consistency is not be an issue for removing the prefix.  We can still have redirects with the "NBA All-Star Weekend" prefix, but the actual article shouldn't add them when it is already the primary topic.—Bagumba (talk) 00:05, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support either "Rising Stars Challenge", or "NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge". The important thing is that the game is no longer called the "Rookie Challenge". Zagal e jo^^^ 23:49, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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Requested Move 2

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The result of the move request was: pages moved per WP:PRECISION -- JHunterJ (talk) 17:32, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

– Per an earlier discussion, the "NBA All-Star Weekend" prefix was originally added to the article names for disambiguation. However, Rising Stars Challenge currently redirects to NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge, as does Slam Dunk Contest to NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, and Three-Point Shootout to NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout. Moreover, the NBA event is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for each name, respectively, based on usage in sources. The prefix should be removed per WP:PRECISE. —Bagumba (talk) 23:32, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * NBA All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge → Rising Stars Challenge
 * NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest → Slam Dunk Contest
 * NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout → Three-Point Shootout
 * No objection.— Chris! c / t 01:56, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Moving this page makes sense, but I feel the others need some disambiguation (perhaps just adding NBA to the title). Hot Stop UTC 14:18, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * A Google search on "Slam Dunk Contest" provides a large majority (> 90% by my estimate) of hits to the NBA All-Star game's dunk content. Similar case for a search on "Three Point Shootout". This supports the NBA article being the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.  If any other types of "Slam Dunk Contest" or "Three Point Shootout" exist, they should be noted in a hatnote.  Putting an "NBA" prefix for disambiguation for these article violates WP:PRECISE.  Please provide evidence for discussion of other specific types of "Slam Dunk Contest" or "Three Point Shootout" that support the NBA articles not being the primary topic.  Currently, Slam Dunk Contest redirects to NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, and Three-Point Shootout redirects to NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout.—Bagumba (talk) 16:21, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Support change for this article and the Three Point Shootout article. For the Slam Dunk Contest,  while the NBA one is the most popular, the generic term should be left open for the history (it started in the ABA) and overview of lesser known ones at college, high school, and other pro leagues. The NBA one should be shortened to "NBA Slam Dunk Contest".70.58.207.128 (talk) 01:31, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
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Rising Star Award?
On some player infoboxes, there is an "NBA Rising Star" award under "Career Awards and Achievements". Why isn't this on all players who have participated in this event? --76.116.170.226 (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

States for American players
State flags were added for the American players of the 2015 game with this edit. The U.S. state is irrelevant when the game is US vs World. It's WP:UNDUE, as sources generally don't (if at all) present the US roster based on US states, and WP:OR is used to choose birth state vs home state vs current state of residence. It should be removed.—Bagumba (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2015 (UTC)