Talk:Washington Senators (1901–1960)

Page Creation
This is the team that went on to become the Twins. Their history in DC is notable. Arnabdas (talk) 17:43, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 6 April 2020

 * 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 discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Not moved buidhe 20:59, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960) → Washington Senators (1901–1960) – There isn't any other article about the the 1901–1960 club called the Washington Senators, so this is the main (and only) article. As such there is no need for the "History of the..." part as this is about everything related to the club. This is WP:CONSISTENT with other clubs and especially Washington Senators (1891–1899) and Washington Senators (1912), the other two clubs with this name. Gonnym (talk) 15:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. buidhe 04:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. buidh</b><b style="color: White">e</b> 05:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The difference between the examples you mention are that those other Senators teams did not become some other team, while this Senators became the Minnesota Twins so its a part of the team history. This would keep it consistent with other relocated teams, see for example History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, History of the Boston Braves and History of the New York Giants (baseball). Spanneraol (talk) 16:27, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd argue that those articles you linked are also badly named. Brooklyn Dodgers redirects to History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves (baseball) redirects to History of the Boston Braves and New York Giants (baseball) redirects to History of the New York Giants (baseball). In all instances the base term (or the base term with disambiguation where disambiguation is needed) redirects to the "History of x" article. This clearly shows that there is no other article about the topic, so why is a sub-set article title needed? --Gonnym (talk) 11:26, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Because the main articles are the current teams. Spanneraol (talk) 13:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)


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RfC regarding article titles of relocated professional sports teams in North America
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