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Philadelphia Municipal Stadium

According to Chapter XXX ("MUNICIPAL STADIUM") on pages 419-423 of the Exposition's 520-page official record entitled "The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition" by E.L Austin (Director-in-Chief) and Odell Hauser (Director of Publicity) published in 1929, the official name of the stadium when it opened in 1926 was "Philadelphia Municipal Stadium" and not "Sesqui-Centennial Stadium." Centpacrr 04:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

"The Municipal Stadium erected within the grounds of the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition and the scene of many of its most colorful events will long remain not only as a memorial of the Exposition but as a substanial contribution to the facilities of the city for staging large outdoor events and athletic games." "The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition" by E.L Austin and Odell Hauser; Chapter XXX ("MUNICIPAL STADIUM") p. 419 Centpacrr 10:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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Wrestling content

The wrestling content in this article is all but pointless and should be allowed to be removed, regardless of the objections of wrestling fan kids who put it into every artcle they can and try bulling those who object to it. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 00:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The content about guys who act like they're fighting is beneath sections on people who can throw a ball and people who can hit a puck (and fight). I see no reason why the wrestling content is any less important than the basketball or hockey.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:10, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Exactly, and as I had mentioned before, its not like we are talking about some Backyard Wrestling Group, its the WWF/E, which is defently something. I can understand taking out something listing every house show and televised Monday Night Raw/Smackdown (though making note that such events happen are ok), but Pay-Per-Views, and really, large orginizations like the WWF/E, WCW, etc. holding events there are ok. Even if most of the article was wrestling in general in the arena, and the rest being very little about hockey/basketball/whatever sport is held in there, I would belive it to still be acceptable, its just that the wrestling aspect has been covered better than anything else.

I also do find the argument however, of wrestling being nothing more than pointless as nothing more than a bad argument. What if there is one thing that Group A considered ok, and Person B, regardless of what most everyone says, claims something to be pointless? That would mean a whole lot of stuff being taken off.

At the least, I would agree with at the most, maybe a note saying that wrestling events were held there, but to delete it because its pointless?

And from what I have said, this is coming from someone (me) who does find wrestling, at least lately, to be nothing more than garbage, but I do at least respect something being mentioned about something being held there, if it is at least notable.

Sorry for being a bit long winded.Whammies Were Here 03:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

If the wrestling kids want to add wrestling content to every article imaginable, maybe they need to start their own little wrestling Wiki and leave the general-interest encyclopedia alone. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 19:49, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:CIVIL. You haven't even responded to my question as to why the "hockey kids" and the "basketball kids" get to have their information in the article, but the "wrestling kids" don't. --Prosfilaes (talk) 23:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Basketball and hockey are sports. Professional wrestling is not. As so many in your generation are saying these days, thank you, drive through. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 14:27, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Let's try this again; please read WP:CIVIL. Whether or not wrestling is a sport is irrelevant; what is relevant is WP:NOTE, which asks merely that "it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Which it has. It's actually more of a form of acting, which has a several-thousand-year history of being more notable than sports.--Prosfilaes (talk) 14:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Let's try this again; basketball and hockey are sports, professional wrestling is not. Pro wrestling is as relevant to an article regarding a sporting venue as a circus would be. A general-interest encyclopedia suffers when niche content is inserted willy-nilly by fans of said content. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 14:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

What happens at a sporting venue is relevant to that sporting venue. If circus events regularly took place there, or a major circus event took place there, then it should be in the article. I note you didn't remove the section on music events that take place there. Misplaced Pages suffers when people go through removing anything on a subject because they don't like and attack anyone who supports it as being a "fan kid".--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages suffers when "fan kids" run roughshod on a general interest encyclopedia and add inconsequential and fringe-interest content. Nothing any of the fan kids has said in any way justifies wrestling content being strong-armed into Misplaced Pages articles by zealous followers of said pseudo-sport. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 22:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I've never edited on wrestling before on Misplaced Pages, or any other sport, but hey, if that's what it's going to take, I think the two of us can strong-arm you over this issue.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Admitting that you are not editing in good faith probably won't help your cause, genius. Paul Harald Kaspar (talk) 22:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Where does it say that he is not editing in good faith? Whammies Were Here 01:38, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, as has been said, this is not like the WWF/E was running some house show, and the article was giving very detailed information about it, what was on there I belive (and most anybody else will belive) was a fair amount of info without going overboard on it. If your gonna delete that on the premise that since we are talking about a sports venue, that non-sports venues should not be in the article, then why not, for example, delete the music part on it too. Whammies Were Here 01:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I am editing in good faith; I'm merely tired of dealing with someone who fails to follow WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA, and continues to delete text from an article against consensus.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Minor Edit

Hey - in the first line, there's a missing closing bracket (I think) after the years it was called First Union Spectrum - it closes the years, but not the formerly known as statement. I'd probably change the overall enclosure to a comma, like "blah blah, formerly known as First Union Center(year-year)," but it's protected.

If I'm missing something, sorry. - David DiBattiste (talk) 00:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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