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[[File:SoundersUSOpenCup.jpg|left|100px|Alt=Several players are standing together with one lifting a large trophy upward|Players celebrate after winning the 2009 U.S. Open Cup]]</div>'''[[Seattle Sounders FC]]''' is a [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) team based in [[Seattle, Washington]] that plays its home matches at [[Qwest Field]]. It was established in November 2007 as an MLS [[expansion team]]. The league's 15th team; Sounders FC played the first match of its [[2009 Seattle Sounders FC season|inaugural season]] on March 19, 2009. During their first two [[List of Seattle Sounders FC seasons|seasons]] every home game was sold out, they set a new MLS record for average match attendance, and they sold the most [[season ticket]]s in the league. Seattle finished both seasons with a winning record and qualified for the [[MLS Cup Playoffs|MLS playoffs]]. In 2009 Sounders FC became the second expansion team in MLS history [[2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final|to win]] the [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|U.S. Open Cup]], and in 2010 became the first ever MLS team [[2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final|to repeat]] as Open Cup champions. Fans selected the [[Seattle Sounders|Sounders]] name for the club through an online poll in 2008, making the Seattle Sounders FC the third Seattle soccer team to bear the moniker. ([[Seattle Sounders FC|'''more...''']])</div> |
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Nominating on the 2 year anniversary of the club's inaugural game. I think the score for this nom is '''4 points'''. 1 point for 1+ years at FA level, 1 point for date relevance, and 2 points for a widely covered article. --[[User:Skotywa|SkotyWA]]<sup>''[[User_talk:Skotywa|T]]''</sup><sub style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">''[[Special:Contributions/Skotywa|C]]''</sub> 06:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC) |
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:'''Comment''' Points look good. I would say "bear" rather than "share", after all the first team didn't share it until there was a second team. Just being picky.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 02:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC) |
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::Ahh, good point. I changed it. Thanks! --[[User:Skotywa|SkotyWA]]<sup>''[[User_talk:Skotywa|T]]''</sup><sub style="margin-left:-1.0ex;">''[[Special:Contributions/Skotywa|C]]''</sub> 03:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support'''. anything that promotes football (the round-balled one) is good :) [[User:Casliber|Casliber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 22:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' anything that promotes football (especially the Sounders) is good :) The article has turned out great.[[User:Cptnono|Cptnono]] ([[User talk:Cptnono|talk]]) 00:35, 25 February 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support'''—although I'm just a tad biased in this regard.—[[User:RJHall|RJH]] ([[User_talk:RJHall|''talk'']]) 17:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''' well written article and an interesting subject. Take em all! [[User:Udeezy|Udeezy]] ([[User talk:Udeezy|talk]]) 14:40, 1 March 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''', per {{user|Casliber}}, sound reasoning. :P -- '''[[User:Cirt|Cirt]]''' ([[User talk:Cirt|talk]]) 00:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support'''. A worthy article for a great club. Well written and comprehensive. [[User:Argyle 4 Life|<font style="color:#014421;">'''Argyle 4 Life'''</font>]][[User talk:Argyle 4 Life|<font style="color:#4863A0;"><sup>'''talk'''</sup></font>]] 14:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC) |
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*'''Support''', per {{user|Argyle 4 Life}}. <span style="color:#ffffff; background-color:#ff3300;"> – [[User:Cliftonian|<span style="color:#ffffff;">'''Cliftonian'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Cliftonian|<span style="color:#ffffff;">the orangey bit</span>]]</sup></span> 17:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC) |
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===March 24=== |
===March 24=== |
Revision as of 16:27, 16 March 2011
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Mar 24 | Joseph Barbera | 10 | 100th anniversary of birth | 6 | 0 |
Mar 29 | Battle of Towton | 4 | 550th anniversary | 8 | 0 |
Mar 31 | Richard Williams (RAAF officer) | 4 | 2+ years since FA; 90th anniversary of RAAF. | 7 | 0 |
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March 24
Ten points, for Joseph Barbera whose 100th birthday is on March 24, 2011. (2 points for being promoted 2 or more years ago (29 September 2008), 6 points for being a Centennial Anniversary (birthday), and 2 points for being Widely covered. (cartoon artist, director, producer, etc). Dreadstar ☥ 18:01, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
- Agree on the points. Ties Hoover Dam's record.--Wehwalt (talk) 04:22, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- Comment Points look good (although Wehwalt is the chap to ask),
but the blurb is a little too long at the moment - aim for roughly the length of the other entries on this page, which is circa 1200 characters or fewer, please. Will be back to support...Bob talk 18:33, 11 March 2011 (UTC) - Support, I have now reduced the blurb. Bob talk 23:34, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support -- Good choice for TFA. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:35, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
- Yabba Dabba Doo (support)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:01, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support, good choice. SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 16:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support - Great article about a wonderfully creative cartoonist. It's a shame we don't have a free picture to go with it. --SkotyWATC 16:09, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- I wonder what the chances are of finding a free-use image? I don't suppose any of his earlier cartoon work has fallen into that "non-renewed copyright" category? (i.e. like the licence on this image). The Ven Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoons which Barbera worked on at the start of his career are PD, but not really very representative (and easily confused it the real Tom and Jerry!). Bob talk 02:12, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
- The chances might be pretty good, I've contacted this person who has several photos of Mr. Barbera, and he has agreed to release one to us! We just need to choose which one. Let me know how to proceed and hopefully we can make this happen! Dreadstar ☥ 02:25, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
- Aha, the one you've linked would be quite good. If he's willing to release it under an acceptable CC/GDFL/PD licence, that would be great. The only other thing is, we'll almost certainly have to crop him out from the side - will he be ok with that? Bob talk 02:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
- Cool! I'll ask him about the cropping, and is there an easy link to the acceptable licenses he would need to release it under, such as Wikipedia:File copyright tags? Dreadstar ☥ 03:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
- I wonder what the chances are of finding a free-use image? I don't suppose any of his earlier cartoon work has fallen into that "non-renewed copyright" category? (i.e. like the licence on this image). The Ven Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoons which Barbera worked on at the start of his career are PD, but not really very representative (and easily confused it the real Tom and Jerry!). Bob talk 02:12, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
March 29
4 points for the 550th anniversary of the battle. Chronologically, no penalty since the nearest "battle" article is 19 February's Battle of Musa Qala (7 December 2007, is this 21st-century battle considered "similar" to one in the 15th-century one...). An alternative date for this as a TFA is 17 April 2011 (the 550th Palm Sunday since 1461). Jappalang (talk) 05:44, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
- Comment - I support this, but we have had quite a few military-themed articles recently, so if this goes on the 29th March, it would be nice if there were few other battle/warfare-type articles in the interim period. I wouldn't want to give the impression that Wikipedians are obsessed by war! Bob talk 10:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
- Comment Points look good. Sorry, we are not going to try to parse battles from each other.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:33, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support—an interesting topic and the article appears to be in a good state.—RJH (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support—nice historical-type article for mainpage. I like it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:30, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support Epic and interesting battle with an excellent date/anniversary connection. I enjoyed the read, especially the turning of the tide.--NortyNort (Holla) 23:26, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support As a Yorkshireman myself, I'm bound to support this one! It's a good article too; I'm impressed by the effort that has gone into it. Prioryman (talk) 23:09, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support, per Casliber (talk · contribs), historical, encyclopedic, and educational value. -- Cirt (talk) 00:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support. Looks good. SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 00:13, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support - good choice Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:20, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
March 31
Four points I believe, two for age as FA, two for 90th anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force, of which he’s the acknowledged ‘father’. I hear Bob’s concerns with a perceived preponderance of military articles but had this pending for a bit and there’s no other date that fits like this. Williams specifically chose 31 March for the formation of the RAAF, rather than 1 April as might’ve been expected given it was the founding date of the Royal Air Force, so that nobody could label them “April Fools” – and yes that’s in the article.... His key importance was not during wartime but in the ‘20s and ‘30s as he worked to keep this new air arm from being swallowed whole by the Army or Navy. Anyway, I’ve done my bit, it’s up to others now... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Points look good This was obviously a significant date in Williams's life, not just that of the RAAF.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:45, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Where's the link to the article? Please add it to the summary chart. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 11:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support - nice image adorns article. I think the importance ofthe date overrides a localised preponderance of articles over a set time period. Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support, per Casliber (talk · contribs), nice image, great quality, good coverage of Australia. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 00:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support Ruhrfisch ><>°° 22:29, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support (with the proviso that I suggested this nomination to Ian). Williams played an important role in the events which led to this significant anniversary for the RAAF. Nick-D (talk) 07:22, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support per others. Johnbod (talk) 14:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
- Support, looks good. SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 16:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)