Talk:Uga (mascot)/Archive 1

Bulldog illustration

I'd have to check to be sure, but I suspect that the "cartoon rendition" predates the actual real-life Uga by many years. The bulldog was UGA's mascot long before Uga came along, and I know there are bulldog illlustrations that predate Uga by some time. As such, the description of the illustrated bulldog as being "secondary" might not be accurate. One must also remember that the official costume mascot of the University is "Hairy Dog". Uga is certainly more well known and more beloved than Hairy Dog or the vintage bulldog illustrations, but I'm not sure what his "official" status is in respect to the other incarnations.PurpleChez 14:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

UGA Abbreviation

(Previous discussion moved here)

Thought UGA stood for University of Georgia in Athens, not University of GeorgiA

i concur with that statment, it DOES stand for Univ Georgia at Athens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.5.127.186 (talk) 18:55, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.119.91.110 (talk • contribs) 2006-12-30.

That is not the case, UGA is an acronym for University of GeorgiA (i.e. GA is the state abbrevition for Georgia). There are no other schools named "University of Georgia - Location" in the University System of Georgia, so there is no need for distinction by city in Georgia Public University acronyms as you might see in other states like California (e.g. UCSD - University of California, San Diego and UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles).--Roswell native 07:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Please stop changing the abbreviation. As consistent with Roswell native's comment from 2006, the GA in UGA comes the abbreviation for the state of Georgia (GA). Repeated edits have been made to claim the A comes from Athens. That is not true. Do some individual research and come back if you can come up with a reliable source that supports this assertion. I will continue to revert any un-cited edits to the abbreviation. Brinkley32 (talk) 23:36, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Deleted quote from Seiler family

AJC has edited the news story from the version that appeared on Thursday, November 19. They've deleted the quote. I'll look for an archived link that will verify the quote. —C.Fred (talk) 04:58, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

The versions that appeared on Thursday did include the quote "There may not be an Uga VIII" from Seiler's daughter. However, that quote has been removed from the AJC, and i can't find an archived version or wire pickup of the story with it. The only places that quote is still online are the @ajc Twitter stream and the AJC's search results page, although clicking on the found article pulls up the edited version without the quote. Since the newspaper has edited the quote out of the story, I'm going to assume there's a problem (context? misquote?) with it, so I've removed it from the article. —C.Fred (talk) 05:19, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

UGA VII Vandalism

Someone posted that "UGA VII committed suicide in the wake of a blowout between UGA and Ga Tech." Please help to make sure that nobody re-posts this vandalism, and if they do, please help to clean it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.184.251 (talk) 23:40, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

That's why I had the article protected for a large portion of Thursday/Friday. I didn't see any vandalism today, although your IP did delete large portions of the article. —C.Fred (talk) 01:06, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

On looking through the edit history further, I did find the vandalism, but it was after your edit, not before. —C.Fred (talk) 01:09, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

• An observation on today's vandalism: it's coming from addresses in the range of 168.16.0.0 – 168.31.255.255, which is registered to the University System of Georgia. —C.Fred (talk) 22:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, its coming from Gatech. Go Jackets! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.173.38 (talk) 22:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Uga Names

I will address it on the talk page before I make a major edit, but most of the names listed in the article should be changed. The name of the dog has nothing to do with his father. For instance, Uga VII was "Loran's Best", not "Uga VI's Loran's Best". If you really want to go and make a tree showing the whole lineage, feel free; nonetheless the father is not included in the dog's name. I guess I am just giving a heads up that I am going to change this so no one freaks out. Alot of information about the lineage and history has been discussed recently with the changing of Uga that is not included here. If I find some spare time to find some references I may come back and expand the background section. For now the names are the only immediate change coming about. Brinkley32 (talk) 05:47, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

The name, at least the AKC registration name, very often does have to do with the parentage of the dog. Many show dogs have full names of the form "X's Y." The key is to see what the sources support. If the sources only refer to Uga VII as "Loran's Best," then that's what the article should say. However, if sources can be found that say "Uga VI's Loran's Best," then the article should show the full name. —C.Fred (talk) 13:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

First of all, I highly doubt Uga VII was names "Uga VI's Loran's Best"; the dad's name is not Uga VI. The dad's name is Whatchagot Loran. I have not seen anywhere else besides this page that has the father's nick name included. I doubt the accuracy of the fathers as well. The article claimed that all the Ugas were the sons of the previous Uga - not true. All of the sources I have seen on websites and paper, official school sites, ESPN, newspapers etc. , only refer to the name of the dog. Look at all the sources and they say Uga VII was named Loran's Best and that Uga VIII aka Big Brad Bruce, and on down the line. Like I said if someone wants to research and compile a family tree, go for it. Otherwise I would be skeptical of the accuracy of the fathers. Like you said in your edit summary - report what the sources use; look at Obama's page. Obama is not African American. He is mixed and just as much white as he is black. Yet, Obama refers to himself as black and so does the media, therefore we have to refer to him as black on this site. Te last 2 Ugas and the interim Uga are the ones I am most family with and I have never heard them refered to them with their fathers name. Later on when I find the time to go do research on the older ones I will come back here with my results.Brinkley32 (talk) 01:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Not Notable

This article is really going out on a limb, trying to make this mascot seem notable enough to be mentioned. It's not. Please find a place to merge this junkheap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.243.180.105 (talk) 12:16, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

I beg to disagree. It is one of the better known mascots in US sports and is, I'm pretty sure, the only college mascot to make the cover of Sports Illustrated. Notable. —C.Fred (talk) 22:41, 3 October 2011 (UTC)