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State Team Name

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There should be some sort of reference as to when the WA State Team name was rebranded to "Western Warriors". BartBart (talk) 15:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. It was about 1994 I believe. I'll add something. (one of the considered but discarded names was the 'Dugites') —Moondyne 15:30, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 06:05, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


– per WP:COMMONNAME. The use of these titles is an example of severe recentism. These names are an attempt to force nicknames onto the general public. Both major cricket resources (Cricinfo and CricketArchive) use "Western Australia" as opposed to "Western Warriors". Most other media use just the name of the state. This usage is consistent with all other established cricketing teams (excluding the obvious IPL and BBL teams). For example, Sussex County Cricket Club instead of Sussex Sharks. Note: I have not included the ACT (Canberra) Comets, as the team was and is commonly known under this name. IgnorantArmies?! 16:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. It's irritated me for ages that we use these recent nicknames, but I've never got around to starting a RM. Anyway, I support because using "cricket team" is the long-term common name (the nicknames are a case of recentism) and this would make Australia consistent with other cricket teams of the same level (first-class) worldwide. Jenks24 (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - it has likewise annoyed me that the limited-overs/nicknames of these teams take precedent as the article title. It should be "Blah cricket team", with the limited-overs names being redirects. I think the same might be true of the New Zealand domestic teams as well. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Western Warriors which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 16:30, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]