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I completed a well-researched, comprehensive history of Labatt Memorial Park and a history of the London Tecumsehs for the City of London's Labatt 150 Reunion souvenir program -- an event which was held on July 23, 2005, at the park.
I'll dig these e-files out and add some stuff that is important.
Also, one can't talk about Tecumseh Park-Labatt Park without mentioning catcher George Mooney Gibson who went on to win the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. Tecumseh Park was Mooney's home park, a stone's throw away from where he grew up in west London. -- Barry A. Wells, co-founder, Friends of Labatt Park.
As a currently extant stadium in a notable Western city, I would be surprised if no photographs could be found; some historic ones (some would be PD be now - even better!) would tie in well with the history section too. That would add significantly to the article. The "disambig" with the failed Montreal Expos plan should probably be at the top and in italics, so I've moved it. The quote in green doesn't look great at the moment - it would probably be better just to italicise and indent it. Overall though, this article is looking pretty good. Come back to GA noms with a bunch of images (hopefully some historical) and a prettier way of writing that quote and it would be a really strong candidate. Good luck! :) TheGrappler 20:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
There's scores of visuals available. I have dozens in my personal possession, plus there's plenty in the public domain (Archives of Canada) that are suitable. I, however, don't know how to upload these visuals onto the Labatt Park page(s) on Wikipedia. Yes, I've read the "instructions," but it's all Greek to me. Barry Wells 21:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with Adam Bishop's most recent removal of the information at the bottom of the Labatt Park article. I have left a message on his Talk page advising that he reconsider his edit or that his edit be mediated or arbitrated by an objective third party. Barry Wells 22:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Barry, while your contributions are always outstanding and admirable, there are parts of this article that strike me as unnecessary or unencyclopedic. It often reads like a newspaper article or the script of a documentary, which is understandable since you wrote it, but it sounds odd here. Most of the article seems like a history of baseball in London, rather than a history of Labatt Park itself. I think a lot of the text here would be better off in articles about the teams, leagues, and individual players. Adam Bishop 17:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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These are the two I noticed, but there are probably one or two more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:B100:1600:B2AB:30A7:7059:2692:1AB5 ( talk) 02:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
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Did you know?" column on
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Labatt Park in
London, Ontario,
Canada is thought to be the oldest continually operating
baseball diamond in the world? |
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I completed a well-researched, comprehensive history of Labatt Memorial Park and a history of the London Tecumsehs for the City of London's Labatt 150 Reunion souvenir program -- an event which was held on July 23, 2005, at the park.
I'll dig these e-files out and add some stuff that is important.
Also, one can't talk about Tecumseh Park-Labatt Park without mentioning catcher George Mooney Gibson who went on to win the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. Tecumseh Park was Mooney's home park, a stone's throw away from where he grew up in west London. -- Barry A. Wells, co-founder, Friends of Labatt Park.
As a currently extant stadium in a notable Western city, I would be surprised if no photographs could be found; some historic ones (some would be PD be now - even better!) would tie in well with the history section too. That would add significantly to the article. The "disambig" with the failed Montreal Expos plan should probably be at the top and in italics, so I've moved it. The quote in green doesn't look great at the moment - it would probably be better just to italicise and indent it. Overall though, this article is looking pretty good. Come back to GA noms with a bunch of images (hopefully some historical) and a prettier way of writing that quote and it would be a really strong candidate. Good luck! :) TheGrappler 20:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
There's scores of visuals available. I have dozens in my personal possession, plus there's plenty in the public domain (Archives of Canada) that are suitable. I, however, don't know how to upload these visuals onto the Labatt Park page(s) on Wikipedia. Yes, I've read the "instructions," but it's all Greek to me. Barry Wells 21:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with Adam Bishop's most recent removal of the information at the bottom of the Labatt Park article. I have left a message on his Talk page advising that he reconsider his edit or that his edit be mediated or arbitrated by an objective third party. Barry Wells 22:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Barry, while your contributions are always outstanding and admirable, there are parts of this article that strike me as unnecessary or unencyclopedic. It often reads like a newspaper article or the script of a documentary, which is understandable since you wrote it, but it sounds odd here. Most of the article seems like a history of baseball in London, rather than a history of Labatt Park itself. I think a lot of the text here would be better off in articles about the teams, leagues, and individual players. Adam Bishop 17:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
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These are the two I noticed, but there are probably one or two more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:B100:1600:B2AB:30A7:7059:2692:1AB5 ( talk) 02:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)