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I heard that when they changed the name, they offered a prize to anyone who could find the phrase, or logo of Enron in Minute Maid Park. Can anyone provide any information on this? I think its a hillarious little detail. -- Theycallmemorty 15:28, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
ESPN is running a story that Bud Selig wants the roof open for the World Series but there might be bad weather for those nights in Houston. Does anyone know how long it takes to open/close the roof in case there is bad weather?
This article says that Tal's Hill is a 10-degree incline. The Tal's Hill article says it's 30 degrees. This sounds like an inconsistancy. Is it? If so, what is the real value? -- Amoore 04:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
If you've seen it on TV recently, it is definitely more than 10 degrees. It's also an abomination, but that's another story. Wahkeenah 12:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I've added the following reference which states that the incline is 30 degrees, and also verifies other facts in the article:
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help)— Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 10:06Z
6/11/2003 Astros over Yankees 8-0[ [1]]
Why is all the text crammed into the infobox? I can't figure out what went wrong with the formatting. SCHZMO ✍ 18:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I've merged Tal's Hill to Minute Maid Park. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 10:01Z
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Did Hurricake Ike have impacts on Minute Maid Park? If it did — aside from the fact games were postponed or moved at around the time of the storm, although notable — then this article should include information about the impacts of Hurricane Ike on the park. [[ Briguy52748 ( talk) 21:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)]]
Hello, I'm cleaning up the cats for Coke articles. Since Minute Maid is the juice brand of Coca-Cola, I added the same cats I did for other stadiums the company sponsors. Since I don't know if it's common knowledge who owns MM, I just wanted to explain what I was doing. If anyone has suggestions for further improvements to the cats/templates, I'm always happy to refine them futher. RevelationDirect ( talk) 04:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
wouldn't be nice to have a phone number for Minute Maid Park in an easy to locate section of this article??? I think so. Also, trying to figure out the optimal parking section and entrance for a specific seating section would be REALLY nice... Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.198.82.210 ( talk) 00:32, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
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The piece states that, "In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet while attending a game for a fee..." The wi-fi can be used by fans who pay for a ticket and for fans who might get in for free. Maybe this wacky syntax should be reworked to something more clear, such as : In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet for a fee while attending a game... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.27.133.111 ( talk) 03:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
We'd sure like to know how high the fences are in the outfield. If anyone knows, please share it with us.
Yugiohfan2010 ( talk) 18:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
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The screen at minutemaid park is not the fourth largest in baseball. Correction needed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-baseball-video-boards-htmlstory.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1012:B104:4E97:911C:A56B:CC8E:A267 ( talk) 03:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Closing per request at WP:ANRFC. The consensus is to merge Tal's Hill into Minute Maid Park. The merger has been completed. The consensus is that the coverage of Tal's Hill in Minute Maid Park at the moment is not undue weight. WhisperToMe provides a good suggestion:
We could try merging (and pretty much keeping the Tal's Hill text) and waiting to see if any longform/detailed articles come out. As we go we could add more and more info to the Tal's Hill page until it becomes clear that it's becoming too much weight for Minute Maid Park. Then we can re-spin it into a separate article.
There is no prejudice against spinning out Tal's Hill into a separate article once it becomes undue weight for Minute Maid Park.
I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. I see in the history for Tal's Hill that it was previously merged back in 2007, but The C of E took it upon himself to recreate the page in 2017. 73.32.38.72 ( talk) 15:31, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Oppose: 10 year old consensus (which I didn't know about when I created it) is not really holding the same weight as WP:CCC. Besides, the fact it no longer exists is not a valid reason for merging as it is now historical reference, neither is the length as it is well sourced. Besides WP:UNDUE would preclude the need for it to be merged as it would put more weight on the Hill than the ballpark. The C of E God Save the Queen! ( talk) 20:14, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Conditional Support: The argument for UNDUE is unconvincing. The Minute Maid Park article is fairly comprehensive, so adding about about five or six short paragraphs on Tal's Hill will not make the rest of the article topple from the weight of additional content. I agree that the Tal's article is well-sourced and can stand on its own; however, reincorporating it to the Minute Maid Park article will make the latter more comprehensive, and it will stand a better chance of developing into a GA or FA. Tal's Hill is important enough to the history of the ballpark that it warrants a detailed narrative. I only support a merger proposal that would preserve the content of the current Tal's Hill article , other than copy edits. If the idea is to merge and cut the content in half, I would oppose. Oldsanfelipe ( talk) 15:08, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
According to Robert McClenon, we have to start this merger discussion all over again. So again, I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. All of the text from the Tal's Hill article is already in this article, so no information on Tal's Hill would be lost, and also because that information is already here, we know that having the information here has not and will not cause undue weight to be placed on Tal's Hill in this article. The standalone article is redundant. 2600:1700:D6E0:65E0:8400:D781:3985:AB45 ( talk) 12:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
How has it been that for almost three years, this article has claimed, through its categorization, that MMP is on the National Register of Historic Places, without anything in the article supporting it, without it being on the WP:NRHP worklist, or any of the four sublists of National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston. I mean, it was built in 2000, way earlier than the 50 years the NPS usually likes something to have before it will even consider listing the property. This should have been something that clearly needed citations before being added to the article and shouldn't have passed the smell test without them ... Hmains, who added this, is a quality editor, so this wasn't sneaky vandalism. The most charitable guess I can make is that there was some confusion between MMP and its predecessor, the Astrodome, which has subsequently been listed on the Register. But that still looks sloppy.
I am removing the two categories before they further embarrass the project, but really ... that's not enough; we need to understand why we made this mistake so we don't make it again. Daniel Case ( talk) 20:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
The Crawford Boxes are not notable independent of the stadium that they are a part of, similar to how the article on Tal's Hill was merged. – Muboshgu ( talk) 21:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
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I heard that when they changed the name, they offered a prize to anyone who could find the phrase, or logo of Enron in Minute Maid Park. Can anyone provide any information on this? I think its a hillarious little detail. -- Theycallmemorty 15:28, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
ESPN is running a story that Bud Selig wants the roof open for the World Series but there might be bad weather for those nights in Houston. Does anyone know how long it takes to open/close the roof in case there is bad weather?
This article says that Tal's Hill is a 10-degree incline. The Tal's Hill article says it's 30 degrees. This sounds like an inconsistancy. Is it? If so, what is the real value? -- Amoore 04:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
If you've seen it on TV recently, it is definitely more than 10 degrees. It's also an abomination, but that's another story. Wahkeenah 12:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I've added the following reference which states that the incline is 30 degrees, and also verifies other facts in the article:
{{
cite news}}
: Check date values in: |date=
(
help)— Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 10:06Z
6/11/2003 Astros over Yankees 8-0[ [1]]
Why is all the text crammed into the infobox? I can't figure out what went wrong with the formatting. SCHZMO ✍ 18:24, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I've merged Tal's Hill to Minute Maid Park. — Quarl ( talk) 2007-02-28 10:01Z
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Did Hurricake Ike have impacts on Minute Maid Park? If it did — aside from the fact games were postponed or moved at around the time of the storm, although notable — then this article should include information about the impacts of Hurricane Ike on the park. [[ Briguy52748 ( talk) 21:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)]]
Hello, I'm cleaning up the cats for Coke articles. Since Minute Maid is the juice brand of Coca-Cola, I added the same cats I did for other stadiums the company sponsors. Since I don't know if it's common knowledge who owns MM, I just wanted to explain what I was doing. If anyone has suggestions for further improvements to the cats/templates, I'm always happy to refine them futher. RevelationDirect ( talk) 04:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
wouldn't be nice to have a phone number for Minute Maid Park in an easy to locate section of this article??? I think so. Also, trying to figure out the optimal parking section and entrance for a specific seating section would be REALLY nice... Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.198.82.210 ( talk) 00:32, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
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The piece states that, "In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet while attending a game for a fee..." The wi-fi can be used by fans who pay for a ticket and for fans who might get in for free. Maybe this wacky syntax should be reworked to something more clear, such as : In 2004, the Astros launched Wi-Fi throughout the ballpark, allowing fans to use the Internet for a fee while attending a game... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.27.133.111 ( talk) 03:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
We'd sure like to know how high the fences are in the outfield. If anyone knows, please share it with us.
Yugiohfan2010 ( talk) 18:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
an edit is needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.29.87.28 ( talk) 05:26, 15 April 2016 (UTC)
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The screen at minutemaid park is not the fourth largest in baseball. Correction needed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-baseball-video-boards-htmlstory.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1012:B104:4E97:911C:A56B:CC8E:A267 ( talk) 03:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Closing per request at WP:ANRFC. The consensus is to merge Tal's Hill into Minute Maid Park. The merger has been completed. The consensus is that the coverage of Tal's Hill in Minute Maid Park at the moment is not undue weight. WhisperToMe provides a good suggestion:
We could try merging (and pretty much keeping the Tal's Hill text) and waiting to see if any longform/detailed articles come out. As we go we could add more and more info to the Tal's Hill page until it becomes clear that it's becoming too much weight for Minute Maid Park. Then we can re-spin it into a separate article.
There is no prejudice against spinning out Tal's Hill into a separate article once it becomes undue weight for Minute Maid Park.
I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. I see in the history for Tal's Hill that it was previously merged back in 2007, but The C of E took it upon himself to recreate the page in 2017. 73.32.38.72 ( talk) 15:31, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Oppose: 10 year old consensus (which I didn't know about when I created it) is not really holding the same weight as WP:CCC. Besides, the fact it no longer exists is not a valid reason for merging as it is now historical reference, neither is the length as it is well sourced. Besides WP:UNDUE would preclude the need for it to be merged as it would put more weight on the Hill than the ballpark. The C of E God Save the Queen! ( talk) 20:14, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
Conditional Support: The argument for UNDUE is unconvincing. The Minute Maid Park article is fairly comprehensive, so adding about about five or six short paragraphs on Tal's Hill will not make the rest of the article topple from the weight of additional content. I agree that the Tal's article is well-sourced and can stand on its own; however, reincorporating it to the Minute Maid Park article will make the latter more comprehensive, and it will stand a better chance of developing into a GA or FA. Tal's Hill is important enough to the history of the ballpark that it warrants a detailed narrative. I only support a merger proposal that would preserve the content of the current Tal's Hill article , other than copy edits. If the idea is to merge and cut the content in half, I would oppose. Oldsanfelipe ( talk) 15:08, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
According to Robert McClenon, we have to start this merger discussion all over again. So again, I propose that Tal's Hill be merged into Minute Maid Park. Tal's Hill is a no longer existing feature of Minute Maid, and the article on the hill is short enough and not likely to be expanded (again, since the feature no longer exists), so doesn't really merit its own article. All of the text from the Tal's Hill article is already in this article, so no information on Tal's Hill would be lost, and also because that information is already here, we know that having the information here has not and will not cause undue weight to be placed on Tal's Hill in this article. The standalone article is redundant. 2600:1700:D6E0:65E0:8400:D781:3985:AB45 ( talk) 12:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
How has it been that for almost three years, this article has claimed, through its categorization, that MMP is on the National Register of Historic Places, without anything in the article supporting it, without it being on the WP:NRHP worklist, or any of the four sublists of National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston. I mean, it was built in 2000, way earlier than the 50 years the NPS usually likes something to have before it will even consider listing the property. This should have been something that clearly needed citations before being added to the article and shouldn't have passed the smell test without them ... Hmains, who added this, is a quality editor, so this wasn't sneaky vandalism. The most charitable guess I can make is that there was some confusion between MMP and its predecessor, the Astrodome, which has subsequently been listed on the Register. But that still looks sloppy.
I am removing the two categories before they further embarrass the project, but really ... that's not enough; we need to understand why we made this mistake so we don't make it again. Daniel Case ( talk) 20:56, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
The Crawford Boxes are not notable independent of the stadium that they are a part of, similar to how the article on Tal's Hill was merged. – Muboshgu ( talk) 21:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)