Talk:Madison Hatters

Merge

I proposed deletion for this article, when I meant to propose a merge and redirect. This team barely existed, it is doubtful it has any lingering following, and I move that this article (and the separate articles for each location where this franchise played) should be merged into the article for the current location of the franchise, the Great Lakes Loons. --Muboshgu (talk) 02:36, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I oppose a merge. Repeating some of the points I made in the AFD discussion: (a) It is not standard practice to consolidate articles on a minor league franchise that played in several cities into a single article. (b) There isn't a strong reason to do so, since there is generally very little continuity across locations--different owners, different players and managers, and quite often different affiliations. (c) A reason to keep separate articles for each city is that interest in minor league teams is generally associated with local history. I think it's more likely that an editor interested in Madison, Wisconsin history will expand this article than if its merged into the Great Lakes Loons, who play in a different state several hundred miles away. BRMo (talk) 04:01, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I also oppose per BRMo. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 05:18, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Very late to the party but also oppose merge. -DJSasso (talk) 15:18, 1 October 2012 (UTC)