Talk:2020 World Series

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A fact from 2020 World Series appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 2020 World Series will be the first to be held at one ballpark since 1944?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2020 World Series.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:33, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 2020 World Series will be the first to be held at one site since 1944? "Column: Remembering the last series to be played in one park". FOX Sports. October 2, 1944. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
ALT1 ... that the 2020 World Series will be the first World Series to be held at one site since 1944? "Column: Remembering the last series to be played in one park". FOX Sports. October 2, 1944. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of stupas in Nepal
Comment: There is no rule against an WP:ITN/R event appearing at DYK before the ITN posting, right?

Converted from a redirect by Muboshgu (talk) and Zzyzx11 (talk). Nominated by Muboshgu (talk) at 20:09, 20 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Muboshgu and Zzyzx11: New and long enough, within policy, QPQ done, hook facts check out, with original hook being more succinct. Earwig finds one sentence copied verbatim from source [1]. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 20:37, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

John P. Sadowski (NIOSH), I rewrote the sentence. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:44, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go then, original hooks preferred. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DH[edit]

Will the designated hitter rule be in place for both teams, or just when the American League team is the home team? Yoninah (talk) 19:59, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The DH rule is in effect for all games. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:25, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What idiot put this in?[edit]

“Though still officially named World Series Champions, due to the season being dramatically shortened the winner (Dodgers) will have an asterisk (*) and actually considered as winning the MLB 2020 Extended Tournament.” is what pathetic lowlife hating clowns say because they’re mad that their team couldn’t even win in a shortened season this year. Robin.lemstra (talk) 07:06, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Especially since there's no RS for any official ever saying any such thing.

With that said, it's not unworthy of discussion, I would think. Something like:

Recognition
Many sports fans have suggested adding an asterisk to any individual statistics,^(citation) and to the championship.^(citation) The overwhelming consensus among sports analysts and players is that there should be no asterisk for the World Series champions,^(citation) unless it signifies the challenges faced by all baseball clubs in a COVID-shortened season.^(citation)

... which would be ridiculously easy to cite. —ATS (talk) 17:07, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ATS, I would say that any such talk is likely WP:UNDUE. 2020 counts just as much in the stat books as any other season. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:16, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That much is true, Muboshgu; however, this past season being unlike any other, and given the massive (as these things go) discussion, I don't see WP:UNDUE as a factor. —ATS (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I've added the section. I believe it's written and cited in a manner that satisfies UNDUE. — ATS (talk) 17:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Robin.lemstra, assume good faith and be WP:CIVIL. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh indeed. I just had a proble with someone writing the “pathetic lowlife hating clowns” part in an official article. That’s the main reason I changed it. Robin.lemstra (talk) 18:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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