Talk:Kansas City Chiefs

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[edit] Improvement drive

National Football League is currently a candidate on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for it if you are interested!--Fenice 20:39, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Club?

Do we have to list the description of the Chiefs as the "Kansas Chiefs american football club is a National Football League team"?

A) That sounds awful.

B) We don't call them clubs. It's just team. The Kansas City Chiefs are a National Football League team, that's fine to me.

• I agree with you, expect this is an INTERNATIONAL encyclopedia, so "professional American football team" needs to be worked in somehow. What do you suggest? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

We don't need to write for the dumbest 10% of the world. Simply stating that the Chiefs are an NFL team is enough. If the reader is clueless about NFL, they can click on it and find out that it is an American sports leagure that plays American football. --Kainaw ^(talk) 14:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#State the obvious: "State facts which may be obvious to you, but are not necessarily obvious to the reader." Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but there is a point at which you are going too far. Should we restate it as: "Kansas City, a city in Missouri, which is a state, which is a political entity, of the United States of America, a country in North America, which is a continent in the Western Hemisphere of Earth, a planet in the Solar System... Chiefs is an American (as in United States of America, not North America, Central Americs, or South America in general) Football team (a collection of people participating together in a sport - a physical activity governed by a set of rules)..."

My point is that by linking National Football League, it is not hidden that this is an American football team. --Kainaw ^(talk) 17:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

For your information: right now I have modeled the first two sentences after the first two sentences of Arsenal F.C., which is currently the only sports team article to be named as a Wikipedia featured article. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:13, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I like the opening as it is now. I don't like the "Kansas Chiefs american football club is a National Football League team". As mentioned before, it is a hard read. --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

It looks like someone was nice enough to edit the pages to reflect how we call them 'teams,' however, it is not really clear that the National Football League is the big organization the Chiefs are a part of. The AFC and AFC West are what the Chiefs are in, but the sentence makes those areas look nearly as important as the NFL. I don't really know how to resolve this.

[edit] Rock And Roll Part 2 - the plan, and the reality.

RE: the saga as stated under "Game Day Traditions" regarding Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" being played after Chiefs touchdowns during home games. All that is stated is true and documented... however, I was juat at the preseason game tonight, and after a KC touchdown, they played "Rock and Roll Part 2". Now, it wasn't the Gary Glitter performed version, but rather a cover, played with a bit harder rock feel. No, I have no idea who performed it. Anyways, a brief search doesn't uncover any documentation, nor any future statement about if they're going to keep this version or what. Furthermore, I think my own experience doesn't fit under the guidelines for documentation here. So, first one to document and add wins, I guess. --Reverend Loki 06:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I finally found the documentation! Added to article. --Reverend Loki 23:03, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warpaint?

If memory serves correctly, Warpaint and Charlie-O for the Kansas City Athletics were originally gifts from Stuart Symington. I can't find any references although I think I remember signs saying as much at Municipal and reading articles about them. Any help tracking this down would be appreciated. Warpaint is notable and probably deserves an article too. Americasroof 08:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested Move affecting this article

Editors at Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), a New Zealand rugby team, have proposed that article be moved to the generic Chiefs. Currently, Chiefs redirects to Chief, a disambiguation page. If the move request passes, finding this page might become more difficult. You can contribute to the dicussion at Talk:Chiefs (Super rugby franchise). -Anþony (talk) 06:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Just wanted to point out, since it hasn't been mentioned yet, that the request for a move of that article has been shot down. Consensus is that Chiefs will continue to redirect to the disambiguation page Chief. --Reverend Loki 20:05, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

^{Superscript text}==Hunt's death a tragedy==

Lamar Hunt's death wasn't that tragic. He died from complications from cancer. The tragedy section is supposed to show sudden and unusual deaths. There were several reports stating Hunt was dying. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.13.57.221 (talk) 20:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC). I agree that Lamar Hunt's death was not "tragic" but it was still a great loss to Kansas City and Lamar Hunt will be missed dearly. BrandiniTheGreat 01:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

^{2006 Season} Small Text I added the part of the article that talks about the '06 season. If anyone has any questions, just ask, and feel free to add on to what I wrote. BrandiniTheGreat 02:03, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative Uniforms?

Recently, someone added info about an alternative uniform that was primarily black, and referenced here for a source. I looked around for a more reliable source than a storefront (yes, even though it's the "official" store), but found none, so I'm calling this one as false. I've seen those black, gold, and even the pink jerseys they made for breast cancer awareness all billed as "replica alternate jerseys". I just can't see them taking the field in pink, no matter how good the cause. So, anyone have a source contradicting me? --Reverend Loki 21:41, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

The article list the alternate uniforms as 2006-present. This is true but they also used those same uniforms as there away jerseys. They ended this in 2000 during Gunther Cunningham second season as head coach. I would add this but I do not know when they started the all white away uniforms. Natural number is e 01:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

They started the white-on-white away uniforms in 1989 when Marty arrived. And that is the reason they were brought back in 1999 after Marty resigned. NeelyCrenshaw 02:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

So lets let history be history Natural number is e 05:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)