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| ::OK, I'll remove the <i>fact</i> tag if that is the case. You rarely hear that down here in the lower 48 though. However, if the term "Towel Power" is going to be used as a general term referring to towel waving though, the article must mention the ]. It is extremely misleading to suggest that "Towel Power", referring to the general phenomena of towel waving began anywhere but Pittsburgh, where it originated and has become "arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team." I think it is better to have the article lead with, and be specifically about the Canuck towel waving gimmick, just as the Terrible Towel has its own article, because I understand this article is primarily devoted to the Canucks and my intent is not to have this turn this into another Terrible Towel article. However, if it is to stay a general towel waving article, proper credit has to be given first to Cope and his towel. I think it is more than fair to say the Canucks were the first to coin the term "Towel Power", it may need a reference, but Canucks fans should get prominent mention for developing that term. For ] sake, I leave it alone for a while to see what develops. ] (]) 22:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC) | ::OK, I'll remove the <i>fact</i> tag if that is the case. You rarely hear that down here in the lower 48 though. However, if the term "Towel Power" is going to be used as a general term referring to towel waving though, the article must mention the ]. It is extremely misleading to suggest that "Towel Power", referring to the general phenomena of towel waving began anywhere but Pittsburgh, where it originated and has become "arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team." I think it is better to have the article lead with, and be specifically about the Canuck towel waving gimmick, just as the Terrible Towel has its own article, because I understand this article is primarily devoted to the Canucks and my intent is not to have this turn this into another Terrible Towel article. However, if it is to stay a general towel waving article, proper credit has to be given first to Cope and his towel. I think it is more than fair to say the Canucks were the first to coin the term "Towel Power", it may need a reference, but Canucks fans should get prominent mention for developing that term. For ] sake, I leave it alone for a while to see what develops. ] (]) 22:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC) | ||
| ::oh, I see you reverted back, so never mind. I think it is good to have the Canucks mentioned first with the term "Towel Power" as it reads now. ] (]) 22:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC) | ::oh, I see you reverted back, so never mind. I think it is good to have the Canucks mentioned first with the term "Towel Power" as it reads now. ] (]) 22:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC) | ||
| :::Yeah it dawned on me if we made it generic it would just be a replication of the other article, so might as well keep them seperate with seperate info and just mention the terrible tower. -] (]) 22:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Towel Power
This article can not describe "Towel Power" as general towel waving that started in Vancouver. "Towel Power" is not a general term employed by others to describe the towel waving and there was no citation to support that. "Towel Power" is a specific term only used by the Canucks to describe their towel waving tradition. Towel waving was invented by Myron Cope for a Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game in 1975. Dubbed the Terrible Towel, it regularly appeared at all Steeler playoff games in the 70s and quickly grew into a tradition at all games prior to its use in Vancouver.
- The ironic thing was we had it as just a generic Vancouver term but football editors insisted it be changed to a generic topic on towel power. Maybe its a Canada/US thing. But they do say tower power any time towels are being waved in any sport in any city on Canadian sports broadcasts. -Djsasso (talk) 21:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
- OK, I'll remove the fact tag if that is the case. You rarely hear that down here in the lower 48 though. However, if the term "Towel Power" is going to be used as a general term referring to towel waving though, the article must mention the Terrible Towel. It is extremely misleading to suggest that "Towel Power", referring to the general phenomena of towel waving began anywhere but Pittsburgh, where it originated and has become "arguably the best-known fan symbol of any major pro sports team." I think it is better to have the article lead with, and be specifically about the Canuck towel waving gimmick, just as the Terrible Towel has its own article, because I understand this article is primarily devoted to the Canucks and my intent is not to have this turn this into another Terrible Towel article. However, if it is to stay a general towel waving article, proper credit has to be given first to Cope and his towel. I think it is more than fair to say the Canucks were the first to coin the term "Towel Power", it may need a reference, but Canucks fans should get prominent mention for developing that term. For WP:Consensus sake, I leave it alone for a while to see what develops. CrazyPaco (talk) 22:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
- oh, I see you reverted back, so never mind. I think it is good to have the Canucks mentioned first with the term "Towel Power" as it reads now. CrazyPaco (talk) 22:07, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah it dawned on me if we made it generic it would just be a replication of the other article, so might as well keep them seperate with seperate info and just mention the terrible tower. -Djsasso (talk) 22:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)