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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hello I just wanted to know I changed the headline to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim can someone please change the title to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim because I called the front office and they said it was Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Please do not be angry. Thanks

Hello, IPv6 editor. What you did qualifies as original research, so it isn't verifiable and can't be used on article pages. O.N.R. ^(talk) 22:45, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8001:4F40:40:502D:9596:352B:CA96 (talk) 01:56, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players has been nominated for discussion

Category:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Natg 19 (talk) 20:42, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Name in infobox

It seems to me that the team name should be merged in the infobox as "Los Angeles Angels (1961–1965, 2016-present)" instead of having two separate lines. Similar to the LA Rams' infobox, "Los Angeles Rams (1946–1994, 2016–present)" Orange2001 ABC (talk) 18:18, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Angels in the Outfield

The film featured the California Angels, I believe this is worth mentioning in the Popular Culture section 2600:4041:4A2:8F00:E160:28CB:ED83:9652 (talk) 03:10, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed 67.150.0.30 (talk) 06:14, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Team Primary Logo

The team primary logo is the same as the cap logo you have here. The Angels you list is the Jersey script. 142.198.55.158 (talk) 00:17, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based in the "Greater Los Angeles Area"

The opening describing the Angels as based in the "Greater Los Angeles" area is unnecessarily broad and is frankly, silly. The team is based in Orange County, specifically Anaheim, and for the average reader, that's the information that is pertinent. The Greater Los Angeles area covers a wide berth, and for the average reader, especially who lives outside of said area and may have no frame of reference, this broad category is not helpful. Frankly, it should just open with stating that the team is based in Anaheim, but since the opening of the article is written in a way to address where the team has played since 1966, the next best option is to go with the second-most specific description, which is Orange County.

As an example, the Arizona Diamondbacks are based in Phoenix, and their page states as such. It doesn't say "based in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area." The only other baseball team page that has that level of vagueness with its location is the Texas Rangers, and frankly that is silly too. It's almost as if Arte Moreno himself wrote the opening in a way to try and make the team name seem more logical despite the team not being based in Los Angeles proper.

The "Greater Los Angeles Area" is a silly, unnecessarily broad description of where the team is based. It should open with either stating the team is based in Anaheim, or, to make it flow with how the opening paragraph is currently written, in Orange County. 156.20.36.130 (talk) 17:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To simply address all your points teams are said to be based in the metro areas based on context. As you said the Rangers (along with the Rays & Braves) are all MLB teams mentioned to be based in a metro area as they are not within the city limits that they're named after. Same with the Angels. This isn't restricted to MLB teams either. Many NFL franchises/teams are said to be based in their metro area to provide context to the reader who may expect them to be within the city they're named after. The Rams and Chargers are both named after the city Los Angeles and are in it's media market, but however play thier home games and are based in Inglewood, CA; same with the LA CLippers now in the NBA. There's a reason the metro areas are in the opening sentence. Information about the city they're based in is within the article and infoboxes. There shouldn't be a major issue here unless a general consensus says otherwise. 2601:189:4082:D9A0:2D74:C140:DFB4:5B05 (talk) 17:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]