Talk:Big Jay (mascot)

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Mention of Centennial Jay

@Rockchalk717:: Continuing this discussion, all of the various Jayhawk mascots are tightly related. Personally, I agree that they have so little notability that they could all be rolled into one. But, so long as Centennial Jay is supposedly notable enough to deserve a dedicated article (cough, cough), you can't possibly argue that it doesn't deserve a passing mention (or more importantly a link) here. And you are mistaken because your AfD did not pass! — voidxor 04:12, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Voidxor: What on earth are you talking about? The AFD literally says "The result was keep". Unless you misunderstood what I meant by "the AFD passed" I meant it was keep. Centennial Jay was legitimately a one time thing in 2012 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the original Jayhawk design. It was created for that purpose and that purpose only and that can verified with this quote "The mascot won’t be a permanent addition to KU’s mascot lineup, though. Jim Marchiony, KU associate athletic director, said C Jay will only be around for this year." from this article. While the section doesn't exist currently in the page, I'm ok with a mention and a link at Kansas Jayhawks as long as it's clear it was temporary. However, the previous wording in this article gives the impression it's a current mascot. I'm also ok with a mention on this page and at Baby Jay as long as it's completely and totally clear the mascot was a one time thing for 2012 only.--Rockchalk7 17 04:32, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I misunderstood because you've been talking nonsense from the start. Usually, when Wikipedians take an article to AfD, they want it to be deleted. I think that's how most people would interpret the word "passed" in regard to the outcome following any nomination of anything. And even if you were somehow equating "passed" to "kept", then I don't understand why you were using that as an argument to remove the links.

Yes, please feel free to rephrase as long as the link is kept from here. I realize that Big Jay is a permanent mascot, whereas Centennial Jay was a temporary one, but we still strive to interlink Wikipedia articles as much as possible. I don't follow the argument (paraphrasing), "It's linked from another article so we don't need to link it from here," but I do follow the argument that the prose didn't make it clear that it was a temporary thing. — voidxor 04:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Voidxor: I have added it back with it being clear Centennial Jay was a temporary mascot. I didn't wanna add why because it would take the focus off Big Jay and Baby Jay in their articles.--Rockchalk7 17 05:40, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]