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2009 team colors

The RailHawks have 3 kits in 2009: Orange/Orange/Orange, Blue/Blue/Blue, White/White/White. They also interchange shirt/shorts/socks from different kits. There is no set home or away kit. The most worn home kit this season is probably Orange/Blue/Orange and the most often worn away kit is probably white/white/white but there is by no means an official home and an official away kit.

So we show the one which is being worn the most. --JonBroxton (talk) 18:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kupono Low

while capped for Puerto Rico, is an American born in Hawaii. Please leave his citizenship as listed, American. Wjarrettc (talk)

Page title

I have moved this article to the title Carolina RailHawks, without the 'FC', as that appears to be the common and official name of the club. The new title satisfies all three criteria listed at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (sports):

The club's official website consistently uses 'Carolina RailHawks', not 'Carolina RailHawks FC', as can be seen in the website copyright notice, contact information and elsewhere, such as the manager's biography.
The name 'Carolina RailHawks' is used in English-language reliable sources; for example, here, here, and here.
The name 'Carolina RailHawks' is not likely to be confused with the name of any other club.

Cheers, -- Black Falcon ^(talk) 17:44, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It would have been better to discuss before the move rather than explain after. I agree with your interpretation of the data though and would have agreed to the move. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:20, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The only place I have ever seen the "FC" is on the team logo. Mohrflies (talk) 18:53, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Carolina RailHawks" or "Carolina RailHawks FC"

I just searched their website and cannot find the team using "FC" anywhere. When I search using Google, www.soccerway.com and Wikipedia use the term but neither NASL not USL does. Could someone provide a source to support it? Then we can include it in the article and infobox. If we can't, then I suggest that we remove it from the season articles, which is the only place I currently see it used. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:12, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the club's badge. If you really wish to exclude that from the name then so be it. But most football clubs do have "football club" in their name, and again my primary reason for doing it was because it's clearly in the badge. Nicholasprado (talk) 17:49, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Most football clubs are actually football clubs. The RailHawks play soccer. I do see that their badge (the official one is here: http://nasl.ezitsolutions.com/team_images/1300714532_a.png) does have FC around the sides, it does not appear anywhere else. I'm not sure why it's only in the badge any appears nowhere else in print. It would be better to discuss this before changing the infobox. As I stated, it should be referenced in the article. And if it's the team's official name, then the article should be moved to that name as well. And "football club" has even fewer sources and should not be used at all without a reference. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:11, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Capitalization of color names

@Walter Görlitz: Recently several changes have been made to the capitalization of the names "Atlantic blue" "southern gold" and "cardinal red". Originally I thought you were suggesting color names should be capitalized, as they are proper nouns, but I see that was a misinterpretation. I can see how "Atlantic" should be capitalized, since it refers to a specific ocean. I am a little confused about why "southern" needs to be capitalized. Are we to assume that by "southern" they are referring specifically to "the South", rather than just generally being further south, whereas with "cardinal" we assume that they are referring either to the color, or the bird, rather than one of the many things known as Cardinal(s) (e.g. the city in Virigina, the St. Louis Cardinals ...)? I'm not really arguing that is wrong, or that it should be changed, I'm just curious if there is anything to support the asseration that the meant "the South", other than common sense. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 20:34, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They are not proper nouns. A proper noun is a name used for a person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters. Just because they are specific names does not make the proper nouns.

It is my understanding that Southern does reflect the US South and that has been used in band articles I watch refering to Southern rock. If that's not the case, feel free to make it lower case. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:37, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have no information one way or the other, it simply was not my initial interpretation, which led to my confusion. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 12:20, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]