Talk:Los Angeles Lakers

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Los Angeles Lakers has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
August 10, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
October 30, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
August 22, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
December 19, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 9, 2011, January 9, 2014, January 9, 2018, January 9, 2022, January 9, 2024, and January 9, 2025.
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Opening paragraph question

Is it really necessary to have this sentence in the opening paragraph: "The Lakers play their home games at Crypto.com Arena, an arena they share with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League."?

I don't understand the point of this. The opening paragraphs should serve to introduce the topic to a wider audience, including the most important information (such as the sentences that are before and after this sentence). Honestly, this reads like a hidden ad for Crypto.com. Anonyomjsdaidada (talk) 14:28, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it is not necessary to mention other teams who play in the arena in the lead. Neither the Sparks or the Kings do so. Alvaldi (talk) 16:35, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article no longer meets the good article criteria. Some of my concerns are listed below:

There is uncited text in the article, including entire paragraphs.
The "Rivalries" section is under developed, with many short, uncited sections. Should this be expanded upon or removed?
At over 11,000 words, WP:TOOBIG suggests that the text should probably be spun out. Is anyone interested in reviewing the article and seeing what can be trimmed, summarised more effectively, or removed?
The "1979–1991: "Showtime"", "1996–2004: O'Neal and Bryant dynasty", "2011–2016: Post-Jackson era" and "2019–present: James and Davis era" sections are quite long. Can any of this information be summarised or removed from the article, or should additional headings be used?

Is anyone interested in addressing these concerns, or should this go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 16:06, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

minority ownership edit request

Walter/Boehly bought out Phil Anschutz in 2021.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31792179/philip-anschutz-completes-sale-27-stake-lakers-dodgers-co-owners 107.132.157.81 (talk) 15:49, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Los Angeles Lakers

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There is uncited text in the article, including entire paragraphs. The "Rivalries" section is under developed, with many short, uncited sections. Should this be expanded upon or removed? The "1979–1991: "Showtime"", "1996–2004: O'Neal and Bryant dynasty", "2011–2016: Post-Jackson era" and "2019–present: James and Davis era" sections are quite long and give undue weight to these sections of the team's history. Can any of this information be summarised or removed from the article, or should additional headings be used? The article is quite long at 11,500 words; this much detail in the article does not make it concise. I think a subject matter expert should trim unnecessary information, while spinning out some prose into new articles. Z1720 (talk) 03:10, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "History" section claims that History of the Los Angeles Lakers in the main article, so such detail should ideally not be here per WP:SUMMARY style. —Bagumba (talk) 08:11, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]