Talk:Color commentator

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Contents 1 Definition 2 Wrestling 3 Wording 4 Jesse Ventura 5 Redirect

[edit] Definition

I came to this page by way of the Harry Summers article, which I started. Col. Harry Summers has worked as a color analyst during the Persian Gulf Wars. I was very surprised when I saw this article that it only included sports color commentators as I have been aware for two decades of other kinds of color commentators and analyst. I felt this article was too narrow, therefore, I have expanded it to match the current usage of the term in the United States to include any person with appropriate expertise, certifications, and experience, who assists the broadcaster during a live broadcast by providing technical and specialized analysis as appropriate. GestaltG 03:26, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wrestling

Johnny Polo was a WWE commentator. Perhaps Raven (the name he is best known as) was a commentator in WCW, but I do not believe so, and I will make the switch to WWE.

I do not consider Joey Styles a color commentator and think he should be deleted from the list. I'd like some feedback. If there is none, I'll probably delete him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.126.161.43 (talk • contribs)

"provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports, on the teams and athletes". Styles does that. I think Styles could be considered both a play-by-play man and color commentator(which isn't surprising since he was the solo announcer for several years. TJ Spyke 18:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wording

Can someone improve the wording of "Whilst when a face wrestler does something similar they make them seem like the bad guy."

[edit] Jesse Ventura

would you consider him the first color commentator in wrestling? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.234.41.170 (talk) 21:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

So, because Australia calls them "special comments", that means that the very first thing shown on the page should be a link to Keith Olbermann's political commentaries, which he calls "special comments"? A user looking for Keith Olbermann's "special comments" would search for Keith Olbermann. And the likelihood that a user searching for his "special comments" would not likewise remember his name is slim to none. The benefit received by the infinitesimally small number of users in that scenario is far outweighed by the sheer awkwardness of that links' existence. For example, Olbermann has another bit called "puppet theatre", which if searched for, redirects to puppet - but you don't see a link to Olbermann's political "puppet theatre" there. The redirect to here is fine, but the link after should be removed.--74.195.13.35 (talk) 06:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Correct, this is beyond absurd. I'm going to remove it. Wikipedia is not a place for Olbermann fans to try and increase his popularity. HaroldZoid129.15.131.248 (talk) 16:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

It's still showing up. Anyone know how to remove it completely? HaroldZoid 129.15.131.248 (talk) 13:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC)