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Apple pie, baseball, & US flag photo[edit]

How is it that after all these years, nobody has added this photo?

I see it everywhere on wikipedia: on pages discussing American culture, American cuisine, patriotism, and of course apple pie and the US flag themselves. But ironically this photo is absent from an article discussing baseball (one of the 3 main features of the photo)! Why doesn't someone just add it?

Spiritoftheeast1993 (talk) 22:03, 5 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Per MOS:PERTINENCE, I would question the inclusion of this image here and at the other mentioned locations (save for at {{American cuisine}}, where it could be considered appropriately representative). It seems decorative and somewhat hokey. --Kinu ^t/_c 17:52, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Exactly. BilCat (talk) 19:06, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sucks 131.156.242.50 (talk) 19:19, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why? The photo doesn't even have Mom in it! BilCat (talk) 20:53, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Criticism as Praxis[edit]

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— Assignment last updated by Disembodied Poetics (talk) 21:02, 17 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 November 2022[edit]

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Change:

"Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is known for its fickle disposition: a hitter's park when the strong winds off Lake Michigan are blowing out, it becomes more of a pitcher's park when they are blowing in.[133]"

to:

"Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is known for its fickle disposition: a hitter's park when the winds are blowing out, it becomes more of a pitcher's park when the winds off Lake Michigan are blowing in."

This would then be in agreement with the currently cited source which states "There is the pitcher's park version that occurs when the wind is blowing in off Lake Michigan. / And there is the hitter's haven that happens when the wind blows out." The winds blowing out are not off Lake Michigan.

Stevethk Stevethk (talk) 00:07, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

- Done, but altered slightly to make a bit more sense. Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is known for its fickle disposition: a pitcher's park when the strong winds off Lake Michigan are blowing in, it becomes more of a hitter's park when they are blowing out. Skipple ☎ 00:37, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]