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Los Angeles Lakers was one of the Sports and recreation good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
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
February 23, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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.
Current status: Delisted good article

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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

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:09, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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]

I don't have the energy to rewrite this article like I did for Mario Andretti, but I would hazard a suggestion that the semiprotection (which dates back to 2018) should be lifted. Opening up the page might inject more energy that could get this article over the hump. I defer to anyone's better wisdom as I'm sure this page gets vandalized constantly and @Bagumba, who applied the semiprotection, knows better than I do whether the game is worth the candle. Namelessposter (talk) 18:59, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2025

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Spelling error: Markeiff Morris instead of Markieff. Gfox83 (talk) 14:32, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 14:46, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done (Acer's Communication Receptacle | what did I do now) | (PS: Have a good day) (acer was here) 14:47, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]