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Bold text w/ default colors for championship years adequately communicates to readers both that the team won a championship during that season, and, perhaps more importantly, that the bolded text serves as a wikilink. H:Color cautions against changing the default wikilink colors for purely aesthetic reasons. Levdr1lp / talk00:25, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-03-31T00:25:00.000Z","author":"Levdr1lp","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Levdr1lp-2016-03-31T00:25:00.000Z-Championship_year_color","replies":["c-Charlesaaronthompson-2016-03-31T00:40:00.000Z-Levdr1lp-2016-03-31T00:25:00.000Z"]}}-->
I disagree. The reason why team colors should be used in the links for championship appearance seasons and championship victory seasons is to distinguish between what seasons a team played in a championship game (and lost) and which seasons a team won a championship game. It is absolutely not purely aesthetic. It has a function and a purpose. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 00:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-03-31T00:40:00.000Z","author":"Charlesaaronthompson","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Charlesaaronthompson-2016-03-31T00:40:00.000Z-Levdr1lp-2016-03-31T00:25:00.000Z","replies":["c-Levdr1lp-2016-04-01T01:57:00.000Z-Charlesaaronthompson-2016-03-31T00:40:00.000Z"]}}-->
Bold years for championships is broadly accepted; italics for lost championships is not. Levdr1lp / talk01:57, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-04-01T01:57:00.000Z","author":"Levdr1lp","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Levdr1lp-2016-04-01T01:57:00.000Z-Charlesaaronthompson-2016-03-31T00:40:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->
