Talk:Clay pigeon shooting

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[edit] Merge

This article is very good except that it is only from a UK perspective. It seems the other articles on this were written from a US perspective and no one cross references. I suggest the article clay target be merged in to this one, as it is quite short and the topic covered perfectly well in this article. I suggest US clay shooting enthusiasts contribute to this article, eg the name of their governing body for the sport and differences in terminology? Billlion 07:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

This is a good idea but it doesn't go far enough. A comprehensive set of articles should be created covering each sport or variant of clay target shooting (Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, F.I.T.A.S.C./Universal Trench/Helice or ZZ Bird/5-Stand/Compak etc) discussing the differences between the sport/variant as practiced in the US and in Europe. Links should be included to the various national and international governing bodies for each. Also, the article on clay targets needs to be beefed up to discuss the differences between standard and specialty (midi, mini, battue, rabbit, ZZ, etc.) targets and under what circumstances each may be presented to the shooter.--Skeptic3904 18:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It sounds like your know quite a bit about this. Perhaps you could make a start on this? I really know nothing about it and was just looking it up. Billlion 18:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps using a simple navigation template like the one I just created at Template:Clay target shooting would make readers and editors more aware of the different articles that do exist? It would collide with the current ISSF-event templates in three of the articles, but that should be solvable. -- Jao 20:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move?

Would this article be better off at Clay target shooting? The Google test heavily favours "pigeon", but I'm not sure how much we should care about that in this case. -- Jao 20:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

As above it may be a UK/US difference. Also there is already Clay target with a proposal to merger with this one. Should Clay target shooting be a redirect to here ? Billlion 09:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

It is quite clear that "clay target" as opposed to "clay pigeon" is the preferred term within the sport, as organisations call themselves "Clay Target Shooting Association of ......" or some such variant of the phrase. I therefore agree with Jao above by saying that merged article should be headed Clay target shooting.Rob Thornton 07:43, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

This proposal has been around for over a year, and it is what the Americans call a "no brainer". Someone should just merge the material from the Clay target here, and where appropriate to the articles on the particular sporting codes, not to mention the move to Clay target shooting. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)