Talk:History of golf

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I suggest that this page be renamed as Timeline of Golf instead of History of golf. As far as I know the word HISTORY presents a narration or documentary of a certain topic or subject. While TIMELINE on the other hand cites a linear representation of significant events in a subject area. Moreover, I suggest that all other associated titles of the articles listed in here be renamed as Timeline of Golf (Year).

example:

These are articles presenting the Timeline of Golf:

   * Timeline of Golf (1353-1850) --> instead of --> Timeline of golf history (1353-1850)
   * Timeline of Golf (1851-1945) --> instead of --> Timeline of golf history (1851-1945)
   * Timeline of Golf (1945-1999) --> instead of --> Timeline of golf history (1945-1999)
   * Timeline of Golf (2000-present) --> instead of --> Timeline of golf (2000-present)

... in this way, all these articles will be indexed properly and in an organized manner. Thank you! Bu b0y2007 04:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Narrative text now applied, taken from the material in the main golf article. This seems to have been a controversial section, and I am still unhappy with the tone and phraseology of some of it.

Contributors to this topic must read:

• WP:CITE
• WP:RS
• WP:OR
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources and undue weight

We cannot allow undue weight to be given to fringe opinions or pet theories. Like it or not, Wikipedia can only report on what reliable, respected external sources say about the history of golf. --Mais oui! 08:21, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent evidence for a golf-like game in China

The supposedly new evidence of January 2006 was first published on my website http://www.golf-information.info/asian-origin-of-golf.html on April 20, 2005 (you can check this by using the Wayback machine - Internet Archive). It was the first reference to a possible Asian origin of Golf and the Ling Hongling article and one of you guys got the link to Ling Hongling's article from there. If you want to keep some credibility with your Wikipedia articles you need to understand the difference between primary and secundary sources. You can't just copy another researcher's sources and make them yours, you have to mention also WHERE you got these 'new' sources.

[edit] Update of the Equipment development section

I noticed that the last update in the equipment development section pertains to the 1980's and I was wondering if anyone would be opposed to me adding to this section to include the more recent regulations that the USGA and R&A have established on the "trampoline effect" of driver faces. If anyone has any suggestions on how to further update this article, please feel free to comment. Techwriter32 (talk) 17:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)