Talk:Portsmouth yardstick

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• I support proposal to merge the two articles. One article to have a redirect to the other article. Not sure what the correct name is but I think that it is 'yardsick' - if so the redirect is from 'handicap' to 'yardstick' Boatman 08:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

I do agree that "handicap" should probably point to "yardstick", and both names need to be mentioned in the article (like "handicap" does currently). My once concern merging these two is that the content is different! I wrote the "handicap" article, pulling data from the website, and all the handicaps listed there are 100 based, as is the formula given; the "yardstick" article has 1000 based handicaps, and I don't see where they came from, unless that's a UK thing. Any ideas? scot 13:58, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

At some point during the 1990s the UK system was changed from 100 based numbers to 1000 based numbers to allow for more precision. The name of the scheme is The RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme. Merging the articles makes sense. See http://www.rya.org.uk/Technical/yardstick/ for details. MFHScott 11:48, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

• I support the idea of merging the two. I started the Yardstick article, and "yardstick" is very clearly the term used by the RYA in the UK - it is even abbreviated to "PY". So merge away, but (from a UK perspective anyway) the best entry term is clearly Portsmouth yardstick. --Hugh2414 22:38, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
• I support the merger, and given there is no dissent and the discussion has been underway for some months will action as per suggestions above to yardstick and create a redirect from Royal Yachting Association Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme. (If any editors of this page are interested, the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight is the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - hence my wandering into the realm of yacht handicapping.--A Y Arktos 19:58, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Should the article be titled "Portsmouth yardstick" or "Portsmouth Yardstick"? Pretty sure both words are proper nouns and thus deserve capitalization, which would mean moving the page. AdmiralKit 12:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)