Talk:World championship
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This article is confusing. Do you mean world championships for countries or for professional teams? You have the FIBA basketball championship for countries but then don't have the soccer World Cup. -- 70.27.57.22 04:35, 8 October 2005 what about figure skating? (UTC)
[edit] UFWC
The Unofficial Football World Championships page here is largely my baby. I'd just like to say how pleased I am that this has been allowed to be included on this list. Thanks
- Ahkayah cuarenta y siete 22:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)(Currently hoping that my message wont backfire, by sending people of to that page and slapping {{vfd}} on it!!)
[edit] Move
This page should be at "World championship" in line with Wikipedia's capitalisation policy. Choalbaton 02:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] world championship / world cup
I have reverted the merge with world cup. This is because some sports have both. For example in athletics (track and field) and canoe racing, the world cup refers to a series of prestigious, but "normal" international meets through the year, whereas world championship refers to the once a year top event. In football (soccer) the world cup is the top prize (effectively the world championship) but in some sports world championships are different, separate events, superior to the world cup. Jameswilson 01:16, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, you're quite correct; but that's what the new World cup article is out to explain, that World Cups and World Championships are sometimes different things, sometimes contested in the same sports, and sometimes subject to different rules. The list of world cups and world championships is there to provide the disambiguation potential of both the original World Cup and World Championship articles, streamlining the whole process, allowing the World Cup and World Championship articles, which - save for their lists - were practically identical, to be in one place. It lets people learn about what is a World Cup or a World Championship, two very related concepts; or where necessary find the world cup or championship they're looking for, sooner. That's why I merged. Erath 22:17, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- OK,, go ahead, but please bear in mind that with the football World Cup on next month,, most people who search for World Cup at the moment want to go straight to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, so we need to keep an easy route for them. Jameswilson 22:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- Done. A new disambiguation header on World cup sends readers right there. Erath 22:28, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- OK - what a model of amicable dispute resolution! Jameswilson 00:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
