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I think nearly every term in the list now is one that applies currently to the sport. What does anyone think about terms that were rugby league ones in the past but are no longer used now because of changes in the sport over the years? Should they be in this article or not?
I'm not sure how many there might be but examples of terms used in rugby league articles would include:
These are rugby league terms, even line-outs. Glossary of American football#H lists "halo violation" - a rule that existed from 1983 until the end of the 2002 season.
One option is to do nothing: it's not really a concern if a clear definition is given - including dates, if applicable - because the definition will let a reader know the term no longer applies or has no use.
Another option is to create a separate article ( List of historical rugby league terms perhaps): WP:GLOSSARIES says to have a stand-alone glossary there should be 25 terms. Even if we had 25 historical terms, I'm not sure there should be a separate article for them. A major disadvantage would be having rugby league terms in two places, especially as someone who didn't know about rugby league in the first place and was reading through the terms to gain an understanding might find navigation a hassle or would perhaps miss or not understand the significance of the second article.
The last thought is that perhaps terms and definitions that don't apply to present-day rugby league be coloured grey to distinguish them. This could be a hassle with competition rule variations between NRL, Super League and the international rules.
As I've written above, American football just bung all theirs in together and I think we could probably do the same. As I'm going to add a couple though, I thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts. LunarLander // talk // 20:23, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Please see discussion here on usage of these terms. LunarLander // talk // 02:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
The Sean Fagan article/blog is now not findable on the rl1908.wordpress which seems to be the new home of www.rl1908.com. As a reference, #45 doesn't seem to cut the mustard any more... 122.200.166.239 ( talk) 05:20, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Isn't a try worth only four points, not five? Wschart ( talk) 00:55, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hear (or "look", old chap: I’m all in for respecting the original author’s national variety of ‘’en’’, but there’s a diff betw coherent, & (incoherently) syntactically ambiguous, UK en, so forgive & correct any howlers rather than blindly reverting me. Surely what was universally, ambiguously, garbled syntax -- or if not, bollixed rhetoric, so please copyedit with due attention.
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I think nearly every term in the list now is one that applies currently to the sport. What does anyone think about terms that were rugby league ones in the past but are no longer used now because of changes in the sport over the years? Should they be in this article or not?
I'm not sure how many there might be but examples of terms used in rugby league articles would include:
These are rugby league terms, even line-outs. Glossary of American football#H lists "halo violation" - a rule that existed from 1983 until the end of the 2002 season.
One option is to do nothing: it's not really a concern if a clear definition is given - including dates, if applicable - because the definition will let a reader know the term no longer applies or has no use.
Another option is to create a separate article ( List of historical rugby league terms perhaps): WP:GLOSSARIES says to have a stand-alone glossary there should be 25 terms. Even if we had 25 historical terms, I'm not sure there should be a separate article for them. A major disadvantage would be having rugby league terms in two places, especially as someone who didn't know about rugby league in the first place and was reading through the terms to gain an understanding might find navigation a hassle or would perhaps miss or not understand the significance of the second article.
The last thought is that perhaps terms and definitions that don't apply to present-day rugby league be coloured grey to distinguish them. This could be a hassle with competition rule variations between NRL, Super League and the international rules.
As I've written above, American football just bung all theirs in together and I think we could probably do the same. As I'm going to add a couple though, I thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts. LunarLander // talk // 20:23, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
Please see discussion here on usage of these terms. LunarLander // talk // 02:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
The Sean Fagan article/blog is now not findable on the rl1908.wordpress which seems to be the new home of www.rl1908.com. As a reference, #45 doesn't seem to cut the mustard any more... 122.200.166.239 ( talk) 05:20, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
Isn't a try worth only four points, not five? Wschart ( talk) 00:55, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
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Hear (or "look", old chap: I’m all in for respecting the original author’s national variety of ‘’en’’, but there’s a diff betw coherent, & (incoherently) syntactically ambiguous, UK en, so forgive & correct any howlers rather than blindly reverting me. Surely what was universally, ambiguously, garbled syntax -- or if not, bollixed rhetoric, so please copyedit with due attention.
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