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On 20 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Indoor gridiron football. The result of the discussion was moved to Arena football. |
This page should be a disambiguation as 'Indoor Football' means a totally different sport in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland as it does in the US. Lenzar 23:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree that there are different meanings, but I disagree with your edit. The article has links to other meanings. Right below the title 'Indoor Football' is a sentences that states the following: This article discusses indoor variations of American football; for indoor versions of association football (soccer), see futsal and indoor soccer. Many names/phrases/articles can mean more than one thing. Should we edit every page that has multiple meanings? Personally, I do not think so, which is why I do not agree with your change. LightningOffense 23:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
And why should what the US call 'Indoor Football' get priority? You don't own Wiki... Lenzar 10:31, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
This page should be talking about indoor football only, and not arena football. Arena football already has it's own page, and it's different sport. Those who are a fan of the sport know that there is a difference. -- DMC511 15:28, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
There needs to be reconcillation between the version reported here, where indoor football began with the World Series of Football at the second Madison Square Garden and the version related in the Chicago Coliseum article, where it began at the second Chicago Coliseum. 75.216.81.184 ( talk) 21:20, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
I agree with many of the arguments made for differentiation, as made below. But I believe another needs to be made. "Indoor football" is a specific type of football whose rules, field dimensions, etc. differ quite greatly from traditional American football. The first sentence basically states that NFL (ie traditional American football teams) who simply play in an indoor stadium, are "indoor football teams." It states that they follow "indoor football" rules but merely have a regular-sized field. This is in no way accurate. Using the example provided in the opening sentence - the New Orleans Saints follow the rules of traditional American football, yet this states:
"In the United States, indoor football is football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas (besides for certain NFL teams which have large indoor stadiums, such as the New Orleans Saints who play in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome). While varied, the rules of indoor football are designed to allow for play in a smaller arena. The indoor football season typically begins in mid- to late-winter and ends by mid-summer."
Absolutely none of this is true about the NO Saints, except that they play in the Superdome and the NFL.
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Tagging for a merger because there's really nothing at that wouldn't best be covered by having it all in one article under the generalized name. The specific version of indoor American football used by the now-defunct AFL is just one take on the concept, and had few particularly notable distinctions beyond the rebound nets, which can be summarized here. Otherwise, the sport is the same. oknazevad ( talk) 21:05, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Wholly agree with above stated sentiments. This change has been needed for some time. CDBroncos82 ( talk) 20:01, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
Went ahead and redirected the article here. Looking at it, there really wasn't anything that needed to be merged into this article, as the section on the AFL here already sufficiently covered it. The other article was far too much a redundant duplicate of the Arena Football League article, and wasn't actually about the sport. Really nothing worth saving. oknazevad ( talk) 08:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to Arena football. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 ( talk) 18:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Indoor American football → Indoor gridiron football – The sport has rules that are considerably different from both the American and Canadian codes, and there's no particular reason to suggest that it's closer, or a version of, the American variant apart from the fact that it's mainly played in the US. The suggested title better reflects this. – anlztrk ( talk) 06:40, 20 November 2023 (UTC)