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The article says the game is also called California kickball in Canada. That's because I popularized kickball in the Vancouver area starting around 1977. My students named it California kickball because I’m from there. I taught at Windsor House alternative school in North Vancouver then. I don't know of any published reference to any of that, though. It's still called California kickball in Meetup here. I played it yesterday at Slocan Park. Korky Day ( talk) 18:32, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
The lawsuit between WAKA LLC v. DCKickball [1] could be mentioned in an article about WAKA but it doesn't belong in this article which is only about the sport/game of Kickball (not in-depth about specific leagues and/or governing bodies). Here are my arguments for this viewpoint:
Fife Club 17:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
As it states when editing the article, Wikipedia is not a search engine nor is it a website directory service. Please do not list sites that are not of significant value to this article on the game/sport of kickball.
Just because you have an adult kickball league does not mean you can add links to your website in this article so you get more internet traffic. That is spam and is not allowed on Wikipedia. The link to WAKA is justified because they are a legitimate subject of the article and/or have made an impact o~n the game (or if not, at least that point could be intelligently argued). By the way, I don't work for nor play in any WAKA league. Additional websites may or may not be appropriate for adding to the external links but no other individual leagues should be added unless the subject has some sort of a significant impact on the game. Remember this is an encyclopedia article on the sport of kickball (origins, equipment, rules, etc.), not a place for free publicity for for-profit adult leagues. Fife Club 21:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
The main article describes balls from 10- to 16-inches. Balls from 5 inches to 16 inches are commercially available, but all the sources I've checked agree that 8.5 inches is the standard size. I play in an adult league and we use an 8.5 inch ball. OlYeller 16:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I have heard the term "kickball" used as a derogatory term for a soccer strategy that emphasises long, often aimless kicks downfield rather than any attempt at aimed passing; but never as a general term for soccer itself. Any citations for this perported usage? Perhaps it is a regional usage? Wschart 19:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
The following discussion is regaring the recent revert wars between myself and Ebaymarcaro (please no IP listings) on September 26th, 27th, and 28th. First off, the proper method of communicating with editors is on Wikipedia - not by sending me an email. Wikipedia is an open community and other editors need to be informed of why you make changes. There are tags embedded in the article which asked you to discuss changes to the WAKA references before you edited and you ignored those requests. Until your last edit you also haven't been entering an edit summary to explain your changes either - which needed explaining.
Now since everybody else can't get into my email inbox I'll copy and paste your message here for other editors to see and comment on.
First I'll answer your question as to why WAKA deserves to be in this article and other leagues do not belong there. WAKA is the largest governing body in the sport of adult kickball. This is a verifiable fact. When you're the biggest (by far) this is Wikipedia:notable_notable, and therefore significant in the context of the article. Just like it's okay to have an article on Microsoft or Wal Mart but not joe shmoe's failing local store down the street. Not mentioning them would be like having an article on baseball without mentioning Major Leage Baseball. In addition to their being the largest in the world, WAKA is more or less solely responsible for popularizing the concept of adult kickball around the nation. You can dispute whether they were the first adult league but you can easily point to their tremendous success for all the other leagues that popped up in their wake, therefore WAKA is also Wikipedia:notable_notable in this article because they had a significant an undenialbe impact on the sport itself. Please take note thought that this fact is actually not included in the article. Due to previous vandalism attacks their impact on the sport was removed from the article because it was an easy target - but maybe it should be put back in.
I've explained the violations multiple times but once again....
1) I admit you removed this yourself but you edited this article to state "(WAKA), pronounced hwǎk, is the largest for-profit (pyramid scheme) adult kickball league in the United States, although there are many other (better) independent leagues as well." Do you really need me to explain to you how that is slanderously not NPOV? From this moment on it is known that you are not editing this aricle in good faith.
2) You then added links to five individual leagues (each improperly named, btw). This is an article on the sport of kickball. History, rules, etc. This is not a link farm for spam. Even WAKA didn't have a link to their website in this article!
3) You then added "Now in its 3rd full season, The Brooklyn Kickball League [2]is an exclusive independant league comprised of miscreants, vagabonds, griffters, and other fine upstanding individuals. If you think you have what it takes, gather a group of ten and a pack of 6, use your brain to crank out a 'witty' team theme, and come to McCarren Park in Brooklyn (duh), NY. The season runs from April to October (roughly). Sunday's only. Check here for the latest BKKB news here [3]." This is NPOV??? This is blatant promotion which is strictly forbidden by Wikipedia.
4) You then proceeded to remove valid content about WAKA (which at this point I assume is a competitor of yours). You removed the existing wikilink to an article on World Adult Kickball Association and removed a factual, verifiable, and essential fact that WAKA is the largest kickball league in the world. As mentioned above, the fact about WAKA being the largest league in the world is important information because this is the reason they are included in this article and other leagues are not.
5) I then reverted all of your edits for all the reasons above (and I used the Edit summary field), however you used a different IP address to revert my vandalism revert, once again with no explanation, putting all that crap back in. I'm getting tired of writing this but that too is against WP guidelines.
6) You then decided it would be better to list these other leagues without links so it wouldn't be considered spam. Yes, it's slightly better but it's still spam, even without the links. They are still not notable and have no significant contribution to the subject of this article so they don't deserve to even be mentioned. Because of this, their inclusion serves only as a promotion for a business which is against WP policy.
7) And finally, after a second revert of a revert, you cast doubt on the fact that they are the largest league but adding "self-reported" to the statement. You then removed the entire WAKA section from the article, replacing it with a brief listing at the bottom - stipped once again of it's wikilink to the existing WAKA article.
So I'm going to revert this again, add a new category tag, and then ask for other Wikipedians to enter this ridiculous discussion with a RfC.
Fife Club 17:08, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
P.S. Yeah this trully is a really silly discussion.
Part of the solution to this spam/vandalization debate is to simply move "Adult Kickball" to its own page. Rather than a minor note to the Kickball article, Adult Kickball is itself a topic worthy of quite a bit of writing, history and commentary. I've taken the Adult kickball content from here and placed it in the Adult Kickball article and expanded on it. Please feel free to contribute or comment over there. Crabasa 01:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)Crabasa
What if someone is running towards base, and the fielders throw the ball at his head, making him distracted for a small amount of time, long enough to get the ball to the base and thus get him out? Is this allowed? 58.174.177.151 ( talk) 01:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Where is it ever called kicker? — Wiki Wikardo 22:39, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I live in Australia and I have to say that kickball is played here - though it is more commonly called 'bootball'. It's most frequently played in schools, and primary more than secondary schools. The rules are essentially the same as what is outlined here, only with the exception; the ball is usually rolled (pitched). Bootball is also modified to become 'Playground Bootball' where the batting team must complete a sort of obstacle course including monkey bars, climbing frames, etc (whatever play equipment is installed on the playground) rather than the usual baseball bases. It can also be modified to a cricket style of play, as an alternative to the traditional baseball format.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_boot-ball http://www.ssbennettswood.catholic.edu.au/curriculum/3/physical-education--sport/20433/ http://llpsmiddle.global2.vic.edu.au/2010/12/04/the-2010-middles-bootball-championship/comment-page-1/ Tinkstar1985 11:37, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Hey everyone, I think that the basic rules of kickball need to be added to this page. It is a critical part of the game that is missing on this wiki. Looking through the talk page I am not sure if this has happened before (and then removed?) or if no one has ever done this. I will be doing this eventually if there are no objections to some of the basic rules being added. Jiminykickit ( talk) 17:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
One of the criteria for an article to become featured is that is must be neutral. As I read the introduction I noticed right away that there was a very sexist quote from "back in the day". Is it necessary for this article? I think not. Fo1799xa ( talk) 17:42, 13 November 2013 (UTC)Is anybody opposed to us replacing the sexist quote with something definitely a little more appropriate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fo1799xa ( talk • contribs) 21:48, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
(the quote that refers to note #1)
shouldn't a context be provided for this text bit? that's how it's usually done, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.162.134.234 ( talk) 11:58, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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