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I must regretfully inform you that I recently had to manually revert this page to the form it held before it was grievously vandalized with the following text:<BgfR>
BRAD SISSON HAS A HUGE PENISI figured you might want to know about this and that the problem HAS been corrected.
Odin of Trondheim
20:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
A post-scripted note to management: It was someone who either did not have an account or was not logged in, but the IP address is in the history menu and is either one of the two beneath the edit I made before I thought to revert it. It really is a good page.
I think Box Lacrosse section should be renamed to "fake lacrosse" or "grass hockey" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.167.219.97 ( talk) 02:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC).
Given that box lacrosse is the most commonly played form at least in Canada, and is growing in popularity around the world, and
fake lacrosse doesn't seem to be a defined term, I would disagree rather strongly with this suggestion
Damien73
05:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC) DJ
I would left out the number of players in the introduction. It is not important that there are 10,12 6 or what ever players on the pitch (in the little league there are 7....). 129.69.120.55kuni
Box Lacrosse does sound alot like field hockey or something stupid like that. I've been playing for a while and never heard of it? is it even real?( Drewmaff7 03:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC))
Lacrosse is the fastest growing collegiate sport. Mixed martial is number one in general. 24.62.123.24 23:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
There has been a major improvement in the depth of the article the last time the article was up for GA-status. It appears that the major reason it failed then was due to a lack of citations but this has only been partially rectified. Several sections have no citations at all and all but "Evolution of the Game" under undercited. This absolutely needs to be taken care of.
The article really does have the necessary depth and of course lots of good pictures. Articles (ie. Sumo) were recently delisted because of similar citation problems. I will put this article on Hold for now rather than an outright fail. Peter Rehse 06:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Should there be a section of this article about fighting? I read in a book I have about fighting in ice hockey that lacrosse is the only other sport where players are not outright ejected for fighting in organized play. -- Mus Musculus 20:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Organized play at what level? In my experience, which is extensive, this is absolutely not the case. -- TheyCallMeBruce
Baaga'adowe is the verb form: "to play lacrosse" or "s/he plays lacrosse". Baaga'adowewin is then the noun form of the verb (with the nominalizer -win), "the game of lacrosse". So I guess it depends on which you'd prefer to go with; it seemed to me that those were meant to be translations of the concept of the game itself, thus a noun. But I'm not sure. And it's true that baaga'adowe is closer to the earlier spelling (which maybe reflected baaga'adowewag, "they play lacrosse", but I'm just guessing here). I don't even know what difference any of this makes. But I find this sort of stuff interesting, so whatever. -- Miskwito 06:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
A minor suggestion - add this list of leagues:
Damien73 05:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that when you search for "lacrosse", the top hit is capitalized as "LaCrosse", which is wrong. It also shows up a few results down by it's correct title, but maybe the weirdly capitalized one should be removed. Just a thought. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.111.63.240 ( talk) 03:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
I have been playing lacrosse for 7 year and have had 3 different all-american coaches. Lacrosse sticks can be 30" inches to about 72" inches no matter were u play except for goalie who can have a short 30" in. to about a 52" in, mabey more but not as long as a long pole. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.224.56.146 ( talk) 01:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC).
OOO i thought they were just refering to the shaft, they should really clarify that.
when i see inches i dont even rifer to the complete stick i think that most people would think of just the shaft. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.224.56.146 ( talk • contribs) 17:34, May 13, 2007 (UTC)
As stated above, the LaCrosse page currently redirects to Lacrosse. I changed it to redirect to Lacrosse (disambiguation), but then User:CharlotteWebb changed it back. In a conversation we had about it, she wrote
“ | Redirecting to a disambiguation page would only make sense if the sport is moved to Lacrosse (sport). We're dealing with two nearly identical ways to write of the same French phrase with the same literal meaning. Why should titles like "Thestick" and "The Stick" point to different articles? You might have noticed that " Sandiego" redirects to San Diego, California to match the target of San Diego. It does not redirect to Carmen Sandiego, even though the latter name is the only case where " San Diego" is properly spelled as one word. Both forms, in literal Spanish, refer to James, son of Zebedee, and in figurative English, refer to a large city in the lower-left corner of the United States. | ” |
My point was that "Lacrosse" is not a French phrase, it's an English word (that derives from French). I believe that if someone enters "LaCrosse" (with a capital C) as a search (which is currently the only way to get to the redirect page, since no pages link to it), they are not likely looking for the sport, so sending them off to the disambig page makes more sense. Please vote below - use Keep to indicate that you think the redirect to Lacrosse should be kept, or Change to indicate that the redirect should point to the disambig page. Thanks -- MrBoo ( talk, contribs) 12:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
What about a discussion of the dangers of the game and some of the recent deaths? Or a new page about it? -- EPH82 11:05, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
see commotio cordis Toyokuni3 ( talk) 04:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
The article correctly states the technical foul for off-side and denotes the position names. Unlike other sports, lacrosse has a restraining line with fixed numbers of players for each side. Perhaps, some mention could be made of the interchange of players across the restraining lines ( conforming to the established numbers ) to give a more fluid picture of the game.
JHU_bluejays —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JHU bluejays ( talk • contribs) 12:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
lacrosse is the best sport ever
yes thter should be fighting in lacrosse it's fun for the fans —The preceding
unsigned comment was added by
24.47.38.128 (
talk)
19:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC).
Im starting a new lacrosse team and ive never played and i barely know anything about it. Any suggestions on drills or what to buy?
72.87.43.57
21:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
That columnists in print sources would dub lacrosse the fastest growing sport in the United States does not, on its own, make the claim a fact, or even one worth quoting. While one could go about stating that X described the sport as the fastest growing..., simply quoting the most boldly favorable opinion or data available is a practice better suited for a press release, rather than an encyclopedia article. One can find legitimate sources giving the very same distinction of "fastest growing" in the US to sports such as NASCAR [1], UFC [2], paintball [3], and even bull riding [4]. None of these are worthy of mention in an encyclopedic medium where solid consensus opinion is sought.
The intro here would clearly be enhanced with a more general, unobjectionable statement (e.g., has grown in popularity; or has enjoyed rapid growth in popularity).
I adapted the statement (blandly) and kept the reference intact. Caeculus 05:42, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm speaking total ignorance here, but this phrase from the "Evolution of the Game" section looks like somebody's prank to me. I've just Googled, and I didn't find any reference to Pocahontas as being the name of a cultural group in addition to the famous heroine. Dybryd 13:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
As far as i know the rules (mainly ILF rules) there is only one goalie allowed on the field. (one stik for the deignated goal keeper ...) other possitions are not forced by the rules .... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.69.120.55 ( talk) 16:09, August 27, 2007 (UTC)
FYI, I have requested that this page be semi-protected because of all the vandalism lately. This means that it cannot be edited by anonymous users nor by registered accounts less than four days old. The protection will last for one month. -- MrBoo ( talk, contribs) 18:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Turned on again. Vandals, do your mommies know that you're playing on the computer?-- THE FOUNDERS INTENT TALK 15:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The women's rules look USA-specific. The international rules [5] appear to be a bit different. Or am I reading the reference wrong? Peter Ballard 03:22, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't find the opening paragraphs terribly informative. From reading it, I know that it is played on a field of grass or artificial turf, played with teams of 10 and that players wear protective equipment, along with other things that should be left to the rest of the article. I have no clue what the aim of the game is and how the players score points (if they do at all). It doesn't even overtly tell me that the game is played with a stick!
I believe it should be be based along the lines of the Football (soccer) article. For example:
"Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and it is the most popular sport in the world.[1] It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal at each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by manoeuvring the ball into the opposing goal."
These three sentences communicate the basic premise of the game and inform me a lot more than the opening paragraph of this article. The opening paragraph should be made similar to the Football article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.98.137 ( talk) 21:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
new equipment, maybe?—Preceding
unsigned comment added by
72.10.121.33 (
talk)
13:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)