Talk:Athletics (physical culture)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sports, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of sport-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SportsWikipedia:WikiProject SportsTemplate:WikiProject Sportssports articles

To-do list:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests :
Requested articles (Sports)
Requested articles (Association football)
Requested articles (Association football women)
Requested articles (Motor sports)
Requested articles (Estonian sportspeople)
Assess : newly added and existing articles, maybe nominate some good B-class articles for GA; independently assess some as A-class, regardless of GA status.
Cleanup :
* Sport governing body (this should-be-major article is in a shameful state)
* Field hockey (History section needs sources and accurate information - very vague at the moment.)
* Standardize Category:American college sports infobox templates to use same font size and spacing.
* Sport in the United Kingdom - the Popularity section is incorrect and unsourced. Reliable data is required.
* Fix project template and/or "to do list" Current version causes tables of content to be hidden unless/until reader chooses "show."
Expand : Professional sports (crucial article explaining the salaried undertaking of sports)
* Sport industry (currently a sub-stub)
Photo : for pages listed in Category:Wikipedia requested images of sports and games and sub-categories.
Stubs : work on articles in Category:Sports stubs
Update : List of world sports championships
Other :
- Translate the page of sport in each country from corresponding article in other language Wikipedia to English Wikipedia which was marked in red.
- Categorize: Gather all (major/olympic) sports to be part of this project
- RfCs: answer requests for comment

Athletics as a Broad Term (U.S.)

This article is barely a stub. I propose to change the name to represent the U.S. view of "Athletics," which would discuss the inclusion of many sports and games, the major athletics associations, training, coaching, psychological, drug use, etc. I believe the reason this article has no development is that U.S. trainers and coaches who edit Wikipedia do not understand the lexicon within this project, i.e. "Athletics," "Sportsperson," "Physical fitness" (as differentiated from "Athleticism," etc. With this change, I believe more editors will have an outlet to share their knowledge. TommyKirchhoff (talk) 16:51, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Proposal

I propose merging this article with Sports training, as it is somewhat of an orphaned stub. TommyKirchhoff (talk) 19:34, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a sensible idea that I agree with. SteadyJames (talk) 12:47, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fitness vs. Athletics

I have begun redirecting certain pages to differentiate between "fitness" and "athletics." In U.S. English, "fitness" connotes general health and aesthetics, while "athletics" connotes competitive, physical sports and games. An interesting anomaly is the profession of Athletic trainer which is not exclusive to competition. TommyKirchhoff (talk) 15:50, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 5 external links on Athletics (physical culture). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

Y An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool. Jim.henderson (talk) 11:53, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:18, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

First OED citation requires a subscription

Citation (1) links to the online OED that requires a subscription. I think it's one thing to cite a book that someone must purchase or check out from a library; but linking to a URL that requires a subscription is absurd in the Wiki context. I built this page and defended it valiantly from deletion from British zealots who are prejudiced to British connotation. While the OED definition may describe "athletics" not specific to track-and-field events in the secondary, I would like to see this citation changed to credible western connotation. I ask you for help to convert citation (1) to an accessible, online British definition that British zealots will acknowledge. I prefer this one: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/athletics Thank you, TommyKirchhoff (talk) 23:49, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Sport of athletics which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 12:30, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]