Wikipedia entry for Badminton

[Winex West Can]

Has anyone gone to the Wikipedia entry for badminton? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton

I reckon that we could probably contribute to the notes. Some stuff that are missing includes: Tournaments, Key Figures (Players)

Also some misconceptions (e.g. Other Types of Serves include the Clear). :)

[jcl49]

Has anyone gone to the Wikipedia entry for badminton? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton

I reckon that we could probably contribute to the notes. Some stuff that are missing includes: Tournaments, Key Figures (Players)

Also some misconceptions (e.g. Other Types of Serves include the Clear). :)
Talking about misconceptions, Yonex's history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonex) is mainly about fishing equiptment.

Yonex is a Japanese manufacturer of badminton equipment, making racquets, shoes, and everything in between. The company was founded in 1946 by Minoru Yoneyama as a producer of wooden floats for fishing nets. The company was later forced out of this market because of the invention of plastic floats.

[charzord]

Whoh, a feathered birdie has to be hti 3 tiems as hard as a normal plastic one? Is that real? Wow..............I always though feathered birds were alot faster than plastic ones.......

[cooler]

Whoh, a feathered birdie has to be hti 3 tiems as hard as a normal plastic one? Is that real? Wow..............I always though feathered birds were alot faster than plastic ones.......


yes, it's true :rolleyes:

[TheGr8Two]

Did you mean nylon shuttles (for example, Yonex Mavis 300?)

I think the shuttle posted by cooler is the type used for backyard badminton.


Whoh, a feathered birdie has to be hti 3 tiems as hard as a normal plastic one? Is that real? Wow..............I always though feathered birds were alot faster than plastic ones.......

[jcl49]

I think the shuttle posted by cooler is the type used for backyard badminton.
Or speedminton (with those cool glow-in-the-dark rods)!

[Jinryu]

I was about to mention that I found Badminton on wikipedia, but then a voice in my head was sorta whispering like a ghoul on my shoulder "search the forums first!"


And whatdya know, someone did mention it before me:rolleyes:

But it looks like the article has been slightly expanded.

[J_M_V]

yes, it's true :rolleyes:

Nice picture - reminds me of my first touch with badminton :).

[Gollum]

A few days ago, I rewrote two large sections of that article :D Interesting coincidence.

[Pete LSD]

Hey BF & BC are listed in the link area as well :)!

[wilfredlgf]

Did the update for winners of world championships since 1977.

I think we can actively do some work on the badminton entries there.

Perhaps we could sticky this somewhere? I can't believe that the some of the entries are totally blank.

[wilfredlgf]

We could actually organise some work on Wikipedia there:

Player Profiles ie Zhao Jianhua, Candra/Sigit, Kim/Ra
National Organisations ie PBSI, BAM
Trivia/Statistics ie Fastest smash, most wins, most trophies, left hander of China
Important Tournaments ie TC, AE; and winners

And thanks to our members, we also have some copyright-free photos.