History of Badminton

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  1. ryclem

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    Um...

    I wrote almost all of that article: Wikipedia's badminton article.

    It's nice to see my writing being exploited all over the net. :rolleyes: All perfectly legal, of course -- Wikipedia allows copying of its material.

    I suppose I should take it as a form of recognition.
     
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    Woah?
    You really did?
     
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    Yup. He wrote almost all of the wikipedia article on badminton.
     
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    wasn't there was a wiki on past yonex racquet models?
     
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    Yeah, it was the "Yonex article". Somebody deleted it probably because they didn't feel it was very "encyclopedic".
     
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    My real name is "Mike Hopley". If you're really curious, you can look at the Wikipedia article edit history to discover which parts are my contributions.

    Basically, I wrote everything except for "history", "governing bodies", and "competitions" (which I edited for grammar/style). I also didn't write the "see also", "references", or "external links" sections (though I did successfully argue for the inclusion of a BC link, against apparent editorial bias towards badders.com).

    It's been a long time since I touched the article; I got bored of it. As far as I can see, nothing significant has changed since then. What it really needs now is pedantic fiddling and some print references, in order to stand a chance of satisfying the criteria for featured articles.
     
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