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: Yes, this is primarily going to be a disambiguation page, but there has been some discussion about including information about the differences/similarities of all the sports that are classified as "football". --[[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] 16:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)
: Yes, this is primarily going to be a disambiguation page, but there has been some discussion about including information about the differences/similarities of all the sports that are classified as "football". --[[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] 16:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)
::I have an issue with "history of football" being in this article, unless American Football and "Soccer" (you know what I mean) have exactly the same roots, which I am sure that they probably do not--unless you mean "History of the term" in which case this will be a very ''very'' specialized research topic. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 17:18, 2 February 2008 (CST)
::I have an issue with "history of football" being in this article, unless American Football and "Soccer" (you know what I mean) have exactly the same roots, which I am sure that they probably do not--unless you mean "History of the term" in which case this will be a very ''very'' specialized research topic. --[[User:Robert W King|Robert W King]] 17:18, 2 February 2008 (CST)
::: That was my first thought too.  I don't think a brief history of the origin of "football" and how it came to branch off into different rule sets would be out of place, though. --[[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] 17:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)
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I have also shortened my text for Canadian football accordingly. [[User:Shawn Goldwater|Shawn Goldwater]] 17:34, 2 February 2008 (CST)
I have also shortened my text for Canadian football accordingly. [[User:Shawn Goldwater|Shawn Goldwater]] 17:34, 2 February 2008 (CST)
:Shawn, as I explained above, there has been discussion about the material you have removed from the page.  Please see here[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Talk:Association_football_%28soccer%29] before editing this article further. --[[User:Todd Coles|Todd Coles]] 17:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)

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  • Shouldn't this just be a disambiguation page, rather than an article? Shawn Goldwater 16:39, 2 February 2008 (CST)
Yes, this is primarily going to be a disambiguation page, but there has been some discussion about including information about the differences/similarities of all the sports that are classified as "football". --Todd Coles 16:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)
I have an issue with "history of football" being in this article, unless American Football and "Soccer" (you know what I mean) have exactly the same roots, which I am sure that they probably do not--unless you mean "History of the term" in which case this will be a very very specialized research topic. --Robert W King 17:18, 2 February 2008 (CST)
That was my first thought too. I don't think a brief history of the origin of "football" and how it came to branch off into different rule sets would be out of place, though. --Todd Coles 17:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)

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*History of football

  • "Played on foot" or "played with the feet"?
  • The word "soccer"
  • The word "soccer" began as a colloquialism in Britain, derived from "Association football", from the name of the Football Association, to distinguish it from rugby football, but it has become the formal name of the game in the United States and Australia. (A similar term, "rugger" for "rugby" was once also quite common.)

I have also shortened my text for Canadian football accordingly. Shawn Goldwater 17:34, 2 February 2008 (CST)

Shawn, as I explained above, there has been discussion about the material you have removed from the page. Please see here[1] before editing this article further. --Todd Coles 17:42, 2 February 2008 (CST)