Talk:Land sailing

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[edit] History

I wondered if anyone could fill in any information about the history of land sailing, particularly when it was first practiced as a sport or recreational activity in Western culture. I noticed that land sailing was mentioned peripherally in Neal Stephenson's novel Quicksilver, which is set in the late 17th century, but I can't find any historical evidence as to whether this is accurate or not. Anyone want to elucidate? --Kadin2048 23:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I've added the main point at which it became popular as a sport, around the 1950s, but I dont really have any more info than that. I agree that some history would be good, I will try and hunt some down. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vwozone (talk • contribs) 15:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] About Merging Land Sailing with the Land Yacht Wiki

I agree that merging these two topics is a good idea. Warm regards -Pete Lyons —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.104.191.40 (talk) 05:04, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
I agree too. it is a bit confusing, particularly as the two articles are fundamentally indentical. Keeping Land Sailing would be better.--Vwozone 15:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Not a good idea because when people search for land sailing, then they won't find it, and someone else will just create the page again. We should have this page, if only to have a small amount of information and its purpose is to point people to the land yachting page. I am of the opinion that it would hurt search results if this page was not here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.51.211.3 (talk) 18:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Regardless of what happens it wouldn't be recreated because it would redirect there. In nearly all cases of mergers the article redirects and is not deleted. It wouldn't be recreated. Radagast83 03:40, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BloKart

I've added a reference to bloKart in the article on Aston Down. Would someone like to start a brief article on bloKart? --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)--NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

PS I see that there was an objection to a previous BK article on the grounds that it appeared to be advertising a commercial company. I'm sure an article could be written in more general terms. After all, if there are UK & European championships it's no longer the preserve of one company—or is it? --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)