Talk:Plinking

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Contents 1 Wikitionary 2 Usage 3 during the Gulf War - Which One? Gulf War I, II or III? 4 Shorten this article

[edit] Wikitionary

Should this article be in Wikitionary? JoeBoucher 23:49, Jan 22, 2004 (UTC

I just expanded this one to include more material. A lot of the material needs to be better sourced but then, by definition, plinking is not the subject of very much scholarship. A basic definition of plinking ought to appear in any dictionary.

[edit] Usage

Is this a US only usage, what is it called in other English speaking countries?GraemeLeggett 08:59, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As far as I know, plinking is an informal American term. If anyone knows specialized terms from other variants of English or other languages, including those would be a nice addition. On that point, the article needs a more global perspective. As a child and for most of my few adult years I had never heard of or used the term plinking. I called going to the range or going to plink in the woods the same exact thing: "shooting."

[edit] during the Gulf War - Which One? Gulf War I, II or III?

Which one? Gulf War I (Iran-Iraq) it is not (as plinking is an American English term and US soldiers weren't involved) But does it refer to Gulf War II (1990) or the current one (Gulf War III starting in 2003-today)? The link suggests Gulf War 1990, but the term Gulf War itself is not definite - it's ambigious.

--Soylentyellow 08:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shorten this article

This article needs to be no more than 30% its current length. It is largely unsourced ramblings about the benefits of plinking. It is not scholarly or even necessary. It should definitely be shortened and be just an entry in a dictionary. It should maybe even just be merged into an article on shooting in general. Articles like this make people distrust wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.24.153 (talk) 06:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)