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A Page of Its Own

In spite of their shared history, women's basketball is distinct from men's; it has a different history, as well as its own competitions and regulations. If you believe a redirect is in order, please discuss here before making any changes. Thanks~ Deebki 13:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Similarity to netball

The early rules of womens' basketball are similar to netball. Are there still differences from the mens' game? (other than 6 players on the court instead of 5) Scott Gall 00:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have been trying to update the Netball article. It seems like from what I've read so far, netball and women's basketball originally were the same thing, (netball for a long time was called "women's basketball"). Maybe some effort could be put towards working out when they split into two distinct sports. Matt 16:03, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Netball = womens basketball was true in the UK and/or Europe, but I don't see it for the US. For one thing, Netball does not use a backboard which all forms of basketball have used in the US (as far as I know). There was a time that high school girls' basketball was similar to netball, with 6 a side teams, players restricted to which part of the court they could be in, etc., but I don't think this ever was called "netball". Although 6 a side BB was played until fairly recently as a high school girls sport in some states, in general, over time, the female version of basketball became more and more like the male version. At the high school level, the only difference is the female ball is slightly smaller than a male ball. There are a few more differences at the college level (30 second vs 35 second shot clock, lack of 10 second backcourt rule for women) but other than those few, it is the same game. Wschart (talk) 20:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Organization needed

This article is poorly organized. I made some first steps to try to clean this up, but more work is needed.--Patzer42 18:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working on cleaning up this page, but it still needs a lot of work. Specifically I think the 'recent history' and 'time line' sections need more attention. Are there any basketball historians out there who can help? 4.249.228.49 (talk) 16:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article organisation

The article feels a bit disorganised and American centric. I'm going to do some re-organising of sections in order to try to make the article more coherent and improve the flow. --LauraHale (talk) 07:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External links

I commented out the External links section. The links weren't to major competitions, organisational bodies, etc. If there is a good reason to put those links back, please comment here and explain why. :) --LauraHale (talk) 08:28, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Title IX

I've moved the Title IX section to the American section. I don't think it fits quite right there. It probably needs to be integrated into a general history section and may warrant its own section... but yeah, for the moment, I relocated it. Please feel free to relocate it back. --LauraHale (talk) 08:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

University basketball

The history of university basketball has issues similiar to Title IX in that it can belong in multiple areas. I've temporarily put it in the university section. The history of women's university basketball in the USA as it pertains to the greater history of women's basketball should probably be written into the general section. --LauraHale (talk) 08:43, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Metric or imperial? British English or American English?

Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this article should be in imperial or metric measurements? Or British or American English? This would be useful for consistent formatting going forward. --LauraHale (talk) 08:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Does anyone have any thoughts on whether this article should be in imperial or metric measurements?  Or British or American English? This would be useful for consistent formatting going forward. --[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] ([[User talk:LauraHale|talk]]) 08:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
+==See also???==
+The hat reference at the top of the article, "For the ball sport played in the Commonwealth previously known as "women's basketball", see netball" may be a bit overstated.  It has been at least 40 years since netball was called "women's basketball" in the Commonwealth nations.  I suggest that this cross reference be removed as misleading in suggesting a recent nomenclature change. [[User:Racepacket|Racepacket]] ([[User talk:Racepacket|talk]]) 09:12, 7 May 2011 (UTC)