Talk:Line marker (sports)

A fact from Line marker (sports) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 June 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that lines on sports fields were once marked by young children but can now be marked by robots equipped with GPS?

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Mikenorton OMG I can't believe you have an image already! --valereee (talk) 00:31, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Also check out File:EVERNEW SUPER LINE MARKER (14477665322).jpg - a set of dry line markers. Mikenorton (talk) 21:59, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suppression of markings

Good job on creating the new article. The Ref Desks demonstrate their value once again!

Something I would be interested to see addressed here (because I don't know) is how on pitches that accommodate more than one game, such as Football (soccer) and Rugby, one or the other set of lines is "suppressed" depending on which game is being played. One sees this at, for example, the Ricoh Arena in Coventry where Coventry City F.C. share the ground with Wasps RFC (who now actually own the stadium), and there are numerous other examples in the UK and Europe. Generally the "non-active" markings are still visible but non-prominent.

Sometimes it appears that the white marking material has been largely removed, occasionally that it has been painted green. The latter method is sometimes also used in motor-racing events taking place on temporary circuits on public streets (see for example Formula E), where some regular road markings are painted black, though I suspect the latter is more about applying special "grippy" paint, containing grit(?), to areas that would otherwise be dangerously slippery, especially when wet. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 23:32, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen the lines painted green on soccer/football fields and football/baseball fields, but it's been a while since I've been to a dual-use park --valereee (talk) 12:26, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

variety?

This article, both text and photographs, is dominated by baseball; there is little acknowledgement of other sports (two mentions of tennis), despite that the phenomenon is widespread, even on plastic "grass". Can this be improved? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:20, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Piledhigheranddeeper, I'm hoping so! The sources we were able to find were sources that mentioned baseball and tennis. I'm hoping someone with familiarity with sports topics will be able to help, as I don't sports. :D --valereee (talk) 14:42, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]