Talk:List of world championships/Archive 1

Edition?

Only things that are edited can have editions. Can we change the relevant headings to something like:

'First held', 'To be next held', and 'Held every' Grant 12:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Chess World championship?

What about chess world championship? Why it isn't here??!! I've found here sports such as "Snooker", but not chess. Someone should fix it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.5.5.13 (talk • contribs)

The article is dedicated to sportsing events, as the lead suggests. Referring to the articles in question:

"Snooker is a billiards sport..."

"Chess is an abstract strategy board game..."

Chess is a fine game, but it is not a sport. Scrabble, for instance, also has a world championship. If we started to include non-sports, the list would get out of control. Erath 15:59, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Nevertheless, chess holds one of the most prominent World Championships in the world (I think more people would react to the name Emanuel Lasker than, say, Ivan Mauger (speedway) or Donald Jackson (figure skating)). And as this list is currently the only list of "world championships" Wikipedia has got, so it's a bit cheap to say it's "only dedicated to sporting events".

Personally, I think separating between sports and non-sports is always going to be tricky (a favourite pub debating issue, isn't it?) Sam Vimes | Address me 16:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

When it comes to what's a sport and what's not a sport, I just used the articles themselves to check. So if we are to include chess, and other non-sports, I think we need to look at notability on a case-by-case example. And should they be included in the existing lists, or should non-sports constitute a third list - especially given that I would believe that most non-sporting world championships would be open to both men and women equally? Erath 21:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, the World Conker Championships is probably not the best thing to have in this list. :) I think a list of non-sports is the best option. That might actually create a table of contents too, which is useful, because people may miss the women's list further down. Sam Vimes | Address me 21:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Go for it, I believe we have a winner. Erath 23:36, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Added new page Mind sports world championships and to "see also"Tetron76 (talk) 12:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Auto-racing

Formula One should be listed in both lists, as female drivers are also allowed to compete, not sure about the other racing world championships. I won't add it to the second table just yet as I'm not sure how to list it (a male world champion in the women's list would look strange), I think a section for non gender specific championships would be a good idea, opinions? - MTC 08:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Equestrian comes twice in the list, under both genders, with a footnote... Perhaps it would be best to leave it in the Male section, as the sport is 99% male-dominated (I can't actually name any female F1 driver off the top of my head) and add a footnote explaining that females can compete, although none/few have. Erath 08:42, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I have added a note about it. - MTC 09:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I think both auto racing and equestrian sports fit best in the mixed section which is present now. I think I'll move them there. John Anderson 13:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Motorcycle Racing

Does MotoGP require all riders to be male, or should Motorcyle racing be moved to the mixed gender section?Mustang6172 (talk) 23:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

A1GP

MTC, is there a particular reason why the A1GP was removed last time? It is considered the world cup of motorsport, is it not? Is there any reason why you feel it should go under F1, or is it simply a case of F1's seniority? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.74.56 (talk • contribs)

I should point out that I was not the person who removed it before but I agree with their reasons.

• "World Cup of Motorsport" is a slogan made up by the organisers of the series, it shouldn't carry any weight.
• The top drivers do not compete in A1 GP, they compete in Formula One.
• Formula One cars are built and actively developed to be the fastest cars in the world; in A1 GP: "Each such car is mechanically identical, built with many technical restrictions designed to limit performance, reduce running costs, and prevent any one or number of teams gaining an advantage through better equipment." (to quote from the article itself)

There, I have 3 good reasons not to list A1 GP, the only good reason I can think of to keep it is because it's competed by (a select few) nations, rather than teams and drivers. I await any reason you can give to keep it. - MTC 20:19, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

My reasons for keeping it :-

As you say, A1 is competed between nations (even if they are more of a franchise than open to all nations each season) which in my book does make it a 'world' event. Therefore, like the different athletics championships, A1 and F1 should both be recognised since they differ on who is competing.

A minor point, but A1 is fully regulated by the FIA, it's not like it's an unofficial motorsport championship.

I disagree that the spec of the cars has any bearing on the championship being regarded a world event, especially since there is no constructor element to A1 - I don't believe it is any different from the 'world cup of pool' using the same balls and tables etc, or the foorball world cup using the same ball and pitches etc.

It is true that the world's best drivers compete in F1 (currently), but there are only so many F1 driver places each season, whereas A1 allows its nations to race a number of drivers (again, because it is between nations, not individuals) - so I don't feel that is a valid argument either. Especially as there are quite possibly great drivers not in F1 (indirectly, as Hamilton was prior to this season). Given time, A1 could have a pedigree of drivers almost as well recognised as F1.

Finally, your 2nd and 3rd points could also be applied to Touring and Rally championships too... so if A1GP is to go, so should they.

My 2nd and 3rd points were meant to apply to open-wheel racing, not all types of racing; the World Touring Car Championship has the best touring car drivers and the fastest touring cars, the World Rally Championship has the best rally drivers and the fastest rally cars, etc.

We do have to draw the line somewhere, otherwise what's stopping people adding things like Champ Car or Nascar? However, you have convinced me that A1 GP should be listed, if only because it's for nations rather than drivers and constructors. - MTC 19:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Footnotes in this article

Why are most of the footnotes in this article created by some template in stead of the easier ref tag? That seems to mean one has to renumber every footnote manually as soon as you want to create another one. John Anderson 07:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

To cut a long story short... I didn't know any better. Erath 20:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I have med some changes now, let me know what you think. I used your form for two notes which were present at many of the sports, letting them be notes with letters instead of numbers. That way, they won't "interfere" with the numbers of the rest of the notes. John Anderson 08:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Table tennis and sailing

What about table tennis and sailing in this list? Both are Olympic sports. // SMARTSKAFT | ¿ 12:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

American Football and Association Football

Why is the winner of the Super Bowl listed as the world champions of American football? Surely it's the USA as they won the World Cup? Also, why isn't football listed? little muddy funkster (talk) 20:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Coming here a little over three years later, I find it hilarious that the IFAF World Championship is listed for American football. Basically, the US is the only country that actually plays American football at the highest level which makes the Super Bowl the true world championship of American football and this IFAF thing a silly carnival sideshow. --Khajidha (talk) 15:34, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

World Cups and World Championships

Personally, I don't think splitting the article (creating one for World Cups and other for World Championships) was a good idea. There is little difference between those two kinds of competition besides the name, and surely many people will start to add World Cups to this list, thinking they are missing. The World Cup of soccer, for example, was already added. BLOGuil (talk) 21:56, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you. In my opinion the main difference between World Cups and World Championships is only the name and maybe in the way those competitions are disputed. I think we should merge both templates in one. The propose of this template is to show the most important competition for each sport.--Italodal (talk) 00:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Not all World Cups act as World Championships though, such as those in the Winter Sports --Randomguy81 (talk) 20:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

This can cause extreme confusion. In fact in some sports, their World Championships are different from the World Cup. However, in other sports the difference it's only the name. I think we should built a single template with the most important competition for each sport. In some of then, the name of the most important tournament is World Cup as it is in Association Football or in Rugby, but in others like Basketball or Handball the World Championships are the most important competition. So, we should study and choose carefully which tournament must be on the template for each sport.--Italodal (talk) 05:06, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't agree. in 2 sports that I know of, artistic gymnastics and sport climbing, they are completely different. in gymnastics, cups are for new gymnasts to gain experience, and are by invitation; while world championships are full scale competitions with huge media coverage. in climbing, there are 6 world cups in a year that have a combined winner, and one world championships that is the sport's biggest event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimia-123 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Merging proposal

I think the separated List of World Cups article is confusing, as it was said in the discussion above. It could be merged and redirected here and rename this article as List of world cups and world championships (by the way, this name already redirects to it). Most information of World Cup is on both articles, as the World Cup is the name of the World Championship in many sports (like football and rugby).Gvogas (talk) 10:51, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Golf

There is a World Cup in golf. You can't possibly be saying that golf isn't a sport? 85.217.15.47 (talk) 01:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

the organisational tab turns the list into a MESS!

when I hit the tab to organize the lists as I like, say I want them ranked from the first completion held to the earliest or by how many years the completion is held (one, two, three, four), the whole list becomes a mess! can someone fix that if possible?--184.77.10.72 (talk) 06:53, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Australian Football International Cup

I did not find this world cup of Australian rules football in our table, somebody add it --Feroang (talk) 16:18, 15 August 2011 (UTC)