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First events etc

	First public event	National body founded	First national championships	First international event
Norway	1897
Sweden	1901	1936	1937
Australia
UK	1962	1967	1962 (Dunkeld)	1976
US
Russia	1959 (Leningrad)		1963 (Uzgorod)

Probably the column "First public event" should come first, because events usually do come before organization. Also, how about add a column for "Other". A search of Wikipedia for "first orienteering" returns many lists such as 1966 in sports, with notable firsts. Mostly unsourced, however. --Una Smith (talk) 13:40, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but where does it belong? Top page, foot-o, history? Can you decide and move it please. Twiceuponatime (talk) 13:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Those dates concern foot orienteering, so I would put this table on Foot orienteering, in a History section. The other sport-specific pages may soon get their own tables. --Una Smith (talk) 14:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This data could be presented as a straight list too, like this:

1897 first public event (in Norway)
1901 first public event in Sweden
1962 first public event (national championship) in UK

At this point, I have no preference. --Una Smith (talk) 14:19, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to foot orienteering with brief history. My preference is a table. Twiceuponatime (talk) 12:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russia is added --Dnikitin (talk) 00:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA ready?

The editing on this article has tapered off, so I removed the {{underconstruction}} tag. Is it ready for a GA review? --Una Smith (talk) 02:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would support that. Twiceuponatime (talk) 10:04, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The GA review will evaluate the article against Wikipedia:Good article criteria, and we will be expected to make changes per suggestions from the reviewer(s). Anyone, do you have time to do that this week? --Una Smith (talk) 13:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article still has a fact tag or two. Tags need to be cleaned up first. --Una Smith (talk) 03:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No more fact tags. I think it is ready for GA review. Yes? --Una Smith (talk) 17:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Point to point racing

I added the link to point to point racing (or whatever), then found the articles were rather a mess. Some of them claim the first point to point races were on horses, later than the first documented orienteering meets. I meant to do a wholesale cleanup, if I happened to get sources. That has not happened, so no cleanup. Unlinking is fine, for now, but I mention this so that if someone is interested they can look into it. I think it would be interesting to know which came first, orienteering or steeplechasing, especially since the first orienteering meet in Sweden was literally a steeplechase. --Una Smith (talk) 09:24, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 15^th edition, Chicago, 2007.

Point-to-point [9:546] races originated in England in the second half of the 19th century as a way to keep hunters fit and were first called hunt races. The races are related to steeplechasing in that jumping is involved. Steeplechase, [11:233] in horse racing, although dating back to Xenophon (4th century BC), it derives its name from impromptu races by fox hunters in 18th century Ireland.

I though the two were the same! The reference in the lead is therefore irrelevant. The only place to put something is in history. 'The origins of the sport are reminiscent of the origins of steeplechasing.'? But is it worth it? Twiceuponatime (talk) 09:10, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think for now let's just unlink the point to point reference in the lead. All potential target articles need improvement, particularly with respect to what is a steeplechase and if it necessarily involves jumping. --Una Smith (talk) 17:44, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maps The section on Maps suggests that 1:15,000 and 1:10,000 are the exclusive scales -experience in the UK is that 1:7500 and 1:5000 are also very common especially for smaller events (not specifically for sprint events)--AndyCPrivate (talk) 08:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personal clothing

Is there a reason we're keeping in the "personal clothing" section? There is no rules for what needs to be worn for orienteering, but we are giving examples of British orienteering requiring pants and American orienteering not requiring pants. In international orienteering, pants aren't required, so why aren't we just saying that? 51.198.38.211 (talk) 19:22, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wheelchair orienteering

Wheelchair orienteering should be added, e.g., see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ubfvWjY2c, https://ablescouts.org › 2019 › 01 › 25 › philmont, and https://www.herstasis.com › movement-therapy .Kdammers (talk) 15:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]