Talk:Rugby league in the West Indies

How can Rugby League be described as "a popular team sport played in the West Indies" when the article mentions the sport was only introduced in 2003 and "West Indies rugby league team" article states that the first game was played in 2005. I might add that the sport only seems to be played in Jamaica which makes the description West Indies seem a little extravagant (BTW I am not an anti-League Wikipedian- am an NRL supporter and played RL as a junior) Soundabuser 13:01, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The meaning is that RL is "popular", and that it is played in the west indies, without linking the two concepts. I have never been happy about the phrasing myself, which is used to start a lot of the "RL in X" articles. Grinner 08:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok granted but then is the claim that it is a popular sport perhaps hyperbole? From reading the article there are 5 clubs with 2 teams in each. I'm concerned that if there is seen to be a pattern of rugby league articles that are perhaps exaggerating then it will only be seen as a sport that is pretending to be international? Soundabuser 08:54, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to change the text, as it seems many people have had problems with it. Perhaps we should look at other sports to see how they introduce their topics for certain nations? POds 08:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me, i didn't mean to sound critical, just worried about accuracy and such Soundabuser 10:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dont say sorry, we're all here to improve wikipedia. Even if that means being critical ;) POds 12:43, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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