Netball background Q1: What is netball?
A1: Netball is a sport primarily played by women in countries of The Commonwealth of Nations. It is not very popular in the United States or Canada, but it is very popular in parts of Africa, Oceania and the Caribbean. When making edits to the article, please remember this and be sensitive to female centric and non-American centric issues. Q2: Why does the article contain so much background about women, where the game is played and the grass roots game?
A2: Netball is a game primilarly played by women. Unlike most sports played by women, it has been historically administered by women instead of men. This makes netball somewhat unique. Because of who is playing and the differences in administration and history of the game compared to male dominated sport, a lot of the sociological and historical issues are covered to show that. The history of netball is very much tied into definitions of what it means to be a woman, and historical athletic constraints on women imposed by male dominated culture. This information best contextualises the game to put it into the appropiate historical and sociological perspective. Where it might be inappropiate in association football and cricket, it would be appropiate here. |
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GA Reassessment
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- Result: Kept. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:16, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Significant uncited material, while the existing references are predominantly from 2011 or earlier; thus several sections are out of date, and GA criterion 3a is violated. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- Things like the rules of netball don't need to be cited per WP:SKYISBLUE, and it's not obvious why an article on the sport of netball in general would require recent sources. Taking a look at the article, the citations and coverage seem to have held up pretty well over 10+ years, so you're going to have to be more specific than that about your concerns. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 06:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
- I am willing to work on the article to provide additional references. If the concern is criterion 3a "addresses the main aspects of the topic", then I agree with Sportsfan77777. Provide details of what you believe to be out of date, with appropriate references to back them up. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
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Article review
editWhile this article has been recently reviewed, upon another look it looks like there are still lots of uncited statements, including the "Equipment" section, which has an orange "more sources needed" banner. @Sportsfan77777 and Hawkeye7: or any other talk page watchers: is anyone interested in addressing this? Of course, there is no obligation to do so. Z1720 (talk) 04:53, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
GA Reassessment
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- Result: Delisted. TompaDompa (talk) 20:29, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
Uncited statements, including the "Equipment" section and most of the "Comparison with basketball" section. Z1720 (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
- Delist. No edits to the article since the GAR was opened. Concerns remain. Z1720 (talk) 01:26, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
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Positions?
editWhat are the positions (names) on a netball team, and where do they play (where are they restricted to)? JingleJim (talk) 23:17, 16 May 2026 (UTC)