Talk:Road hockey

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First you say it's "played without skates" and then you say "it may be played in shoes or in inline skates". Which is it? Daniel Barlow 17:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Lifting Rule 2 Flickered? 3 Recent Reversion and Reversal of Reversion 4 Information for above issue

[edit] Lifting Rule

Usually the "right" to lift the ball/ puck is based on goalie equipement, if they have full sets of pads its allowed, when not using anything other than a glove, usually only light wrist shots and slow snapshots can be used

Ball hockey leagues usually will require gloves and helmuts

[edit] Flickered?

Shouldn't flickered be flicked? And its not always "accidental"

[edit] Recent Reversion and Reversal of Reversion

In response to your message on my Talk Page:

==False Editing==

May you tell me why you edited my hockey contribution, which was factual, cited, and of interest? Give a reason before you pull crap like that. - TkTech 01:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The content I removed was:

By law, street hockey is illegal in Canada, and numerous charges have been laid. Not one has yet been convicted, most likely to the fact that as reported in CNN news reports, a poll showed 80% of all Canadian judges played the sport at one time.

The reason I removed it was that it seemed to me that it was not legitimate content (I assumed it was article vandalism). Perhaps I was wrong; thank-you for bringing that to my attention. Please understand, that I had only the best of intentions, however, and you might want to review Wikipedia Policy 'assume good faith', before leaving so antagonistic a message for another editor.

Suggestions for improvement of the content you added:

• State whether it is a Provincial law or Federal law, whether a statute or regulation, and Cite the actual proper legal reference (usually a formatted numerical sequence, eg. 1980-81-82-83, c. 111, Sch. I “1”.)
• Use the verbiage of the actual law, not "street hockey is illegal in Canada".
• The phrase numerous charges have been laid is not proper legal terminology. Cite a number or eschelon (eg. 'hundreds', or 'thousands',) and provide a reference to back it.
• Not one has yet been convicted is not proper grammar. Instead, perhaps, say "Nobody has yet been convicted" or "Not one of the charges has been upheld to conviction."
• most likely to the fact is an incomplete idea. You might have meant to start a new sentence here, like "The reason for this is most likely..." But even this is problematic, because without a citation to a verifiable source, this has the tone of being your own research, which is not allowed.
• You cited CNN, a poll they conducted, and the results of that poll. You should include a link to the archived article, the actual name of the poll, and the date it was conducted/ reported.
• the phrase "of all Canadian judges played the sport at one time" seems to indicate that 80% of the judges got together and played at the SAME TIME. I am sure you meant that each judge has previously played. If you use the actual verbiage of the CNN poll, you may find the best way to phrase this.

I suggest you look over my comments, and review the article. I will keep it in my watchlist, and if you can improve it within a week or so, I will leave it alone. If it does not significantly improve in this time, I may remove this content again. I have moved a copy of this dialogue to the article talk page, and encourage you to keep any and all further discussion about this article there so other editors interested in the article may be able to review and comment.

Jerry lavoie 05:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Information for above issue

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/01/06/roadhockey020106.html Is an article that shows there IS a law against Road Hockey; it is against the law 'in several municipalities in the country'.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/01/07/street_hockey020107.html further states: 'Many towns and cities have bylaws against playing sports in the streets. Ontario's Highway Traffic Act makes game playing on all streets in the province illegal. But rarely are those laws enforced. In general, as long as players clear the road when a vehicle comes along, street hockey is tolerated.'

This should give you a jump on making the edits required to keep your content in the article. Jerry lavoie 05:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm drafting it before I start editing, almost done it. - TkTech 18:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you have anything like this for the U.S or other countries? I'll add it in a chart if there is. - TkTech 18:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Check these out:

• "Ball or Hockey Playing Prohibited -- By-law 522-78." These signs are posted throughout North York (Toronto).
• City of Ottawa - BY-LAW NO. 2003 - 530; "PEDESTRIAN PROHIBITED ON ROADWAY 91. Except for the purpose of crossing a roadway, where there is a sidewalk that is reasonably passable on one side or on both sides of a roadway, no person shall walk on the roadway."

Jerry lavoie 16:28, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed the following from the article, in accordance with the understanding we had above:

By law, street hockey is illegal in Canada, and numerous charges have been laid. Not one has yet been convicted, most likely to the fact that as reported in CNN news reports, a poll showed 80% of all Canadian judges played the sport at one time.^{[citation needed]}

Jerry lavoie 01:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)