Talk:Kabaddi

Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2021

History of Kabbadi - Kabbadi is an ancient sport that originated in Tamil Nadu. There are indications of Kabbadi in various ancient Tamil Scripts which date the sport to be more than 4,000 years old. It was a very popular sport played in the early centuries as a way to develop the physical strength, agility and reflexes. The name 'Kabbadi' is derived from the Tamil words 'Kai Pudi', which translates to 'Holding Hands', a very common move seen in the game. Factualcritic (talk) 11:30, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:52, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2021

A link to "competitive sport" can be added as Competition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition

Thanks. ItzRoyalToast (talk) 18:46, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

 Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Abysmal English but worse, Wokepedia strikes again

Yes the whole article is badly written but it starts off in miserable fashion seemingly brought on by the faddish wokeness of misusing pronouns. The sentence reads: " a single player on offense, referred to as a ‘raider’, to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players and return to their own half of the court." [emphasis added]

This is confusing — is there a single player and the "their" just a misuse of the plural to avoid gender indication or is the "single" somehow a mistake. If it’s just another example of wokeness destroying the English language (among other damage) then it is just Wokepedia living up to its well deserved ridicule.

I would make the change were I not so certain it would be instantly returned to its pathetic current state by one of those fashioning this demise of a once respectable attempt at a neutral people’s encyclopedia. Sychonic (talk) 05:34, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

To quote Shakespeare,

"There's not a man I meet but doth salute me

As if I were their well-acquainted friend"

(Italics my own. From A Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene 3.) 128.135.84.179 (talk) 21:59, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

I think you may have simply forgotten that the English language is able to change. That is how languages work. That is correct grammar, and is not confusing to most people. I appreciate the concern, but I feel that the acerbic way it was expressed was probably more damaging to this encyclopedia than the original, correct, use of "their." Boone888 (talk) 01:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

„hiȝed eche . . . þei neyȝþed so neiȝh . . . þere william & his worþi lef were liand i-fere.“-William of Palerne (William and the Werewolf)

by anonymous (c. 1350)

This is the first known use of the „singular they“ in written English, it is reasonable to assume that the „singular they“ has been used in spoken English for years before that. Later Shakespeare used it many times across all of his works. It even precedes the plural usage.

“The use of the plural pronouns they, them, themselves, or their with a grammatically singular antecedent dates back at least to 1300, and such constructions have been used by many admired writers, including William Makepeace Thackeray (“A person can't help their birth”), George Bernard Shaw (“To do a person in means to kill them”), and Anne Morrow Lindbergh (“When you love someone you do not love them all the time”)“.

It‘s usage is also older than the „singular you“, which only became widely accepted in the 1700s.

Today, it is accepted by the Oxford dictionary, Webster, American Heritage Dictionary, Collins, Chambers and many more.

As some one with English as their 3rd language, we were thought the „singular the“, alongside every other personal pronoun in 4th grade English class (4th Grade ≙ 8/9 years old).

There‘s nothing new or controversial in academic circles about this form, the only controversy came from right-wing tabloid opinion-columns and social media posts trying to stir up some ridiculous culture war.

„Informal spoken English exhibits universal use of the singular they. An examination by Jürgen Gerner of the British National Corpus published in 1998 found that British speakers, regardless of social status, age, sex, or region, used the singular they more often than the gender-neutral he or other options in the context of being anaphors after indefinite pronouns like "everybody" and "anybody".“

In the quote above, „they“ is used as a possessive determiner, due to the „Player“ being a Generic antecedent, therefore their gender is unknown and is used as a stand-in for male and female players.

Your inflationary misuse of the term „woke“ is the only bastardization

of the english language I see here. NcomJ (talk) 14:04, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Single Breath

"While raiding, the raider must loudly chant kabaddi, confirming to referees that their raid is done on a single breath without inhaling." I've been watching this sport on YouTube, both professional and an amateur college club. I haven't seen any example featuring a raider chanting anything. And really, cheating (breathing) without being caught would be so easy, surely they aren't attempting to enforce that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.47.51.78 (talk) 13:16, 20 April 2024 (UTC)