Talk:Cowboy mounted shooting

Merger proposal
I propose that the article "Single Action Mounted Shooting" be merged into this article, "Cowboy Mounted Shooting". Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a notable shooting sport that is definitely a legitimate topic for a Wikipedia article. Single Action Mounted Shooting is one of the organizations devoted to Cowboy Mounted Shooting, and as such it doesn't necessarily need its own article. Some of the material from the other article has already been incorporated into this article anyway. Based on the discussion at the other article's talk page, some of which has been deleted, it's clear that we should allow enough time for multiple editors to discuss this idea in this talk section before actually performing the merge, as per the guidelines at Help:Merge. I'd suggest a minimum of 5 days, depending on how the discussion goes. — Mudwater (Talk) 11:56, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds reasonable. Thanks! Plastikspork (talk) 17:29, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * We also already have Cowboy Action Shooting, which needs to be added to this mix. They already have a subsection on Cowboy Mounted Shooting there.  Perhaps that chunk can be moved over here, And no, Howes, I am not "harassing" you.  I have only been trying to help you all along.   Montanabw (talk) 23:09, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a subset of Cowboy Action Shooting, so moving some of that material from the other article to this one, leaving a short summary in the other article, might be a good idea. Or on the other hand maybe what's in the other article can just be left there, with the more extensive coverage in this article. — Mudwater (Talk) 23:22, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I would also like to offer a suggestion about this talk page. The discussion in the Single Action Mounted Shooting talk page got to be quite heated, and some angry words were exchanged.  I think it would be best if we left all that behind us.  There's no reason to discuss any further the details of what happened, whether or not one editor was harassing another editor, and so on.  We can confine our discussion to this article itself, and focus on working to improve it.  We may not always agree about that, but by talking about the article itself we should be able to work together from this point forward. — Mudwater (Talk) 23:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I recommend that the content of the Mounted Shooting section of the cowboy action shooting page be added to this article, with additional editing to merge it in with this article and improve the style of both. Montanabw (talk) 00:12, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * 1. I split off the SAMS article and created this page and left out anything that does not apply to this article.
 * 2. Do whatever you want. The Board of Directors of SAMS Cowboys has made their final decisions.
 * 3. Be forewarned about Wikipedia - per Wikipedia's policy: If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it. HowesR1 (talk) 01:08, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

The consensus is to merge the other article, "Single Action Mounted Shooting", into this article, "Cowboy Mounted Shooting". The discussion about this occurred in two different places: (1) in this talk page section, and (2) at Articles for deletion/Single Action Mounted Shooting. So, I'm going to go ahead with the merge now. This article already has some of the other article merged into it, so I'm not going to merge in any more, but that shouldn't stop other editors from updating this article as they think appropriate. For reference, here are the contents of the other article before the merge. — Mudwater (Talk) 00:57, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The merger has been completed. Thanks to all involved parties for working together to get to where we are.  — Mudwater (Talk) 01:19, 25 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I recently came across a published source that somewhat disputes the current history section, and more precisely clarifies how mounted shooting developed as a professional sport and activity. I'd like for the truth be stated in the article but I won't position myself as a target for the slings and arrows of this (anti) social website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.209.24 (talk) 04:32, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * If it's online, feel free to post the link here on the talk page, or if it's a book/magazine, pop in the citation information. If it passes the WP:V criteria, it may be able to be incorporated by someone who has an interest in editing this article.  (That person is not myself, like you say, pretty intense here).   Montanabw (talk) 22:50, 5 March 2010 (UTC)