Talk:Dunlop Sport (Australia)

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First, let me say that I have no connection whatsoever with the company concerned. Also I do not and have never used their products. So far as I know they are not sold in the country where I live (the UK).

I added the article as part of a small project to correct a number of errors in articles associated with the name Dunlop. Specifically: 1. The articles for Dunlop Volley and Dunlop KT-26 were linked to Dunlop Sport. The article on Dunlop Sport is one which I need to review, but it refers to a company Sports World International which has no connection with the Australian company. I have now linked them to my new article. 2. The article for Dunlop Volley erroneously attributed the introduction of the shoe to the British Dunlop company. In fact it was introduced by the Australian Dunlop company. 3. The article for Ansell (the current name of the Australian Dunlop company) contained a lot of puffery and advertising, which I have removed. It also needed expansion in the History section to clarify the nature of the relationship between the Australian and British (originally Irish) Dunlop companies, which I have done. 4. I have added a redirect page Dunlop Australia, which redirects to Ansell.

The sources of my information are indicated on the page - they are the company's websites which include a history. I will add some more references.

My next task is to sort out the article on Dunlop Tyres, which is a mess. It confuses two different entities, the current Dunlop Tyres Ltd and the historic company (Dunlop Rubber Company, latterly Dunlop Holdings plc) acquired by BTR plc in 1985, which I believe never carried that name.

The story of the Dunlop brands is an interesting one stretching over more than 100 years. It is a confusing story - in my research I have found at least a dozen unrelated companies which now carry the name Dunlop - all derived from the same John Dunlop. My project will endeavour to show how this has come about. The subject is not well covered in Wikipedia - in fact I have found errors and unverfied information on other sites which seem to be derived from Wikipedia.

Mhockey (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)