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Formation (bandy)Formation (bandy) was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 12 November 2021 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists.
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I just removed an unreferenced claim in the lead that an alternative name for the sport would be "11-a-side ice hockey". I have never heard or read this term anywhere. Where is this term used? Bandy is not ice hockey, bandy is a swifter game with rules more like the rules of football. If you want this term to be re-added, please discuss it here on the talk page and do add a source! (I think it would be more historically correct to call ice hockey "6-a-side bandy" than to call bandy "11-a-side ice hockey", but maybe that's just me.) Ove Raul (talk) 23:52, 3 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
I don't think "11-a-side ice hockey" has ever been used as another name for the sport of bandy, but it seems it has been used on occasion as a short way of describing what bandy is, which is acctually a pretty nice way of explaining it, even if it is not strictly correct:
"Coach Putte Ramberg represented Sweden 27 times at football and once at Bandy (imagine 11-a-side ice hockey on a rink the size of a football pitch)."
True, it is not. A description is not a name. Funny how someone just could add it like that, but that's the way Wikipedia is. Anyone can write anything. Sometimes ideas like this stays much longer in a Wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.234.64.202 (talk) 15:56, 14 October 2025 (UTC)Reply
Most sports have names which are descriptions – ice hockey, you play hockey on ice; football, you kick a ball with your feet; skiing, you ski; basketball, you throw a ball in a basket. Bandy is different. Bandy has a unique name. That is maybe the reason someone wanted to add a description of that kind to the article's start? I don't know, maybe not. I just speculate.
I don't think I agree. The term was set in the text in this article as if it was an alternative name of the sport, it was not presented as a description of the sport. If it had been presented as a short-hand description of bandy, I think I would have been able to accepted it, but it wasn't. As it was presented as an alternative name, it would also had to have some sort of source to back it up, but it didn't. Ove Raul (talk) 23:08, 15 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
The history of bandy and of its international federation
These history pages have some contents which is interesting, some facts I did not know about. However, it seems the published texts also present some information which is often seen as being either wrong or doubtful, like writing as if it was an established fact that the 1913 European Bandy Championship has happened. I think this is a bit contentious, as there are some sports historians who have researched the matter and not found any contemporary reports about such a Europan bandy championship being held back then. You can read more at the talk page of the article about this alleged championship competition (follow the link here in my post and click the talk tab). ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 09:47, 6 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
Are you saying you think the page lack credibility in a way that it should preferably not be used as a source at all? Or is it just this instance with the European championship in 1913 which is poorly written but other parts of the page could be good enough as a source for this page or other pages at Wikipeda? Ove Raul (talk) 22:00, 7 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
I think the credibility of the page is for anyone to judge for him- or herself. Personally, I was surprised reading the text about the 1913 European Bandy Championship as it was written like if it was an established truth this competition really happened, while it has been up for discussion for a long time, not only here at Wikipedia. This also makes me think the rest of the page is perhaps not very trustworthy. I would have liked to see a list of source literature, but could not find any. Maybe there is in another part of the site, I haven't looked around everywhere. ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2025 (UTC)Reply
The source is legit, but it doesn't seem well-researched, which is a shame.
Bandy is older than ice hockey, but both sports are still played. Ice hockey has not taken over, so bandy is not a predecessor.
Bandy could still be a predecessor of ice hockey, even if it is still played. The question here seems to be the quality of the article text based on the given source, however. Bandy långe (talk) 22:40, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
level-5 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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