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People

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'''People''' is the canonical index for players, pioneers, inventors, designers, tournament directors, course builders, officials, writers, broadcasters, photographers, collectors, manufacturers, and community leaders.

== Browse people ==
* Champions, touring players, and amateur standouts
* Pioneers and flying-disc competitors
* Designers, inventors, and manufacturers
* Tournament directors, organizers, and officials
* Course designers
* Club builders and community leaders
* Writers, broadcasters, photographers, and filmmakers
* Collectors, historians, and Hall of Famers
* By name, era, region, discipline, and recognition

== Person article blueprint ==
Each biography should include a concise lead, infobox, early history, playing career where applicable, competitive record, major championships, course/tournament/organizational work, records, Hall recognition, Museum collection, and references. Articles should explain historical significance rather than merely list achievements.

== Biographical standard ==
Living-person pages require especially careful sourcing, neutral language, and respect for privacy. Every competitive claim should connect to an Event page or clearly identified source. Hall recognition should link to the relevant [[Halls of Fame|Hall]] and induction class.

== First research priorities ==
* Gregg Hosfeld
* People central to [[Women of Flying Disc Sports]]
* Champions and organizers documented by the Museum’s strongest primary sources
* Florida Flying Disc Hall of Fame inductees connected to the physical exhibit

== Help build a biography ==
Identify someone in a photograph, correct a result, add a source, or preserve a clearly labeled firsthand memory through [[Contribute]].

{{Research needed|Choose the first ten biographies from major-exhibit priorities and strength of primary-source evidence.}}
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Category:Halls of Fame

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Disc-sports Halls of Fame, induction classes, governance, ceremonies, and exhibits.

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Manufacturers, brands, parent companies, and historically significant commercial relationships.

Category:Discs

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Disc molds, flying-disc products, prototypes, production variants, and their histories.

Article blueprints

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'''Article blueprints''' define consistent sections for the seven primary subject types. They guide contributors and will later support infoboxes and guided Page Forms.

== Person / Player ==
Lead biography; infobox; early history; playing career; competitive record; major championships; course, tournament, or organizational work; records; Hall recognition; Museum collection; references.

== Course ==
Lead; infobox; founding; designers; original layout; target changes; redesigns; tournament history; course records; closure or current status; maps and photographs; surviving artifacts; Museum material; references.

== Event / Tournament ==
Lead; infobox; background; dates and location; organizers; field and qualification; courses; format; divisions; results; notable moments; media and artifacts; Museum material; references.

== Disc ==
Lead; infobox; development; release; design; approval; plastics and runs; stamps and artwork; advertising and catalogs; players and events; collecting; Museum examples; references.

== Manufacturer / Brand ==
Lead; infobox; founding; founders; product eras; major molds; manufacturing and materials; branding and advertising; sponsored players; company relationships and acquisitions; catalogs; Museum material; references.

== Organization ==
Lead; infobox; founding; mission; governance; leadership; membership; programs; events; rules and standards; regional growth; publications; Museum material; references.

== Hall of Fame ==
Lead; infobox; mission and history; scope; governance; eligibility and selection; induction classes; inductees; ceremonies and exhibits; related awards; references.

== Implementation status ==
These are editorial blueprints, not yet automated forms. Infobox templates, Page Forms, and Wikibase-backed relationships should be designed and tested before installation or public use.

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Contribute

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The National Disc Golf Museum Wiki is being built as a '''museum-backed, community-expanded, citation-driven''' history. You do not need to become a full wiki editor to help preserve knowledge.

== Ways to help ==
=== Identify something ===
Name a player in a photograph, recognize a course or disc, or confirm a location. Record how confident you are and how you know.

=== Suggest a correction ===
Flag a spelling, date, division, score, course name, champion, placement, or other factual problem and provide the best available source.

=== Share a memory ===
Preserve a firsthand recollection with your relationship to the subject. Memories are valuable historical evidence, but are labeled as personal accounts and are not automatically treated as verified fact.

=== Add evidence ===
Contribute or identify a flyer, scorecard, results sheet, catalog, article, program, photograph, map, rulebook, advertisement, or other source. Do not upload copyrighted or private material without authorization.

=== Improve an article ===
Experienced contributors can use the visual editor to improve prose, sections, citations, links, and categories. Trusted contributors may later help review edits, resolve conflicts, and mentor new editors.

== Current access ==
Public reading is open. Editing accounts are currently managed by the Museum while contribution forms, review queues, source rules, and moderation procedures are prepared. Contact details and guided submission links will appear here after those workflows are approved.

== Focused community projects ==
* Identify the Players — 1970s and 1980s Photo Month
* Complete Florida Course Histories
* Build the 1980s Tournament Results Index
* Document Your First Disc Golf Course
* Upload Missing Tournament Flyers
* Adopt a Tournament Series
* Preserve Your Club’s History

== Contributor standard ==
Say what you know, how you know it, and what source supports it. Separate eyewitness memory from verification. Be respectful, neutral, and especially careful with living people.

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Courses and Places

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Halls of Fame

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'''Halls of Fame''' is the canonical index for world, national, state, local, and specialized disc-sports Halls of Fame, their institutions, induction classes, inductees, ceremonies, awards, and exhibits.

== Browse Halls of Fame ==
* World, national, state, and local Halls
* Specialized Halls
* Induction classes and inductees
* Eligibility, selection, and governance
* Ceremonies, related awards, and Museum exhibits

== Hall of Fame article blueprint ==
Each Hall article should cover mission and history, scope, governance, eligibility and selection, induction classes, inductees, ceremonies and exhibits, related awards, and references. Every inductee should also have a separate [[People|Person]] page; an induction class may have an Event page.

== First research priorities ==
* Florida Flying Disc Hall of Fame
* World Disc Golf Hall of Fame
* Inductee biographies connected to major exhibits and strong Museum evidence

== Museum connection ==
Hall content can connect a physical plaque or exhibit through a QR code to the Hall, class, inductees, interviews, ceremonies, and associated collection objects.

{{Research needed|Review current governance documents, induction lists, biographies, and supporting evidence before publishing institutional histories.}}
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Organizations

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'''Organizations''' is the canonical index for governing bodies, national and state associations, local clubs, tournament organizations, nonprofit programs, and historic disc-sports groups.

== Browse organizations ==
* World and national governing bodies
* State and regional organizations
* Local clubs
* Tournament organizations
* Nonprofits and community programs
* Historic flying-disc groups

== Organization article blueprint ==
Each article should cover founding, mission, governance, leadership, membership, programs, events, rules and standards, regional growth, publications, Museum material, and references. Organization histories should distinguish contemporary evidence from later institutional summaries.

== First research priorities ==
* Professional Disc Golf Association
* Organizations connected to the Museum’s championship and Florida-history research
* Clubs represented by newsletters, event records, photographs, or oral histories

{{Research needed|Create the first organization list from governing documents, newsletters, event records, and publication mastheads.}}
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Manufacturers and Brands

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'''Manufacturers and Brands''' is the canonical index for current, historic, and defunct disc makers, sporting-goods companies, parent companies, and sub-brands.

== Browse manufacturers and brands ==
* Current, historic, and defunct
* By country and founding era
* Parent companies and sub-brands
* Product and manufacturing relationships

== Manufacturer or brand article blueprint ==
Each article should cover founding, founders, product eras, major molds, manufacturing and materials, branding and advertising, sponsored players, business relationships and acquisitions, catalogs, Museum material, and references. Legal entities, public-facing brands, and manufacturing relationships must be distinguished.

== First research priorities ==
* Innova Champion Discs
* Manufacturers represented in the landmark-object sequence
* Historic and defunct brands documented by Museum catalogs and advertisements

== Help document the industry ==
Former employees, sponsored players, dealers, collectors, and customers can contribute catalogs, advertisements, prototypes, product timelines, and sourced company stories. See [[Contribute]].

{{Research needed|Build the first manufacturer list from object makers, catalog mastheads, advertisements, patents, and publication evidence.}}
[[Category:Manufacturers and brands]] [[Category:Industry]]

Discs

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'''Discs''' is the canonical index for disc molds, historically important flying discs, prototypes, retools and renames, plastics and runs, stamps, design changes, catalog appearances, and Museum examples.

== Browse discs ==
* By manufacturer and brand
* By era and type
* Historic releases and prototypes
* Plastics, production runs, stamps, and artwork
* Catalog appearances and advertising
* Museum examples

== Disc article blueprint ==
Each disc article should cover development, release, design, approval where applicable, plastics and runs, stamps and artwork, advertising, players and events, collecting, Museum examples, and references. Clearly distinguish the mold or product from an individual collection object.

== First research priorities ==
* [[Flyin-Saucer]]
* [[Pluto Platter]]
* Innova Aero
* Early golf discs represented in Museum publications and objects

== Help document a disc ==
Collectors and longtime players can identify a run or stamp, add a catalog appearance, correct a release detail, or contribute evidence. See [[Contribute]].

{{Research needed|Create a controlled vocabulary for manufacturer, brand, mold, tooling, plastic, run, stamp, and individual object.}}
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Events and Tournaments

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'''Events and Tournaments''' is the canonical index for championships, tournament series, and significant world, national, state, regional, and local events.

== Browse events ==
* World and national championships
* State, regional, and local events
* Tournament series and leagues
* By year, course, organizer, and champion
* [[PDGA World Championships]]

== Event article blueprint ==
Each event article should cover background, dates and location, organizers, field or qualification, courses, format, divisions, verified results, notable moments, media and artifacts, Museum material, and references. A series receives an overview page; historically significant editions may receive separate pages.

== Results standard ==
Every results table must identify its source and scope. Official, contemporary reported, reconstructed, and incomplete results must be labeled rather than silently combined.

== First research priorities ==
* 1987 PDGA World Championships
* Five landmark World Championships editions
* Early Florida championship and Rockledge events
* One tournament series with a year-by-year index

{{Research needed|Reconcile official results, event programs, contemporary reports, and later statistical compilations for the pilot events.}}
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Courses

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'''Courses''' is the canonical index for active, extinct, historic, object, and temporary disc golf courses and championship layouts.

== Browse courses ==
* By country, state, and region
* By opening year and era
* By designer
* Active and extinct courses
* Object courses and early basket courses
* Temporary and championship layouts

== Course article blueprint ==
Each course article should cover founding, designers and collaborators, original layout, target changes, redesigns, tournament history, course records, closure or current status, photographs and maps, surviving artifacts, Museum material, and references. Historical and current layouts must not be conflated.

== First research priorities ==
* Rockledge Disc Golf Course
* Early Florida courses
* Courses used for landmark PDGA World Championships
* One extinct course reconstructed from maps, photographs, and player memory

== Help build course history ==
Did you play or build a historic course? You can reconstruct a hole, identify a photograph, add a tournament, contribute a scorecard or map, or preserve a clearly labeled memory. See [[Contribute]].

{{Research needed|Select and source five pilot course articles representing different eras, regions, and course types.}}
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Competitions and Records

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Main Page

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<div class="ndgm-wiki-hero">
<p class="ndgm-wiki-kicker">NATIONAL DISC GOLF MUSEUM</p>
<h1>Search disc golf history</h1>
<p>Explore a museum-backed, community-expanded history of the people, courses, events, discs, brands, organizations, and Halls of Fame that shaped the sport.</p>
</div>

== Browse by subject ==
* '''[[People]]''' — players, pioneers, designers, directors, builders, writers, collectors, and Hall of Famers
* '''[[Courses]]''' — active, extinct, historic, object, and championship courses and layouts
* '''[[Events and Tournaments]]''' — championships, series, and significant events at every level
* '''[[Discs]]''' — molds, prototypes, plastics, runs, stamps, catalogs, and museum examples
* '''[[Manufacturers and Brands]]''' — current, historic, and defunct makers and brands
* '''[[Organizations]]''' — governing bodies, clubs, nonprofits, and tournament organizations
* '''[[Halls of Fame]]''' — institutions, selection, induction classes, inductees, and exhibits

== Follow the larger story ==
[[History of Disc Golf]] · [[History of the Flying Disc]] · [[Women of Flying Disc Sports]] · [[PDGA World Championships]] · [[Publications and Media]]

== Landmark objects ==
The museum’s exhibits connect individual artifacts to larger histories. Begin with a [[Frisbie pie tin]], the [[Flyin-Saucer]], the [[Pluto Platter]], and [[Ken Climo's first disc golf bag]]. For catalog descriptions, provenance, and media, visit the [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/collections Collections].

== Research and contribute ==
Use the [[Timeline of Flying Disc history]], [[Glossary of disc golf and Flying Disc terms]], and [[Research Desk]]. Read primary sources in the [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/library Digital Library], beginning with ''Disc Golf Journal''.

If you know something that is missing, help us preserve it. See [[Contribute]] for ways to identify a person or disc, correct a result, share a memory, add evidence, or help build an article.

== About this wiki ==
This is a growing, citation-led knowledge project of the National Disc Golf Museum. Articles may begin as structured outlines while research is reviewed. See [[About the wiki]], [[Editorial guide]], and [[Wanted articles]].
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Glossary of disc golf and Flying Disc terms

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This glossary defines historical, technical, organizational, and collecting terms used across the wiki.

== A ==
; Artifact
: A human-made or modified object studied as historical evidence.

== D ==
; Disc golf
: A target sport in which players complete a course by throwing a flying disc toward designated targets. A fuller definition should cite current rules and historical usage.

== F ==
; Flying disc
: A general term for a disc designed or used for throwing and flight. Product names and trademarks should not be used as universal synonyms without context.

== M ==
; Mold
: In collecting and manufacturing contexts, a term that may refer to tooling or to the product form created from it; articles should specify the intended meaning.

== P ==
; Provenance
: The documented history of an object’s ownership, custody, and use.

== S ==
; Stamp
: Printed or transferred decoration and information applied to a disc; not necessarily identical to the disc model or mold.

{{Research needed|Expand definitions from official rules, patents, manufacturers’ literature, period publications, and museum cataloging practice.}}
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Timeline of Flying Disc history

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This '''timeline of Flying Disc history''' will connect dated events to full articles and primary sources. It is an index, not a substitute for historical explanation.

== Before 1900 ==
Add only events supported by dated evidence.

== 1900–1949 ==
Research manufacturing, popular play, terminology, and precursor accounts.

== 1950–1969 ==
Research purpose-built products, business histories, new games, clubs, and early organized activity.

== 1970–1989 ==
Research courses, organizations, rules, manufacturers, media, and expanding competition.

== 1990–2009 ==
Research professionalization, technology, media, international growth, and community institutions.

== 2010–present ==
Use stable secondary and primary sources; avoid turning the timeline into a news feed.

== Inclusion standard ==
Every entry needs an event date, concise description, place where relevant, one reliable citation, and a link to a full article or research note.

{{Research needed|Populate from the museum’s exhibit chronology and flag disputed dates rather than silently choosing one.}}
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Ken Climo's first disc golf bag

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'''Ken Climo’s first disc golf bag''' is a player-associated object highlighted among the National Disc Golf Museum’s landmark artifacts. Its significance joins equipment history with the documented career of a major competitor.

== Identification ==
Record maker, materials, construction, dimensions, alterations, inscriptions, wear, contents if documented, and catalog identifier.

== Provenance ==
State how and when the bag was used, the evidence supporting “first,” its chain of custody, and how it entered the museum collection.

== Career context ==
Relate the bag only to events and dates supported by provenance files, contemporary images, publications, or testimony.

== Historical significance ==
Interpret what the bag reveals about player equipment, carrying practices, sponsorship, and professional competition in its period.

== Museum example ==
Link the authoritative Omeka object record when it is public.

{{Research needed|Complete provenance review and connect physical features to dated photographs, interviews, and competition records.}}
[[Category:Objects]] [[Category:People]] [[Category:Competitions]]

Pluto Platter

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The '''Pluto Platter''' is an early commercial flying disc and a landmark object in the museum’s interpretation of flying-disc design, marketing, and popular culture.

== Identification ==
Document maker, designer credits, production dates, materials, markings, dimensions, colors, packaging, and variants without assuming all examples are identical.

== Design and manufacture ==
Explain changes in form and flight characteristics using patents, tooling evidence, trade sources, and direct object comparison.

== Marketing and use ==
Place the product’s space-age name and imagery within its period and document how it reached users.

== Historical significance ==
Connect the Pluto Platter to wider product and company histories using dated evidence.

== Museum example ==
The museum has used a red, used Pluto Platter as a featured collection object. Link its public Omeka record here when available.

{{Research needed|Build a variant chronology and cite claims about design, licensing, naming, and production.}}
[[Category:Objects]] [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Flying Disc history]]

Flyin-Saucer

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The '''Flyin-Saucer''' is an early purpose-built flying-disc product and a landmark object in the museum’s account of commercial flying-disc development.

== Identification ==
Document the exact product name, maker, designers, dates, material, markings, dimensions, and known variants from primary sources and the museum record.

== Design and manufacture ==
Explain the design problem the product addressed and place manufacture within its business and patent context.

== Marketing and use ==
Use period advertisements, packaging, retail evidence, photographs, and testimony to show how the product was presented and used.

== Historical significance ==
Compare it carefully with preceding thrown objects and subsequent commercial discs, including the [[Pluto Platter]].

== Museum example ==
Link the individual object’s Omeka record here when it is public.

{{Research needed|Reconcile product naming, inventor/designer roles, company chronology, patents, and variant dates.}}
[[Category:Objects]] [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Flying Disc history]]

Frisbie pie tin

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A '''Frisbie pie tin''' is a reusable metal pie plate associated with the Frisbie Pie Company and later flying-disc origin narratives. The museum presents the object as part of the material prehistory of the flying disc.

== Identification ==
Describe maker marks, dimensions, material, date range, and distinguishing variants from the catalog record for the specific object illustrated.

== Use and historical context ==
Assess evidence for tins being thrown, who described the practice, when accounts were recorded, and how the story changed over time.

== Historical significance ==
Explain the tin’s place in popular memory while distinguishing documented practice from claims made retrospectively.

== Museum example ==
Link the individual object’s Omeka record here when it is public.

== Sources and research notes ==
{{Research needed|Cite company records, dated product evidence, contemporary accounts, oral histories, and scholarship on the origin narrative.}}
[[Category:Objects]] [[Category:Flying Disc history]]

Early flying-disc play

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'''Early flying-disc play''' is a research topic covering thrown-disc practices before and alongside purpose-built commercial flying discs.

== Evidence and terminology ==
Separate contemporary documentation from reminiscence, folklore, and later marketing accounts. Record what participants called an activity at the time.

== Repurposed objects ==
Study tins, lids, and other circular objects as material evidence while avoiding claims that one object or community alone “invented” every later form of play.

== Transition to designed products ==
Connect documented play practices to patents, manufacturing, advertising, retail, and the first purpose-built products.

== Museum connections ==
See [[Frisbie pie tin]], [[Flyin-Saucer]], and [[Pluto Platter]].

{{Research needed|Add dated primary sources and a historiography section comparing major origin accounts.}}
[[Category:Flying Disc history]]

Publications and Media

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'''Publications and Media''' is the guide to magazines, newsletters, books, catalogs, programs, newspapers, broadcasts, film, video, podcasts, websites, and oral histories.

== Digital Library ==
The museum’s [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/library Digital Library] provides high-resolution access to digitized print material. The first publication pilot is ''Disc Golf Journal'', including Volume 4, Number 2 (September/October 1994).

== Browse ==
* Periodicals and newsletters
* Books and catalogs
* Tournament programs and ephemera
* Film, video, and broadcast
* Oral histories
* Web archives and born-digital sources

== Publication-page standard ==
Record title variants, publisher, editors, place, dates, frequency, issue numbering, known run, and holding/digitization status. Do not infer a complete run from the museum’s holdings.

{{Research needed|Create an issue index for each digitized title and cite articles from historical narratives back to page-level scans.}}
[[Category:Publications]] [[Category:Media]]

Organizations and Industry

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'''Organizations and Industry''' covers governing bodies, clubs, manufacturers, publishers, retailers, promoters, and advocacy organizations.

== Browse ==
* Governing bodies and associations
* Local and regional clubs
* Manufacturers and designers
* Publishers and media organizations
* Retail, events, and promotion
* Nonprofits and community organizations

== Research approach ==
Organization pages should distinguish names, legal entities, brands, ownership changes, and informal predecessor groups. Claims drawn from an organization’s own history should be identified and independently checked where possible.

{{Research needed|Create the first organization list from exhibit narratives, object makers, event records, and publication mastheads.}}
[[Category:Organizations]] [[Category:Industry]]

Objects and Technology

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'''Objects and Technology''' explains how flying discs and related equipment were designed, made, marketed, modified, used, and preserved.

== Browse ==
* [[Frisbie pie tin]] · [[Flyin-Saucer]] · [[Pluto Platter]]
* Golf discs and disc types
* Targets and course equipment
* Bags and carrying systems — including [[Ken Climo's first disc golf bag]]
* Materials, molds, patents, and manufacturing
* Graphics, stamps, packaging, and advertising

== How object pages work ==
The wiki supplies historical context and comparison. The [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/collections Collections] supplies authoritative records for individual museum holdings.

{{Research needed|Create a terminology guide distinguishing product model, mold, tooling, material, run, stamp, and individual museum object.}}
[[Category:Objects]] [[Category:Technology]]

Women of Flying Disc Sports

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'''Women of Flying Disc Sports''' documents the athletes, organizers, innovators, administrators, journalists, artists, and communities whose work shaped flying-disc history across disciplines.

== Scope ==
The project should connect biography to institutions, events, technology, media, access, and changing opportunities rather than presenting a detached list of notable people.

== Milestones ==
Create a dated table only from citable evidence. Each milestone should link to a person, event, organization, place, publication, or object page.

== Athletes and champions ==
Develop biographies across eras, divisions, regions, and flying-disc disciplines.

== Organizers, innovators, and institutions ==
Document leadership, course and event development, administration, manufacturing, design, writing, photography, and community building.

== Museum connections ==
Prioritize first-person sources, oral histories, photographs, event records, publications, and personally associated objects.

== Sources and research notes ==
{{Research needed|Build the milestone chronology and first biography list from the museum’s exhibit research, then invite subject review without surrendering editorial independence.}}
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Major exhibits]]

PDGA World Championships

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The '''PDGA World Championships''' are a major long-running subject in the museum’s championship interpretation. This page will serve as the overview and index for championship editions, competitors, venues, records, and related collection material.

== History ==
Establish a citation-supported account of the championships’ creation, changes in format and divisions, and place within professional disc golf.

== Editions ==
Build a year-by-year index linking each edition to dates, host location, courses, divisions, champions, official results, and contemporary sources.

== People and records ==
Separate biographical interpretation from statistical tables. Define the scope and source of every record.

== Museum connections ==
Link programs, discs, bags, trophies, apparel, photographs, video, and publications to the relevant edition and person. See [[Ken Climo's first disc golf bag]].

== Sources and research notes ==
{{Research needed|Reconcile official results, event programs, contemporary coverage, and later statistical compilations before publishing tables.}}
[[Category:Competitions]] [[Category:Major exhibits]]

Competitions and Records

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'''Competitions and Records''' is the entry point for tournament histories, championship series, formats, divisions, results, records, and the objects and publications that document competitive play.

== Major topics ==
* [[PDGA World Championships]]
* Landmark tournaments
* Tours and series
* Divisions and formats
* Records and statistical history
* Championship courses and venues

== Article model ==
Competition pages should state the event’s governing body, dates, venue, format, divisions, and source for results. A record must define its scope and avoid mixing official, reported, and retrospective claims.

== Museum connections ==
Potential evidence includes programs, scorecards, trophies, player equipment, photographs, video, correspondence, newsletters, and contemporary reporting.

{{Research needed|Select five landmark events or editions supported by strong collection and publication evidence.}}
[[Category:Competitions]]

History of the Flying Disc

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The '''history of the flying disc''' includes the objects, inventions, businesses, sports, and informal practices that turned thrown discs into a global form of play and competition.

== Explore the history ==
* [[Early flying-disc play]]
* [[Frisbie pie tin]]
* [[Flyin-Saucer]]
* [[Pluto Platter]]
* [[Objects and Technology]]
* [[History of Disc Golf]]

== Major periods ==
=== Precursors and informal play ===
Document earlier thrown-disc practices and separate well-sourced evidence from later origin stories.

=== Commercial flying discs ===
Trace the transition from repurposed objects to products designed and marketed for flight.

=== Sports, institutions, and communities ===
Explain how new games, organizations, competitions, media, and local communities developed around the flying disc.

== Museum connections ==
The museum’s artifact sequence includes a Frisbie pie tin, the Flyin-Saucer, and the Pluto Platter. Object-level catalog records belong in the [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/collections Collections].

== Sources and research notes ==
{{Research needed|Build a dated, citation-supported narrative using patents, advertisements, trade material, oral histories, period publications, and museum object files.}}
[[Category:Flying Disc history]]

Main Page

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<div class="ndgm-wiki-hero">
<p class="ndgm-wiki-kicker">NATIONAL DISC GOLF MUSEUM</p>
<h1>Explore Flying Disc history</h1>
<p>Follow the people, objects, competitions, inventions, publications, and communities that shaped disc golf and the wider world of Flying Disc sport.</p>
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== Start exploring ==
* '''[[History of the Flying Disc]]''' — origins, invention, design, and the growth of flying-disc play
* '''[[History of Disc Golf]]''' — the game’s early forms, organization, equipment, and expansion
* '''[[Competitions and Records]]''' — championships, tournaments, results, and defining performances
* '''[[Women of Flying Disc Sports]]''' — athletes, organizers, innovators, and milestones
* '''[[Objects and Technology]]''' — discs, targets, materials, manufacturing, graphics, and equipment
* '''[[People]]''' · '''[[Organizations and Industry]]''' · '''[[Courses and Places]]'''
* '''[[Culture, Art, and Community]]''' · '''[[Publications and Media]]'''

== Landmark objects ==
The museum’s exhibits connect individual artifacts to larger histories. Begin with a [[Frisbie pie tin]], the [[Flyin-Saucer]], the [[Pluto Platter]], and [[Ken Climo's first disc golf bag]]. For catalog descriptions, provenance, and media, visit the [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/collections Collections].

== Research the history ==
Use the [[Timeline of Flying Disc history]], [[Glossary of disc golf and Flying Disc terms]], and [[Research Desk]]. Read primary sources in the [https://collections.nationaldiscgolfmuseum.com/s/library Digital Library], beginning with ''Disc Golf Journal''.

== About this wiki ==
This is a growing, citation-led knowledge project of the National Disc Golf Museum. Articles may begin as structured outlines while research is reviewed. See [[About the wiki]], [[Editorial guide]], and [[Wanted articles]].
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** Timeline of Flying Disc history|Timeline
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Pages describing the wiki, its policies, and administration.

Category:Publications

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Magazines, newsletters, books, catalogs, programs, and other publications.

Category:Culture

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Art, media, language, collecting, community life, and cultural history.

Category:Places

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Places and landscapes associated with Flying Disc history.

Category:Industry

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Manufacturing, publishing, retail, promotion, and other commercial activity.

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Governing bodies, clubs, businesses, publishers, and other organizations.

Category:Competitions

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Competitions, tournament series, editions, results, records, and related histories.

Wanted articles

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'''Wanted articles''' is the prioritized creation queue. Add a short scope note and likely sources before creating a red link.

== Highest priority ==
* Ten biographies supporting [[Women of Flying Disc Sports]] and championship interpretation
* Five landmark [[PDGA World Championships]] editions
* Five influential entries for [[Courses and Places]]
* The first governing-body, club, and manufacturer entries for [[Organizations and Industry]]
* A complete publication overview and issue index for ''Disc Golf Journal''

== Object and technology articles ==
* Early targets and target systems
* Disc types and changing materials
* Bags and player equipment
* Manufacturing and graphic processes

== Research infrastructure ==
* Bibliography of Flying Disc history
* Guide to museum archival collections
* Oral-history index
* Disc golf results and statistics source guide

[[Category:Research tools]]

Research Desk

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The '''Research Desk''' coordinates open historical questions and source work for the National Disc Golf Museum Wiki.

== Current priorities ==
# Source the landmark-object sequence: [[Frisbie pie tin]], [[Flyin-Saucer]], and [[Pluto Platter]].
# Build the [[PDGA World Championships]] edition and records framework.
# Build a milestone chronology and initial biographies for [[Women of Flying Disc Sports]].
# Create a claim-level chronology for [[Early disc golf]].
# Index digitized issues described in [[Publications and Media]].

== How to contribute research ==
Record the full citation, where the source can be consulted, the exact claim it supports, relevant page or timestamp, and any rights or access restriction. Do not upload copyrighted material without authorization.

== Questions and conflicting evidence ==
Preserve competing well-sourced accounts in neutral language. Use article discussion pages to document editorial decisions and unresolved conflicts.

== Museum research services ==
Institutional contact and appointment information will be added when a public research-access policy is approved.

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Glossary of disc golf and Flying Disc terms

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This glossary defines historical, technical, organizational, and collecting terms used across the wiki.

== A ==
; Artifact
: A human-made or modified object studied as historical evidence.

== D ==
; Disc golf
: A target sport in which players complete a course by throwing a flying disc toward designated targets. A fuller definition should cite current rules and historical usage.

== F ==
; Flying disc
: A general term for a disc designed or used for throwing and flight. Product names and trademarks should not be used as universal synonyms without context.

== M ==
; Mold
: In collecting and manufacturing contexts, a term that may refer to tooling or to the product form created from it; articles should specify the intended meaning.

== P ==
; Provenance
: The documented history of an objectâ€™s ownership, custody, and use.

== S ==
; Stamp
: Printed or transferred decoration and information applied to a disc; not necessarily identical to the disc model or mold.

{{Research needed|Expand definitions from official rules, patents, manufacturersâ€™ literature, period publications, and museum cataloging practice.}}
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Timeline of Flying Disc history

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This '''timeline of Flying Disc history''' will connect dated events to full articles and primary sources. It is an index, not a substitute for historical explanation.

== Before 1900 ==
Add only events supported by dated evidence.

== 1900â€“1949 ==
Research manufacturing, popular play, terminology, and precursor accounts.

== 1950â€“1969 ==
Research purpose-built products, business histories, new games, clubs, and early organized activity.

== 1970â€“1989 ==
Research courses, organizations, rules, manufacturers, media, and expanding competition.

== 1990â€“2009 ==
Research professionalization, technology, media, international growth, and community institutions.

== 2010â€“present ==
Use stable secondary and primary sources; avoid turning the timeline into a news feed.

== Inclusion standard ==
Every entry needs an event date, concise description, place where relevant, one reliable citation, and a link to a full article or research note.

{{Research needed|Populate from the museumâ€™s exhibit chronology and flag disputed dates rather than silently choosing one.}}
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Ken Climo's first disc golf bag

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'''Ken Climoâ€™s first disc golf bag''' is a player-associated object highlighted among the National Disc Golf Museumâ€™s landmark artifacts. Its significance joins equipment history with the documented career of a major competitor.

== Identification ==
Record maker, materials, construction, dimensions, alterations, inscriptions, wear, contents if documented, and catalog identifier.

== Provenance ==
State how and when the bag was used, the evidence supporting â€œfirst,â€ its chain of custody, and how it entered the museum collection.

== Career context ==
Relate the bag only to events and dates supported by provenance files, contemporary images, publications, or testimony.

== Historical significance ==
Interpret what the bag reveals about player equipment, carrying practices, sponsorship, and professional competition in its period.

== Museum example ==
Link the authoritative Omeka object record when it is public.

{{Research needed|Complete provenance review and connect physical features to dated photographs, interviews, and competition records.}}
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Material objects interpreted in their historical context. Individual museum records remain in Omeka Collections.

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People and biographical subjects in Flying Disc history.

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Templates used in the wiki's editorial workflow.

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Articles with a specific research or sourcing task still to be completed.

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Timelines, glossaries, source guides, editorial guidance, and coordinated research work.