Glossary of disc golf and Flying Disc terms: Difference between revisions

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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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-The '''history of disc golf''' follows the development of target-based flying-disc games into an organized sport with courses, equipment, rules, competitions, media, and communities around the world.
+This glossary defines historical, technical, organizational, and collecting terms used across the wiki.
-== Explore the history ==
+== A ==
-* [[Early disc golf]]
+; Artifact
-* [[Objects and Technology]]
+: A human-made or modified object studied as historical evidence.
-* [[Courses and Places]]
-* [[Organizations and Industry]]
-* [[Competitions and Records]]
-* [[Culture, Art, and Community]]
-== Early forms of the game ==
+== D ==
-This section will compare independently developed target games, documented early courses, and the language used by participants at the time.
+; 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.
-== Rules, targets, and equipment ==
+== F ==
-This section will trace standardization without treating technological change as a single linear story.
+; 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.
-== Organized competition and growth ==
+== M ==
-This section will connect local clubs, governing bodies, manufacturers, publications, tours, and championship play.
+; 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.
-== Museum connections ==
+== P ==
-Related collection material includes discs, targets and components, bags, event programs, photographs, periodicals, trophies, and player-associated objects.
+; Provenance
+: The documented history of an object’s ownership, custody, and use.
-== Sources and research notes ==
+== S ==
-{{Research needed|Create a sourced chronology and identify regional histories that complicate a single-origin narrative.}}
+; Stamp
-[[Category:Disc golf history]]
+: 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.}}
+[[Category:Research tools]]