Alrighty mi matey-ohs....I dunno why I started like a pirate but I did and I likes it so that **** is staying. 
This opening page basically doesn't matter yet, I have very little to say with any strength or authority at the moment, but, I want to get the ball rolling, and, more importantly I want this one to be open work.
I did my HW champions from ancient to now and my Authorities from ancient to now alone. On Notepad.
There's been this recent push here and there, I keep getting tagged in, for more in-depth divisional history akin to my HW/Authority works. Simple, to the point, no narrative, just facts that when plugged into a search reveal narrative. Youse lot understand because youse lot look stuff up as well. To make a quick and easy to use resource like that you actually have to know the history and narratives really well because you are the guy pulling the facts out.
What I mean is, if someone had done it, I'd have found it by now. It's like lineal or HWs, there are accepted narratives but no complete or effort for complete pictures.
Which means if folks want a complete picture, including the claimants and such, then someone has to read all the narratives and paperclippings and **** they can to make a resource of names, divisions, and dates that others can easily look up. It's a very intimate way of getting to know the material.
So, what this is for, is a thread so youse guys can help me out, if you want. I can do it alone but it will take longer and will be another one of my works that I own alone, I'd rather the community do it together. I like my brags but I'd like sharing them too.
What the goal is, is a complete depiction of the history of weight divisions, the champions, the major disputes, and the bodies influences from the ancient period to the present Bridgerweight addition.
What the goal is NOT, is anything to do with exclusion. What I mean is, one champion being legitimate or more legitimate should not exclude another, less legitimate, claimant from the history. Both should be covered in full. Who they were, what their claims were, and when they were. It is okay to have contradictory claims because we're not trying to tell folks who the legitimate claimant is, we are trying to tell them who all the claimants were as best we can.
I'll give an example of something I know of but have yet to work out the reasoning
Folks say Joe Gans was the first black world champion in 1902
Ferns beats Smith twice, Barbados beats Ferns, the year is 1901. What's up with it?
Under my completed list they would go
Barbados - Welter - 1901
Gan - Light - 1902
I mean not exactly but you get the jist. This begs what's up with the narrative you hear a bit more than simply listing the accepted legitimate champions, which, in turn reveals more well rounded history to current fans who don't understand things like why the heavier divisions have bigger leaps of weight between each division than the small ones. They don't understand because the story of "legitimate" champions doesn't cover it.
We will.....or I will here all open for youse to watch.
This opening page basically doesn't matter yet, I have very little to say with any strength or authority at the moment, but, I want to get the ball rolling, and, more importantly I want this one to be open work.
I did my HW champions from ancient to now and my Authorities from ancient to now alone. On Notepad.
There's been this recent push here and there, I keep getting tagged in, for more in-depth divisional history akin to my HW/Authority works. Simple, to the point, no narrative, just facts that when plugged into a search reveal narrative. Youse lot understand because youse lot look stuff up as well. To make a quick and easy to use resource like that you actually have to know the history and narratives really well because you are the guy pulling the facts out.
What I mean is, if someone had done it, I'd have found it by now. It's like lineal or HWs, there are accepted narratives but no complete or effort for complete pictures.
Which means if folks want a complete picture, including the claimants and such, then someone has to read all the narratives and paperclippings and **** they can to make a resource of names, divisions, and dates that others can easily look up. It's a very intimate way of getting to know the material.
So, what this is for, is a thread so youse guys can help me out, if you want. I can do it alone but it will take longer and will be another one of my works that I own alone, I'd rather the community do it together. I like my brags but I'd like sharing them too.
What the goal is, is a complete depiction of the history of weight divisions, the champions, the major disputes, and the bodies influences from the ancient period to the present Bridgerweight addition.
What the goal is NOT, is anything to do with exclusion. What I mean is, one champion being legitimate or more legitimate should not exclude another, less legitimate, claimant from the history. Both should be covered in full. Who they were, what their claims were, and when they were. It is okay to have contradictory claims because we're not trying to tell folks who the legitimate claimant is, we are trying to tell them who all the claimants were as best we can.
I'll give an example of something I know of but have yet to work out the reasoning
Folks say Joe Gans was the first black world champion in 1902
Ferns beats Smith twice, Barbados beats Ferns, the year is 1901. What's up with it?
Under my completed list they would go
Barbados - Welter - 1901
Gan - Light - 1902
I mean not exactly but you get the jist. This begs what's up with the narrative you hear a bit more than simply listing the accepted legitimate champions, which, in turn reveals more well rounded history to current fans who don't understand things like why the heavier divisions have bigger leaps of weight between each division than the small ones. They don't understand because the story of "legitimate" champions doesn't cover it.
We will.....or I will here all open for youse to watch.
Citizen Koba
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