Talk:Match-fixing in professional sumo

Yaocho

"Yaocho" does not refer exclusively to match-fixing in sumo. Yaocho in Japanese refers to all kinds of match-fixing in many kinds of sports. Not only is the Japanese term given here thus incorrect, I see that "yaocho" redirects to this article, which is also misleading. On the Japanese wikipedia, the sumo problem and yaocho in general are treated separately through separate articles. Michitaro (talk) 17:18, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I am well aware that yaocho does not only imply match-fixing in sumo. However, I surmised that the average English speaker who had heard the word yaocho in the last year would have heard it in reference to sumo, and might look the word up expecting to see information about match-fixing in sumo. I do see your point. It would be better to have a short blurb about what yaocho means and then a link to the match-fixing article. For now I will put yaocho back as a redirect to match-fixing in general until I can come up with a better alternative, or you may do so if you like. FourTildes (talk) 02:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, most English speakers would have only heard yaocho in relation to sumo, but our job is to educate as much as to reflect existing knowledge. I think the lead still could use a slight tweaking, so I will give it a go. Feel free to adjust it if you feel the need. Michitaro (talk) 15:47, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

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Possible source

Useful summary of the history here.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Spin-off article

Does anyone else think that the 2011 yaocho scandal deserves its own article? I created 2011 sumo match-fixing scandal as a redirect but might spin it off.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:58, 12 June 2020 (UTC)