Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Skateboarding/Archive 1

Archive 1

Project

Since this project has been inactive for a while, I hope that we can continue where the project left off. First off, we need more people to help improve articles so anybody who's interested should join. Many articles on skateboarding are currently stubs and are being vandalized frequently so we need people watching such pages. Also, many articles still don't exist and need to be created. Please provide suggestions here if you have ideas. Thanks. --_{Hdt83 Chat} 01:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Standardized chapters for skateboarders

I believe we should come up with the list of sections each article should cover or at least create an appropriate infobox. When I edit articles about skateboarders on Slovene Wikipedia I add the list of sll the videos they had had parts in (skimfat.com) and the sponsorship histry (complete with dates when they got on and when they left). You can see an example here: sl:Mike Vallely --KoRnholio8 18:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

References

As far as my expirience goes, references for skateboarding are hard to find, but I manage a skate news site and come across some articles that could be used for referencing at least once per week. The problem is, I don't have the time to add them to exand articles, so I suggest we put a section on the project page "unused articles", where anyone could post links to them and then people would incorporate them into the articles.

I stumbled on an article about Stevie Williams today.--KoRnholio8 18:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Could we also use Epicly Later'd episodes as references?--KoRnholio8 07:10, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I added the reference to the Stevie Williams article and removed the references tag but the page could still be improved. --_{Hdt83 Chat} 05:07, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Sice there is little response (and therefore no objections), I will create a section called Unused references and put "my findings" there. Can anyone please tell me their opinion on using Epicly Later'd episodes as references?--KoRnholio8 08:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Jargon

Hi. I've been thinking about removing (or explaining) all the jargon from the pages for skateboard and skateboarding. I think these two pages would be the first to be read by someone wanting to learn about skating and so they should be written for newcomers rather than those who understand the trick names etc. This would also be in line with WP:MOSDEF

Any thoughts on this? Steve-g 14:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Think this has been done The Official Skateboarding Dictionary —Preceding unsigned comment added by Time2skate (talk • contribs) 11:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

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skateboarding si cool not skateboardingi is not FUN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.69.243 (talk) 18:56, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Fingerboard AfD

Hi, this article has rewritten, please consider revisiting the AfD discussion to see if your comments have been addressed. Benjiboi 23:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

WOW! Excellent work on the article. in a span of less than two days, its been rescued from AFD and has become a properly cited article with numerous references. Looks like a little more polishing and it can easily pass good article requirements. Thank you for your efforts! --Hdt83 ^Chat 08:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

You've very welcome. I get annoyed with article being sent to AfD and i take my frustration out by severely contributing! Benjiboi 20:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Skateboarding discussion from Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals

Description

Skateboarding is one of the most popular sports and considering this, it is surprising that most articles related to skateboarding are currently in bad shape. User:Liface had proposed a wikiproject for skateboarding a year ago but he is not that active here anymore. This project would cover all aspects of skateboarding from tricks to companies having to do with skateboards.

Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)

1. --_Hdt83 ^Chat
2. --KoRnholio8
3. --Vlaze
4. --Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 16:52, 8 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panyé El Skat-e-board-ér (talk • contribs)

Comments

Update: There is an already existing project at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Skateboarding. Unfortunately it is inactive, so we can start from there and improve it. --_{Hdt83 Chat} 01:27, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Company Stubs

I would like to turn peoples attention to some of the skateboard companies articles. the ones I have so far look at (Element, Blacklabel, Flip) all are stubs. If anyone can improve on them in anyway. Arkkeeper (talk) 22:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

You could visit [1]www.socialskateboarding.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.57.17.134 (talk) 06:06, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Warren Bolster

Bolster's biography needs some restructuring. Please help out. —Viriditas | Talk 12:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Ryan Simonetti

Hey there posers (just kidding). This article was recently nominated for deletion, and the result of the debate was keep. I've added your WikiProject banner to the talkpage of the article. Some of you's may wanna keep your eye on it/improve it. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Support Skate4Lyfe

Hey people I waant to become an admin and I need people to support me, I'm a fellow skateboarder and I have made some contributions, some of which include (but are not limited to): Creation of Skateboarding sponsorship and additions to existing skateboarding related articles such as Flip tricks (skateboarding) and I intend on contributing to all other skateboard related article in due time. I also want to semi-protect our skateboarding pages from vandalism as I have viewed enough comments in the discussion/talk pages to believe that something must be done. I stand before you, ready to take on the role of a Skateboarding Administrator and will use my Administrative Powers to there fullest in the most responsible method possible. just click on this and add your support to the discussion section at the bottom of the page (not on the discussion/talk page). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panyé El Skat-e-board-ér (talk • contribs) 18:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Vert Skateboarding

I was also wonering if someone could help me fix the Vert Skateboarding article - I have left sufficient information to its discussion/talk page and require assistance with certain aspects on how to make the neccessary adjustments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panyé El Skat-e-board-ér (talk • contribs) 18:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Technical flatground skateboarders rejoice

I would also like to point out the Discussion/talk page for Technical flatground skateboarding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panyé El Skat-e-board-ér (talk • contribs) 18:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Shove-it

Please note that a "Pop" Shove-it must be included as an essential flip trick and that "Shove-its without the Pop" cannot be included at all - the reason being that "normal Shove-its" are seldom used in combinations/variations of "Flip tricks" and therefore have been removed. That having been said, I suggest that we create a Shove-its page where all information on shove-its can be viewed (instead of not having them at all). This page should include (but is not limited to): Shove-its, Pop Shove-its, Street Shove-its. And I am more than happy to support/assist the creation of such a page.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Flip_tricks_%28skateboarding%29"

--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 04:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Shove-its Acclaimed For

I have just created the Shove-its article, but alas, I have just decided that it should be named Shove-it's. If you agree, then perhaps you could make the necessary adjustments (I don't know how to change/move articles to a different name).

Verifiable References, Sources and External Links

If people want References and Sources just quote one of the Category:Skateboarding video games, Category:Skateboarding magazines, Category:Skateboarding videos and/or Category:Skateboarding films found on wikipedia. If it's impractical due to technicalities then don't let them get away with it and revert back to a trick-tip-video such as: Tony Hawks Trick Tips Series and The First Step (claiming to be "the ultimate skateboarding trick tip series" - found at "the1ststep.com"). I know I only named two but I'm sure there's more out there. If all else fails try for a last resort at visiting youtube, I here they have unlimited videos on trick tips - WARNING don't waste your bandwidth on youtube, youtube is shitzzle...someone just came up with the idea of ripping everyone off and they have succeeded, join me in the march against youtube!

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Talk:Flip_tricks_%28skateboarding%29"

--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 05:31, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Skateboarding is all about Style

I have just created Skateboarding styles, so check it out and do something with it.
If any of you feel that it is not needed, then please state why on the discussion/talk page - so as I can make the necessary adjustments for it not to be considered for deletion...or, I guess you could do it your self - if deemed necessary

--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 04:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Places

Hi, i will try to help out with Skateplaces in Germany/europe --Tokuma (talk) 08:45, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Skateboarders

I think that we should add their stance, skateboard history (how long they have ridden a skateboard for), style, competitions entered, etc. to their articles and also make a page that catergorises them in some way.

--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 09:26, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

A Merging Relationship

I reckon someone should merge the Shove-it article with the Shove-its article - as I think that there might be some information that I left out. And then some one should delete the Shove-it page.

--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 09:35, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Alex Perelson AfD

Hey. Alex Perelson is undergoing a deletion debate. I don't think anyone involved in the debate (myself included) has anything but a superficial knowledge of skate culture. Is this lad a flash in the pan or do you think he's notable? - House of Scandal (talk) 14:26, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

• There's been no recent discussion there and I would like to bee sure we've generated a clear consensus. Please pipe in. Thanks. - House of Scandal (talk) 11:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Nyjah Huston

Nyjah Hustons page needs notability and sources. Portillo (talk) 09:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Marc Johnson

Marc Johnson needs sources or it will be deleted. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Marc_Johnson_(skateboarder) Portillo (talk) 09:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

The Questionable Video

It seems legendary among Californian skaters, but I can't find reliable sources. It has been prodded, will be deleted in about 3 days unless rescued. Fences&Windows 22:47, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Vision Street Wear

I deprodded this, but it needs some real TLC to avoid being sent to AfD. Fences&Windows 23:22, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Are there enough articles on this subject to justify an Outline of skateboarding?

Here's a discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

The Transhumanist 00:00, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: See Wikipedia's collection of outlines at WP:OOK.

GAN backlog reduction - Sports and recreation

As you may know, we currently have 400 good article nominations, with a large number of them being in the sports and recreation section. As such, the waiting time for this is especially long, much longer than it should be. As a result of this, I am asking each sports-related WikiProject to review two or three of these nominations. If this is abided by, then the backlog should be cleared quite quickly. Some projects nominate a lot but don't review, or vice-versa, and following this should help to provide a balance and make the waiting time much smaller so that our articles can actually get reviewed! Wizardman 23:39, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

re: Template:Infobox Skateboarder

The attention of the members of this project is requested for a discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 November 13#Template:Infobox Skateboarder. -- œ^™ 11:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

NOTE: This TfD has been closed with the result of "no action taken". Schfifty3 05:59, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

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Listing all of the unreferenced biographies of living people and Kevin Harris

Kevin Harris has been tagged as an unreferenced Biography of a Living Person since 2007. I am no skateboarding fan or expert, can someone reference the article then delete the BLP tag at the top? Otherwise this article will be deleted.

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i note Kevin Harris is not referenced yet. I hope referencing living skateboarders is something your project is interested in. Thanks. Okip (formerly Ikip) 16:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Sports Notability

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Skateboarding articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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Outline of skateboarding

There is no Outline of skateboarding.

To create one, click on the redlink above and add this line:

{{subst:BLT|skateboarding|Skateboarding}}

Then press Save page and start adding relevant subheadings and links.

For the whole set of outlines on Wikipedia, see Portal:Contents/Outlines.

For a relevant discussion see: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds/archive 40#What do you think about making an Outline of Birds?

Here's the outline they created: Outline of birds.

The Transhumanist 20:46, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Sports-related outlines currently under development include:

• Outline of basketball
• Outline of tennis
• Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
• Outline of running
• Outline of cricket

Can you beat the other Sports WikiProjects to completion?

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The Transhumanist 23:52, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Chris Pulman

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Gravitis, Freebord, and Freeboard

Hey folks, I've been sucked into the articles at Gravitis, Freebord, and freeboard and I know absolutely nothing about them. There's some definite coi stuff going on and all of it reads like advertisements. I feel that some of this needs to be deleted/merged/moved and rewritten but I'm having a difficult time figuring out how it all relates to each other and there's edit war stuff brewing that is proving frustrating because of some communication difficulties. Anyway, if any of y'all would care to take a look and offer up some suggestions/solutions I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. SQGibbon (talk) 08:56, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Your opinions and advice

A recently discussion Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Women's Sport. Your opinions and your advice are welcome. --Geneviève (talk) 23:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

New article

Tom Schaar - first person to complete a 1080 was created. For anyone interested. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 01:07, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Beaver Fleming

Does this skateboarder meet notability? An anon was trying to add his name to the List of People from Knoxville, Tennessee. I found this, this, and this. I'm not familiar with the skateboarding world, so I thought I would check you guys regarding his notability. If he is notable, I can create an article for him. Bms4880 (talk) 17:34, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Project revival

Howdy folks!

So in line with this guideline, I've contacted a few editors who are members of Wikiproject Skateboarding and (from their contributions) have been recently active on Wikipedia generally. Some have already responded which is great!

Given the state of various skateboarding-related articles, reviving this Wikiproject would seem to be a worthwhile endeavour. Having spend the last couple of days working on a few articles, my take on things could best be summarised thus:

1. Lots of skate company and individual skater (BLP) articles are full of "references" that are actually sales/product pages, web forums, press releases and things like Twitter, Facebook and Linkdin. None of these are really reliable sources. There are plenty of reliable sources for the skate "industry", though many magazines are not online and mainstream "sports news" sites (like ESPN) only cover skating peripherally.

2. Lots of skate-related articles suffer from serious WP:NOTHOWTO issues, especially the various skateboarding trick articles (for obvious reasons). Many of these seem to have been written by skaters, for skaters to "teach" new skaters how to do various things. This is a great idea but each of the articles in question needs to meet WP:GNG in their own right. There's plenty of coverage out there (off-line coverage is okay) - we just need to find it and add it to articles.

3. I've re-written a couple of articles over the last few days - specifically Skateboarding styles, Skateboarding sponsorship and International Association of Skateboard Companies. I also created DVS Shoes. I've discovered there's probably as much to do in the "re-writing" category as there is in the "new article creation" category. Feel free to add things to the new {{to do}} box on the Project page.

4. There's a serious need for some assessment and reassessment of related articles. There's a helpful box at the bottom of the Project page that shows how many related articles are in each importance/class categories. Feel free to assess and reassess as you see fit.

I'm keen to get the Project active again. Anyone who wants to help out is welcome to participate in any way they think will be helpful. It would be good to get some indication as to what other editors think is worth spending some time on. Cheers, Stalwart111 22:49, 6 December 2012 (UTC).

Oh, and just in case anyone happens to be interested, I've also suggested a re-design for the Project user-box. Please see Template talk:User SkateboardingWP. Cheers, Stalwart111 22:50, 6 December 2012 (UTC).

Flip tricks article

Hi all, I have just completed major reviews of the Flip tricks article: Flip tricks and the Nollie article: Nollie. They are not complete, and I have updated the tags appropriately, so it would be good if other more knowledgeable members could contribute.--Soulparadox (talk) 14:46, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Skate magazines

A bit of a shout-out to those who might have some old skateboarding magazines laying around. Skateboarding is obviously not well-covered in mainstream media. I very rarely see skateboarding covered on CNN, the BBC or FOX or in the New York Times. Skaters, tricks, parks and brands are regularly covered in skateboarding magazines but most of these are not online (if they were online, no-one would buy them off-line). As a result, some of our best sources / references are not available online and so citing them (and searching for them / through them) is made a lot more difficult.

So if anyone has old magazines they can trawl through for some good in-depth coverage of some major skateboarding-related articles, that would be great. I'll be going through the few I have to see what I can find. Cheers, Stalwart111 23:40, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

New skateboarder BLPs

Howdy,

Have just (in the last couple of days) written new articles for David González (Thrasher's Skateboarder OTY) and Tas Pappas (previously a one-line stub about an Australian skating icon).

The Pappas article was particularly difficult - given his history, there was a very real threat that serious BLP violations could be introduced. We'll have to watch this one very carefully. Ben Pappas now redirects there too.

Cheers all, Stalwart111 00:52, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

RfC on the use of flag icons for sportspeople

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González DYK

Skateboarding is on Wikipedia's Main Page today with a Did You Know fact about David González. Pretty cool. Stalwart111 00:40, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

The aftermath - the other articles promoted at DYK got an extra 500 to 3500 views that day. David González? An extra 50,000 views. That's 5-0-thousand! Crazy stuff. Popular dude. Stalwart111 04:41, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Portal:Sports is up for featured portal consideration

This is a courtesy message to inform the members of this project that I have nominated Portal:Sports for featured portal status. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Sports. The featured portal criteria are at Wikipedia:Featured portal criteria. Please feel free to weigh in. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:38, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Skateboarding Edit/Draft

I am seeking consensus with other Wikipedians for a very large/comprehensive edit of the article on Skateboarding based on the reference material I have found. Anyone that would be able to assist with this edit/draft process please feel free to jump in and start editing the edit/draft located here: User:Tinkermen/SandboxGH

Also please see the edit/draft page's talk page for comments about what may need to be addressed next in the process.Tinkermen (talk) 19:18, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Skateboarding At Wikimania 2014

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Leaflet For Wikiproject Skateboarding At Wikimania 2014 (updated version)

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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

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WikiProject X is live!

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Chris Joslin Wiki

Chris Joslin skateboards for Plan B. I am looking to make a page for the newest pro on plan b Chris Joslin. He has been putting in a lot of work recently and has had a lot of coverage in 2015. I was planning on getting my information through interviews in magazines as well as videos. This wiki would have information about his life outside of skating included in it as well as information of his skateboarding career. I was also going to acquire information through his video parts as well as contests talking about him. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments about this? Kat Noaga (talk) 02:03, 3 November 2015 (UTC) Noaga — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kat Noaga (talk • contribs)

Need help identifying skateboarding tricks

stitched images

set of images stored as video

Lately I took over a hundred photographs of skateboarding tricks while traveling in Mexico city, please see c:Category:Skateboarding in Mexico. I do not know much about skateboarding, so I can not identify individual tricks. I need help with matching my photographs to the list of tricks in Flip trick and possibly other pages and add them. Anybody her can help me out? --Jarekt (talk) 12:59, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

The clip on the video is a bs pop shov-it. normal referred to as a pop shuv in skateboardingKat Noaga (talk) 05:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Noaga The clip in the photo is a nollie backside 360. Kat Noaga (talk) 05:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Noaga

Need help with license for an image

Hi, can someone help me with the license for this KOTR image that is flagged for deletion? I'm somewhat confused by all this. Thanks! --Huphtur (talk) 14:18, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Ray Rodriguez

Hi! I'm looking to start an article about Ray Rodriguez as I noticed he wasn't linked anywhere. Volunteers to cooperate? Bdierickx (talk) 12:32, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Skateboarding by country - Asia

For anyone interested in taking a challenge, I've dropped a line that'll help you get those red links turned into blue. 27.115.113.102 (talk) 07:51, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Women in Red online editathon on sports

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RFC on sports notability

An RFC has recently been started regarding a potential change to the notability guidelines for sportspeople. Please join in the conversation. Thank you. Primefac (talk) 23:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Measures

I think the required bolt lengths for standard skateboard and trucks should be mentioned somewhere on the Skateboard page. It's 7/8". So with a 1/8" riser pad you need 1" bolts. Longboards can be thicker, it's better to go for 1" and more. Best regards from Germany, --Dumbid (talk) 21:12, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at NSPORTS

Hello all. In an effort to finally resolve the never-ending and annoying GNG v SSG issue, I've proposed a revision of the NSPORTS introduction. You are all invited to take part in the discussion. Thank you. Jack | ^{talk page} 06:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Could it be? A new infobox template? For us? -- YES.

Hello everyone, I'm new here. I have made an infobox for you guys to use on skateboarder's article pages, since I felt we were definitely overdue for one that is tailored to skateboarders' biography articles.

It's really easy to use if you're familiar with infoboxes. Here is an example of how it looks.

I am wondering what you guys think about it. Also, I am definitely open to suggestions and collaboration. If you're planning on making any major changes, please discuss them on this talk page or on the template's talk page first.--Jay D'Easy (talk) 00:27, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Personal transporter requested move notice

Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Personal transporter#Requested move 7 June 2018, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Dennis Bratland (talk) 18:16, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

List of pro skaters

I've just reopened a five-year-old unresolved discussion at Talk:List of pro skaters#Title revision. There seems to be a fair degree of consensus, so it may just need someone to be WP:BOLD. Narky Blert (talk) 11:35, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Skateboard-related injuries

As skateboarding can be dangerous, the are a lot of injuries. Minecraft6532 (talk) 20:25, 25 August 2024 (UTC)