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[edit] National American Sanctioning Body Number One racers by year
This list is taking up quite a large percentage of the article. Wouldn't it make sense to split it into a subarticle ("List of.." style)? --Dschwen 22:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps I will do that Perhaps I will move freestyle to a separate equal article and make both BMX Racing and Freestyle in to sub articles with them being linked to a master article. I want this to be a comprehensive albeit brief history and description of the two branches of the sport. Baseball and Football have much longer articles. Yes I know in part they have much longer histories and more variations but I want to give BMX its due. As I said I will split the two BMX disciplines into two articles with one comparatively brief master article linking both. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I did not check the discussion board until now. I will check in at least once a day from now on. I truly hope I am contributing in a helpful way. Hunter2005 01:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
- Done. I don't know anything about BMX though, so please fix my edits if I got something wrong. -- TheMightyQuill 18:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Use of scanned photographs in wikipedia
I would like to start adding images to my articles, specifically photographs to my articles on BMX athletes and personalities. I have tried to make heads or tails of the Wiki policies on the use of images but I do not claim to appreciate the nuances of copyright law, even when the descriptions are simplified by Wikipedia, so I will try to ask directly by giving the general descriptions and sources of the images I intend to use:
Scanned images from various BMX magazines, particularly those published in the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's. Attributed to the photographer. I of course plan to follow the recommended template:
| Description |
BMX personality headshot/racing shot(s). |
|---|---|
| Source |
BMX magazine like "BMX Action","Super BMX & Freestyle" (both now defunct i.e. out of business) and "BMX Plus!" (still active) |
| Date |
Generally the 1980's |
| Author |
Staff photographers from the various magazines. |
| Permission |
Unknown |
| Other versions |
Unknown as far as I know. |
I do not know what tag this would fall under.
If anyone here cannot help perhaps you can forward this to someone who can or tell me specifically where I can repost this letter. I will try to check in here as much as possible to see if I was answered. Hunter2005 19:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reason of removal of a listed BMXer
Removed Alex Wurz as a legend because Tommy Brackens was the IBMXF World Champion for 1986 which was held in Slough, England. Furthermore, I do not see him listed among the IBMXF winners in the results in the December 1986 issue of Super BMX & Freestyle on page 73 for his age group. Shelby James was the World Champion for the 12 years old age group that year. Perhaps I am pointing to the wrong sanctioning body. Please name the sanctioning body Alex Wurz allegedly won the world championship in.
Even if he did win a "World Championship" somewhere, wining one big title, doesn't make one a legend. One has to capture multiple titles and/or make major contributions to the sport, or at the very least have an unusually long longevity in the sport while making some contribution to it or a combination of the three. Alex Wurz does not meet any of those criteria. Thank You. Hunter2005 05:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup needed?
I see only one major problem with the article, and that's the use of external links. Other than that, is there really anything that needs cleanup? Assuming that's fixed, can the tag be taken down? -Harmil 21:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Iv been checking in on the use of the bmx external links from time to time and trying to keep them set alphabetized. Other than having to weed out a hand full of spam links and move around some of the add-in links to fit in place, year 2006, the use of the bmx external links seems to be looking ok, from my point of view. - Genesbmx September 2006
[edit] Question
Shouldn't the article mention what BMX stands for? Most people don't know what that stands for(the initials I mean). TJ Spyke 03:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I added the acronymn definition for BMX, cleaned up the freestyle section, fixed some typos/errors and removed the clean-up tag. NickABusey 03:39, 26 August 2006 (UTC) BMX is an oxymoron. It literaly means bicycle moto (motorcycle) cross-contry. Should'nt the moto be taken out?
[edit] Street/Micro-Gearing
Updated the street and micro-gearing content, by adding in a comment about the "first-wave" of street riding progression (although it's really probably the third or fourth, if you go all the way back to the '80s), added a bit more about the type of riding going on now (by making it less NYC-centric - although Ride and Props might not cover it, there's plenty of progressive street riding going on that doesn't involve Dipset, four pegs, no brakes, and fitted New Era caps), and placed the section on micro-gearing after this latest wave of progression, because that didn't really start coming into effect until 2002, if memory serves me right.
CMcMahon SJBMX 19:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
