Talk:Synchronized skating

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I think the picture should not be of children... a picture of a top international team or even just a Senior level team might be best. Maybe the use of more pictures and formations.

May I sugest mentioning Miami University because was the first Varsity collegiete team.

I agree that the picture should not be of a younger team. Perhaps the current national or world champions?

I changed the image. Marigold IceUnity is two-time winner of world championships. I hope, this is better image. ;) — linnea (talk) 14:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I believe that the information on varsity synchronized skating teams is inacurrate. Miami University is now the only collegiate level team that has versity status at their university. Many college level teams are working hard to become a varsity sport, but are held at the club level by their universities.

Who keeps removing the link to synchroboards.com ? It's a very large international message board that allows synchro skaters from all over the globe to connect, I don't see why such a link should be deleted as it is an excellent source of information regarding the sport in general, it also provides information regarding tryout info for hundreds of teams worldwide.

That's me. If you look at the Wikipedia:External links guidelines, links to forums and social networking sites are listed among "Links normally to be avoided" unless the article is *about* that site. Remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a web directory. Perhaps you could encourage members of the synchroboards site to contribute some of their knowledge to Wikipedia? The synchronized skating article is very sketchy with very little information about the rules, technical elements, or terminology in that discipline of skating. I think there is also room in Wikipedia for articles about individual teams provided that they meet the Wikipedia standard of notability; in particular, the criteria for notability of athletes lists "sportspeople/athletes who have played at the highest level in mainly amateur sports"; and people should not write about their own teams. Dr.frog 01:58, 13 July 2006 (UTC)