Talk:Zombie walk

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This page should NOT be moved to a "Flash Mob" page as it has nothing to do with advancing personal agendas political or otherwise.

A zombie walk also has no other purpose other than gathering in public for the sole reason of surrounding oneself with other similar minded people.

The fact that flash mobs target specific areas for a specific reasons also goes against the purpose of what a zombie walk is; which is to simply walk around dressed up zombies.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Downtownj (talk • contribs) 7 June 2006

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[edit] What's the point?

And what is the "point" of these demonstrations? 71.199.196.105 03:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Generally, just to have fun. At least that's my impression. —GrantNeufeld 17:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I fail to see why Zombie Walk cannot be used as a proper noun.

"The common meaning of the word or words constituting a proper noun may be unrelated to the object to which the proper noun refers. For example, someone might be named "Tiger Smith" despite being neither a tiger nor a smith."

A "Zombie Walk" is a noun that assumes the rights of a proper noun. There are countless other events and entities that use their titles in this way (Marathon of Hope). If you intend on changing the noun usage of this page then please provide additional reasoning.

Please take note that the title for this page is also capitalized; hence your lowercase fever is only adding to inconsistentcy.

[edit] SkyBrain

Downtownj: Please stop changing the reference to the SkyTrain to "SkyBrain". The SkyBrain does not exist and was just a fun nickname during the event. It is not encyclopedic to call it SkyBrain in the article. Thanks. —GrantNeufeld 17:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] problems with article

The news clip on Note #3 (CBC footage of the car incident) does not support the claims made about "severe damage to the car" and multiple insurance claims. Please find a better source or remove that assertion. -- nae'blis 15:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, I don't believe it appropriate to use Wikipedia to advertise future events unless you can show that they are already receiving media coverage that can be cited. Otherwise it's just promotional material. -- nae'blis 15:46, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

Is this correct- Attention Whores can include anyone from executive management to the homeless[citation needed] which makes for an interesting social setting.

During the event attention whores are encouraged to remain in character?

It looks like vandalism.

You spotted it and got it yourself. Good job. -- nae'blis 17:24, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List creep

I've boldly headshot the creeping list of cities that have held zombie walks - it's an inevitably incomplete and patchy list, and virtually all of the examples link to personal sites rather than press coverage; Wikipedia is not a link directory.

It's good to map the history of the zombie-walk movement to some extent, and to pick out particularly notable walks, but as an event they seem pretty common these days. A reliable source saying something like "many Western cities hold a zombie walk at least once per year" would be more useful than a sprawlingly unreadable list. --McGeddon 10:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

... I've also cleared out all the personal sites and galleries from the external links. If there's a single site we can link to that links on to all of these sorts of things, that'd be much more appropriate. --McGeddon 10:57, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

This list has come back without any discussion but lots of references are attached. Any thoughts? --Midnightdreary 02:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
All of the references are fan sites, which fail WP:RS. So far as I can see, the two zombie-walk sites in the External Links section are linking indirectly to many zombie walks - WP:EL tells us that it's better to link to a single, general directory site than to attempt to be that directory ourselves.
I think zombie walks are sufficiently common now that it would be much more useful to try to summarise just how common they are - something like "Zombie walks are now held at least once a year in many Western cities, often at Halloween or linked with the publicity for a zombie film or book, but also organised as spontaneous flash mobs", but we'd need sources.
As it stands, the current list of cities is unreadable - we should be summarising it for the benefit of readers, not forcing them to comb carefully through an arbitrarily-expanded list of cities to establish their own conclusions. --McGeddon 09:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Probably if we could just find a source that says what you did, we can leave it at that. They definitely have become a tad bit more common so a list of cities will just get tedious and boring. --Midnightdreary 19:42, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Here's a very simple alternative to the current paragraph in the article:
Zombie walks have become relatively common in large cities, especially in North America, often becoming annual traditions, though some are also spontaneous "flash mob" style.[1]
---Midnightdreary 19:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Looks good. I've put it in place. --McGeddon 20:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)