Talk:Street fighting
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This page is alot of shit. It's alot of dubious statements, like victims of muggings won't stand a chance in a fight. That's speculation, not fact.
The neutrality of this article is disputed. At the moment, it's merely an anti-police rant. -- The Anome 09:35, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
What is this drivel all about? Ditch it I say! User:Big Jim Fae Scotland
This page now seriously lacks real information. User: Masssiveego
Neutrality or lack thereof aside, this article's got a lot of good information in it. It should be refined and edited rather than deleted. Bryan 09:22, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I was going to complain that by "street fight" we mean small street fight, having only a few participants. But what do you call large street fights between two (or more) factions? If governments or government-like things are involved, it's war, revolt or revolution. But the new text cites examples where this is not the case (and the Irish faction fights qualify too).
Nevertheless, big street fights are different from small street fights. Martial artists have little interest in the former, while historians have little interest in the latter. Also the big fights section is much better written. I'm going to go ahead and put them in a different section. --Andrew 07:56, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)
Sorry about the edit conflict! I'll stay away for a while... --Andrew 08:48, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC)
I second Big Jim's recommendation to delete this article. Unfounded statements such as "The most common factor in street fights is drunkenness" and informalities such as "Of course, when drunk people spill out of nightclubs, the bouncers do not follow" have no place in scholarly writing. The entire article seems to be based on the author's anecdotal experience with the topic.
On a broader note, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," not that "anyone should edit." I would encourage potential editors/authors to make an honest assessment of their qualification to write encyclopedia articles before doing so. A strong grasp of formal writing is a prerequisite. 64.231.204.49 02:57, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
I came to this article expecting an article on Street Fighting, people fighting unofficially for sport or money. Instead I found an article on people fighting in the street....delete this.
I think this is an important topic, though obviously not a very well written article. I have written a whole e-book on the topic and if I have a chance will clean it up. Remember that the Nazis rose through the conscious tactic of street fighting. And that it was a tactic rejected by leftists in this country through the 1980s and 1990s until re-adopted after the 1999 Seattle "riots." Carol Moore 04:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)User:Carolmooredc User talk:Carolmooredc
