Talk:Skitching
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From the random pages. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 05:33, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC) moved from main page
- Keep. At the very least, a somewhat useful stub. I revised it to bring it more in-line with guidelines. The name should probably be verified, however. --Slowking Man 09:21, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
- Keep: A particularly stupid pastime that does exist. See this Google search, (there are even some pictures for you). TPK 11:48, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep: Still, Wikipedia does seem to be one-stop shopping for ways to, as one reviewer said, win the Darwin Awards. The practice is common, sort of, and the term is widespread, so we keep. Geogre 12:12, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- If we keep it, then it should go to the Wiktionary under "skitch." Wikipedia is not a dictionary. However, I'd rather not have this neologism anywhere; it's just a stupid (NPOV my foot; it really is stupid) practice with 1,940 google hits, the first few of which describe how a yound Canadian named Daniel Peterson died doing it. How...encyclopedic. --Ardonik 05:30, 2004 Aug 8 (UTC)
- neologism, slang, dicdef... sounds like a regional (Canadian?) thing. Delete after transwikify-ing, unless someone comes up with evidience of, say, a National Skitching Championships ("Sponsored by the Federation of Untertakers") or something. --Ianb 22:47, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Keep. Possible move to Wiktionary. It is actually a common word/occurrence relating to anyone who lives in a high-traffic area (usually the city) and rides a bicycle, skateboard, or rollerblades. I can't think of an appropriate way to make it fit for an entry of encyclopedic content, but it definitely is a valid entry for a dictionary as slang. So keep, but strongly consider moving. Skyler 03:12, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
- The practice has been around since the invention of the bicycle. This, however, is a neologism. Delete. Consider offering it to Wiktionary. Rossami 13:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- The term is not THAT new a neologism; I recall it being used in multiple Tony Hawk Playstation games, so I suspect it's in fair currency in the skateboarding scene and others. —Morven 01:09, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
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