Talk:Rodney Mullen

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Contents 1 PLAGIARISM!!!!! 2 Even More Vandalism :( 3 External links code 4 Vandalism 4.1 HOW ABOUT A PICTURE OF THE POOR GUY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD 5 Picture would be great! 6 Citations 7 clean up 8 "besting" vs. "beating" 9 What about Games? 10 What about the competitions? 11 Pigeon-Footed 12 Referencing

[edit] PLAGIARISM!!!!!

http://www.rodneymullen.net/bio/

the bio says "Mullen started skateboarding at age 10, when his father (who had opposed his son's wishes to practice the sport) finally agreed to give Rodney a skateboard on condition that he always wore pads, and with the understanding that if he were to ever get hurt, he would have to quit. On January 1, 1977 he bought his first skateboard. His first sponsor was Bill Murray at Inland Surf Shop where Rodney used to skate in their carpark. He rode a Walker Skateboard in his first contest at Kona in Jacksonville in 1977, placing third in Boys Freestyle. The 10-year old attracted the attention of skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker and immediately became sponsored by Walker Skateboards. For the next 3 years, Rodney took first place in every contest he entered. He went on to win nearly 30 contests, mostly in Florida, and culminated with a win at the Oceanside Nationals in California. His coaching influence came mainly from Bruce Walker and Barry Zaritsky. In 1980 at 13 he turned professional by winning first place at the Oasis Pro in San Diego, and began skateboarding for the legendary Powell Peralta Bones Brigade team. Stacy Peralta became Rodney's new coach and sponsor. 10 years and 34 freestyle competitions later Rodney was only beaten once by Per Welinder, and in this competition he still got second. This is considered to be the best record in skateboard history"

k i didnt see the citing at the bottom. my bad!

No. rodneymullen.net 'plagiarizes' this article, not the reverse. Steve-g 15:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Even More Vandalism :(

I am currently trying to get rid of some of this vandalism, but there is a lot and I can't tell which is and which isn't due to unsourced statements. My suggestion is currently that this article is rewritten. I mean honestly, "he made all the little kids want to skateboard?"

[edit] External links code

I removed some stray html code at the bottom of this section. By a brief glance, it looked like it was an attempt to embed a video. I didn't think it should be there. -Unnyn 16:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

There's a couple of bits of vandalism in the article, and to make it worse, I couldn't edit them out. Could a kind soul solve that? 87.196.183.105 15:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HOW ABOUT A PICTURE OF THE POOR GUY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

Pictures need to be non-copyrighted. So if anyone has one... --Liface 03:02, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture would be great!

[edit] Citations

Lots of uncorroborated 'facts' on this page. Maybe even breaking the NPOV rule? For example:

Mullen as 'among the most important skateboarders of all time' along with a few other names. Mullen's competition record being the 'best record in skateboard history'. Mullen's video footage is 'Compelling'. His part in Questionable is 'influential and enduring' and the video is 'legendary'. Mullen's autobiography 'keeps a hilarious, upbeat mood'. Mullen continues to 'revolutionize the world of skateboarding and inspire kids all over the world '.

Also the implication that Globe's video which featured a 'predominant' Mullen part has somehow increased the numbers of freestylers.

None of this backed up with citations and most of it possibly POV. Steve-g 07:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

All of it should be removed except for "the most important skateboarder(s)" of all time. I think it's very fair to say that. --Liface 16:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] clean up

I've done some work here removing most of the POV stuff and generally cleaning it up. I've left the NPOV check inplace and I'll remove it in a week or so if no one complains. I've also added a little to the later career section and expanded the video list. Some of the stuff here still needs to be cited and when I get round to reading Mullen's book again, I can better cite some facts. Steve-g 12:21, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

POV check removed. The page is looking a lot better now. Steve-g 15:11, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Well we've got the older version back including all the POV stuff mentioned above. Anyone care to revert or discuss which edit is best? Steve-g 20:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Geez Louise, what's with the anal retentive complaints? Who started the whole "doesn't meet NPOV" thing? It's common knowledge that Rodney Mullen invented nearly every board trick that matters in skateboarding and has been the most innovative skateboarder in history. Someone just attach the youtube link of part one of Mullen's ON Video and that'll shut up the wikipedia nazi.

Nominay - please be polite. You know the rules here: WP:NPOV, WP:V. Steve-g 08:54, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "besting" vs. "beating"

Besting makes more sense than beating when referring to Mullen's win over Rocco, since they were not competing head to head, and there are multiple placements in a competition of that nature.

Besting - "Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent: the best performer; the best grade of ore."

... just a thought.

I'd say 'beating' was more appropriate as the conext is Mullen 'beating' Rocco, not Mullen 'besting' all the competitors. The sentence is in the article as it was a big event when mullen won against Rocco as Rocco was the champion. The focus is on that win against Rocco, rather than a win against all skaters in the comp Steve-g 10:12, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What about Games?

Rodney Mullen was in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Tony Hawk's Underground, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 plus remix, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Skateland and Tony Hawk's Project 8.

[edit] What about the competitions?

I don't know much about Rodney Mullen's history in competition skating, but I see no mention that he was in any competitions at all, has he ever competed in the X-Games or anything?

The article mentions Mullen's competition run from the late '70s until the late '80s. He won almost every comp he ever entered. After he moved to World Industries he didn't compete again. Steve-g 18:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pigeon-Footed

If you had read his autobiography he is pigeon-footed meaning his feet point inward and when he was little he would go to bed with his "torture" boots that formed in a V-shaped position. Their have been rumors than Rodney has a eye-problem or a brian prblem but it could be in his feet though he skates excellent.

[edit] Referencing

I removed the referencing tag as the article has many citations. Anyone disagree? Steve-g 20:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thx, I was working on that before but forgot to take it down