Talk:Zoobomb

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[edit] Style

i think this article has really taken a turn for the worse. not only has it slipped into a really informal (non-encyclopedic) voice, but it sounds like an ad for zoobombing. furthermore, (almost) all the wikified words have been removed. see for example this older edit. sure its a small stub article, but things like tall bikes, the Max, and, for gods sakes, bicycles, are all wikified. i love zoobomb, so lets try to get this article up to wikipedia standards. Jon Lon Sito 06:33, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

pascal: i have looked over WP:ORG to try to figure out if this zoobomb is notable. i feel like i am pretty impartial about inclusion of the zoobomb article, despite starting it and being a fan of zoobomb. i have done a little research, and wonder if it establishes zoobomb relative to criteria 1 and 2 of WP:ORG. i leave these decisions to more seasoned wikipedia folks. anyway, some articles/info about zoobomb i found:

local weekly newspaper notes zoobomb 3rd anniversary, history, international riders: [1]
national public television show visits zoobomb: [2]
international (to vancouver, canada) touring and coverage: [3]
noted in germany, um, i think: [4]
run-ins with police gained local media attention: [5], [6], [7]

Jon Lon Sito 01:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this satisfies any formal criterion for notoriety, but a friend of mine said he just got back from "zoobombing", and the first place I turned was Wikipedia... I created a redirect from "Zoobombing" to "Zoobomb" and I asked my friend to clean up the page, which he did. Sounds to me just like the kind of organic process that Wikipedia encourages... User:kolbe 19:28, 7 September 2006 (PDT)

[edit] Etymology...

I would imagine the name for this event is derived from the name of the Japanese band "The Zoobombs," especially given that the style of their music would suit it quite well. [8]

If I'm wrong and the derivation goes the other way, it would be interesting to know.

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