Talk:Hobby

message: maybe generic Pet keeping section with fish-keepin g paragraph would be more encyclopedic? 217.144.30.156 (talk) 20:18, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I believe raising, caring for and training pets is a Making and Tinkering kind of hobby.BhaskarNS (talk) 18:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pet keeping 

message: I believe the paragraph in reference to 'open fire' cooking is not only completely inaccurate but irrelevant to the subject at hand. Burning food actually renders it more unhealthy due to carcinogens and a hiobby is any thing nivfdchwEGLwhatnot.  96.53.84.50 (talk) 07:15, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed. The article is on hobbies, not cooking. I also agree it was inaccurate. Bobby I'm Here, Are You There? 11:06, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Open Fire' Cooking

message: The etymology section for the word "hobby" seems very unsatisfactory to me. Why is a hobby horse called a hobby horse? Where does the hobby part come from?
Yours
Martin
(Sorry, I can't find tildes on my computer)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.3.127.153 (talk) 09:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology of hobby 

message: Although they are mentioned, its made to seem as if they are only an alternative to hobbies. Video games are the hobby of many, I will construct an entry touching on the hobby of "video games". If there any logical disputes, make your claim.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maikeruda (talk • contribs) 22:19, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video Games 

message: There seems to be a significant inconsistency in the length of the Scale modeling/dioramas section. It is much larger than other sections and goes into great detail about a particular category of hobbies. The link to Model Engineering takes one to a high quality article that covers the relevant detail. I suggest that it be reduced to a brief overview of the modelling category of hobbies.
Travers (talk) 04:05, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Reducing the Scale modeling/dioramas section

message: I have modified the headings to conform to Stebbins' categorisation of hobbies, and placed the existing material under the 5 headings. Sorting hobbies into categories seems very awkward and the Stebbins ones are the best I can find. The headings in this article do not conform at all to those in the larger List of Hobbies article, which is a problem.
Travers (talk) 04:05, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you Travers.  This is very useful.  I believe I still have not understood what comes under 'Activity Participation'.  Liberal Arts seem to have too many points of academic interest.  Instead, wouldn't it be better to include only The Arts?  Where would we include Pet related hobbies?  What about Blogging and Hacking?  Also, what do you think of Spotting and Observation related hobbies? - BhaskarNS (talk) 12:58, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: New section headings for Types of Hobbies

message: When I look at certain hobbies like Music, there seem to be various sub-categories to it.  Some people enjoy listening to music.  They track certain artists and genres.  Attend concerts.  But they may not do it themselves.  Where do you put that?  Also, there are people who learn and perform, but do not compose.  And then there are people who make music.  How do we categorise this a) listening, b) learning & performing, c) composing.  Do all of them come under 'Liberal Arts Pursuits'?  Similarly, how do we differentiate between a) watching movies, and b) making movies?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhaskarns (talk • contribs) 08:36, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different dimension 

message: In today's context, 'Liberal Arts' is a very broad subject.  I believe that the scope of Hobby is only 'The Arts'.  Other topics get into education / academics, which by definition is not a hobby.  I'll wait for inputs till 29-Jan-2018 and go ahead with this change if there are no comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhaskarns (talk • contribs) 17:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Liberal Arts or just The Arts? 

message: I wasn't quite clear where to add Spotting and Observation kind of hobbies based on Stebbin's classification.  Initially, I thought it is 'Activity participation', but don't all activities involve some kind of activity? :)  Have a look at these Observation hobbies.  It seems the objective here is to mentally record or collect whatever is being spotted or observed.  Hence, could they be part of 'Collecting'? - BhaskarNS (talk) 12:28, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spotting and Observation 

message: Good morning, everyone! For my college course, I plan to edit this article over the course of the next few weeks. After a close reading of Hobby, I gathered that the purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of what a hobby is, rather than listing different hobbies. Looking at my long term goals (next few weeks), I plan on making some major edits, through reorganizing and rewording information to further convey the purpose in the most effective way. My goal is to open a door for us to improve Hobby in a way that reflects Wikipedia’s purpose and pillars. The short term goals will take place over the next week and will focus on restructuring information. I will not be posting the edits till later in the week, but plan on working on my ideas in my sandbox here: Hobby Sandbox. I would love to connect with some of you about your ideas, questions, and any advice you would be willing to extend to me! --Rmj17 (talk) 16:49, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi everyone! I made some significant changes to the lead in my sandbox. Please take a look at it, and let me know your thoughts! Rmj17 (talk) 21:30, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits to Hobby 

message: Would it be possible to change this section title to "Hobbyists" to incorporate the information covered in the proceeding paragraph. After reading the information, it appeared to discuss the topic of hobbyists more than merely hobbies and related activities. Any thoughts? Rmj17 (talk) 04:06, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: "Hobbies and related leisure activities" title change?

message: In the interests of improving this article, would it be a good idea to introduce a 'to-do list'? It looks like this article's talk page has a lot of thoughts being thrown around and an effort to organise them seems worthwhile.
The article states that it is of 'level 5 - vital' importance but is of 'Start class' quality (Start Class Criteria). Does anyone know the last time that this was checked?
I am new to Wikipedia editing, so I'm sorry if I don't know what I'm talking about.
SeparateTitan92 (talk) 09:21, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A To-Do List? 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Time pass and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 17#Time pass until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Steel1943 (talk) 23:04, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Time pass" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Readers and editors of this page may have an interest in this ongoing deletion nomination. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:53, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of hobbies (4th nomination)]]