Talk:Synchronized swimming

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do  modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page.  further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 05:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm... not sure if WP:ENGVAR is appropriate here. I get more google hits for "Synchronized swimming". And "z" spelling is used at www.olympic.org. 87.114.152.62 (talk) 08:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Presence of MEN in the competitions
Please can you take note : most European countries have modified their rules to allow men to compete in regional and national meetings, against women or not; France even allows male only podiums since 2003, if the number of participants is sufficient. The first international meeting in which men competed was IGLA PARIS 2000. It was a master's competition. Since, men were seen swimming at IGLA 2003 in San Francisco, IGLA 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Outgames 2006 in Montréal, IGLA PARIS 2007, Eurogames 2008 in Barcelona, Outgames 2009 in Copenhagen, Gay Games 2010 in Cologne, not to forget Men's Cup 1 in Prague (2005), 2 in Stockholm (2007), 3 in Milano (2009), and 4 next year in Amsterdam - and I miss a few !! 
Christian Bordeleau
head of synchro section
Paris Aquatique  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.249.194.251 (talk) 10:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

text: When I saw this, I thought it meant someone was requesting a synchronized swimming move. Dang. – AndyFielding (talk) 10:12, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: This article appears extremely US-centric, and to a lesser extent focused on other English-speaking countries to the exclusion of everything else.    For example, I don't think a detailed rundown of every state high school association promoting the sport or a link to all those clubs are needed in an overview article.   If this US-centered material is encyclopedic and notable, shouldn't it be offloaded to Synchronized swimming in the United States?   Perhaps I should submit this at Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias? - PhilipR (talk) 17:31, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  US centric 

message: This edit appears to have been well-intentioned, and thanks to the anonymous editor for attempting to improve the article.  However, the changes are not well-sourced and some may be POV.  At some point someone should check these edits and either provide sources, revert them, or at least clean them up a bit as needed. - PhilipR (talk) 05:14, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Dang—I was sure I started that with a colon so it'd be indented. (Unfortunately, the mobile version of WP's editor doesn't let us edit our Talk posts, or I'd do it now.) This has nothing to do with synchronized swimming, though, so I'll curtail the topic-drift. Carry on, fellow obsessives! – AndyFielding (talk) 10:28, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing but good-faith anonymous edit 

message: The page, so far, lacks one important piece of balance: the controversy over whether synchronised swimming should continue to be an Olympic sport. It would be good if someone could write this and provide good source attribution. This is not my field so I do not feel qualified. 621PWC (talk) 17:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the article would benefit from a controversy section. Rightly or wrongly, there is a large body of opinion that considers SS ridiculous and not a serious sport, equivalent to ballroom dancing or beach volleyball. These views may be unfair and even mysogynistic but the article should cover them. I'm not an expert in this subject, so don't feel qualified to modify it. --Ef80 (talk) 12:30, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: got any info on the athletes or synchronised swimming history/how it is today ???????? Olive pop (talk) 08:59, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  water ballet 

message: if you want to take a good and a artist photos go to :
www.sincroretiro.es or com i dont remember the protograf are a dad of a children of this club:
Miguel Toledano
and the club is in spain in madrid  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.14.105.81 (talk) 21:40, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  this document havent got any beautiful photo 

message: I feel there should be some examples of figures. The section is very brief. I think there should be a few examples at least, since figures are a big part of an overall teams score when it comes to nationally competing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Its dan rad (talk • contribs) 18:51, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Figures? 

message: I'll admit that I only skimmed the article, so it may have mentioned it and I missed it; but how does one synchronized by ones self?  Is it just the normal theatrics/acrobatics just individually as apposed to with a partner/group?
Whatever it is, the article should mention it whatever it is; assuming, again, that it doesn't already. 67.42.38.72 (talk) 11:56, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solo Synchronized Swimming? 

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message: What does "height" in this sentence mean? "An average eggbeater height is usually around collarbone level."  I thought that "height" refers to a distance (from a bottom level to a top level). 
 
Does it mean that the collarbone is approximately at the water surface? 
--Austrian (talk) 07:13, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average eggbeater height? 

message: I came to the article to find out how many people are in a team, but while there are currently 27 instances of the word "team", there is only one mention of the number (in "Competitions" in the US subsection) and that is only parenthetical, and it's merely a range (4-8). Could someone precisely specify at least the Olympic rules number? I looked elsewhere to see if I could find the info and add it myself, but it is surprisingly difficult to find. I believe (based on a couple of Olympic sites, and tea USA.org) that nine athletes get registered, but only eight compete. But that could be nine from whom eight are picked per swim; or eight from whom a smaller number are picked per swim (and with the ninth being only for injury-substitution purposes); or something else. Whenever someone adds the info, could you ensure it's put (or at least mentioned) in the lead since it does seem to be a fairly important point. Thanks! 2605:6000:F369:D000:448F:A4EC:D305:2DA7 (talk) 16:32, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many in a team? 

message: The FINA rules need to be updated on a regular basis. Most countries abide by the FINA rules, so I think it's important that those are kept up. We all know that synchronized swimmers want to be taken seriously, so current information for everything is key.
Lets keep up the editing and make it a great page!
Megloe (talk) 17:23, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

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message: Hello all. Since July 2017, the global governing body FINA has renamed the sport of synchronized swimming as artistic swimming. All event references and rules by FINA are now for artistic swimming and not synchronised swimming.
I propose to make the article artistic swimming as the main article (requesting a history move to the said title). If there's any opposition to this, please do mention here. Thanks, Lourdes 00:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: *Hello , Team USA has fallen in line. See Item 1 in 2017 Rules which were passed, "Item 1: Change all reference to Synchronized Swimming to Artistic Swimming." Other than that, all references from Team USA now are of "artistic swimming". For example, see the Team USA 2017-2021 approved panels, which include artistic swimming (and in brackets, the term "synchro" for those who wish to relate). The Team USA 2018 World Series is also known as artistic swimming. Lourdes 04:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

text: *Yes, but in my opinion, that's what a good encyclopedia should intend to do. We can't probably reject a globally-accepted change because there are many articles that might need the reference change, no? Of course, I'll go by your discretion in this, although the current discussion should, in my opinion, be focused on just this article and not necessarily the other ones (which can be taken up in a group manner separately). Thanks, Lourdes 04:05, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm generally OK with quick name changes of sports stadiums and such when the naming rights are sold to a new sponsor. Though there are some editors who, even in that scenario, will insist on seeing WP:reliable secondary sources before voting to move. In this scenario, I'm not so keen for a quick move. Just showing me some primary source documents saying the world body has changed their name isn't quite enough to ensure an easy consensus to move. Find me some newspapers or TV networks covering the sport and calling it by the new name. I expect to see lead sentences saying, "...artistic swimming, formerly called synchronized swimming..." or similar. Until then, the WP:official name has changed, but the WP:common name hasn't, and we title articles by common name. Has the new artistic swimming season started under the new name? We may need to wait for that. I don't doubt that the name will change, but I'm not sure that this isn't "too soon". – wbm1058 (talk) 14:47, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the quick response . I think that's a fair assessment. Let me work on this and see how my search for sources goes. Thanks again, Lourdes 14:55, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making [[Artistic swimming]] the primary article 

message: Why does "cheerleading" hyperlink to the article on competitive swimming? --FlailingMadness (talk) 01:21, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cheerleading hyperlink 

message: :Synchronised swimming demands advanced water skills, great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater.
Is that last part literal? Granted, I'd find it quite challenging to control my breath—or much of anything—were I to have to hold myself upside down underwater (which, fortunately, hasn't happened yet). But I wonder if this actually means "…exceptional breath control when submerged." If so, I'd say that. (I haven't presumed it to change it myself, as my own synchronized swimming experience—as you may have guessed by now—is negligible.) – AndyFielding (talk) 10:11, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: *I've trimmed the paragraph containing this sentence, as it was rather unencyclopedic in tone. 162 etc. (talk) 23:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Upside down"? 

message: Came here hoping to find an answer, but besides acknowledging it's what the sport is most famous for no one seems to address why they pull such over the top silly faces, or do weird things like waddle out like penguins, or robots, and put their nose plugs in all at the same time. Are they being weird for the sake of being weird? Is it to draw attention to the sport as 'that weird sport'? Tbh it's ALL I think of when I think of the sport, and according to my extensive trawling of the internet tonight it is literally all anyone else thinks of too. So I had hoped there'd be SOME reference to it here. Has no one ever really explained this mystery? 2001:8003:2961:AD00:50FD:2CD8:8930:2A5B (talk) 07:41, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird faces, weirdness in general.