Talk:Raggare

message: This article should exist as much as any other article on a subculture, but in it's current form, it's a mess.
Remember this is an encyclopedia. Information should be factual, objective, and written in a style of language that may be expected from an encyclopedia. Not to mention it should be written in decent English language.
Normally I'm not too lazy to edit and partially rewrite an article, but in this case this would mean rewriting the entire article from scratch, using the scattered bits and pieces that are on the page right now. One problem is I don't know enough about the subject to be able to do that properly. So, I removed the majority of the mess; if anyone who's interested in this article and knows enough about it reads this; start working on it, feel free to use useful information from older versions, but please don't put that stuff back as it was. Instead, please rewrite the article, and this time make it a proper article. RagingR2 00:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seriously... this article is a mess 

message: I would rely on the categories as a guide to related articles.  Basically the long list of see alsos is a list of almost everything in the category of customizing car and bike subculture, so it's terribly redundant.  If one of these other articles is that terribly critical to the subject of Raggare, why isn't it talked about and linked to in the main article?  And if it isn't important enough to mention, then delete it from the See Also section.--Dbratland (talk) 19:32, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have trimmed it to the most relevant other articles about similar subcultures. // Liftarn (talk) 21:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  See alsos... 

message: The article claims raggare to be "a Swedish word roughly corresponding to the English term "pick-up artist", i.e., a person seeking sexual contact with someone".
From Wiktionary ragga: 4. to search, look for, hit on, pick up (women, in cars) in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista, which only states
ragga v. (vard.) jaga el. ta upp flickor i bil; leta, söka == ragga verb (colloquial) chase or pick up girls into cars; look for, search
Wikipedia: Pickup artist: a man who considers himself to be skilled, or who tries to be skilled, at finding, attracting, and seducing women.
Wiktionary: pickup artist: One who uses specialized tactics to seduce women
So not quite near.
Nelg (talk) 15:04, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: When translating slang, sometimes 'roughly' is as good as it gets. Still, perhaps a better translation would be "Wiktionary:skirt chaser: A man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship"? Grayfell (talk) 03:59, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imaginative editors 

message: This article is a mess and mixes stereotypes willy nilly. While there definitively exists a rockabilly subculture in Scandinavia, it doesn't necessarily mean they are all "raggare", or even that all "raggare" are necessarily rockabilly. Most of these guys do in fact not use Brylcreem unless they are actual rockabillies. Not all of them modify their cars either, and not all of them are middle aged men that like to flaunt the rebel flag. In fact a lot of "raggare" are just as likely to listen to beat-heavy eurotrance, dubstep and even punk music as traditional rock and roll or hard rock. The word has a wider meaning than that, and can be used for anybody who likes to joyride around town or meet up with other friends at the local gas station or parking lot. I think this article will be a lot more meaningful if it acknowledges these differences, and if it also goes into the etymology of the name. A note should also be given to the national differences between typical "raggare" and "råner", if there are any (I doubt they are big). I can't speak for the history of the name, or the old beef between "raggare" and punks, however, but I assume it is correct. Are there any sources outside song lyrics? And what is an article about "raggare" without also mentioning the Volvo 240, or Wunderbaum and soft, furry dices hanging from the rear view mirror? Jeez! Kebman (talk) 11:19, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
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