Talk:Roller skates

message: "Burning 200000 calories per hour while skating 6 miles per hour or 600 calories while skating 10 miles per hour."
That makes no sense. Is it supposed to be 200 Calories per hour?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.68.28.17 (talk) 04:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  200,000 calories?

message: This was redirecting to inline skates, which is silly because inlines are only one subtype of roller skates. I changed it to point to roller skating for now, as that article is currently the most likely to give the searcher what he/she is looking for. Eventually we should do an article called Roller skates, or at least, a disambiguation page. For now I think this is workable, though. ManekiNeko | Talk 01:09, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Thanks. I updated the Roller Skating page to de-wikify "roller skates", because now it is just a self-reference. --Michael 16:39, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that self-reference has been there for a long time. Thanks for catching it! :) ManekiNeko | Talk 21:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirecting to Inline skates is not good 

message: Thoughts on making this a redirect to rollerskating? It seems that this was a redirect before, and I don't think we need two separate pages for what would essentially say the same thing. Amphytrite 04:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or better, as a redirect to quad skates. I think that would be best. Amphytrite 07:51, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect

message: * :Roller skates →  —  
*Incomplete. It is impossible to skate with one skate, the singular is a pair of skates. 199.125.109.126 (talk) 03:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move? 

message: *Support Or Oppose, but we need to pick one As per this discussion, (which resulted in no move from ice skate --> ice skates) over on 'Ice skate' the correct naming convention is to use the singular form. Note this also applies to the article on Inline Skates, which then should also be moved to Inline Skate. Alternatively if opposed, Ice skate should be revisited as a move. However I'll point out to IP 199... above, it is NOT impossible to skate with one skate, I have a disabled friend who can do this, (its complicated but fully possible, and I can do it myself). I realise that this is bringing up an old move request, but roller skates and ice skate should not be different, we need to pick one and go with it.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  10:28, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: the problem is that the articles don't match, I'm not at all invested in which convention we use, just that they are all the same. its just odd and inconsistent.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  00:20, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The naming convention is clear on this subject (WP:SINGULAR), plurals should only be used when the singular is never used (e.g. scissors, trousers or handcuffs), where is is essentially impossible to talk about a scissor or a trouser or a single handcuff. Yes, roller skates are usually referred to in the plural, however, It is perfectly fine to talk about a single skate (i.e. "My roller skate lost a wheel.") and often appropriate from an encyclopaedic POV (i.e. "The first roller skate was effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade."<--an actual sentence from the lede of Roller skate). I'm going to put an official move request in as it seems that most people previously objected based on it not 'sounding right' or misinterpreting the naming convention. This brings it in line with Ice skate and Figure skate, and i will perform a similar move request for Inline skates to Inline skate.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  00:22, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Discussion about Move 

message: Just saw the youtube video about the 1920s French version here and then saw these photos of modern ones in this image search (also called skate cycle). Plus it also has a youtube video. And a video on similar "Orbit wheel." Plus one version sold here. In case any fans of the sport want to do an article. CarolMooreDC 03:50, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cycle skates

message: I think this article should have any picture of an inline skate, there are only about quad skates--Antimundo (talk) 09:33, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume you mean it should have a section devoted to Inline skates? I agree, but it should stay brief and route the reader to the inline skate article.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  12:03, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of an inline skate

message: Should we merge the article Quad skates? or just blank it and turn it into a redirect?
That article is nearly an orphan article, no citations, and is practically a stub. As this article has become the de-facto article for 'quad' roller skates, I would suggest that we squeeze anything useful out of the other article, then turn it into a redirect to this article.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  09:56, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I proposed the Quad skates article for deletion as it doesn't seem that there is much of use there for a merger.  InsertCleverPhraseHere InsertTalkHere  07:40, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we merge the article [[Quad skates]]? 

message: A lot of people have trouble skating or doing things on their skates. Lots of people start skating but rely on other objects to help them stop such as poles, benches, trees, etc. Lots of people want to learn more about how to do things on their skates such as me. But when I look on Wikipedia there is nothing helpful on how to do anything.
I read articles and pages on different skates and everything but none of them tell me how to skate better. I look to wikipedia for help and hope to find some but it is a little hard to find any 'How-To' articles and/or pages about anything.
I hope someone can help me because I cannot create an article on something I know little about. Mseale0630 (talk) 21:30, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I generally don't think of a Wikipedia post as a how-to page as much as it is an about page. But I see that on the running page, you can find a section on good running techniques. So, if someone is inclined and has the references, they could create a similar section here. In terms of creating your own content though, no one on Wikipedia is expected or can use their credentials to create content. It is really about summarizing other reliable sources, so you don't need to have expertise yourself. Bdleaf (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skating Tips 

message: I am planning to remove sections that are about roller skating, the hobby or sport, rather than roller skates themselves. For example, information about the health benefits of skating does not belong in this article about skates in my opinion. Are there objections to this? Jno.skinner (talk) 17:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Skates vs Skating