Talk:Streaking

message: This is mostly about streaking in the US. Anyone care to discuss the history of streaking in the UK? —Ashley Y 00:28, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
:I was just thinking that we probably need a List of sporting streaks or some such; as far as I know, virtually every single sport played in the UK has seen streaking at some point (from bowls to snooker, although thinking about it I don't recall one at tennis); and probably an overlap with a List of notable streaks to cover the incident when that guy streaked on the weather on This Morning. Kinitawowi 10:27, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. Some guy 03:33, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of streaking in the US 

message: Could whoever added this term to the page, or anyone who knows what it means, provide a definition? Perhaps add to Wiktionary and link there. Googling the term turns up a number of usages, but no definition. Alternatively, perhaps the article could be changed to just say he was tackled, unless the fact that he was spear tackled is significant. Darguz Parsilvan 17:47, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spear tackle? 

message: This article cannot be, nor should it be, a list of every streaking incident that ever happened at any public sporting event. An example of what can be removed is an account of streaking at some high school football game. — Walloon 19:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A limit to streaking lists 

message: Is it encyclopeic language to use the phrase: "naked except for a strategically placed tube sock"?  — Damburger, 07:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  How else could it be put though? 212.204.254.2 21:04, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The name was created by the semi-literate American press being unfamiliar with the verb to streak. Typical.JohnC (talk) 06:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Language

message: I have removed the apocryphal story of Lulu McWoosh:
:. . .beginning in 1931 when Lulu McWoosh, a student from a nearby college, caused the celebratory Green Key Weekend to be canceled by riding a bicycle nude around the golf course before church services.
Yes, she has long been a part of Princeton folklore, but there is no evidence that there ever was anyone with the surname "McWoosh." Not in the 1930 U.S. census, nor the 1920 U.S. census, nor in the Social Security Death Index. Even using a wildcard for the spelling "McW*sh" in the 1920 U.S. census yields only one childless couple named "McWish" in Pennsylvania. Using a wildcard for the spelling "MacW*sh" yields nobody in the 1920 or 1930 U.S. census, and no woman born after 1888 in the 1910 U.S. census. Bye-bye, Lulu. — Walloon 06:13, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lulu McWoosh 

message: I'm sorry, I didn't manage to get to the sports section. I have undertaken an extensive rewrite in order to simplify, clarify and make more encyclopedic. 
As part of all that, I removed a number of paragraphs and paragraph parts -- most often because they seemed irrelevent or like personal commentary. I include them here for posterity or something:
:Though the official definition includes the words non-sexual act, many streakers, particularly men, express a desire to streak with members of the opposite sex. And many streakers, when recounting their adventures, will express a belief that their audience reacted positively to their beautiful bodies.
:There are three basic types of streakers. The first type will choose a place with a large audience for their act, regardless of the risk of arrest (sometimes even intending to be remanded in police custody). The second type picks locations of medium risk, like a local park at night, where there is a risk of being seen, and many of this type try to hide or put their clothes back on if discovered. Others however say that one should just keep running and act as though it was no big deal. The third type is the naturist. Some naturist are borderline streakers in that they will get nude in areas that are not officially nudist parks. One type of naturist is the nude hiker.
:Among those who post on the Internet several different types of streaks are common. One is the chore streak where the person takes his garbage out naked or performs some other necessity, usually late at night. Some brag about how visible they are when they do it, others do not actually want their neighbors to see them. Another common type of streak is the hotel streak. People, while on a trip, decide to run around nude through the halls of the hotel they are staying in, running up stairs to the next floor or even pushing the elevator button with the risk that someone will be on the elevator or that when the elevator reaches another floor someone will be waiting to get on. Some streakers will intentionally lock themselves out of the room "accidentally". Other streak types are jogging trails, day or night, trying not to be seen or being seen, running around the block at night, running through strip malls, and running through parks.
:== Techniques ==
:There are three ways to deal with clothing. One method is to carry your clothes with you while you streak. Many people think that this is not bold enough as you can put the "safety shorts" back on as soon as someone appears. Many streakers also get a thrill by separating themselves from their clothes. The second method is the sacrifice method where you wear something that you do not mind throwing away, discard it to strip and run to a location where you have a change of clothes hidden. The third method is the round trip where you strip, usually in a concealed area run a looping course that takes you back to your clothes.
:Some controversy exist among streakers as to the wearing of shoes. Most streakers when describing their streak at a web site will apologise if they found it necessary to wear shoes, or at least make note of it. Many streakers feel that totally naked is better and should be done whenever possible. Many even frown on wearing of hats or any other accessory.
:The United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, has a tradition called "Naked Man."
:Dialogue with a male witness, in a news interview format, was interspersed with lyrics about the exploits of a streaker. The song's catchphrase "Don't look, Ethel!" became a kitschy joke and an instantly recognized reference to streaking. The punch line is that the man's wife joins in, much to his chagrin: "Ethel, you brazen hussy!"
:"Porky Pigging" is the act of driving around in an automobile nude. This distant cousin of streaking gained media attention in August, 2006 when Detroit Lions assistant coach Joe Cullen was found Porky Pigging during a traffic stop.
:The first campus streaking incidents were reported in the U.S. media in late 1973.
:  As a team sport, a streaker will enter a hidden or out-of-the-way spot, undress when and where nobody is looking, and then will surprisingly and unexpectedly dart as fast as he or she can across streets, malls, sports stadiums and lawns completely naked, or, for female streakers, at least leaving the breasts and/or pubic area exposed.  
:big fans of the pastime who often appear shirtless in publicity shots and at concerts. Their proclivity for exposed genitalia was publicized in their  The band was perhaps inspired by alt rockers The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who sometimes played concerts wearing only strategically placed tube socks.
--Scix 04:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent rewrite 

message: Why is there a user adding a "gallery" to this article? I have never seen an article with a "gsllery". Please explain before reverting this time. --Scix 01:45, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery 

message: I think its worth mentioning how streaking is viewed in different countries. Here in Britain, its usually seen as harmless fun, whereas in America I understand public nudity is a far more serious matter (Nipplegate). Damburger 13:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural attitudes? 

message: Under Definitions and Etymology: "The word is recorded in its modern sense only since 1973."
Under Streaking on College Campuses: "a group of Notre Dame students sponsored a 'Streakers' Olympics' in 1972."
Dynzmoar 16:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradictory chronology 

message: The only one there is pretty crap. If you saw someone in shorts at a drinks table, could you assume they were a runner? I doubt it. 86.139.45.11 (talk) 14:37, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia doesn't remove illustrations solely on the grounds that some find them objectionable – please see WP:CENSOR for the  policy on this.  You might be interested in Help:Options to not see an image, which provides instructions for suppressing some images unsuitable for children.  Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 07:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of images 

message: Why the discrepancy between the nakedness of male and female streakers? 75.118.170.35 (talk) 19:46, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: at one of the reference desks as this is a page to discuss the article, not streaking. Go to WP:Reference desk please. Thanks. dougweller (talk) 20:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discrepancy 

message: It seems like streaking is a purely hetero phenomenon. Is that correct?Пипумбрик (talk) 01:30, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Hanii (talk) 01:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exclusively heterosexual phenomenon? 

message: Would someone here who's more familiar with the Naked Pumpkin Run please add a section discussing that annual event?  Frotz (talk) 07:54, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naked Pumpkin Run 

message: "During the fifth season (1974–75) of All in the Family, an exhibitionist streaker exposes himself to Edith and Mike at a police station as they report Archie missing. Soon after being verbally reprimanded and released, the streaker unbuttons and opens his jacket (presumably given to him by the police) in front of the two, and shouts "surprise!" The police officer immediately re-arrests him." -- That isn't streaking, that's flashing. Totally different. 207.59.211.146 (talk) 15:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You're 100% correct.  Feel free to remove that example.  Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 02:47, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  All In The Family 

message: The was/is a streaking tradition amongst Skydivers.
In my jump log book, I have a verified streak on June 22, 1968.
Streaking existed previous to that.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.169.191.3 (talk) 14:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early streaking 

message: The article is rapidly becoming a list of random streaking incidents.  Just because it was seen by a lot of people and got written up in the paper the next day doesn't mean it's notable. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 18:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There's something to that. I streaked once, and I doubt the motivation is common to others generally. My motiviation was to amuse my friends, and to wake them up. Now, years later, in a different context, I've had an impulse to "wake people up" in a quasi-political sense. This article could be the topic of an entire book: why people streak, what they expect, whether they get the anticipated response. There could be scholarly research on this, but unlike the difficult history of "Maledicta", someone with an extremely neutral POV would be needed to do it justice. 76.102.1.193 (talk) 06:31, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivial examples 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article could do with more about streaking in UK football, particularly in the 1970s. Eg the iconic Twickenham streaker photograph, looking like Jesus.  Ben Finn (talk) 10:26, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The Twickenham Streaker is covered in the Rugby section of the article. It is unlikely that we can use the photograph as it is probably copyright, but it is accessible through a reference link in the text. Are there any other UK incidents we should include that you have in mind? - Polly Tunnel (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK 

message: Illegal in Canada, if children see it, check e.g. here:
https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec256.html
...for the purpose of causing affront or alarm, the actor, having in fact attained 18 years of age, exposes the actor's genitals to another person or causes the other person to expose that person's genitals to the actor and the other person, not the actor's spouse, has not in fact attained 14 years of age. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime Zezen (talk) 09:28, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal status