Talk:Fingerboard (skateboard)

message: This article needs more valid research, and to be written better. I fixed a few issues. I've added [citation needed] to a few sections that need citations. --Dan LeveilleTALK 19:44, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I was in the middle of added citations and fact checking when you deleted some of the items I was working on. Please remove the Original Research tag unless you can specify which section or statement is OR. Benjiboi 19:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't delete anything. There were a few statements that I removed because they were un-needed. I'm not sure which you're referring to. Thanks for adding the references though. I removed the OR. --Dan LeveilleTALK 20:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Lol. I was trying to add to the Popularity section which was removed and i need the techdecks link but i can find that later. I'm still digging through some articles and then will move onto books. Benjiboi 20:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The techdecks bit was repeated, so I removed it, sorry about that haha. The link is http://www.techdeck.com. Don't you think there should be some sort of explination for the chicken? (Even though I'm not convinced that the uploader knew what he was doing nor understood the copyright policies) --Dan LeveilleTALK 20:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You think the chicken is going to sue us? Benjiboi 00:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Seconded. This article has made quite the improvement. Amazing job - props to you Benjiboi! Just a friendly suggestion - I think you should condense your edits into fewer, because the History log is completely full of edits, perhaps try grouping changes together so it keeps the history log efficient. --Dan LeveilleTALK 03:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, and actually it's a part of what could loosely be termed short-attention span. I need to catch mistakes and correct them quickly or I simply move onto something else that catches my eye. I'm quite a bad speller so it's a wonder the entire page isn't redlinked. Benjiboi 10:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning up this article 

message: here, not terribly great but some fine pix as well as a list of several woods used. Benjiboi 05:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible source 

message: This seems rather POV and otherwise lacking in sources.  -- Banjeboi 22:30, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed "Influential People" section 

message: Wikipedia is not a yellowpages, those interested in purchases should be able to navigate to find online sources without our help.  -- Banjeboi 22:32, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed "Vendors" section 

message: I have removed the image of the snowboarder since this is an article about fingerboard. Also how is the image of the chicken? on a mini skateboard rather than a handboard which the section is about helpful? Hopefully I we/you can find some more appropriate images for the article that match the subject matter. Anyways, Tom (talk) 04:09, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We have exactly one actual fingerboard image and it's used it the lede. The rest are used to illustrate how fingerboards correspond, as the text clearly spells out, the connection between the miniturized and traditional uses. Showing a snowboarder doing a trick is perfectly helpful to understanding what a finger-snowboard is a how it is used. The mini-skateboard / handboard is specifically talked about. It's an amusing image and as chickens are universal it helps explain the scale of the item.  -- Banjeboi 01:43, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But it is not an image of a hand board, correct? So what does scale have to do with anything? Anyways, you like the chicken riding the mini baord, ok, like I said, can't we/you/I/somebodywithacamera snap a photo of a hand board and a fingersnowboard and whatever else and improve the article that way? Tom (talk) 04:27, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A link is certainly not the same as an image so let's not go there and personally I've never seen a fingerboard or a handboard so if you can take photos of them then certainly that could help.  -- Banjeboi 09:59, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of snowborader

message: why are so many pictures of people skateboarding and not FBing? 70.73.151.34 (talk) 06:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it really is, from the very first sentence of the article - A fingerboard or finger-skateboard is a miniature version of a skateboard. Whether it is a miniture skateboard or toy skateboard it was invented by skateboarders and has also been tied to skateboarding.  -- Banjeboi 19:51, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

text: You could point out that similar discussions pointed out the main problem is that we don't have but one photo of a fingerboard. In fact one was questioning a specific image and the image caption was amended to indicate it looked similar to the handboard being described. The other comment was simply that they wished to see images of people fingerbaording not that all the other ones had to be removed. Until we have more and suitable photos the points is that these illstrate aspects of this subject to help our readers. Some of whom may never see one for themselves and may have never seen anyone skateboarding or snowboarding. For them an image of the activities being described is immensely helpful. We are the world's encyclopedia ergo we write to educate a very broad audience and include information that you or I may know already.  -- Banjeboi 23:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  needs more pictures of actual fingerboards 

message: Hi, I found this on WP:3.  The images should be included in the article because they help to increase the readers' understanding of the subject.  Even though they do not directly depict the subject of the article, they (along with the provided captions) are still relevant to the article and have enough Encyclopaedic value to merit their inclusion.  If there are better alternatives available (i.e. showing an actual fingerboard or someone using one), they should be used, but in absence of those, the current images should be left in the article. Mildly MadTC 21:54, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You could point out that similar discussions pointed out the main problem is that we don't have but one photo of a fingerboard. In fact one was questioning a specific image and the image caption was amended to indicate it looked similar to the handboard being described. The other comment was simply that they wished to see images of people fingerbaording not that all the other ones had to be removed. Until we have more and suitable photos the points is that these illstrate aspects of this subject to help our readers. Some of whom may never see one for themselves and may have never seen anyone skateboarding or snowboarding. For them an image of the activities being described is immensely helpful. We are the world's encyclopedia ergo we write to educate a very broad audience and include information that you or I may know already.  -- Banjeboi 23:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Opinion

message: This website is the official fingerboard news site sponsored by Blackriver, Flatface and Mitt Skateboards. Link to be added:
http://thefingerboarder.com/
Link to be removed:
Fingerboarding in France
Why in god's name is that even there..
Thank you  
Matejuks (talk) 21:04, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fingerboard News 

message: Are there different types of fingerboards? 
I believe there are more than 1 type of fingerboard.
2603:9000:820B:3D00:4D81:724C:5DE4:254F (talk) 22:29, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types