Talk:Butterfly stroke

message: Something seems to be wrong with the speed listed here. This article states that front crawl swimmers can achieve ~3.5 km/h, which is less than 1m/s. The breaststroke article states that breaststroke swimmers can achieve ~1.6m/s, and breaststroke is obviously slower than the front crawl.
83.8.24.64 (talk) 22:00, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If I swim butterfly will I have a top speed of 3.168 km/h?  I had no idea that all who swim butterfly, freestyle or breastroke have the same top speed...makes the Olympics a bit pointless doesn't it?  Not only that but butterfly's "top speed of 3.168 km/h (1.98 MPH), [is] slightly under freestyle at 3.472 km/h" even though the "peak speed of the butterfly is even faster than that of the front crawl" (which is the only stroke used in freestyle).  Life continues to amaze. Constan69 (talk) 12:53, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  speed? 

message: This article needs a diagram like the following: http://xc8.xanga.com/b72c241669435153854927/b114990784.gif --Rajah (talk) 22:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: diagram

message: Twice now I've changed "freestyle" to "front crawl". The name of the stroke is "front crawl". The name of the event in which it's typically performed is "freestyle". In "freestyle" events, one may swim any of a set of strokes, including the front crawl. Therefore, to insist on changing "front crawl" back to "freestyle" in an article discussing various strokes is moronic. Go read the other swimming articles and edify yourself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.172.15.234 (talk) 07:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies for harsh words, but please stop reverting this change. The term freestyle simply does not belong in a list of swimming strokes. If you must, put (a.k.a "freestyle") or something similar next to it. It is true that many people call the front crawl "freestyle" because it is the stroke typically swum in freestyle events, but this is slang and can be misleading (one has no obligation to swim the front crawl in a freestyle event). The other swimming articles on wikipedia bear this out. 99.172.15.234 (talk) 04:23, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: terminology

message: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template.
Use of the word "swum" is incorrect.  Instead, you need to use the word "swam".  Although swam and swum are both past tense verbs for swim, swum is only used when a "helping verb" such as have or has is used with it.
75.121.49.70 (talk) 01:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say it's correct as it is, defining "to be swum". mechamind90 05:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 75.121.49.70, 23 June 2010 

message: The section on technique has 
==Technique==</br>
==Arm movement== </br>
===Leg Movement===</br>
I feel it should be
==Technique== </br>
===Arm Movement=== </br>
===Leg Movement=== </br>
66.68.180.100 (talk) 13:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 66.68.180.100, 23 August 2010 

message: In the speed and ergonomics section, it seems to me that the dynamic diagram on the left is wrong. It seems to show the power stroke as taking place in the air, and the recovery taking place under water. 208.50.124.65 (talk) 15:06, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motion diagram 

message: This is yet another article which fits into the category of: Vandalize wikipedia, wait for no one to revert the changes because editors are not obligated to peer review every edit, and then boast about it.
Wikipedia works on the generosity of editors to spend their time spreading as much accurate information as possible, and allows anyone to improve the wiki. That is was makes it so great.
Wikipedia trusted you to edit, you broke that trust. That is not something to be proud of. It is a wonderful world (talk) 13:20, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addressing the media article by the Telegraph "How much should we trust wikipedia" 

message: I have demoted the article to "C" class, because of lack of citations, and lack of clarity. It is a wonderful world (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demotion to C class article 

message: This article is one of the four competitive strokes. It is seen in every major swimming competition, linked in 100s if not 1000s of pages on wikipedia and external sites. Therefore, I have upgraded it's importance to Top. It is a wonderful world (talk) 22:30, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotion to Top importance