Talk:Recreation

How Wikipedia works

I think this says a lot on how wikipedia answers ones questions.

I was bored the other day, and I wanted to have some fun, but I wasn't sure of what to do. So I searched wikipedia on the word "fun".

Then I got redirected to "recreation" which had much to do with sports and such. I read some of it, but then I clicked "See also: Nude recreation" which in small steps took me to this picture of naked yoga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Naked_yoga.jpg

I'm trying that out right now, and "Fun" for me might just happen to be naked yoga.

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It's in the word's etymology. What are we re-creating when we recreate?

-69.1.18.14 22:31, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

A good question, actually. From what I know, it's meant as 'renewal'. Wisco 20:39, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

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awww... it's so obvious. fun isn't obvious, so this can't be fun.  ;-)

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AISOS (am I stupid or something)? I thought our Islamic friends had Friday as their holy day so including them in the list of people who keep a weekend sabbath seems odd (talk)--BozMo 22:20, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

In Muslim lands (except Turkey IIRC), Friday is the weekend. In Israel, the weekend is Friday (after noon) and Saturday. Basically, the concept weekend stems from the weekly rest and not the other way around... And calling it a Sabbath is biasing the coverage towards a specific tradition. elpincha 00:00, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Recreation I think stemmed from children playing or re-creating what adults did. Recreation can now also include sport activities but I think "leisure" has largely taken over that aspect. -- RND   ^talk  14:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Leisure: Really an Umbrella Term

Recreation fits under the umbrella term of leisure. Those activities that are thought to be "active" ones and participatory are both leisuretime activities and recreational ones. Attending religious services is usually considered leisure but not recreation. However, participating in a volleyball game sponsored by a religious group is considered both leisure and recreation. Volunteerism is always considered leisure but, depending on the volunteerism done, it could recreational or non-recreational. (Examples: Group volunteer gardening around a synagogue or mosque? Recreation. Serving as a usher in a protestant or catholic church? Non-recreation but still leisure.)

Edit required?

This page is pretty rough as far a Wikipedia's standards go. I understand that it's an abstract topic, but it needs to be treated with a bit more finesse. The citation from TIME magazine about stress is a bit much (Since when does anyone listen to TIME magazine?) and also the list of sports that have become increasingly popular (BASE Jumping, Snowboarding, etc.). That is a very localized statement, and should it not be included in sport anyway?

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Who says that recreation is non-profitable. To "be benefitial to" is another definition of profit and recreation is very benefitial to many aspects of our lives.

legal restrictions

The legal restrictions section seems to be stretching the limits of NPOV. The phrase "arbitrarily viewed as immoral" seems especially egregious.

"...nearly all drugs that have traditionally not been widely used in European culture have been deemed illegal in most of the world."- Can someone prove that Europe's non-acceptance of hard drugs leads to the rest of the world illegalizing them? That's what this sentence implies. If that's not the case, I fail to see why it's necessary to specially mention European culture.

Amazing

I think this page is great. It may be the best page on wikipedia. And I may sound sarcastic but I'm not, I am totally serious. --Kev

---er someone has vandalized it, how does one go about reporting abuse?

Fun

I'm co-opting the redirect "Fun", but I'm quite happy to have it moved to Fun (magazine) as long as a notice is added here =) Adam Cuerden ^talk 16:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

British vs. American Spelling

I noticed the caption for the girl on the tire swing spelled it "tyre" (I believe that is the British way). Is there a rule for Wikipedia English about British vs. American spellings? I'm not favoring one way or the other, I just wondered, since some people might be confused. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.41.28.140 (talk) 04:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC).

The rule is that if the article is about a UK topic, use UK spelling; if a U.S. topic, use U.S. spelling. If neither, whoever gets there first wins! -- Ssilvers 05:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Fun vs Recreation

Why does this article claim that fun is equeal to recreation by redirection of the word "fun" to this particular article? This is hopelessly narrowminded! Fun is so much else than that. Perhaps a seperate article for "fun" is needed. What we think is funny... humour and philosophy along with play and the thrust of human endeavor? Is fun the meaning of life? Ideas?