Talk:Fingerboard (skateboard)

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Cleaning up this article

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 Leveille^TALK 19:44, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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)

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 Leveille^TALK 20:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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)

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 Leveille^TALK 20:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

You think the chicken is going to sue us? Benjiboi 00:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

• Great work. With a little more of that work, this could be applicable for GA.-h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 00:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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 Leveille^TALK 03:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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)

Possible source

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

other companies

“ There are several companies that create and distribute professional fingerboard products. Some of the more notable companies are Frost fingerboards, BerlinWood Fingerboards Blackriver Ramps, Flatface Fingerboards and Fingerboardstore. While these are the largest and most prosperous, there are many smaller companies that produce quality fingerboard products. Homewood Fingerbaords, Make Believe Marble, Prete Fingerboards, Arctic, Chaos Fingerboards,, Nollie Wheels, Jet Black FB, C24 Fingerboards, Holywood Fingerboards, Substance Wheels,and Summit Hardware/Bushings. ”

I've boldly removed this as it's just a magnet for replacing your company name with mine. They can all sit here until there is consensus if it's even needed and if so how to determine what's notable to include and where to insert any of it. Banjeboi 00:47, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

There are several companies that create and distribute professional fingerboard products. Some of the more notable companies are Frost fingerboards, BerlinWood Fingerboards Blackriver Ramps, Flatface Fingerboards and Fingerboardstore. While these are the largest and most prosperous, there are many smaller companies that produce quality fingerboard products. Homewood Fingerbaords, Make Believe Marble, Prete Fingerboards, Arctic, Chaos Fingerboards,, Nollie Wheels, Jet Black FB, C24 Fingerboards, Holywood Fingerboards, Substance Wheels,and Summit Hardware/Bushings.

Thanks for sharing, any reliable sources that assert this? -- Banjeboi 10:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

removed "Influential People" section

“ Over the years there have been many different influences, but arguably no one was more influential than Martin Winkler (owner of Winkler Wheels).

Martin Winkler has been interviewed by many different television stations in Germany and has helped fingerboarding grow since he first started fingerboarding. Also note these other fingerboarders:

Martin Winkler, Eric Smith, Max Eschenbach, Alex McMillan, Elias Assmouth, Mike Schneider, Josh Toy, Martin Illsley, Timo Lieben,

”

This seems rather POV and otherwise lacking in sources. -- Banjeboi 22:30, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

removed "Vendors" section

“ There are several different retailers of fingerboards and fingerboard accessories on the internet today. Here are a few of the more well-known ones: (links removed) ”

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)

Image of snowborader

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)

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)

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)ps, I still disagree that showing a snowboarder "helps" since using your fingers would be markedly different. Also, snowboarding is link already, editors can click through if interested, ectTom (talk) 04:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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)

needs more pictures of actual fingerboards

why are so many pictures of people skateboarding and not FBing? 70.73.151.34 (talk) 06:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)