Talk:Cresta Run

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2020 and 18 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Frederick Schröder.

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General Restructuring & Renovation

This article is poorly written and unstructured. The lack of quality diminishes and undermines the Cresta Run's notability in its role in the creation of Bob and Skeleton, as well as the evolution of winter tourism. The article lacks sources and possesses inaccuracies regarding content.

The lead section is muddled and contains a miscommunication of information surrounding the nature of the run; specifically relating towards the differences between Modern Day Skeleton and Cresta Riding - the distinction has to be made clearly for the whole article to be read in context. The lead contains far too much information which is not relevant to the lead and should be included in other sections. The Lead shall be shorter, more precise and explain why it is notable.

Structure is muddled at the moment. There are aspects of the text which are included in one section which would be better suited in another. e.g. text in “The Run” section which would be better suited in the historical aspect. Differentiating between the sporting & engineering aspect of the run & the club which is intrinsically linked to it. It would be better to make clear what the relationship between the two actually is so the article is clearer.

Clarity is key for a subject which has much of its own terminology and possesses strange traditions. This article is not very clear. The Notability of the article will not be made adequately clear unless the article or content itself is clearly expressed for all to see why the subject in question is notable. The content should be reorganised in its structure and additional necessary detail should be added. The article requires re-citing from a wider range of sources. Whether it be news articles or books which recount the history of the run itself.

Better images should be used.

Frederick Schröder (talk) 12:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Copyright

Large parts of the page appear to be lifted from the official website. It should be re-written.--Footix2 (talk) 22:57, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Ban on women riders

Is there any specified reason for this (more recently than the 1920s ban, I mean), or is it simply a "We're a private club so can do what we like" deal? 21:07, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly has a story about him and Pamela Stephenson having Christmas Dinner at the house of unnamed "supertoffs". One Toff says "I know you!"; it transpires he was at Eton when the The Humblebums played. When Billy asks "what do you do for a living?"; the Toff simply answers "toboggan". Billy says, "that's the difference between [supertoffs] and us; ... they think it's all right to be a tobogganist". I wonder who the Toff is. The Cresta Run seems to have lots of British Toffs; Lady Brabazon of Tara is Membership Secretary, which is striking given that women can't do the run. In 2002, I suspected Clifton Wrottesley was the toff in question; but since he was born in 1968, he couldn't have been at Eton when the Humblebums played. That's assuming the story is a true, rather than a confabulation of several incidents or an outright fiction. jnestorius^(talk) 17:23, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

slangy tone

"Either method is quite a rush as the walls rush by at nearly 39 m/s (127 ft/s)." Wrong tone for an encyclopedia, imo 74.65.209.146 (talk) 04:21, 20 February 2010 (UTC)