Talk:Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius's running blades

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November 25, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a set of running blades like Oscar Pistorius wears costs $30,000?

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DYK nomination

Jack swift

There is no source for this here, nor on the Jack Swift article. Where did this come from? Swift's article doesn't even mention that he uses blades at all. (And please do not add it unless you have a source.) --LauraHale (talk) 13:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A source for what? If you're looking for references on Jack Swift, just check around. There's bound to be plenty of info available on his sports gear. Pkeets (talk) 18:08, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius' running blades/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Meetthefeebles (talk · contribs) 15:30, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review. Give me a day or so to read through and leave comments... Meetthefeebles (talk) 15:30, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Image check: infobox image is fine, the flex foot image is fine, the Iceland image is fine, the Olympic image is from flickr and is fine, the Clayton image is fine– all good!
Disambiguation links: Tool is dead, I'll check a little later.
External links: the link in ref.9 is dead–is there an alternative we could use?
Quickfail issues: no tags that I can see, references throughout, will check for copyright issues as we go, don't think this can be considered an 'ongoing issue', a couple of minor disputes in the history but these are hardly amount to an edit-war...

Okay, I'll have a read through and add comments as I go:

I think amputations should be blue linked.
Small grammar nitpick: suggest adding a comma between 'double' and 'below' in the opening sentence.
In the context of this article, I think athletics should also be blue linked. As should 200m and 400m. And also prosthetistand carbon fibre. Pistorius is a famous chap even among non-athletics fans and these might assist those readers. Otherwise, the lede is fine.
Suggest blue linking strength to weight ratio.
what is meant by '500 fps'? An non expert (like me) has no idea what that means. Suggest un-abbreviating?
Can we blue link metabolic and calorimetry? I would also link torque.

I've read this one fairly carefully and could not find much to comment upon at all. The prose used is very good and the article reads very nicely, is well illustrated and provides a solid extrapolation of an interesting sporting debate.

Reference checks
I checked ref.8, ref.10, ref.13, ref.18, ref.24 and ref.28 and they were all fine. The citation template is used to provide consistency.

Other than a few issues as outlined above, there is very little required of this one, so I'll pop on hold and allow the nominator to consider the changes suggested.

I added the suggested blue links and found another location for the bad reference. I've also linked fps, although I didn't expand it. In the interest of simplified prose, I disagree about the comma. Pkeets (talk) 18:27, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I've assessed this article against the requirements of WP:WIAGA and, in the light of improvements carried out, I'm awarding GA-status. Congratulations! Please consider reviewing an article against the GA criteria. Meetthefeebles (talk) 19:48, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is it sufficiently noteworthy for there to be an article on Mr Pistorius' blades? That is like having an article on Dolly Barton's breasts! Surely it would be more appropriate for the article to be on running or athletic blades generally. The majority of the content could remain unchanged.203.184.41.226 (talk) 23:25, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lede

"Pistorius' eligibility to run in international able-bodied events is sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)." Which definition of sanctioned is this referring to? Sanctioned as in allowed or sanctioned as in not allowed? Sure, somebody can find this in the article, but it should be clearer in the lede. Thoughts?GreaseballNYC (talk) 23:05, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't this be added as a subsection in the Flex-Foot Cheetah article?

Shouldn't this be a subsection on the Flex-Foot Cheetah article, instead of creating a whole new page for Pistorius' specific running blades? 67.8.227.76 (talk) 03:43, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article needed on blades in general?

Hallo, I've just been doing some work on "India's blade runner" Kiran Kanoji and can't find an article about running blades in general - there's this about OP's blades in particular, and the general Prosthesis which has a section Prosthesis#Oscar_Pistorius within Prosthesis#Prosthetic_enhancement, although that section is more about robotics etc rather than sophisticated blades. There doesn's seem to be anything in the encyclopedia about running blades in general. Am I missing something, or would someone here like to start an article? I've put a similar messaage at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disability. Thanks. PamD 11:11, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]