Talk:Anorak (slang)

the offshore radio paragraph
is very poorly written. I couldn't understand most of it.

I ended up doing a huge cleanup of this page, it was a mess. --RJBrowning (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I removed it entirely for the want of reputable sources. Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer has put his diary for 1974 online here and while there's a mention of a visit by 50 fans on a ship on June 1, there is nothing which merits inclusion in this article. Petecarney (talk) 17:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I listened to a programme on BBC Radio 4 about Radio Caroline. Andy Archer mentioned how they saw people buying anoraks ready to come out to visit the ship. Later Radio Caroline broadcast a show from the deck of their ship to give the visitors something to see, Andy Archer said "He was delighted to see so many anoraks..." on air. http://www.azanorak.com/ (what is an anorak) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.45.9 (talk) 13:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Dubious
The "Anorak Nation: What is an Anorak?" does not appear to be a reliable source, more like a self-published blog. Petecarney (talk) 09:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

(Mostly) young?
The article says:
 * [...] it soon became derogatorily used for any group of (mostly) younger people

yet I am under the impression that it is rather the opposite, the archetypical anorak being a balding middle aged man who won't stop rambling about his trains. Any input on this? For the time being I marked that part with the Citation needed template.

Lfiguero (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Background
The background section of this article doesn't talk about the background of the term. It instead solely focuses on 2 examples of the term's usage, which should be under examples. Kyesel (talk) 19:43, 24 October 2021 (UTC)