Talk:Ironman 70.3

Ironman & related articles - discussion on expansion
A discussion on future options for the arrangement of articles relating to Ironman Triathlon has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Triathlon. Comments from editors of this article are welcome, as we endeavour to meet the project goals of improving Wikipedia's coverage of triathlon.

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Yboy83 (talk) 11:28, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Units
As stated in WP:UNIT "All other articles: the main unit is generally an SI unit". 135.19.148.107 (talk) 12:25, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It also states "In non-science US-related articles: the main quantity is generally expressed in US customary units." Ironman and Ironman 70.3 are events produced by a US Company, World Triathlon Corporation. Please do not make sweeping changes without discussing first. Thank you.  Barkeep  Chat/''' 13:10, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * If you want the world to understand what is inside this encyclopedia, you should use units of measurement that are common to all countries (except one) and not the oposite.135.19.148.107 (talk) 09:19, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Events table
Looking at the long term and this article I'm thinking about eliminating the table listing every single 70.3 event and location that has occurred since the series' inception. This is based on the likely continued growth of the 70.3 series and the editorial upkeep required in maintaining a very large and continually growing wiki table. I'm considering only showing a list of current events and/or just a write-up of the number of events and locations the series has had over the years. Any thoughts or suggestions? If no reply or feedback I will move forward as such, although that may yet still be later down the road in a month or two.  Barkeep  Chat/''' 14:57, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Records Table
The two tables under the section "Ironman 70.3 Records" appear super redundant. I believe one of them should be removed. Poemisaglock (talk) 06:42, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It is a bit redundant now, but prior to the Bahrain race the 70.3 and half-iron distance records were slightly different. I think a more appropriate discussion should be whether this strictly an Ironman 70.3 article or if it should also include half-iron distance elements. Barkeep Chat 17:41, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

I deleted the duplicate table, but it was reverted with the rationale " It is duplicate bc they are the same (now) but it is meant to distinguish between IM 70.3 events and the half-IM distance)" The 70.3 is defined in this article as "Each distance of the swim, bike, and run segments is half the distance of that segment in an Ironman Triathlon."   So how can something exist that is one and not the other, and who, other than WTC, would be qualified to verify a record?   It might be that distinction would be valid if there were a list of record progressions, but ongoing?  Kevin McE (talk) 07:26, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not exactly sure about your comment about one thing existing and not the other, but I'll attempt to address it. The 70.3 distance was created by WTC/Ironman and they are the only ones who are allowed to use the "70.3" moniker, all other races generally are called "half-distance" or "half-iron distance," etc. At the time of the table's creation, if I'm remembering right, it was pretty well covered by the triathlon media the the fastest women's half-iron distance was broken and it occurred at a non-WTC event. I created the two separate tables because it seemed more appropriate that emphasis be placed on WTC events, since that is the article subject. It also shows(ed) that the records for WTC were not "world" records, that faster times existed outside this umbrella. As far as verifying the legitimacy of the records I don't believe there is the same record verification process with World Triathlon as there is with track and field and World Athletics, for example (I would assume because of the nature of each individual course which would create an apples to oranges comparison), but I may be wrong. But your point is well taken, and unless another community member objects I'd be fine with limiting the article to a singular WTC records table. Barkeep Chat 13:39, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

Attribution
Text and reference copied from Mustankallio water tower to Ironman 70.3. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:58, 10 July 2021 (UTC)