Talk:Jean shorts

Rename Proposal
I propose that this page be renamed to "Jort (apparel)" in accordance with Wikipedia custom. Words within parentheses in articles titles aren't usually capitalized. -- Tuvok  ^ Talk 06:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

NPOV?
Is it possible -- and I am not really even joking (but laughing anyway) -- that the author took a non-neutral point of view on jorts by placing such a dorky picture on this page? --Riceman0 01:32, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. It's a funny photo but not appropriate for an encyclopedia article.  --ElKevbo 02:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Why not? It illustrates the subject of the article does it not?  If you would like to obtain/take a more "serious" photo and include it in the article then go for it.  --cholmes75 (chit chat) 19:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Please. The photo is ridiculous and I agree that it appears to be mocking the subject of the article.  It's unbecoming an encyclopedia article and a violation of NPOV.  --ElKevbo 02:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I believe there was a very similar picture on this article prior to the interesting picture that ElKevbo took an interest in. I'm not sure when it was swapped out though. I think calling the photo "ridiculous" and "silly" is probably accurate but I'm by no means in a position to be an art critic. It probably is "unbecoming an encyclopedia" but removing something with an edit summary of "silly picture" isn't either. It seems to be a stretch to call it NPOV. Anyone want to go back through the edit history and see if the original picture can be located? Patrick925 03:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Another Rename Proposal
The name of the article should be jorts, not jort. Saying jort instead of jorts is like saying jean instead of jeans, it just doesn't make any sense. Timan123 03:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 03:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. This seems to be a non-controversial "no brainer" so I went ahead and performed the move.  --ElKevbo 11:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The University of Florida
If it is significant enough that some random small town in Texas has declared a "Jorts Awarreness Day" to be included, then the fact that it is customary for University of Florida fans to wear jorts the atheletic events, mostly football, should be included as well. It is a well known practice of Florida fans to wear jorts, and you cannot google the term without at half of the results being about Florida. This fact should be added. Failureofafriend (talk) 04:02, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Seeing no disagreement in almost a month, I'll change this page. Failureofafriend (talk) 05:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Can you provide a source for the section you added? (Note that Google searches don't count.) Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 07:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the reference to Google. While many of the Google searches on jorts do come up with Florida, I have no percentage nor article to cite. I will add a citation later for the remaining portion.Failureofafriend (talk) 22:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Jorts?
This may be a regional thing (I live in Eastern Washington) but I've never heard the term 'jorts' in my life, I've always heard them referred to as 'jean shorts'.LeeRamsey (talk) 04:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It's a Southeastern US term. It originated from its use as a criticism amongst SEC fans. That is why those references continuously appear on this page. Failureofafriend (talk) 04:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm with you. This article is completely useless. Its only source is Urban Dictionary, and it seems to be more of a joke than a serious article. How has this not been deleted yet? 199.209.144.62 (talk) 17:08, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

POV?
"They are also worn by Baron, an Illini fan. That says a lot about both him and the Big Ten." Says what? I have no idea what this sentence implys. Ridiculous. 65.43.96.3 (talk) 16:20, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Also, is it possible that we can get a source for the assertion that "jorts" were made popular by "hip-hop" and "rap" videos.

Denim shorts vs. Jorts
OK, from what I can discern of this article, this is mostly about what I would call "cutoffs," i.e. regular jeans cut off at the knee or higher, with the frayed edge. Is that right? A Google Images search for jorts mostly shows cutoffs. Certainly Florida fans aren't being mocked simply for wearing store-bought denim shorts (also called "jean shorts" around here). Every department store sells them, I see people of all ages and backgrounds wearing them every summer, and as far as I can tell no one is mocked for it. Cutoffs yes, but denim shorts, no. This article seems to be using the same term for two different types of clothing, then devotes half its text to deriding it. --Birdhombre (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)