Talk:The Boat Races 2015

Name
While I doubt this will get too much traffic, I was hoping for some debate over the title of the article. This event will be the first time that the women's race will be on a equal footing and conducted on the Tideway, so my first instinct is to suggest this becomes "The Boat Races 2015" and I modify the lead accordingly. Any feelings anyone? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:22, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I've moved it. BOLD.  The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * With the exception of a few articles for the BBC (e.g. here, here, here and here), the majority of the articles that I'm seeing are still referring to this race in the singular (e.g. The Telegraph, London Evening Standard, The Guardian and The Independent). A Thousand Doors (talk &#124; contribs) 00:10, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Agree with the change. The primary source is referring to the races, plural. The BNY Mellon Boat Races Whizz40 (talk) 10:24, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Well it's not of great consequence at this moment, there's a redirect taking our readers to this article should they opt for The Boat Race 2015, I think it's probably wise to allow time to pass before making any further comments. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:09, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Claire Balding
This article maybe of note? Cantab12 (talk) 23:43, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Order
Is there any reason, apart from being obviously alphabetical, that the woman sections precede the men's? -DePiep (talk) 22:03, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * One has to go before the other. In terms of the race bit, the women's race took place before the men's so talking about it in that order would make sense. -- KTC (talk) 22:18, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Pictures from the finish line
I've uploaded a variety of shots in case they are useful - Pointillist (talk) 14:02, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Notability for Front Page News
I want to point out that annual inter-university boat races, even between two prestigious universities, is of little interest or relevance to the vast majority of Wikipedia users.

Why not mention large scale events that actually have an impact on the world such as the membership expansion of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?

This boat race is a local event of local interest, having NO impact on history and NO impact on the lives of any who live on Earth (apart from the racers and support team - a few dozen people).

Perhaps Wikipedia should now place celebrity pregnancy stories on the front page? Perhaps the results of a local children's athletics carnival as well?

Total rubbish that should be immediately removed from the Front Page news.

27.32.45.152 (talk) 01:54, 13 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your input. Please discuss it in the appropriate location, which isn't here. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:26, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

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MOS:FRAC
A user has unilaterally gone against MOS and changed fractions from using frac. As this is an FA it needs to comply with MOS. There is no good reason for this to have happened so unless there's consensus against the MOS-compliant version, I'll restore it in due course. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!&#33;!&#33;) 22:14, 12 April 2021 (UTC)