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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: There is consensus not to move to Bike Week. There is agreement that the current disambiguator is not ideal, but no consensus on the best alternative. I'm going to boldly move it to Bike Week (cycling) on the understanding that it can be moved again without requiring a new RM if a better title emerges. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:37, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bike Week (Bicycle Week) → Bike Week
Bike Week → Bike Week (disambiguation)

– This article is titled with a very awkward disambiguator and more importantly unnecessary as the conflicting title is a DAB page. The article should be at the base name and the DAB page (which is useful despite having no other exact matches) should be at Bike Week (disambiguation) (currently a redirect to the DAB). MB 22:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 10:14, 17 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. B dash (talk) 10:11, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. While Black Bike Week sometimes gets more page views[1], it's not commonly known as just "bike week", and is unlikely to be sought with that term (with the leading "Black"). --В²C ☎ 23:10, 9 April 2019 (UTC) Misread the page view stats; see below. --В²C ☎ 17:28, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose primary topic grab by a minor event/campaign [see below, possibly non-existent minor event/campaign] with significantly less views than the two better known page views. Also spectacularly fails the "Bike Week is" test in Gbooks. So fails PRIMARYTOPIC by a mile on both criteria. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:25, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A further look at the article reveals WP:OR, advocacy, lack of sources and possibly WP:COI. Suggest we Move to Bicycle weeks as a general topic, while we work out if there is a need for a separate article for Bike Week (UK and Ireland) which appears to exist and have sources. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:41, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The UK and Ireland links are kosher for June, plus one in Czech in May, and a Bike Day in San Diego in 2014. Other links dead. Compare this mess to the real events with big pageviews for the two motorcycle events... In ictu oculi (talk) 12:47, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, perhaps I'm biased as I've known of this article's bike week for ten or fifteen years, but have not heard of the other two. Perhaps the problem is that it's a conglomeration of countless local events all called "bike week" with each culminating with "bike to work day". --В²C ☎ 14:58, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. The page view stats clearly show this use is not primary. However, I agree the current disambiguation needs improvement. Perhaps "(Bicycling)" to distinguish it from the other uses which are motorcycling events? I don't think Bicycle weeks qualifies for the exceptions at WP:PLURAL. --В²C ☎ 17:28, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Relisting to gain further consensus on the alternatives raised. SITH (talk) 10:14, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bike Week (cycling event). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:06, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

But the article currently isn't about *a* cycling event or even a given week. Either source the other events or close the RM and convert to an article about UK and Ireland week, which is one real sourced event. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:37, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done, been WP:BOLD and removed all unsourced material to the Talk page. That now leaves Bike Week (UK and Ireland) as real events. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:47, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose if a source can be found for other events then a "Similar events" paragraph could be added. In ictu oculi (talk) 21:29, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the material. It needs to be cited, but that's no reason to delete verifiable information. --В²C ☎ 23:49, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Original research and sources

The footnotes in the article - checked first 3 - seem to contain no proof for the existence of any such thing as "Bike Week" for bicycles. I'm guessing that there are sources, but they aren't in the article at the moment. I did find Carlton Reid Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cycling 1610918169 2017 p226 which mentioned.. “It's National Bike Week and cycling is booming,” stated a 2004 headline in the Independent." but some real sources need adding to the article. And the last paragraph of advocacy for cycling surely belongs in another article. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:31, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Advocacy paragraph removed

Reducing emissions

Biking is a carbon-neutral, healthy, and cost-effective method of transportation. Though the construction of most bikes causes carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, the carbon footprint of the average 2000 model family sedan, driven 12,000 miles (19,000 km) per year is 9,030 lb (4,100 kg) CO₂ per year. In addition the car consumes 462 U.S. gallons (1,750 L; 385 imp gal) of gasoline.^[1] According to the Clean Air Council, auto emissions currently represent 31% of total carbon dioxide, 81% of carbon monoxide, and 49% of nitrogen oxides released in the US.^[2]

Government

The popularity of Bike Week has caused cities to do major overhauls in respect to city planning. Things like smooth bicycle lanes and better bicycle laws are being demanded by citizens and the pressure is causing change. Many cities that hold annual Bike Weeks have committees who push for the improvement of city regulation.

Cleveland Bikes has a committee that is about to contact city governments to advocate for better (safer and more fair) local ordinances covering bicycle operation. We have rated the ordinances ... Only one city, Brook Park, has excellent ordinances (rated A). About half (32) are mediocre (rating of C) and the rest are D's and F's (some even F-).^[3]

Furthermore, the recent Bicycle Commuter Act of 2009 ^[4] extends transportation benefits to bicycle commuters. Commuters are defined as one who: (I) regularly uses a bicycle for a substantial portion of the travel between his residence and his place of employment, and (II) does not receive any other qualified transportation benefit for such as transit, and parking. The legislation provides a tax benefit to employers who offer cash reimbursements to an employee who commutes by bicycle, while helping defray the costs of commuting for the bicyclist.^[5]

^ "Carbon footprint calculator | TerraPass: fight global warming, reduce your carbon footprint". TerraPass. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Clean Air Council | Protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air !". Cleanair.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Improving Local Bicycle Traffic Laws". ClevelandBikes.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "projects | All Projects". Metro. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Bicycle Commuter Tax Provision: Frequently Asked Questions". Bikeleague.org. Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

History (1923 sentences removed)

In 1923, the first preliminary Bike Week was held in the UK and a tradition was born. The annual event is nearly a century old and is religiously observed in Europe and more recently in North America. While the dates of a respective city's Bike Week may differ, conceptually, the event remains the same.

(it was the US motorcycle Bike Week held in US since 1923) In ictu oculi (talk) 12:38, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Further cruft and OR removal

We're not making any progress so taking all of this fiction out: In ictu oculi (talk) 21:44, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Opening paragraph

Bike Week is a yearly international event.^{[citation needed]} It is typically a seven-day event that advocates bicycling for transportation. The event has been steadily gaining popularity in Asian, American and European cities and countries over the past decade.^{[citation needed]}

Bike Week takes place through the end of May and beginning of June, coinciding in the first work day with the Bicycle-to-Work Day, and the World Bicycle Day in the finishing, on June 3.^{[citation needed]}

It is typically an entire week of citywide cycling, supplemented with events. The central aim of the event is to give citizens of the cities and rural areas, the opportunity to help the environment and exercise in a fun and social way. Participants include professional cyclists, celebrities and individuals who choose cycling as a chief means of transportation for the week.

Celebrities that have taken part in the past include Fearne Cotton, Fern Britton, James Cracknell, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Jon Snow, Josie Dew, Olivia Williams and Wayne Hemingway.^{[citation needed]}

Unsourced US paragraph

In the United States of America, May is recognized as Bike Month and Bike Week^{[citation needed]} is always either the first or second week of May. Austin, Boston, Pasadena, Portland, Roseville, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington are among the US cities that actively participate.^{[citation needed]}

In Canada Bike Week occurs in either May or June because Bike Month is typically from May 25 to June 25.^{[citation needed]} Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Victoria and Halifax are among the cities that participated in 2009. Vancouver participates every year: HUB facilitates the celebration.^{[citation needed]}

Another possible title

What about Bicycle Week? It has always redirected here, and seems to be a good (if unusual) natural disambiguation to me.

If it's seen as in any way contrary to current policy, I'd suggest we just adopt it to improve wikipedia for now.

And if there's consensus for that we should then add it to the policy/guidelines as an example of a good disambiguation. Andrewa (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Carbon footprint calculator | TerraPass: fight global warming, reduce your carbon footprint". TerraPass. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Clean Air Council | Protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air !". Cleanair.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[3] "Improving Local Bicycle Traffic Laws". ClevelandBikes.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "projects | All Projects". Metro. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Bicycle Commuter Tax Provision: Frequently Asked Questions". Bikeleague.org. Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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