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Trying to find a picture... -Zeno Izen 14:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References vs. external links

Is there really any point to moving the weblink for Bruce Feiler from the "authorlink=" in the citation to an external links list? Seems not to look as good, and leaves a line blank in the citation. Plus there are no other external links, making an external links section less necessary. The link is really not a resource specific to the subject of the article, either. It is a website related to the work of the author, in general. (A subject far greater in scope than the subject of the article.)

I propose moving the url back into the citation and removing the external links section until better external links are compiled. I will do this soon, if there is no serious opposition. -Zeno Izen 23:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the "authorlink" attribute is intended to point to a Wikipedia page, although I can't find any explicit statement on this in Generic citations. I don't believe the link belongs in the body of the article, since, as you pointed out, it has nothing to do with the subject of the article... Valrith 21:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Oh, heck. My mistake. Look at Template talk:Cite book for specific instructions for the template, Wikipedia:Citation templates for a menu of all the citation templates. It's pretty obvious from the top that you don't put website urls on the authorlink link line. I don't know what was on my mind when I made that mistake. -Zeno Izen 17:35, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um....

How do they do it? Murdersaurusrex (talk) 05:18, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

usually theres a false floor they park over, and lots of clowns under the stage. the bottom of the car has a hole in it and they climb from under the stage through the car and out the door. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.91.132.167 (talk) 19:32, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No trap doors necessary—the interior of the car is simply completely gutted. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-physics-of-clown-cars-feature 108.34.201.56 (talk) 22:54, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That claim by Car & Driver seems dubious. Is there any footage of a clown car act that can provide a counterexample using a false floor? BMJ-pdx (talk) 21:28, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Falling Apart?

Aren't clown cars also traditionally meant to have random bits fall off, spring theatrical steam leaks and that sort of thing? Certainly used to be common in UK circuses - to the extent that a decrepit or unreliable car can be referred to as a "clown car" in general slang. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 10:10, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, at least in the British tradition (don't know about elsewhere). All four wheels falling outwards simultaneously is practically obligatory. Other bits like doors or wing mirrors might come off in the clown's hand, to humorous effect. 82.24.224.64 (talk) 17:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]