Talk:Jam skating

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 April 2021 and 21 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ovxt. Peer reviewers: Aliahmed.57.

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Impartiality

I just cleaned up a lot of bias. Let's keep this article to Wikipedia standards. Remember to use captial letters for pronouns. Please. Also, check spelling of names first. This looked much like a dog's breakfast and still does a bit. Etimodnar (talk) 04:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, from time to time you will catch jamskaters on other TV shows such as "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Got Talent". is not the correct language to be used for a wikipedia article. Please keep your language tidy and professional. I've deleted this phrase. If you want such inclusion, please reference to particulars, such as episodes and people. Etimodnar (talk) 14:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Accuracy

This article makes several claims that don't stand up to even cursory scrutiny by anyone familiar with the history of roller skating in America. The claim that ' Jam skating first became popular in the early 1990s ' is completely incorrect. This style of skating dates back to at least the 1970s, that I am personally aware because I lived during that time and went skating at skating rinks often, which means it probably really dates to the 1960s. Also, the idea that it originated in the Great Lakes region or Florida is likely also false. The most likely places for it to have originated are Southern California and/or the cities of the Northeast, particularly New York City. What is almost certainly true is that it has its roots in the street dancing styles of African Americans, particularly disco, LGBT ballroom culture, and breakdancing, but it was very quickly adopted by skaters of other races. In the 1970s, in my personal experience, the style was almost universally called "shuffle skating" in my region (Southern New Jersey, at the time). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.89.198.12 (talk) 22:51, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

I tagged it as dubious. Someone (maybe me if I get around to it) can follow up, research, and correct it. Ggpur (talk) 11:11, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, folks. I found and fixed existing cites for the 70's. ★NealMcB★ (talk) 18:57, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

General Cleanup

I added some sections to break up the initial block of text (Style, Competition, In popular culture). There were not any references on the stuff I moved. I didn't look to see if any of it was referenced when first added to the page since it all needs to be re-written anyway. Ggpur (talk) 11:11, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

some of the links / resources are inappropriate

links to merch and vulgarity 108.36.205.184 (talk) 03:00, 23 June 2022 (UTC)