Talk:The Masked Rider

A fact from The Masked Rider appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Masked Rider mascot of Texas Tech University wears a black and red outfit and rides his black horse around to enthuse fans of the Texas Tech Red Raiders?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/May.

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Permalink to the Main Page as it looked when The Masked Rider appeared in DYK. Johntex\^talk 20:55, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Raider Red

Clarification please. The last line of "A second mascot" reads,"Raider Red is a person wearing an inflatable." An inflatable what? --Eric 12:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was meant to say "inflatable costume". If you look at the picture at the Raider Red article, the Raider Red mascot has an over-sized head. However, a quick Google search did not show me evidence this is inflatable, vs made out of styrofoam or whatever. I changed the sentence to say "Raider Red is a person wearing a costume." Johntex\^talk 13:47, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, Johntex!--Eric 11:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

O.K. ...this is my first attempt at editing, so forgive me if i'm doing it all wrong. "The Masked Rider" is also the title of a book by Neil Peart (drummer for the Band RUSH) about his bicycle tour through a few West African Countries.

Notability

How is this mascot notable? Except for a brief blurb in a minor publication, all the references in this article are self-references. In short, this mascot (as far as the current sources are concerned) has not been the subject of any article. Sure, this mascot exists, but so what? Does every school mascot get an article? At any rate, I believe this article can be salvaged, but right now it's in poor shape as far as sources are concerned. Rklawton 15:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this the primary article for "Masked Rider"? How many people outside of Texas Tech care about this? --68.161.138.123 (talk) 03:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HAT

ISN´T A GAUCHO HAT, IS A CORDOBES HAT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.120.149.231 (talk) 21:32, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]