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"damn daniel" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louisechocolate (talk • contribs) 20:32, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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2009

Sorry about the bad revision, I was trying to undo some vandalism but accidentally reverted it to it's vandalized state. --72.218.84.120 (talk) 04:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Collaborations

-would like to add a collaboration section seeing as Vans does a couple of collaborations, but don't have any references except for personal experience. Will definitely look into some.--Thebigbearlouis (talk) 07:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to comment that the red/blue shoe that you have posted is actually and Era and it came about later. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Topic4383 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Slip-Ons history

Is the Slip-On based on something else? I've seen a similar style of shoe in pictures from the 1960's, like this 1965 Beach Boys cover for instance: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/0b/dd/b486a2c008a09e381ff5c010.L.jpg Starman1984 (talk) 14:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

l think you must mke a slipon on high cut Spellztrill (talk) 09:08, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vans Off The Wall CD Samplers

I propose adding a section regarding compilation cds released by Vans as a marketing tool and will do so this week. Joshuah Hounshell (talk) 03:27, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Teams section

I'm not doubting that the Teams section is relatively accurate but we need more sources for support. Users logged in from their IP addresses continue to add to the lists and we have no idea whether or not the information is correct. If sources are not added soon, I'm going to significant cut down the Teams section and only leave the lists with references. Let me know what you think. Thanks! Meatsgains (talk) 19:22, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your approach of only including sourced content. Some may be correct, but some people like to add their own names to the list. Requiring a citation will prevent that. Bahooka (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Bahooka: I cleaned up the lists and removed individuals not provided in the sources. Hope this improves the page a bit! Meatsgains (talk) 19:15, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Workers Rights

Per WP:BRD, I have reverted this edit as it is [[WP:Cherryp 🅣🅗🅔🅨 🅗🅐🅥🅔 🅝🅞 🅡🅘🅖🅗🅣🅢

Section refers only to Vans Free2Work rating for Worker's Rights. "Free2Work conducts extensive research before assigning grades on a scale of “A” to “F” to each brand. We look at company efforts in four main categories: policies, monitoring, transparency, and worker rights." It is obvious from the organization's preceding statement that worker rights are only one part of their evaluation of a company. Please elaborate on your "cherrypicking" accusation. 169.53.156.211 (talk) 07:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That one component is only part of an overall rating. Per the cherrypicking essay, "In the context of editing an article, cherrypicking, in a negative sense, means selecting information without including contradictory or significant qualifying information from the same source and consequently misrepresenting what the source says." In thinking about this more, the entire section should be removed as a primary source. A secondary source such as a journal or newspaper would be better to determine the notability and reliability of Free2Work.org as a source. I will have limited Wikipedia access during the next few days but hopefully some other editors will join in the discussion about this content and if it should be in the article. Bahooka (talk) 13:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I created the section to address Van's position concerning Worker Rights. If you want me to address Van's position on the other three categories (policies, monitoring, transparency) that's fine with me. However, The section I created is specifically for documenting Van's and worker rights.XenoRasta (talk) 09:18, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am addressing the use of Free2work.org as a reference at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. You may want to discuss its use there. Bahooka (talk) 05:35, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Per comment at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Vans / Free2work.org, I am removing content. Bahooka (talk) 23:38, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your links have no weight. What are you referencing? 184.75.211.171 (talk) 06:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion at the Reliable Sources noticeboard that indicated the source is not acceptable has now been archived. The new link is Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 189#Vans / Free2work.org. Bahooka (talk) 14:12, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the Wikipedia Nazis strike again. If you worked for Vans then at least I could understand your POV, but the fact that you don't worries me even more. Never the less, "Calling All SockPuppets." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.75.211.161 (talk) 07:22, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tumbling Shoe

That tumbling shoe graphic is really annoying and distracting. Sca (talk) 16:06, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

i agree!! can someone remove that? i assume you're talking about the one thats still there and i honestly think it would be better if we replaced it with an image or a bunch of vans shoes or , if nothing suitable can be found , just remove it outright. maybe an image of one of the founders would suffice? Applejuiceandpeachh (talk) 05:53, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tags on "History" section of the article

Much of the "History" section is lifted verbatim (but without use of quotation marks—hence the "over-quotation" tag) from various sources, including an article in "Smith Journal" which contains a disclaimer that "Vans is a supporter of Smith Journal," which might also raise "neutral point of view" questions.

The section gives the impression of being public-relations advertising copy, not an encyclopedia entry. I included the "inappropriate person" tag because part of the copy-and-pasted text contains the second-person "you". (The "story" tag -- suggesting that this section reads like a story rather than an encyclopedia entry -- might also be warranted here, but I didn't want to pile up too many tags.)

Bruce Tindall (talk) 19:40, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

l need a vans sponsor

l want to advertise vans n push the label lve been a lover since 2013 Spellztrill (talk) 09:01, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Van technologies

Why isnt it just called "reinforcment" between the sole and the rest of the shoe? "Technologies" tends to make people assume there was tech involved in construction and it leaves no indication people wanted it because it didnt fall apart as easily. 2607:FEA8:FEC0:78D8:251A:DA92:B01:AE20 (talk) 22:12, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pop Culture

The pop culture section only lists one movie in which there are Vans worn. Aren't they also worn by Max Mayfield in Stranger Things? GN70521 (talk) 22:18, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Pop Cultures Missing Facts

In 2007 And 2003 The Two Sitcoms : Two And A Half Men(2003) And The Big Bang Theory (2007) Have Seen Characters Wearing Many Vans Shoes. Example : Slip-Ons, Authentics,Era 66's And Old Skools — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.225.115.212 (talk) 14:11, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]