Talk:Krispy Kreme Challenge

Notability

How is "102 More Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate" by Sports Illustrated:On Campus not a notable 3rd party reference for this article to not be deleted? If nothing else happens with this for a long time I'll just delete the header. theanphibian 03:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

theanphibian, thanks for your comment. This bulk of this article was written before the February 2007 event took place and has not been updated with the latest press this event has received. I have notified the people involved with this to make sure they come and get this article up to date. If you want to see an example of a "3rd party reference" for this race, look at this story: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/537160.html The News and Observer is the primary newspaper for the Raleigh metropolitan area. This story was featured on the front page of the 'City & State' section. In addition, a camera crew from UNC-TV was there, as well as the tv crew for a local cable news network. apollokiev 00:56am, 6 April 2007

Well, I still see a lot regarding the Feb. 2007 event, which really was the year that made it notable in my oppinion. The article still does need a lot of work, but since it's a growing event I think it has a clear place in Wikipedia with someone sure to keep adding on in the future. The first and zeroth? annual events are difficult to get sources for because, obviously, it was just getting started. I remember hearing numbers of 50 or so for the first time they did it as a full race, and most people who would have liked to do it didn't even hear about it. Anyway, I think it will take some time but should be a good article in time. theanphibian 06:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I think this article barely passes as a notable article, as it has acheived some national attention (i.e. Sports Illustrated). I've been using WP:LOCAL to help me come to that conclusion... but if nothing else it can fall under the WP:NCSU, where it can establish its notability in its importance to the university. I've added that neutral POV tag to the history section because there are lots of weasel words that need fixing (e.g. "impressive turnout"). --TinMan 20:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC) (now Triadian).

I completely agree. Hopefully my changes addressed some of that. What this article needs is just a little more work IMO. theanphibian 08:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Donuts provided free of charge?

Does Krispy Kreme provide the donuts for free to the participants, since this is now a charity event? Pimlottc 15:11, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an organizer for the event, so my word is not absolute, but this is what I know: Last time they had it, they actually encouraged people to not eat too many donuts, because they pay for those with the participation fee, and if less people eat them, then more money will go to the NCCH. As for next year, I don't know, they might change, but it's clear that up until now KK has never provided free donuts for it. And I think it has always been a charity event, or at least for the times that more than like 10 people were doing it. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I served as a race organizer for the last two events. As we planned for the 2007 race, the Krispy Kreme store of Raleigh said they would donate 50 dozen doughnuts free of charge, then charge us a reduced price for the remaining doughnuts we would need. After the race, perhaps due to the large turnout and media coverage, the store manager increased the number of free doughnuts. This move allowed us to increase the amount of money donated to charity. For the 2008 race, the organizers will most likely need the support of the surrounding Krispy Kreme stores and of Krispy Kreme Corporate. I can provide further details when they have been decided on.

To further clarify: the Krispy Kreme store did donate a number of doughnuts free of change. As for the registration fee people pay, it breaks down approximately like this: 22% for t-shirt cost, 8% for closing the roads (requires police), 12% for additional donuts, 3% for misc. (EMS, portapotties, water, etc), and 56% going to charity. -Apollokiev —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 23:39:18, August 18, 2007 (UTC).

ESPN coverage

ESPN's Greg Garber covered (and ran in) the 2009 race. Add a link? http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=garber/090326 McFlynnTHM (talk) 12:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Units

This topic pretty clearly has strong national ties to the US, considering that it takes place exclusively within the US. Therefor US customary units are primary, as specified by WP:UNITS and WP:STRONGNAT. I am correcting this. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 03:04, 21 August 2017 (UTC)