Talk:Women in the Wind (motorcycle club)
Change of title
editHi, I found a question for the same on Wikipedia:Teahouse. Just stopped by to check and found "As a note, Women in the Wind is not a motorcycle club "MC" and it has tried to have the title on this page corrected numerous times." into the main space article added by an editor @Witwsecretary: who is a secretary for the same. So, I have removed the same and posting here. Thanks! Peppy Paneer (talk) 08:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
Motorcycle club
editWe have discussed this topic dozens of times Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling. Once again, a club of motorcyclists is a motorcycle club. There is a politically correct jargon used by a small minority who reserve the terms "motorcycle club", MC, and MCC for outlaw motorcycle clubs. The majority of sources do not use this jargon and in fact have no idea what these guys are so worked up about. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written for the general public using mainstream sources. It is not owned by the subjects of articles. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:38, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
- Some examples:
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- The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, Arthur Veno: "There are a number of all-women clubs in the US, including Leather and Lace, Motor Maids, Women on Wheels, Women of Harley, Devil Dolls and Women in the Wind. Motor Maids have been around since 1927."
- Women's Groups Pop Up All over Chicago Area. Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 10, 2005: "Becky was the driving force behind the creation of one of the oldest, still functioning women's motorcycle clubs, "
- Easy Riders Forget the Minivans. These Suburban Mamas Prefer to Hop on Their Harleys and Hit the Open Road By Kaplan, Allison | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 17, 1997: "She helped form the nation's second chapter of Women in the Wind, a motorcycle club founded in Toledo, Ohio"
- Making a Dream Come True. Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 9, 2006: "Brown, no stranger to motorcycling, founded Women in the Wind (WITW) in 1979, now an international club. " --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:54, 27 July 2015 (UTC)