Wikipedia:Peer review/Triathlon/archive1

Triathlon

My first attempt at a significant contribution was a major rewrite and expansion of the page on this sport. I'd like a sanity check to make sure I'm on the right track and doing things to community standards before digging in further. Concerned about overlap with the Ironman Triathlon page, which preexisted Triathlon and was much larger, though it's a specific subset of the sport. I also added the subcategory "Endurance sports" to contain this sort of event, along with marathon, nordic skiing, etc. Many thanks. IdahoEv 05:51, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yes, definitely on the right track. See Wikipedia:What_is_a_featured_article for some more of the criteria for our best articles. A print reference used in the writing of the article would be great, in either case you need to note if any of the external links were used as references specifically. Also a GFDL or creative commons licensed picture would be great. It is a de facto requirement for featured articles. Also, try to eliminate one or two sentence paragraphs. They are bad form. Good work - Taxman 19:05, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

Okay, thanks much for the thoughts. I am trying to put together a composite photo using my own pictures from races, so that I can confidently GFDL it without worry. (If anyone who reads this has nice shots they'd be willing to contribute, please contact me). I'll go back and note which web references were used where in the article; so far everything has been from online or from memory. I do know of a couple of good books on triathlon, though, maybe I'll check them out from the library, use them to flesh out the article, and cite them. IdahoEv 21:22, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Could you say something about the conflicting physical demands of the sport? (Good long-distance runners are thin and light; good cyclists have big legs; good swimmers have big shoulders and small legs.) You might mention how triathlon introduced tribars to cycling. Gdr 22:45, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)

Good suggestions; I'll look into implementing both. IdahoEv 07:46, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)