Talk:Snowkiting

Reorganization of wiki pages on Kitesurfing, Kiteboarding, Landboarding, Kiteskating, Snowkiting, etc.

Currently, the wiki Kiteboarding page describes Kiteboarding as a land-based sport alternatively named Kite Landboarding. ("Kite Landboarding" is set up as a wiki referral link to the current wiki "Kiteboarding" page). Actually, AFAICT, the sport generally referred to in the real world as "Kiteboarding" is a water-based sport which has Kitesurfing an alternative name, and which has land-based and snow-based offshoots. A number of websites, publications, and organizations exist which support this interpretation of what Kiteboarding is and is not (see http://www.kiteboardingmag.com/index.jsp, http://www.ikointl.com/index1.php, http://www.ikiteboarding.com/, http://www.ikiteboarding.com/kiteboarding/articles/what-is-kiteboarding.aspx, etc.)

Besides water-based and land-based versions of Kiteboarding, a snow-based version exists which is referred to as "Kite Snowboarding" or, as "Snow Kiteboarding", or as "Snowkiting". A wiki Snowkiting page currently exists.

It appears to me that page-naming on this within wiki is out of sync with nomenclature usage in the real world. Barring strong opposition, I intend sometime in the near future to do the following in an attempt to correct this situation:

• Move the current wiki "Kiteboarding" page to "Kite Landboarding".
• Make a referral link from "Landboarding" to "Kite Landboarding"
• Make a referral link from "Kiteskating" to "Kite Landboarding"
• Make a referral link from "Kiteboarding" to "Kitesurfing"
• Make a referral link from "Kite Snowboarding" to "Snowkiting"
• Make a referral link from "Snow Kiteboarding" to "Snowkiting"
• Do some minor edits on the "Kitesurfing", "Kite Landboarding", and "Snowkiting" pages to provide cross-referrals where needed.

Coomments? Outraged objections? Alternative suggestions? In hopes of having a single-pronged discussion on this, I ask that the discussion take place on the current Talk:Kiteboarding page.

Posted on the Talk:Kiteboarding, Talk:Kitesurfing, and Talk:Snowkiting pages -- Boracay Bill 05:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Merger

The merge should take place. Kite boarding Snowkiting, and Kite skiing all cover the same ground. If someone interested in this area could take care of this it would be great. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 19:59, 28 June 2012 (UTC)