Talk:World Figure Skating Championships/Archive 1

Archive 1

16 yr old Scotch

Is there, or has there ever been, a minimum age to compete? It appears, based on the deaths of the '61 U.S. team, to be 17. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 14:09, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

There is currently a minimum age (15 years old by the preceeding July 1). There have been various age limits; I don't know when the first one was introduced. It wasn't 17 in 1961; Elena Vodorezova was 12 in 1976 and I'm pretty sure there weren't any age limits then. Tara Lipinski was 13 in 1996 and was then grandfathered in when new age limits were imposed. Kolindigo (talk) 18:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Quick answer! Thanks a lot. BTW, tho, I imagine others have wondered, so a firm(er) answer, included in the page, would probably be a good idea. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 19:10, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

There is currently this:

“ Skaters must be older than fifteen as of July 1st the previous year to compete. The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is the corresponding competition for skaters at age 13 to 19 who are not old enough for senior Worlds or do not qualify. In previous years there was a loophole that skaters who were not age-eligible for senior Worlds but had medalled at Junior Worlds could compete at senior Worlds, but this loophole has since been closed. ”

I can hunt up sources for previous age limits, though it may take a while (perhaps someone else reading this page has some on hand?). Kolindigo (talk) 19:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Pairs and IceDancing medalists

Were there any pairs who medaled in pairs and ice dancing? Or maybe just individual skater who medaled in both with different partners? Note or list (if there are more) would fit the article. 213.149.62.160 (talk) 16:31, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

History

I restored changes undone by Kolindigo. The brief History is directly contradicted by James Hines, 2006, Figure Skating: A history, the only authoritative and comprehensive history of figure skating since 1959. My edits correct the errors based on Hines history. I included the only footnote on the textual content of this page. When Kolindigo undid my correction, he kept one piece from my update, the location of the first Ladies Championship, Davos. He also retained my footnote in a position that made it appear to apply to the old and contradictory material. I had deliberately created two paragraphs so there was no ambiguity, and it was clear that the footnote did not apply to the original first half which I left intact. I will be glad to stand down if Kolindigo can provide a better authoritative source for his version of Madge Sayers participation and the origin of the Ladies Championship. GeorgeDS (talk) 07:05, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey. Per my edit summary, I take issue with the idea that all of this happened in the 21st century. Please check the dates you used. And thanks for the book rec, I'll pick it up from the library ASAP. :) Kolindigo (talk) 07:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

You are quite right. I'm so used to typing 20.. that I got all the dates wrong. I've moved them to 1903 to 1906. Are we OK now :) BTW I'm new to this and have looked all over for the edit summary which I cannot find. GeorgeDS (talk) 07:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

I found the "edit summary" and put a note in this time. I'm getting extremely frustrated with this. I provided the only reference/source and now people who haven't checked the entire edit history are removing my update and saying it's unsourced. If people keep removing my correction but leaving the James Hines reference, I will contact James Hines so he can take legal action for using his work as reference for material that directly contradicts him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgeds (talk • contribs) 08:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Post-World War I resumption

One question I have not found out searching Google is why the World Figure Skating Championships were not re-established until three years after World War I had ended?? I can understand why it would have been too late to organise a 1919 World Figure Skating Championship since the war did not end until November of 1918, but one would guess that 1920 Championships could certainly have been organised during 1919. Even with conflict with the 1920 Olympics, one would imagine a 1921 Championship could certainly have been organised duirng that time, but that was not done for some reason. Could anyone here provide details and information?? luokehao, 08:59, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Changing from "Ladies'" to "Women's"

Hey there! Previously, the discipline was known as "ladies' singles" but with ISU regulations and communications changing it into "women's singles" starting from the 2021-22 season, I want to know how the discipline should be referred to on this particular page.

As of now, the page on Figure skating still refers it as "ladies' singles" (will be changing that soon) but the Single skating pages uses "women's singles" and for those 2 pages it should be clear that they should refer to the discipline as "women's single" since it covers figure skating as a whole. However, since pages like this one discuss about specific time period (before the terminology change), I just want to make sure if replacing all of "ladies'" into "women's" would be appropriate or not.

Thank you!

Suuuuuuzu 11:53, 1 December 2021 (UTC)