Talk:Speedrunning

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April 11, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
May 21, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted

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Li, Roland (2014-01-09). "Making Money as a Zelda Speedrunner". Polygon. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Edge staff (August 26, 2007). "Speed Freaks". Edge. Future Publishing. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
Lowood, Henry (2006). "High-performance play: The Making of machinima" (PDF). Journal of Media Practice. 7 (1): 25–42. doi:10.1386/jmpr.7.1.25/1. Retrieved August 21, 2006. no
Totilo, Stephen (February 22, 2006). "Gaming's Top Ref Pays Big Bucks For Record-Breaking Scores". MTV Networks. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
Haley, Sebastian (February 5, 2013). "Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)". VentureBeat. Retrieved February 12, 2013.

On 23 September 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Speedrun to Speedrunning. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Semi-protected edit request on 3 September 2023[edit]

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Change the link for Todd Rogers from the beach volleyball player to the correct wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rogers_(gamer) 24.236.177.94 (talk) 19:16, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done RudolfRed (talk) 19:39, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Circular link edit request[edit]

I found a circular link in the second paragraph of Lying about times. I think the link can just be removed:

In 2017, a speedrunner named Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel disassembled the game's code and concluded that the fastest possible time was 5.57 seconds. PigBepsiRS (talk) 22:41, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the heads up. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:46, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mario Kart[edit]

Should the Mario Kart games and their significant presence with speedrunning be mentioned in this article if it hasn't been done already? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 14:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If reliable sources identify their significance then yes, but I'm not sure that's the case. ~Bluecrystal004^{(talk · contribs)} 15:29, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

why not? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 01:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's just my intuition as someone who speedruns a couple of them, but a quick Google throws up some news results about Mario Kart 64 which may be noteworthy. ~Bluecrystal004^{(talk · contribs)} 02:23, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I guess I kinda feel the same. I don't have MK64, but I do time trial MKW a decent bit and MK7 from time to time. NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 02:25, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Definition too narrow[edit]

I feel that the term "speedrun" has outgrown simply gaming. I have seen many instances of the term being used in a context outside of videogames. This would be a massive overhaul to the page so take your time but I beleive the deffinition at least should be broadened. ANerd.png (talk) 02:40, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done- Wiktionary already has a definition to accommodate this at its entry for speedrun, but the broadening of the term is still in reference to the same activity, and the only encyclopedic topic is still the gaming one. ~Bluecrystal004^{(talk · contribs)} 16:04, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2024[edit]

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I suggest adding to the 'History' section: However, according to Sacha Bernard, it would appear that the term 'speedrun', understood as ' speed-based videogame performance ', originated with the game Radar Rat Race published in 1981 by HAL Laboratory. Source : https://speedrun.hypotheses.org/1713 2A01:E34:ECB9:A9E0:D573:C1D5:76F6:639B (talk) 12:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]