Talk:Keepie uppie

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If world record should not be capitalized here then should it be capitalized in the World Record article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mintguy (talk • contribs) 11:12, 28 November 2002

I think Freestyle soccer is a form of keepie uppie so i think the articles should be merged - dwanyewest (— Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.83.245.226 (talk) 13:52, 21 March 2006)

I disagree, discussion continues at Talk:Freestyle Football, I just think it would be easier if it was all in one place Philc _T+C 11:12, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Freestyle and Keepie Uppie do indeed seem to be variations of the same thing. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 11:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How are these records evidenced? 24 hours of video footage? Doesn't Wikipedia look for strong sources generally? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.14.76.50 (talk) 16:53, 8 August 2006

I've actually deleted some of the record that were on here because my Guinness Book Of World Records 2005 gives other records. I'm happy to include other performances but I consider the GBoWR to be a much more credible source than an unknown website. Mglovesfun 18:26, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another page [1] claims that Milene Domingues (Ronaldo's ex-wife) holds the women's record with 9hr 6mins. Which the correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.132.122.50 (talk) 10:05, 1 September 2006

Has anyone got a GIF Image of someone doing keepie uppies that could be uploaded here? Bababoum 17:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, a rough animated image would be nice. 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 11:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to edit wikipedia (this is my 1st time), but I know when I was younger, (i.e. 1990s in Yorkshire, England) we only ever called it "Tap-ups", never "keepy-uppy". You would describe your score in terms such as "I did 50 tap ups..."

I wouldn't know where how to verfiy this though... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.185.153.35 (talk) 20:43, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The standard term has long been 'keep-ups' (in England, at least). This spawned the child's term 'keepie uppies', just as 'dog' spawned 'doggie' (and 'sweet' spawned 'sweetie', etc.) but the Wiki page for 'Dog' remains 'Dog'. Shouldn't the same also apply here? SP1R1TM4N (talk) 00:43, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Article titles: "[When offered] multiple possibilities, editors choose among them by considering several principles: the ideal article title resembles titles for similar articles, precisely identifies the subject, and is short, natural, distinguishable and recognizable." Hyacinth (talk) 22:51, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for responding (and sorry for taking so long to notice that you had), but it still doesn't really answer my question. No self-respecting footballer is going to say: "I'm including keepie uppies in my training routine" any more than he would say: "Mummy, I've got my jim-jams on and I'm cuddling the doggies." These are all terms used by small children. Surely the title of the page should be the adult-level word? SP1R1TM4N (talk) 20:44, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia goes with the term most commonly used in sources, which would appear to be "keepie-uppie" (1,560 Google News results, 3,600 Google Books) rather than "keep-ups" (401 News, 536 Books, and some of both are sentences about the UPS company keeping a thing). --McGeddon (talk) 13:44, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]