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Notability

I am not sure if this topic meets the Wikipedia Notability guidelines. I know that Alleycat races have been the subject of several films. The most popular are Lucas Brunelle's videos, which have several thousand views on youtube. Mr Brunelle's videos have also had large audiences (100s at different screenings), at various Bicycle Film Festivals. Alleycats have been the subject of several dozen media 'life-style' articles. But does this make Alleycats notable?

I would like some help with this. This article needs substantial improvement, but I am not willing to take it further without guidance.

Buffalo Bill 06:15, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notable

I found this article fascinating, and would hate to see it scrubbed for want of notability.

unsigned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.121.198.221 (talk) 01:36, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Intro

I found this too messenger-centric.

"is the name given to a bicycle race, sometimes organised and ridden by bicycle messengers. The races are styled to mimic the sorts of riding a messenger might encounter while working. The races typically do not have a pre-disclosed course and often use checkpoints instead of a fixed route. They frequently take place after dark, and they often happen on major holidays such as Halloween and St. Valentines Day. The concept of the night race has long been a universal one in bike messenger culture,"

So I changed it. The ref I added for the new para includes an article written by two Torontonians steeped in Alleycat history. Hope that's ok. Buffalo Bill talk to me 13:47, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alleycats are too messenger centric? That has nothing to do with being invented by, operated by, spread by and participated in by messengers, exclusively for the first 10-15 years they existed?

Too messenger centric? Alleycats? WTF ?