Template talk:Rubik's Cube

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[edit] Notable?

I'm sorry, but we have to have a definition of notable. Macky, Tyson, Jessica and Lars have all contributed largely to the success of the Rubik's cube by either bringing the cube to the media, setting records or inventing new methods. Katsu, Bob Burton and Edouard Chambon are no more than maybe (former) record holders and have not done nearly the same thing. I propose the following:

• Ron van Bruchem (speedcubing.com, WCA)
• Chris Hardwick (Yahoo group)
• Macky (Propaganda in 2003)
• Tyson (Propaganda in 2005 and on, WCA)
• Lars P (early method, well known)
• Jessica Fridrich (early method, well known)

Chris Hunt (strangepuzzle video collection), Jaap Scherphuis (puzzle and solver collection) and Dan Harris (compendium site) could get mentioned, but their effort is not as important to the success of the cube itself, as it is to the success of the community. So my definition is: has this person largely contributed to the success of the cube? Please don't argue that you are 'the fastest' this or that. Someone will come along and be faster than you. Speed is only a temporary succes. However, and interesting list here (or somewhere on the Rubik/speedcubing page) would be the succession of world champions. Blonkm 16:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• A list of world champions is not really needed. It would be sufficient to provide a link to the World Record history in the WCA database (worldcubeassociation.org) Cubewhiz 09:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
• I'd say keep Jessica Fridrich and Lars Petrus for their contributions to solution methods, possibly removing the "Players" section, and let the rest go from the template. Keeping the others in the article somewhere is probably appropriate. — MrDolomite • Talk 12:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
  • I added Leyan Lo, the current world record holder, though the grouping can probably be changed once the players section is decided. — MrDolomite • Talk 14:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Leyan Lo isn't the current world record holder, its Edouard Chambon. joey__ 17:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Overview Page

I am intending to write an overview page for Rubik type puzzles. This will provide an index of existing pages, a description of the categorisation and geometries of the puzzles and some notes where the puzzle solution is interestingly different from the standard cube. Also a few examples of puzzles which do not seem to have a page or a mention and some links to external sites (museums etc which have collections)

Havn't decided how to describe this page yet, but any objections to having a link to it in this template? Spinningspark (talk) 16:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)