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Can someone please post a picture of Ole Miss tailgates? Those are easily the best tailgates in the nation, any sport, any level. The definition of tailgate. And no, I have no connection to Ole Miss; I'm just not biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.2.146 (talk) 23:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Great pic of the girl. Seen better pics of tailgating but it's still a great pic for what it is. 128.158.14.42 23:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Europe

The article’s statement about tailgating catching on in Europe cited an article at http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/sefton052605.html, but all that article says on the subject is, “Tailgating is so big, it's busted the borders and is catching on in Europe.” Not much of a citation, so I’ve removed the link. A better reference would be one that actually talks about tailgate parties in Europe. --Rob Kennedy 21:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Melrose

I’ve twice removed the “see also” link to the Party on Melrose at the University of Iowa. A search for the phrase doesn’t find me references to anything more than a simple house party. That’s clearly isn’t a tailgate party. And if there’s no article about it, it does readers a disservice to call special attention to a redlink for it. --Rob Kennedy 21:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Why does someone delete the link to Tailgating Times, yet keep links to crappy sites that are not updated???

Tailgating Times is a great forum for tailgating tips.

[edit] "Barbecuing" versus "Grilling"

I replaced the word "barbecuing" in the first paragraph with the phrase "grilling food" for a couple of reasons. First, the link was to the barbecue article, which focuses on styles of food called barbecue (such as the pork stuff in North Carolina or beef barbecue in Texas). The sentence, however, appeared to refer to the act of cooking food outdoors on a grill, and the barbecue article doesn't really talk about that very much. Second, the article on grilling specifically addresses the use of the term "barbecuing" as it's sometimes used to refer to outdoor cooking (I've used parentheses to insert clarifications here due to Wikipedia's technical use of brackets): "In contrast, in the United States and Canada, use of the word (i.e., 'grilling') refers to cooking food directly over a source of dry heat, typically with the food sitting on a metal grate that leaves 'grill marks.' In the UK and other Commonwealth countries this would be referred to as barbecueing, although grilling is usually faster and hotter than the American sense of the word 'barbecue,' which does not necessarily imply grill marks. Grilling is usually done outdoors on charcoal grills or gas grills, a recent trend is the concept of infrared grilling. Grilling may also be performed using stovetop 'grill pans,' which have raised metal ridges for the food to sit on."

Thus, while the word "barbecuing" is certainly sometimes used in the sense of a generic term for "cooking outdoors on a grill," including in various regions of the United States, and while people sometimes say "I'm having friends over for a barbecue this Saturday" when they're cooking chicken breasts or something, the use of "barbecuing" here was problematic, especially because it was coupled with a link to an article that focuses on the styles of food called "barbecue," rather than on an article that discusses what was intended. (Certainly some people do prepare barbecue for their tailgates. A friend of mine prepared 68 pounds of Boston butt for our tailgate before the Gator Bowl in January 2008. But the sentence appears to encompass the cooking of more ordinary stuff like burgers and hot dogs, not just "barbecue.")

I suppose another way to word the sentence would be "Tailgating often involves cooking out and consuming alcoholic beverages."

—1995hoo (talk) 22:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lynn Swann photo

I added a photo of former Pittsburgh Steeler and 2006 candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Lynn Swann at a tailgate party at a Steelers-Eagles pre-season game on August 25, 2006. It is notable because this is a candidate for major office campaigning for votes during a tailate party. It was covered in the Philly Inquirer [1]. The photo from the event is courtesy [2]. The photo has been released under the proper license and approved by OTRS.--Eclipse98 (talk) 15:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)