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Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:10 am
by NewApp
Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:41 pm
by AppSt94
That's crazy talk. They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. Al Gore said so.

Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:49 pm
by PhillyApp1
Al should know.........he invented the internet
Climate Change has been happening since God created the earth

Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:50 pm
by Gonzo
One more reason to get rid of the stupid track.
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:22 pm
by Black Saturday
AppSt94 wrote:That's crazy talk. They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. Al Gore said so.

That would be "Owl" Gore
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:33 pm
by luvyosef
PhillyApp1 wrote:Al should know.........he invented the internet
Climate Change has been happening since God created the earth 
Amen brother!!!
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:35 pm
by AppAlum1
Somebody, please go on Wikipedia and change that.
(That's why wikipedia is not a primary source, b/c one can change it.) One might surmise that a Catamount is responsible somehow for that error.
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:57 pm
by McLeansvilleAppFan
AppAlum1 wrote:Somebody, please go on Wikipedia and change that.
(That's why wikipedia is not a primary source, b/c one can change it.) One might surmise that a Catamount is responsible somehow for that error.
Now might be a good time to plug me "Scouring the Internet" I was trying to do back in August.
If you find other links then please add. If you edit something update that if you like so we can direct our energies to other websites and webpages.
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:52 pm
by appst89
NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:09 pm
by AppAttack
appst89 wrote:NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.
You're right, it says nothing about length/distance in there.
3,280 feet above sea level
3,330 feet above sea level
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:29 pm
by McLeansvilleAppFan
AppAttack wrote:appst89 wrote:NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.
You're right, it says nothing about length/distance in there.
3,280 feet above sea level
3,330 feet above sea level
So it sounds like we are now back to being able to believe everything on Wikipedia now that we have this all sorted out?
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:13 pm
by AppinVA
Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken.

Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:19 pm
by McLeansvilleAppFan
AppinVA wrote:Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken.

Or you could go around it all day and have a displacement vector of zero.
Infinity = zero it would seem.
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:06 am
by firemoose
McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:AppinVA wrote:Technically, the track has an infinite length. May the circle be unbroken.

Or you could go around it all day and have a displacement vector of zero.
Infinity = zero it would seem.
"
Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth.
There is no spoon"
Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:29 am
by AppGrad1
Wonder if the pi of our track is 3.333?

Re: Can't believe everything you read on Wikipedia
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 5:52 pm
by NewApp
appst89 wrote:NewApp wrote:Excerpt from a Wikipedia article on Kidd Brewer Stadium. It seems to say the track is 3,333 feet long rather than 3,333 feet in elevation by saying "per NCAA qualifications:
" but still stands as a beacon to the Mountaineer faithful. It stands 3,280 feet (1,000 m) above sea level with the track measured at 3,333 feet (1,016 m) for NCAA qualifications."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd_Brewer_Stadium
The way I read it, the article is saying the stadium is at 3,280 feet in elevation (probably meaning the entrance) and the track is at 3,333 feet elevation. The track elevation is needed because when qualifying times are being evaluated, things like the elevation of the venue and windspeed on the day of the meet are considered.
Then that would mean there is 53 feet difference in elevation. I don't believe that to be true.