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Re: Extreme Ironing

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Also, how do people get power for their irons? Do they backpack an inverter and huge lithium battery? Or are there chemically powered irons that they use?

They don't generally power their irons. It's more about the absurd photos than the pressed shirts.

Extreme posing.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Interesting, but something about this article is weird. Overall it doesn't feel like it's in the Wikipedia style and some parts are very editorialized, e.g. > As extreme ironing has branched off, the conditions can gain in extreme activity. For example, a branch of ironing has been developed that includes both bungee jumping and well-pressed clothing. Bungee ironing is what some would call the ultimate in the thrill…

Joke articles (and let's face it, this is a joke sport) tend to attract joke edits.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Nothing more comfortable than a nice plastic shirt

These can be real problems when subject to a heat flash from a nuclear blast. They tend to melt right on you rather than block the heat.

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Re: Extreme Ironing

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https://helloeffie.com/ Never used it myself but i have been curious if it actually works.

More like "is it released after all those years". I've been very interested in the concept, but that's the last I've heard from them in the last 3-4 years.

Their blog was last updated almost two years ago.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Mildly related: I'm curious what are the latest advances in consumer irons and ironing boards. Something that improved them in the last 10-15 years, even incrementally. For example SSDs became much more common and affordable over the past 15 years and their parameters also improved. Are there similar improvements in household appliances like irons? Where would one look for an industry overview?

back in the days when I used to have to wear a suit and tie, my wife bought me a laurastar. The hook was that they had a fan built into the board, that could suck (it could also blow and hence billow the material instead) the shirt to the board, so that ironing was easier.

Re: Extreme Ironing

#158

Mildly related: I'm curious what are the latest advances in consumer irons and ironing boards. Something that improved them in the last 10-15 years, even incrementally. For example SSDs became much more common and affordable over the past 15 years and their parameters also improved. Are there similar improvements in household appliances like irons? Where would one look for an industry overview?

I'm pretty sure that if we managed to get extreme ironing into the olympics, we'd see increased innovation in this sector.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Interesting, but something about this article is weird. Overall it doesn't feel like it's in the Wikipedia style and some parts are very editorialized, e.g. > As extreme ironing has branched off, the conditions can gain in extreme activity. For example, a branch of ironing has been developed that includes both bungee jumping and well-pressed clothing. Bungee ironing is what some would call the ultimate in the thrill…

Slightly related question: Does anyone know what to do when finding a Wikipedia page that's just an ad in disguise? I've found a few and Wikipedia has a lot of pages about vandalism/verifiability which often recommends just changing the parts that don't fit or placing a warning on the user's page but what if the whole page is about a made up term that exists to link to the authors blog/company? I can't outright delet…

Don't delete it. Deleting an article has the lowest effort:effect ratio, so lots of automatic policies are in place to speedily allow an author to restore a page that's been deleted.

If the article itself shouldn't exist, mark it with {{qd|spam}} . `qd` is quick deletion.

If the article should still exist but has substantial content that's advertising, mark it {{npov}}

In both cases someone else will come along and fix it. If the author who put the ads up in the first place removes your template, just put it back up.

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