Yes definitely agree on the North America part. As someone in the U.S. I totally understand some of the edits and realize these were well meaning...and it's human nature (or rather, ugly American nature :) ) to think that whatever goes on locally is also applicable to the rest of the world. In any case, for a high-importance article the content is really quite skimpy...I was staring at it for a good 10 min last night thinking of all the stuff that should be added, and there's so much material missing it's almost paralyzing to edit. On the other hand one also want to avoid making it too dancesport-centric, as ballroom dance does can be practiced different ways depending on locality + whether one's a social dance/competitor...I was thinking of possibly sectioning the article to address the idiosyncracies of each region (e.g. pro-am in US, new vogue down under, etc), plus breaking out dancesport-specific stuff into a major section, so major competitions, age categories etc can be explained as well with proper cites to idsf etc without making ballroom dance = dancesport as it is not. No matter what, the more editors involved def the easier in this case. Tendancer (talk) 19:11, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! I had such a hard time last time round - i was only twelve... - but it is so nice to find someone who has actually heard of let alone met Nina and Dimitri. I was wondering what were your sources(how did you know that Dimitri's father died when he was eighteen for example). I think that he also came to England with his sister who he fell out with and lost contact with... When I first made the article my dad was keen that I did not mention his marriage to Gwenethe, why I am unsure but just thought I should let you know. I was under the impression that his book was always called "The Latin American Technique" (I think that my dad has one of the 1949 copies with this title). I was not sure that Nina did have a hand in setting up the All England with Sidney and Dimitri. Also, I think that Dimitri came to England via Italy (hence the Italian) and did not arrive until the mid 1930's. He also worked with the Anti Aircraft guns in London for a short time in the war. I am keen to upload a few pictures of them but am uncertain how to go about this. We have a really nice one of them demonstrating with Victor Silvestre and I have found another good one of Gwenethe and Dimitri, (again with VS).

All of this is one side of my herritage I would love to be more in touch with. Dimitri died when Dad was still at university and Nina died not long after my first birthday. The only dancing I know is a brief waltz routine Bobbie Irvine taught me a Barbara Macoll's fourtieth birthday party. I hope you do not mind me asking but who exactly are you as you seem to have such interst and knowledge in dancing (you have Frank and Peggy's book) and met my grandma, a privilage I never had.

Dleep2 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks: I'll reply on your talk page. Macdonald-ross (talk) 11:43, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I've uploaded a picture and also diagramed the page so it looks a bit better. There seems to be some missing info that you could pick up here. In case you want to make a change on my move, go ahead !
• The article is getting better. I just wish the others had a good picture too. Anything you need, just give me a ring, ok.... :) !