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This page does a decent job of describing some of Figure Skating History, as well as how Figure Skating works today, as governed by the International Skating Union (ISU) and USFSA. But it fails to mention anything outside the ISU context. Shortcomings include:

• Non-competition figure skating is not mentioned (although they do have organization articles). For example Ice Theatre of NY, and American Ice Theatre are two professional arts organizations with organization similar to dance companies. Non-competition figure skating in general deserves a section in this article.

• A section on social ice dance, and how it relates to social dance in general, would be in order. Social ice dance is nearly extinct in the USA, but in the 1930's it was the backbone of most skating clubs (and most people learning to skate apparently put in the effort so they could ice dance). In recent years competition ice dance has diverged significantly from social ice dance, hence social ice dance deserves a section of its own.

• Figure skating has had many disciplines over the years, and they should at least be mentioned. For example, hand-in-hand skating was a thing in the late 19th century. A section on extinct disciplines would be in order.

• There are also non-extinct disciplines that are competed today, but not within the ISU orbit. They should be listed as currently active disciplines of competition. For example, Figures and Fancy Skating are both competed through World Figure Sport Society.

• Under the "Figure Skating" template (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Figure_skating), I believe a "Figures" link should be added under Disciplines, and it should subsume "Compulsory figures" and "Special figures," both currently in "Segments." Figures competitions have two segments. In the first, everybody does the same figure; figures selected for the competition may be from the traditional ISU Figures repertoire, but may also be Special Figures (anything not on a circle, basically). The second segment is "Creative Figures," in which skaters must make their own unique figure.

• Fancy Skating should also be added as a (currently active) discipline, along with information on its history and how it is different from ISU Singles skating and Solo Iced Dance today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Citibeth (talk • contribs) 02:51, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As for popular culture section, acclaimed girls figure skating Medalist (manga) got a TV anime series adaptation this season and it's proving super popular in Japan, earning lots of praise for music, visuals and story, despite coming from low-tier Studio ENGI. In the west, Disney+ and Hulu simulcasts it online, in dubtitled and subtitled format, respectively. 188.143.7.164 (talk) 17:15, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]