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Merge under the name closed inflatable trampoline. Closed inflatable trampoline (CIT) is the industry name for these constructions, whatever shape they take. Not all closed inflatable trampolines are castles. But all bouncy castles are CITs. OttawaAC ( talk) 00:46, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
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Wikipedia's policy on article titles.No consensus to move. Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:10, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Inflatable castle → Bouncy castle — Most common name. Simply south.... .. creating lakes for 5 years 22:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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Wikipedia's policy on article titles.The last sentence in the lede (as of this post) has been tagged as dubious, but there's no related discussion for it and it is properly cited. This is the sentence I'm referring to:
Inflatable castles have been suggested as having some therapeutic value for children with certain sensory impairments, similar to ball pits.
Because it's properly cited and not particularly dubious, I'm going to remove the tag. If you believe the tag should stay, feel free to revert the edit and create a relevant discussion section on this talk page. ☉ nbmatt 23:59, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Nearly the entire history section, along with the rest of the article, lacks independent and reliable sources. The two references for almost the entire history section are self-published. One of them is an obituary written by the family of John Scurlock, who they claim invented the Space Walk, and the other is a fan website and Amazon affiliate advertising link farm that references Wikipedia itself. The latter does itself also reference several other websites, but they are also self-published advertising websites, specifically belonging to companies that rent bounce houses. (One of those reference-of-reference websites also cites Wikipedia. Another is dead, and the other cites nothing.) The entire thing is very circular and untrustworthy.
With that in mind, I think it might be appropriate to delete most of the history section, especially given it is a common target for editors with conflicts of interest, and start over with the little reliable material I've found. This edit seems to be by a Scurlock affiliate, while this other edit promotes the Regehr family. I'm not sure what this edit promotes but it doesn't smell right to me either. -- Anon423 ( talk) 09:03, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
I've assembled a draft for a history section with reliable (better, at least) sources, in my user space. Let me know if you have opinions on any of the sources, like the IIHF (which is pretty sketchy IMHO). User:Anon423/sandbox/Inflatable Castle -- Anon423 ( talk) 14:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
Among the competing claims for invention of the inflatable castle, one questionable source, the Irish Inflatable Hirers Association [ archive mentions a group of English university students inventing the bouncy castle for a fundraising event in 1961. While I have found mentions on several lower-quality sources (mostly websites of rental companies), I don't think this is enough to earn them a mention in the article. As always I will happily change my opinion on seeing better sources. -- Anon423 ( talk) 18:31, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
I need a vampire inflatable 2600:6C5C:6E7F:DD34:E4BD:6181:D3FA:AE5E ( talk) 00:21, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
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