About Westie Wiki

Westie Wiki is a community-edited catalog of West Coast Swing moves. Dancers document patterns, link video examples with exact timestamps, label who's dancing and where, and assemble curricula — ordered paths through the material with notes for learners.

Descriptive, not prescriptive

Everything here describes how dancers actually dance and what they actually call things. Nothing here defines how a move must be danced or what it mustbe called. West Coast Swing is a living, improvised dance: patterns mutate, names collide, regional scenes disagree, and the pros you'll find in our video examples break these “rules” constantly and gloriously.

Treat every page as a learning aid — a map drawn by fellow travelers — not as a source of truth about West Coast Swing. If your teacher tells you something different from what you read here, listen to your teacher. Better yet, add what you learned to the wiki.

How it works

• Anyone can browse. Moves, videos, dancers, events, and curricula are public.
• Members can edit. Like Wikipedia, every edit is recorded with who made it and why. Old versions are never lost — you can view history, compare revisions, and restore.
• Videos stay on YouTube. We link to clips with start/end timestamps and label them with dancers and events. We host nothing and claim nothing.

House style

The short version is below — the full contribution guidelines cover role-neutral language, naming collisions, and how to write for learners.

• Describe what you see and what is commonly taught, not what you think is correct.
• When names conflict, list them all as alternative names and let the description explain.
• Prefer video evidence over assertion — link a clip.
• Leave an edit summary so others understand your change.

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