We have a debate over which foot the man
should start with from the Promenade Position(#1) the Semiclosed Position(#2)
the Hover(#3)and the Whisk(#4)
I said:
#1 Left foot
#2 Left foot
#3 Right foot
#4 Right foot

Maybe you could add the correct start foot to these description of Positions

Please respond
gudway

I am surprised about the mass confusion
So let me refrase the question:
"On which foot(weighted)does the man end the aformentionned figures/positions?" #1,#2,#3,#4

Gudway. The inside foot for both man and lady. The winner is the man's RF.
The LF is the last step of the previous movement before stepping through in Promenade. Any Technique book would have given you the correct answer.

AFAIK, in tango and in jive, patners starts with outer foot. There are no general rules but one: you allways start with the non-weight foot.

The correct answer is "the foot he is not standing on".

Since he could be standing on either foot in any of the positions you list, the free foot is not part of the description of the position.

I note someone said that the answer should be the inside foot. This is often, but not always true. In dances with rise and fall it's most common for the falling step to occur on the outside foot, and a new figure to then begin with a rising step on the inside foot. However, in tango, the majority of promenade figures begin (somewhat arbitrarily, but by convention) with the step of the outside foot.

I agree with anymouse on this one. After a Whisk in the waltz, for example, the promenade out of that would start with the man's RF.
But in Fox Trot or Tango, it seems I am always starting with the LF in the promenade, or at least more often than not.
Though I haven't studied them closely in a while, I am thinking that the man's and lady's part descriptions on the dance steps or variations on this site would indicate the foot to be used for a particular promenade start, if gudway wants to check that out.

Anonymous. Its obvious reading some of the comments that to take a step in Promenade is completely misunderstood. My preperation to go into Promenade cannot be in a closed position. But it is only a preperation . The step in Promenade is after the Preperation. An example. I open the door, but at that point have not started to go through.
If we take a Whisk. The Preperation is part of the Whisk, that is when when we cross behind. And is on the last beat of the bar of music we are on. Our next step on the first beat of the next bar of music is our step in Promenade.

There is more to this than meets the eye. For some reason there is a tendancy for the lady unless srictly instructed, to have the right side and shoulder slightly away from the man clockwise instead of the other way around, right side to right side. If this is not set up correctly even with the head to the left the ladies body is almost in a Promenade Position. Add to that the lady opening herself up and not waiting for the man to do it for her. The whole thing begins to looks like an open barn door. Also make sure both feet are pointing in the same diection. This also includes the knees. Ask your teachers.

"Anonymous. Its obvious reading some of the comments that to take a step in Promenade is completely misunderstood. My preperation to go into Promenade cannot be in a closed position."

The only person who has suggested any such thing is yourself, and only so that you could argue against it. You've done this many times over the years under many different names...