I notice you are a regular editor of the Thin Lizzy article. The article has been changed recently by an editor who doesn't like the idea that there is still a band touring under the name without Phil Lynott in it and wishes to make a memorial page out of it. This user has many skeletons in their closet and have been blocked for numerous offences on Wikipedia. I am only online on weekends so I won't see the page again until Friday. I will also email another user named Anger22 who has had previous email contact with me regarding the merger of the Classical Guitarist Project and the main Guitarist Project. I see he is also a regular editor of this page and I believe he is an admin too. So perhaps he can help protect the verifiability of the article. Thanks. Peter Fleet ( talk) 00:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Email sent. I must sign off now. Good luck. Peter Fleet ( talk) 00:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I am currently trying ignore Wikipedia because I have a techincal document to submit to a client based in the West Midlands. But to relieve stress I like to check my watchlist for trolling/vandalism and pop a quick rv here and there. Mindless constructive edits. Unlike your Thin Lizzy re-work which obviously took a lot of time and dedication on your part. I am very familar with your username. As I check Wiki for vandalism... whenever I have to revert an article... and I see your name... I KNOW I can safely revert to your version. Hopefully when other vandal hunters are keeping Wiki clean... and the see my name... they can revert to me with the same confidence. Kudos on the efforts you have put into the Thin Lizzy article. Obviously you are a fan. But you have edited the page as a neutral reader and aimed for "encyclopaedia" over "praise." I wish all editors were as dedicated as you are. Have a nice day! The Real Libs- speak politely 22:53, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
They should be changed. They look horrible, why not use "gold", "silver" and "cc9966" as bronze colours, instead of the dead ones present there? It looks really bad compared to any other sporting category (cyclists, tennis, etc.) Use true gold and such colours.
btw, I had changed the Michael Schumacher colours to those also, revert it but first see it, because it really fits a lot more with those colours.
Korlzor ( talk) 17:02, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Spooky! Of all the drivers in al the world... lol. The only real difference in the tables is that I tend to delete all the <br /><small></small> cruft if it isn't needed. I know the Wikimedia foundation has a fairy enormous server capacity, but I see little reason to store completely redundant code even so. It's just the neat-freak in me, pay no attention! Pyrop e 22:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Joe Kelly, Hi Bretonbanquet, thanks for contacting me, yes I am related, I'm his Son. can you help upload photos of Joe racing at Silverstone.
Thanks Red —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronankelly ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification - I've given him some guidance on how to display and format the images he has.-- Diniz (talk) 13:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for your support! I tend to go for a redirect rather than a Prod, as I usually find some IP address removes the Prod tag with no explanation. If the redirect gets reverted, I go for an AfD, which usually results in a redirect being imposed. I really don’t see the need for articles on album tracks, and we have WP:MUSIC on our side too. So yeah, I reckon we should try and deal with anything else that fails said criteria! Nouse4aname ( talk) 13:47, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, looks like we (well mainly you!) are making steady progress on the AC/DC song front! I am still waiting for a mass revert of all the redirects though, and having to go through adding AfD tags to them all! Good work! Nouse4aname ( talk) 08:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
I feel wikilibs is selectively targeting me. I've had disputes with him in the past (even in his IP versions). In this particular one, he is not assuming good faith in my edits - accusing me of vandalism and trolling. I feel very uncomfortable about that. FMAFan1990 ( talk) 22:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the back-up. If I had caught an IP making those edits I would've given them a full bore vandalism warning and had an admin friend block them. He may as well have been adding black metal to the article... it would've been just as accurate :-D . Things were so much better when the genre field was removed. Wesley Dodds is supposed to be working on a guideline to help control dumbass edits (like adding speed metal to hard rock pages). But I have read what he has done so far and it is pretty much useless. So we are stuck with the stupid field... and it will have rules that no one will ever follow... just what Wiki needs. Sorry I haven't been more support witht hose AC/DC articles. I have had personal issues pop up so my Wiki-time has been sporadic. I will try and monitor my watchlist closely when I am around though. Have a nice day! The Real Libs- speak politely 12:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I will have someone look into it. The Real Libs- speak politely 13:28, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. I've replied to your comments on my talk page (I replied there because I plan to refer to the discussion when I revert my changes, so I thought it made sense to keep the discussion all in the one place). DH85868993 ( talk) 01:44, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I wasn't aware of that. I just thought that all seasons had drivers classified. Some articles had the positions on them in the infoboxes, so I just continued that tradition in the result tables, therefore cheers for the heads up. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 17:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Sort of a follow up to this... You have added "NC" to a lot of drivers who finished seasons as non-scorers. I was just wondering: a) where is this information from?; and b) does this also hold true if the driver didn't actually complete a WC Grand Prix? In many of the cases that you have altered not only did the driver not score points, but they also didn't finish a single race. As far as I understood things you had to actually reach the chequered flag to be classified even if you scored no points. Cheers.
Pyrop
e 20:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Please see the talk page. I have been blocked indefinately. 86.45.222.9 ( talk) 13:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I hope he takes it to heart. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 15:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Since both Tool2Die4 and I have both used up our three reverts on the Black Hawk Down (film) page you could revert his change and if he reverts a fourth time I can report him for 3RR... Betty Logan ( talk) 20:29, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
If you think that's the only thing you've done that was unhelpful, you're way off the mark. That's just how I noticed you first. Any more personal attacks will be reported, and hopefully one of the many other people who don't like your editing style will block you. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 20:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
My views on why this is not an acceptable source:
That's the basis for my opinion anyway. Betty Logan ( talk) 20:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
No I Dont, He is Scottish as he only imigrated to Australia when he was born but still of Scots parents -- 78.148.231.235 ( talk) 17:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
What happened there was that the last IP got the blame for a bunch of edits by what, at that hour, looked like similar IPs, which included deleting information from citations -- hence why I considered the edits vandalism. So I got the wrong guy, but there was vandalism going on. I'll be more careful when doing late night editing in future. Jonobennett ( talk) 10:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Question: I don't know the piece of music "I feel like a wog". Is it actually relevant to the Golliwog article? Does it refer in any way to black woolly toys in minstrel suits? Or does it relate to some later/different meaning that has nothing to do with soft toys at all? Obviously it relates to the "Wog" page, but does it relate to this one, except by some very circuitous route? Amandajm ( talk) 07:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Would I like to take part in the (heated) discussion? No, not really. I thought that was a minor copyedit. In fact, it is quite in line with the existing Aviator article. I do my best to clean up punctuation and grammar on Wikipedia, and it baffles me that someone would get upset about such things. If the ruckus is being raised by someone who insists on removing all gender from English, that sounds to me like a non-NPOV bias on their part, and perhaps they should take their opinions elsewhere. I didn't create the language; I just follow the rules as they were taught in school. Thanks for the alert. — Quicksilver T @ 22:45, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I just re-read some of the discussion, and I noticed that you were unhappy with the 3RR warning, partly because you had not reverted more than 3 times. I agree that you hadn't, but is it not correct that the warning should be used when someone is at risk of reverting more than 3 times (rather than after they have reverted more than 3 times) - so that issuing after the third revert (but before the fourth) is appropriate? 87.114.13.108 ( talk) 19:14, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
This user never edited again. A one-issue troll who had no interest in Wikipedia other than to bait someone. Bit sad that no-one else could see that. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 19:43, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thought you should know that there is a discussion started at the administrator's board by the above IP. Leave Sleaves 15:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know that anyone who knows of Peter Green's Heavy Heart album knows their music!
That was an obscure reference and an impossible album to find these days.
I was actually surprised that you had heard of it.
Thanks for everything you do on Wikipedia. It's greatly appreciated. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Caaaxy (
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contribs) 09:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
I think that "Nations Grand Prix" is what we will have to call the Swiss one even though it doesn't entirely make sense, as this is what it has been called in all languages. As for the other one, I think that "Pescara Grand Prix" is the way to go for the simple reason of that is how it is listed as at oldracingcars.com. All the other races in the season are okay apart from them.
Another thing that's been concerning me is the actual length of the circuits. On Silhouet, it always have a different circuit length to the-fastlane.co.uk. I was wondering if we could get a clarification unto which is the best source to use, or even, do you know any better place to look?
Thank you for doing the results tables though. They have to be the worst part of doing the reports for me. Also, I've said this before places but, I'm really busy in life at the moment so I really don't have time to do these articles at the moment. If I had no work to do, I could get every article in the season started in an afternoon. So hopefully when the summer holidays come around, we can get all these articles finished quite quickly. Ste900R ( talk) 19:06, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Re: Talk:Jeremy Lusk#Arbitrary section "Disliking the reason that an article was created..." - are you replying to me or to 207.237.250.76 ( talk · contribs)? Your indent says you are replying to me, your content says you are replying to to 207.237.250.76. By the way, I created the article. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 23:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
The change you reverted was actually a reversion I did, the change before mine changed the year to 1950 without any notes or arguments. According to http://www.mcnarie.com/KirkeMain.htm and http://www.answers.com/topic/simon-kirke-1 he was born in 1949. I have reverted your changes. Uirauna ( talk) 23:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Apologies for being so short at Talk:Scotland. My view of your argument was that, firstly, you claimed that confusion could be caused from country being a fixed term (your statement "The home nations are collectively unique in their status in that respect, being described as countries but not being independent - which easily causes confusion in people not familiar with the make-up of the UK."), then, after I made an attempt to show that the term country was not unique and not a fixed term, your second argument was that it could led to confusion as it was such a lose term (your statement " "Country", as Czar Brodie points out, covers a lot of different things, and as such is open to confusion"), was my reasoning behind my thinking the conversation was becoming intransigent. I did note your compromise, but I noted that User:BritishWatcher was now becoming more entrenched, with his statement "...should remain in the opening sentence which is why I strongly oppose any change to it". Under these circumstances I judged it judicious to back away. I did enjoy the talk we had, and look forward to probable future jousting with yourself and User:BritishWatcher some time in the future. Copy sent to User:BritishWatcher. Yours ever, Czar Brodie ( talk) 01:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I see you have worked a lot on the article. I think it is a good music page. I have looked at the page before and that section didn't jump out at me. I re-visited the page today just to see if there was any information on the new "Still Dangerous" live album which I just got. For some reason the section just jumped out at me. I don't think the content is false. But it conveys "opinion" a bit which should be cited. A citation should be easy to find for that I would think. We don't have a decent book shop here in Wetherby. And I am too busy to skip off to Leeds or Doncaster to look for one at the moment. I don't think the section needs to example farm the twin lead bands. I expect that sort of detail can be found in the hard rock or heavy metal articles. As it is, the section doesn't mention Judas Priest. The original Alice Cooper band seem to get overlooked as well when it comes to twin guitar harmonies as well. I believe that band probably pre-dates some of the other examples as far as playing lead harmonies in a hard rock context. But now I am off topic. The twin lead style is very important to mention when discussing Thin Lizzy so I think the section can stay. But maybe it should stay focused on Thin Lizzy without name dropping the other twin lead bands. Wether B ( talk) 23:00, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I know my comment was a little harsh, but to me the whole discussion got a little out of hand, and it's certainly not the most important thing that could be discussed. I thought that somebody independent had to come in and point that out, so I did. As I said, ten days, and then we'll know for sure. Claiming presidency of WP was certainly not on my agenda, though it is a thought. Aptery gial 22:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Cheers for the cleanup of the PoV. I knew it couldn't be perfect. ;) Cs-wolves (talk) 18:13, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
Though I was initially annoyed that you reverted some of my edits (lol), I realise that your work to F1 articles is incredible. You always seem to find little grammar errors which I don't see at first, remarkable really. Take this, I hope you'll keep contributing for a long time to come yet. Regards, ayrton_ prost 12:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC) |
I know. I realise that any frustration about what FAC dictates is directed at those who dictate the rules, rather than FA writers. If you've got a few hours, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2008 Japanese Grand Prix makes for interesting reading, as it was basically WP:F1 against FAC, and both want drastically different things from articles. Note also my essay on the talk page. ;) Aptery gial 01:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. Thanks for the work you have done expanding Ray Reed and Ernie de Vos. Do you have any extra information on Alex Blignaut? He's recently been PRODded (hope it didn't hurt :-) Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 17:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
And to think I'm only going through taking the Racing out of the Lola Cars links. :) Thanks for the small gift. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 21:41, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
The official team name, as reflected in the entry, and in every source since they put in their entry, is Team USF1. Stop changing it, you are wrong, period. This isn't a discussion that needs to happen. Eightball ( talk) 20:07, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Shall we continue this over at the talk page, and copy and paste this discussion? Spute ( talk) 20:57, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Done. Spute ( talk) 21:00, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Hey, no problem. Always good to get a helping hand =) doktorb words deeds 07:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I got pulled up earlier so I shall say what was said to me to you, Stop edit warring and go to the discussion page.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 19:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Stop now and go to the fresh discussion as you claim their is a consensus for what you are doing. At the moment all you are doing is pushing your POV start talking and if you believe here is a consensus it will be borne out if not stop using Wiki to prove a point. There was no consensus to change to the national flags in the first place it was done before the discussions had ended by an over zealous user pushing their own POV.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 19:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
It's interesting just how argumentative some people become about this (and then of course I end up getting argumentative back, because unless we have a standard the articles just keep changing every week depending on who edited it last). I worry sometimes that as an Englishman, I'm just pushing my own supposedly imperial, pro-Englischer overlord pov, but then I remember that, for example, there are loads of editors from Northern Ireland who feel we have the right solution for the NI drivers. Cheers. 4u1e ( talk) 11:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome. Considering all the information you contribute to the encyclopedia, I think you're allowed the odd lapse! Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
I know it wasn't your intention. I've put the warning on your talk page because if I do this with an IP user, I feel I shouldn't avoid doing the same with an established user, only because he's an obvious non-vandal. =) Cheers, Victão Lopes I hear you... 18:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
*blushes considerably* Cheers for that. Pyrop e 18:27, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
So, are you telling me that it is okay to say:
"The name of the band are Thin Lizzy"
In the British Isles?
That is like nails on the blackboard to me.
No wonder people from other languages/countries get so confused. Say that you are from Nigeria and you learn English from a British subject then travel to the U.S. And that is why we look at them cross eyed.
> Best O Fortuna ( talk) 19:17, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
You reverted my edit but I don't know which part of "Do not use flags to indicate locations of birth and death: The use of flag icons in the birth and death information in a biographical article's introduction and/or infobox is forbidden, as flags imply citizenship and/or nationality" in the section WP:FLAGBIO in unclear and only implies that flags are "discouraged" in your words. To me it is quite clear they are forbidden. ww2censor ( talk) 03:46, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
In both cases, the flags represent sporting nationality and only appear once, as recommended in the guideline. All Formula One drivers have a single flag in their infoboxes to show sporting nationality, and it is a long-standing consensus at the F1 wikiproject. I can see you're editing in good faith, so I'm not being awkward, but I suggest you take it up at the WikiProject. Cheers, Bretonbanquet ( talk) 09:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
ww2censor ( talk) 06:16, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Hey. Not at all sure I should be showing you this, but... I was at the Tremblent circuit on the weekend and snapped this engine install in the back of a Lotus 81. Nearly crapped myself laughing, as in all these years of never seeing any F1 car with anything other than a "Ford" logo on it's cam covers mere days after our discussion this turned up. I asked the guys tending to the car about it and all they could give me was that it wasn't the original motor and they didn't know what was on the cams of the real lump. Anyway, I stand by my position all the same so don't go getting any ideas that I've gone soft! Bye for now. Pyrop e 16:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Good work with the reversion. Some people don't realise that people can crash during the session and have wholly unrepresentable times, especially if they've lapped within 107% of the times in free practice. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 16:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) 23 races or something like that...he did blitz the 2000 Formula Renault UK season, but to jump straight into Formula One...I'd be surprised if that happens again. Baguette is sort of like the van der Garde mould; I'm sure he'll take part in GP2 Asia over the winter in the hope of a 2010 GP2 seat. A bit like how d'Ambrosio got into DAMS through International Formula Master. Cs-wolves (talk) 21:04, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Even though there are the new teams, there will be a couple of changes within the current teams I feel. Cs-wolves (talk) 00:02, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I've got a live blog going from F1 Fanatic. James Allen posted it very quickly. Apparently German and Slovakian television are showing replays; the BBC won't show one if there is a chance a driver has been injured. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 13:07, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. Thanks for the great work you're doing updating F1 driver results tables. I don't seem to have time to do anything more than "maintenance" work (fixing vandalism, etc) at the moment. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I wonder if Davide was reading our conversation last night, because he drove a blinder today! Shame all the enthusiasm for the Grand Prix has gone out the window thanks to Felipe's shunt. Quick question. On the 2009 Indy Lights season, another of the wacky ones has decided that the St. Petersburg races should be split separately, instead of having one STP for the two races. I think my version is more simplistic and/or less confusing. Thoughts? Cs-wolves (talk) 22:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix - try and make it of FA or GA standard, due to the happenings of the weekend. Fancy helping out with the copy-editing, and such like? Cs-wolves (talk) 19:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Personally, I thought the Massa section in post-race might be verging on the unnecessary, but when you have Willi Weber quoting that Michael Schumacher will not be driving the Ferrari in Valencia, it has to go in! Your changes make the page perfect I'd say. :) Cs-wolves (talk) 21:52, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
This edit [2] was a copy and paste of the Highway to Hell row from the table, making the purported chart positions and certifications for Volts total fiction. I wasn't aware that the album had been released separately. Piriczki ( talk) 18:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I see that guy has started creating the articles again...
Proof that they haven't gone down well. I also see our flags discussion has come back to life again...again...again... for the fourth time. Will she ever give up? Oh, and I'm due to put a final ref in the
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix article from
Autosport. ;)
Cs-wolves
(talk) 19:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
While Twix may have been first produced it England, it was produced by an American company. I'm quite convinced that had Ford built the Mustang in Italy, it would still be an American product. What do you think? Law type! snype? 23:51, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Will you please stop claiming a phoney concensus from the three compeeting ideas, there was absolutly no consensus from the three Ideas. As I have said If we can discuss this in a civilised manner without resorting to sensationalism and rudeness, then maybe we will get somewhere. Also what is needed is a start from a fresh point or no progress can be made and the current status quo will weirdly be maintained.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
A disintersted party whom has never taken part in any discussion before to my knowledge on the subject, but I will have to check thouroughly, SpeedKing whom I have never heard of is the most cuurent disinterested party. Also the previous discussion I left alone and Ignore your comments because it was desceninding into the previos tone of discussion so I just left you shouting on your own as you cant have a one sided shouting match all by yourself.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I am willing to have a civilised discussion and not a shouting match with demand after demand and threats of admins and I am right because there was a previous (phoney voted in) concensus, Unless the notion that there is currently no consensus no progress can be made as you a hell bent on having your revsion as the consensus. I am alos not sure what you mean by "drive- by" reversions. I was simply changing back a reversion of the Icon you had done, which was originally carried out by speed king a disinterested user.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:35, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
It cannot be claimed by one person the "no-one" wants a discussion, it can only be found out if there is a civilised discussion taking place. I will leave a discussion when one person is trying to steam roller their opinion and demean their opinion. Saying "given your minimal input to motorsport articles in general" shows that you are dismissing my opinions as I edit less than you do, which is very rude. Clearly at least one other person agrees the European Flag should be used as a disinterested user chaged the Country = from Spain to Europe. I appreciate that you can see that I find some of your tone impolite and rude. I will initate a new discussion and will see how It goes. I think that this can be amicable and end up with a real discussion about the Issue.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Ah hello good sir, how is one? Our Hungarian Grand Prix article seems to be at an end, and looks rather fantastic if I do say so myself. Onto other matters, it appears that our disgruntled User:Cybervoron seems to believe that it should just Drift and Sabatino (instead of van der Drift and di Sabatino) on Template:World Series by Renault teams and Garde (instead of van der Garde) on Template:GP2 Series teams. Your thoughts? Cs-wolves (talk) 18:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
You are referring to a discusiion on a diffrent board the discussion I was referring to was on the administrators noticeboard, the sheer volume of discussions on the AN/I make it impracticle to search through to find the discussion.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 10:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this edit, the reason I used [[Marc Gené|Marc Gene]] was that the BBC article which is quoted did not include the accent on the E. I think it is standard BBC formatting not to use accents or diacritics. Do you know if there is a guideline on how to quote such text on Wikipedia? Cordless Larry ( talk) 14:39, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
I live on Vancouver Island. Many Canadians tend to follow the same date format that the US uses. But it is clear that on Wikipedia date, spelling and grammar depend on the origin of the article subject. And that is the way it should be. I believe Wikipedia whould have a popup box for IPs and new accounts that is similar to the Twinkle tool revert popup box. A box that reminds users that they should read and understand Wikipedia's policies and formatting guidelines before continuing further with their edits. Obviously, after a certain time period or number of edits this popup would no longer be needed. GripTheHusk ( talk) 23:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction on F1 bold and italics. My bad. Wikipeterproject ( talk) 16:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I'm fully aware that changes are made if there is a consensus. When I told that user not to go changing the 2010 table, I meant in the sense of he shouldn't go changing it just because he wants it changed. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 00:40, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this edit, are you sure that the source is stating that Badoer set the fastest sector one time of the entire race? The way it is worded is confusing since it says he set the fastest sector time on two laps. Doesn't this mean that he was the fastest on that sector on those two laps, not of the whole race? Cordless Larry ( talk) 11:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, it is not neccessary about the name of the article. The thai royal articles are always mentioned his/her full name. (see also Category:Chakri Dynasty) Think about it, when the readers search the article for "Prince Bira", they will know include his full name also. According in the article, Prince Bhirabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh, better known as Prince Bira. So the reader will know all his short name and full name.
Furthermore, I, as a member of this project, and the Thai people agree that it will be inappropriate for him as the Prince of Thailand. I think you know well how much the Thai people love the Royal Family. So we give him highest honour as much as we can. Thank you.
I'm still confused, are these really an Australian band? Are they a British band? Are they an Anglo-Australian band? Are they a British band formed in Australia? Are they a Australia band that relocated to the UK? was australia a stepping stone to them? Is Brian Johnson Australian? Are the Young's Australian? how Many british/Aussie Members are there? Is there any proof of the band itself claiming them to be british or aussie? -- Tukogbani ( talk) 11:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Under no circumstances is an editor allowed to call another editor "ignorant", which you have now done as well, indirectly. I have suggested that both of you strike through the offending comments and apologise, or I will take the matter much further up, to ANI, asking that you be cautioned and that Tuko be blocked, since his attitude (and yours) shows a clearly likelihood that the behaviour will continue, with potential to damage the project. The line that the behaviour was provoked is a weak one at best, and "a request has already been made to stop the behaviour", a key criterion for defining a breach of the policy. Tony (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Tony, bearing in mind that I have at no point said anything as unpleasant as "your prose is crap", please show me the guideline that says criticising someone's comment in a civil fashion is regarded as a personal attack. I can show the part of Wikipedia:No personal attacks that says "discussion of a user's conduct is not in itself a personal attack when done in the appropriate forum for such discussion". This being a discussion page, this is an appropriate forum. I have personalised nothing in this discussion against you. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 00:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about this. My browser freezes now and then and I ended up clicking the wrong link. Didn't notice it till today. Tintin 14:26, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I added that section on the drivers who haven't raced at Suzuka because it could be an important factor over the weekend. Especially since the reigning World Champion hasn't been there; inexperience could be the undoing of more than one driver. There's actually nine who haven't raced there, but I can't for the life of me think of who the last one is. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 13:25, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for joining in the macabre fun. LOL. Incidentally, I currently own seven live bantams (Bebe, Mimi, Bubble, Squeak, Freckle, Dotty and Layla) - bet they don't qualify either ?!
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 01:17, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
It has been a long time since we last spoke. I have been away from the project for quite a while. But the bug has caught me again to return, even if it is sporadic, to contribute over at WP:GUITAR. I am glad to see a few familiar names still active. You have continued to make a very positive contribution to Wikipedia. Keep up the fantastic work! Cheers and take care! Anger22 ( Talk 2 22) 01:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings Bretonbanquet. I see that you've reverted my page move for the above article. I see on your user page that you obviously know far more 'bout Fleetwood Mac-related matters than I do, but is it correct to classify Davis as a musician? Did he ever perform in public/on a recording as such? Regards, -- Technopat ( talk) 00:11, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Muchos gracias for checking over that. I'm just happy I got Autosport before the postal strike took hold. A favour to ask, if you're not too busy tomorrow... 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season is currently as is, but User:Officially Mr X seems to think that test drivers are actually competing in next weekend's races instead of this weekend's test session at Yas Marina. Seeing as I'm at uni, I cannot get the chance to revert any you know...errors. ;) Cs-wolves (talk) 00:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Yeah, it is one of the oddities of Formula One teams...they should make them to fit all. Barnhart could do the role, but they really do need someone for the Bernie role. It's been hard for Alguersuari to jump into Formula One midseason, and the juggling cars with him jumping between F1 and World Series. Maybe with a full season of testing, he'll start to lose the crashing mentality. Buemi has excelled himself this season, scoring a handful of points in a dog of a car. He's never done well in any series with the exception of 2008 GP2 Asia where he finished runner-up to Grosjean.
I know she won races in F3, but she has just looked well off the pace in F2. Soucek, the F2 champion, might be one for Campos to have a look at, if they want a Spanish driver. The only problem for Edwards is that after Atlantics, Indy Lights is the step, but I don't think he has the Red Bull money anymore. It was more a case of Kamikaze Kamui than Kamikaze Kazuki. I honestly have no idea how he got away with that. Nakajima could've easily had a Verstappen moment if he wasn't careful. I think the whole grid will become clearer in 2010 rather than the back end of this year. Cs-wolves (talk) 10:53, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
The article FIA Super Licence section Nationality of drivers that the F1 driver infobox links to clearly states that "The nationality that appears on the racing licence is the same one that appears on the driver's passport. This is not necessarily the same as the country issuing the racing licence. A Frenchman living in Germany can race with a German licence, but the nationality displayed would still be French. In order to race as German, the driver would need to have German nationality as well. For drivers with multiple citizenships, the driver chooses one of them to drive for."
Jochen Rindt was a German citizen and is therefore German by nationality. If you want Austria in his infobox you will have to alter the infobox to display racing licence instead of nationality (or perhaps both). It is absolutely correct that Jochen Rindt represented Austria and only Austria during his racing career, but it is absolutely false that he'd ever have been an Austrian national. Therefore to state that his nationality would be Austrian is false. Please alter the in some cases perhaps misleading infobox itself instead of inserting good willing but false informations in the article. Thank you. - 134.93.52.128 ( talk) 22:34, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I've reversed your reversal of the page on Bruno Senna. You say it's alright to include speculation on the page for Senna because the speculation is in the source - but at the same time, that speculation can't be included on the 2010 page? I'm sure I've seen that Autosport article linked to in the driver table by one of those IP edits that jumped the gun. We had the same conflict with Williams-Cosworth, but I agree with the edit that was ultimtely made: specualtion within a source is still speculation, and if I'd known the article said that, I never would have included it as a source (but I had a poor internet conenction and so never got on to the actual article - I only used the first line as it appeared on Google News). Either Bruno Senna is listed as a Campos driver on his page, the 2010 season page and probably the Campos Grand Prix Page for good measure, or he is listed on none of them. I don't understand how one set of rules can apply to one page, but not to another. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 06:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Since your comment on the move for Campos Grand Prix to Campos Meta, there have been several more comments. My question (which I have left for you at the talk page) is: have you changed your mind since your comment? Darth Newdar talk 17:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I know it's extra trouble but I'd appreciate notification of cites reqd, particularly when contemplating removal of material. Thanks. Redheylin ( talk) 21:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
I found books?id=YR2oy8rhUTcC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA32&ots=IswdcG2Igr&dq=macvie+spencer+piano&output=html which carries the report re Sandra Elsdon, which I'll add. It's a printed source but I have to say I do not altogether trust it. Elsewhere wiki states that Horton was in Britain in 1968 and that he recorded with FMac, but no details or cites. The Spencer-piano thing is definitely available on web cos I read it last week. Onward and sideways.... Redheylin ( talk) 00:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, sir! Thanks for your comments on the Thin Lizzy page! If you want the grammar within this page to be consistent, you need to make a substantial number of alterations to the use of certain terms. Much of the article inaccurately makes use of the words "are", "were", and "their", when referring to the singular subject of Thin Lizzy; indeed, British grammar is most vacuous, in this regard. Yet, my argument is that there exists a plethora of inconsistencies, in which "is", "was", and "its" are used in their place. Please, go through the article and change them all to one form or the other. I don't particularly care which style you choose to implement, since Wikipedia is considerably negligent in its endorsement of genuine scholarship, and arguing over such matters will inevitably prove futile. I only hope that you would be consistent in your misguided applications of grammar. Sorry to sound condescending. I'm a scholar, somewhat vexed by Wikipedia's failure to establish proper specifications for qualified articles. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.215.154.27 ( talk) 21:12, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
In principle I agree, but these categories are called Formula One drivers by constructor teams, and therefore anyone who drove for that constructor, eg Nelson Piquet in the BS Fabrications McLaren, should be included into these categories. However, Falcadore proposes changing the name of the categories to Formula One drivers by team, which would mean that you are correct. Thanks. WilliamF1two ( talk) 15:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
A question, or an idea. Is it just me, and I include myself in this, but have you noticed in the last year have you found that Wiki:motorsport editting has become increasingly confrontational and much less community orientated? It also led me to think that whether I've just been unobservant, but I've never actually seen the awarding of Barnstars to anyone in the motorsport community. While I am aware they have occured, not much is made of them, from what I've seen it almost has been done privately. Perhaps it might help foster a sense of community within group to do a few of them, and to make them more publically acknowledged? -- Falcadore ( talk) 23:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US English and British English?! I always believe that if you are talking about a sports team, you should always use are or were, but if you're talking about a INDIVIDUAL ON A SPORTS TEAM, use is or was. You don't say "The Indianapolis Colts was 14-0 in the 2009 season", you say "The Indianapolis Colts WERE 14-0 in the 2009 season"! Also, you say "The Panthers(or any other team that has a plural ending) suck", but when talking about an individual on a sports team, you say "Jake Delhomme sucks(And HE DOES SUCK! LOL)"
YouTubeaholic2009 ( talk) 20:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, don't you think there should be 2 seperate Wikipedias, one that has all the articles complying with the rules of US English, and another that complies with the rules of British English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by YouTubeaholic2009 ( talk • contribs) 04:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
At what is an unbelievably bad time for me, your message of support was very much appreciated. Many, many thanks.
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 22:49, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I've sent for it to be translated. In the meantime, I suggest watching Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. (And also giving editors more than 3 minutes to find the suitable citation template they've never used before to add a source.) Let's hope we get a support from you when it gets to FAC. Cheers. PRB88 ( T) 17:57, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Do you happen to know whether the Jeff Allen who played drums in White's backing band, is the same Jeff Allen who drummed for Hello in the 1970s ? Regards,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:16, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, bretonbanquet I know the two of us don't get along that well. It's me whose wrong every time. But I think I've gained enough experience to become administrator. You're right about the 2010 - present thing. And if I want to make a big edit I should discuss it. I know most of the script. I know how to become admin. But you seem like a wise guy and I want some advice. I also reference whatever I put on. I don't put on rumours. e.g. Kubica moves to renault reference today by me. Hope to see you reply soon ( Wiki id2 ( talk) 11:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC))
Duuude, it's up at FAC for your perusal and any feedback. Take some time to comment. Cheers. PRB88 ( T) 23:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
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Bretonbanquet, in response to a message you left me, it is a fact that England is a country within the UK. Changing England to UK reduces the amount of information on the page, as a person can very easily click the link to work out England is in the UK, but not by clicking UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.148.215 ( talk) 22:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that error in Bonnier's non-championship results table. Some of the other chassis in that table are also questionable - the table shows him driving a Brabham BT11 in all six of non-WDC races he contested in 1964 but the race reports show him driving a Cooper-Climax for the first five of those. I'll check/fix the table later today (but have no objections if you want to do it sooner). Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
It might not be confirmation from the team, but we used something similar for Jose Maria Lopez. Will Buxton might not quote sources directly, but he is the editor of GP Week magazine, so he clearly knows people in the industy and is not someone who is easily taken for a ride, like Joe Saward. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 01:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Bon Scott/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells ( talk) 21:19, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Could you please explain what references I have removed? 82.1.157.16 ( talk) 22:03, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I notice you are a regular editor of the Thin Lizzy article. The article has been changed recently by an editor who doesn't like the idea that there is still a band touring under the name without Phil Lynott in it and wishes to make a memorial page out of it. This user has many skeletons in their closet and have been blocked for numerous offences on Wikipedia. I am only online on weekends so I won't see the page again until Friday. I will also email another user named Anger22 who has had previous email contact with me regarding the merger of the Classical Guitarist Project and the main Guitarist Project. I see he is also a regular editor of this page and I believe he is an admin too. So perhaps he can help protect the verifiability of the article. Thanks. Peter Fleet ( talk) 00:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Email sent. I must sign off now. Good luck. Peter Fleet ( talk) 00:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I am currently trying ignore Wikipedia because I have a techincal document to submit to a client based in the West Midlands. But to relieve stress I like to check my watchlist for trolling/vandalism and pop a quick rv here and there. Mindless constructive edits. Unlike your Thin Lizzy re-work which obviously took a lot of time and dedication on your part. I am very familar with your username. As I check Wiki for vandalism... whenever I have to revert an article... and I see your name... I KNOW I can safely revert to your version. Hopefully when other vandal hunters are keeping Wiki clean... and the see my name... they can revert to me with the same confidence. Kudos on the efforts you have put into the Thin Lizzy article. Obviously you are a fan. But you have edited the page as a neutral reader and aimed for "encyclopaedia" over "praise." I wish all editors were as dedicated as you are. Have a nice day! The Real Libs- speak politely 22:53, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
They should be changed. They look horrible, why not use "gold", "silver" and "cc9966" as bronze colours, instead of the dead ones present there? It looks really bad compared to any other sporting category (cyclists, tennis, etc.) Use true gold and such colours.
btw, I had changed the Michael Schumacher colours to those also, revert it but first see it, because it really fits a lot more with those colours.
Korlzor ( talk) 17:02, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
Spooky! Of all the drivers in al the world... lol. The only real difference in the tables is that I tend to delete all the <br /><small></small> cruft if it isn't needed. I know the Wikimedia foundation has a fairy enormous server capacity, but I see little reason to store completely redundant code even so. It's just the neat-freak in me, pay no attention! Pyrop e 22:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Joe Kelly, Hi Bretonbanquet, thanks for contacting me, yes I am related, I'm his Son. can you help upload photos of Joe racing at Silverstone.
Thanks Red —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronankelly ( talk • contribs) 23:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification - I've given him some guidance on how to display and format the images he has.-- Diniz (talk) 13:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for your support! I tend to go for a redirect rather than a Prod, as I usually find some IP address removes the Prod tag with no explanation. If the redirect gets reverted, I go for an AfD, which usually results in a redirect being imposed. I really don’t see the need for articles on album tracks, and we have WP:MUSIC on our side too. So yeah, I reckon we should try and deal with anything else that fails said criteria! Nouse4aname ( talk) 13:47, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, looks like we (well mainly you!) are making steady progress on the AC/DC song front! I am still waiting for a mass revert of all the redirects though, and having to go through adding AfD tags to them all! Good work! Nouse4aname ( talk) 08:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
I feel wikilibs is selectively targeting me. I've had disputes with him in the past (even in his IP versions). In this particular one, he is not assuming good faith in my edits - accusing me of vandalism and trolling. I feel very uncomfortable about that. FMAFan1990 ( talk) 22:28, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the back-up. If I had caught an IP making those edits I would've given them a full bore vandalism warning and had an admin friend block them. He may as well have been adding black metal to the article... it would've been just as accurate :-D . Things were so much better when the genre field was removed. Wesley Dodds is supposed to be working on a guideline to help control dumbass edits (like adding speed metal to hard rock pages). But I have read what he has done so far and it is pretty much useless. So we are stuck with the stupid field... and it will have rules that no one will ever follow... just what Wiki needs. Sorry I haven't been more support witht hose AC/DC articles. I have had personal issues pop up so my Wiki-time has been sporadic. I will try and monitor my watchlist closely when I am around though. Have a nice day! The Real Libs- speak politely 12:27, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
I will have someone look into it. The Real Libs- speak politely 13:28, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. I've replied to your comments on my talk page (I replied there because I plan to refer to the discussion when I revert my changes, so I thought it made sense to keep the discussion all in the one place). DH85868993 ( talk) 01:44, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Ah, I wasn't aware of that. I just thought that all seasons had drivers classified. Some articles had the positions on them in the infoboxes, so I just continued that tradition in the result tables, therefore cheers for the heads up. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 17:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Sort of a follow up to this... You have added "NC" to a lot of drivers who finished seasons as non-scorers. I was just wondering: a) where is this information from?; and b) does this also hold true if the driver didn't actually complete a WC Grand Prix? In many of the cases that you have altered not only did the driver not score points, but they also didn't finish a single race. As far as I understood things you had to actually reach the chequered flag to be classified even if you scored no points. Cheers.
Pyrop
e 20:46, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
Please see the talk page. I have been blocked indefinately. 86.45.222.9 ( talk) 13:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
I hope he takes it to heart. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 15:21, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Since both Tool2Die4 and I have both used up our three reverts on the Black Hawk Down (film) page you could revert his change and if he reverts a fourth time I can report him for 3RR... Betty Logan ( talk) 20:29, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
If you think that's the only thing you've done that was unhelpful, you're way off the mark. That's just how I noticed you first. Any more personal attacks will be reported, and hopefully one of the many other people who don't like your editing style will block you. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 20:44, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
My views on why this is not an acceptable source:
That's the basis for my opinion anyway. Betty Logan ( talk) 20:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
No I Dont, He is Scottish as he only imigrated to Australia when he was born but still of Scots parents -- 78.148.231.235 ( talk) 17:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
What happened there was that the last IP got the blame for a bunch of edits by what, at that hour, looked like similar IPs, which included deleting information from citations -- hence why I considered the edits vandalism. So I got the wrong guy, but there was vandalism going on. I'll be more careful when doing late night editing in future. Jonobennett ( talk) 10:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
Question: I don't know the piece of music "I feel like a wog". Is it actually relevant to the Golliwog article? Does it refer in any way to black woolly toys in minstrel suits? Or does it relate to some later/different meaning that has nothing to do with soft toys at all? Obviously it relates to the "Wog" page, but does it relate to this one, except by some very circuitous route? Amandajm ( talk) 07:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Would I like to take part in the (heated) discussion? No, not really. I thought that was a minor copyedit. In fact, it is quite in line with the existing Aviator article. I do my best to clean up punctuation and grammar on Wikipedia, and it baffles me that someone would get upset about such things. If the ruckus is being raised by someone who insists on removing all gender from English, that sounds to me like a non-NPOV bias on their part, and perhaps they should take their opinions elsewhere. I didn't create the language; I just follow the rules as they were taught in school. Thanks for the alert. — Quicksilver T @ 22:45, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
I just re-read some of the discussion, and I noticed that you were unhappy with the 3RR warning, partly because you had not reverted more than 3 times. I agree that you hadn't, but is it not correct that the warning should be used when someone is at risk of reverting more than 3 times (rather than after they have reverted more than 3 times) - so that issuing after the third revert (but before the fourth) is appropriate? 87.114.13.108 ( talk) 19:14, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
This user never edited again. A one-issue troll who had no interest in Wikipedia other than to bait someone. Bit sad that no-one else could see that. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 19:43, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Thought you should know that there is a discussion started at the administrator's board by the above IP. Leave Sleaves 15:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
I just wanted to let you know that anyone who knows of Peter Green's Heavy Heart album knows their music!
That was an obscure reference and an impossible album to find these days.
I was actually surprised that you had heard of it.
Thanks for everything you do on Wikipedia. It's greatly appreciated. —Preceding
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I think that "Nations Grand Prix" is what we will have to call the Swiss one even though it doesn't entirely make sense, as this is what it has been called in all languages. As for the other one, I think that "Pescara Grand Prix" is the way to go for the simple reason of that is how it is listed as at oldracingcars.com. All the other races in the season are okay apart from them.
Another thing that's been concerning me is the actual length of the circuits. On Silhouet, it always have a different circuit length to the-fastlane.co.uk. I was wondering if we could get a clarification unto which is the best source to use, or even, do you know any better place to look?
Thank you for doing the results tables though. They have to be the worst part of doing the reports for me. Also, I've said this before places but, I'm really busy in life at the moment so I really don't have time to do these articles at the moment. If I had no work to do, I could get every article in the season started in an afternoon. So hopefully when the summer holidays come around, we can get all these articles finished quite quickly. Ste900R ( talk) 19:06, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Re: Talk:Jeremy Lusk#Arbitrary section "Disliking the reason that an article was created..." - are you replying to me or to 207.237.250.76 ( talk · contribs)? Your indent says you are replying to me, your content says you are replying to to 207.237.250.76. By the way, I created the article. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 23:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
The change you reverted was actually a reversion I did, the change before mine changed the year to 1950 without any notes or arguments. According to http://www.mcnarie.com/KirkeMain.htm and http://www.answers.com/topic/simon-kirke-1 he was born in 1949. I have reverted your changes. Uirauna ( talk) 23:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Apologies for being so short at Talk:Scotland. My view of your argument was that, firstly, you claimed that confusion could be caused from country being a fixed term (your statement "The home nations are collectively unique in their status in that respect, being described as countries but not being independent - which easily causes confusion in people not familiar with the make-up of the UK."), then, after I made an attempt to show that the term country was not unique and not a fixed term, your second argument was that it could led to confusion as it was such a lose term (your statement " "Country", as Czar Brodie points out, covers a lot of different things, and as such is open to confusion"), was my reasoning behind my thinking the conversation was becoming intransigent. I did note your compromise, but I noted that User:BritishWatcher was now becoming more entrenched, with his statement "...should remain in the opening sentence which is why I strongly oppose any change to it". Under these circumstances I judged it judicious to back away. I did enjoy the talk we had, and look forward to probable future jousting with yourself and User:BritishWatcher some time in the future. Copy sent to User:BritishWatcher. Yours ever, Czar Brodie ( talk) 01:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
I see you have worked a lot on the article. I think it is a good music page. I have looked at the page before and that section didn't jump out at me. I re-visited the page today just to see if there was any information on the new "Still Dangerous" live album which I just got. For some reason the section just jumped out at me. I don't think the content is false. But it conveys "opinion" a bit which should be cited. A citation should be easy to find for that I would think. We don't have a decent book shop here in Wetherby. And I am too busy to skip off to Leeds or Doncaster to look for one at the moment. I don't think the section needs to example farm the twin lead bands. I expect that sort of detail can be found in the hard rock or heavy metal articles. As it is, the section doesn't mention Judas Priest. The original Alice Cooper band seem to get overlooked as well when it comes to twin guitar harmonies as well. I believe that band probably pre-dates some of the other examples as far as playing lead harmonies in a hard rock context. But now I am off topic. The twin lead style is very important to mention when discussing Thin Lizzy so I think the section can stay. But maybe it should stay focused on Thin Lizzy without name dropping the other twin lead bands. Wether B ( talk) 23:00, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I know my comment was a little harsh, but to me the whole discussion got a little out of hand, and it's certainly not the most important thing that could be discussed. I thought that somebody independent had to come in and point that out, so I did. As I said, ten days, and then we'll know for sure. Claiming presidency of WP was certainly not on my agenda, though it is a thought. Aptery gial 22:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Cheers for the cleanup of the PoV. I knew it couldn't be perfect. ;) Cs-wolves (talk) 18:13, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
Though I was initially annoyed that you reverted some of my edits (lol), I realise that your work to F1 articles is incredible. You always seem to find little grammar errors which I don't see at first, remarkable really. Take this, I hope you'll keep contributing for a long time to come yet. Regards, ayrton_ prost 12:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC) |
I know. I realise that any frustration about what FAC dictates is directed at those who dictate the rules, rather than FA writers. If you've got a few hours, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/2008 Japanese Grand Prix makes for interesting reading, as it was basically WP:F1 against FAC, and both want drastically different things from articles. Note also my essay on the talk page. ;) Aptery gial 01:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. Thanks for the work you have done expanding Ray Reed and Ernie de Vos. Do you have any extra information on Alex Blignaut? He's recently been PRODded (hope it didn't hurt :-) Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 17:06, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
And to think I'm only going through taking the Racing out of the Lola Cars links. :) Thanks for the small gift. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 21:41, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
The official team name, as reflected in the entry, and in every source since they put in their entry, is Team USF1. Stop changing it, you are wrong, period. This isn't a discussion that needs to happen. Eightball ( talk) 20:07, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Shall we continue this over at the talk page, and copy and paste this discussion? Spute ( talk) 20:57, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Done. Spute ( talk) 21:00, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Hey, no problem. Always good to get a helping hand =) doktorb words deeds 07:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
I got pulled up earlier so I shall say what was said to me to you, Stop edit warring and go to the discussion page.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 19:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Stop now and go to the fresh discussion as you claim their is a consensus for what you are doing. At the moment all you are doing is pushing your POV start talking and if you believe here is a consensus it will be borne out if not stop using Wiki to prove a point. There was no consensus to change to the national flags in the first place it was done before the discussions had ended by an over zealous user pushing their own POV.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 19:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
It's interesting just how argumentative some people become about this (and then of course I end up getting argumentative back, because unless we have a standard the articles just keep changing every week depending on who edited it last). I worry sometimes that as an Englishman, I'm just pushing my own supposedly imperial, pro-Englischer overlord pov, but then I remember that, for example, there are loads of editors from Northern Ireland who feel we have the right solution for the NI drivers. Cheers. 4u1e ( talk) 11:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome. Considering all the information you contribute to the encyclopedia, I think you're allowed the odd lapse! Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
I know it wasn't your intention. I've put the warning on your talk page because if I do this with an IP user, I feel I shouldn't avoid doing the same with an established user, only because he's an obvious non-vandal. =) Cheers, Victão Lopes I hear you... 18:03, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
*blushes considerably* Cheers for that. Pyrop e 18:27, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
So, are you telling me that it is okay to say:
"The name of the band are Thin Lizzy"
In the British Isles?
That is like nails on the blackboard to me.
No wonder people from other languages/countries get so confused. Say that you are from Nigeria and you learn English from a British subject then travel to the U.S. And that is why we look at them cross eyed.
> Best O Fortuna ( talk) 19:17, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
You reverted my edit but I don't know which part of "Do not use flags to indicate locations of birth and death: The use of flag icons in the birth and death information in a biographical article's introduction and/or infobox is forbidden, as flags imply citizenship and/or nationality" in the section WP:FLAGBIO in unclear and only implies that flags are "discouraged" in your words. To me it is quite clear they are forbidden. ww2censor ( talk) 03:46, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
In both cases, the flags represent sporting nationality and only appear once, as recommended in the guideline. All Formula One drivers have a single flag in their infoboxes to show sporting nationality, and it is a long-standing consensus at the F1 wikiproject. I can see you're editing in good faith, so I'm not being awkward, but I suggest you take it up at the WikiProject. Cheers, Bretonbanquet ( talk) 09:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
ww2censor ( talk) 06:16, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Hey. Not at all sure I should be showing you this, but... I was at the Tremblent circuit on the weekend and snapped this engine install in the back of a Lotus 81. Nearly crapped myself laughing, as in all these years of never seeing any F1 car with anything other than a "Ford" logo on it's cam covers mere days after our discussion this turned up. I asked the guys tending to the car about it and all they could give me was that it wasn't the original motor and they didn't know what was on the cams of the real lump. Anyway, I stand by my position all the same so don't go getting any ideas that I've gone soft! Bye for now. Pyrop e 16:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Good work with the reversion. Some people don't realise that people can crash during the session and have wholly unrepresentable times, especially if they've lapped within 107% of the times in free practice. Regards. Cs-wolves (talk) 16:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) 23 races or something like that...he did blitz the 2000 Formula Renault UK season, but to jump straight into Formula One...I'd be surprised if that happens again. Baguette is sort of like the van der Garde mould; I'm sure he'll take part in GP2 Asia over the winter in the hope of a 2010 GP2 seat. A bit like how d'Ambrosio got into DAMS through International Formula Master. Cs-wolves (talk) 21:04, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Even though there are the new teams, there will be a couple of changes within the current teams I feel. Cs-wolves (talk) 00:02, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I've got a live blog going from F1 Fanatic. James Allen posted it very quickly. Apparently German and Slovakian television are showing replays; the BBC won't show one if there is a chance a driver has been injured. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 13:07, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Bretonbanquet. Thanks for the great work you're doing updating F1 driver results tables. I don't seem to have time to do anything more than "maintenance" work (fixing vandalism, etc) at the moment. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:55, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I wonder if Davide was reading our conversation last night, because he drove a blinder today! Shame all the enthusiasm for the Grand Prix has gone out the window thanks to Felipe's shunt. Quick question. On the 2009 Indy Lights season, another of the wacky ones has decided that the St. Petersburg races should be split separately, instead of having one STP for the two races. I think my version is more simplistic and/or less confusing. Thoughts? Cs-wolves (talk) 22:25, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix - try and make it of FA or GA standard, due to the happenings of the weekend. Fancy helping out with the copy-editing, and such like? Cs-wolves (talk) 19:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Personally, I thought the Massa section in post-race might be verging on the unnecessary, but when you have Willi Weber quoting that Michael Schumacher will not be driving the Ferrari in Valencia, it has to go in! Your changes make the page perfect I'd say. :) Cs-wolves (talk) 21:52, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
This edit [2] was a copy and paste of the Highway to Hell row from the table, making the purported chart positions and certifications for Volts total fiction. I wasn't aware that the album had been released separately. Piriczki ( talk) 18:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I see that guy has started creating the articles again...
Proof that they haven't gone down well. I also see our flags discussion has come back to life again...again...again... for the fourth time. Will she ever give up? Oh, and I'm due to put a final ref in the
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix article from
Autosport. ;)
Cs-wolves
(talk) 19:32, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
While Twix may have been first produced it England, it was produced by an American company. I'm quite convinced that had Ford built the Mustang in Italy, it would still be an American product. What do you think? Law type! snype? 23:51, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Will you please stop claiming a phoney concensus from the three compeeting ideas, there was absolutly no consensus from the three Ideas. As I have said If we can discuss this in a civilised manner without resorting to sensationalism and rudeness, then maybe we will get somewhere. Also what is needed is a start from a fresh point or no progress can be made and the current status quo will weirdly be maintained.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
A disintersted party whom has never taken part in any discussion before to my knowledge on the subject, but I will have to check thouroughly, SpeedKing whom I have never heard of is the most cuurent disinterested party. Also the previous discussion I left alone and Ignore your comments because it was desceninding into the previos tone of discussion so I just left you shouting on your own as you cant have a one sided shouting match all by yourself.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
I am willing to have a civilised discussion and not a shouting match with demand after demand and threats of admins and I am right because there was a previous (phoney voted in) concensus, Unless the notion that there is currently no consensus no progress can be made as you a hell bent on having your revsion as the consensus. I am alos not sure what you mean by "drive- by" reversions. I was simply changing back a reversion of the Icon you had done, which was originally carried out by speed king a disinterested user.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:35, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
It cannot be claimed by one person the "no-one" wants a discussion, it can only be found out if there is a civilised discussion taking place. I will leave a discussion when one person is trying to steam roller their opinion and demean their opinion. Saying "given your minimal input to motorsport articles in general" shows that you are dismissing my opinions as I edit less than you do, which is very rude. Clearly at least one other person agrees the European Flag should be used as a disinterested user chaged the Country = from Spain to Europe. I appreciate that you can see that I find some of your tone impolite and rude. I will initate a new discussion and will see how It goes. I think that this can be amicable and end up with a real discussion about the Issue.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 21:52, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Ah hello good sir, how is one? Our Hungarian Grand Prix article seems to be at an end, and looks rather fantastic if I do say so myself. Onto other matters, it appears that our disgruntled User:Cybervoron seems to believe that it should just Drift and Sabatino (instead of van der Drift and di Sabatino) on Template:World Series by Renault teams and Garde (instead of van der Garde) on Template:GP2 Series teams. Your thoughts? Cs-wolves (talk) 18:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
You are referring to a discusiion on a diffrent board the discussion I was referring to was on the administrators noticeboard, the sheer volume of discussions on the AN/I make it impracticle to search through to find the discussion.-- Lucy-marie ( talk) 10:34, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this edit, the reason I used [[Marc Gené|Marc Gene]] was that the BBC article which is quoted did not include the accent on the E. I think it is standard BBC formatting not to use accents or diacritics. Do you know if there is a guideline on how to quote such text on Wikipedia? Cordless Larry ( talk) 14:39, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
I live on Vancouver Island. Many Canadians tend to follow the same date format that the US uses. But it is clear that on Wikipedia date, spelling and grammar depend on the origin of the article subject. And that is the way it should be. I believe Wikipedia whould have a popup box for IPs and new accounts that is similar to the Twinkle tool revert popup box. A box that reminds users that they should read and understand Wikipedia's policies and formatting guidelines before continuing further with their edits. Obviously, after a certain time period or number of edits this popup would no longer be needed. GripTheHusk ( talk) 23:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction on F1 bold and italics. My bad. Wikipeterproject ( talk) 16:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I'm fully aware that changes are made if there is a consensus. When I told that user not to go changing the 2010 table, I meant in the sense of he shouldn't go changing it just because he wants it changed. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 00:40, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Regarding this edit, are you sure that the source is stating that Badoer set the fastest sector one time of the entire race? The way it is worded is confusing since it says he set the fastest sector time on two laps. Doesn't this mean that he was the fastest on that sector on those two laps, not of the whole race? Cordless Larry ( talk) 11:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello, it is not neccessary about the name of the article. The thai royal articles are always mentioned his/her full name. (see also Category:Chakri Dynasty) Think about it, when the readers search the article for "Prince Bira", they will know include his full name also. According in the article, Prince Bhirabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh, better known as Prince Bira. So the reader will know all his short name and full name.
Furthermore, I, as a member of this project, and the Thai people agree that it will be inappropriate for him as the Prince of Thailand. I think you know well how much the Thai people love the Royal Family. So we give him highest honour as much as we can. Thank you.
I'm still confused, are these really an Australian band? Are they a British band? Are they an Anglo-Australian band? Are they a British band formed in Australia? Are they a Australia band that relocated to the UK? was australia a stepping stone to them? Is Brian Johnson Australian? Are the Young's Australian? how Many british/Aussie Members are there? Is there any proof of the band itself claiming them to be british or aussie? -- Tukogbani ( talk) 11:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Under no circumstances is an editor allowed to call another editor "ignorant", which you have now done as well, indirectly. I have suggested that both of you strike through the offending comments and apologise, or I will take the matter much further up, to ANI, asking that you be cautioned and that Tuko be blocked, since his attitude (and yours) shows a clearly likelihood that the behaviour will continue, with potential to damage the project. The line that the behaviour was provoked is a weak one at best, and "a request has already been made to stop the behaviour", a key criterion for defining a breach of the policy. Tony (talk) 17:32, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Tony, bearing in mind that I have at no point said anything as unpleasant as "your prose is crap", please show me the guideline that says criticising someone's comment in a civil fashion is regarded as a personal attack. I can show the part of Wikipedia:No personal attacks that says "discussion of a user's conduct is not in itself a personal attack when done in the appropriate forum for such discussion". This being a discussion page, this is an appropriate forum. I have personalised nothing in this discussion against you. Bretonbanquet ( talk) 00:01, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about this. My browser freezes now and then and I ended up clicking the wrong link. Didn't notice it till today. Tintin 14:26, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Hey, I added that section on the drivers who haven't raced at Suzuka because it could be an important factor over the weekend. Especially since the reigning World Champion hasn't been there; inexperience could be the undoing of more than one driver. There's actually nine who haven't raced there, but I can't for the life of me think of who the last one is. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 13:25, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for joining in the macabre fun. LOL. Incidentally, I currently own seven live bantams (Bebe, Mimi, Bubble, Squeak, Freckle, Dotty and Layla) - bet they don't qualify either ?!
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 01:17, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
It has been a long time since we last spoke. I have been away from the project for quite a while. But the bug has caught me again to return, even if it is sporadic, to contribute over at WP:GUITAR. I am glad to see a few familiar names still active. You have continued to make a very positive contribution to Wikipedia. Keep up the fantastic work! Cheers and take care! Anger22 ( Talk 2 22) 01:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings Bretonbanquet. I see that you've reverted my page move for the above article. I see on your user page that you obviously know far more 'bout Fleetwood Mac-related matters than I do, but is it correct to classify Davis as a musician? Did he ever perform in public/on a recording as such? Regards, -- Technopat ( talk) 00:11, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Muchos gracias for checking over that. I'm just happy I got Autosport before the postal strike took hold. A favour to ask, if you're not too busy tomorrow... 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season is currently as is, but User:Officially Mr X seems to think that test drivers are actually competing in next weekend's races instead of this weekend's test session at Yas Marina. Seeing as I'm at uni, I cannot get the chance to revert any you know...errors. ;) Cs-wolves (talk) 00:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
(outdent) Yeah, it is one of the oddities of Formula One teams...they should make them to fit all. Barnhart could do the role, but they really do need someone for the Bernie role. It's been hard for Alguersuari to jump into Formula One midseason, and the juggling cars with him jumping between F1 and World Series. Maybe with a full season of testing, he'll start to lose the crashing mentality. Buemi has excelled himself this season, scoring a handful of points in a dog of a car. He's never done well in any series with the exception of 2008 GP2 Asia where he finished runner-up to Grosjean.
I know she won races in F3, but she has just looked well off the pace in F2. Soucek, the F2 champion, might be one for Campos to have a look at, if they want a Spanish driver. The only problem for Edwards is that after Atlantics, Indy Lights is the step, but I don't think he has the Red Bull money anymore. It was more a case of Kamikaze Kamui than Kamikaze Kazuki. I honestly have no idea how he got away with that. Nakajima could've easily had a Verstappen moment if he wasn't careful. I think the whole grid will become clearer in 2010 rather than the back end of this year. Cs-wolves (talk) 10:53, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
The article FIA Super Licence section Nationality of drivers that the F1 driver infobox links to clearly states that "The nationality that appears on the racing licence is the same one that appears on the driver's passport. This is not necessarily the same as the country issuing the racing licence. A Frenchman living in Germany can race with a German licence, but the nationality displayed would still be French. In order to race as German, the driver would need to have German nationality as well. For drivers with multiple citizenships, the driver chooses one of them to drive for."
Jochen Rindt was a German citizen and is therefore German by nationality. If you want Austria in his infobox you will have to alter the infobox to display racing licence instead of nationality (or perhaps both). It is absolutely correct that Jochen Rindt represented Austria and only Austria during his racing career, but it is absolutely false that he'd ever have been an Austrian national. Therefore to state that his nationality would be Austrian is false. Please alter the in some cases perhaps misleading infobox itself instead of inserting good willing but false informations in the article. Thank you. - 134.93.52.128 ( talk) 22:34, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
I've reversed your reversal of the page on Bruno Senna. You say it's alright to include speculation on the page for Senna because the speculation is in the source - but at the same time, that speculation can't be included on the 2010 page? I'm sure I've seen that Autosport article linked to in the driver table by one of those IP edits that jumped the gun. We had the same conflict with Williams-Cosworth, but I agree with the edit that was ultimtely made: specualtion within a source is still speculation, and if I'd known the article said that, I never would have included it as a source (but I had a poor internet conenction and so never got on to the actual article - I only used the first line as it appeared on Google News). Either Bruno Senna is listed as a Campos driver on his page, the 2010 season page and probably the Campos Grand Prix Page for good measure, or he is listed on none of them. I don't understand how one set of rules can apply to one page, but not to another. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 06:20, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Since your comment on the move for Campos Grand Prix to Campos Meta, there have been several more comments. My question (which I have left for you at the talk page) is: have you changed your mind since your comment? Darth Newdar talk 17:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
I know it's extra trouble but I'd appreciate notification of cites reqd, particularly when contemplating removal of material. Thanks. Redheylin ( talk) 21:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
I found books?id=YR2oy8rhUTcC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA32&ots=IswdcG2Igr&dq=macvie+spencer+piano&output=html which carries the report re Sandra Elsdon, which I'll add. It's a printed source but I have to say I do not altogether trust it. Elsewhere wiki states that Horton was in Britain in 1968 and that he recorded with FMac, but no details or cites. The Spencer-piano thing is definitely available on web cos I read it last week. Onward and sideways.... Redheylin ( talk) 00:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
Greetings, sir! Thanks for your comments on the Thin Lizzy page! If you want the grammar within this page to be consistent, you need to make a substantial number of alterations to the use of certain terms. Much of the article inaccurately makes use of the words "are", "were", and "their", when referring to the singular subject of Thin Lizzy; indeed, British grammar is most vacuous, in this regard. Yet, my argument is that there exists a plethora of inconsistencies, in which "is", "was", and "its" are used in their place. Please, go through the article and change them all to one form or the other. I don't particularly care which style you choose to implement, since Wikipedia is considerably negligent in its endorsement of genuine scholarship, and arguing over such matters will inevitably prove futile. I only hope that you would be consistent in your misguided applications of grammar. Sorry to sound condescending. I'm a scholar, somewhat vexed by Wikipedia's failure to establish proper specifications for qualified articles. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.215.154.27 ( talk) 21:12, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
In principle I agree, but these categories are called Formula One drivers by constructor teams, and therefore anyone who drove for that constructor, eg Nelson Piquet in the BS Fabrications McLaren, should be included into these categories. However, Falcadore proposes changing the name of the categories to Formula One drivers by team, which would mean that you are correct. Thanks. WilliamF1two ( talk) 15:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
A question, or an idea. Is it just me, and I include myself in this, but have you noticed in the last year have you found that Wiki:motorsport editting has become increasingly confrontational and much less community orientated? It also led me to think that whether I've just been unobservant, but I've never actually seen the awarding of Barnstars to anyone in the motorsport community. While I am aware they have occured, not much is made of them, from what I've seen it almost has been done privately. Perhaps it might help foster a sense of community within group to do a few of them, and to make them more publically acknowledged? -- Falcadore ( talk) 23:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Hey, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US English and British English?! I always believe that if you are talking about a sports team, you should always use are or were, but if you're talking about a INDIVIDUAL ON A SPORTS TEAM, use is or was. You don't say "The Indianapolis Colts was 14-0 in the 2009 season", you say "The Indianapolis Colts WERE 14-0 in the 2009 season"! Also, you say "The Panthers(or any other team that has a plural ending) suck", but when talking about an individual on a sports team, you say "Jake Delhomme sucks(And HE DOES SUCK! LOL)"
YouTubeaholic2009 ( talk) 20:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Well, don't you think there should be 2 seperate Wikipedias, one that has all the articles complying with the rules of US English, and another that complies with the rules of British English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by YouTubeaholic2009 ( talk • contribs) 04:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
At what is an unbelievably bad time for me, your message of support was very much appreciated. Many, many thanks.
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 22:49, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I've sent for it to be translated. In the meantime, I suggest watching Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. (And also giving editors more than 3 minutes to find the suitable citation template they've never used before to add a source.) Let's hope we get a support from you when it gets to FAC. Cheers. PRB88 ( T) 17:57, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
Do you happen to know whether the Jeff Allen who played drums in White's backing band, is the same Jeff Allen who drummed for Hello in the 1970s ? Regards,
Derek R Bullamore ( talk) 17:16, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello, bretonbanquet I know the two of us don't get along that well. It's me whose wrong every time. But I think I've gained enough experience to become administrator. You're right about the 2010 - present thing. And if I want to make a big edit I should discuss it. I know most of the script. I know how to become admin. But you seem like a wise guy and I want some advice. I also reference whatever I put on. I don't put on rumours. e.g. Kubica moves to renault reference today by me. Hope to see you reply soon ( Wiki id2 ( talk) 11:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC))
Duuude, it's up at FAC for your perusal and any feedback. Take some time to comment. Cheers. PRB88 ( T) 23:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
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Bretonbanquet, in response to a message you left me, it is a fact that England is a country within the UK. Changing England to UK reduces the amount of information on the page, as a person can very easily click the link to work out England is in the UK, but not by clicking UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.148.215 ( talk) 22:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that error in Bonnier's non-championship results table. Some of the other chassis in that table are also questionable - the table shows him driving a Brabham BT11 in all six of non-WDC races he contested in 1964 but the race reports show him driving a Cooper-Climax for the first five of those. I'll check/fix the table later today (but have no objections if you want to do it sooner). Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
It might not be confirmation from the team, but we used something similar for Jose Maria Lopez. Will Buxton might not quote sources directly, but he is the editor of GP Week magazine, so he clearly knows people in the industy and is not someone who is easily taken for a ride, like Joe Saward. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 01:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as you have made a number of contributions to the article. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Bon Scott/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells ( talk) 21:19, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Could you please explain what references I have removed? 82.1.157.16 ( talk) 22:03, 28 February 2010 (UTC)