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The source of information is "The Road Knights Motorcycle Club". — Preceding unsigned comment added by JRBean ( talk • contribs) 03:33, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
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hi there this is about the wiki page for the triumph speed four. I have done a dyno test and have taking the bike personally to 165mph, the 137 is a incorrect top speed that has circulated the internet. As you know the triumph speed four is a very rare bike and not much info is posted about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachdodge ( talk • contribs) 00:19, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Also, read Drag (physics). Was your dyno in a wind tunnel? -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 00:24, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
dyno----
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQrdzIyly0
anyways what can i do to prove the top speed of this bike do i need to physical record it with my gopro and send you the link???
ive never used wiki before so im new at this, what do i need to show you so you will let me edit the incorrect information on your page??? — Preceding
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00:32, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
It isn't about proof. It's about verifiability, which means it must be published. Wikipedia is not the repository of all truth on Earth. Wikipedia is only a collection of verifiable information. Many things are true but not verifiable according to Wikipedia's standards. That's what the whole rest of the Internet is there for.
Do you know why people spend so much money to travel to Bonneville? Do you think it's as easy as strapping your bike to some rollers and twisting the throttle? You need to actually ride the bike to 165 mph, going two directions, measured with external equipment, corrected for altitude and temperature, and get that published in a reputable magazine or book. If it's that important to you. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 00:43, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
You were only mentioned, but I wanted to let you know your name was brought up here. [1]
Corporate 18:42, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
You undid my change to the list of collective nouns, saying it violates "WP:NOR, WP:NPOV, WP:NOTNEWS and WP:NOTMADEUP".
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_collective_nouns&diff=518387842&oldid=518345608
It doesn't violate NOR (it's not original research, it's well documented and I gave citations), NPOV (it's the candidate's own words, without any editorializing or opinion), NOTNEWS (it's historic and well documented, and was broadcast on live international television, and the collective noun is not being presented as a news story) and NOTMADEUP (It was not "something that me and/or my friends made up"): it's a direct quote of a presidential candidate at a presidential debate, well documented in the media, and I gave two citations to well established mass media web sites.
1) The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/17/binders-full-women-reconsider-voting-mitt-romney Ana Marie Cox is political columnist for the Guardian US. The founding editor of the blog Wonkette, she has written about Washington and national politics for a variety of outlets, including Playboy, GQ, Time, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Ana is also a regular guest commentator on MSNBC and NPR, and is the author of the satirical novel Dog Days. She lives in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota
2) Time: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/17/wednesday-words-malarkey-binders-of-women-and-more/ Katy Steinmetz is a reporter in TIME's Washington bureau. In addition to working on features for TIME and TIME.com, she contributes to TIME's Swampland, Healthland and NewsFeed blogs. She pens a weekly column on language called Wednesday Words, and acts as impresario for political columnist Joe Klein's annual road trips.
You said: "This is not in any way the same as a lexicographer noting that a term has become current in English. Rather, it is a pundit using a term, which is obviously detrimental and critical at the expense of a political candidate. "
The term was not used by a "pundit", it was used by a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE himself in a presidential debate, and therefore it's history, not news. Nobody put those words into Romney's mouth, he said them, therefore it's not "obviously detrimental and critical at the expense of a political candidate". If you think it's detrimental, then that's your own original research and opinion, but there is no question that those are Romney's very own words that he chose to say of his own free will, not political commentary by a "pundit".
If you are offended that I or other "pundits" appear to be attacking and criticizing a presidential candidate, that is just something you are reading into the candidate's very own words. He was using that term to justify how important women's issues are to him, and if you chose not to believe him or take his own words at face value, or think that his words did not actually support his point very well, then that's your opinion that you're certainly entitled to, but it doesn't justify calling my direct quote of the presidential candidate "obviously detrimental and critical at the expense of a political candidate".
So I suggest that we revert your edit and put the collective noun "a binder of women" back in. I think you're on the wrong side of history if you think that term is not going to stick.
Xardox ( talk) 22:37, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
I personally dislike Mitt Romney and agree with what the whole "binders" joke says about the man and his policies; he is a patriarch at heart whose policies are harmful to women and other living things. But List of collective nouns is not about politics; it's just a list of real word definitions, not a platform for political zingers, even political zingers I agree with.
There are plenty of articles where it would be appropriate to cover this issue, such as Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012, United States presidential election, 2012, United States presidential election debates, 2012, and most specifically, Second U.S. presidential debate of 2012.
Again, this discussion belongs at Talk:List of collective nouns#Binders and women. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 23:10, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Ryan did not back up the absurd idea that Romney actually thinks "binder" is a collective noun for women. Ryan stated the exact opposite; that Romney was trying to make a different point and the word usage was a distraction. This is blindingly obvious, and that is why your edit was a violation of WP:NPOV. Second U.S. presidential debate of 2012 already gives this "binder" gaffe an appropriate level of attention. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 23:41, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Dennis. As I was reading the article I noticed that the methods of selling a car mentioned included car dealers, leasing offices, auctions and so on. But it struck me that selling a car online was excluded. Since I thought it was worth mentioning that cars nowadays are being sold over the internet, I added that point & linked a reference to www.carazoo.com/sellyourcar as a reference to back it up. I apologize if this was a mistake. Please let me know if you still consider this inappropriate. Best regards. GSonia ( talk) 05:06, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
It's clear that you have a single purpose account whose only job is to add spam links to carazoo.com to Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and consider whether you should avoid editing on topics where you have a conflict of interest. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 05:26, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
I apologize for this incident. It will not be repeated. GSonia ( talk) 04:26, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Including Ed Roth as a category is screwing up other categories higher up the hierarchy of categories such as Category:American Latter Day Saints, look how he appears in that list. As far as I can see your method of handling categories is not used for any article except Ed Roth. So I suggest you delete the Ed Roth category and move the category tags from there to the bottom of the Ed Roth article. This is the manner all other WP pages are handled as far as I know. If I am wrong please accept my apology. Geo8rge ( talk) 01:48, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
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We are the Road Knights Motorcycle Club and our information can be no more reliable. Who are you and what authority do you have to question our information we care to share or correct? Our edits are neither abusive or derogative to anyone, surely you must welcome edits that are informative and correct. — Preceding RKMC comment added by JRBean ( talk • contribs) 04:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Re: Who are you Dennise? What authority do you claim to have any knowledge of our club? — Preceding RKMC comment added by JRBean ( talk • contribs) 04:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
You are going to be blocked from editing Wikipedia if you don't try to understand Wikipedia. Do I come to your club house and march around doing whatever I like without trying to learn the rules? -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 04:43, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about the vandalism - this IP is a shared high school computer. Feel free to ban this IP range if further problems arise. 65.43.197.180 ( talk) 15:51, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I would be interested in meeting you in Seattle sometime. The Seattle meetup days that have been scheduled often haven't been good for me. Could we try some other day of the week? I met with Bluerasberry recently and we had a very enjoyable conversation. I would be interested in meeting other Wikimedians in the area. Thanks! -- Pine ✉ 02:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
The website I added (vtr250.org) is free and only for helping people. We sell nothing and charge nothing for our help. Some users put parts up for sale but the focus of the site is to gather all relevant data about the 1988-1990 Honda VTR250 Interceptor and it's predecessors. I added the link to wikipedia to help new and old owners with problems they may have with repairs and finding parts. I believe that there is a need for these owners that isn't filled by any other resource and the fact that a large number of people use wikipedia to gather basic information on new (to them) items makes my addition a necessary assistance to the new owner.
Ranathane ( talk) 02:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
You should go to http://www.dmoz.org/, the Open Directory Project, and click on "suggest URL" to submit a link to the forum there. If you have verifiable information that you can cite from third party reliable sources, such as expert books and magazines, those would be a source of helpful information you could use to improve the article Honda VTR250, and users at vtr250.org could lead you to those published sources. But forums themselves are cannot be cited directly or linked to in articles. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 03:09, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
edit: en·cy·clo·pe·di·a [en-sahy-kluh-pee-dee-uh] noun 1. a book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject.
It's that ALL ASPECTS of one subject that I thought was the whole point of wikipedia. I guess I was wrong. I read both citations you used and there was no direct proscription to forums being linked. There was mention of fansites, but I do not believe we are simply that. Finding information on a 22+ year old bike can be nearly impossible. Have a good day. Ranathane ( talk) 03:26, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
And encyclopedia's don't have all aspects of a subject. If you look up the Dalai Lama or George W Bush in Encylopedia Brittanica or Encylopedia.com, they don't give you their address, or phone number, or the URLs of web sites where their fans gather.
In any event, I don't run Wikipedia. These policies were created by the work of hundreds, thousands, of Wikipedia editors long before I came along. I'm just giving you links that you can read so you can understand how Wikipedia works. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 03:34, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
So do I create a page like this [ [2]] to help owners and interested parties to find more information? Seems to me this page shouldn't exist either, but because it's about 'green' stuff it's OK.
Ranathane ( talk) 04:40, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
If you think Green Seattle Partnership fails the criteria at WP:Notability, then go to WP:AfD and nominate it for deletion. I'd probably support deletion, though I didn't think the odds of success were worth making the effort myself.
You definitely should not try to create an article about your web site: it doesn't meet a single criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (web), and I assure you if you tried, somebody would delete it immediately. Then you'd feel even more persecuted. Advertise your web site elsewhere, not Wikipedia. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 05:07, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
Sir, I do not feel persecuted, all I'm trying to do is understand what is acceptable and to help people. While it seemed I was dissing efforts to make human use of the Earth a sustainable proposition, I was not. I do my best to minimize my existence on this planet and have been known to vociferously protest others abuse. Obviously I have nothing to contribute to this enterprise and respectfully withdraw any further effort to do so.
Ranathane ( talk) 05:24, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
I have requested an interaction ban with User: Cantaloupe2 (again). As you have had similar interactions with him, I would welcome your vote or comment here. Corporate 01:08, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the best way to reply or not. The term 'petrol-electric' is far less confusing than 'gas-electric', as a 'gas-electric hybrid' implies natural gas / propane augmented by an electric motor. Wikipedia aims to be universal, and as such it should aim to be as clear and straightforward as possible. To my knowledge, the United States does not have an alternative definition for 'petrol', whereas the rest of the world has an alternative definition for 'gas' which confuses things for them. Note that this is the only change I made to the page in question, and it was for reasons of clarity and nothing else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.246.228 ( talk) 10:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dennis. Sorry, I thought wikipedia could be a reliable source. Probably it's more appropriate to use internal links [[ ]], right? About "Va lentino" meaning "he goes quite slow": since it is a joke I doubt any serious source can be found, but anyway Google returns thousands of results (in Italian) for "Valentino Rossi va lentino". -- Abacos ( talk) 20:15, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks, Dennis Bratland. I appreciate the explanation and I understand. I have frustration with the article as I think it is fractured and not well written. I'd love to start cleaning it up. How you suggest I best do that so that edits I made don't become reverted immediately? I am new on here and don't know the rules. I am interested in this subject, and would like to contribute by starting here, but I don't want to waste my time or anybody else's! Thanks. HaeckelLight ( talk) 19:57, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
It also helps to mix it up and edit Wikipedia articles on subjects you are less passionate about so you can develop a better understanding of editing practices without caring so much about the outcome. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 20:02, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Dennis, I did not remove any information from the Jesse James (customizer) Wikipedia page. I did move some information around because someone before me had mixed in duplicate information about Jesse James' relationship with Kat Von D into the original paragraph detailing James' divorce from Sandra Bullock resulting in a bit of a mess.
All I did was consolidate the Sandra Bullock info into one paragraph and the Kat Von D info into a different paragraph and listed it as a "minor edit" which I feel that it is.
You can go back and look at previous versions of the Jesse James (customizer) Wikipages to compare and contrast.
I hope this clears up any confusion.
Thank you for your time.
P.S. - This is the first time I've tried the "talk" feature on this site so I hope I'm doing it correctly. If not, please bear with me while I learn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shilo Thurston ( talk • contribs) 17:14, 20 November 2012
Why did you undo the material I put in the Ninja 300 article? There were no copyright violations. Material gleened from other sources were properly credited. Nothing was copied word for word. Most of the data I got is still on the article but you simply put it in numerous hard to read paragraphs. It was far better using the specifications table that I had which is also used by other kawasaki articles. You also deleted the kawasaki timeline template. Again, which is used my all other kawasaki articles. Your edits make this article inconsistent with all other kawasaki articles. What was your purpose in doing that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.12.192.254 ( talk) 03:37, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
It's blatantly obvious that the way you got phrases like "DFI® with dual 32mm throttle bodies" and "Sleeveless T-Treatment Plated Die Cast Aluminum" is by going to http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/product-specifications.aspx?id=717&scid=6 and hitting CTRL-C... CTRL-V. Copy... paste. Copy... paste. Besides being a blatant copyright violation that will get you blocked from editing if you do it again, it is pure marketing bullshit. Uni-Trak®? Please. Everybody pretends they've patented a totally unique rear suspension, but Wikipedia does not need to swallow it and vomit it back to unsuspecting readers. What the hell is "T-Treatment"? "DFI®?" "TCBI"? Marketing, marketing, marketing. Is TCBI anything like TCBY? Is the fact that they use NGK spark plugs of any consequence whatsoever? I read The reviews at the Daily Telegraph, Cycle World, and Motorcycle Consumer News. Nobody went "oooh, stop the presses, NGK plugs!"
Wikipedia articles call a spade a spade and don't parrot press releases and marketing noise. Facts. We want fact, not hype. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 03:51, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
I see you put an outdated tag on this article. Is there something new about Stewart Rahr that I don't know about? Seems he's pretty much been doing the same old stuff as when the article was written (not so, so, long ago). -- Ravpapa ( talk) 07:31, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi Dennis Bratland, do you know how to edit the "Discovery Channel's Biker Build-Off" template that I see at the bottom of the any article on bike builders that fall under this umbrella? I noticed that one of the names is misspelled. Paul Yaffee should only have one e in his surname. By the way, I often come across your work on motorcycle related content on Wikipedia and for what it's worth I appreciate it. Thanks. Evenrød ( talk) 03:26, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
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