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| For outstanding patience with a user who was hellbent on that Samsung article. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ Talk ♪ ߷ ♀ Contribs ♀ 09:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC) |
- Thanks. Luckily the numpties rarely win on Wikipedia. --Biker Biker (talk) 10:02, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Apologies for my mistake in changing the currencies ... I am a real newbie with the editting rules
I will do more research before I make any similar changes.
Thank you for you patience with this.
Alkivi (talk) 22:09, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
Also apologies for changing the Telecommunications ...
I looked at many telecom operators and most of them were coded Telecommunications.
Since the pointers resolve to the same Industry definition, I now realize there is no reason to make these changes.
Once again, thanks for your patience with me.
Alkivi (talk) 22:13, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
- No problem. We are here to help you learn. We want you to become a better editor. As I posted on your page, take a look at the manual of style. Start with WP:MOS. The currency stuff is part of the number manual of style WP:MOSNUM. If you have any questions, just ask. --Biker Biker (talk) 22:17, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
F800GS is a motorcycle. F80GS is not.
F800GS is a motorcycle. F80GS is not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.77.43.246 (talk) 08:40, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
- I don't doubt it (I own a F800GS) but Ted Simon rode a R80GS (which I also own). --Biker Biker (talk) 08:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Changes in Motorscooter article
Hi Biker Biker,
my addition to motor scooter article was copied from one of my article (SYM DD50). Please let me know if you disagree with the following analysis.
" Until mid-1990s, scooters generally referred to classic Vespa styled scooter with 4 speed manual-transmission, a relatively powerful 2 stroke engine, and foot operated rear brake. From mid 1990s, the concept of ‘twist and go’ – referring to CVT transmission (with no clutch or transmission) scooter began to gain popularity. As cities got congested, using a small scooter to commute within city got popular with people who are otherwise not interested in motorcycling thus the complexities that come with a manual transmission. Since then, the popularity of twist and go scooters increased. Now (2013) manual scooters like Vespa T5 are referred to as ‘classic scooters’ and very few manufactures exist. For example, Piaggio currently makes only one model of manual transmission scooter, which is Vespa PX150. Back in 1980s, almost all the scooters from Piaggio were manual transmission with left hand operated clutch-twist gear. Currently, ‘Scooter’ almost universally refers to a small motor scooter with a 50cc to 250cc engine, twist-and-go transmission, 2 or 4 stroke engine, ease of operation, and lesser license/registration requirements than motorcycles. While maxi-scooters can range from 250cc to exotic 850cc engine displacement range, they represent a minute fraction of total scooters in use around the world."
Thanks,
Samihasib
samihasib@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samihasib (talk • contribs) 14:25, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
- See WP:OR, because that's what your personal analysis is - original research. Where are the citations to support your assertions that, for example, 250 to 850cc bikes represent a tiny fraction of scooters. What about all the other claims? Who are the people referring to classic style scooters? Bottom line, this is not encyclopaedic. --Biker Biker (talk) 14:53, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Stella article
You reverted an entire section on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_%28scooter%29 full of useful information on differences between the Stella and its P-Series sibling, something that comes up incessantly all over the internet for people looking for information on these bikes, just because you have a quibble over a reliable source? Thanks for reminding me why I don't contribute to wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.96.77.50 (talk) 06:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
- See WP:OR. --Biker Biker (talk) 07:32, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
SPI
I am proposing leaving all your accounts unblocked, on the condition that you disclose all your accounts on all the userpages. This is largely because in the past you have used multiple accounts inappropriately, as mentioned at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Biker Biker. Is this a condition that you can accept? --Rschen7754 04:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
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Alternate accounts blocked
I have blocked your alternate accounts, Simple Bob (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) and Bob Re-born (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki), due to your lack of response at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Biker Biker. They can be unblocked as soon as you agree to disclose the connection on each of your three userpages. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:48, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
REBELS, MC , Red Deer, Alta.
The Rebels MC in Red Deer , Alta was not disbanded within the first year they were together like it said in the Wikipedia article. They were together from late 1967 to about late 1971 to early 1972 and during that time a fellow named Walter 245@@@@ came down from Edmonton to party with the Red Deer chapter and asked to open a charter membership in Edmonton and eventually he was allowed to open the Edmonton chapter. The reason I know this to be FACT is because I AM one of the founding members of the original REBELS MC in Red Deer, Alta. back in the late 60's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.66.225.10 (talk) 23:58, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
- If you were a member, when did you leave the club? Where was the clubhouse? What bar did the Red Deer chapter mostly hang out at? If what you claim is true, can you provide a source (a book, a newspaper article, something...) that will support your claim? Unfortunately original research is not an acceptable source. I will try to help so we can improve the accuracy of these types of articles where few written references exist. If you have copies of any memorabilia that would support your claim (i.e. minutes from meetings, a photograph of a Red Deer patch that can be dated to later than 1969 ... anything ... you could email it to me at garth_of_the_forest@yahoo.com; until then unfortunately we have no choice but to revert your changes. I don't doubt what you say, we just need to be able to support any changes to articles with sources that are acceptable to Wikipedia. I would also be curious to hear of any other inaccuracies you may have found when you read Coyote's book (I assume you must have read it if you were a founding member of the Rebels). Can you share any other details of how/why the Red Deer chapter folded? It was a few years before my time... Garth of the Forest (talk) 01:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
Re: Mobile Device Management & SOTI Pages
Hi Biker Biker, I apologize for the inappropriate external link to SOTI's website on the Mobile Device Management (MDM) Wiki page- I was hoping to include SOTI in the listing of major vendors.
Would it be acceptable to add SOTI to the list without linking to their external site?
I am currently trying to revive their company Wiki page, which I would ideally like to link to. Perhaps you could assist me with this as well, as it has proven quite challenging.
Please let me know- thanks in advance, I appreciate your help!
Best, Michael Msalmassian (talk) 02:00, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Biker Biker
I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).
So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.
What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.
The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.
Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:40, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
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Removing Claire Leavey & Dave Minton from CBG entry
Hi! I am Claire Leavey, and I've reverted your removal of mine and Dave Minton's names from the Classic Bike Guide entry. Look at any issue of CBG from around 1992 to 1996 and you will see both our names on the masthead as regular contributors. I became editor 1993. Prior to that, Rebekkah Smith co-edited British Bike with Tim Holmes, but she was not sole editor - hence I was the first. Shortly after me, Karen Tait became editor of Back Street Heroes. She was the second. I also edited the UK title Motorcycle Classics (there is a current, unrelated US mag with that title), but it was a short-lived magazine and so has no Wiki entry. I hope that clears matters up for you. Please don't revert my edits again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RetroMetroCo (talk • contribs) 11:19, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
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Sorry about that, but I have no idea what I did wrong!
I found a message today " Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Feet forwards motorcycle, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Biker Biker (talk) 19:47, 8 February 2013 (UTC)"
Obviously I have no recollection of what change I may have made in February, nor was I aware that there are two classes of Wikipedia pages, those that you're actively encouraged to contribute to and correct, and others where you shouldn't. Be assured that I'm happy to erase all comments that I may have made, and all text that I may have added. Just tell me how I find it???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.47.191 (talk) 15:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about that, but I have no idea what I did wrong!
− − I found a message today
− " Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Feet forwards motorcycle, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.
− Thank you.
− Biker Biker (talk) 19:47, 8 February 2013 (UTC)"
− − Obviously I have no recollection of what change I may have made in February, nor was I aware that there are two classes of Wikipedia pages, those that you're actively encouraged to contribute to and correct, and others where you shouldn't.
− Be assured that I'm happy to erase all comments that I may have made, and all text that I may have added. Just tell me how I find it???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.47.191 (talk) 15:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)