User talk:Pyrope/Archive 2006

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Hello, you obviously know your way around, but I thought I'd give you a welcome anyway ;-) - Politepunk 17:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Cheers, thanks for that. Useful links in any case. Pyrope 19:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Lists of Words

There's a discussion going on at Wikipedia_talk:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Lists of Words over the interpretation of policy regarding lists of words. As a fairly recent contributor to [List of British words not widely used in the United States], you might wish to add to the debate, as it affects several AfDs going on, and a current Deletion Review. Thanks. WLD 21:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject British Motorsport - Collaboration of the month

The British Motorsport Wikiproject which you are a listed as a member of has started a collaboration of the month. You can nominate and vote for articles related to Motorsport in the UK with a view to working to improve one article each month to Good Article status. Please take a moment to have a look at the project page here. Thanks! Alexj2002 13:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the Stilton

I noticed that I'd omitted my signature on the talk page immediately (it was a slip of the finger) but found I couldn't add it in editing. I added a rather trivial anecdote, but thought it was amusing.Saxophobia 10:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Brabham

Hi - I've noticed you're making some knowledgeable looking additions to the racing articles from the 50s and 60s. Hope you're enjoying Wikipedia.

I've been working on the Brabham Racing Organisation article for a while now. It's currently a Good Article, but I think I'm working my way towards reaching Featured Article status.

As is the way with these things, I'm probably too close to the article to see its flaws. I be grateful if you could find the time to look it over and leave any comments you have on its talk page.

Keep up the good work. Cheers. 4u1e 13:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Good stuff - many thanks, both for the edits and the thoughts on the talk page. I hope you don't mind, but I've reversed the appearances of 'Jack' because use of first names upsets some people in an encyclopaedia. Bit of a tricky one in this case, though, where the driver, owner, team and car all share a name! Regarding image size, see this conversation on my talk page, which I found quite informative. Cheers. 4u1e 20:45, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

HI nice work but ALWAYS remebmer to categorize Eric Broadley I have done it for you. Keep up the new work Ernst Stavro Blofeld 16:43, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Tyrrell 006

Thanks - I have created quite a few F1 car articles, so I didn't want to see one getting deleted! Julius Sahara has already deleted the tags, so no further threat of deletion. Keep up the good work!--Diniz 11:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

No worries mate. Understandable considering the amount of typing! I try to concentrate on motorcycle Grand Prix and was just trying to finish the article. I was wondering why the Surtees article had seemed to be bypassed by the Formula 1 crowd. I also notice the Mike Hailwood article is lacking in the F1 department.Orsoni 12:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

John Surtees

Sorry, didn't know that Surtees' page was an example. I came across that article in the process of making the 1968 season summary box and thought it was an old version, so I made the change. I reverted Surtees' box to the one you made. Sorry for causing troubles. Asendoh 19:14, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Distinction between teams/entrants and constructors in WikiProject:Formula One

Hi Pyrope. I've recently joined WikiProject:Formula One. From looking at some of the contributions you have made to the Project, it appears as though you are keen (as I am) to make the distinction between Formula One teams/entrants and Formula One constructors. I think that many of the table columns which are currently labelled Team should actually be labelled Constructor. (In fact, ideally I'd like to see the tables contain two columns: Team and Constructor). Do you think I should just "be bold" and start making changes, or should I try to get endorsement/agreement from other members of the Project first? (And if so, how should I do that? I've raised several issues on the Project discussion page, but to date there's been no response [or is that because everyone is on Christmas holidays?]). Sorry for all the questions, but I didn't want to go ahead and make a lot of changes only for them to be reversed later. Thanks. DH85868993 11:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I also prefer '"entrant" to "team". FYI, I've just created a new page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Conventions, where I have also raised the team/entrant/constructor issue. Feel free to remove it from there if you think there is a better plan of attack. DH85868993 12:58, 30 December 2006 (UTC)