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Vincent Motorcycles

Hi Trident13,

You've done a fantastic job on the Vincent Motorcycles article. Thank you for your work at expanding that article, especially all the interesting technical details.

The Original Barnstar In recognition of your effort in improving Vincent Motorcycles

--Bk0 (Talk) 13:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Praise

You did an excellent job rewriting the Rollie Free article; I touched it up a bit more, and then moved it into the place of the original. Good work. DS 22:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Rollie Free, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Cactus.man ✍ 19:12, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem, it was just too interesting a fact to leave out :-) A wee dram or two sometime would go down well. !! --Cactus.man ✍ 06:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

The "bathing suit bike" shot

Hi, I saw the discussion on the Rollie Free talk page. This is not my area, but if the Photo really is significant as one of the most famous photographs in motorcycling history, then we would have a pretty good fair use claim, as long as the article makes this point and discusses the photograph. See the {{HistoricPhoto}} template for further details of the appropriate image copyright tag. The photograph would definitely benefit the article. Hope that helps. --Cactus.man ✍ 14:12, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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Johnny Mathis

good job with the edits *thumbs up* Drmagic 00:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting Elton John vandalism

Thanks! You beat me to it, always nice to see a few new faces in that area. Every little bit helps. Luna Santin 10:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

After so much effort has been put into the page, it such a shame some need to show their own limitations. I'm not gay, but he is a great performer! Thanks - Rgds, - Trident13 10:46, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Good work cleaning up Kelsey Grammer

I had this down to do on my list of projects, but I see you and a few others have done a mighty fine job cleaning this article up. There were just too many facts that were either the deliberate work of stealth vandals or not quite right. Additionally, some very important aspects of his life were not mentioned (such as growing up in Broward County, Florida).--Hokeman 17:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow!

Diolch yn fawr (one of the only phrases I know in Welsh)! Thank you so much for the barnstar! - Tapir Terrific 18:38, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 FARC

Hi there—Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is currently on the Featured Article Removal list. Attempts to improve the article since its nomination for FA Review have been insufficient, by consensus.

I note that you have contributed to the article, and I wonder whether you're able to assist at this crucial stage. It would be a pity if the article were no longer featured after all of the work that was put into having it promited. Tony 05:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Elton John

Thanks for that. I've filed a AIV on him. Hopefully if an admins agree with us, e'll be blocked soon. -Abstract Idiot 08:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Aberthaw Cement Works

HI mate I like what you have done to Aberthaw Cement works. I live near it in Barry but I didn't really know anything about it- just started the article with my photograph. I'll get a better photo some time as I am driving past it!! Thanks. You don't live near me by any chance? Ernst Stavro Blofeld 09:41, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Motorcycle "Thumbs Up"

File:Hand with thumbs up.jpg

You get a "thumbs up" personal user award from me due to your contributions to motorcycle related article here on Wikipedia! -Roguegeek 18:58, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! It's a bit of a passion...! Rgds, - Trident13 20:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Football AID 8 October – 15 October

Thank you for participating in the Football AID vote this week.

Bill Shankly has been selected as this week's collaboration. Please do help in working to improve it.

Nightstar (train) article

Just wanted to say well done for writing the Nightstar sleeper train article. I've been meaning to create and add to such an article for ages now and excellent that you've done it! Have slightly modified it a bit, adding wiki links and mention of the Class 92 planned usage etc but again good work. --Achmelvic 23:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

James Blunt

Nice clean-up of the article; I had it as a to-do, but I think you've done a better job than I would have. I see your point about the "Personal Life" section. The only concern I have is the statement that Camilla Boler was the subject of the song "You're Beautiful," and the lack of a reference for that, particularly as an interview with Boler indicates the subject was Dixie Chassay [1]. I have not found any references indicating that Boler and Blunt were in a relationship prior to the writing of that song, which seems to have occurred prior to Blunt leaving the military. Do you have any published information that would support those statements? Thanks. Risker 14:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Hmm - one of those "fan" articles that just keeps growing, and then needs a lot of pruning. In retrospect and looking around, I agree - Boler is pretty clear the song is dedicated to her on one occasion, but about Chassay. Suggest you rewrite - Rgds, - Trident13 18:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Motorcycling Wikiproject

Welcome to the Motorcycling WikiProject. Hopefully you have a good time, start many new articles and can contribute lots to the existing ones as we need that. Cheers ww2censor 21:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Manic Street Preachers - Gigoraphy

Hi! I am looking at your various edits around the Manic Street Preachers, and particularly contribution around the Gigography page which you created. The information you are adding is great, but I am not sure it justifies a separate page for each gig - if everyone did the same, we'd have thousands of pages of lists of songs, which wouldn't be a great idea. Could you not list the various gigs/songs on one page as a list, which is split by year/venue? Rgds, - Trident13 14:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes you're probably right, do you think it'd be better to create a separate page for each year, then simple link to that year? I'd like to keep the main page as a normal list just for reference.

You can put it all in one list - and then keep the Gigoraphy page, and just reference out to that single list. If you section the list correctly (ie - by year probably to keep it encyclopedic - would be difficult by gig venue), then the referencing from the main page becomes very easy. If you need a hand, just ask! - Trident13 15:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

With wiki, can you link to sections on the same page like with html? Sorry I'm not all that experienced with it. Dead passive

OK, say you want to link to an article called "Apples" with a sub section called "Granny Smith". You insert a link between double square brackets, linking to it with text Apples#Granny Smith - the hach sign does the linking automatically. So, write an article called "Machic Street Preacher Gig Guide", create a series of subsections with each of the gigs, and link to them using the same prefix. Rgds, - Trident13 17:20, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

eezetv

Do you have a reference for the joint venture? Agathoclea 19:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at the developing article on my user page - a couple of references there. Rgds, - Trident13 23:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

There is a little bit of name confusion. Kleeneze plc is EHR not Kleeneze ltd. It be interresting to find out whose baby this now is after EHR went bellyup Agathoclea 23:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, agreed - Kleeneze, EHR - always a good sign: NOT! BCCI and Leeson at Barrings were our versions of WorldCom/Enron, but this one is an apparent piece of white collar crime. The big question for me is - why did they think they could trade out post the July profit warning; and secondly, why did people (savers) keep giving them cash? eeZee TV is not my kinda thing, other wise I'd watch - they do give out the odd "we're still trading" message - and the studios/registered office are within JML's HQ premises. I bet there's a share holders agreement which covers this eventuality. PS - love the UserPage photo! Rgds, - Trident13 23:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :-) I spoke to a Farepak agent today, and she said she had had no idea of the troubles. As far as the whole EHR mess is concerned, I know that they obviously became unstuck when Choice went bust[2]. Sofar I have not found out who owned Choice and who the "major purchaser" who did not pay was. If you search for the directors names you will find another company that is a subsidary of Farepak and still in operation. As far as the apparent crime goes - legal issues and moral issues are not always the same. Agathoclea 23:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

advertising in royal enfield

On the Royal Enfield page, the section Royal Enfield Customs looks like thinly disguised advertising? I noticed the spam adverising interest, and don't know procedure for ads, so, could you check it out and act on it, if appropriate?Seasalt 09:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I would agree! There are some rules and guidelines re external links here at Wiki, but basically it can be summarised as a link to the subject of the article (ie - in a Bio the Bio's subject; in the case of a place or thing the same) AND OPTIONALLY anything that adds more information to a reader of the article, which is (normally) non-commercial. The problem (from a personal perspective) is that applying the rules by the letter of the guidelines excludes some real knowledgable enthusiasts/fans - see the Elton John page or many of the Ducati pages, particularly the Ducati Paso which is input directly by their club secretary. Some enthusiasts write to show their knowledge and publish their site - there is a link to a Brazilian fansite on the Elton John site which adds little direct value, but the guy added greatly to the article. In the case of motorcycle articles, I think there is a case for adding commercial websites IF they add technical details - there is an example on the Enfield page, where a link is commercial but the owner has said where to find the additional information. I would rationalise as follows:

You've got me a bit confused there. Was the section Royal_Enfield#Royal_Enfield_Customs that links to commercial site http://www.royalenfieldusa.com/ in "Sources", written by someone who has contributed a lot to the article? How does that connect with external links?Seasalt 09:09, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry! In my haste, just looked at external links - that section is too biased/commercial. I will look at a complete review in the next few days. Rgds, - Trident13 09:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Looked at history, I didn't even notice those! LOL. Thanks.Seasalt 09:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Kirtley

I don't dispute that a good article may be possible about Kirtley, but it would need to include sources and be written in a more encyclopaedic tone. Guy 10:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

RE: Be nice to newbies

I'm not sure why I should have added any welcoming template when this person doesn't have a User Name. I've never seen any IP addresses with these templates before. Thanks. NcSchu 21:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Adrian Farrel

Can you please help with finding right category? He is a England scientist not USA. But I am not able to find right category for him. Thanking you in anticipation. --- ابراهيم 14:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Ibrahim - thank you for your message, I hope this finds you well! The article looks very good now, and I have categorised it as far as I can as both a British Engineer and Scientist, as well as stubbing in both categories. If you have any other questions on this or other parts of Wiki, please just ask. Rgds, - Trident13 18:29, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Reesor Furniture Company

I am nw at wikipedia. I am making the entry and trying to conform to what I understood was the criteria required. The relevance of the entry is it discusses some of the most influencial and gifted furniture makers in the country and all is verified by the Gettysburg historical society. It also is from one of the historically significant areas of the united states. They are also a great example of entrepreneurship of the times. Help me out don't know what you're looking for. placed by Tekkiefirst

I hope this finds you well - here's some thoughts. Firstly, if you think the article is that important, I am happy to help you create an article. However, I did a quick search on Google, and it didn't come up in the first five pages - perhaps the listing is wrong? I have created a personal stub page on your own user page, and given it some basic format. This is a good way of developing pages for articles for entry to Wikipedia, before they are published on the main encyclopedia. If you edit that page and place the text you had in your original page there, I am happy to help you develop a suitable article. Let me know when you have placed the etx, and we'll go from there. Best Rgds, - Trident13 19:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Have inserted the text - as much of it as I could find. Mike Gaboury 00:56, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Crosby-on-Eden

Hi I have tidied up the Crosby on Eden article and added a little bit of info though I do not know the village very well if indeed at all. But just want to say I have never heard of Carlisle Airport (which is really regarded locally as a bit of a joke and white elephant) as being called Lake District Airport

Thanx - much better! And as a Private Pilot, I can confirm that Carlisle Airport is currently both horrible, as well as a joke - in many, many aspects, not least the landing fee's. Mind you, the free tea is pretty good - and it needs to be! Rgds, - Trident13 18:16, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Great Job

Keep up the good work with nominating spamn and crap articles for deltion on new page patrol! I left you a barnstar on your main page, you can do with it what you please. Keep up the good work. Chris Kreider 17:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see you put my awards templates to good use! Chris Kreider 03:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

You dont need to do that! That was not the point of the comment. I just found it a little bit funny. The reality is, most everything anybody has gotten was in some way, shape or form from someone else! I was just suprised to see that somebody had used something I did. I dont really care at all that you used it. Chris Kreider 03:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanx!

Thanks much for your encouragement. I'm definitely learning as I go, so I'll definitely be wokring to improve. Thanks for your help. I will try to stick with a few simple entries until I have a better hang of everything, but I hope to make some more serious entries later. Danopolis

Dear Trident, I tried to punch up the notability factor on the Mobilization: The International Quarterly Review of Social Movement Research entry by emphasizing its position in the hierarchy of sociology journals. I added sources and categorized it. With respect to precedent, the entry seems as or more complete than others in the sociology journal categories and is a far more significant journal than most of those listed there. If this doesn't get me there, please advise. Thanks!

Paige Williams

the artist, paige williams, occupies four of the first ten results in a google search. i'm not sure why you had trouble finding information on her signed anon by Karmacop6890

Fails wp:bio - please read criteria. Resultantly retagged in light of your removal. Rgds, - Trident13 18:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Clapham college

Sorry it says you are part of the "Welcoming Committee" still you brush my work off as junk, commenting at 00:15 ("what the blow is this rubbish? another one jumped the fence clyde....)". I do not believe this is very welcoming. It is obvious that I have only just joined Wikipedia and I am a total beginner.

ok, thanks!

o thanks, so that is the kind of information I should use

Provisible

When you removed the PROD tag from this article, were you contesting the proposed removal? Joyous! | Talk 03:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No - not at all! I dab'd it with a speedy delete tag as part of the new pages patrol, and the originaor of the article removed the tag. Rgds, - Trident13 09:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Vespa links

• I agree with your assessment of the situation regarding the links section of the Vespa article. I have that article on my watch list, so I'll keep my eye on it. Spylab 13:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Addition of http://saccharinist.blogspot.com to various articles

I have not left irrelevant links on Wikipedia, who are you to judge that? All of my links were completely relevant and not vandalism. Just because you don't agree with the content of my links does not allow you to edit them out. You should have more respect for contributors. added by Mishkoti

Have you read the wikipedia guidelines at WP:Links? Can I suggest you do this first before complaining about my or other editors removal of multiple links to the same website which you have added, which add no additional value to articles. You added three links alone in one edit to the Borat article on the revision as of 13:08 at 15 November, 2006, to one website. Rgds, - Trident13 20:47, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

All of my links, including the one for Zahra Amir Ebrahimi and the ones for Borat offer new information which your entries do not include. You even lifted one of the Saccharinist's links and put it on the Ebrahimi page so you've proven yourself that the Saccharinist had much to offer to that entry. The Borat links clearly substantiate criticisms of Borat the character and Cohen the actor which are legitimate and worthwhile. You even left a comment for the Saccharinist, so again you prove the interest value and relevance of those links. If you are unwilling to post links that you do not like, then please refer me to an editor that is less biased. Thank you.added by Mishkoti

I don't know what you are refereing to. I have not added any links to the articles to which your refer, where you have added your blog SPAM link http://saccharinist.blogspot.com. Please read WP:Links and stop adding this link which fails wikipedia's guidelines, and which I and other editors will resultantly continue removing. Rgds, - Trident13 18:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Carnivals

Hiya, just looking at your work on the West Country Carnivals article... I wondered if you are involved in the carnivals in any way as I'm a member of Globe carnival club. Excellent article by the way! - Ben

Wish I was Sir! Just Somerset born, my father was in banking so we moved every 2.5years up and down the A38. My grand parents lived for a long while in North Petherton, while my parents now live in Burnham on Sea - hence the pictures. Carnival is something truly unique and special to the West, and I'd like to think it would get more national/international coverage to raise more money. Rgds, - Trident13 17:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

It always surprises me that it doesn't get more coverage. I find that it's very rare that anyone outside of Somerset knows anything about them. Notting Hill carnival seems to get a lot more attention though. I'm involved in moving the Globe cart from carnival to carnival and whenever we cross a bridge over the M5 in daylight I always wonder what the people driving below must think about the strange-looking vehicle above! - Ben 13:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Just for your note - the anon editor User:86.138.144.151 keeps shoving the link somersetcarnivals.co.uk in on both WCC and Bridgwater. I don't really have a problem with his link, but under wiki rules it is a bit too commercial/does it provide additional information above what's already there? He keeps shoving it in at the top of each links section, and I have reverted him on three occasions - I'd like to keep the article intact versus his website. As long as its below the official site/bbc links (it should never be on the Bridgwater article) I won't revert/remove. Rgds, - Trident13 10:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I put the Somerset Carnivals link on the WCC article because from what I've seen this site has a very good searchable archive of video and pictures and also a very active carnival forum that I've not seen anywhere else. I don't know the people who run the website but from what I've seen they seem to be very geared towards building a community of people interested in carnival. I have to say that I don't think it's commercial in any way. But I agree with you that it doesn't really deserve a place in a Bridgwater article. - Ben 11:15, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Commando

Very good read. Well sourced and keeps to a NPOV. I didn't know much about this particular motorcycle, but I feel I walked away with a good understanding of what role it played and the impact it had as far as the history of motorcycles goes. A couple of red links in the article, but I have a feeling you might be working on a couple of those also. Other than that, I don't see any reason why the article can't become a main page right away. Very nice job. Roguegeek (talk) 06:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I was checking it out when a speedy deletion notice came up. In the short time checking "phraseology" found only one phrase I would change: "Right from the beginning the Commando took part in racing events" to something like "From the very beginning of production the Norton Commando appeared in racing events." A string that long matching source text should be avoided (methinks). There are many ways to say the same thing. Comparing previous paras to sources gave rise to no crit. You seem to have the idea. Don't think I've ever seen a guide to reconstructing material, so its just my opinion. I'll read the rest when I see it up. (I've been dealing with crit for insufficient source quoting, which meant going over pages I'd done to cite sources more fully. Fair enough.)Seasalt 12:44, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Jellybeans

You have been awarded these Jelly Beans from -The Doctor- Please, enjoy them.

Here are some Jelly beans for you. I love jelly beans as they have sugar in them and most people love sugar. But on the other hand just receiving somthing from somone else just makes you happy and also just giving this to you makes me happy. I hope to spread the jelly beans all over Wikipedia, so here, you can have this lot. Please enjoy them. (I like the lime ones.)

Editors need a bit of a sugar high too.

An apple a day keeps -The Doctor- away. Or does it! ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Jonathan Davies

Hi I can't do much at the moment i'm afraid - I have been without my home internet connection for nearly a month now (this is from work). Rhion 09:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: User:Trident13/VIrvin

I was responding to a speedy deletion request which that page was tagged as CSD G11. I have now restored the page. --WinHunter ^(talk) 04:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

OK - Thank You! Rgds, - Trident13 09:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Just friendly FYI

When you've used the appropriate code to italicize a television program for example, there is no need to but further quotes around it (as you did in Michael Hogben). See Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Happy editing! -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 22:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

As you refer to the Michael Hogben article, I put it together rather quickly and was going back to it - but thanks! Rgds, - Trident13 22:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Advertising?

A new user added this to the end of the Leslie Graham article.

<br><br><b> A new biography, 'Les Graham: A Life In Racing', written with the cooperation of the Graham family (December 2006) is available from www.charltonpublications.com.</b>

I am not sure if it is appropriate or not, and the reasoning. What do you think? Seasalt 08:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas! A blanatant advert - placing it in bold was just silly. Rgds, - Trident13 10:38, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I can tell by the blanatant advert you've been riding that Vodaka again - tank u, and a very Merry Xmas! Seasalt 10:45, 26 December 2006 (UTC)