User talk:DH85868993/Archive 7

Re:Japanese Top Formula Championship
Hello, DH85868993. Yes, I was editing the result of the past Formula Nippon's champions, including Satoshi Motoyama, Benoît Tréluyer, Loïc Duval etc, cause I hit on this idea after watching this year's Le Mans 24 hours race and I did. their results were taken official Formula Nippon web site. and I recently have found complete database of all Japanese race within the Japan Automobile Federation which is the official Japanese FIA member association. and point standings were taken from Bridgestone's web site. unfortunately it seems there is no English web site for database. but I think both web site are enough reliable source nevertheless they're only in Japanese. and maybe it should be change section title like "Complete Japanese Formula 2000/Formula Two/Formula 3000 results", maybe it's too long. I don't have a firm opinion on this matter. I hope my contribution in useful for other people and people may say that "Why don't you do it in Japanese Wikipedia?" simply I would answer that like the font of English Wikipepdia. in case people concluded my contribution is useless, I will stop my post immediately.221.91.30.126 (talk) 13:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
DRAGON BOOSTER  ★  12:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've lodged a requested move. DH85868993 (talk) 13:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Which I have now withdrawn, until consensus on the correct spelling can be achieved on the talk page. DH85868993 (talk) 13:25, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks, btw i think u forgot to sign ur comment on "the" talk page. regards, DRAGON BOOSTER   ★  14:15, 18 July 2012 (UTC).
 * D'oh! Fixed. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 14:19, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism
Please observe @User:DRAGON BOOSTER's edit patterns. He doesn't let anyone edit any movie related article. He reverts everything as soon as someone makes change with edit summary "Good Faith" edits. I think he is doing it with a personal agenda to push his POV. I hope you will look in to it seriously. (Nagarjuna198 (talk))
 * I appreciate your concern, but I probably won't "look in to it seriously". My main objective was to make the article internally consistent, which it now is, so I'm happy. DH85868993 (talk) 02:21, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force
&mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  11:12, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invitation, Vesantry, but I'm afraid I don't actually know very much about Indian cinema! My recent activity in the area has been as a result of being listed on Database reports/Template categories containing articles. I'll keep my eye on that category and convert any other embedded navboxes the IP editor creates into templates, and transclude them into the relevant film articles, and of course I'll correct any obvious errors I encounter along the way, but apart from that I'm not sure there's much I can contribute. DH85868993 (talk) 11:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Navbox
Why do we have a navbox and an embedded list? Clutter? - Sitush (talk) 06:31, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The navbox enables navigation between the individual film articles. It's a common practice - see Category:Indian film director navigational boxes. DH85868993 (talk) 06:34, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * And the list doesn't? - Sitush (talk) 08:40, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The list lets you navigate from the director's article to a film article, but then you have to go back to the director's article to navigate to another film. The navbox lets you navigate directly from film to film to film. DH85868993 (talk) 08:56, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

thanks .. but...
I really appreciate your help with the nascar template .. but that made me look at your edits. Can I ask a really stupid question? How's come you're not an admin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chedzilla (talk • contribs) 11:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a stupid question. Basically, I'm a bit lazy - I like to be able to do as much or as little as I feel at any particular time, whereas if I was an admin I would feel an obligation to do stuff all the time. I'm also quite indecisive; I'm happy to nominate items for deletion and let others decide what the outcome should be. DH85868993 (talk) 11:31, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * any way I could talk you into thinking about it? Good folk are hard to find.  It's not like you'd have to DO anything .. it would just make it easier to get around.  Not that I do much with my admin account or anything ... but it's nice to have when you need to delete or see something.  Think about it? Chedzilla (talk) 11:54, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll think about it :-) DH85868993 (talk) 11:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Unpublished interview with Douglas D. Love, April 30, 2011
I don't think substing is a good idea, since the template is someone using their own personal experience as a citation in an article, which is all kinds of unacceptable. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 13:11, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You're right, of course. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 14:24, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

--  Nicu Farcas  (talk) 14:36, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Uncategorized location map templates
Per Wikipedia talk:Database reports, I've posted your report at User:DH85868993/Uncategorised location maps. I'll watch Wikipedia talk:Database reports for any requests to modify, expand or re-run the thing. Cheers. - TB (talk) 14:47, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Portal footer templates
Hi, I've commented on your multiple portal template renaming proposal here. In principle I support the proposed renaming, but I'm concerned at the potential damage that may ensue. How do you propose to deal with the collateral damage that would be caused by breaking the many thousands of template transclusions to the various portals affected by the renaming proposal. I would be delighted to hear that you have a working and approved bot in place to deal with this work. Please let me know that this is a fully worked idea that will not break all the affected portals. Cheers. -- Cactus.man  &#9997;  20:09, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * A bot such as SporkBot usually performs mass updates resulting from a TfD closure - see Special:Contributions/SporkBot. DH85868993 (talk) 01:12, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. I've changed my provisional Oppose to Support -- Cactus.man  &#9997;  06:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

RE: RR
"Regional Record" per the official site. What that means i have no idea ;( I would have thought continental, but i too saw this for the first time(Lihaas (talk) 08:41, 3 September 2012 (UTC)).

beypeople
thanks for minor change article Moazzam Mirza. 14:41, 05 Sep 2012 BeyPeople (UTC)

Those multiple BC's
Hi - sorry, I've reverted you. See WP:ERA and what it says about not adding unless there is an ambiguity. Dougweller (talk) 05:20, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * OK. I only added them for internal consistency (i.e. some of the dates in the article had "BC" and some didn't). DH85868993 (talk) 05:23, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

RE: Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Will do for tomorrow, thanks.Lihaas (talk) 10:54, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Infobox: International Origin box
Yes please mate. I tried to create an infobox for the International Origin series, similar to the State of Origin one but it obviously didn't work. I thought that blanking and saving deleted it :/ If not how do I delete pages to stop it happening again? Thanks very much Migitgem2009 (talk) 13:15, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: Template:F1stat
Hello. I think that this template in this list not needed, because percentage of the poles, wins, podiums and fastest laps will be incorrect after template's update and this can lead to confusion. So, only manual update. Cybervoron (talk) 11:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

F1 Car Articles
OK, no problem. I wasn't aware there was a set standard for those results tables, and that is how we set them out at the F1 Wiki where I do most of my editing. I'll remember that in future.

MTracey1 14:47, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Re:GP2 "season in progress" footnotes
Haha, I noticed them too on my last updating sweep of the GP2 drivers, but I was nearly finished at this point and couldn't be bothered to go back to the beginning again! I was updating the results tables and infoboxes of the GP2 drivers earlier in the year, but latterly other users have been getting there before me, so I've been contenting myself with updating the prose, and the teams' articles. I'm busy at the moment, but I imagine I'll find the time to remove the notes over the next few days.&mdash; Midgrid  (talk)  21:06, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

V8 Supercars templat
Hey DH,

A while ago, I tried moving the "V8 Supercars tracks" temaplate to "V8 Supercars circuits". But the problem is that every time you try to edit either, you get sent to the redirect coding, pointing you to the other page. The only way to edit it is to go to the page history tab, select the current version of the page there, and edit that. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 07:22, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Right, thanks. I'll try and keep that in mind in future. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 09:28, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Broken userpage links
Thanks for the heads-up. I've fixed the links by changing them to external ones. I had gotten too used to using  for a wikia interwiki link. I clearly still have much to learn :)

MTracey1 18:44, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for help with my query
Many thanks for helping out with my query on the talk page of the article on the Grand Prix, about the "See also" section there - yes, your response did answer my questions very well. I have now seen the reference to the book - but I take your point about how it hangs out at the side, making the "See also" section look empty! Again, thank you for your help, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Arrows
Hi DH, I've reached out to Pyrope to discuss the Arrows move; discussion of my behavior probably belongs in user talk space more than an article's talk page. If you'd like to join in, check User talk:Pyrope. Thanks, BDD (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. All sorted now anyway. Thanks for your efforts in fixing the links. DH85868993 (talk) 09:55, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for fixing the results tables on the Shadow DN1/DN3 articles I created. They are more complex than what I'm used to but I should get the hang of them soon. Cheers. Zawed (talk) 07:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. DH85868993 (talk) 08:30, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DRS
Sourcing anything published online from the early 80's is, as you'll appreciate, almost impossible. As no other person is publicly named as inventor for this popular system and an inventor of note has verified the facts as I learned them after contacting New Scientist regarding an unrelated article found by searching, 'new scientist, preston-powers', I am confident there is no mistake. I've asked New Scientist to interview Powers on this subject and will cite when published. Hailypaige (talk) 20:12, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Linking
Hi, Thanks for the info of names and surnames multiple links. Race27 (talk) 10:49, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. DH85868993 (talk) 22:55, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

RE: Derek Warwick at the San Marino GP
Thanks for the message to clarify the situation. While some reliable sources quote him as a Retirement, others (like ManipeF1) quote him as a DNS. Having viewed the footage on Youtube, Warwick's car never made it to the grid, breaking down on the formation lap. I don't know what the specific rules were at the time, but a couple of years later, at the 1986 Austrian GP, Warwick made it to the grid only to be withdrawn in preference to his team mate. However, he is a DNS at that event. I understand that such changes need to pass a community discussion, but I wouldn't know how to begin one (or if one has already taken place). I would like your opinion on whether or not a discussion would be warranted, and how to begin one.

Thanks.

MTracey1 15:57, 10 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply. Since my message to you yesterday, I have come across this discussion from June 2008 (started by yourself) which covers the subject somewhat well.  There doesn't appear to have been a concensus though. I'll gather some references and start a new topic on the subject once I have time.  I'd think either San Marino 82 or Austria 86 need to be changed, but I'm not sure which.


 * Thanks


 * MTracey1 01:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: Racing driver articles
Thanks for the tips, I'm a bit rusty :)

Tom Prankerd (talk) 09:44, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

TfD of Template:Map of Wu
Hello. I have been going through old deletion candidates and have found the above template which you added a deletion tag to but did not add it to the daily TfD log. I see from your other contributions around that time that other templates were added to the log, so this one must have just slipped through the cracks. I am letting you know so you can comment on and add your original reasoning to the relised discussion here: Templates for discussion/Log/2012 December 23. -- Patchy1 03:46, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for picking that up. I've added my rationale to the TfD discussion. DH85868993 (talk) 07:15, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Flags for constructors in MotoGP articles
Hi, I'd like to ask you a question: do you agree with the removal of the constructors' flags made by Biker Biker in the MotoGP season articles? I mean, he said "while flags are questionable for people they make no sense for teams which are often based in different countries from the manufacturer", but in those pages we're talking about manufacturers (like Yamaha, Ducati, Suter,...), not teams (like Yamaha Factory, Pramac Racing, Forward Racing,...). Manufacturers have a license issued by FIM and its related nationality: here you can find the official FIM document, for example ART is Italian, Motobi has an Austrian license, Moto FGR is Czech, et cetera. I think this should be reverted to the original state of things (as the Formula One article are, with flags for teams/manufacturers. 79.21.163.121 (talk) 20:29, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you're probably right, but to be honest I'm not passionate enough about MotoGP articles to risk starting an edit war over it. DH85868993 (talk) 01:57, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

2012 Australian GP
Thanks for seeing that. I thought I'd got them but obviously I missed one. Britmax (talk) 21:52, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No probs. DH85868993 (talk) 01:58, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Mercedes AMG
I must be going crazy if, I didnt notice "Mercedes" changing its constructor name to "Mercedes AMG" without a reliable source? We might as well change "Red Bulls" to "RBR" or "Toro Rossos" to "STR" if thats the case? "Mercedes AMG" needs changing back to "Mercedes" unless a source is found a reliable one. Daniels Renault Sport (talk) 18:15, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree the constructor name is almost certainly still just "Mercedes". But Prisonermonkeys seems adamant it's "Mercedes AMG" and I can't be bothered edit-warring with him. Hopefully it will all be resolved when the car is unveiled on the 4th of February. DH85868993 (talk) 20:18, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Table formatting on F1 livery page
Hey DH,

Thanks for picking up on that error on Formula One sponsorship liveries. I was a little uncertain as to exactly what had happened; I saved the edits, and then found the tables had all shrunk. I realise now what I had done; I borrowed the first line of coding from another page, but forgot to change the vales.

Nevertheless, I still think the idea has merit. Looking over the page, it's horrible. There are 72 tables on the page, and they're all of different sizes. My intention was to fix the width (to something larger than 75%) so that it would be consistent all the way down the page.

In fact, there's a couple of issues with that page. Several tables (such as AGS and ATS) have empty columns, the prose is inconsistent (Arrows has an explanation of who they were; ATS does not), and is oftentimes unencyclopaedic. It definately needs a clean-up, but since you felt the changes I originally made were substantial enough that they needed discussion, I thought I'd let you know before I (or anyone else) started. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 00:33, 8 February 2013 (UTC)


 * There are reasons for why that debate played out the way they did. Those reasons don't matter now, but I can confidently say that my ego was not involved in it. At the very least, my ego wasn't involved as much as some people believed it was.


 * As for the liveries page, I agree that it doesn't have a whole lot of value. But if it does get tidied up, that value might increase. Prisonermonkeys (talk) 04:09, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

"Formula 4" or "Formula Four"
Shouldn't the article for "Formula 4" be "Formula Four" to match with the other Formula articles like "Formula One" and "Formula Two" etc. You commented on the article talk page that its called that because the website shows it as "Formula 4" but doesn't the Formula One and Formula Two websites show the same? It would make a lot more sense having the F4 article under the "Formula Four" name. Daniels Renault Sport (talk) 17:30, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I still think "Formula 4" is a more appropriate name for the article. I've advertised the existing discussion on the article talk page at WT:MOTOR to gain input from others. DH85868993 (talk) 02:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Chapter motif -> plural ... it took me a long time, then I applied your lesson ... Chapters motif Chaosdruid (talk) 17:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC)