User talk:Dapperco

October 2013
Hello, I'm Dennis Bratland. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Victory Motorcycles because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Dennis Bratland (talk) 21:52, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Please refrain from making nonconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Victory Motorcycles with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism. Thank you. Lugia2453 (talk) 21:57, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I welcome any specifics about how my editing of the Victory Motorcycles page would be construed as advertising or vandalism. To the contrary, I corrected errors, provided accurate background and updated data such as Polaris annual sales for the most recently reported year. I am a long-time Victory rider and historian and the author of a Polaris Snowmobile Buyers Guide and Victory: The Making of the New American Motorcycle (which is coming back into print in 2014 from Octane Press. I am, however, also new to Wikipedia editing, and don't desire to violate editing guidelines. Thanks.Dapperco (talk) 22:11, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * First, write in an objective tone. Anyone an smell press-release language from a mile away. Second, don't correct errors from your own knowledge. Use your knowledge to cite independent, third party sources for the facts you change. Surely someone like yourself has access to a great many quality publication that have written about Victory. For further information, read Neutral point of view. It goes into great detail and you should read it carefullly. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 22:18, 1 October 2013 (UTC)