User talk:JOOLSKAVVY

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In light of your apparent change of heart, I hope I can welcome you to Wikipedia properly - I'm a little surprised, since it's not so often you see a change from negative to positive contributions; I hope you'll stay on track! As for the a-frame - I used to do a fair bit of middle-distance road cycling, and I'm personally too used to that to consider the a-frame for myself; I cycle through London over taking the tube because you can get anywhere about twice as fast if you cycle; the only difficulty is finding routes that have traffic levels that suit, which usually isn't a problem since there's enough quiet back streets hidden between the main roads that it isn't much of a problem; and the train services from the london terminals always let you have a bike anyway. I guess that it'll be useful for some; I'm astounded that it's only got one gear though; that combined with the limited pedal radius makes it seem like a skateboard might be better suited for the task, though I guess the skateboard doesn't fit the business-suit image and that along with the push-scooters that have been going round may be a little too culturally linked to childhood. The BBC page I looked at also quotes that it doesn't do distance, which I can well imagine - it's an incredibly strange idea that I'd generally dismiss as a trend gadget with no real value, but Sir Clive's reputation lends it a certain weight. So while I won't even consider getting one for myself, I'll be interested in how it performs and whether it's got something to stand out with - or whether it fades like a run-of-the-mill tech fad. Thanks for the heads up!

I hope you stay and continue making positive contributions to Wikipedia - but I would just like to note the page on what Wikipedia is not - specifically in this case for advertising. Adverts and advertisers plague Wikipedia, and editors range from warily watching suspect contributions to removing them outright. Taking your edits to psychotherapy as an example - while there's always arguments for and against inclusion of each link, I suspect that the UK council for psychotherapy would probably survive and be included (it seems an organisation providing more generaly information and the link is relevant to page content, improving it by its inclusion) while the guild of psychotherapists link is much more of an advert for that site - the difference between the two may be smaller than at first sight, but the first clearly states on its front page the ways in which it intends to be useful, while the second seems to simply be a training centre, and as such its link in Wikipedia is an advert rather than an informational link, and so will be removed. There's always gray areas here - the usual defence for the inclusion of a link is that it's more suitable than another, but that relies on the other being suitable rather than being a link that hasn't been removed yet. I hope you understand where I'm coming from - Wikipedia is for information on the subject, rather than being a directory of 'relevant' links.

By the way, I noticed you signed your comment on my page with JoolsKavvy rather than JOOLSKAVVY - if you want to change it you can request an administrator to come around and fix it by adding the helpme template on this page and asking an admin to fix it. Hope that helps! --Firi e n § 12:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

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Hello, can someone please make my username small caps? Thanks.


 * Changing username explains the way. If you don't have many edits, it is easier to just create the new account.--Commander Keane 14:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)