User talk:Nslsmith

GETRAG discussion
Hi. I thought you should know that there is currently a discussion at WP:CARS about how GETRAG/Getrag should be written. You're name came up since you renamed several "Getrag" pages to "GETRAG". The way I see it, what you have done is perfectly consistent with the guidelines WP:MOSTM and MOS:CAPS, but not everyone agrees. I think your opinion about this could be most helpful to the discussion. ~ Dusk Knight 04:48, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up - I submitted my rationale and a few examples of other capitalized trademarks. Nicholas SL Smith (User talk:Nslsmith) 03:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Please note, by manually moving all Getrag-related articles from Category:Getrag transmissions to Category:GETRAG transmissions, depopulating the former, you have violated the terms of Wikipedia's GFDL which require that all contributors be given attribution for their work. The effect is the same as your previous copy/paste moves, which cause a similar GFDL violation, and will require to be undone. Please wait until the end of the move request before being so "bold", as you are increasing the amount of cleanup required, regardless of its outcome. --DeLarge (talk) 09:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your concern; however, Past the copy/past changes already addressed, no further changes have been made which violate GFDL guidelines. Absolutely no contributor history is lost by changing categorical markers within articles.  These categories are populated via the existence of markers within individual articles, and pages such as Category:Getrag transmissions or Category:GETRAG transmissions contain no contributor history.  I modified individual articles for consistency only, which, regardless of the outcome of the current debate on capitalization, will only serve to unify and clarify the topic at hand or aide in a more simple transition if the community decides to move these articles over. Please see [Category: Getrag transmissions edit history].  Don't worry, as future moves of categorical listings require only the modification of article text.  Nicholas SL Smith (talk) 22:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I think you better clue yourself up on the requirements of the GFDL. You might also wish to clue yourself up on votestacking before engaging in edits such as this and this (or those relating to Orange (colour)). Please do not engage in such canvassing, as it is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. Thank you, --DeLarge 16:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * You did not include me in conversations directly relating to topics in which I was involved. It was through other Wikipedian's edits such as the one above which let me know.  I am only returning the favor.  I in no way "stacked" votes, I only informed others that their honest opinions would be greatly appreciated.  I in no way indicated a way I thought they should vote, only that they appeared to be interested in the topic at hand due to previous comments.  If you can find any evidence to the contrary, your would look a lot more credible.  I think you had better get a life and leave well enough alone.  I was clued into the Orange conversation by a fellow student at my school; I find it interesting that you were involved in that as well.  Your scrutiny is bordering on harassment -- Instead of policing other's actions, I personally work to better Wikipedia through constructive edits.  Please try to do the same and edit in good faith; and remember, you do not personally make Wikipedia policy.  Expect to come across disagreements once in a while.  Chao!  Nicholas SL Smith chatter 01:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You did not include me in conversations directly relating to topics in which I was involved. I'm not sure exactly wich conversations you're referring to, but posts such as the move request at Talk:GETRAG are, by their nature, open to everyone, and do not require me to notify individuals. If you have the article watchlisted, you will see the move request template added.

"I in no way indicated a way I thought they should vote, only that they appeared to be interested in the topic at hand due to previous comments. If you can find any evidence to the contrary, your would look a lot'' more credible."
 * Posted to the talk pages of users Atropos, Monobi, Tempest115, and Animum: "I've noticed your interest in the article name of the color/colour Orange. Currently there is a move pole [sic] taking place at the Orange (colour) talk page. Your vote would be much appreciated."
 * Posted to the talk pages of users CZmarlin and Emt147: "The GETRAG capitalization issue is coming down to a vote - if you feel strongly either way - please poll at Talk:GETRAG#Survey."

''I was clued into the Orange conversation by a fellow student at my school; I find it interesting that you were involved in that as well. Your scrutiny is bordering on harassment.'' Please feel free to take it to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents if you feel this is the case. However, bear in mind that I contributed to Talk:Orange (colour) before you. Your statement above leads me to believe that you may be unaware of this. Nevertheless, if you wish me not to post on this page any further, I have no problem fulfilling that request. Any future communications which are deemed necessary can be done through an intermediary. I will not demand that you reciprocate; you are free to continue to post on my talk page at your leisure. --DeLarge (talk) 15:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * HAHA - I totally didn't realize you that you were involved in that conversation before I was. -- Well, either way, I do think you are construing Wikipedia guidelines vary broadly and even bordering on Wikilayering. All of the notifications you have quoted above in no way sway or attempt to sway for a particular opinion.  I can see that I was not broad in my notifications, but my behavior hardly rides on Canvasing or Vote Stacking.  The reason I didn't post on the talk pages on other editors was because the only information I saw from them was of the nature of notifying another that this topic has already been discussed (instead of useful or informative discussion with other concerned editors). At any rate, this hardly warrants administrator intervention; I just think that you are engaging in undue scrutiny at odds with the spirit of Wikipedia.   Nicholas SL Smith chatter 03:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

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Tenacious D help
I saw you were a member of the Tenacious D wikiproject. Would you be willing to help out with the Tenacious D page, as I feel it has reached a ceiling. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 17:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. I think the main areas of concern are the confusing POD paragraphs and the fact that everything is so choppy. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 10:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * Oops! Should have deleted content before moving it (I deleted it just after the Fugio Cent seed).  Nicholas SL Smith chatter 04:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

BMW E39(5er) Edits
Nick, I apologise for undoing your edit.:

The contribution was factually incorrect: the BMW E39 uses a Dot Matrix Liquid Crystal Display lit by small florescent bulbs, manufactured by VDO (although it contains Light Emitting Diodes to light up icons such as the seat belt and parking brake indicators, not a LED display) You seem to know lot more about it than I do why don’t you add a section about the instrumentation it would be really useful.

The contribution was about a singular problem, which had little beating on the model line. No it’s not a single problem it was across the whole range and cause BMW to replace those that failed in the USA even out of warranty. Unfortunately they did not do it in Europe and continues to be a big issue here.

This is classified as a gripe and Wikipedia articles are not forums for owner gripes (otherwise problems such as pitman arm bearings, rattling sunroofs, malfunctioning seats and backup mirror action, aging transmission synchro issues, etc... would clutter articles). I am not gripping at any owner of an E39 would find it useful.

The contribution was not sourced. Where is there reliable, encyclopedic information about BMW USA's replacement program, Europe's lack of a replacement program, or even statistics about failure rates? All over the net. Original editor research can not be added to Wikipedia articles. "On the internet" and forums are not reliable sources for the purposes or Wikipedia article content addition. Also, as a matter of courtesy and as I have done, when undoing another editor's edits please include a rationale in the subject line. And for this I have apologised.

Deben Dave (talk) 18:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Racial slurs
What the hell do you mean? The only "Racial slurs" I know about are the unfair trade practices Japan is permited to use agains the U.S. in their economic war. Wake up. Kaltenborn (talk) 18:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Cite it - refer to the responce below -->  Nicholas SL Smith chatter 07:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Hey Matt
Dear Nicholas,

Agreed, he should probably be banned, but all in good time. He's backed off on his editing for the time being, so I don't think there's anything we can really do at the moment to get him banned. I'll keep my eyes on him, though. Matt (talk) 19:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

OH-KAY
Which one? The important thing is that most people know Im damned write. The fact that these article were left to stand in the first place shows the folly of wikipedia. Anyone buying an import as opposed to the corresponding models of G.M. or Ford : A. doesnt know very much about cars and :B, would like others to think he does. This is especially true on a dollar for dollar basis. Go ahead and ban me. The Japanees can only laugh at the fact that we prefer driving cars named after the planes that once bombed us to our own, Good night.......Kaltenborn (talk) 22:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I love your writing style. I'm sorry; I've only designed and built one car from scratch (now I design and build fighter jets.)  I hope to learn about these complex machines, but in the mean time please take my humble advice and write a news article.  Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which can only include reliably sourced information.  If you publish, or find reliable reference material stating that the 1982-1983 Honda Accord's headlights "lit the way to the unemployment office," you can actually add it!  You know you were doing something wrong; you didn't expect these edis to remain; why are you even carying on like this?  You really expect material like this to be included in an encyclopedia?  Really?  What about German cars?  Italian cars?  REALLY??   Nicholas SL Smith chatter 06:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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BMW M62 HP
It looks like the power was increased to 290 HP in all the NA sources, this happened in 2001 but they did not change the figures in europe, as I was only taking into consideration european figures the numbers I used are correct but I will add a note mentioning the change to the north american figures, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.54.57.109 (talk) 15:57, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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