User talk:Stombs

Hi Stombs, and welcome to Wikipedia.

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Style
Hi 'Stombs, could I give you a friendly suggestion, that you read the Manual of Style before making any more contributions. It may mean that many changes won't need to be made to your entries to knock them into Wiki shape.. Cheers. Moriori 08:54, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Greetings again Stombs. Tks for your response on my talk page. Another friendly suggestion (yes, ANOTHER one), when you post to talk pages your contribution goes on the bottom of the page, not the top, (or at the bottom of the subject you are replying to, as I have done here). Anyway, good to see you are now registered user. Look forward to some entries about the area you live in.Go BOP. Ka kite. Moriori 22:05, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Thank you again, Moriori—just got the message from Bishonen as well about stuff going at the bottom. At work today so better not do quite as much during the weekdays! Noho ora mai. Stombs 23:16, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)

Wanted ad: Stombs
Hey, Stombs, if you're there, could you please leave a message for me on this page, or on my talk page, so I can talk to you? I really hope you don't let all the VfD listings put you off editing, and I feel kind of bad about that BJAODN crack. (Even though actually making it to BJAODN would be quite an honor - they're very selective these days. :-)) Bishonen 22:16, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Kiwi bloke
Hello, Stombs, very glad to hear from you. Nice to see you bluelinked, too! Actually, I was mostly worried that you'd notice I'd put up yet more of your pages for deletion - Medinge and Medinge Group - don't know if you did or not - and ship out in disgust at all the stalking and nitpicking. I've been checking out your contribs, an amazing list where you can be observed making excellent edits for twelve hours at a stretch or so. At what I thought was an ungodly hour, too :-) (before I figured about New Zealand). It would be a shame if the only feedback you got on all that work was a crapload of deletion boilerplates. Sorry I was so quick to assume you were another Swedish prankster there - it's just that I've been seeing a lot of those lately, back for the autumn term and writing encyclopedic articles about their girlfriends that run "Lhina Hansson is considered by many people to be the best and most beautiful woman in the world, especially by Swedish guitarist Gustav Bjarnason." (What? Well, yes, I suppose it is kind of funny, if you're in the mood for it. :-))

I notice you've done a good deal of copyediting of other people's work, which is a very useful service. See, your edit topic for the Nanjing Massacre caught my eye: "Serious repairs to typos, grammar—does no one check these?" That's just it: yes, someone does. You did. That's how the wiki works. There's no hierarchy of editing, everybody's an editor, and skilled English speakers are jumping in all the time, the way you did, to give articles a shine, especially new articles by non-native speakers. Many of those do need what's referred to as Cleaning up (or in extreme cases, need Tender loving care). There's a Wikipedia section called Cleanup, where people list entries they come across that are or could be valuable for their encyclopedic content, in order to request that somebody else clean them up. Ideally, the somebody would have good English plus some interest in the subject, but editors are encouraged to Be Bold in selecting themselves for this job, as for everything  else. Me, for instance, I just cleaned up an "Engrish" article about a little-known manga book, a subject I know less than nothing about. Suicidally bold, you might say. Anyway, if you think you might be interested in doing some work on Cleanup, I think you could do a lot of good deeds there, with your excellent writing skills. I feel pompous saying welcome to Wikipedia - I've only been here a month myself - but welcome anyway, Stombs. (Btw,it can be a little risky to put messages at the top of talk pages - the convention is to put them at the bottom, and that's where people tend to look for them.) Bishonen 16:56, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Old cars
Thanks for your contribution on the Australian version of the Plymouth Valiant. I'm always interested in learning something new about old cars. RivGuySC 02:30, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Your info about the Monaro/Riviera was new to me and I'll certainly do something with it. Like you, I'd thought the new GTO looked more Buickish. There's nothing there that says Pontiac to me except the grille. RivGuySC 02:06, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

GM Daewoo
Thanks for your contribution to GM Daewoo Motors. Finally this stub is growing. Very much appreciated. Have a nice day. Kokiri 07:54, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for telling me about this a couple of months ago, Stombs. I have just signed on. I'm very flattered about what you wrote, too. Jackyan 23:10, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Liter->L
In text, I would leave it as litre or liter, depending on the local usage. So if I was talking about "less than a liter of Ketchup" or "multi-litre engines" I would leave it at that. But if it's a mark notating a metric, like "2.2 L engine" we should use the SI convention of using a space then the short symbol - this was discussed in thy wiki style area somewhere a couple of months ago. What do you think?

Don't worry - I know you mean well and aren't picking on me! We're all here to make this the best it can be! --SFoskett 15:18, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
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To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:


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Cosworth pic
Stombs, I was really pleased to read your nice comment on my RS Cosworth pic. I've put thirty car pics on in the last four days, all taken by myself last summer. Thanks again, such comments are very much appreciated - Adrian Pingstone 21:51, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Impreza
Could we redirect to Subaru Impreza and could you, of course, as nominator, rescind the VfD nomination? Ty! Samaritan 23:23, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image:19-vc-sle.jpg
What licence is Image:19-vc-sle.jpg which you uploaded released under? Somebody in the WWW 10:54, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * There is no such tag as CopyrightFreeUse. I think you must mean instead. Somebody in the WWW 06:31, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Note to self: I've replied directly to the above user—the tag was not incorrect at the time. Stombs 08:57, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

Holden Zafira in NZ
Tena koe,

I've looked at the Holden NZ website for several years, and have never seen the Zafira featured, although Opel-badged used Japanese imports are on sale locally according to this website. Only this Australian website has any mention of the Holden Zafira. We get a few Opel-badged cars from Ireland in the UK (but as brand new parallel imports). Quiensabe 01:16 UTC 10 Jan 2005

Note: the Zafira was indeed sold as a Holden in New Zealand and many web sites indicate this.

Brazilian Ford Sierras
I've seen several references to Brazilian Ford Sierras, but I doubt seriously that the Sierra was ever sold, let alone produced, in that country. I speak Portuguese and I've seen numerous websites that confirm this. That segment of the market was served by the Del Rey (a local design despite the resemblance to the last Cortina/Taunus) and the Versailles, a clone of the VW Santana.

It seems unlikely that Ford do Brasil would have tooled up for production of a car that it wouldn't have sold locally, not least as everything they would have produced would have been for the local market. The facelifted Sierra was assembled in Venezuela, so maybe that would have been the source for the Merkur.

Quiensabe Jan 10 2005 13:13 UTC

Quiensabe is correct: I meant the Argentinian models.

Image:0817tmp3.jpg
Where did you get Image:0817tmp3.jpg from? It is obviously not a "Ford New Zealand publicity photograph", as it has a registration plate from Victoria, Australia in the photo. Somebody in the WWW 03:05, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Again responded: source was not incorrect. Stombs 08:59, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Volkswagen Golf Plus
No problem. As you can see I've moved most of the content formerly under "Variants" to the specific model sections. This makes more sense to me. SamH 10:47, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mazda Celtus?
I just saw this article created - you have in the past warned the user responsible (82.42.151.164) for creating fake articles about cars - is this one the same? Regards, Smoddy | Talk 16:55, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Nguyet Anh Duong
why did you chose to Delete the page on Nguyet Anh Duong she is a Influential Vietnamese American.

-Did you take the time to read the article?

-*Bomb Lady: Vietnamese American Makes Tools for War on Terror by Pacific News Service

-Nguyet Anh Duong Accomplishment in Naval technology saved lifes of American Soliders in Iraq and Afganistan.

Would you reconsider your vote?--Bnguyen 06:47, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Apology for my edits
Apologies for my vandalism. I will confine them to the sandbox. I am new to this Wikipedia thing. Advice would be appreciated on using Wikipedia, I am new to this. Please don't ban me. I apologise for any fake articles - these can now be confined to the sandbox. 82.42.151.164 14:13, Jan 14, 2005 (UTC)

Opel Manta in UK
The Opel Manta was never badged as a Vauxhall. True, there was a Vauxhall Cavalier coupe and 'Sportshatch', which used the same bodyshells, but those were dropped in 1981, the same year in which Opel dealerships merged with Vauxhall ones. The Manta was the last car to be sold as an Opel in the UK, when it was dropped in 1988. (The Senator was rebadged as a Vauxhall in 1984, but the Monza remained an Opel until it was dropped two years later.)

This site has the history of the Manta, and the Cavalier equivalents. Quiensabe 20 Jan 2005 17:02

Quiensabe is correct—corrected my own info.

Nissan Pulsar/Sunny
Well, I was about to argue with you about the Pulsar/Sunny thing, but then I got confused after some Google searches told me that the B14 and N15 platforms had the same 2535 mm wheelbase and suspension layout (McPherson strut/trailing arm at the front and multilink/beam axle at the rear) as the outgoing B15 Sunny and the current N16 Almera, Sylphy, Sentra and Wingroad. I'm guessing the same underpinnings were retained between generations. Incidentally, one of those searches turned up a New Zealander named ant_marter on the freshalloy.com forum. Was that you? --Pc13 10:34, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

De Lorean vote
Because you voted at Talk:De Lorean on whether or not to move that page to De Lorean Motor Company, I thought you might like to know that another vote has been started at Requested_moves. SamH|Talk 18:30, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mitsubishi Mirage
I added a fact that Mirage & Colt are sold alongside each other in Australia, and you deleted it saying Mitsubishi ceased selling Mirage's in Australia in 2003. However, if you go to http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.au you plainly see both Mirage and Colt for sale. This is also confirmed by phoning Mitsubishi Motors Australia.

Maybe in New Zealand it has ceased selling, but not Australia.

And this was added here … why?

Isuzu Gemini
I wrote an article about the Isuzu Gemini in German Wikipedia. There you've got a copyrighted picture of the '85 FF Gemini I'd like to ask you if I can copy it into my German Gemini article -Honza 19:55, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

lots of edits, not an admin
Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:27, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the vote of confidence on my new adminship - looks like it's your time too! I'll nominate or support you...  --SFoskett 20:14, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

GM Daewoo

 * As outlined in WikiProject Automobiles, the home market information is used as the basis in Wikipedia. Stombs 13:50, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Why did you delete tons of useful information from the original articles (for ex. Chevrolet Nubira) in the process of a copy and paste move, which is NOT how the articles should be moved anyway, and replaced it with information that is simply full of errors? I'm reverting your edits. Please list the pages on WP:RM if you feel there's a need to move them. --DmitryKo 20:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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 * Oh well, too late—did not see this till December. I'll just make a note to put source info in future. Stombs 00:40, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

NZ resident
Hi, I see you're another NZ-based person. If you like, you can add the template to your user page, and this will automatically add you to the category of Wikipedians in New Zealand. --LesleyW 06:59, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Important WikiProject Automobiles Discussion
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Auckland meetup
Just to let you know that a meetup is planned in Auckland for the 25th of June (see Meetup/Auckland for more details), and that you are cordially invited. GeorgeStepanek\talk 00:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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Liz Shaw
I noticed that on Talk:Liz Shaw (New Zealand) you asked then if anyone nominates the article for deletion to tell you. Well, I have, so I am. --Midnighttonight 03:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

If you want can you take a look at Infiniti G20?
I noticed some of your edits and would like it if you took a look at the Infiniti G20 article. No pressure if you do not feel like it. Zoli Elo 06:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Stombs: thanks for the St Mark’s reference! Just spotted it. Jack Yan 05:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiproject Automobiles Notification
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If you no longer wish to be a member of the project, simply don't add the userbox or category, there's no pressure. Thanks for your time, James086Talk 04:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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English usage
I now know what you mean about editing difficulties in Wikipedia! See the Beatles’ capitalization discussion (I imagine you can find it under my history). Let the amateurs rule!—Jack Yan 23:36, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome to my world, Jack!—Stombs 12:22, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Mainzeal
Calm down, man. You start editing the German-language Wikipedia and let me accuse you of mangling *my* first language before you accuse *me* of 'imperial overreach' into yours, okay? The article was 100% my creation up to that point, and you are welcome to fix it without getting all in a jiffy. Cheers, MadMaxDog 08:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Duly responded.

Gordon Jackson
With regard to the years, it is Wikipedia policy not to link lone years. I deleted the cookery show for two reasons; 1) How was written (saying he "even" did something doesn't sound very encyclopedic) and 2), its completly unreferenced. I will reword it now, and it would be useful if you reference it. --UpDown 10:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, I now see where it is mentioned in the reference. --UpDown 10:16, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

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Invitation to an in-person meetup in Mohua / Golden Bay
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics.  Schwede 66  09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)