User talk:Valhalla418

West Country Carnival
Hiya, just looking at your work on the West Country Carnivals article... I wondered if you are involved in the carnivals in any way as I'm a member of Globe carnival club. Excellent article by the way! - Ben


 * Wish I was Sir! Just Somerset born, my father was in banking so we moved every 2.5years up and down the A38. My grand parents lived for a long while in North Petherton, while my parents now live in Burnham on Sea - hence the pictures. Carnival is something truly unique and special to the West, and I'd like to think it would get more national/international coverage to raise more money. Rgds, - Ian 17:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It always surprises me that it doesn't get more coverage. I find that it's very rare that anyone outside of Somerset knows anything about them. Notting Hill carnival seems to get a lot more attention though. I'm involved in moving the Globe cart from carnival to carnival and whenever we cross a bridge over the M5 in daylight I always wonder what the people driving below must think about the strange-looking vehicle above! - Ben 13:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Just for your note - the anon editor User:86.138.144.151 keeps shoving the link somersetcarnivals.co.uk in on both WCC and Bridgwater. I don't really have a problem with his link, but under wiki rules it is a bit too commercial/does it provide additional information above what's already there? He keeps shoving it in at the top of each links section, and I have reverted him on three occasions - I'd like to keep the article intact versus his website. As long as its below the official site/bbc links (it should never be on the Bridgwater article) I won't revert/remove. Rgds, - Trident13 10:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I put the Somerset Carnivals link on the WCC article because from what I've seen this site has a very good searchable archive of video and pictures and also a very active carnival forum that I've not seen anywhere else. I don't know the people who run the website but from what I've seen they seem to be very geared towards building a community of people interested in carnival. I have to say that I don't think it's commercial in any way. But I agree with you that it doesn't really deserve a place in a Bridgwater article. - Ben 11:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Its a difficult call on some of these external links. I agree, some nice content, and normally these types of ethusiasts add some great content as well as their link. My view "fair trade - a better article for a fair plug for someone who is a clearly an expert in the subject area" - we probably wouldn't get their input if we didn't allow the link. Where as wiki rules just views the link and its content - and that says, almost anything that has a WorldPay/PayPal or similar link is commercial and needs to be justified!!! Last time I looked, User:86.138.144.151 had just added his link, and always placed it at the top of the adjusted articles. Lets see what happens - sometimes they come in an add wonderful marketing/sales-like details - if its kept at what you added, then I can't see an issue. Rgds, Ian 11:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)