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Revision as of 12:14, 9 September 2006

Hi and welcome to wikipedia! Just one thing, though - if you find someone has changed an article that you just edited back to what was there before you edited, don't immediately rush in and edit it back. Go to the article's talk page and discuss it there instead - naming a source if you have it. If you follow that, you pretty much can't go wrong with WP Sam Vimes 23:04, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

World Rally Championship

Thanks for your edits on the result pages, it envolves a lot of work with just one of us researching this and editing the pages. So thanks. Is there milage you think in a WRC WikiProject of a type of F1, obviously not as large. :: Kevinalewis : /_(Desk) 09:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Why do you constantly replace Hungarian 1957-present flag in the article Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics with 1949-1956 one? The 1988 Olympics were held in 1988, not in the 1950s. Cmapm 12:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Please stop doing that. Stalinist Hungary flag you are inserting have been in use in years 1949-1956 only. -- Darwinek 13:43, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Just assisting you on cleanup of different articles

Just wanted to let you know that I am in process of entering information of different Nordic skiing items. If you want to see how Jouko Karjalainen looks now compared to how it was, you see how much cleanup was needed for this. I do appreciate your effort, but I am trying to make it more readable. Chris 21:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Recent edits

Your recent edits on the athletics pages have been very constructive. Good to see. David D. (Talk) 14:43, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

World Rally Championship results event dates

1998 Portugal

You changed it to 24-26 March.

• Rallybase.nl says 22-26 March.
• WorldRally.net says 23-25 March, but specifically mentions "The rally started on Sunday with a single Super Special driven on a rallycross track in Lousada" (Sunday was the 22nd).
• Motorsport.com's stage-by-stage itinerary says 22-25 March.
• Here's a fourth site stating the dates as 22-25 March, with a stage-by-stage itinerary.

1998 Argentina

You changed it to 21-23 May.

• Rallybase.nl says 20-23 May.
• WorldRally.net says 21-23 May, but mentions "The rally started on Wednesday with a super-special...", so the rally was held over four days.
• Motorsport.com's stage-by-stage itinerary says 20-23 May.

1998 New Zealand

You changed it to 25-27 July.

• Rallybase.nl says 24-27 July.
• WorldRally.net has no report.
• Motorsport.com's stage-by-stage itinerary says 24-27 May.

1997 Monte Carlo

You changed it to 20-22 January.

• Rallybase.nl says 19-22 January.
• WorldRally.net says 19-23 January, and reports that "The rally started...with a super special on the streets of the Monaco waterfront...on Sunday" (Sunday was the 19th).
• At the same site, a .jpg file of the official promotional logo for the event shows 17-23 January.
• Motorsport.com has no itinerary.

1997 Sweden

You changed it to 8-10 February.

• Rallybase.nl says 7-10 February.
• WorldRally.net says 7-10 February, stating "The rally started on Friday with a short Super Special on the ice of a lake at the city of Karlstad" (Friday was the 7th).
• Motorsport.com has no itinerary.

1997 Safari

You changed it to 1-3 March.

• Rallybase.nl says 1-3 March.
• WorldRally.net says 28 February-3 March.

1997 Portugal

You changed it to 24-26 March.

• Rallybase.nl says 23-26 March.
• WorldRally.net says 23-27 March, and mentions "the rally started on Sunday evening with a single super special driven in the 'home town' of the event, Figueira da Foz" (Sunday was the 23rd).
• Motorpsort.com has no info.
• This site says 23-26 March, and includes a stage-by-stage itinerary.

1996 1000 Lakes

You changed it to 24-26 August.

• Rallybase.nl says 23-26 August.
• WorldRally.net says 23-26 August, and has reports over four days.
• Motorsport.com says 23-26 August.

1996 Australia

You changed it to 14-16 September.

• Rallybase.nl says 13-16 September.
• WorldRally.net says 13-16 September, and has reports over four days.
• Motorsport.com has no info.

-- DeLarge 22:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

FIFA World Cup 1994

Hi. I'm not sure what convention you're using for swapping teams in the footballboxes. Or were you just following 85.165.205.236's edits? (I tend to go with whatever is on the match reports... but swapping them seems like a waste of time, as there are plenty of other things to be getting on with.) Cheers. —StuartBrady (Talk) 14:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Just letting you know, you did actually break the score for one game. I was looking for any mistakes, and still missed it. Luckily someone else spotted it. --StuartBrady (Talk) 22:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. Some of your recent edits to the article are not helpful. I've reverted them. --StuartBrady (Talk) 12:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

User SndrAndrss, please note that your repeated edits of the 1994 FIFA World Cup page may violate the WP:3RR rule. Please attempt to communicate with other editors in this matter, either here or on the article's talk page. -- DeLarge 13:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I reiterate the above comment by DeLarge. Please use the talk page before making changes, as you are on the brink of of breaking the three revert rule. Oldelpaso 18:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three-revert rule. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future.

Stifle (talk) 10:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Michael Gross

You have incorrectly moved the article on the German swimmer. Please see WP:UE: "If you are talking about a person, country, town, movie or book, use the most commonly used English version of the name for the article". This is an English Misplaced Pages. -- DeLarge 07:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Stop moving this page without first discussing it with other editors on the talk page. If you are not willing to discuss it, these edits will be reverted every time. David D. (Talk) 07:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Colin McRae

I know he's British, but if we're going to use {{flagicons}}, please realise that he himself uses the flag of Scotland on the side of his car ~ see his Ford Focus and his Citroën Xsara. I'm happy to discuss this, but if you continue with your existing approach of ignoring all communications with fellow editors, then I'll revert. --DeLarge 22:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

As seen here, Richard Burns used the Union Flag of the United Kingdom on his car, not the St George's Cross of England. Please VERIFY your information before editing. --DeLarge 23:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Please stop deleting the results from this table. Until you discuss these edits i will revert your efforts. Give me your rationale for such sweeping changes. David D. (Talk) 22:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics

Please stop deleting the results from this table. Until you discuss these edits i will revert your efforts. If you really want to change it to a table format, and i think that would be good, make sure you incorporate the results too. At present your edits are doing more bad than good. In many cases boardering on vandalism. Please use the talk page before making major edits. David D. (Talk) 17:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics

Deleting data is vandalism. Use the talk page before making major edits. For example maybe you can explain why a format with no results would be desirable or useful? David D. (Talk) 17:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

distruption

Before doing major edits on a page you need to discuss them on the talk page. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. David D. (Talk) 18:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

WP:3RR, Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

User SndrAndrss, please note that your repeated edits of the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics page may violate the WP:3RR rule. Please attempt to communicate with other editors in this matter, either here or on the article's talk page. --DeLarge 18:36, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

You are past the limit on 3RR. Stop reverting and start using the talk page. David D. (Talk) 20:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

More disruption

Your editing to wikipedia is caauing more harm than good. If you continue along these lines there will be a strong consensus to block you from editing here in the future. Many editors have assumed good faith with your edits but you continue to add factually incorrect information. For example: do not change the maiden name of athletes to their married name if they won the medal before they were married.

You made the following edit. Müller to Schersing but this is incorrect, here is a resource that you can use to confirm the data BEFORE making changes. Please be more careful when changing the names of athletes. If in doubt go and check the primary sources. David D. (Talk) 20:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Country codes

You made some errors in country codes. Perhaps you are confusing general country codes with IOC (International Olympic Committee) country codes. Please see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Flag Template. (SEWilco 04:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC))

I also do not see your SFRY in Template:Country ISO code alias SFRY listed in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3. If no ISO code exists (or existed) do not define one. (SEWilco 03:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC))

The 3-letter ISO code for Yugoslavia was YUG. http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/nlv8-cs.html (SEWilco 03:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC))

The 3-letter ISO code for the SFRY was YUG. http://www.davros.org/misc/iso3166.html (SEWilco 03:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC))

You should be using {{flagIOC}} for Olympic icons, so you can use the IOC country codes. Don't mess up the non-IOC sports with IOC abbreviations. (SEWilco 04:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC))

See List of IOC country codes. (SEWilco 03:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC))

Leave the abbreviations of country codes as they were created, with the ISO three letter country code. They are used for many purposes. Do not change them to match your favorite sport's abbreviations. (SEWilco 15:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

I've just noticed the damage you're doing to e.g. Template:Country label alias West Germany. Please stop. You are doing more harm than good at the moment. --StuartBrady (Talk) 16:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

If you need an alternate label for the flag template, try something like: {{flag|East Germany|name=GDR}} (SEWilco 20:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC))

1974 FIFA World Cup

You also did some damage here. Please be more careful. --Guinnog 17:34, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

What was your purpose in making the edit which made the UK flag bigger than any other? Please stop making this kind of edit. --Guinnog 16:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism, and if you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. SEWilco 04:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm disappointed you haven't answered either of my comments here. Consider this your final warning; any more vandalistic and disruptive edits (by which I mean, for example, making one flag bigger than all the others in a table) and I will block you. It isn't fair on other editors to have to spend their time checking up on edits and clearing up after you. If the edits I am talking about were honest mistakes, you may need to take more care, as I mentioned earlier. Use the preview function and seek the consensus of other editors before making any major changes to the format of articles, please. --Guinnog 09:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Flag of Belarus

Hello! Can you place a border around the Belarussian flag.

Sondre

F1 flags

Hi - thanks for your contributions to F1 articles. Unfortunately, the concensus for WP:F1 is that we go with the flags used at the podium ceremonies, which match the drivers racing licenses and therefore are all UK flags, not England, Wales etc. I've reverted your recent changes. Cheers anyway --4u1e 12:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)