User talk:Dino246

Alan Johnston

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I apologise. I'm a newbie here and was responding to the section about the BBC coverage because I believe that the BBC's lack of impartiality in relating to the kidnappings of Alan Johnston and Gilad Shalit was a contributing factor to the deletion of Shalit from the 'see also' section of the article. As the only other man currently held hostage in Gaza (according to some reports by the same group who has Johnston), Shalit is entirely relevant to the Johnston article, despite the BBC's apparently conscious decision to distance the two kidnappings. I take on board your request and the Wikipedia guideline to avoid forum-like chat on discussion pages however and shall avoid doing so in the future. Dino246 10:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

MRAP

Hey Man, do you have any idea what this Armor Holdings (S&S) MRAP looks like? I haven't found any pictures or information or anything online. Peace. Tmaull 21:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, there is one picture (really old), but not much info, other than its based on the FMTV, which isn't much of a shock. Tmaull 22:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also only know that it's FMTV based. Was quite surprised when I saw the order (and its size). Presumably they'll put out a proper press release in the next few days. Dino246 06:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, I just found a photo here[1] but it looks like a pre-bid computer rendering rather than an actual photograph of the finished article. Clearly the Maxxpro pictured there is too. Dino246 06:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have at--> Armor Holdings Caiman Tmaull 23:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Plasan Sasa

Hi, I think the article needs to be translated too, but I feel uncomfortable translating anything that I have absolutely no knowledge about. Since you also speak Hebrew, maybe you can try it and I will add to the Hebrew article. Otherwise, I might do this sometime later when there's time to find out more information about Plasan Sasa. -- Ynhockey ^(Talk) 08:22, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POV and referencing

Hi, Regarding your edits to the Lexus article, please be advised that you need to provide reliable source for all statements that you make. Adding your personal opinion to Wikipedia articles is not acceptable. Wikipedia does not feature editorials. Even if you command a very profound understanding of the market strategies employed by Lexus you will need to support all claims and statements you add with reliable sources. If you do not comply with Wikipedia policy, particularly WP:POV, WP:OR administrative action may be taken in order to ensure our quality standards. Remember that the criteria for inclusion in Wikiepdia is not truth, but verifiablitity, and that original research as well as opinion are not allowed. Thank you. Signature ^brendel 09:19, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote nothing that isn't supported by the source material already referenced. I quote directly from [2]

Indeed, Lexus would be ahead if it had the same lineup in Japan that it has in other countries. But many of its upscale models are sold under the Toyota brand. For instance, the RX is known in Japan as the Toyota Harrier. Phillips expects Lexus to grow as the automaker transfers more Toyota vehicles to its premium brand.

"They have a heritage there that's different than what they bring to new markets," Nerad said, "that being the heritage of the Toyota corporation."

My efforts on the Lexus article are precisely because it currently suffers from consistent subtle bias. There is a de facto article 'owner' who makes very selective use of source material to promote the Lexus brand. I have absolutely nothing against Lexus (or for it for that matter). I am merely trying to maintain a level of balance in the article in the interests of Wikipedia. I was not the first person to point out that the Lexus article comes across like an advert or fansite project. I do however appear to be the only editor trying to keep it in check. I'd appreciate the support of the administrators, I have only Wikipedia's reputation at heart. Dino246 11:38, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RFC/USER discussion concerning you (Dino246)

Hello, Dino246. Please be aware that a request for comments has been filed concerning your conduct on Wikipedia. The RFC entry can be found by your name in this list, and the actual discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Dino246, where you may want to participate.

-- Enigma3542002 22:42, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well no one responded or backed you up so according to WP:RFC policy it as been deleted. If you want to discuss your issue with me now like an adult then I am happy to engage in conversation with you. There is no need to take a lawyer's approach to a simple disagreement over POV in the Lexus article. Dino246 09:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cite web

Hi and nice work... I've been trying to clean up your referencing on MRAP (armored vehicle). Could you use Template:Cite web especially for some of the links on that page which have died... if there is not proper citation information it make it especially hard to know what to do with a dead link or to find the article again at another source, possibly if the website has changed the article location. I have not been using the template, instead opting for quick and dirty method of link to article title... but when you add in new links it would be nice to use such a template. gren グレン 05:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Unsourced additions to the Ariel Atom entry"

Hi, Ian is not a friend, just someone I met at Ariel. He does work for them, I know as I went to visit them. I'm not that surprised that Google doesn't have any information on Ian, he is just a car designer, not a famous celeb. I doubt they thave information on every car designer. Feel free to contact them by calling on (+44) 01460 78817 and asking them if Ian Midgley works from them. Once you find I am right, please put the information on him designing the new Atoms back. Thanx —Preceding unsigned comment added by DineshAdv (talk • contribs) 20:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Atom Ariel discussion forum.

I am new to Wiki. Help me "sincerely" understand how an Ariel Atom forum is not important to the discussion of the Car? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karlogtm (talk • contribs) 03:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I responded on your talk page. Dino246 (talk) 13:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. After reading your reasoning on Karlogtm's Talk page, I believe I understand why you deleted the link to the Ariel Atom owner's forum. However, the link that remains to the Ariel Atom owner's club seems to be exactly the same to me. Their website states "AAOC is independent from the Ariel Motor Company." Theirs is an offline, non-official club for Atom Owners, and Ariel Atom Chat is an online, non-official club for owners. So it seems that either both should be there, or neither. And as a complete aside, as a long-time Tifosi and owner of a few prancing horses, I dig your account name. :) Stevejenkins (talk) 04:21, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and have deleted the link to the owner's club too.Dino246 (talk) 08:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Al-Araba and DC Design

Hi, I tried to find information on this car, but every website tells something different, about the engine is it 3.5 V6, 3.0V6 or straight-4 as this page says:http://www.madle.org/edcgaia.htm engine: 4 cyl., 1468cm3 this says its 3.0 http://www.autoeasy.ch/conceptcars/DCDgaia.html weird... design is definetly by Dilip Chhabria as most website tells this

here is some links I found:

--— Typ932^{T | C} 12:16, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

JLTV

I think they are right. Millenworks is sort of a maybe. I think they are involved in developing some technology for it, but they won't be involved with the production of it. Now that Armor Holdings is BAE, I don't know if they are still involved with LockMart. Tmaull (talk) 21:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Green (rapper)

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Fiat X1/9

Thanks for your note. This is an obscure WP:AWB bug, I have raised a bug report. Rich Farmbrough, 17:29 5 February 2008 (GMT).

Image:MRAP Cat 1 navistar.jpg dispute

Hello Dino, I moved your comment from my talk page to the image talk page. I also responded there. I would find it inappropriate to delete it myself at this point, so I'll leave it to another administrator to decide what to do. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 20:27, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Plasan M1114GR HMMWV.jpg

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Fair enough. When I uploaded it, it was the only image I could find of the Greek M1114GR. Since then, a copyright-free image has been uploaded so I replaced the disputed fair-use image from Plasan. Dino246 (talk) 22:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Criticism of EDO Corporation

I edited the article again. This time I did it in stages, since User:Statecorporateresearch (a SPA?) undid everything when he reverted instead of just trying to remove the bits he did not like.

I also restored the "unbalanced" template and explained why. He cant keep removing it if two editors are telling him theres a problem and if he removes it again I'll go to an administrator. Wikipedia is very conservative about avoiding potential litigation, and an article like this about a large and wealthy corporation is bound to concern senior editors. Whydontyoucallme dantheman (talk) 01:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Luxury Vehicle

I noticed your comment on the discussion page for the Luxury vehicle article. I find the entire article reprehensible because its so completely vague. If there is such a thing, its a "weasel article." What can be done? 842U (talk) 21:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Image:MaxxPro Cat1 IL.jpg

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MaxxPro Plus

Are you sure the picture you posted is an accurate picture of the MaxxPro Plus? Navistar's website shows a very different looking MaxxPro Plus. Check it out here: http://media.navistar.com/image.php?id=461 IraqVet225 (talk) 20:26, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

100%. See your talk page. Dino246 (talk) 20:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Polish Coguars

Im 100% positive. The article says that polish MoD agreed to buy 30-40 Coguars and send them to polish troops in afghanistan later this year. They will serve with XA-360 that are already in Afghanistan. --Militaryboy (talk) 11:59, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To date, FPI hasn't received any order and the Polish forces have received no Cougars. The Polish army is not currently a Cougar operator. With your permission, please allow me to revert your edit.Dino246 (talk) 12:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked up for an additional info on the coguars and I've found out that the Polish Army will recieve those Coguars as a military aid from USA. Therefore the poles will be the offical coguar operators without acquiring them from Force Protection Inc. If you want you can revert my changes and wait until proper information is released in english. --Militaryboy (talk) 16:55, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Egyptian border guard in Gaza conflict

Dino, reverted your edit because in a previous discussion decided (in Infobox) against specifying who killed whom for example the Israeli soldiers who died from friendly fire, Palestinian family hit by errant Qassam, UN drivers killed by Israel and so on... RomaC (talk) 19:25, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. When I added the info it was surrounded by other casualties listed as "killed by IDF fire" and it seemed odd that only the Egyptian border guard's killing was 'uncredited'. I see that the whole infobox is more neutral now. Thanks for the explanation, I appreciate it.Dino246 (talk) 20:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

3rr

That was you 3rd revert without even trying to get consensus. I kindly ask you self-revert the latest one and try to seek consensus before changing something that has been stable from the start of this. Nableezy (talk) 22:16, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stable maybe but a black & white incorrect fact that you keep insisting on reverting to.Dino246 (talk) 22:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is a correct fact, Gaza is a self-governing territory, it as a territory is the 4th-6th (depending on the source) most densely populated territory in the world. This isnt about individual cities. You also removed a source for no reason in the last edit. I kindly ask you self-revert and engage in discussion on the talk page. If you are reasonable and rational you may very well gain consensus, hell you may even convince me. But this is not the way to handle it. Nableezy (talk) 22:22, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The current edit is entirely factual, based on raw data with no commentary and two perfectly relevant population densities for comparison; the territory into which Hamas are firing in comparison to the territory into which Israel was firing. It was my 2nd revert, not my 3rd, and I don't see reason to change it until we get consensus on the talk page.Dino246 (talk) 22:30, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please

Dino, I'm impressed by how much energy you have as seen in the Talk:2008–2009_Israel–Gaza_conflict#Stock_taking discussion. But persistence and smarts can't bulldoze Wiki policies such as verifiability. Please, you have tremendous potential as a researcher and editor, but we have to be dispassionate especially in articles that we feel passionately about, be unwavering in our respect for and application of Wiki policies. I hope you can channel your energy productively, cheers. RomaC (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Notification that I brought your name up

Dino, I hope you don't mind but I mentioned you on the ANE board here [4]. Tundrabuggy (talk) 03:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

external links on the ariel atom article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Exoskeleton_car

カンチョーSennen Goroshi ! (talk) 08:05, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

recent additions to Fiat articles

Hi, could you check also the other edits the same user has made http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/89.243.215.162 , I doubt Fiat has anything to di with Hymer, this user made some very weird changes --Typ932 ^T·C 18:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Right you are. He seems to be a well-meaning youngster. Hymer though is not a Fiat Group brand and although I understand the logic, I don't believe that any reputable source refers to the baby Fiats as 500 v1.0>v4.0.Dino246 (talk) 19:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Luxury vehicle

Thanks for your conditional support in allowing me to make additions to Luxury vehicle. However, I fell that User:CZmarlin is still making it too difficult to other editors to make changes, could you help me make a case that the article can be legitimately re-written ? GoldDragon (talk) 17:23, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sprint

I read it thru its better now, some better pictures would be needed though... --Typ932 ^T·C 21:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

not bad robot, bad article...

The bots are ok. Someone actually linked the somali article to this across all wikis. Fixed. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 08:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Concept car photo

I have uploaded again the concept car photo, now with "scale model" at the caption, as you indicated. I think the Design section must have some photos to illustrate it. If you want to replace it with a better "design ot prototyping photo", I have no objection, but I would ask you do not simply delete it. --Jordiferrer (talk) 14:15, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hoaxes

It looks like the editor is making hoax articles based on a real person and his limited work. See my clean-up at Bob Brooks. Erik (talk | contribs) 19:43, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm following the paper-trail to try to make sure that all affected articles are corrected. There is some fact amongst the vandalism, need to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Dino246 (talk) 19:47, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

קרדיט לצילום

הי דינו246. הייתי מעוניין להשתמש בתמונה שלך ממסלול המירוצים מונזה במגזין בו אני עובד. על פי חוקי הרשיון וגם מתוך כבוד הדדי, יותר מאשמח להעניק לך קרדיט הולם. אם תוכל, השאר לי את שמך המלא בדף השיחה שלי ואשמיד מיד את הראיות. תודה שמעון שוואעי (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Car styling

Patently ridiculous to suggest that Alfa-Romeo, Hispano-Suiza, et al weren't styling cars before GM established the Art & Colour section — you, at this revision: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harley_Earl&curid=959166&diff=460098066&oldid=460091158

Acutally, Alfa Romeo (no hyphen), Hispano-Suiza, Rolls-Royce, Isotta-Fraschini, Delage, Delahaye, Duesenberg, et. al. did not make car bodies until after World War II, if at all. That was the work of the coachbuilder. The buyer would arrange to have the coachbuilder build the body and would arrange for the car builder to send the chassis to the coachbuilder. Usually, the car manufacturer would install a bonnet ("hood" in American) and a seat and have a driver drive the car to the coachbuilder.

As such, the styling of these cars from the factory was limited to the headlights and radiators. That's how you told a Rolls-Royce different from a Bentley or a Leyland Eight. Comparing the bodies would only tell you the differences between, for example, a Park Ward body and a Hooper body, a Saoutchik body and a Figoni et Falaschi body, or a Murray body and a LeBaron body.

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 15:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New cfds regarding "Old Fooians"

Two new cfds propose the renaming of some twenty categories. Most of those who took part in last year's cfd "Former pupils by school in the United Kingdom" seem unaware of them, so I am notifying all those who took part in that discussion, to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Please consider contributing here and here. Moonraker (talk) 13:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Red links in articles

Hi Dino246,

I noticed this edit, and while in this particular case you're probably right (I don't think those engineers are notable for Wikipedia), in general there is absolutely no problem with creating red links on Wikipedia. In fact, this is a positive thing if the subject of the red link is notable and should have an article.

Cheers, —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 08:43, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Plasan SandCat

Hello, in regards to your revert of my edit, considering that other articles such as Smart Fortwo, Humvee, and Fiat Panda mentions unauthorized copies. My edit of adding the DN-XI was appropriate.

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