User talk:Versys guy

Hello, Versys guy, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits to the page Types of motorcycles have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may be removed if they have not yet been. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. As well, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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Take a look at WP:NPOV. You need to write in a less promotional and more neutral manner. I was tempted to mass-revert your changes to the Versys article, but instead I will go and tone down the language. If you need help or advice then ask me or Dennis - we are very happy to assist and encourage fellow bike enthusiasts. --Biker Biker (talk) 22:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Adventure (motorcycles)

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A tag has been placed on Adventure (motorcycles) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Nomination of Adventure (motorcycle) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Adventure (motorcycle) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adventure (motorcycle) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Biker Biker (talk) 22:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries, please

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Kawasaki Versys. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Brianhe (talk) 22:56, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dual sport issues

I reverted your edit to Dual-sport motorcycle, as well as some others. You need to stop and consider that Wikipedia works by consensus, and it works by citing sources. I.e. verifiability. Running off changing everything to suit your opinions while Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adventure (motorcycle) is still under consideration is kind of putting the cart before the horse. It's obvious that several editors object to your agenda. Wait and see what the out come is, then proceed. Wikipedia has all the time in the world and there's no rush.

Additionally, please do not delete cited material when you yourself are not providing any better citations that counter the original edits. If you have sources which you feel are more reliable the ones cited, go on the talk page and explain that. Don't just overrule reliable sources without citing something. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 01:51, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

...And by the way, there is plenty to do besides worrying about which classification a bike goes in. A very good use of your time would be to work on citing other missing facts on the Tiger and Multistrada and V-Strom pages, without getting hung up on whether they're dual sports or adventure bikes. A lot of these articles are stubs and could use expansion. Usually when there's a disupte about something on Wikipedia the best strategy is to bide your time working on uncontroversial things while the dispute works itself out. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:02, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 2011

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Your recent talk page comments were not added to the bottom of the page. New discussion page messages and topics should always be added to the bottom. Your message may have been moved by another user. In the future you can use the "New section" link in top right. For more details see talk page guidelines. Thank you. Biker Biker (talk) 04:51, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More information needed about File:Valve adj shim3.jpg

Hello, Versys guy!

It was really helpful of you to you to upload File:Valve adj shim3.jpg. However, we need to properly format the image license information in order to keep and use new images.

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More information needed about File:Valve adj shim0.jpg

Hello, Versys guy!

It was really helpful of you to you to upload File:Valve adj shim0.jpg. However, we need to properly format the image license information in order to keep and use new images.

If you can edit the description and add one of these templates, that would be great. If you're not sure how or would like some help, please ask us at the media copyright questions page and we'll be happy to assist you.

Thanks again! --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 23:07, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Valve adj shim2.jpg

File Copyright problem

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File copyright problem with File:Valve adj shim1.jpg

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