User talk:Loudenvier

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Welcome!

Hello, Loudenvier, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! -- Longhair | Talk 12:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fine, I am finally welcome ;-)

Just testing the signatures Loudenvier Loudenvier 18:32, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, very good the tildes work fine, but what if I wanted to use my real name, instead of my nick name?

Something like [ [User:Loudenvier|Felipe Machado] ]? I think there isn´t a short cut for this...

[edit] Usercategorization

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Brazil page as living in or being associated with Brazil. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Brazil for instructions. Rmky87 07:02, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of picture

Hi, Felipe,

The image Image:Niterói Itacoatiara Beach.jpg was already tagged with the {{unverified}} template on 31 December 2004. That meant it could then be deleted after 7 days. At that time, the original uploader should have been warned; and he was:[1].

So I could just have deleted the image. Now I did not want to do that without notification, but I didn't only want to notify the original uploader, so I removed the image from the pages it was in. In this way, everyone with those pages in their watchlist should have gotten the message. And obviously, it worked... Note that photographs without a source or license will be deleted; this did not always happen, but the last three weeks people are making serious work of it.

One last question: can you explain at Image:Niterói Itacoatiara Beach.jpg why the picture is public domain? Thanks. -- Eugene van der Pijll 22:46, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

P.S. If you want to change your signature to [ [User:Loudenvier|Felipe Machado] ], you can do that by going to "preferences" (at the top of each page), and entering a nickname "Felipe Machado". This text is inserted in all signatures.

[edit] MMAStatbox

It's funny, you added the statbox to the Royce Gracie article like five seconds before I tried to add it myself. Anyway, just wanted to say keep up the good work. Shawnc 20:49, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

vey funny indeed! I´ve posted on your talk page a few more words... regards and thanks Loudenvier 03:45, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Royce Gracie

Tu du ben. (Is that correct spelling?)

No, but almost: "Tudo bem" is the right spelling. But the way you´ve written is phonetically identical to the correct spelling anyway, so if you have spoken it to me I would understand perfeclty what you were saying! Loudenvier 04:48, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I support your decision to pull off the NPOV tag on the Royce Gracie page. Just so you know, I am neither a Gracie fan nor a Gracie hater. I think they are talented fighters and that is about it. I will be happy to continue editing that page so we can sort out this disagreement with Kingmob. If he can supply what he thinks is POV, I will be happy to make slight alterations, but don't see anything glaring with the current article.

Also, if you would not have mentioned it on the discussion page, I would not have known you were not a native English speaker. You edit in English well. FYI, I made a slight spelling adjustment to your main page.Stones12 16:08, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

There are things I want to change too. I´m just too lazy to write them down right now! Loudenvier 04:48, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brazil as a superpower

hi, sorry for interruption, could you please see to the NPOV of exclusion of Brazil from this article. It was there until a month ago, and some guys keep excluding South America and Brazil from what I believe is its just place (and I am not alone, since these previous edits were there long before, to include Brazil). thanks Perroot 21:58, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Roy12.jpg

This image may be deleted.

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[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Bruce_cover.jpg

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[edit] Virtuoso

Thanks for your comments - I'm a big fan of both Pain of Salvation and Symphony X, although the former more than the latter. Just to let you know, I prefert to restrict messages about content disputes to the talk pages of the relevant articles. I look forward to a productive discussion. Cheers --Ryan Delaney ^talk 01:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guitar Shredding vs. Waldir Azevedo (Cavaquinho player).

Waldir Azevedo ainda foi um dos primeiros shredders da história e merece estar naquela lista. Quer dizer que é melhor fazer um artigo de "cavaquinho shred" do que deixar ele lá? Cuzandor 19:31, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Waldir Azevedo não deve estar na página de Guitar Shredders. Cavaquinho é um instrumento completamente diferente. Pelo mesmo motivo não se deveria incluir um violinista na lista também (a menos que fosse reconhecido como um Shreder da guitarra elétrica, como The Great Kat o é). Waldir Azevedo certamente não teve qualquer influência no desenvolvimento do gênero, principalmente porque os guitarristas pioneiros do gênero não deram qualquer atenção aos "tocadores de cavaquinho" (talvez estivessem muito errados nesta opção...). O artigo deve ser consistente com seu título e seu conteúdo. Ele descreve um sub-gênero do metal (e apenas do metal) que surgiu praticamente no ano da morte de Waldir Azevedo. Não quero com isto diminuir sua contribuição ao mundo musical, mas não posso admitir que ele tenha qualquer coisa a ver com o Shred Guitar. Além disso o gênero é até muitas vezes considerado pejorativamente por músicos profissionais, que consideram a busca da velocidade como uma fuga da verdadeira alma da música (o mesmo que acontece com virtuosismo, que as vezes é visto sob uma ótica pejorativa). Não acredito que Waldir Azevedo enquadre-se nesses termos, pois sua música é dotada de grande presença de espírito e profundidade, não apenas dificuldade técnica e velocidade. Loudenvier 21:37, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Concordo que W.A. é muito superior a esses guitarristazinhos, mas o cavaquinho é muito semelhante à guitarra e por isso W.A. deveria estar na lista também. Cuzandor 22:52, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Roy Z

Thanks man! I am a huge fan of Roy's work with Bruce Dickinson, and I even got to see him once opening for Maiden(with Blaze) in 1998 with his Tribe of Gypsies band here in LA. Just trying to contribute to the "good ones", so more people will know about them! Thanks again! Skeletor2112 04:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] time travel

I understood your reasoning, and I am a big fan of Twain, but the time travel in Twain consists of a bump on the head. Neither Wells nor Verne was the first person to write about any of the subjects they pioneered. That's the reason for the word "pioneered" rather than "discovered" or "invented". What Wells and Verne did was to explore in greater depth and for a larger audience themes that other writers had just touched on. Rick Norwood 20:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

In other words, Time Travel was central to Wells story, and only "accidental" to Twain´s. But Twain´s dealed with future technology affecting the past in strange ways. It can be said that the Time Travelling wasn´t mechanical but by other means (since it happened in an unconcious state). Time Travel mechanics/phisics was not the subject of Twain´s story but the effects of time travelling was, that´s why it seems to me genuine sci-fi. Loudenvier 21:01, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Who are you :-)

Hi. I am working on a more.. informative.. userpage. You can have a look here but there are only a few details and a ramble on arts and another on religion, which is unfitting for what should be more biographical. I am young, I have little to talk about concerning myself except my thoughts - this makes an empty "biography". Best wishes, --A Sunshade Lust 04:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Angra

I cleaned up your re-write of Angra if you could just check it over to make sure I kept accuracy throughout it would be much appreciated. Canadian-Bacon 17:01, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Brazilian cars!

Great to hear that! First of all, if you'd ask me, your English is better than mine, but I know a few good native-English-speaking copyeditors just in case :D I cordially invite you to join the WikiProject Automobiles, where we discuss and coordinate all efforts concerning automobile-related articles on Wikipedia. On the main project page, you can also find the links to some standards that have been established for those articles. Don't hesitate to post your questions and suggestions on the talk page!

As concerns the cars themselves, I am quite surprised to learn you drive an Opel Tigra! I thought all Opel cars were sold in Brazil as Chevrolets, but apparently this was not the case. Or is it a private import?

I am happy to learn you are into GM and Fiat cars in particular, as I happen to be working on those mostly. Currently a small project is under way concerning the Polski Fiat 125p (which we intend to take to Featured Article level) and related Fiat 125 and Fiat 1300/1500 - any information on the whereabouts of these models in Latin America, as well as in general (surprisingly, e.g. the most informative source on the 125 seems to be an Argentinian site) is more than welcome!

Regards, Bravada, talk - 12:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Oi again and obigado (?) for your reply :D You have raised a few issues:

I understand all Opel and Opel-based cars, both imported and locally made, are branded as Chevrolet in Brazil, and the Opel brand is never used in official marketing, right?
I understand that Chevrolet models are also referred to as "GM" in Brazil, e.g. "GM Astra" and the like - this would explain the propensity of some editors to generate articles such as General Motors Astra, which looks absolutely atrocious to users from Europe or North America. Is the "GM" naming only used only in common parlance, or officially too (marketing, press release, technical literature)?
I am quite interested in Latin American cars, so I know about the Brazilian Astra and Vectra - I would say the Brazilian Astra can be classified, despite modifications, as Astra B/G, while the Vectra is a sedan version of the Astra C/H. Anyway, I believe the differences between the Brazilian and European models should be explained in respective articles.
In general, I think the division of GM models between articles should be sorted out - I will raise the issue on the WikiProject talk page. Stay tuned ;)

Regards, Bravada, talk - 16:37, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pelé's goalscoring record

Hi Louenvier. Thanks for your edits to the Pelé article and the comments you left on the talk page. I have responded to your comments, as have a couple of other editors. I would really appreciate a reponse to what I have said. Jim (Talk) 14:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ryan Delaney's comments

Hi. In response to your enquiry on my talk page, I have made some edits to this article. I suspect you may have misinterpreted the Wikipedia:No original research policy as it it applies to this article. Based on the contents of this article, it seems that the question of how many goals Pele scored during his career is an issue of how one interprets the existing statistics, not how one gets his data (do non-league games count? etc).

To explain the NOR policy: "Original Research" occurs when an editor collects his or her own data and interpretations and publishes them in Wikipedia as fact, without having them first published elsewhere and peer-reviewed. The original research policy was first instituted by Jimbo when some physicists had begun to add their own theories on magnetism to the relevant Wikipedia articles without first submitting them to scrutiny by the scientific community. As such it may be useful to keep this example in mind when deciding what is original research and what isn't.

Analagously, an example of original research in this case would be for a person to have personally watched all his games and counted the goals, then published his count in Wikipedia without having it peer-reviewed. But since no editor (to my knowledege, correct me if I am wrong here) has added his own count -- but only a count provided by published sources -- this is an issue of proper citation, not original research.

I hope this helps.

--Ryan Delaney ^talk 19:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simca Vedette

Hi! As of now, you are the only member of the Latin American cars task force, so I have no choice but to bother you about that :D I have started the article on the abovementioned model, and I have read somewhere that it was also manufactured in Brazil, where production continued into the 1960s or even 1970s and spawned a model called Chrysler Esplanada. Perhaps you could find some more detailed information on that? See also the article's talk page :D Regards, Bravada, talk - 02:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. Perhaps you know of fellow Latin American editors interested in automotive topics, or can post some info on a regional/language notice board, so that you won't be alone in the TF :D

Thanks for your reply and interest in the topic! I am afraid my Portuguese is non-existent and the results of automatic translations are a good laugh at best, so I guess we will have to wait until you will have some time to delve into that - seems like a very interesting topic, perhaps at least as big as the history of Vedettes in France!

Until then, I wish your Father a happy Father's Day and you a great day with your family! Cheers! Bravada, talk - 12:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello again! I see you're back to editing - I was wondering whether you could have a look at the sources regarding Simca Vedette. I have also found a site called simply http://www.simca.com.br - it seems to be pretty informative to. Would be great if you could also add something to the Ford Vedette article from one of the pages I have marked as "external links". Cheers! Bravada, talk - 22:31, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tobacco Smoking

Why don't we need a separate "History of Tobacco Smoking" article? --GoOdCoNtEnT 16:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Car stuff

Hi Felipe!

Thanks for your message, I only just read it as it got lost in the tangle on my talk page (gotta do some cleaning I guess). I am sorry to hear about the Marea :( It was surely a great car, one of my all-time favorites with regard to styling, both inside and out, and also you had a great engine! I hope the Astra will serve you well, I come from a longtime Opel-driving family :D

I don't know about the interior of Chevrolet Astra, but the interior of the 2006 SS model looks almost like the one we had in the Opel Astra B/H in Europe (I mean we as Europeans, my family never actually owned an Astra B, I myself considered the base versions to be pretty plain compared to the elegant Vectra B). So, did the previous Brazilian Astras have a different interior? BTW, if the 2.0 you've got is the same 8v unit that was fitted in various Opels in the 1990s (and earlier), you are probably going to have many troublefree miles with it!

I am looking forward to your contirbutions to the Opel Astra and Chevrolet Monza articles - I will gladly learn more about them! I was also wondering how are you doing with the Simca stuff. In case you don't have time to do it all at once, perhaps you could just drop us a short summary - I am really eager to know how the story went on :D I've read Simca actually turned the old Flathead into a Hemi!

Do also have a look at talk:Simca, where I set up a general discussion section for all Simca-related articles. One of the major issues we have is the lack of free pics - we need more people to look for them and ask the authors to contribute them to release them into public domain. They tend to agree, it's only that somebody has to ask them :D Besides, the Best Cars Website seems to have quite a lot of info on a large number of classic cars (including Simcas), not only those made in Brazil, but it is in Portuguese... So, I think there is quite a lot you can contribute, to say so :D Bravada, talk - 06:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

PS. Actually, the Fiat Marea article has a rather lousy picture now - perhaps you have a nice photo of your Marea somewhere that you could contribute?

[edit] GM do Brasil engines

If the engine you are referring to is the 2.0 Flexpower used in e.g. Chevrolet Astra (8v ohc, 1998 cc, 86 mm bore x 86 mm stroke), then it is made off the same block as the Opel engine of the same displacement, which was fitted to e.g. Opel Astra B/G. You can find many useful data (but, unfortunately, not always the engine codes) at the http://www.globalautoindex.org - find the company, then the model, then the body style and then you can click for data for the given engine version. I looked at the GM Family II engine article, and I think this engine is the one marked as X20SE. The European counterparts would be the "20XE" family. I know that other than in Opel technical documentation it's hard to find codes for those, and I also didn't come accross any legenda for those letter designation GM uses online, I have only seen one in an Opel Vectra B maintenance manual.

I would begin with getting hold of the two primary authors of the article - Steve Foskett, who is our resident engine specialist :D and Dmitry, who seems to know everything about GM Opel and Daewoo engines. Secondly, I would turn to the guys at www.GMInsideNews.com (GMI) - there are a lot of really knowledgeable guys there, there are also members form Latin America, including Brazil. If you told me what exactly would you want from them, I could post it for you, but I believe it would be much easier if you just went there directly and posted at The Tech Forum or "All Other Brands" Discussion Forum - or even both, to increase the chances somebody will see that :D Just let me know if you do so, so that I could see what becomes of that - I have some experience with how GMI works :D

I am sorry I am not very helpful at the moment, my dim-witted brain did not quite get what you were actually asking about/for... :( Please tell me what you want of me loudly, clearly and slowly, and then perhaps I get it and I'll be happy to do that for you :D

As concerns Simca, I am really eagerly awaiting, as I have actually nominated Simca Vedette to WP:GAC, as it takes some time to get somebody's attention, but I guess it would be better to have the article more or less complete before soembody reviews it. I think we are quite fine now, but I can't help thinking that even a small write-up on the Brazilian model history is missing. It doesn't have to be a very detailed story, but if you could just summarize the main facts and figures in a paragraph or two, it would be great.

Did I mention that I am a pushy person? :D Bravada, talk - 18:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simca do Brasil - Obrigado!

Thanks a lot! Don't worry about that not being much, it's great to have anything, so just take your time. Am I so pushy? :p

Now I am sorry that you had to go through the entire introduction... This guy is even more of chatterbox than I am! This is soooooo irrelevant (we are not going to put the info that a Sao Paulo dentist was impressed by the vehicle in the article, are we?) but fortunately you got to the beef :D If I might suggest something, don't bother with translating everything, just try to dig out the most important facts from the site. Do also take a look at the other link (Best Cars), perhaps it is more serious and informative. I would also consider moving it all to the Vedette talk page, so that everybody interested could take a look. I will try to rephrase what you pasted into a nice paragraph in the Vedette article as soon as I am finished with the Talbot Samba, but why don't you try to do it directly yourself (as you have a better understanding of what the author meant). Don't worry about style and stuff, we can correct it later on!

Thanks again! Bravada, talk - 15:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome + Boxer Pictures

Hi Loudenvier, I apologize for not getting back to you sooner on this but I only just noticed the "You have a new message" link today! (I am still very new to Wiki.) Thanks for the kind words on my Boxers, I'm very pleased with them. :)

I'm not concerned about income from the pictures, there just have been several cases of less-than-scrupulous breeders stealing images and using them as if they were their own dogs; still, I suppose there's no more risk on Wiki than on my own site. Size-wise I think maybe the thumbnail for the female might be better, or is it too small?

http://www.newcastleboxers.com/Images/emma_jaxon_thumb.jpg

At any rate, let's roll the dice and use those pictures with the Attribution-Share-Alike license. Do I need to submit them to the Commons first? (I thought I'd submitted a photo of my white female to the Commons, but I don't see it there so obviously I've done something wrong.)

Newcastle 15:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

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