User talk:Orca1 9904
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You can find me at my user page or talk page for any questions. Happy editing, and we'll see ya 'round. 
Joe I 21:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your edit to AH-64 Apache
Wikipedia is not a collection of merely verifiable facts: facts in Wikipedia must also be notable. As such, very few aircraft appearances in media warrant a special mention. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft/page_content#Popular_culture for guidelines. Thank you for contributing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Denniss (talk • contribs) 12:12, May 10, 2006.
- Orca1 9904 - welcome to Wikipedia. I see that you’re a relatively new editor and that this notice might seem a little intimidating. I see no problem with a future Wikipedia contributor getting their start by adding a few game links to an article, just like the see other section or the pop culture in many other Wikipedia articles; we all start someplace and that is an easy section to update. Remember (as much as I have read) that info referenced above isn't official sanctioned Wikipedia policy approved by Jimbo Wales or the Arbcom. I am not advising you to disrupt wiki but that your contributions are valued and that one mans cruft is another’s valued information. --Supercoop 12:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Please participate in the discussion for articles (click on "discussion" tab at top) to sort out disagreements, if there is a dispute. --Mmx1 17:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] GoldenEye 007 rocket launcher
Hey, you changed Rocket launcher to RPG-7. Do you have any supporting information to back up this change? I ask because the RPG-7 looks nothing like the ingame launcher. Without a source supporting a parallel between the in-game launcher and the RPG-7, it should probably be left as the generic one. I'm going to leave a similar message on the article's talk page; please reply there. BigNate37(T) 14:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your list IS worthwhile despite what some deletionists may say
The list (List_of_military_vehicles_in_films) you created is/was up for deletion. I want you to know there is a place for it: http://wikitistics.com . No one will be able to nominate it for deletion because it fits one simple rule: it's a statistic, list, or figure. Some people think these websites should encompass the same scope of a paper book- we don't. Apologies if this note is directed at the wrong person. Good luck with your endeavors! Joe 17:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] M88A2 is not based on the Abrams
Here, the Army's own site says they're built on M88A1 hulls: [1] which you seem to agree is based on the Patton, and I know Australia recently bought both the Abrams and the M88A2 and required a different supply of spare parts for each because they are built on a different chassis.
Look at the M88A2 photo on the M1 wiki page, it's got no Abrams style exhaust and the wrong number of road wheels (which don't even have clear hubs - the M1 has clear plastic caps so the crew can check the lubricating oil level at a glance - they are large enough that they should appear dark in that photo, like the other photo taken at the same show further up the page) and uses different tracks. It really shouldn't even be listed on the Abrams page except possibly as a note indicating that the M1 doesn't have a recovery version and the M88A2 is used instead. But, if I'm wrong and I don't see how I could be, you should then go and change the M88 page to remove the A2 as a variant, so that wikipedia will at least be consistent. Either the M1 page needs to be changed or the M88, they can't both be right. Ways 23:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
