User talk:Sf
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Hey! Glad you registered. There's lots of useful info (although I'm sure some of it you already know) at Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers. Most useful thing I found there was that you can sign your posts with three ~ characters, and sign with date/time with four of them. Enjoy! PMcM 16:14, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Seat belts
Looks like your seat belt stuff got zapped like you thought it might. At least it wasn't a surprise? I see their point; if you have an entry about seat belts in an encyclopaedia you can't have 75-80% of the article being written with the slight bias of them being a bad thing. Personally I think that having 30% of that, and 30% of the flip-side of the argument would still be too much of the article devoted to one topic. I don't know if this debate is more suited to the risk compensation page?
It's not something I know a lot about, but I tried to salvage what I could of your (and others') additions and squeeze it back in. PMcM 20:41, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Do you know the reasons for the absence of seatbelts from rail-vehicles, if there have ever been moves/proposals to introduce them, e.g. on trams (in the drivers cab for instance).Myrtone (the strict Australian wikipedian)
[edit] re Bicycle
Appreciate your well-thought-out objections. I did lots of reading to de-Americanize several sections, but it's a bitch to take what others wrote and figure out what is/isn't accurate on a world view. I will get on to changing what I can, hopefully without just plain deleting stuff about which I know nothing (bicycles in S.E. Asia in WWII, headlights in France). It's a shame because from a No.Amer. POV this had been quite well-written, and minimally altered until it hit the "feature candidate" stage. For example, 90% of bicycles one sees in the U.S. these days look even more bleak than the one in the lead photo. One request: mind if I consolidate your "objections" under one heading while I am working on them?Sfahey 03:04, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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- good additions/changes on "Bicycle", especially on the lead paragraph the gearing section, and the subtle wording changes in the "war" section. The car-bicycle section, which was problematic to begin with, is too long for an article on "Bicycles". I had been trying to cut it down to just a "teaser" to draw people to the other relevant links, and i believe that would work best.Sfahey 22:41, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note, sf. Interestingly, I write a medical Q&A column for the local newspaper. Someone asked about helmets. I replied, as we've discovered, that the stats are all over the place, and actually cited your reports of increased accident rates before ... of course ... recommending wearing one for anything more than a trip to the corner store. Sfahey 15:21, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] from one "sf" to another
Have you SEEN what purports to be "History of the Bicycle"? It's terrible, was considered beyond repair, and got rewritten, and moved to its own page. Objections to "Bicycle" haven't had much to do with this section anyway. I think it would be a shame to put an article like this on the back burner. btw, several of these "objections" have been changed. IF done to your satisfaction, can you please alter the relevant sections you started on the "featured article" page. thanks.Sfahey 04:20, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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- Again, many of your objections have been rectified, and I am working on the political stuff (that others wrote), which appears to be the only outstanding objection. However, the way you wrote up your objections, it looks as if there are still about six of them out there.
Please amend.Sfahey 23:17, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Seatbelt legislation
I don't dispute any of the facts, but I believe only a skewed cross-section of facts are presented. In almost the entire world seatbelt legislation is seen as beneficial yet this article is highly critical. Wikipedia articles should always reflect accepted wisdom (irrespective of its validity), and not be a platform for minority views. - SimonP 14:37, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Segregated cycle facilities
What was the point of the edit at [1]? It seems useful to mention that cycleways and cycle tracks can change into each other very easily; just because something is a cycleway 50 feet back doesn't mean it's a cycleway here. --SPUI 21:46, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cycle helmets
Don't know where your justification is for reverting the cycle safter edit. I know in the UK helmets are mandatory for children and are very common, along with hi vis vests, amongst commuter cyclists. Where I live (in the Moferato region of Piedmonte), nearly all serious cyclists (reckles and otherwise) wear helmets. Hi viz vests are not common but then round here people are usually on cycling in good light. BTW, hi viz vests are obligatory in Italy for anyone on the highway out of urban streetlit areas at night.
- What you "know" is false. In the UK, helmet wearing is not compulsory at any age, and wearing rates are well under 25% (depending on age grouping, if I recall correctly the rate for boys is around 15% and dropping) - Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 12:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Stalingrad
Yes, reading the back section in Beevor's book the Hiwis seemed to be a big variable in the calculation of numbers -max rspct 18:14, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pinwheel
Sf, please have a look at my reply on the Pinwheel subject at User talk:Arpingstone. Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 15:13, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] JzG for admin
Moved from [2]: Support Coz he has managed to NPOV some of my pet themes - a rare and laudable skill. --Sf 14:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Too late - you'll have to post the praise to JzG's talk page. He made admin with over 100 support votes :-). AvB รท talk 18:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais
Hello, An article that I created as a part of Wikiproject Cycling called Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais and linked to the Mount Tamalpais article, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mountain Biking on Mount Tamalpais. Thank you, Bob in Las Vegas - uriel8 (talk) 09:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
