Talk:Commercial driver's license

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[edit] Need this not coprighted

I built this page and yes I used the Gov site [1] for info for this page. The only really copied material on this page is the driving laws, type of cdl classes and violations as these need to be in correct legal language.

• I have called the government site in case point and have been assured I am not breaking any copyright laws. There aren't any copyright restrictions on the site.

I have given the Govertment's number to verify my statement is correct to an admin and can be accessed from my talk page if need.

I am requesting the copyright be taken off and the article.

God Bless --Supplements 14:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I reviewed this and I can't see any indication that this government site is copyrighted. It appears to be public domain. --Aguerriero (talk) 17:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Nice, well-written article! This is one of the subjects that needs to be written in the original language.--Lpimlott 19:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

HI, great article, I put a link in the resources section before but belive I did it incorrectly to begin with by using the wrong link. I apologize I just wasn't thinking. The site in question has a link to a free online cdl test that I thought would be relevant and useful for people using this resource, I'll add an external links section and create it in there. Regards, Mark.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Westwiki (talk • contribs)

Please read our guidelines at Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:Spam before trying to add any more links to this or any other WP articles. -- Donald Albury 14:30, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Worldwide view?

Why does this article need a worldwide view? A CDL is only required in the United States. I think the sections about other countries should be deleted or link to their respective separate articles (if there are any). ErgoSum88 (talk) 08:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

That can be solved by moving the article to Commercial driver's license in the United States -- Donald Albury 12:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... sounds fair enough. I'll see what I can do about that. I'm kinda new to this... so would it be um, ok for me to delete the sections on other countries? I'm also working on Truck driver so I could move them over there, but I was wondering how you go about deleting parts of articles without incurring anyone's wrath. Thanks for your help. ErgoSum88 (talk) 19:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Wait a few days to see what other editors have to say. We usually try do things by consensus after discussion. -- Donald Albury 01:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

it already says a CDL is required in the United States so there really is no need to move it to another article--Lpimlott (talk) 18:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

the WA section shoyuld either be expanded to cover all of australia or placed in its own article really, given the scope of this article is only the US CDL Whitfan (talk) 01:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps this issue can be mitigated by coming up with a new name for this article? "CDL" sounds like a pretty generic term to me, but if we can come up with something else that isn't used by any one country alone, then maybe we can include all the different types of "truck driver" licenses from around the world. However, I have struggled to think of something but nothing comes to mind. If we just put a disclaimer at the top of the article pointing the readers to licenses from different countries, wouldn't that be enough? So far I see, Heavy Vehicle License, Passenger Carrying Vehicle, etc... I know here in America, truck drivers like to call themselves "professional drivers." How about "professional drivers license?" I dunno, maybe I'm just overthinking this. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 06:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I am linking this article from another, what I actually wanted was PSV, a UK license. I was suspicious that CDL realy was only a US term, but simple googling has shown no other hits. At the very least though, I think it is standard procedure to establish the US nature in a separate disambuation header in italics, should the non US material be removed elsewhere. Changing to "CDL of the US" is unneccesary if it no-one comes up with other uses of the exact term. On no accounts should it be just deleted. 'What links here' is a good way to establish where this article might be being used in a world/non US context. MickMacNee (talk) 18:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)