User talk:Friggit

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[edit] Your edits to Drifting (motorsport)

Your edits - diff 1 diff 2 diff 3 diff 4 diff 5 diff 5 - are not suitable for an encyclopedia. You need to follow NPOV and WP:V, your edits are neither neutral nor verified. Cheers! RB30DE 23:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Please stop vandalising my contribution to the drifting page. What I've written is fact and is also neutral (I actually do love drifting myself but what I've contributed is fact). Drifting is actually not classed as a proper professiona motorsport and is not recognised by the FIA (the governing body for motorsports and safey). The motorsports like F1, WRC (Rally) and WTCC (Touring Car) are supported by the FIA, even Japanese Formula 3 and SuperGT have FIA safety approval, however drifting does NOT. The sport is looked down by professional race drivers and enthusiasts because it's such an amateurish event. Biased judging, over enthusiastic fanboys etc. In any case I'm sorry if I offended you. Nice username though, I do like Nissans, only 1 of them though, Fairlady Z series, except Z32.

Sources:

1] Drifting does not have FIA approval: http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/2006.html

Thank you for your time.

No worries, I'm not offended. What you have added may be fact, but the point is you have to have a source for it, and you have to attribute it to someone else. You can't just write "Drifting itself is often frowned upon by professional motorsport enthusiasts as they feel many aspects of the sport are farcical such as biased judging, inexperienced participants, over-enthusiastic supporters (fanboys) and even the concept of drifting itself.". Wikipedia is not about facts/truth, it's about sources. I don't think the words "farcical", "biased", "inexperienced", & "fanboy" are neutral, but if you can ascribe those words to someone else, that's fine. Also when you are reverting, you are also adding back in David Green and some other spelling mistakes, not sure if that was your intention or not. Cheers! RB30DE 01:20, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

^ Thank you for fixing my contribution. I had no idea about the other spelling mistakes someone else left. I'll search around for professional motorsport personalities opinions on drifting. It's just a shame a TV interview isn't always recorded.

Thanks for not taking it personally! Yeah, if you find something you can quote, add it, something will turn up. I think I've seen that sort of opinion around too, but can't remember where. RB30DE 03:47, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

^ I noticed your screen name is that of a Nissan engine. Lately I've been looking into purchasing an old Commodore which uses this engine (strangely). A bit strange I know, did you ever own one of these cars. Perhaps we can share tips and such. It's only going to be a filler car. Are you Australian? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Friggit (talk • contribs) 10:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

A VL! No I never owned a Commodore. I'm from the other side of the ditch. Have you seen CalaisTurbo.com? RB30DE 11:54, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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