Talk:Edelbrock

message: How about a photograph of a few of the Edelbrock products:  an early flathead dragster, a modern small block Chevy 4bbl intake, or a close-up of an installed Hillborn injection above an Edelbrock intake? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.178.98.81 (talk) 20:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos, please

message: Vic and his family currently participate in historics racing such as the Monterey Historics.
: If it belongs anyplace, I would put that in the article on Vic Edelbrock, Jr.. It really has no bearing day-to-day operation of the company or has any relevance to it's business or profits. Honestly, it's just rich people driving unbelievably expensive cars pretending to race. It doesn't relate at all to the real racing that the company and the aftermarket industry was founded on. MiracleMat (talk) 06:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Historics Racing

message: In order to prevent an edit war I am starting a section on here so we can discuss the merits of having flagicon/seal in the infobox.  I removed the flagicon/seal with the following edit summary: "Removed flagicons per WP:MOSFLAG#Help the reader rather than decorate.  I was then reverted and I reverted back when I should have started the discussion on here.
My rationale is the flagicon and seal add nothing of encyclopedic value because the name of the country is next to the flag and name of the state next to the seal. They are merely being used as decoration therefore not being helpful to the reader, so they should be removed from the infobox. Aspects (talk) 14:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this really the best use of your time here on Wikipedia? Go write an article instead of destroying mine MiracleMat (talk) 17:34, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Bringing an article in line with the Manual of Style is not destroying it.  Once again, I ask you to read Wikipedia:Ownership of articles before you claim any Wikipedia article as your own.  Instead of discussing me, could you please provide a rationale for why the flagicons belong in the infobox? Aspects (talk) 18:03, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Again I ask, is a couple of little flags REALLY worth this discussion?????? Will an American flag ruin the article? Is it really that bad to have a little picture of a flag in the info box? Have you ever written anything original or do you make it a hobby to wreck other people's work? Did you have a bad dream about flag icons attacking you? Were you beaten up by flag icons on the playground as a kid? Or maybe you just went trolling through wikipedia policy pages and you discovered something that gives you and edge to whitewash peoples articles? Go do something productive with your time. MiracleMat (talk) 15:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since you spend more time discussing me than the flagicons, I am going to ask for a third opinion at the appropriate talk page, Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (flags), even though you already reverted User:ArcAngel's third opinion on the state seal without an edit summary or any discussion here on the talk page.  Aspects (talk) 17:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You want a third opinion, here it is. The US flag is unnecessary, and US or United States (that's quite clear in WP:FLAG) should be linked instead (it isn't for some reason). As for the state (or city?) seal, it's the first one I've ever seen at icon size in a Wikipedia article. It's completely unindentifiable, unnecessary and useless. I mean, at least some flags are relatively easily identifiable at icon size, but seals are pretty obscure things (i.e. not common knowledge, by any stretch), even at full size, and should be confined to articles about the entity they represent (city/state/organization). You might as well put the city/state motto instead, it's just as pointless as a superfluous identifier in an infobox that is not about the city/state itself.--Boffob (talk) 20:01, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: MiracleMat, you seem to have a serious case of WP:OWN and are borderline WP:NPA and Incivil.  As for the flags i feel WP:MOSFLAG#Help the reader rather than decorate applies Gnevin (talk) 21:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Per the third opinions of both Boffob and Gnevin, I am removing the flagicon seeing how ArcAngel has removed the state seal again.  Aspects (talk) 22:03, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

text: THANK YOU. Finally somebody on my side. I TRIED to delete this retardedly long and pointless discussion to unclutter the talk page, but some (insert non-offensive adjective) other user felt it was nazi-like to "blank" the talk page and brought it back after I had done so. Maybe we need to put it up to a vote. You know, have and AFD discussion on whether or not to speedy delete the thread. That's an effecient use of time. My vote: Super speedy delete without prejudice MiracleMat (talk) 21:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well we obviously read Centrx's note differently.  I took Centrx to mean if a person cannot discuss the merits of what they are trying to include in an article, then what they are trying to include should be removed from the article.  As for your deletion of this topic from the talk page, first it was an active discussion that was being commented on.  Secondly, it is an act of vandalism to delete other people's posts on talk pages other than your own user talk page.  See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types of vandalism under Discussion page vandalism in the chart.  If the talk page was too long, which right now it is not, you need to archive the page rather than just delete topics.  See Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#When pages get too long.  Lastly, AFD stands for Article for Deletion to see whether or not an article is notable enough to be on Wikipedia.  Topics on an article discussion page dealing with content of the article would not be deleted from the discussion page. (Original comment posted at 18:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wow you have issues. Seeing a therapist? Make an appointment. Can't leave anything alone. An ACT OF VANDALISM? Dude, get over yourself and go do something productive. Yes I know what AFD stands for. It was a remark designed to generate humor through sarcasm. Sorry that concept totally escapes you. MiracleMat (talk) 19:17, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flagicon/seal in infobox 

message: Thanks for your request - I'll certainly take a look at the article for you, though I won't have time this evening. I'll try to get to it tomorrow, but feel free to give me a nudge if I haven't posted anything here in the next couple of days ;) All the best, EyeSerenetalk 19:13, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re Edelbrock 

message: *Images: Some images need attention. Fair use images need to have fair use rationale, which they do. I highly recommend all free use images be transfered to Wikimedia Commons, which isn't done. Several images to not have the Commons "Information" template, especially ones by MiracleMat. They definitely need description, source, author (likely ), date, etc. More review when time permits. Royalbroil 05:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer review by [[User:Royalbroil]] against GA criteria

message: I changed the use of first names throughout the article to the more encyclopedic last name. The citations need quite a bit of work. Instead of "XYZ Magazine article", the actual name of the article is needed. Also, you should check the Manual of Style for the formatting of citations, or use templates. Magazine article titles are placed in quotes and magazine titles in italics. Authors names are first name first in footnotes, last name first in a bibliographies. Page numbers are preferred, if you can find them. (I did one citation as an example: footnote 2. It's an unusual one -  typically magazine articles have authors and the magazines are dated, even when online, but this one lacks that information.) Good luck!  --Sift&Winnow 15:35, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 

message: There seem to be a lot of sentences in this article that are very close to the wording found in the cited articles. Also, some of the citations don't seem to point to the actual source of the information. For example, the sentence "Vic Edelbrock Sr. was born in a small farming community near Wichita, Kansas in 1913." is taken word for word from 
the Edelbrock website, but the citation is to hemmings.com. (Perhaps Hemmings plagiarized?) In any case, someone should go over this article, checking it against the sources. Sorry, but I don't have the time to do it.  --Sift&Winnow 16:28, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a major concern. You have to rewrite information and not take it word for word. It's can't be very close. Some people suggest that you read the information, and write it about 1 minute later. See WP:PLAGIARISM for a disputed guideline. I rewrote some text that was taken word for word. Royalbroil 11:55, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright 

message: " 1958 - Vic Edelbrock, Jr. graduates from USC; Edelbrock is the first to achieve one horsepower per cubic inch ".
Doubtful. See the 1956 Chrysler 355hp 354 for one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.229.166 (talk) 20:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for bringing it up, it is an important distinction to get right. I provided a source for the statement, although it is their official website which makes it questionable. The 354 article says it was a special engine and I assume this article is using only standard production engines. Do you have any other cases where there exists a solid reliable source like a major magazine, newspaper, etc.? You'll need a very reliable source to dispute this claim. Royalbroil 13:07, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: One HP/cuin

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Chris Douglas has been named the new president and CEO:  https://www.sema.org/news-media/enews/2022/50/f-150-lightning-named-truck-year-edelbrock-names-chris-douglas-president
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(I disclose that I work for Edelbrock). Unitedkick (talk) 17:05, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Lewcm Talk to me! 20:10, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Request