Talk:Spinner (wheel)

message: A law has been proposed to ban the wheels in New York. The reasons aren't too clear so I wont add anything but I think it's worth a mention ~RICO —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 143.207.8.4 (talk • contribs) 05:37, February 18, 2007
: I speculate that it's because they can fool others into thinking the car is rolling when it's stopped, thereby causing accidents. I'd like to see the actual reasoning behind the ban. 203.73.235.60 06:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you are proceeding to drive through an intersection and glance to your right or left, you might see a vehicle that's properly stopped but which appears to be moving into your path.  You might brake suddenly and get hit from the rear by the next car.  I almost got caught by this on one occasion, and would maintain that it can be deceptive. WHPratt (talk) 16:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: New York

message: What does "over one million patents later" actually mean? 1 million patent applications on spinning wheels?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.50.6 (talk) 23:04, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: over one million patents later

message: ::::A very supportive group Wikitruths has brought it to our attention that it is so very clear to see that so many of you are indeed the poster children of the "Dunning-Krugar" effect! Good luck with your begging for donations. We now see why you have stooped to begging and also see why the donations have stopped coming in. Soon you will have less, we assure you after we expose your editors "anonymously" vandalizing Wikipedia pages by eliminating entire sections rather than editing them. Then going from "Anonymous" to creating "Alternate Accounts" of their existing Wikipedia Editor accounts already active. These are not the acts of a legitimate 'editing process' and you have CesarB aka Cevikd aka Anonymous to thank for this. Jimmy Wales will probably thank you in person as they contact him and explain. I have been told that there is a NEW website being launched daily about Wikipedia's fraudulent and prejudicial acts of editing of only printing what the editors limited IQ of understanding is of any said subject, when the people of the private sector need the entirety of it and the truth of subjects history as you are NOT a dictionary, even though that is how you conduct constructing your articles. You're just a tad over your heads. ~~Wikitruths~~  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.160.36 (talk) 05:32, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The spelling is Dunning–Kruger effect ('e', not 'a'). Do you have criticism specific to this article or is this just a general rant?  Stepho  talk  22:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is apparently the same J.D. Gragg from above, through a bit of Google Fu I found this:  https://sites.google.com/site/wikitruth6/.  I have no idea why he thinks I am User: CesarB, but I'm very flattered by the association! I do not think that Gragg quite understands what a Wiki is, and he's a little lost. Cevikd (talk) 23:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked at that wikitruth6 site and it was just a rehash of the complaints laid down here. I was kind of looking forward to see my name there but it wasn't - probably for the better :) By the way, that site has 'wikitruth6' in the url, 'wikitruth5 in the browser title and there are no wikitruth5/7 sites. Anyway, it's just the usual WP evil cabal stuff and practically nobody will ever read it, so I'm going to ignore it until it shrivels and dies by itself. However, I will try to expand on decribing the various modes of working, although the real world is keeping me busy for the next few weeks.  Stepho  talk  05:56, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, you really deserved a mention, you're the one that put all the effort into cleaning the article up.  My only contribution was stepping on the land mine!! :)  Good luck, sorry to have caused such a farce with my edit. Cevikd (talk) 19:08, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dunning–Kruger effect

message: Since the end of World War II at least until the later half of the 20th Century, some automobile manufacturers have also offered functional wire wheels as an option to simulated wire wheel hubcaps.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.84.232 (talk) 03:34, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Simulated Wire Wheels" 

message: The first paragraph of the "Original use" section refers to thread direction related to "passenger side" and "driver's side".  This is unhelpful, as cars are available with both left-hand and right-hand drive.  It needs changing; I would do it myself but I'm not sure I'd get it right, although I assume the article is referring to rhd cars. Peter Ward (talk) 15:19, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, driver's side and passenger side are not appropriate in an international encyclopaedia. Dive straight in and edit it - the rest of us can fix things up if you accidentally introduce any problems.  Stepho  talk  22:32, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I  don't  know about  in  the US but  in  the UK we say "near side"  and "off side". That  avoids any  confusion. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Good observation Peter Ward! To avoid confusion, I have added cited material that simply uses the left and right side of the vehicle to explain the direction of the spinner threads. CZmarlin (talk) 00:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: @Kudpung. Nearside means the side closest to the kerb/curb - which is the left side in Britain and Australia (my country) but the right side side in America. So nearside and offside is just a synonym for passenger side and driver side.  Stepho  talk  02:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

text: I  know what  it  means. I've been driving  for 47 years and driven in  over 30 different  countries -  including  Australia ;) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:29, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem then. I did't realise "That avoids any confusion" was meant in jest.  Stepho  talk  05:37, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thread direction