Newbies who are WRONG.....

[AdAstra2009]

Yeah, some people are getting that impression> example:

Well, that's typical of Wikis in general. That's why having better contributors is always nice. The quality of the articles varies depending on who writes what. But I will admit that yes, there are many kids who post even though their firearms knowledge doesn't extend beyond the Tokyo Marui airsoft catalog.

http://www.hkpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84669

[Spartan198]

Oh, god, no... Last thing we need is this place flooded with HK fanboys.

[MT2008]

I do know what you mean...I've had several of my pages messed with by anonymous users who didn't know what they were talking about. What's funny is how some of them can't even read. I remember one user who changed "Heat" to say that the M16A1 was an M16A2, and he said, "That's an M16A2...check the front grip!" And this is in spite of the fact that the page specifically SAID that it was an A1 with A2 hand guards. Some people's reading comprehension just sucks...

Originally Posted by Spartan198

Oh, god, no... Last thing we need is this place flooded with HK fanboys.

They're not all bad, even though Larry Correia was right about many of them (and certainly, about H&K as a company).

[Markost]

There are some mistakes, i´m a newbie but i can fix them, but (for all the new members) don´t delete anything.

For example, in the BF Vietnam page:

Seen mounted on some jeeps.Needs Verification. There is a TOW- like weapon mounted on U.S. army jeeps, but inexplicably is called M.U.T.T.

I should have delete those lines, but i left that and put this note:

Note: The Ford M 151 MUTT is based in the Jeep, and was used to carry the TOW.

Another example (In Hellsing page):

Beretta PM12S

Seen in the hands of the Brazilian police SWAT team in OVA

plus my note:

Note: Probably a Taurus PM-12, a licensed copy of the Beretta PM12S made in Brazil.

There should be a banner in the page, intended for visitors to NOT delete anything (unless some visitor is a troll).

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by MT2008

They're not all bad, even though Larry Correia was right about many of them (and certainly, about H&K as a company).

No, the legitimate fans of HK are fine. It's just the fanboys who preach and praise everything HK whether good or bad as the greatest thing on this earth no matter what are the ones I can't stand.

[Jcordell]

That is why I like to screen-cap movies with older firearms such as The Ghost and the Darkness and Crossfire Trail. I find that most fan boys aren't interested in older firearms so they stay away.

But we all make mistakes. MPM2008 corrected an error I made on The Stand when I screen-capped it. I identified a Mossberg 590 Mariner as a Winchester Model 1300 Marine. Whoops. But he stepped in and fixed it. Quietly and without being an ass about it. Gracias.

If I see something that isn't correct I always try to include some info explaining why I changed something. I'm big into firearms and I also own many many books about firearms. That helps when I make a correction.

But i have come across some "corrections" that are just amazingly moronic.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by Checkman

That is why I like to screen-cap movies with older firearms such as The Ghost and the Darkness and Crossfire Trail. I find that most fan boys aren't interested in older firearms so they stay away.

But we all make mistakes. MPM2008 corrected an error I made on The Stand when I screen-capped it. I identified a Mossberg 590 Mariner as a Winchester Model 1300 Marine. Whoops. But he stepped in and fixed it. Quietly and without being an ass about it. Gracias.

If I see something that isn't correct I always try to include some info explaining why I changed something. I'm big into firearms and I also own many many books about firearms. That helps when I make a correction.

But i have come across some "corrections" that are just amazingly moronic.

I corrected your error WITHOUT rubbing your face in it? Whoops, missed that one LOL I must admit that everyone gets a little 'punchy' when we've corrected a lot of errors. At least you've seen some of the "Corrections" that 'drive by" members do that are either sloppy or misinformed.

I recently got irritated when some new unknown member changed a bunch of pages by renaming the gun, but the manufacturer didn't make that name change until a certain year, so he is wrong by renaming all the entries for that weapon before the year of the name change. Arghhhh. I can see where he 'got his information' (he looked it up on the mfg website, which of course only lists CURRENT models, not older ones).

Anyway, anyone can make ANY change to any page, but that person MUST be right. People only get mad when the change is wrong. Seriously. Anyone can correct any info I put out as long as it's correct. I've been corrected in the past and we all build on our body of knowledge by absorbing new and correct data.

[Rockwolf66]

I totally agree with you MPM. I know that you have corrected me from time to time and frankly I'd love to put my Remington M-700P next to one of your M-700PSS models so that we can visually show the differance as I know that there are some 700P entries that look funny to me.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

I recently got irritated when some new unknown member changed a bunch of pages by renaming the gun, but the manufacturer didn't make that name change until a certain year, so he is wrong by renaming all the entries for that weapon before the year of the name change. Arghhhh. I can see where he 'got his information' (he looked it up on the mfg website, which of course only lists CURRENT models, not older ones).

Is that why there's a separate page for the Barrett REC7 under the old name, M468?