Re: [Amc-list] VAM on 'the prestigious internet' site

[Victor the Cleaner <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 03:41:15PM -0500, Eddie Stakes wrote:

> Hi Jonathan, no, I don't want a wikipedia account, nor have a intention of 
> ever wanting one. I don't have time to straighten it out, best leave that to 
> VAM 'experts' of which I am not one. But due to crap like wikipedia is why 
> we have stuff out there like the new Hot Wheels 71 AMX. While the details 
> and the car are nice, on back it has 'born in: Auburn Hills, Michigan' and 
> 'designer: Chrysler LLC' and 'specialty: big a big rear spoiler, fender 
> bulges and optional denim interior, this muscle car was made for straight 
> line performance'
> 
> My point is simple: if someone had bothered to simply do a little research 
> instead of relying of some fool blogging on wiki (I don't know what Mattel's 
> problem was, but guess is that they found erroneous information off a 
> website; maybe wikipedia!) but it now takes years of undoing what one now 
> sees on back of Mattel's new Hot Wheels 71 AMX, as anyone who buys one, and 
> don't really know.....will always assume that Mopar made the 71 AMX 'because 
> they saw it on back of toy car box (or pick one: wikipedia, allpar, Mopar 
> website ect).
> 
> Griping about it here is good therapy and maybe, just maybe, some folks who 
> have more time on their hands will either comment in that goofy blog, and 
> get stuff straight, or even write Mattel to ask them to simply please get 
> facts straight on back of toy box. On the latter....Mattel had a 69 AMX that 
> you can sometimes find on ebay, and it came out in I believe 2001. Same 
> deal, "made by Chrysler" and many people called and emailed to no avail. 8+ 
> years later, we get nice Hot Wheels car, but same misinformation on back. 
> Which is the gist of my original post. And as time goes on, all out cars 
> will be 'made by mopar' and more and more diluted stuff on wikipedia and 
> allpar about AMC, nothing more. It might be why no one ever commented in 
> that 'prestigious internet' blog spot, just sort of blew it off as allpar 
> for the course.

Whatever.  All I'm going to do it point out that creating a wikipedia 
account and correcting the offending entry (or entries) would have taken
you less time and typing than the above rant.

jl
 
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