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can some one please put stig quotes such as "some people say he onced killed a snake"Anish9807 (talk) 16:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC) 86.46.65.103 (talk) 16:31, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree Agree, I'm afraid User:CorenSearchBot is right. This article does look almost identical to the referenced page. --P shadoh (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2008 (UTC) Changed vote; see below. --P shadoh (talk) 01:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It'll be cleanedup, just give me some time to clean it up. You're welcomed to help if you know anything about the show. _{El Greco}^(talk) 16:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen some of the more recent episodes, but none from '02. I'll see what I can do, though. --P shadoh (talk) 18:48, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree, the referenced page is actually a copy of an old version of the episode list page (when the episode list template wasn't being used and it was largely coloured green). The author of the referenced page are the ones who have violated copyright. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 00:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC) Additional proof - Found a similar example from the page history for List of Top Gear episodes. If you look further back in the history you can see the natural progression of the article as each part was added in stages, not copied as a whole. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 00:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC) Even further proof - The picture in the referenced link is actually stored on Wikipedia servers. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 00:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, well I hope that puts the issue to rest. Good work Peteb16. _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:31, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, sorry I didn't spot it earlier before you went through all that copyediting. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 00:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I actually think this is a better layout than before. What do you think? _{El Greco}^(talk) 00:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I do prefer it, it seems much more pleasant to read. Very good work and thanks for adding the guests to the other list too. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 00:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed; I like it as well. You might want to put in a heading. E.G., "this is a list of episodes for Top Gear..." etc. --P shadoh (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How does that intro look? _{El Greco}^(talk) 01:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! --P shadoh (talk) 01:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do agree with your point, Peteb16, but just because it was copied off of a copy of a copy... doesn't negate the fact that it violates copyright. However, I am inclined to change my vote given this new information, not to mention all the edits El Greco has done. Nice investigative work. --P shadoh (talk) 00:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO the new coloring scheme proposed is not an improvement. Although the different sections are more visually separated, the colors are "loud" and the contrast between the text in the table header and its background is too low (i.e. it's hard to read). Please consider reverting to the orginial format (as present on Series 2 to 10). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.86.115.87 (talk) 20:17, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1/ 98% of the descriptive text for episode 10 is a direct copy of that for episode 9. The only difference is that 10 has the note about it being Jason's last appearance. The summary header is OK though.

2/ Lada never sold a Riva with a paltry 35 bhp, which would have been terrible for a 1500cc engine even in the 1940s (the Riva uses designs from the 60s). The lowest tuned version of it produced 58, and most were 65 bhp or more; its poor performance was more down to its heavy and aerodynamically unsophisticated body. Was this an exaggerated joke from the show script (which can be left in, but should be highlighted as such lest someone take it for fact), a finding of what a particular test car's engine had left after many years of decay (ditto, as it only applies to that singular vehicle and could probably have been fixed with a basic tune-up), or a case of an editor overstepping the mark and getting a little too fanciful (in which case it should be removed)? 80.189.203.69 (talk) 03:04, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed something, while editing this whole series of information. It looks like someone repeated episode 10 from episode 9. Has the information be changed deliberately on 10, or was this a mistake made by someone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.231.100.17 (talk) 17:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, this has indeed had something happen to it. Episode 10's info should include reviews on different cars, and also include the reglious challenge and the Top Gear Awards. The info appears to have gone missing. If anyone can find it, please put it back in there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.231.100.17 (talk) 23:40, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]