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Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Bamboo bicycle. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. MarB4 •ɯɒɹ• 20:58, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

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A tag has been placed on Flavio Deslandes requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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im trying to write about Flavio beacause his work is very relevant on the field of bamboobikes.. thanks

Flavio Deslandes

Have a look at what I've done with the article. Meanwhile I'll add a comment here in order to get you going with further editing. MarB4 •ɯɒɹ• 11:03, 17 June 2011 (UTC) Hi Fcld. Hopefully I will not be blamed of not assuming good faith when saying, that your contributions easily could make one believe that you have a special interest in Bamboo bicycles in general and in Flavio Deslandes in particular. Please have a very good read on the help pages, not at least WP:NPOV. I tried to polish up Flavio Deslandes just a little bit and I think I broke one ref you had added, but you can get it back from the history page. I can see two sources on Google Books that you have not yet included. Happy editing, and leave me a note, if you have questions or want friendly advise. MarB4 •ɯɒɹ• 11:13, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

thanks a lot MarB4! it looks much better now! yes, it is very important your help and advise, since Im new to wikipedia :-) (dont even know if Im aloud to reply you here..). im trying to focus on historical facts and have verified references. I have some questions: 1) the youtube video "Bambucicletas.[3][self-published source?]" was a tv interview from oglobo from 2001, and it was published on youtube after we got a copy from oglobo for it, however it is not available from oglobo as link or any other website but from youtube or flaviodeslandes website. what do we do in order to use it as reference here? 2)"world first bamboo bike with a tensigrity" we did some search on patent search engines and did not found such bicycle done before, but we still cant prove it because there are no references. we have the original paper report from 1998 deslandes graduating project to PUC-Rio only. shall we write instead "probably world first bamboo bike with a tensigrity" or shall we erase that? 3)"being audacious in its construction and design,[according to whom?]" yes, we should write it more neutral. We meant like, the easiest way one would start introducing such new material in bicycle design would be with a traditional diamond frame design.. but he went further, almost "provocative", and besides using new material he also introduced a new (criss-cross) frame design. he just didnt revive the bamboo, but he did it in a different way. we believe thats why bamboobikes became so popular after this article from 2001. but I understand we have to write it more npov. 4) some references, such as old pages from websites or old printed articles, which are not available online to link to but are available from flaviodeslandes website, how can we use it as a reference? thanks a lot fcld

I found a better link for the patent: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=20010306&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=BR&NR=7901320U&KC=U