User talk:John L Matthews

YES I HAVE THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE OF THE FILM WITH THE QUOTES ATTACHED -WHERE CAN I E-MAIL THEM?

john

the film featured heavily in Max Power magazine and also Car magazine, BBC Top Gear, Evo Magazine - its a car entertainment show - it was not in fact a documentary someone at wikipedia changed that - it is a car format

the film also premiered at the Aviemore Mointain Film Festival and was nominated for a prize - the film features several mountain ranges

John Matthews is a famous car film maker in the UK and has been BAFTA longlised and Nominated for a Grierson Award for his film Deadliest Crash - this is all bona fide

I was barred for in fact telling the truth - i have edited other pages and have not been stopped as with The Grand Tour

it is factually correct that The Grand Tour, a UK production was not in fact the first car entertainment show of that name - the first was in fact Grand Tour and the 1st edition was a tour of Europe - Jim White of the Daily Telegraph, a columinist, can vouch for all of this

he said in a tweet recently - 'The original Grand Tour long before Clarkson pinched the title..' - his twitter feed is here https://twitter.com/jimw1

the original tweet is here - 'Original GRAND TOUR before Clarkson pinched the title' Jim White on Nov 17th

Jim is a top journalist and has followed John's career closely

the film was also sent to the office of BBC Top Gear magazine as John knew some of the production team - Grand Tour [2005/6] was in fact the first film of its kind to do a fun road trip - the idea has been copied many times since but this was a first

this is all bona fide

John has been barred for many months having tried and failed to correct an error on wikipedia that does not cite that GRAND TOUR - a car entertainment factual format was originally made in Manchester in 2005

June 2017

Hello, I'm Sladen. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to The Grand Tour (TV series) have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles are written objectively and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. —Sladen (talk) 10:49, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at The Grand Tour (TV series), you may be blocked from editing. —Sladen (talk) 10:51, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to The Grand Tour (TV series). Hayman30 (talk) 10:53, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent editing history at The Grand Tour (TV series) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: I'm the director producer of Grand Tour, the motoring format released in 205 (June 27)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by The garmine was:

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The garmine ^(talk) 13:39, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! John L Matthews, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! The garmine ^(talk) 13:39, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Tour (2006 documentary)

The previous attempt at creating an article appears to have been at Grand Tour (2006 documentary). The page at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grand Tour (2006 documentary) notes that there was difficulty in locating references (eg. newspaper article coverage). The ideal would be to focus effort on locating good independent source material to use as citations. —Sladen (talk) 16:41, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

John L Matthews, do you have copies/press cuttings of the reviews in Max Power, Car magazine, BBC Top Gear magazine, Evo Magazine? —Sladen (talk) 08:06, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Potential sources

Belmore, Aimee (18 November 2016). "Dobcross film-maker celebrates tenth anniversary of 'Grand Tour' road trip". Saddleworth Independent.
Arron, Simon; Feiner, Rebecca (3 January 2006). "The gear box". Daily Telegraph.
ASIN B00ES02L50, Grand Tour - Europe (2005)
ASIN B000CR6WRG, Grand Tour Europe: In search of the perfect road in a 185mph TVR
EAN 5060083210036
"42 Under 42 - The second fourteen 2006" (PDF). Insider. August 2006. p. 25. John Matthews, 40 … Former rally driver and TV producer Matthews even appears on film himself, thrashing a TVR round Europe in Grand Tour Europe.
Moore, Peter (11 October 2005). "Quote Unquote".

Others

Original trailer download: http://www.big-pic.co.uk/uplinks/gte_trailer_final.mpg (timestamped 2005-12-14 20:34:08 +01:00)
Star car: TVR Sagaris, blue, registration PN05 OUX
Original URL: http://www.big-pic.co.uk/GT/index.htm ^{[dead link]}
Working Purchase URL: http://big-pic.co.uk/motorsportdvds.html (GBP 13.50)
[1] is a PistonHeads thread discussing if a particular TVR was the one used in the video shoot, however:
[2] is a PistonHeads thread with the "Sagaris Register". "2. PN05 OUX / Known as 'Mr Blue' / TVR Press Car - Star of 'Grand Tour Europe' Video / Auto Express article March 2005 / AP 350mm Rotors,Bells with 6 pot Calipers / Mijtec / Chrome Orange" and links to:
[3] which is Top Gear testing the same car
[4] Ebay listing from November 2016 for an "original copy of 'Grand Tour Europe' signed by the director.".

Your draft article, User:John L Matthews/sandbox/I'm the director producer of Grand Tour, the motoring format released in 205

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