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I have noticed a string of highly problematic edits by user Carmaker1:[1]. As with Volvo V70, Nissan Murano, Audi 100 and Honda Odyssey (North America), he inserts the names of car designers based on missing, misleading or spurious references. In the Volvo V70 article, he inserted the name of a dubious designer into an article in such a way as to leave a direct and referenced quote by the actual designer attributed to his newly introduced spurious designer. And from what I can tell, he's pretty much blazing a trail through lots and lots of articles. His responses are... well... not helpful, to say the least. I notice that you ran into some similar issues with him recently. Is this something you could help with?842U (talk)
Dear Stepho, Your carefulness in updating pages is appreciated.
In reviewing the Mecanum Wheel Wiki page, I note your comment: "00:38, 10 July 2022 Stepho-wrs ... Uranus might well be the first mecanum wheel robot but you need to provide a reference that says it is the first." The reference is number [6] Podnar, Gregg W. (1985). "The URANUS Mobile Robot" (PDF) This is the Mobile Robot Lab report from 1985. While we do not use the words "first", our lab received the first Mecanum wheels as used for research provided from Ilon (who was not allowing any outside use).
A graduate student in our lab, Patrick Muir, earned his PhD in part from his seminal work (widely cited by others) on modeling and controlling mobile robot vehicles including Mecanum wheeled robots using the URANUS mobile robot as the example. [Patrick Muir, PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-88-20, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1988]
There are earlier omni-directional mobile robots, but none using Mecanum wheels. May I suggest, that the first Robotics Institute in the world, founded by Carnegie Mellon University, and its Mobile Robot Lab, in which many early mobile robots were developed, was first to build and report on an omni-directional robot built with Mecanum wheels. In the four decades since I designed URANUS, I have never found any earlier report of such a robot.
The captioned photo of URANUS that I added to the Wiki page is gone. Later applications of Mecanum-style wheels are depicted (including one from a 2019-2020 student project). Would you say that a photo of the first (or the earliest documented example) of a Mecanum wheeled robot is appropriate for this Wiki page?
Thank you. Gregg Gwpcmu (talk) 01:14, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the article injector. Are you under the impression that injectors in car engines have that construction? A much closer construction is described in the fuel injection article, completely different from the construction described in the injector article. Turbojet (talk) 11:13, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Admittedly, not everyone uses model years, but they are decidedly not only American. Germans use them, Swedes use them, Latin Americans, the French. You barely ever see them in Italy, UK, or Japan. All the cars released in Frankfurt in September and in Paris in October are called by the succeeding year, see Bellu for instance. Volvo has their annual ändringstillfälle (ÄT) in August/September and refer to their cars as model year xx. Peugeot is the same; their model year followed the Paris Show dates every year. For European manufacturers this time of year aligns with the mandated summer holidays, when they take advantage of the downtime to change the tooling.
I know it started an Americanism, but it is not that confusing, as long as the wording is made clear when appropriate. Even FSO used it, describing their cars as "MR73" for modely roku 1973. The European Car of The Year award is released in 2024 for the 2025 model year. Here is an example from german WP:
Im Sommer 1966 (Modelljahr 1967) kam der hubraumgleiche, aber stärkere 911 S hinzu. Der höher verdichtete Motor dieser sportlicheren Version leistete 118 kW (160 PS) und sie war umfangreicher ausgestattet als das einfache Modell. Zeitgleich wurde zusätzlich zum Coupé das Targa ergänzt.Das 911-Basismodell mit 130-PS-Motor bekam im Modelljahr 1968 die Bezeichnung 911 L (Luxus); gleichzeitig war als vergleichsweise günstiges Modell der 911 T (Touring) mit 110-PS-Sechszylinder-Boxermotor und Vierganggetriebe (sonst 5-Gang) erhältlich. Der 911 L mit Vergasermotor wurde ab Modelljahr 1969 vom 911 E mit 103 kW (140 PS) Leistung und mechanischer Saugrohreinspritzung ersetzt, die Porsche auch im ab dann 125 kW (170 PS) starken 911 S verwendete. Durch Vergrößerungen des Hubraums stieg die Motorleistung der einzelnen Modelle in den Folgejahren weiter. Außer in der Motorleistung unterschieden sich die Modelle T, E und S auch in der Ausstattung.
I am not asking that we give much more emphasis to model years (I prefer hard dates) or for you to change any of your editing habits, but I think you underestimate how widespread the "model year" thinking is. Mr.choppers | ✎ 19:40, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Our old friend came back today to promote his petition. I've reported the IP to SPI, but given the fact that no one got to the last SPI before it was stale, I am not hopeful that anything will come of it. There must be something more we can do, and it's likely things will only get worse when Toyota does not bring back the V6 Camry for the 2026 model year. I'm open to any options that will prevent further disruption. I'll also ping Carguychris since he started the original discussion. - ZLEA T\C 19:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Can you explain this a bit more specifically? It looks like a double redirect to me, that I thought we were supposed to avoid. Wehwalt (talk) 09:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know Christmas ended more than 7hrs ago in Perth, though. Thedarkknightli (talk) 23:45, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Re your revert. I don't think the stability of redirects for short acronyms is a serious concern. It is easy to find where they're used and make adjustments if a redirect needs to be retargeted. ~Kvng (talk) 22:33, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Do not revert again without answer,
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Thermodynamic_system&diff=prev&oldid=1270716621
Morality surely opposes the Waste, NedBoomerson (talk) 00:36, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Thermodynamic_system&diff=prev&oldid=1272035663
free the captives, Wikipedia!
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Thermodynamic_system&diff=prev&oldid=1271257032
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I just want to thank you again for your help, and guidance on the MOSGeomess as I am calling it. I just hope I didn't cause too much of a headache, stress or a problems with it. Happy editing, and take care. :) Brotherbenz (talk) 06:56, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Speaking of deletionism, this guy wants to delete all of the content about the Simca Vedette's Brazilian production in an effort to retain GA status. This is a new one to me. Mr.choppers | ✎ 13:14, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was trying to organize the Commons photos of the Toyota QuickDelivery as they are currently all in one folder. But as per the Japanese page, the generations are split in a different manner than we have. The naming is also confusing - there's a QD100 and QD200 but these names don't help much. The chassis codes are all over the place, U280 seems good for the third (final) generation but the facelift second gen is listed as BU60VH in .ja, whereas goo-net calls it LH82K or LH152K (but that's only post-1999). Calling them 1st, 2nd, and third gen is problematic until we all agree on which is what. Mr.choppers | ✎ 13:25, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed your recent edit to Toyota Celica and just made some follow-up edits to the Celica Camry and Celica Supra sections of that article. In the process, I noticed two things: first, the Toyota Carina article states that the Celica Camry replaced the Carina in some markets, but it was badged as a Carina. This might be useful information in the Celica article, but there is no citation, and I'm concerned about its "truthiness" given your statement about grey-market Celica Camrys in NZ and citogenesis generally. Second, there is a bunch of information about the Celica Camry in both the Carina article and the Toyota Camry overview article, but not all of it is the same. Suggest paring back one article or the other to reduce the overlap and the possibility of contradictions. I'd help tackle it but I know basically nothing about these cars. Carguychris (talk) 20:19, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Celica and Carina were originally designed as variations of the same car.
...many [Celica Camrys] were sold second hand on the grey market to New Zealand, Russia and occasionally to Australia.
NASA are the ones who perpetrated the hoax in the first place. Of course they will support someone who is prepared to perpetuate it Phantomsnake (talk) 03:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There’s a discussion of Phantomsnake’s edit-warring with you at ANI ꧁Zanahary꧂ 14:21, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Stop production on March 3, 2025 49.145.239.130 (talk) 04:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He's baaack! I've opened a sockpuppet investigation. Carguychris (talk) 13:09, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Z HEV and RS PHEV Grades 210.185.176.96 (talk) 04:26, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Talk:Tesla, Inc.. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. I know these conversations are frustrating, but it’s never accessible to call someone an “obtuse bastard” or tell them to get their “meds checked”. RickyCourtney (talk) 11:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On 1st April, 2025, Boeing Airbus announced their descision to restart the production of the 747 and A380. British Airways, who were forced to retire 747s due to the pandemic, has placed orders, following Lufthansa and Air China. On the other hand, Airbus announced it's decision to launch the A380LC(Low Cost) targeting low-cost carrier, and Ryanair has placed orders. The new 747 includes the -8iM(intercontinental Mixed), a combi version of the original. Also a two-engine 747-9 has also been launched, which is a SP with two engines. Further updates are still coming, so stay tuned. BuddyHeigh (talk) 15:22, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Kind of a silly statement considering the 1/4 mile figure was made by Nissan/Nismo themselves. 1/4 mile acceleration is a universally used measurement for acceleration in the automobile world even if the mile is not universally used anymore. Hence why Ferrari (based in Italy) still tests and quotes 1/4 mile figures for their vehicle in their Fiorano test facility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SouthernResidentOrca (talk • contribs)
Don't do this. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:36, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
HEV/FCEV has 4 speed transmission, it was from YouTube. 49.145.236.26 (talk) 03:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the polish on my edit on Atkinson cycle. To me, calling those engines with offset crankshaft a "Desaxe engine" is incorrect, because, (to me) a Desaxe engine has two or more cylinders with (typically parallel, more than one) cylinder center line's'. So, it may be called a Desaxe crankshaft, not a Desaxe engine, to me. What is your view on this? Yiba (talk | contribs) 01:57, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the edit that says only one image can be selected in the Infobox of an English Wikipedia article. I made this mistake because I'm Brazilian, I work at the Portuguese Wikipedia, and there are no limits on how many images can be placed in the Infobox. Pax NeroRezend (talk) 16:46, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello there! I saw your recent reverts on AEC Regent III RT and AEC Routemaster and I want leave a appreciation message here!
Seriously, there's some proud English editors (I think two: User:Murgatroyd49 and User:Redrose64 - this one is English) on articles about British vehicles (buses and cars) who can't accept a edit about placing "United Kingdom" on vehicle infoboxes (even when technically the country is correct for Wikipedia and naming standards), and they revert: "United Kingdom: (name of the city), England" by removing the UK alleging, per example, "convention is to use the country, not the state".
Some of their complaining on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London Transport: "An editor has unilaterally decided to change "England" to "United Kingdom" in the location field of the infoboxes of various bus articles, such as AEC Regent III, AEC Regent II etcetera. I was under the impression that the relevant country was the preference", "And since when did the country come before the town/city?" (but all editors do this edit recently) and "Their latest trick is to use both United Kingdom and England, with one before and the other after". As far as I know, a revert is applied to vandalism, unsourced informations, etcetera, not for some kind of nationalist opinion (other non-British editors here doesn't have these issues!!)
Anyways, congratulations for your work here in Automobile articles in Wikipedia. Best regards, 創新劇ゴジ SoshingekiGoji (talk) SoshingekiGoji (talk) 23:37, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for creating Toyota Deliboy.
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Fade258 (talk) 16:04, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there! About your reverts on my edits on Triumph TR7 and Triumph TR8 articles, I want to thank you (ok, it's a little weird to thank for a revert, I guess) for recommending the see WP:GEOCOMMA and WP:SEAOFBLUE. They're helping me to avoid overlinkings (about cities) in future edits. Honestly, the reverts were more reasonable than from the last two editors from the last issue about UK vs ENG revert discussion, where they just complained (as on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject London Transport#England or UK discussion). It's better when a editor have embasis while reverting
Best regards, 創新劇ゴジ SoshingekiGoji (talk) SoshingekiGoji (talk) 00:36, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
