Portal talk:Cars

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[edit] HSV Senator Signature

Can some put the article HSV Senator Signature on the front page if it is possible?Senators 07:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cars vs. Automobiles

Why is the portal called Cars when the WikiProject is called Automobiles? Should we change it before it is too entrenched? --SFoskett 17:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Automobiles sounds better to me - as a newcomer to this portal I was looking for Automobiles. I think cars is just too casual for an encyclopedia. Spalding 15:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Automobile is an American English word - British and Australian English speakers never use it (although they understand what it means). Therefore there is a strong argument for doing the opposite and changing the Automobile article to Car. This is especially significant because so many people misunderstand what the word 'Automobile' means - most think it includes pickup trucks for example (it doesn't - it means exactly what 'car' means). Hence 'Car' would be less open to misunderstanding. It has been suggested that 'Motorcar' would be a more formal word to use - but that sounds archaic to quite a few English speakers. SteveBaker 17:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Car as redirect

A couple of users have been attempting to create an article for Car instead of allowing it to remain a redirect to Automobile. I am keeping an eye on it, and have reverted this change twice in the last couple of days. If I have to revert it again, I will put in an RfC for the issue. I'm not involved with the Cars portal, but I thought I would let you all know of the situation. --SquidSK (1MC•log) 11:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can I

Is it all right if i put my article about the HSV Senator Signature on the front page of the cars portal?Senators 08:17, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

No - your article has to reach either Good Article or Featured Article status before we put it on the portal. SteveBaker 17:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My personal cars pictures collection

I've got a lot of pictures of US cars I made as documentation for my drawings. Most of them are good all argentic photographies and some are numerical ones. I'll be glad to add them to wikipedia where needed. The only problem is that I don't the brand, built year of most of them. So if you (the cars portal guys) have some interest in seeing these pictures I can roughly scan them so you can check whether you need them or not. Lvr 11:00, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Good pictures of cars are always interesting. Try uploading some of the best pictures to Commons, I think someone there will categorize them correctly. --Boivie 08:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] wanted: list number of seats on the right-hand summary on cars' pages

most pages don't list this in the body of the article, either. i'd like to know how many seatbelts a car has before i decide to rent/purchase. 128.83.68.58 22:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)