User talk:Flash176

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[edit] ECU or Engine ECU

  • I have renamed/changed the Engine control unit page in good faith as it would still be linked to correct page even if typed /searched under ECU. The acronym ECU primarily stands for Electronic Control Unit. [1] Just in case you wonder about EECU here it is [2] and for good measure TECU as well [3].To be fair yes it can stand for the the above mentioned[4] but today it is no longer accurate perhaps it was sufficient back in the days of the only electronic control unit found in the vehicles being the engine unit. Today one would perhaps be inclined to correctly specify which component is in question particularly in the multiple ECUs (Electronic Control Units) enviroment so EECU is the Engine ECU , TECU is a Transmission ECU , VECU is a Vehicle ECU and so on, no confusion there is it? or could I just make something up and than understand TECU acronym as a "Transmission Engine Control Unit" perhaps not. Have look here --> Engine ECU development paper @ SAE.org that might be a good read. I do recognize that a page move should be discussed and consensus needs to be reached first however it seemed like simple correction at the time, obviously not for you. So revert has been made and hopefully not many readers got confused. Have a nice day.Stonufka (talk) 13:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  1. ^ http://www.ecuclinic.com/
  2. ^ http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/EECU
  3. ^ http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/TECU
  4. ^ http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ECU
Hi. First of all, the reason I reverted your move is because ECU is a fairly heavily read article and you moved it without discussing.
As for adding the extra "E" to ECU, TCU, etc, this is incorrect. It's commonly understood that the control units are computers and thus electronic. The funny thing about Wikipedia's article, though, is ECU is no longer used to describe a vehicle computer, and hasn't been since around 1996. The preferred term now is "PCM", meaning powertrain control module, since all vehicle control systems are now housed inside of one computer. I need to add something about that on the ECU page, but haven't had time yet.--Flash176 (talk) 16:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Corolla categories

I noticed that you put all the individual Corolla generation articles into Category:Toyota_vehicles . Unfortunately this means Corolla now has 12 entries when one would do. Also notice that most other Toyota models do not have separate generational entries in Category:Toyota_vehicles . My original intention was for most other articles to link to the main Corolla article and then the user could jump to a particular generation article. Regards, Stepho-wrs (talk) 04:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

You're right, I didn't think about it classifying them that way. I was just hurrying and adding them into a category so they weren't uncategorized. Guess that's what a person gets for rushing.--Flash176 (talk) 05:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I made the same mistake myself last year. The entire Category:Toyota_vehicles is a dog's breakfast but we'll slowly get it organised :) Stepho-wrs (talk) 09:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
lol--Flash176 (talk) 16:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)