Talk:Minicar

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[edit] Mini 4WD

In East Asia, at least, the toy is often referred to as "mini car". I also remember infrequent reference to the Mini 4WD as minicars in the US. (Wikimachine 02:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC))

Please provide references to this - I've searched with Google and other search engines and all I see is 'Mini4WD' and not 'Minicar'. Since we're not in the business of advertising, I'm going to revert AGAIN. If you can provide evidence showing the notability of this term - then I'll happily restore my reversion. SteveBaker 02:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I have no interest in advertisement, and check my contributions first. I've been in Wikipedia for 1 1/2 years.

Cites:

• http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=%EB%AF%B8%EB%8B%88%EC%B9%B4&btnG=Google+Search

Minicar in Korean, 미니카 (Mi ni ka)

• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3825/is_199812/ai_n8816383

Minicar in English

• http://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/danburymint/list.htm

Minicar in a Japanese site. (Wikimachine 02:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC))

I don't speak Japanese, so I'm not sure about Japan. (Wikimachine 02:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC))

In Japanese, minicar usually refers to die-cast cars. The link you provided is a list of shops treating die-cast cars made by Danbury Mint. --Kusunose 09:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

The fact that it's called a 'Minicar' in Japanese or Korean is irrelevent for the English language Wikipedia - if we had to provide disambig entries for every usage of every word in EVERY language we'd be in deep trouble! So only the second reference is of interest. But one place that talks about a mini car (and not even a 'Minicar' - all one word - which is what we're disambiguating) is hardly proof that this is a notable term. SteveBaker 13:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

It's hard to find enough source because Mini 4WD is not popular in the US nor any English speaking countries.

• http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/code/917985.html
• http://www.amenbo.com/cgi-bin/list/toys/sale/tool4-e.cgi
• http://www.kopropo.com/accessories.htm
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3825/is_199805/ai_n8805673
• http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-44526.html

(Wikimachine 06:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC))

But that's precisely my point - it's not a notable term in English speaking countries - so it doesn't belong in English-language Wikipedia. By all means add it to the Japanese language Wiki. The fact that you find it hard to find sources is entirely expected for a non-English language term. SteveBaker 13:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Just because it's not popular does not mean it shouldn't be used. The diambig page has only 4~5 entries. Adding the Mini 4WD entry will not do any harm, and have at least 1% chance for improvement or better accessibility to the Mini 4WD article. And "mini car" is English. (Wikimachine 17:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC))

I've given you 8 examples of its usage. Plus, everything above that I said about infrequent use of the term "mini car" is my opinion. (Wikimachine 17:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC))

I suggest that we offer this case to WP:3. I'm not really into this or anything, and I'm sure you're not either. But, I think that I need to push because I've already spent a lot of my efforts into this & I truly think I've proved the need for the Mini 4WD to be in the disambiguation page. (Wikimachine 03:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC))