User talk:Sfoskett

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Mercedes-Benz W108

Hi! As part of the WikiSyntax project, I'm working on fixing broken redirects, one of which being Mercedes-Benz W109 → Mercedes-Benz W108. I see that you've written many stubs for MB models; could you be persuaded to write one for the W108 as well? There's lots of info to be found here[1], but I know nothing about cars, so... --Fbriere 11:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Acura TSX

The TSX really has no predecessor. The Integra is smaller than the TSX in terms of size and engine displacement, as well as being cheaper. The Integra's true successor is the RSX, & it's sold as an Integra in Japan.

Cadillac V8 engine (and other great "technology")

Came across your article. My compliments on the good work, it is an excellent addition to an encyclopedia. My interest, of course, comes from owning a few of these engines beginning with a "500" in a 76 Coupe de Deville that was the last monster (5,000 lb) Caddy but an outstanding vehicle. Followed this with a 79 Eldorado but don't remember the engine. However, have the most vivid of memories of the "future in automotive engineering" (or so the salesman said) of my 81' Eldorado 4-6-8. Took a bath on this abomination and went back down to a "reliable" Coupe de Ville in 1982 with its wonderful HT4100! This one had a disease in more than just the engine and spent more time in the shop than on the road. – End of long relationship with GM, and after the salesman assured me I had made the right decision to quit on Caddys, bought the most expensive Ford had to offer: an 84 Continental Valentino. (Which reminds me to check Wiki for an article). This, of course, was the one with the famous vibrating steering at speeds over 60mph. Disgusted with America cars, I broke my pledge to never buy "foreign" and decided to buy the best -- and the sexiest. Bought an 86' Benz 560SL. Wanna hear about the famous rubber "O-ring" nightmare whose disintegration (like they did on the Space Shuttle Challenger) at high speed almost killed me and who knows how many other owners? After that, I was ready to buy a Vespa -- or walk. Ted Wilkes

Awesome pic moving

Dude, your "awesome pic" totally buggered the BMW 3-Series page ;-). I don't even know where to move. --Pc13 12:04, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, the picture is nice, but it's too wide, and in IE 6.0, it's on the right of the model box, and takes up nearly half the page in 1024x768. --Pc13 14:44, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Rotary vs. Radial

You added two pictures to the article on rotary piston engines, both of a Continental design from 1944. So far as I am aware, no large rotaries were built after about 1920. I am pretty certain the pictures show a radial as opposed to a rotary. Please read the article in question and decide if the pictures you added are correct, as I'm pretty sure they should be removed.

Maury 13:07, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Compact vs. midsize in European cars

I've noticed that you've labelled several European cars like the Austin Allegro as 'compacts' when they were originally down as 'midsize'. Is this applying US vehicle size standards to European cars, and is it appropriate to do so? —Morven 19:46, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Referring to "European market midsize segment" or something of the sort might be a better idea. The Allegro is more of a "lower midsize", like the Astra or the Focus, while the Maxi would be "higher midsize", like the Vectra or the Mondeo. --Pc13 12:30, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Car Pictures

How don't car pictures add value to articles about cars?!?!

On this page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari - there are links to a Ferrari store and a galleria. And car pictures are "low value?" Um, what?

Carpictures

Carpictures Editing my posts

User 'carpictures' has edited my posts here (and elsewhere). Earlier he had some posts up referring to you as a 'fuckhead' on his weblog, which he's now removed. See the history page for this user-talk page for more information.

I believe he's added in photographs simply to drive traffic to his website car-pictures.ws - he's contributed nothing else to this

-- Might have something to do with how you're linking directly to your own website, perhaps?

Thanks for restoring my comments.

You might also be interested in this: http://www.gblog.info/?p=350

User 'carpictures' has edited my posts here (and elsewhere). Earlier he had some posts up referring to you as a 'fuckhead' on his weblog, which he's now removed. See the history page for this user-talk page for more information.

I believe he's added in photographs simply to drive traffic to his website car-pictures.ws - he's contributed nothing else to this community.

Innocenti

I noticed all the model links on the Innocenti page pointed to their BMC/Austin equivalents, so I separated the Innocenti 90/120/3C (which had a very distinct bodywork) into its own page. However, I'm not happy with the page name, I don't feel it's quite correct - I've called it De Tomaso because the car was introduced after Alessandro De Tomaso bought the company. With the BMC engines, the car was called 90 (998cc engine), 120 (1275cc engine) or De Tomaso (performance version), but after Innocenti switched to Daihatsu engines, the car was called 3C, but calling the article Innocenti 3C is incorrect, as the name was only used after the car had existed for six years. Any suggestions? --Pc13 12:30, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

re: The Enzo Ferrari essay

I misunderstood. I thought you were writing History of Ferrari from scratch. If you're actually using content, I will restore the article and convert it to a redirect to that article. You will be able to get to the long rambling content by stepping back through the page history. Unless you suggest otherwise, I'm only going to restore one of the two versions of that article. Rossami (talk) 13:02, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Done. Here's the old version. Rossami (talk) 13:10, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Engine power

Hi,

Would you like to join the discussion at Talk:Horsepower? You have noticed that I have been updating 'hp' values. The term 'hp DIN' that I used may be 'odd' as you say. My focus was on eliminating ambiguity in the solitary term 'hp' and I welcome ideas for better terminology. For example, the Mercedes 150 kW engine is described simultaneously by Mercedes USA as '201 hp' and '204 hp'. Further errors occur when the hp value is used by editors to convert back to kW. That 150 kW engine example could be misconverted as 148 kW, 150 kW or 152 kW. Take a look at what others have said and I welcome your input there. Bobblewik  (talk) 14:38, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Auto infoboxes

Thanks for taking time to give me feedback on the "info boxes". I appreciate help in getting the layout right. About the "automobile series": should someone edit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Automobiles/Layouts so that it reflects what really should go into automobile articles? I'm using the info box on that page as a template for all my info boxes. —Vespristiano 22:10, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Multiple links to the same article

I generally avoid multiple links to the same article. Sometimes I reduce multiple links. It is almost always secondary to my main reason for editing the article. So I am not too worried when the links are put back. Since you have reverted some of my link edits, what do you think about the issue? Bobblewik  (talk) 15:40, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

History of the Automobile

Wow, dude. Big wow. Great job. But that pretty much takes it out of running for a collaboration! No problem. ℬastique▼^talk 21:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

There are many other car photos to come, as well. Obviously customised cars aren't really as useful on Wikipedia ... but I still have a lot. Thanks for the reorganisation on Commons: good idea. —Morven 07:21, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

RE: Hummer H2

Actually, what I did was I added comments for people who are much more experienced with the vehicle as guidelines for research and copyediting; that is why the <!-- comment --> tags exist. Replying to that comment may have been a mistake, but I'm human too, so please cut me some slack. My comments, frankly, contain merit, and that article is in dire need of editing. Bishonen does the same thing with the comment tags; that's how she helped me copyedit Civil Air Patrol. I do not see any rule against using it in that context. If you're going to remove my comments, that's fine, but please replace them on the talk page instead. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 18:59, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for taking so long to reply. It does look a lot better. There are minor things that I'm still iffy on, but for the most part, thank you and good job! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 19:51, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Boston_Back_Bay.jpg

This is a cool picture, I wanted to ask how you took it. Every time I've shot from a chopper I've had a hard time getting a sharp shot due to vibration and shake. --Gmaxwell 07:36, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cadillac

It looks like you did a false-move via copy and paste, rather than the "move page" feature. Please use the Wikipedia:Move page feature for future moves, as otherwise the edit history of the page is lost or inaccurate. I deleted and removed to fix it in this case. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 02:02, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Units for foot-pounds

When I copied the information from the LT4 page, I assumed "ft.lbf" was a typo, but I see now that it's actually a pretty common way of abbreviating "foot-pounds". It would be somewhat difficult for someone who knew little of US units to figure this out, since no search on Wikipedia ("ft·lbf", "ft.lbf", "ft lbf", and so on) will actually get you to the foot-pound page. Do you think it would make sense to put a redirect in from ft·lbf to Foot-pound and possibly link it (sparsely or at least initially) in articles? I'm somewhat new here and not sure that it's a valid use for redirects, but I think it would be useful. —HorsePunchKid→龜 23:13, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)

A good question. I am taking the liberty of copying the question to Talk:Torque. Bobblewik  (talk) 12:42, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Use of Exotic Car Pictures

I'm glad you liked my Enzo pictures and seeing how Wikipedia needs a few more car photos, I'm willing to let any of the pictures on this page from dscn1488.jpg through dscn1593.jpg be used. These are all from the Scarsdale Concours so there are quite a few exotic cars mixed in. If you find any to use, please ask me before posting them and if posted, please say they were taken by me at the Scarsdale Concours. Thanks! Nrbelex ^(talk) 05:24, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity...

Did you label all the cars you uploaded offhand? That's pretty incredible. And thanks for uploading, tagging and adding all the pictures at the commons and here. It appears I went to the right person with them. GREAT JOB AND THANKS! Oh yea - Here's a Workingman's Barnstar to go along with all the work you put in!

I hereby award Sfoskett this Workingman's Barnstar for his work in adding images and info to exotic car articles.

Nrbelex ^(talk) 05:18, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Regarding Wolseley edits ...

I notice that back in April you reorganised the list of Wolseley models into Four Cylinder, Midsize, Compact, Six Cylinder. I am wondering why you have categorised in this way because the Wolseley 15/60 will fit into both Four Cylinder and Midsize, I find this somewhat illogical. I intend to add the Wolseley 24/80 which is a 6 cylinder version of the Wolseley 15/60. Can I suggest they be changed back to a single classification. Solander 20:26, 24 June 2005 (UT +9:30)

lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:13, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

Recent photo additions

That's a great photo of Huntington Harbour that you added (BTW: I corrected the spelling in the Huntington Beach article). How did you take that, and the Port of Long Beach photo? Also: Since I recently added a bit about ham radio operators using the radio room on the RMS Queen Mary, I added your radio room photo to that article. BlankVerse ∅ 28 June 2005 09:49 (UTC)

No, I'm not a ham. Much of the info I added was from a recent article on field Day that was in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. I recently tried to talk the Port of Long Beach into doing GFDL licensing for a few of their pictures for the Wikipedia, but didn't have any luck. How did you take the Huntington Harbour photo? I assume that was from a plane or helicopter. BlankVerse ∅ 28 June 2005 13:42 (UTC)

After you took the picture of Huntington Harbour, you didn't happen to take an aerial picture of the Seal Beach Wildlife Refuge and Naval Base just to the north of Huntinton Harbour did you? BlankVerse ∅ 28 June 2005 15:46 (UTC)

Are you talking about the mountain with the aerial tram? That's San Jacinto Peak in the San Jacinto Mountains. BTW: What camera are you using. I've been looking at getting a digital camera, but the one that had all the features that I wanted had fairly lackluster reviews. :-( BlankVerse ∅ 28 June 2005 16:07 (UTC)

From our conversation, I haven't been able to tell if you are from SoCal, or were just visiting. Did you know that there is an LA-area WikiMeetup being planned? For more info, see User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup. BlankVerse ∅ 30 June 2005 22:27 (UTC)

Aston Martin V8

In the film The Living Daylights (1987) has an Aston Martin V8 [2]. I was wondering if you knew what kind of V8 this was. Every site seems to say something different. I've seen V8 Vantage, V8 Volante, V8 Vantage Volate, and also just V8. ?? K1Bond007 June 30, 2005 18:37 (UTC)

Opel template

I did a Template:Opel. It's currently on the Opel page only, and it can serve as a base for a GM group template. Do you mind taking a look at it, see if I missed any bugs, and improve on it if you feel like adding something? Thanks. --Pc13 July 2, 2005 21:14 (UTC)

Vantage Mislabel

Thanks for catching my mislabel of the '86 Vantage and moving the image to the correct location. It was an embarrassing error on my part. I had confused it with another photo and mistakenly identified it as a Virage. I do have a photo of a Virage somewhere in my files and I will try to locate it.

I have always enjoyed your edits and original automotive articles and look forward to reading your future work. Jagvar 6 July 2005 17:47 (UTC)

List of GM platforms

Hey, Sfoskett, I accidentally messed up the table on the list of GM platforms, could you fix it for me please? ApolloBoy July 6, 2005 4:53 PM (PST)

Eclipse

Your recent Mitsubishi Eclipse copyedit seems drastic. Was it intentional? --Milkmandan July 7, 2005 01:30 (UTC)

List of GM platforms

Do you think you could set up a table like that for Chrysler and Ford platforms? Thanks. ApolloBoy July 6, 2005 7:03 PM (PST)

Advertising

Well, "advertising" is one of those annoying words that doesn't convert s -> z (there are a few people who do it, but it's pretty rare—Google gives a ratio of about 550:1 for "advertising" vs. "advertizing"). —Mulad (talk) 01:49, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Auto

Yes, you can delete these messages if you like, I most certainly would not care.--Fenice 21:24, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Aston Martin

Hello foskett. Are you sure about the Aston Martin used in The Living Daylights? I was always under the impression they used a V8 Volante and V8 Saloon. Wouldn't a Vantage have a blanked-off radiator grill and a much more visible bonnet bulge? JW 21:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Now you're really confusing me. On the Daylights talk page you said the later cars were ordinary V8 saloons which was what I thought they were. We can't really pretend they're Vantages when they arent. Shouldn't we make it clear the two cars seen are a Volante and a V8? JW 14:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Lincoln/Vote

Please look at the restructured choices on Talk:Lincoln/Vote and clarify your vote. Thanks! —Lowellian (talk) 08:37, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Lincoln/Vote

There have been some changes to the poll, I would encourage you to revisit it. Agriculture 15:55, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Vandal

For an anonymous user, something in the last 30 minutes. Otherwise, what are the chances of the guilty user picking up any message? Next to zero. If the user was not anonymous, then I would make the point. But there is no point in doing so for an anon, 5 hours after the fact. Incidentally, may I refer you to point 4 of the instructions for AIV, "If an administrator removes the IP and doesn't handle the matter to your satisfaction, take it to the administrator's talk page, The administrators' noticeboard or Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress, but do not re-list the user here." In addition, we do not block anonymous vandals permanently, because IP addresses are reassigned from time to time. Cheers, [[smoddy]] 22:42, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

If you want proper discussion, probably the best place to go is WP:AN/I. As a lone admin, my hands are probably tied. If you see the user vandalising again, don't hesitate to drop me a line. If I'm around, I'll give a lecture. Cheers, [[smoddy]] 22:49, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Duplication of plant names

It appears that you (or someone) may have accidently duplicated a group of the ford plant names on either May 7 or May 13, 2005.

After Taubate Transmission a large group of names starting with "H and running through "T" are duplicated. I'm guessing that you will want to see that a correction is made.

        Correction has already been done by someone else  -  thanks

Ronald20

Looks like this fellow is going to give my new admin powers a bit of a workout. I've reblocked him since I did so improperly. Technical glitch; my bad. OTOH, I've rolled the bizarro edits back to the prior versions. What is up with him? - Lucky 6.9 00:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Korean Air title

Could you help me on the Korean Air title? It looks like somebody switched the title to "Korean Air on wheels!" Just check the history of the Korean Air page to find the note with the current title now. Thanks, RonH 19:10, 15 August 2005 (UTC)