User talk:Sable232

Proper image citation

I would like to re add the image you removed from the Mercury Cougar discussion as it is prudent the Cougars advanced for the time restraint system and is a publicly available government image, What can I do to correctly cite this image as it is in the public domain, Thank you. ~~~~ Luftwaffespectre (talk) 19:31, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

First, you will need to confirm what governmental organization actually created it, confirm that organization's work is in the public domain, and then use the correct copyright tag (it will almost certainly not be Creative Commons). Someone at Wikimedia Commons may be of more help in determining this.

However, the crash test image is not a suitable image for the article. It is low-resolution, grainy, and does not provide any useful information to the reader. It is impossible for someone who isn't familiar with crash testing vehicles to interpret anything about the image, and it isn't even readily apparent that the depicted car is a Cougar. --Sable232 (talk) 00:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

It was my assumption that because it was a report commissioned by a government agency for the benefit of the public and was distributed/made available on a government website, that it was in the public domain and free for use.

As far as the image is concerned the source was correctly linked as an NHSTA report that confirms the vehicle was a Cougar.

The reason I wanted to add the image is because it demonstrated a well maintained safety space for the drive in a full frontal impact, my goal was to provide real evidence that the Cougar was in fact a safe car for the time and its high accident/death rate was due to the audience (teenagers and young adults) it was driven by at the time. Luftwaffespectre (talk) 01:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

As I recall, the image on Commons was credited to Transport Canada yet sourced to a NHTSA document. Being an agency of the U.S. Federal government, NHTSA works are public domain, but I don't know if the same applies to Canada.

The rest of this would be a better discussion at either the article talk page or at the WikiProject Automobiles project talk page. Crash test images are almost never included in articles here. --Sable232 (talk) 15:35, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

The Crown Vic plant was within Talbotville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWk5pu_whw0 0:31 he says in Talbotville ontario,how can I use this as my citation? I have only found one vehicle that was built in STAP that had the correct name of Talbotville for location Crownvicsaregood (talk) 01:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

A YouTube video is not a reliable source.

Nevertheless, the correct location is Southwold. Southwold, Ontario is the legal township the factory was located within. Talbotville is an unincorporated community about two miles south of the former factory site, so to give that as the location would not be as accurate. --Sable232 (talk) 02:36, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

About recent LTA

This LTA started editing again. Could you please add it to your LTA list? I'll delete my page. 212.154.66.111 (talk) 15:45, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what LTA you're referring to. Do you have any further details? How long has the LTA been editing? What other IP ranges have there been? I do recall someone making somewhat similar edits in the past, but it's been a while since I've seen them. --Sable232 (talk) 00:54, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Chevy Tahoe reverts

may i ask why did u revert my edits to Chevrolet Tahoe, [1] and [2]? 83.168.137.1 (talk) 16:32, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Because you introduced an error to an image caption, stating that the truck is a GMT400 when it is clearly a later GMT800 model, and you added a mention of a "GMC Yukon XL" in a paragraph about changes for 1995, when no such vehicle existed at the time. --Sable232 (talk) 16:37, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

i understand, may i do the changes again, fixing these mistakes? 83.168.137.1 (talk) 18:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

It looks like your other changes were good, so yes. --Sable232 (talk) 19:25, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

gotcha, thanks, feel free to check out if anything is wrong [3] 83.168.137.1 (talk) 02:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

F150 Revert

Hello sir, may I ask why did u revert my edit to Ford F-Series (fourteenth generation) - [4]? per the usage on Template:Main it ''should also not be used in lead sections. A lead section is always a summary of its own article, not any other; as such, the only appropriate target for a {{Main}} link in the lead section would be the article itself, which is not useful. {{Broader}} may be appropriate in this case.'' the other changes i made are surely not controversial 83.168.137.1 (talk) 00:34, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

{{Broader}} states that it is for use in sections, with the implication that it is not meant for the lead. It also states that is is to be used for an article discusses a subject more broadly, but is not a main article (which should use {{Main}} (emphasis added). For any instance where a generation has been split off to its own page, the original article is the main article.

Furthermore, {{Main}} is what's used in every other instance of this, and consistency should be maintained.

I mistakenly thought that the F-150 Lightning EV had a disambiguated title and wasn't at the main title like it is. I should've checked before reverting the entire edit. --Sable232 (talk) 01:03, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

can i revert my changes, changing the hatnote to main? 83.168.137.1 (talk) 17:53, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Took care of it for you. I was in the middle of doing that yesterday when I got called away and didn't save the edit. --Sable232 (talk) 22:17, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

appreciate it 83.168.137.1 (talk) 22:47, 13 February 2024 (UTC)