User talk:Bismarck43

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Infoboxes and Images

Can someone help me with creating infoboxes, because every time I try to make one for one of my articles like my article on the Mercedes S63 AMG for example, it will only show like three or four things if that. I am also having trouble with images. Thanks!! --Bismarck43 (talk) 20:29, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You will need to be more specific about what sort of trouble you are having. Make a "user sandbox" page where you can experiment, for example by clicking here: User:Bismarck43/Sandbox. Put an infobox in your sandbox page as best you can, save it, and we can look at it and see what you are doing wrong. Often the simplest method is to inspect a reasonably well-formed article that is similar to what you want to create, for example Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class, and copy and edit the code you see there into your article. Use your sandbox page when you want to test any difficult edits. --Teratornis (talk) 20:44, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)For the infobox, go to Template:Infobox Automobile, copy the unfilled template in the "Usage" section, and paste it at the top of the edit window for the article. Then fill in some or all of the fields (after the equals signs) with the appropriate information and save the edit. What sort of image problems are you having? Deor (talk) 20:47, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Bismarck43 does not show any image uploads to the English Wikipedia. It's better to upload images to Commons if they are freely licensed. If you merely want to display images that are already on Wikipedia or Commons, see Help:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. What images are you trying to display? For example, a number of images that might relate to what you are editing are here: Commons:Category:Mercedes-Benz vehicles by type. And see Mercedes-AMG. --Teratornis (talk) 20:51, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See, in particular, Mercedes-Benz W221#Special variants. Mightn't you want to expand that section rather than create a new article? Note that we don't have separate articles for the other individual models of that vehicle. Deor (talk) 21:08, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Include some of the original AMG models

If you're going on a project AMG, it'd be good to include the famous 1987 300E AMG Hammer (all engine variants) and the lesser-known (but arguably better) 1990s E60 AMG, which was the 6.0 liter variant on the w124 500E (already famous for being a joint venture between MB and Porsche). Those two cars are some of the few AMG vehicles you can get that won't frequently break. They were engineered to have insane lifespans and, consequently, longer-lasting parts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.31.86 (talk) 08:40, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Naval pics

{{helpme}} I need help finding a gallery of pictures of naval ships for one of the articles i am working on.

Please read through Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial, and if that fails, try Wikipedia:Requested pictures. Cheers, Chzz ► 13:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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