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School bus manufacturers
A tag has been placed on School bus manufacturers, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Hello SteveCofoo!

First of all, I'm really sorry if it's inappropriate to contact you like this (if this is even getting to you). I'm writing you this note because someone needs to have a look at the introduction to the Stock Transportation, Ltd. page. It's been hijacked. I've done many edits on Wikipedia, but only to fix typos and grammar. I would mess it up royally, and besides, I don't know anything about that company, school buses, etc.

Thank you, and again, I'm very sorry if personal notes like this are not acceptable on Wikipedia. I promise I won't make a habit of it.

-LLothaire LLothaire (talk) 22:23, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Vandalism fixed Fortunately, it didn't need much in the way of editing or changing, so much as rolling back the somewhat obvious vandalism.  --SteveCof00 (talk) 03:28, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Minor edits
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Archiving of Lincoln Town Car
Hey, I saw you attempted to archive the talkpage of Lincoln Town Car, but it didn't go so well. I have reverted the page move and nominated Lincoln Town Car/Archive1 (which is in wp:mainspace) for speedy deletion. I have also set up automated archiving using Miszabot, which I personally prefer over move archiving. Yoenit (talk) 11:00, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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International light-duty trucks
Hello, I see you have done some work on IH trucks before. I created a little article on the International Harvester A-Series, but as this is not an area of expertise for me I would welcome any assistance, references, or pointers you could give. Also, I only got up to 1962 and there is a hurricane (Irene) on its way so maybe I'll never finish. If so, I bequeath the article to you. Thanks,  ⊂&#124; Mr.choppers &#124;⊃   (talk) 12:05, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Blue Bird Wanderlodge / List of recreational vehicle manufacturers
Hi, I hope that this finds you well! I noted that you reverted my edit of Blue Bird Wanderlodge, adding back Category:Recreational vehicles. At present we have various RV manufacturers listed all over the place in various RV-related articles, and there is no one place in which all of this information is conglomerated, or hence accessible. The Category:Recreational vehicle manufacturers was created for the purpose of listing manufacturers, but as is often the case through multiple different editors, we multi-categorise for various superflous reasons. Hence in trying to rationalise the information somewhere and make it useful, I created the page List of recreational vehicle manufacturers, and am trying to place the specific vehicles/manufacturers in Category:Recreational vehicle manufacturers, leaving Category:Recreational vehicles for generic/universal terms. Hope that this helps! Rgds, --Trident13 (talk) 10:29, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

First Student
Concerning your merge proposal, there is no such thing as First Student (United States), it should just be First Student (the first First Student), and the others are properly named independent parts of First Group, with First Student Canada being the dominant part of First Canada. The official divisions of First America are First Student, First Canada, First Transit, First Services and Greyhound. Each of those divisions has its own internal subsidiaries. If you wish to reorganize those article make sure they fit with the corporate plan not how you imagine the might fit together. Thank you. Secondarywaltz (talk) 14:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Merging Lincoln EL-Series and Lido
I want to thank you for the merger tag. I created the EL-Series page with the hope that this would someday occur (under the EL-Series page of course). Sadowski (talk) 23:56, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

P.S. Much could be said about this car within one (appropriate) page.

Ford Taurus
Hi there, I wanted to clarify the issues on the Ford Taurus. As it says here a car over 120 cubic feet of combined passenger and cargo volume is a full size car. If you look here: http://www.vehix.com/car-reviews/1999/ford/taurus/vehicle-specifications you will realize that the sum of the cargo and passenger volume equal 116.8 cubic feet, falling into the midsize category. However, in 2000, as you can see here: http://www.vehix.com/car-reviews/2000/ford/taurus/vehicle-specifications you'll notice that the interior volume for the Taurus is 121.7, just over the requirements for being a full-size sedan. Bookster451 (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2012 (UTC)


 * According to the math, I do concur that it does fall into the Large category; I just felt it was pointless to openly disagree with what was written in the specifications (where it listed mid-size in the EPA size class). I'm going to go on a limb and figure that as a typo/oversight; the math makes a better case.  --SteveCof00 (talk) 04:07, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't think you were just trying to prove a point or whatever, anyway.  Bookster451 (talk) 17:33, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Ford F-Series page issues
The Ford F-Series page is getting attacked by 2 IP Users. The edit was originally sourced from an internet forum. I saw you have made some edits there, thus I stopped by to ask for your advice.

'''This new line of truck features an innovative rack & pinion (EPAS) system which is showing signs of problems with customers. This Electronic Power Assisted Steering is an advanced system which increases efficiency and driver control; however, these benefits are outweighed by the fact that this system provides a ride that "pops and clunks" over small imperfections on driving surfaces.'''

The page history is littered with our edit war.--Dana60Cummins (talk) 15:10, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

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Ford Freestar merger
Hi Steve, I came across your merger proposal for the Ford Freestar and Ford Windstar but I couldn't find the discussion. Do you mind directing me to it; thanks.VX1NG (talk) 20:38, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Ford F-550
Merge the article --Dana60Cummins (talk) 22:01, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

September 2013
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Speedy deletion nomination of Full-size Ford (1969-1978)
Hello SteveCof00,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Full-size Ford (1969-1978) for deletion, because it appears to duplicate an existing Wikipedia article, :.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vanjagenije (talk) 11:02, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

School bus
Hi Steve, I've stuck my oar in at Talk:School bus. Thank you for your continued work on this article. Peter Nankai (talk) 20:59, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Your signature
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Nomination for deletion of Template:IC Bus product lineup
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May 2014
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2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
I understand that you've made many helpful contributions, but I am not sure why you made this glaring mistake in regards to the SVT Raptor. I've noticed people tend to get mixed up with model and production/release years. Usually model years can run from January 2nd (2009) of the previous year to December 31st of the actual year (2010). The SVT Raptor was unveiled in November 2008 and went into production in mid-2009, going on sale by the fall of 2009.

Is there a reason why you put "In 2010", without further distinguishing In 2010 as In the 2010 model year instead? Actual years in real-time (January to December), are obviously not the same as model years that typically run: September (2013) to August (2014) or January (2013) to December 2014 (ex. 2014 model year).

Unlike you, those who do not know better, will mistakenly assume the Raptor was not on sale before January 1, 2010. That isn't the case, since it was in 2009 for the 2010 model year. If you meant the 6.2 litre SVT Raptor, then I see your point. Exercise caution when editing certain concrete facts, as you usually have when you've previously edited, so we avoid misleading all readers (of a high-selling vehicle).——Carmaker1 (talk) 04:59, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

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References needed for Minivan
In this revision you've added over 5K of material to Minivan. Thanks for that, but this is an article already flagged with WP:VERIFY. I don't believe any of the new material is referenced and so is WP:ORIGINAL. Any plans to add references? --Cornellier (talk) 00:19, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Ought one take silence as "no"? --Cornellier (talk) 04:35, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

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Buick Roadmaster
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Template:Lincoln vehicles
Hi, I don't get why you added another column to this timeline. Almost every other automobile timeline template out there has just one header column, so why does Lincoln need another? It's implied that "mid-size" and "full-size" are cars, but we can easily call them "mid-size car" and "full-size car" instead. All the CUV/SUV/pickup rows are already grouped together in the usual fashion. To me, this extra column doesn't add any value to the timeline and wastes horizontal space. --Vossanova o&lt; 01:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)


 * The editing still needs some technical tweaks, perhaps, but this may need better explanation than is allowed in any edit summary. As I thought the vertical column was starting to get cluttered, I followed the layout seen in several other timeline templates (Template:Mercedes-Benz vehicles, Template:BMW cars, and Template:Ferrari modern car timeline) (in terms of coding).  It mostly seems to take up horizontal space because I didn't force the width (as the template fits differently on each screen, as does the text; I didn't want to force the text into line breaks).  As I said, still not technically perfect yet. --SteveCof00 (talk) 10:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

International Harvester S-Series
Hi SteveCof00. Are you able to help me find out why International trucks are known in Wikipedia as International Harvester trucks? Regards, Eddaido (talk) 10:02, 25 August 2017 (UTC)


 * It's not easy to explain in the scope of this talk page, but a good read of both International Harvester and Navistar International should help things. Long story short, International Harvester reorganized itself in 1986 as Navistar; the latter company is the successor.  The S-Series trucks were produced during this transition.  --SteveCof00 (talk) 10:36, 25 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks. What I was wondering was why "Harvester" is put into the name of International Trucks in Wikipedia. I've driven about in lots of Chevrolets and Fords and Internationals but I certainly would not want to get about the place in any kind of International harvester. Do you see what I mean. Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 11:06, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Objectively

 * On 25 August 2017 a mistake in the name of "International" was shown to me. Since then I have tried to correct this one mistake.
 * I have driven International trucks, used their state registration cards, insurance cards, read their operators manuals, and talked with others who did the same. Of course this would be OR in an article, but we are on a talk page. I can post the truth and you can call me a liar.
 * Anyone close to International trucks can walk right up to a ratty S truck in a parking lot and look at it. Of course you don't have to, and you can't use it in an article, but you can use it as background. If you can't/won't do that you could at least read sources objectively.
 * I keep providing sources for using the name "International" and nobody provides any source disputing it. Of course not. Even if someone could come up with a single source disputing it the number of supporting sources should overwhelm it anyway.
 * People have used their own opinions with no sources to oppose something which has been overwhelming sourced. Some have edited these articles (I have, too). I think some people are too close and can have an ingrained opinion that they can/will not look at objectively.
 * I believe people are standing in the way of correcting Wikipedia for their own personal reasons. People who are objective can look at and discuss evidence. And if you are only subjective should you be editing an encyclopedia?
 * Feel free to call me a liar who is only trying to help my ego. But when this move request fails Wikipedia will still be presenting incorrect information across the board and some people did nothing to correct it, not even consider it honestly. Sammy D III (talk) 12:15, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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Super Duty Engine
One question regarding your revamp of Ford Super Duty engine: Why duplicate the valvetrain layout and compression ratio in the output table? They're the same for each engine, so in my opinion it only serves to make the table more cluttered and more difficult to read in terms of being able to see power and torque values at a glance. --Olds 403 (talk) 21:16, 13 September 2018 (UTC)


 * (In the revision, I probably could have paid a little more attention to the title) For the most part, I wanted to shift things from output to an overview of all three engines, including output.  I might have ended up with a little information overload, and I tried to revise a little of it.  As the stock compression ratio is common to all three engines (according to what is included here, that is the format I have posted, rather than three separate entries.  --SteveCof00 (talk) 10:09, 14 September 2018 (UTC)


 * It does look clearer now. I meant why include the compression ratio there at all, but I suppose that since most engines do have differing ratios that affect output, it's helpful to confirm the information there when it's the same. --Olds 403 (talk) 13:59, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Ford Explorer Third Generation
Please stop making certain edits in articles, in which you don't fully know the context of what you're addressing. Very clearly you entirely decided on March 18, 2018 to undo what I had typed up and edited here, instead replacing it with conjecture and contradictory text that hurts the credibility of the article. It is also interruptive, as someone who reads that gets the wrong narrative. What you reworded poorly, conveys to me, you are not really aware of how the automotive development process works at Ford and just jumped on changing things around without being absolutely certain or getting proper assistance. Pre-development on the U152 ended with design freeze in February 1998, which is when the actual program began and ran until 2000, with engineering sign-off. So why undo the hardwork of someone else or muddle it up, if not maybe on purpose because I have addressed you before about my discontent with erroneous submissions that confuse people or make it harder for me to also edit? It wasn't an improvement to the article, when you did not do the research yourself and verify what you changed on March 18, 2018 to be credible. Ford most cetainly did not develop the U152 from 1995 to 1998. The program began in the latter half of 1995, fully kicking off after design concluded and an internal package plan was reached, running till to the first half of 2000. I am fixing that ASAP and suggest you do thorough research for once. I would have preferred to be adding new information to Wikipedia, than constantly wasting time correcting the silly mistakes of others.--Carmaker1 (talk) 06:02, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Ford Ranger
Articles Ford Ranger (Americas) and Ford Ranger (T6). You have to edit the article Ford Ranger (T6) as well. See Ford Ranger (T6): Revision history (-2,962 and -3,561 bytes‎). Thanks.--Prince Ferfried (talk) 16:31, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Full-size car
Hi Steve. Thanks for all your work on the History section of this article, it is a great improvement. Sorry if it seems like I'm being pedantic, but I think the 1980s and 2000s sections could use some more references for the key points. (Just thought I should explain the reason for my tagging.) Thanks again, 1292simon (talk) 23:12, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on Ford F-Series (thirteenth generation). This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. ''Stop making inaccurate claims in regards to the origin of the P552 body design, in relation to a previewing 2013 concept vehicle called the Atlas. It is contradictory information, that does not belong in the article and borne of your own opinionated narrative/belief, which itself is misinformed. P552 design work was completed in 2011 at the internal stage FAA/AA1 (Final Appearance Approval), before work began on the Atlas project in 2012 and design freeze was achieved at FDJ stage. A production vehicle body designed before a show concept's subsequent fruition and showcase, cannot be based on it, by virtue of the concept of TIME. I have pointed this out before regarding the Atlas, but I only can see the aspect of incorrigibility with you accepting this. Ignoring what has been pointed out already and then do the same thing again, without making sure it's consistent with reality. You did a nice article cleanup, but you already have been told before that the 13th generation F-150 is not based on the Atlas. It's vice-versa. I am tired of addressing this. A journalist that does not work for Ford and is giving their simple opinion (as if fact), is not a credible source for Ford product development.'' Carmaker1 (talk) 23:58, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

School bus
WTF??? Please let me know if I can help you rescue it. Sammy D III (talk) 01:22, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

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 * No new move from QuadColour. Part of the background is here if you care. Sammy D III (talk) 14:11, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

IH to International
I am requesting a move of International Harvester Loadstar. I am telling you because you have opposed this move in the past. No reply needed. Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 17:53, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for going there. No reply needed. Sammy D III (talk) 16:54, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for going to International Loadstar. This person changed a lot. I see they changed something about PayStar, DuraStar and 3300 at least. I thought you might care. Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 21:01, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Not my choice
I would like to be clear that this was not a mistake or vandalism. I was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mr.choppers&oldid=945772994#Mistake? told to] and then complemented for it. Sammy D III (talk) 11:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)


 * It's ok (and I welcome the change); sometimes things can get "lost in translation" in large changes to an article (I have done that myself). --SteveCof00 (talk) 07:19, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Lincoln Town Car
Hi Steve, I was doing some minor edits to this article and noticed an unfinished sentence recently added by you: "Following the replacement of the Mark VI by the Mark VIII, the" I was going to finish the sentence but realized that I can't imagine what's to come next. Best,  Mr.choppers &#124;   ✎  05:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Yikes Awkward...  And I went back and I fixed it (among other things). --SteveCof00 (talk) 10:44, 20 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks!  Mr.choppers &#124;   ✎  12:59, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

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Ford Escort
Hi Steve - thanks for organizing the Ford Escort (North America) article. However, I noticed an alarming number of factual errors, most of them stemming from an over reliance on a single source which is not always correct (at least on earlier years). For instance, the SS was available in 1981 and did not receive the HO engine from what I can tell - see here but more importantly, Autoweek from May 1982 expressly spells out how and when the HO option was introduced (only in the automatic EXP for the first month or two, then the EXP and the new GT). Here is a Marti Report on an '81 SS; build date March 1981. You also added a non-existent 1.1 engine to my 1981 Road & Track quote - as per all of my sources, the 1.3 was planned but the 1.1 was only ever intended for Europe. In any case, it was certainly not mentioned in the R&T reference.

Also, why remove the power conversions? The article was already written using conversion templates as per project guidelines, but you removed them throughout. Thanks,  Mr.choppers &#124;   ✎  01:41, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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