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User talk:Rawja
Welcome to Wikicars!
Hi there, Rawja, and welcome to Wikicars! I'm a regular moderator and contributor here, and when I notice on the recent changes log that a new editor has registered, I like to send them a welcome message - that's how I ended up on your talk page.
There are a few useful links that you might want to look at, designed to help newcomers to Wikicars learn the ropes:
Here are a few templates on Wikicars that I find particularly helpful when I start a new page:
Here are a few features of Wikicars that I find particularly helpful:
- If you leave a message on a talk page, you can sign it with four tildes (~), which will automatically produce your name and a date stamp when you save the page.
- The "Show preview" button allows you to look at what your post will look like before you save it - that way, you can proofread what you've written and not have to back and correct spelling mistakes, failed links, etc.
- You can create a watchlist for yourself that will keep a record of any changes made to a page that interests you.
There are plenty of other features and facets of Wikicars, many of which I probably haven't even discovered myself, so have fun looking around and finding them.
If you need help, ask me on my talk page.
Again, welcome and thanks for adding to our community!
p.s. If you wish to create a new page for a model of car or a car company, please type either of these down {{subst:model}} or {{subst:make}}. There are also various templates for different types of vehicles, such as {{subst:Concept Model}} for concept cars; {{subst:Racing Model}} for general racing vehicles and {{subst:Formula One Car}} for Formula One vehicles. Note that these codes are all case sensitive. I would advice you to first check out a number of our featured pages to get a feel and idea of the overall product we aim for. This is necessary for the sake of professionalism.
Also, please categorize images when you upload them. For instance, you upload an image of a Porsche 911 or anything related, for that matter with Porsche, on the "Summary" box located in the upload page itself, type [[Category:Porsche images]] and so on. All images must be categorized according to their respective marques.
If you have any further questions, simply contact me or any other one of the admins.
- Red marquis 03:16, 24 October 2008 (PDT)
Images
You don't have to include information about the copyright license of the image. We're not Wikipedia and are not as anal about that kind of stuff. However, I do encourage you to only upload pictures that are part of manufacturer's press kits because 1. they are fair use which will let us sleep better at night without having to worry about being sued out of the blue and 2. they are professionally done, which just looks so much better than pictures that were taken by some guy with a cellphone camera. It gives the articles a more professional look as well.
On a side note, I have attached your 1978 Seville image to the Cadillac Seville article. Unfortunately, Wikicars is having a bit of a problem displaying newly uploaded images onto articles right now so where your pic should be will displat this line,Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/sfw/bin/convert: No such file or directory, instead. However, once Wikicars' parent company, Internet Brands, gets to fixing the site's problems, you can be rest assured to find it there.
Keep up the good work.
-Red marquis 03:28, 24 October 2008 (PDT)
- I have been badgering Internet Brands about it. They keep saying they'll get round it. Hopefully they do (along with a long needed Mediawiki software upgrade). I have a whole host of upgrades I've been planning for this site as well.
Red marquis 03:53, 24 October 2008 (PDT)
