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User talk:Yankeesfan245
The Great Wikicars Migration
Dear user, I am writing this note to inform you that over the course of the next few days Wikicars will be migrating to a new home on Shoutwiki. Since we have been left for dead by parent site Internet Brands, Wikicars will be merging with Shoutwiki Autopedia. Rest assured we will do everything in our power to preserve all existing articles in our move including talk pages and edit history so your articles of interest will remain intact. All we humbly ask for is your patience and understanding. Thank you.
If you have further questions, ask me on my talk page or User:Silver Knight. If you are interested in moving along with us, please create a new account at the new venue.
- Red marquis 12:43, 24 December 2010 (PST)
Welcome to Wikicars!
Hi there, Yankeesfan245, 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 19:34, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
No Problem
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
-Red marquis 20:05, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Bronco Page
My #1 Mission on wikicars is to Perfect and refine the Ford Bronco page, I will continue to improve this page as I find more info on this subject.
I also know a lot of stats on other makes and models of American Made vehicles, so I will try to improve these Pages as nessecery.
Image Uploading
Hi. I see you've uploaded a few images. This means you need to be schooled in Wikicars' Image Categorizing system.
One of our aims here is to streamline the website in order to make it user friendly for both users and viewers so we like to get things organized, including pictures. The way we accomplish this is by categorizing them. Now, there are many ways to categorize but our way is simply to categorize by marque.
There is a snippet in the welcome note above how to do this. It's the second to the last paragraph, the one in bold. I know this might all seem redundant and annoying extra work but it does help tremendously with the workload. All we are asking is your cooperation. Thanks.
Let me repost the instructions in case you couldn't find them:
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
-Red marquis 03:19, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Image Problem
I think there might be something wrong with the image itself or some kind of software bug. Wikicars' version of the wiki software is very very much outdated. Unfortunately, the powers that be at Internet Brands seem to not care about the site anymore.
Try reuploading the image but change the filename wording a bit. Maybe that will help. I must say this is the first time I've encountered that.
-Red marquis 04:26, 20 September 2008 (PDT)
Hey I tried all that, as a result we now have two 1983 bronco snow ads in ford images, so I think it's a software issue I even tried to change the size of a older image and had the same problem, and now when I login and try to access another page it logs me out.
all of this started yesterday when every thing was locked for a server update or something, I had no issues before that. Yankeesfan245 11:40, 20 September 2008 (PDT)
- I'm having the same problem now. Look at the pages I made for the Lamborghini Urus Concept and the Citroen GT Concept. I talked to one of the higher ups on this site and they ARE having server problems. I couldn't even access the site the last two days.
Red marquis 21:55, 23 September 2008 (PDT)
- The most annoying thing about this situation for me is that it had to happen right at the cusp of the Paris Motor Show which is screwing up my ability to update the site with new/developing information.
-Red marquis 05:51, 25 September 2008 (PDT)
The Great Wikicars Migration
Dear user, I am writing this note to inform you that over the course of the next few days Wikicars will be migrating to a new home on Shoutwiki. Since we have been left for dead by parent site Internet Brands, Wikicars will be merging with Shoutwiki Autopedia. Rest assured we will do everything in our power to preserve all existing articles in our move including talk pages and edit history so your articles of interest will remain intact. All we humbly ask for is your patience and understanding. Thank you.
If you have further questions, ask me on my talk page or User:Silver Knight. If you are interested in moving along with us, please create a new account at the new venue.
- Red marquis 12:43, 24 December 2010 (PST)
