Michistrasse

Image:2006 Honda Civic 5-door.jpg

Hi, just thought I'd let you know that all commons images, like Image:2006 Honda Civic 5-door.jpg, may also be used at en.wikipedia without having to re-upload them, such as you did to Image:2006 Honda Civic 5-Door.jpg. Take care, and welcome to Wikipedia! ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 12:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Preview

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. --Geniac 01:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for contributing to Portal:Japan. Fg2 11:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Japanese and Chinese car portals

Hi Michistrasse, is it really necessary to have a whole Portal for Japanese cars and Chinese cars? There is already a Japanese car WikiProject. A WikiProject is much more suited to this type of subject, not a Portal...a Portal is for topics that are far more wide-ranging, I thought. Adam Bishop 16:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd agree with User:Adam Bishop. What you're suggesting a portal be used for is a purpose already served by Categories. Someone looking for the links you've included at Portal:Japanese cars and the fake "template" for Japanese cars (see Mitsubishi Motors et al) can already be found at Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Japan. You seem to be duplicating what's already there to me.

By the way, the page at Portal:Japanese cars is being rendered very badly by non-IE browsers (e.g. Mozilla Firefox and Opera). --DeLarge 17:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

-But Japanese Cars are a very big subject! There are hundreds of models across multiple continents, plus what about old cars? A project is suited for keeping a group of articles on the same topic clean, up to date and standardized, but a portal is more about organizing information into a central hub, so that people can easily find pages related to each other. Most people who are just doing research don't bother to see a project, they would rather see a portal. I think a WikiProject and a portal are complimentary to each other, the Project edits the articles, and the portal organises them for the public. Categories are more vague, they give a list of things on the same topic, whereas a portal gives other information(highlights, etc.) and is more of a general summary of a topic. You wouldn't delete the Japan Portal because there is a Category:Japan, would you? A category is just a list of links, with maybe a short summary. A portal is much more than that, its a page on an entire subject, with links included. Michistrasse

Yes but a WikiProject can deal with very large subjects. The subject is still very specific and is not suitable for a Portal. Adam Bishop 14:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

If its so specific, than why would a WikiProject do, since its for very large subjects? What are these invisible guidelines that say that its not suitable for a portal? I can see your point for the Chinese portal, but Japanese cars, though specific, is a big subject, and much less specific than say, Toyota. Maybe its not a mega portal, but whats wrong with having a main page for a subject. A WikiProject just wont do, because as I said before, its more for making standards and keeping the articles clean. If you go to an office building, they lead you into a nice, organised lobby where they tell you where to go, not a janitor's closet. But, without a Janitors closet, it would be quite messy. Both are quite neccesary. The portal should be for public use, and the Project for Private (as in members) use, to help keep what the public sees in control. Michistrasse

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. --DeLarge 14:57, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Daihatsu vehicles

You created a fake "template" at the bottom of thirteen articles relating to Daihatsu vehicles. Unfortunatelythis is not how templates work. Please delete the table you added and replace it with {{Daihatsu}}, which I have created for you. I've already repaired the Daihatsu Applause article, with the effect that the small [edit] link in the table is now functional (as it now directs to an actual template). The remaining twelve I'll leave to you. --DeLarge 15:17, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't know such a template could be "fake", all I did was copy the mitsubishi one, and use it for a Daihatsu one. I will implement yours right away.

Image:C-Crosser 07.JPG

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Wikiproject Automobiles Notification

Hi Michistrasse, you were on the list of members at WikiProject Automobiles and we are introducing a new way of listing members, as the old list was becoming too long. Our new method involves having all of our members in a category.

To add yourself to the category just add the userbox to your user page by putting {{Wiki Auto Project}} where you want the userbox. Alternatively if you don't like the userbox you can add [[Category:WikiProject Automobiles members|Michistrasse]] to your userpage.

If you no longer wish to be a member of the project, simply don't add the userbox or category, there's no pressure. Thanks for your time, James086^{Talk | Contribs} 04:12, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese Car

I've nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese Car, a page you created, for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese Car and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese Car during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. FPT 19:45, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

This former project has been absorbed into the WikiProject Japan Japanese car taskforce. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 15:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Japanese cars

Portal:Japanese cars, an article you created, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that Portal:Japanese cars satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and the Wikipedia deletion policy). Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Japanese cars and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Portal:Japanese cars during the discussion but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. --DeLarge 20:41, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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