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Toyota Corolla/Wikiproject Automobiles edit

Mr. Krisp, thanks for your wonderful work on the Toyota Corolla article. Your knowledge on the issue is impressive, and I believe with just a little more effort this can easily become a featured article! I hope you will continue to work on it for it to achieve this status - it deserves it!

First of all, I encourage you to join Wikiproject Automobiles, which groups users working on automobile-related articles. Have a look at the conventions agreed upon there. You can ask other members for help there, we surely will.

A good article should cite its sources to make sure all information contained therein are verifiable. You can find an example of an article citing sources for all information here. I hope your vast Corolla knowledge will enable you to find sources for most of the information contained in the article.

I have also noticed you modified the article's infobox. Please be informed that now, besides the general Automobile infobox, we also have an Automobile generation infobox for vehicles with multiple (and significantly different) generations. An article using both and a good example of what should be put in the general, and what in the generational infobox, is the Saab 9-3 article. Please also abide by some infobox conventions:

  • see how we present body styles with regard to the number of doors
  • a liftback is a recognized body style separate from hatchback, which is especially important in the case of Toyota Corolla, who had both running alongside for some time
  • we list all variants of transmissions, so 4-speed, 5-speed and 6-speed manuals would get their own lines in the infobox, the "4-to-6 speed manuals" description is not detailed enough

Thanks and have fun! In case I could help you anyway, I will be glad to!

  Bravada   Talk to me! 13:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Fair use rationale for Image:2TGEU_2.JPG edit

 

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:2TGEU_2.JPG. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MER-C 10:46, 5 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:3TGTE.jpg edit

I have tagged Image:3TGTE.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. Thank you. MER-C 06:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks edit

Just wanted to thank you for your recent report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism; we depend on the eyes and ears of the greater community to improve Wikipedia and defend it from deterioration. Thank you for your assistance. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)Reply