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Nomination of Mazda B platform for deletion

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Škoda or Skoda?

I notice that most of the Skoda articles use "Škoda" in both article title and article content, (although not consistently - most Skoda articles have a mix of both spellings,) but this seems to go against MOS:TRADEMARK which states [a]void using special characters that are not pronounced... (Se7en, Alien³, Toys Я Us being examples) and clarifies it with unless a significant majority of reliable sources that are independent of the subject consistently include the special character in the subject's name - which doesn't seem to be the case. There are plenty of instances that use "Škoda", and also the capitalised "ŠKODA", but not a significant majority of reliable sources which is the criteria.

I searched both Talk:Škoda Auto and the archives here, but there doesn't seem to have been any discussion around it.

Does anybody know what rationale - if any - has been provided to use "Škoda" over the MOS:TRADEMARK compliant "Skoda"? Chaheel Riens (talk) 19:15, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Please put a comment at Talk:Škoda Auto so that Skoda fans know that we are talking about changing their topic spelling.

The official guideline to follow is WP:TRANSLITERATE. This says to follow whatever the reliable English sources use. All of the company's websites for different countries consistently use "Škoda". However, doing a web search on "Skoda car review", practically everybody in the English speaking world else uses "Skoda".

WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS says that characters not commonly found on a keyboard either should not be used or a redirect should be added for the pure Anglicised version (ie English letters only). Bearing in mind that our reader's keyboard could be anything from Chinese to Polish to US, some having "Š" but most not.

My personal preference is that English Wikipedia should use only the letters in the English alphabet but that's not a hard and fast rule on WP.  Stepho  talk  23:14, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Bandini

If anyone has access to the book titled Bandini Vehicles, Including - Bandini 1100 (... by Publisher: Hephaestus Books (1993) could they assist me with referencing and information at Bandini Automobili. I am trying to save the article from deletion and the references I have found so far are a bit weak. NealeWellington (talk) 06:36, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Sorry I can't help you with this request directly, but I just wanted to mention a couple more print sources you may want to seek out. The book "ILARIO BANDINI" by Franco Fabbri and Cesare Sangiorgi should have some coverage of the Bandini cars. The Revs Institute has a copy in their library according to WorldCat, maybe someone there can assist you. Also the magazine "Auto d'Epoca" (Vintage Car) had a feature on Ilario Bandini in their December 1988 issue. There are a couple on eBay right now. Good luck to you, I love rescuing/improving car articles with old print sources! Prova MO (talk) 21:43, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

The company article is not at risk of deletion. It needs a rewrite desperately, but it looks like it's getting one. QuicoleJR (talk) 01:13, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks User:Prova_MO for the references, and yes, QuicoleJR, it would be if it had stayed the way it was without any useful referencing. But thanks to both of you it's well on its way back to safety. You have both been very helpful. NealeWellington (talk) 09:39, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

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We have some illustrations for the various DCFC connectors. Do we have one for the North American Charging Standard available? The article currently doesn't have one. -- 64.229.90.172 (talk) 21:05, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

I didn't see one from a quick search. Somebody can probably use tesla's design patent drawings (USD694188S) to quickly make one, however. IPBilly (talk) 21:57, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks to RickyCourtney (talk · contribs) for creating the new NACS diagram -- 64.229.90.172 (talk) 04:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)