Talk:Mercedes-Benz W111
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[edit] Photograph
I think it's great that people have contributed to this article, but User:Red marquis removed my original (clear, representative, in my opinion) image, firstly for an unclear "Glamour shot", and then a fairly plain, but less obvious image. If you're going to be rude enough to just take over, please at least discuss it in the talk page.
- User:Dawidl (27 Jan 2005, 12:25 SAST)
[edit] W111/Fintail
I just noticed the Mercedes-Benz W111 page was made into a redirect on 12:18, July 6, 2006. However, the opening paragraph of this article says "Though never officially designated as such, the cars gained the nickname [Heckflosse] because of..." etc etc.
I'm going to reverse the redirects for two reasons:
- Wikipedia suggests naming articles after "what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize". Clearly, that wouldn't be the German word for 'Fintail'.
- For consistency with the rest of Wikipedia; see the Classic MB template and pretty much every individual article linked from there.
Regards, --DeLarge 17:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, the model name is a more appropriate title than the nickname. Recury 17:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Move Request
It was requested that this article be renamed but the procedure outlined at WP:RM#Steps for requesting a controversial page move did not appear to be followed, and consensus could not be determined. Please request a move again with proper procedure if there is still a desire for the page to be moved. Thank you for your time! -- tariqabjotu 05:57, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Crumple zones
Randroide 18:43, 21 November 2006 (UTC) The fintail was the first car using them:
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- Safety Cell: The idea of a "safe" rigid cell surrounded by softer "crumple zones" to protect people in a crash came from Bela Barenyi, a hero of car safety who worked as an engineer for Mercedes-Benz. The idea was patented in 1951 and went into production in 1959 on the "fintail" series.[1].
The source does not support that claim. I have reworded it. // Liftarn
