Detroit Diesel 6V92TA

Hey Ben, this post bringing back memories of when I was new on the forum in 2014! And yes I did find out that it came with a 6V53T/MT-643. This 1989 Orion kinda gives me a mixture of Orion I and Phantom vibes.

I'm okay with switching to New Flyer over NFI after reading this. It seems most other editors are in favor of this as well. I think there were pages in the past that had Flyer Industries Ltd. noted as "FIL." I changed those to "Flyer" at the time.

I see. I think that's a decent idea. Initially I was going to write what I wrote here on the Talk Page on the CPTDB Wiki, but it would likely not be responded to.

There are multiple personalities working on these pages, so it makes sense that some pages may look different over time. There's also a difference of how much info can even be acquired depending on the agency, item, etc. I think the issue here is there isn't really aren't guidelines on how inputting information is handled. Most editors including I learned by viewing what was already on the Wiki and then improving on it and cleaning it up. It's more loose, which is a good thing in my opinion. A guideline that is too strict will prevent editors from being able to input valuable information. The next issue here is who determines what information is valuable or not. There are editors that focus on the big picture and there are editors who focus on the details like I do. While I do find some details to be excessive, I don't necessarily consider the information to be useless or delete it outright without some sort of discussion. The only time I would consider deleting something outright is a poor photo of a bus that hasn't been retired. The other issue here is that discussions don't take place as often anymore. Everyone has a different schedule. I used to be heavily involved with making major changes a few years ago, but now I'm rarely active. As for information for where vehicles are disposed of, I usually put whatever I can find even if it's just the state. I too prefer to write down everything. If the information we find was previously found from a source that could be accessed by the public, then there should be no reasons to have the information censored or restricted here. Send me pages that need to have some information brought back and I will review it slowly as time permits. I have a lot of catching up to do. Usually I change everything to NFI, as I do not like the inconsistency either. [[New Flyer]] redirects to the New Flyer Industries page, so [[New Flyer|NFI]] is usually the route I go.

I am a moderator as well though. I have made information moves in the past without an issue and have advised other editors to do so. I didn't simply delete it without considering the impact to the page the info may have had. The guidelines for the notes section may need to be reviewed, as they aren't specific on what should and should not be there. This is why I started this discussion despite being another moderator.

What about "TDH4619 171" instead?

Hi @Articulated, I wanted to ask what the guidelines are for fleet information. In the past I was told to move more detailed information to fleet pages and write "view the fleet page for detailed disposition info" under the retirement date. However I noticed earlier this year on the Houston Metro page, you deleted all of the detailed info that was on the main page and did not add those to the individual fleet pages. That info took years to compile, so I was quite disheartened to come back and see everything I wrote deleted. @ctrabs74 had the same concern as well on your talk page. I can understand the concern of having too many details on the main page, but I believe those details should at least be moved to the fleet pages before removing them from the main page. I also believe retirement years should be noted in the fleet notes of the retired fleet (along with the note to view the fleet page for more info). If there isn't a fleet page created yet, I believe the detailed info should at least be able to remain on the main page until a fleet page is made. https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Transit_Authority_of_Harris_County&diff=778722&oldid=778396

I've used my friend's public surplus account and I still wasn't able to see them. I think you need to be an employee or have an administrative account to see any past auctions now unless you actually bidded on that auction itself.

I think originally I was in favor of having the model number and serial ending number combined because that's actually how the VINs were entered in vehicle registries. However, if it is too cluttered looking on the VIN pages, then I think it can be removed. I would prefer them on the vehicle fleet pages, but maybe I can keep it on specific pages for U.S. models. Technically the model and serial ending number is the full serial, but they appear separate on builder plates.

Looks like the site was down for a little while today. I'm rarely on here these days, but I was surprised to see a 503 error the one time I return.

There already is a 2938-a file.

Done: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Detroit_Department_of_Transportation_2200-2239 Looks like you'll have to update a lot of pages with the new page title here: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/Detroit_Department_of_Transportation_2200-2227

Looks like Bumper Mobile App (requires account/payment to view reports) will show the VIN when you search by license plate. I found this out last weekend. The desktop version does not do this. This could be useful. https://www.bumper.com/

I'm very surprised to see a Sparta Remix here hahaha. Also Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi. I do not see people reference that show much often. 2 things I was into a very long time ago.

Done https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Roam_1034 https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/Roam_1034-1035 Done https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Alhambra_Community_Transit_29-30 https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/Alhambra_Community_Transit_29 Done https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Fairfax_Connector_7877-7892 https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/Fairfax_Connector_7877-7888

Actions completed. I've refrained from splitting these pages, as there are several pages where multiple model years exist in 1 fleet. I don't think a page split is necessary in this case.

Can you change "4699" to "4700" on the following pages: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/Washington_Metropolitan_Area_Transit_Authority_4600-4699 Action completed. Thanks.

I've got this on repeat right now:

I may need to call @A. Wong for this one. I've had a fatal error occur in the past when trying to fix capitalization on page titles without adding or removing any words.

None of your requests will be considered unless they are posted in the correct channel. For the 3rd time, this is not the channel to ask for such requests.

Yes, but not sure why. I never found out who he was either unfortunately.

Thank you @Articulated for taking care of these. I've been busy with work and haven't been frequently checking the forum.

This is not a photo submission thread........ Also read this: https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/CPTDB_Wiki:Photographs#Photo_Quality

Is there a way you can contact @Dave Mackey and have him communicate on the forum instead of the wiki talk pages? Page has been renamed.

This has been a trend since 2019, hence why we recommend archiving nearly all external links when possible,