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jstdadd
12-11-2008, 11:48 AM
To All:

I am not a Wikipedia format expert, but I would bet that some here would understand how to properly edit Wikipedia.

There is much incorrect and outdated information on the Wikipedia pages, both for Aptera Motors (which is horrible) and the Aptera 2e page (which is just incorrect throughout.)

You have to be willing to spend some time and be responsive to the critics (which, I must admit, keeps me off Wikipedia as an author.) Certainly some here on this forum could provide reasonable corrections. Be sure to look at the 'talk' page for guidance before changing anything other than the trivial, and for clues as to what the reviewers are looking for. If you post pix, be sure and get licensing info or releases.

And line up your sources (<caveat> this forum is not considered a valid source, even though erroneous articles are considered valid sources </caveat>.)

Be aware, there are ridiculous discussions in the 'talk' on each of these pages; I believe that the Wiki Police would love to have some definitive discussion about things like how vehicle drag numbers should be interpreted, etc.

Aptera is providing us with a great vehicle, it would be nice if their 'external view' in Wikipedia were accurate and not misleading.

NeilBlanchard
12-11-2008, 09:32 PM
Hi,

How does one insert the images that we have of the 2e, on the Wikipedia page?

The 2e page looks pretty good to me, except for the missing images.

n_dawg
12-12-2008, 08:52 PM
There is much incorrect and outdated information on the Wikipedia pages, both for Aptera Motors (which is horrible) and the Aptera 2e page (which is just incorrect throughout.)

Can you be more specific?

IanO
12-13-2008, 01:01 PM
Hi,

How does one insert the images that we have of the 2e, on the Wikipedia page?

The 2e page looks pretty good to me, except for the missing images.

The easiest way is to get Aptera themselves to license a few of their renderings under an open source license (like Creative Commons) and have them upload them to the Wikimedia Commons. Otherwise, you have to go through a rather involved process of getting permission and treating it like a bug report in their tracking system (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:OTRS).