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...seems like a relevant ball mark figure.-- SvenAERTS ( talk) 13:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
The result of the merge request was: Not moved. This has been open for a year with little input and no consensus for a move. Eagleash ( talk) 16:27, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Since Minitruck modifications mostly describes modifications for pickup trucks, it would make sense to merge that article to its appropriate section here. Minitruck modifications also has notability problems which justifies this merging, unless there is a better article it can move to. CubeSats 4U 07:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I know that Brits use the term 'lorry' where the US and Australia (my home) use the term 'truck'. But I've never hear the term 'pickup lorry' used. Since this was recently added to the article, I'd like to hear from some Brits about how common this term is and whether any other term is more common in the UK. Stepho talk 09:41, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Someone's just added a Tesla Cybertruck photo to the gallery ... 'ere we go. My feeling is that the article should include present and past production vehicles only. Otherwise we're going to see rampant creep. Not sure if there's any WP policy on this. -- Cornellier ( talk) 22:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
WP Image Use Policy gives guidelines at WP:GALLERY. Here are a few points:
Currently the gallery is not conformant to the above, in particular the following:
I believe that the onus is on those who wish to include these images to explain why they should be included. Right now it looks to me like a rather indiscriminate collection of photos. -- Cornellier ( talk) 23:20, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
JackFromReedsburg, Stepho-wrs, I wanted to respectfully step into these edits [ [1]],[ [2]]. In context I don't think the Japanese trucks make sense in that paragraph. While it appears the Japanese did have a 4 door pickup in Japan before the 4 door IH in the North American market, the context of that paragraph seems focused on the NA market. The limited distribution of the Japanese trucks at the time would have had no impact on the migration of trucks from purely utility vehicles to a personal/work vehicle. BTW, I'm also not sure I agree with the claim that it was the advent of the 4 door pickup that made trucks a popular personal vehicle. 4 door pickups were almost exclusively 3/4 or 1 ton models until sometime in the 90s (in the NA market). The majority of the personal use pickups have been 1/2 ton models. Perhaps things were different in markets like Australia. Still, that is my OR. Springee ( talk) 02:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
User:PhoenixBlitzkrieg has slapped a WP:CSB on the article. Is there evidence that the current state of the content is the result of systemic bias? Or is it a reflection of the available references? Or some other problem? Can PhoenixBlitzkrieg answer these questions and suggest ways to improve the article? Your goal is an improved article, not a tagged article. Please see WP:CLEANUPTAG for guidelines. -- Cornellier ( talk) 23:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I wonder why a pickup is so limited in payload capacity ... There are lots of so-called "half-ton trucks" out there and if I get that right their payload is 500 kg, i.e. half of a ton. My little European hatchback with just over 1,000 kg empty weight can carry 515 kg according to its papers ... and that already accounts for the weight of the driver (75 kg as per Euro standards) and a full gas tank, so 515 kg is what you can really load into the trunk in addition to your own bones. And that makes it a half-ton car officially. So I really wonder why a huge pickup "truck" cannot carry more than my tiny Euro hatchback car, at least in terms of weight. That a pickup can carry more bulky, voluminous items is well understood. -- Alexey Topol ( talk) 13:17, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
In all over the world: Nope. Only in US and Canada, this vehicle is a "Truck". Wikipedia English isn't the American Wikipedia, and so it must reflect a worldwide view of a non-American subject. In Europe and most part of the world, Pickups called "Light commercial vehicle". Only in the US it is called "Truck". זור987 ( talk) 12:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
זור987 ( talk · contribs) and myself are having a disagreement over the term "truck". Some markets, like America, call them "trucks". But in many other markets (such my home in Australia), just plain "truck" implies something that carries multiple tons of payload (eg a Mack truck). So that's not a good term by itself. However, they are still cargo carrying vehicles with open cargo platforms. So while they may not be labelled in all countries as just a plain "truck" they are still technically trucks - even if they are tiny. Some markets call them just "pickups". But practically every market will recognise "pickup truck", even if it's not the preferred term. Since Wikipedia is a global encyclopaedia, a term that is recognised by the majority of countries is preferred over a term that is not recognised. "Pickup truck" covers the majority of markets. Stepho talk 12:20, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Do cab chassis trucks which get sold with no bed and later get equipped with an upfit such as a utility bed count for the purposes of this article? I was thinking about including a picture of one such as this
Utility beds seem to fit the criteria in the introduction, but what does everyone else think?
Additionally, do flatbeds count for this article? I recently updated the flatbed dually picture to a better one and was wondering, since the introduction says a pickup truck has 3 low walls, whereas a flatbed doesn't seem to fulfill those criteria.
~~ TKOIII ( talk) 21:54, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to include that the Ford F150 Supercrew in the image has wind deflectors? That's not a feature unique to pickup trucks so I don't really see the relevance. If there's a valid reason for its inclusion though, let me know. ~~ TKOIII ( talk) 19:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The term pick up was for an attachment for the "model T" Ford the term pick-up became populur during the 1920's when you could buy an additio nfrom Ford ,and PICK IT UP at your local TRAIN DEPOT 209.193.54.43 ( talk) 05:17, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Pickup truck is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive. | ||||||||||
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...seems like a relevant ball mark figure.-- SvenAERTS ( talk) 13:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
The result of the merge request was: Not moved. This has been open for a year with little input and no consensus for a move. Eagleash ( talk) 16:27, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
Since Minitruck modifications mostly describes modifications for pickup trucks, it would make sense to merge that article to its appropriate section here. Minitruck modifications also has notability problems which justifies this merging, unless there is a better article it can move to. CubeSats 4U 07:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
I know that Brits use the term 'lorry' where the US and Australia (my home) use the term 'truck'. But I've never hear the term 'pickup lorry' used. Since this was recently added to the article, I'd like to hear from some Brits about how common this term is and whether any other term is more common in the UK. Stepho talk 09:41, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
Someone's just added a Tesla Cybertruck photo to the gallery ... 'ere we go. My feeling is that the article should include present and past production vehicles only. Otherwise we're going to see rampant creep. Not sure if there's any WP policy on this. -- Cornellier ( talk) 22:28, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
WP Image Use Policy gives guidelines at WP:GALLERY. Here are a few points:
Currently the gallery is not conformant to the above, in particular the following:
I believe that the onus is on those who wish to include these images to explain why they should be included. Right now it looks to me like a rather indiscriminate collection of photos. -- Cornellier ( talk) 23:20, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
JackFromReedsburg, Stepho-wrs, I wanted to respectfully step into these edits [ [1]],[ [2]]. In context I don't think the Japanese trucks make sense in that paragraph. While it appears the Japanese did have a 4 door pickup in Japan before the 4 door IH in the North American market, the context of that paragraph seems focused on the NA market. The limited distribution of the Japanese trucks at the time would have had no impact on the migration of trucks from purely utility vehicles to a personal/work vehicle. BTW, I'm also not sure I agree with the claim that it was the advent of the 4 door pickup that made trucks a popular personal vehicle. 4 door pickups were almost exclusively 3/4 or 1 ton models until sometime in the 90s (in the NA market). The majority of the personal use pickups have been 1/2 ton models. Perhaps things were different in markets like Australia. Still, that is my OR. Springee ( talk) 02:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
User:PhoenixBlitzkrieg has slapped a WP:CSB on the article. Is there evidence that the current state of the content is the result of systemic bias? Or is it a reflection of the available references? Or some other problem? Can PhoenixBlitzkrieg answer these questions and suggest ways to improve the article? Your goal is an improved article, not a tagged article. Please see WP:CLEANUPTAG for guidelines. -- Cornellier ( talk) 23:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
I wonder why a pickup is so limited in payload capacity ... There are lots of so-called "half-ton trucks" out there and if I get that right their payload is 500 kg, i.e. half of a ton. My little European hatchback with just over 1,000 kg empty weight can carry 515 kg according to its papers ... and that already accounts for the weight of the driver (75 kg as per Euro standards) and a full gas tank, so 515 kg is what you can really load into the trunk in addition to your own bones. And that makes it a half-ton car officially. So I really wonder why a huge pickup "truck" cannot carry more than my tiny Euro hatchback car, at least in terms of weight. That a pickup can carry more bulky, voluminous items is well understood. -- Alexey Topol ( talk) 13:17, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
In all over the world: Nope. Only in US and Canada, this vehicle is a "Truck". Wikipedia English isn't the American Wikipedia, and so it must reflect a worldwide view of a non-American subject. In Europe and most part of the world, Pickups called "Light commercial vehicle". Only in the US it is called "Truck". זור987 ( talk) 12:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
זור987 ( talk · contribs) and myself are having a disagreement over the term "truck". Some markets, like America, call them "trucks". But in many other markets (such my home in Australia), just plain "truck" implies something that carries multiple tons of payload (eg a Mack truck). So that's not a good term by itself. However, they are still cargo carrying vehicles with open cargo platforms. So while they may not be labelled in all countries as just a plain "truck" they are still technically trucks - even if they are tiny. Some markets call them just "pickups". But practically every market will recognise "pickup truck", even if it's not the preferred term. Since Wikipedia is a global encyclopaedia, a term that is recognised by the majority of countries is preferred over a term that is not recognised. "Pickup truck" covers the majority of markets. Stepho talk 12:20, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Do cab chassis trucks which get sold with no bed and later get equipped with an upfit such as a utility bed count for the purposes of this article? I was thinking about including a picture of one such as this
Utility beds seem to fit the criteria in the introduction, but what does everyone else think?
Additionally, do flatbeds count for this article? I recently updated the flatbed dually picture to a better one and was wondering, since the introduction says a pickup truck has 3 low walls, whereas a flatbed doesn't seem to fulfill those criteria.
~~ TKOIII ( talk) 21:54, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to include that the Ford F150 Supercrew in the image has wind deflectors? That's not a feature unique to pickup trucks so I don't really see the relevance. If there's a valid reason for its inclusion though, let me know. ~~ TKOIII ( talk) 19:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
The term pick up was for an attachment for the "model T" Ford the term pick-up became populur during the 1920's when you could buy an additio nfrom Ford ,and PICK IT UP at your local TRAIN DEPOT 209.193.54.43 ( talk) 05:17, 23 November 2023 (UTC)