Talk:Tank truck

message: Deleted this stupid sentence : "hi, im bob and im gonna tell you about tank trucks. they are ver kool and can hold about 300 big dogs in it" Mundialecter (talk) 08:35, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I know it's a little late, but is the "In Popular culture" really completely Irrelevant? (though it could stand a trimming) Just putting it out there.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 05:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irrelvecnce? 

message: I removed the reference to the Transformers movies. I believe it is irrelevant and completely out of place, unless you are going to start listing every movie that has had a tanker truck in it. --205.132.119.9 (talk) 23:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie References 

message: It is not explained in the article. Would be helpful for people whose mother tongue isn't english! 95.119.218.182 (talk) 05:06, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm a native speaker of English, and I have no idea what it means.  Unless someone comes along to explain, we can certainly just rephrase. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: wikipedia is a good place to look up "Vat" (not "VAT"). It says, "A type of container such as a barrel, storage tank, or tub, often constructed of welded sheet stainless (corrosion resistant) steel, and used for holding, storing, and processing liquids such as milk, wine, and beer"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.245.14.103 (talk) 19:07, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I know what a "vat" is, but not how it applies to this article. I've never once heard the term "vatmobile"; it's either a non-American word (which is fine, and if someone could verify that, we could keep it) or it's vandalism. I've removed it until we get evidence of it's actual usage. Qwyrxian (talk) 21:52, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is 'vat'? 

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: Not moved. Several editors cite their own personal knowledge, which probably is not the best reason for doing the move. Consider proposing this move again if appropriate references can be found and if they show 'tanker' being more widely used. I'm a US resident and the phrase 'tank truck' sounds funny to me too. My own fiddling with Google suggests that both phrases are in wide use, even in the US. Check out http://tanktruck.org, apparently a serious US trade association called 'National Tank Trunk Carriers, Inc.' EdJohnston (talk) 02:43, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Tank truck →  – Apparently, this is the U.S. name for a tanker truck. I disagree. I'm not a good source of information in every single situation, but I can say this--this American would never call a tanker truck a "tank truck" and definitely doesn't think most Americans do either. "Tank trucks", umm, I dunno, carry tanks? Red Slash 02:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not recently. Red Slash 01:17, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

text: Okay, so they're called "tankers". But tanker is a disambiguation page so WP:NATURAL applies. Which is a better natural disambiguation target, tank truck or tanker truck? Given that your ngram shows that tanker truck has been more popular for 10+ years, I don't understand your oppose !vote, Apteva. Red Slash 01:16, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:Recentism. It is only barely more popular recently, and has been hugely less popular for a long time. The vast majority of all books available favor tank truck. Apteva (talk) 03:38, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move