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Why is there so much detail on this page about Ford trucks and SUVs which are not the Ranger? If they share a platform, they should be listed in "Related" in the infobox, get a brief one or two sentence mention, and links to their respective pages. --Vossanova ^o< 15:08, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The gallery, especially, is excessive. A brief mention of the fact that the Ranger chassis spawned other vehicles is sufficient. --Sable232 (talk) 23:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see that Mazda B series only features the international version of the truck; it directs to this page for the North American (post-1993) version. I'm not sure whether the Mazda section in this page should be moved to Mazda B series, or kept here, since the post-1993 B series was derived from the NA Ranger. It would be nice to have all the Mazda info and galleries on one page, but I know we like to keep rebadges in the same place. Beyond that, the Explorer Sport Trac, Explorer, Bronco II, and Aerostar sections can go for sure. --Vossanova ^o< 17:37, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since the B-series article is about a completely different lineage of truck, it would probably be less suitable to include the Ranger-based model there. It's so closely related to the Ranger that I feel it can remain in this article, although whether it's better to have a separate section at the end or have the information interspersed throughout I don't know. --Sable232 (talk) 19:37, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Undiscussed page split

The fourth-generation section was recently split off into Ford Ranger (fourth generation) with no discussion. I don't believe there is enough content there to justify a new article at this time, but I'd like to hear other opinions before considering a revert. --Sable232 (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support I also find it interesting that it showed up out of nowhere. While it should have been discussed further, I do agree with its format (to start with...) for a couple of reasons. First, a secondary article allows for an expansion of content without stretching the main article out too far in length (for example, think of how long the Ford F-Series article would be if one eliminated all the related secondary articles). Additionally, the new article performs the same function for the Ford Ranger (T6) article (the vehicle it from which it is derived). This article creation follows the example of Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf (admittedly, these are further evolved...). It also helps that this is a current production vehicle; a secondary article will likely grow in size and content along the way over the next few years. --SteveCof00 (talk) 11:00, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion I believe there is an error in the page regarding the generations. The 2019-2023 is known as the fifth generation, not fourth. Here is a supporting link from a Ford Dealer disclosing that the US did not receive the fourth generation Ranger https://www.fordlincolnofcookeville.com/blog-ford-ranger-generations-and-model-years/

--NewEnglandCivilEng (talk) 14:38, 26 March 2024(UTC)

Generational page split

While the current generation was split off into its own article without discussion, this topic is here for whether or not to do so on the other three generations. I Support the idea for several reasons, although it will be a fairly large undertaking.

Doing so will allow some streamlining of the article without an actual loss of content.
This has been done with Ford F-Series (admittedly, a model family involving several more articles)
The format of the Ford Ranger disambiguation page is a good base for including further article links.

Any thoughts? --SteveCof00 (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]