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It might interest the project that {{ Infobox former Champ Car driver}} has been nominated for deletion. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Should Category:Champ Car drivers be renamed to Category:CART Champ Car drivers to better distinguish it from Category:USAC Champ Car drivers? - The Bushranger One ping only 00:17, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
An editor has gotten very offended after I reverted their work and I wanted to know if I was being out of line by reverting. Since the level of offence (the editor is offended at me rather than behaving offensively so I'm asking for a peer-review.
The edit concerned is here: [1]
The debate continued on my talk page but the upshot is this is a non-championship driver competing in non-championship races only and I removed the results bar on the basis it was misleading to a) present non-championship races in a championship results bar and b) also misleading in providing links to championship articles and referring to a championship pointscore that this driver never once took part in.
The very similar equivalaent would be to include an FIA GT championship results bar for a driver who had only competed as a co-driver in the Nurburgring 24 hour, or a driver who had competed in Le Mans and adding an American Le Mans series bar, or some who drove in the Brands Hatch Race of Champions and including the Formula One drivers championship bar.
Comments please am I being too officious? -- Falcadore ( talk) 03:12, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Race engineer. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:47, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
List of drivers who have won in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR seems like a very short, pretty much pointless article in my opinion. I've combined it, quite easily, with List of drivers who have raced in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR. Are there any objections to it's deletion? Also, can some-one help me delete it if there aren't, because I am still unsure as to how to do that. Thanks, Bigdon128 ( talk) 20:34, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Falcadore did raise some very good points and I fully agree. I've gone and nominated it for deletion, please add your views (again) on the discussion page. QueenCake ( talk) 13:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
The 2012 Formula Renault UK season (which of course never happened) has been put up for deletion. Please add any comments on the discussion page. QueenCake ( talk) 14:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, folks! Months ago I created a stub article called Rally support truck. Now I thought of creating another one on motorcycle riders who assist leading riders, the equivalent of a Cycling domestique. We call them "mochileros" in Spanish, but I couldn't find the correct name in French or English. Here's three articles in Spanish who describe them. Can you help me? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 23:52, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Google translates that as "the backpackers" but that's pretty literal. Probably not the best to use. While I assumed something of this nature existed I have never heard mention of them by name. Anyone else have any thoughts? -- Sabre ball t c 18:52, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
This specific problem has come up in regards to Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, most commonly known as Albert von Thurn und Taxis. On the Template:FIA GT1 teams, drivers are listed by their last name only, and I currently have the prince under Thurn und Taxis. He is correctly of the House of Thurn und Taxis, but this is simply because this is the name of the country that they ruled, so it seems a bit wrong to be his last name. But at the same time, Albert is not his last name either. His full name according to our article is Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel, which is no help as I'm fairly certain none of those are last names. The359 ( Talk) 07:35, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Generally, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish names do not include lowercase particles in sorting, but do include uppercase particles. Some examples are: Otto von Bismarck is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Bismarck, Otto von}} and Alberto Di Chiara is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Chiara, Alberto}}.
(moved here from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sports_Car_Racing#Renamed_categories)
I notice that the following categories were recently speedily renamed:
with a rationale of "Matching rest of Category:Auto racing teams by series". I disagree with these changes on the basis that not all the members of the categories are "teams" - in some cases they are individuals, which is why the term "entrants" was selected when the categories were originally named. Also noting that there are other subcategories of Category:Auto racing teams by series which use the term "entrants" ( Category:Formula One entrants, Category:Formula Two entrants and Category:FIA Sportscar Championship entrants). Comments? DH85868993 ( talk) 14:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
A related discussion is in progress at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_29#Racing_teams. Feel free to express any views you may have on the matter there. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
User:Hgb1217 has gone around adding slashes ("/") to the ends of references and external links on lots of pages, breaking the links. I'm fixing what I can find but more eyes on his contributions in case he does it again wouldn't be a bad thing. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
A SPA has started significantly changing this article. I can't be sure if the edits are OK or not, so can y'all take a look? - The Bushranger One ping only 23:05, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I've just created an article on this pioneering track, but references - especially for the period of the track's closing - are scarce. Can anyone help out? Thanks! - The Bushranger One ping only 23:23, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
This new WikiProject would have the primary aim of creating and developing a page for each model (both old and new) of BMW motorcycle produced in the company's history. This would enable a highly valuable resource to be for both enthusiasts and restorers such as myself to be created, where extensive information about specifcations, development, modifications and the history behind could be found. Not only this, but it would encourage motorcycle enthusiasts, who would not normally have used Wikipedia, to both use its resources and to contribute to the project's pages, becoming part of the motorcycle fraternity which would be the driving force behind this community. Once this task has been completed of English Wikipedia, I, with help of other editors and members of the project, would like to then translate the pages into other languages (particularly German, in order to make the resources available in Germany, where many BMW enthusiasts and restorers are concentrated), and so contribute to the wider Wikipedia group. The WikiProject, would also contribute large numbers of pictures to Wikimedia, as part of its galleries.
In order to promote the group and encourage the growth of the articles in our scope, the WikiProject is not only being promoted to present editors who are currently active editing articles on BMW itself and motorcycles in general, but also notify groups such as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club and the BMW Club in the U.K., which would encourage members (20,000+) to contribute some of the extensive knowledge of the topic which is demonstrated by members of these clubs. Members of the WikiProject who are active in clubs outside of the U.K., would also be encouraged to promote the Project to their respective society, making the WikiProject multinational. Current, more experienced editors, would then help the 'new boys' to use Wikipedia and share their knowledge, which has often been built up during the course of a lifetime of passion for BMW motorcycles. This would enable us, together, to produce a resource which will help generations long into the future and help preserve and catalogue BMW's legacy in the motorcycle industry.
Currently, there are no such WikiProjects which would be dedicated solely to the BMW motorcycles (not even BMW itself) and the development of pages on each individual model, in opposed to the current situation where some models are briefly referred on a BMW related page. This WikiProject would allow this community of people who are highly knowledgeable about this specific topic to develop articles in extreme depth, something not possible with larger groups, which could then be published on the world wide web, available gratis, as with all Wikipedia articles, to the public.
If successful, the idea could serve as a blueprint and be replicated for other motorcycle manufacturers.
Please visit the project proposal page, in order to see more details of the project and to join. Any questions or queries can be posted either on the proposal page, or I can be contacted directly on my talk page.
Many thanks and any help from fellow enthusiasts on this project, would be greatly appreciated.
DAFMM ( talk) 15:35, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
An editor has proposed the addition of extra fields to {{ Infobox racing car}}, to cater for cars with more than one power-plant location/types/energy-source. Please add any views you may have on the matter at Template talk:Infobox racing car#HowTo? Multi-Engined / Hybrid. DH85868993 ( talk) 11:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Motorsport for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 15:45, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
An IP editor has been adding results tables labelled "Japanese Top Formula Championship results" to various Japanese drivers' articles (e.g. Noritake Takahara, Aguri Suzuki, Satoru Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Hoshino). I believe the tables are combined Japanese Formula 2000/Formula Two/Formula 3000 results (see this post from the IP editor on my talk page). What's the best title for the tables (or should they be divided into the individual formulae)? DH85868993 ( talk) 14:28, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Do we have a definitive list of which series are sufficiently notable to include results tables in driver bio articles? I've noticed a few instances lately where an editor has added a results table to a driver bio article and then another editor has come along and removed it on the basis that the series is not sufficiently notable. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix has been nominated for GA article status. According to the article's talk page it's still rated C class. Can you jump ranks like that? I thought you had to be at least A class before you could be nominated for GA. -- Sabre ball t c 19:47, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Is the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, created in March 2012, a continuation of the European Formula Three Championship that took place from 1975 to 1984? They do, on the one hand, share the same name; on the other hand, FIA's announcement referred to "the creation of a new international series". If one is not the successor of the other, the articles and associated categories (see Category:European Formula Three Championship) need to be split. If it is, then the article should be updated to reflect this fact. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 18:49, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
So... should the article be revised to indicate that the competition is active once again—the article text currently reads, "FIA European Formula Three Championship was a ... racing competition" (emphasis added)—or should a new article be created for the current incarnation? I'm happy to do the legwork but would like to leave the decision of what to do in the hands of those who have past experience with motorsport-related articles. Thanks, -- Black Falcon ( talk) 17:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I've been notified that Category:Hillclimbing races has been nominated for renaming to Category:Hillclimbs. Please leave comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Template:DTM driver results legend has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.
DH85868993 (
talk) 08:55, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
FYI, {{ F1 driver results legend}}, {{ F1 driver results legend 2}} and {{ F1 driver results legend 3}} have recently been renamed to {{ Motorsport driver results legend}}, {{ Motorsport driver results legend 2}} and {{ Motorsport driver results legend 3}}. You are welcome to join the discussion at WP:F1. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. --
Falcadore (
talk) 11:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated Category:Rally templates for merging into Category:Rallying templates. You are invited to participate in the merger discussion. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 11:58, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Should sponsor names be attached to the category names for ChampCar races? See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy for the "Grand Prix of St. Petersburg" -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 08:38, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Minor New Zealand based open wheel driver Chris Vlok has created his own Wikipedia article. Considering the problems we had with Ash Bettridge subsequent to him creating his own article, I'm requesting some comment with how to handle this. -- Falcadore ( talk) 22:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
Thoughts on whether this person meets notability guidelines? If not, an AfD should probably be filed. -- Mr. Vernon ( talk) 02:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys; just a quick and friendly reminder that WP:BLP applies across all pages on Wikipedia. I am sure you intended no harm with your comments above, but try to keep discussions such as neutral as you can! :) -- Errant ( chat!) 14:17, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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There's a futzed up move request at Talk:Formula E, that could use someone who can rebuild move requests. -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 13:11, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Looks like the Big Two are going to merge [3]. Best to go ahead and start thinking now on how to handle the categories post-merger instead of running around cleaning up when it happens. Hopefully the merged series will have an all-new name that'll simply allow for all-new categorisation... - The Bushranger One ping only 21:55, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Circuit maps tend to be used for the same purposes for each different circuit but there are a wide variety of different styles being used at the moment. I believe it would look better for there to be more consistency in our map design, and I'd like to start working on standardising the map designs used at present in Wikipedia, but wanted to get some consensus before starting this task as to what we actually want the maps to look like (a 'house style' if you like). Considering primarily 'road course' circuit maps and ignoring ovals and the like, as I see it, there are two primary uses of these on Wikipedia:
1) In a race infobox
2) In a circuit article
Presently, we tend to use the same image for both purposes. I believe we may be better to use two designs, as the requirements for the images are different in either case. The SVG format makes it easy to remove/add the detail, so this wouldn't create much extra work.
Here's a first draft of a possible design. They are intended to show the level of detail and style (and might not be 100% accurate). These are very similar to one that's already being used, which I believe provides the best balance between looking clean and tidy, being easy to read and provides an appropriate level of detail.
Infobox map proposal:
Circuit article map proposal:
Your suggestions please. AlexJ ( talk) 21:57, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Can this links be relaible sources for spelling Robert Vișoiu?
Cybervoron ( talk) 19:24, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, folks! Will anyone attend the 2012 FIA Prize Giving Gala? It could be a great opportunity to take pictures and videos of auto racing people. Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:14, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've added a topic here about the creation of standard type of circuit maps. Restu 20 18:33, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
The usage of Arrows is under discussion, see Talk:Arrows, where the page is suggested to be renamed to Arrows (F1) so that it can be redirected to Arrow as the plural form. -- 65.92.181.190 ( talk) 13:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Triple Crown of Motorsport has been nominated for deletion. Please express any views you may have on the matter at the AfD page. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:17, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
An RfC discussion about the MOS:FLAG restriction on the use of flag icons for sportspeople has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons. We invite all interested participants to provide their opinion here. Qwyrxian ( talk) 02:51, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
Excuse me, I don't know if it was Yvan Muller or Stéphane Ortelli the 1995 French Supertouring champion. Sources are conflicting. Can you find the actual winner and fix all the respective pages in all languages? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 18:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
(As posted on their page as the motosport infobox has priority (not nested within the other, mrv there first)
Hi
It seems that ' Template:Infobox NRHP' is having issues when nested with ' Template:Infobox motorsport venue'
In this article, Lime Rock Park, it seems to be producing an orphan parenthesis between the infobox and start of the first paragraph.
Any ideas?
Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:01, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Bringing this to the attention of the WikiProject. A user completely reformatted the page, including removing the infobox and removing all classifications past tenth place. In their place, we got a couple of images and a badly written lead. I reinstated the missing information only to find this morning that it had gone again. Can people keep an eye on this? If I'm wrong, feel free to tell me that I'm being an arse but it seems to me that the "revised" format is no improvement and makes the article less accurate. I also feel that consensus should have been gained first before the article was dramatically changed. Readro ( talk) 11:04, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Well, lets just agree to disagree then, seems like me (and the folks at FAC) have different perspectives than yours. But it doesn't matter :) About the list thing: I believe that, apart of the shortness of the writeable information, this article lists the racers of the event, and the position they got. Much like any yearly Latin Grammy Award article, which are also considered lists. — ΛΧΣ 21 22:18, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
In my opinion, we should post all the classified finishers in the results. As I stated previously, we are editing an online encyclopedia and should be striving to disseminate as much verifiable information as possible. I don't understand the idea of witholding information. Orsoni ( talk) 02:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Frietjes has proposed making changes to the various series-specific racing driver infoboxes ({{ Infobox F1 driver}}, {{ Infobox Le Mans driver}}, {{ Infobox WRC driver}}, etc) to allow them to be embedded inside {{ Infobox racing driver}}, such that a driver's article may contain a single infobox covering all the different series in which they have particpated, rather than multiple infoboxes - see Andy Priaulx as an example. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at Template_talk:Infobox_racing_driver#addition_of_modules. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:34, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Motoya Higuchi, Vladimir Tchekanine and Akitsugu Matsunaga are proposed for deletion for not being notable according to WP:NMOTORSPORT. These three drivers all raced in All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Can it be judged as a fully professional series? If it is one of the four major Formula Three championships that guarantee the winner an FIA Super Licence, I would call it a fully professional series. -- 217.227.120.184 ( talk) 19:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
F3 is a promotional formula. Drivers who run there aren't notable to me. Not Jack Harvey, Robin Frijns, etc. I understand that GP2 drivers get articles, but below that we shouldn't allow them. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 01:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Time for my annual post about incomplete season articles. The following series articles are little more than tables. Most of them don't even explain what they are, whether they are open wheel series, where they are held, who won the series! Apparently a series as important as DTM considers the point score system more important than the series champion.
The situation is also encouraging new editors to be likewise poor in seasonal coverage.
So while the majority of series are in hibernation perhaps we could spend a few days improving these articles.
Surely it would be more important and productive than arguing over whether Mercedes or Mercedes AMG is the correct terminiology for a constructor? Less minuatae!
No mention of series winner:
2012 All-Japan Formula Three season
2012 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship season
2012 American Le Mans Series season
2012 ASA Midwest Tour season
2012 Australian GT Championship season
2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
2012 Auto GP World Series season
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season
2012 British Formula Ford season
2012 British Formula Three season
2012 British GT season
2012 British Rally Championship season
2012 Campeonato Brasileiro de GT season
2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season
2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
2012 Dubai 24 Hour
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
2012 European F3 Open season
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season
2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
2012 European Le Mans Series season
2012 European Touring Car Cup season
2012 FIA Alternative Energies Cup season
2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season
2012 FIA European Truck Racing Championship season
2012 FIA Formula Two Championship season
2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season
2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season
2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season
2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup season
2012 Formula D season
2012 Formula LO season
2012 Formula Nippon season
2012 Formula Pilota China season
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season
2012 French F4 Championship season
2012 Ginetta GT Supercup season
2012 Ginetta Junior Championship season
2012 German Formula Three season
2012 H1 Unlimited season
2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
2012 International GT Open season
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
2012 Italian Formula Three season
2012 JK Racing Asia Series season
2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
2012 Lamborghini Super Trofeo season
2012 FIM Motocross World Championship season
2012 NACAM Rally Championship
2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season
2011–12 New Zealand V8 season
2012 Panam GP Series season
2012 Pirelli World Challenge season
2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
2012 Porsche Supercup season
2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season
2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season
2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season
2012 Superbike World Championship season
2012 Super GT season
2012 Supersport World Championship season
2012 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship season
2011–12 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season
2012 Toyota Racing Series
2012 Trans-Am season
2012 V8SuperTourer season
2012 V8 Utes season
Series winner mentioned but no season review:
2012 AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship season
2012 ARCA Racing Series season
2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship
2012 Brasileiro de Marcas season
2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season
2012 European Rally Championship season
2012 F1 Powerboat World Championship season
2012 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
2012 Fórmula Truck season
2012 Scottish Rally Championship season
2012 Speedway Elite League
2012 Stock Car Brasil season
2012 Superbike World Championship season
2012 Superstars Series season
2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season
2012 World Rally Championship season
2012 World Touring Car Championship season
Incomplete results:
2012 Australian GT Championship season
2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season
2012 Formula Pilota China season
2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
2012 V8 Utes season
Thank you for your time. --
Falcadore (
talk) 05:12, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
There's a discussion in progress regarding whether Formula 4 should be renamed to Formula Four. Please add any views you may have on the matter at Talk:Formula 4#Title. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
This is a courtesy message to inform the members of this project that I have nominated Portal:Sports for featured portal status. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Sports. The featured portal criteria are at Wikipedia:Featured portal criteria. Please feel free to weigh in. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:37, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
In recent time's I've noticed a number of motor racing season articles have shifted the focus of the season schedule so that pole position and race winner of each individual race is shown. This is data that is already shown in the results matrix, but more importantly what is happenning is this sereies which have a multiple race format where two, three or four races contribute to a round winner, this round winning detail, which is quite important, is now bwing lost so those obsessed with pole position stats can focus their attention on race stats compilation. I've found one editor in particularly is now insisting that almost every edit I make has to be run past them first so I appeal to the wider audience. Can we please stop deleting round winner data in favour of showing pole position twice. Round winner is more important the pole position anyway and certainly more important than showing it twice. -- Falcadore ( talk) 02:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Listing fastest laps is absolutely ridiculous. I'd remove polesitters too, it's not relevant enough to such a table. Having race winners is fine. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 00:08, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
I have a question. When you list driver changes in season websites, why do we list drivers who have left the series? When a driver signs a contract with a team in the majority of circumstances it is just for the seasons involved and not for anything beyond them. We are basically listing people who have nothing to do with the season. What is the rationale behind that?
Is it because we are assuming readers expect the drivers from a previous season are always going to continue into the next season? We are not supposed to assume the readers know anything about a subject. Each season is supposed to stand on its own merits. If a driver competed in a 2012 season but does not compete in the 2013 season, then it should not be mentioned any more than drivers who leave their series in 2011, or 2010 or 1976.
Comments? -- Falcadore ( talk) 05:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Listing which drivers left the championship is very relevant in major championships (F1, WRC, WEC, WTCC, DTM, Indy, Nascar), but not in junior championships.
Speaking of driver and team changes, I think that it should be encourage to write proper text, rather than the usual one-sentence bullet lists. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 00:11, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Haven't seen anything on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=timezone&prefix=Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject+Formula+One%2FArchive&fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search or related searches, and not sure if this is one for this project or perhaps an ancestor. Basically, what's with the timezone field in circuit infoboxes? Should this be changed everytime a circuit moves into or out of daylight savings? For instance, the UK and Silverstone will be on BST (GMT+1) come the Grand Prix in a few months, but the box says GMT. Especially as not everyone changes on the same dates, I think this could only lead to confusion.. Anyway, opening the floor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.224.15.183 ( talk) 18:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
file:Jim Clark Lotus.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 00:15, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Lotus Racing has been nominated for deletion. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at the deletion discussion. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed the recent addition of "Typical laptimes" tables to various racing circuit articles, e.g. Autodromo_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari#Typical_laptimes, Autódromo do Estoril#Typical_laptimes. Are these desirable? DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed the recent addition of "Major Race Results" tables to various racing circuit articles, e.g. Circuit_Mont-Tremblant#Former Series & Major Race Winners, Brands_Hatch#Major_Race_Results. Are these desirable? Here is a previous discussion on the topic. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I've just moved the Brands Hatch race results into their own page. Matt294069 ( talk) 00:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Some comment on recent chaanges to this article would be welcome. -- Falcadore ( talk) 14:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
I've been a WikiGnome and cleaned up the formatting for you Craig. :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 15:52, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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It might interest the project that {{ Infobox former Champ Car driver}} has been nominated for deletion. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:31, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Should Category:Champ Car drivers be renamed to Category:CART Champ Car drivers to better distinguish it from Category:USAC Champ Car drivers? - The Bushranger One ping only 00:17, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
An editor has gotten very offended after I reverted their work and I wanted to know if I was being out of line by reverting. Since the level of offence (the editor is offended at me rather than behaving offensively so I'm asking for a peer-review.
The edit concerned is here: [1]
The debate continued on my talk page but the upshot is this is a non-championship driver competing in non-championship races only and I removed the results bar on the basis it was misleading to a) present non-championship races in a championship results bar and b) also misleading in providing links to championship articles and referring to a championship pointscore that this driver never once took part in.
The very similar equivalaent would be to include an FIA GT championship results bar for a driver who had only competed as a co-driver in the Nurburgring 24 hour, or a driver who had competed in Le Mans and adding an American Le Mans series bar, or some who drove in the Brands Hatch Race of Champions and including the Formula One drivers championship bar.
Comments please am I being too officious? -- Falcadore ( talk) 03:12, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Race engineer. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:47, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
List of drivers who have won in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR seems like a very short, pretty much pointless article in my opinion. I've combined it, quite easily, with List of drivers who have raced in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR. Are there any objections to it's deletion? Also, can some-one help me delete it if there aren't, because I am still unsure as to how to do that. Thanks, Bigdon128 ( talk) 20:34, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Falcadore did raise some very good points and I fully agree. I've gone and nominated it for deletion, please add your views (again) on the discussion page. QueenCake ( talk) 13:58, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
The 2012 Formula Renault UK season (which of course never happened) has been put up for deletion. Please add any comments on the discussion page. QueenCake ( talk) 14:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, folks! Months ago I created a stub article called Rally support truck. Now I thought of creating another one on motorcycle riders who assist leading riders, the equivalent of a Cycling domestique. We call them "mochileros" in Spanish, but I couldn't find the correct name in French or English. Here's three articles in Spanish who describe them. Can you help me? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 23:52, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Google translates that as "the backpackers" but that's pretty literal. Probably not the best to use. While I assumed something of this nature existed I have never heard mention of them by name. Anyone else have any thoughts? -- Sabre ball t c 18:52, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
This specific problem has come up in regards to Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, most commonly known as Albert von Thurn und Taxis. On the Template:FIA GT1 teams, drivers are listed by their last name only, and I currently have the prince under Thurn und Taxis. He is correctly of the House of Thurn und Taxis, but this is simply because this is the name of the country that they ruled, so it seems a bit wrong to be his last name. But at the same time, Albert is not his last name either. His full name according to our article is Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel, which is no help as I'm fairly certain none of those are last names. The359 ( Talk) 07:35, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Generally, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish names do not include lowercase particles in sorting, but do include uppercase particles. Some examples are: Otto von Bismarck is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Bismarck, Otto von}} and Alberto Di Chiara is sorted {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Chiara, Alberto}}.
(moved here from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Sports_Car_Racing#Renamed_categories)
I notice that the following categories were recently speedily renamed:
with a rationale of "Matching rest of Category:Auto racing teams by series". I disagree with these changes on the basis that not all the members of the categories are "teams" - in some cases they are individuals, which is why the term "entrants" was selected when the categories were originally named. Also noting that there are other subcategories of Category:Auto racing teams by series which use the term "entrants" ( Category:Formula One entrants, Category:Formula Two entrants and Category:FIA Sportscar Championship entrants). Comments? DH85868993 ( talk) 14:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
A related discussion is in progress at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_29#Racing_teams. Feel free to express any views you may have on the matter there. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
User:Hgb1217 has gone around adding slashes ("/") to the ends of references and external links on lots of pages, breaking the links. I'm fixing what I can find but more eyes on his contributions in case he does it again wouldn't be a bad thing. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:12, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
A SPA has started significantly changing this article. I can't be sure if the edits are OK or not, so can y'all take a look? - The Bushranger One ping only 23:05, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I've just created an article on this pioneering track, but references - especially for the period of the track's closing - are scarce. Can anyone help out? Thanks! - The Bushranger One ping only 23:23, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
This new WikiProject would have the primary aim of creating and developing a page for each model (both old and new) of BMW motorcycle produced in the company's history. This would enable a highly valuable resource to be for both enthusiasts and restorers such as myself to be created, where extensive information about specifcations, development, modifications and the history behind could be found. Not only this, but it would encourage motorcycle enthusiasts, who would not normally have used Wikipedia, to both use its resources and to contribute to the project's pages, becoming part of the motorcycle fraternity which would be the driving force behind this community. Once this task has been completed of English Wikipedia, I, with help of other editors and members of the project, would like to then translate the pages into other languages (particularly German, in order to make the resources available in Germany, where many BMW enthusiasts and restorers are concentrated), and so contribute to the wider Wikipedia group. The WikiProject, would also contribute large numbers of pictures to Wikimedia, as part of its galleries.
In order to promote the group and encourage the growth of the articles in our scope, the WikiProject is not only being promoted to present editors who are currently active editing articles on BMW itself and motorcycles in general, but also notify groups such as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club and the BMW Club in the U.K., which would encourage members (20,000+) to contribute some of the extensive knowledge of the topic which is demonstrated by members of these clubs. Members of the WikiProject who are active in clubs outside of the U.K., would also be encouraged to promote the Project to their respective society, making the WikiProject multinational. Current, more experienced editors, would then help the 'new boys' to use Wikipedia and share their knowledge, which has often been built up during the course of a lifetime of passion for BMW motorcycles. This would enable us, together, to produce a resource which will help generations long into the future and help preserve and catalogue BMW's legacy in the motorcycle industry.
Currently, there are no such WikiProjects which would be dedicated solely to the BMW motorcycles (not even BMW itself) and the development of pages on each individual model, in opposed to the current situation where some models are briefly referred on a BMW related page. This WikiProject would allow this community of people who are highly knowledgeable about this specific topic to develop articles in extreme depth, something not possible with larger groups, which could then be published on the world wide web, available gratis, as with all Wikipedia articles, to the public.
If successful, the idea could serve as a blueprint and be replicated for other motorcycle manufacturers.
Please visit the project proposal page, in order to see more details of the project and to join. Any questions or queries can be posted either on the proposal page, or I can be contacted directly on my talk page.
Many thanks and any help from fellow enthusiasts on this project, would be greatly appreciated.
DAFMM ( talk) 15:35, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
An editor has proposed the addition of extra fields to {{ Infobox racing car}}, to cater for cars with more than one power-plant location/types/energy-source. Please add any views you may have on the matter at Template talk:Infobox racing car#HowTo? Multi-Engined / Hybrid. DH85868993 ( talk) 11:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Motorsport for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. - Mabeenot ( talk) 15:45, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
An IP editor has been adding results tables labelled "Japanese Top Formula Championship results" to various Japanese drivers' articles (e.g. Noritake Takahara, Aguri Suzuki, Satoru Nakajima, Kazuyoshi Hoshino). I believe the tables are combined Japanese Formula 2000/Formula Two/Formula 3000 results (see this post from the IP editor on my talk page). What's the best title for the tables (or should they be divided into the individual formulae)? DH85868993 ( talk) 14:28, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Do we have a definitive list of which series are sufficiently notable to include results tables in driver bio articles? I've noticed a few instances lately where an editor has added a results table to a driver bio article and then another editor has come along and removed it on the basis that the series is not sufficiently notable. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix has been nominated for GA article status. According to the article's talk page it's still rated C class. Can you jump ranks like that? I thought you had to be at least A class before you could be nominated for GA. -- Sabre ball t c 19:47, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Is the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, created in March 2012, a continuation of the European Formula Three Championship that took place from 1975 to 1984? They do, on the one hand, share the same name; on the other hand, FIA's announcement referred to "the creation of a new international series". If one is not the successor of the other, the articles and associated categories (see Category:European Formula Three Championship) need to be split. If it is, then the article should be updated to reflect this fact. -- Black Falcon ( talk) 18:49, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
So... should the article be revised to indicate that the competition is active once again—the article text currently reads, "FIA European Formula Three Championship was a ... racing competition" (emphasis added)—or should a new article be created for the current incarnation? I'm happy to do the legwork but would like to leave the decision of what to do in the hands of those who have past experience with motorsport-related articles. Thanks, -- Black Falcon ( talk) 17:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello! I've been notified that Category:Hillclimbing races has been nominated for renaming to Category:Hillclimbs. Please leave comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Template:DTM driver results legend has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page.
DH85868993 (
talk) 08:55, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
FYI, {{ F1 driver results legend}}, {{ F1 driver results legend 2}} and {{ F1 driver results legend 3}} have recently been renamed to {{ Motorsport driver results legend}}, {{ Motorsport driver results legend 2}} and {{ Motorsport driver results legend 3}}. You are welcome to join the discussion at WP:F1. DH85868993 ( talk) 01:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. --
Falcadore (
talk) 11:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
I have nominated Category:Rally templates for merging into Category:Rallying templates. You are invited to participate in the merger discussion. Regards. DH85868993 ( talk) 11:58, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Should sponsor names be attached to the category names for ChampCar races? See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy for the "Grand Prix of St. Petersburg" -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 08:38, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Minor New Zealand based open wheel driver Chris Vlok has created his own Wikipedia article. Considering the problems we had with Ash Bettridge subsequent to him creating his own article, I'm requesting some comment with how to handle this. -- Falcadore ( talk) 22:17, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
Thoughts on whether this person meets notability guidelines? If not, an AfD should probably be filed. -- Mr. Vernon ( talk) 02:33, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hey guys; just a quick and friendly reminder that WP:BLP applies across all pages on Wikipedia. I am sure you intended no harm with your comments above, but try to keep discussions such as neutral as you can! :) -- Errant ( chat!) 14:17, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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There's a futzed up move request at Talk:Formula E, that could use someone who can rebuild move requests. -- 76.65.128.252 ( talk) 13:11, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Looks like the Big Two are going to merge [3]. Best to go ahead and start thinking now on how to handle the categories post-merger instead of running around cleaning up when it happens. Hopefully the merged series will have an all-new name that'll simply allow for all-new categorisation... - The Bushranger One ping only 21:55, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
Circuit maps tend to be used for the same purposes for each different circuit but there are a wide variety of different styles being used at the moment. I believe it would look better for there to be more consistency in our map design, and I'd like to start working on standardising the map designs used at present in Wikipedia, but wanted to get some consensus before starting this task as to what we actually want the maps to look like (a 'house style' if you like). Considering primarily 'road course' circuit maps and ignoring ovals and the like, as I see it, there are two primary uses of these on Wikipedia:
1) In a race infobox
2) In a circuit article
Presently, we tend to use the same image for both purposes. I believe we may be better to use two designs, as the requirements for the images are different in either case. The SVG format makes it easy to remove/add the detail, so this wouldn't create much extra work.
Here's a first draft of a possible design. They are intended to show the level of detail and style (and might not be 100% accurate). These are very similar to one that's already being used, which I believe provides the best balance between looking clean and tidy, being easy to read and provides an appropriate level of detail.
Infobox map proposal:
Circuit article map proposal:
Your suggestions please. AlexJ ( talk) 21:57, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
Can this links be relaible sources for spelling Robert Vișoiu?
Cybervoron ( talk) 19:24, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Hello, folks! Will anyone attend the 2012 FIA Prize Giving Gala? It could be a great opportunity to take pictures and videos of auto racing people. Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 15:14, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I've added a topic here about the creation of standard type of circuit maps. Restu 20 18:33, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
The usage of Arrows is under discussion, see Talk:Arrows, where the page is suggested to be renamed to Arrows (F1) so that it can be redirected to Arrow as the plural form. -- 65.92.181.190 ( talk) 13:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
Triple Crown of Motorsport has been nominated for deletion. Please express any views you may have on the matter at the AfD page. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:17, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
An RfC discussion about the MOS:FLAG restriction on the use of flag icons for sportspeople has been opened at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Icons. We invite all interested participants to provide their opinion here. Qwyrxian ( talk) 02:51, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
Excuse me, I don't know if it was Yvan Muller or Stéphane Ortelli the 1995 French Supertouring champion. Sources are conflicting. Can you find the actual winner and fix all the respective pages in all languages? Thanks! -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 18:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
(As posted on their page as the motosport infobox has priority (not nested within the other, mrv there first)
Hi
It seems that ' Template:Infobox NRHP' is having issues when nested with ' Template:Infobox motorsport venue'
In this article, Lime Rock Park, it seems to be producing an orphan parenthesis between the infobox and start of the first paragraph.
Any ideas?
Thanks Chaosdruid ( talk) 01:01, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Bringing this to the attention of the WikiProject. A user completely reformatted the page, including removing the infobox and removing all classifications past tenth place. In their place, we got a couple of images and a badly written lead. I reinstated the missing information only to find this morning that it had gone again. Can people keep an eye on this? If I'm wrong, feel free to tell me that I'm being an arse but it seems to me that the "revised" format is no improvement and makes the article less accurate. I also feel that consensus should have been gained first before the article was dramatically changed. Readro ( talk) 11:04, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Well, lets just agree to disagree then, seems like me (and the folks at FAC) have different perspectives than yours. But it doesn't matter :) About the list thing: I believe that, apart of the shortness of the writeable information, this article lists the racers of the event, and the position they got. Much like any yearly Latin Grammy Award article, which are also considered lists. — ΛΧΣ 21 22:18, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
In my opinion, we should post all the classified finishers in the results. As I stated previously, we are editing an online encyclopedia and should be striving to disseminate as much verifiable information as possible. I don't understand the idea of witholding information. Orsoni ( talk) 02:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
User:Frietjes has proposed making changes to the various series-specific racing driver infoboxes ({{ Infobox F1 driver}}, {{ Infobox Le Mans driver}}, {{ Infobox WRC driver}}, etc) to allow them to be embedded inside {{ Infobox racing driver}}, such that a driver's article may contain a single infobox covering all the different series in which they have particpated, rather than multiple infoboxes - see Andy Priaulx as an example. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at Template_talk:Infobox_racing_driver#addition_of_modules. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:34, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Motoya Higuchi, Vladimir Tchekanine and Akitsugu Matsunaga are proposed for deletion for not being notable according to WP:NMOTORSPORT. These three drivers all raced in All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Can it be judged as a fully professional series? If it is one of the four major Formula Three championships that guarantee the winner an FIA Super Licence, I would call it a fully professional series. -- 217.227.120.184 ( talk) 19:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
F3 is a promotional formula. Drivers who run there aren't notable to me. Not Jack Harvey, Robin Frijns, etc. I understand that GP2 drivers get articles, but below that we shouldn't allow them. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 01:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Time for my annual post about incomplete season articles. The following series articles are little more than tables. Most of them don't even explain what they are, whether they are open wheel series, where they are held, who won the series! Apparently a series as important as DTM considers the point score system more important than the series champion.
The situation is also encouraging new editors to be likewise poor in seasonal coverage.
So while the majority of series are in hibernation perhaps we could spend a few days improving these articles.
Surely it would be more important and productive than arguing over whether Mercedes or Mercedes AMG is the correct terminiology for a constructor? Less minuatae!
No mention of series winner:
2012 All-Japan Formula Three season
2012 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship season
2012 American Le Mans Series season
2012 ASA Midwest Tour season
2012 Australian GT Championship season
2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
2012 Auto GP World Series season
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season
2012 British Formula Ford season
2012 British Formula Three season
2012 British GT season
2012 British Rally Championship season
2012 Campeonato Brasileiro de GT season
2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season
2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
2012 Dubai 24 Hour
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
2012 European F3 Open season
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season
2012 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season
2012 European Le Mans Series season
2012 European Touring Car Cup season
2012 FIA Alternative Energies Cup season
2012 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season
2012 FIA European Truck Racing Championship season
2012 FIA Formula Two Championship season
2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season
2012 FIA GT3 European Championship season
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season
2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season
2012 Formula BMW Talent Cup season
2012 Formula D season
2012 Formula LO season
2012 Formula Nippon season
2012 Formula Pilota China season
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season
2012 French F4 Championship season
2012 Ginetta GT Supercup season
2012 Ginetta Junior Championship season
2012 German Formula Three season
2012 H1 Unlimited season
2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
2012 International GT Open season
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
2012 Italian Formula Three season
2012 JK Racing Asia Series season
2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
2012 Lamborghini Super Trofeo season
2012 FIM Motocross World Championship season
2012 NACAM Rally Championship
2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season
2011–12 New Zealand V8 season
2012 Panam GP Series season
2012 Pirelli World Challenge season
2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
2012 Porsche Supercup season
2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season
2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season
2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season
2012 Superbike World Championship season
2012 Super GT season
2012 Supersport World Championship season
2012 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship season
2011–12 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup season
2012 Toyota Racing Series
2012 Trans-Am season
2012 V8SuperTourer season
2012 V8 Utes season
Series winner mentioned but no season review:
2012 AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship season
2012 ARCA Racing Series season
2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship
2012 Brasileiro de Marcas season
2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
2012 Copa Fiat Brasil season
2012 European Rally Championship season
2012 F1 Powerboat World Championship season
2012 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
2012 Fórmula Truck season
2012 Scottish Rally Championship season
2012 Speedway Elite League
2012 Stock Car Brasil season
2012 Superbike World Championship season
2012 Superstars Series season
2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season
2012 World Rally Championship season
2012 World Touring Car Championship season
Incomplete results:
2012 Australian GT Championship season
2012 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
2012 Australian Sports Sedan season
2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season
2012 Formula Pilota China season
2012 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
2012 V8 Utes season
Thank you for your time. --
Falcadore (
talk) 05:12, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
There's a discussion in progress regarding whether Formula 4 should be renamed to Formula Four. Please add any views you may have on the matter at Talk:Formula 4#Title. Thanks. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
This is a courtesy message to inform the members of this project that I have nominated Portal:Sports for featured portal status. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Sports. The featured portal criteria are at Wikipedia:Featured portal criteria. Please feel free to weigh in. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:37, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
In recent time's I've noticed a number of motor racing season articles have shifted the focus of the season schedule so that pole position and race winner of each individual race is shown. This is data that is already shown in the results matrix, but more importantly what is happenning is this sereies which have a multiple race format where two, three or four races contribute to a round winner, this round winning detail, which is quite important, is now bwing lost so those obsessed with pole position stats can focus their attention on race stats compilation. I've found one editor in particularly is now insisting that almost every edit I make has to be run past them first so I appeal to the wider audience. Can we please stop deleting round winner data in favour of showing pole position twice. Round winner is more important the pole position anyway and certainly more important than showing it twice. -- Falcadore ( talk) 02:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
Listing fastest laps is absolutely ridiculous. I'd remove polesitters too, it's not relevant enough to such a table. Having race winners is fine. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 00:08, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
I have a question. When you list driver changes in season websites, why do we list drivers who have left the series? When a driver signs a contract with a team in the majority of circumstances it is just for the seasons involved and not for anything beyond them. We are basically listing people who have nothing to do with the season. What is the rationale behind that?
Is it because we are assuming readers expect the drivers from a previous season are always going to continue into the next season? We are not supposed to assume the readers know anything about a subject. Each season is supposed to stand on its own merits. If a driver competed in a 2012 season but does not compete in the 2013 season, then it should not be mentioned any more than drivers who leave their series in 2011, or 2010 or 1976.
Comments? -- Falcadore ( talk) 05:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Listing which drivers left the championship is very relevant in major championships (F1, WRC, WEC, WTCC, DTM, Indy, Nascar), but not in junior championships.
Speaking of driver and team changes, I think that it should be encourage to write proper text, rather than the usual one-sentence bullet lists. -- NaBUru38 ( talk) 00:11, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Haven't seen anything on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=timezone&prefix=Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject+Formula+One%2FArchive&fulltext=Search+archives&fulltext=Search or related searches, and not sure if this is one for this project or perhaps an ancestor. Basically, what's with the timezone field in circuit infoboxes? Should this be changed everytime a circuit moves into or out of daylight savings? For instance, the UK and Silverstone will be on BST (GMT+1) come the Grand Prix in a few months, but the box says GMT. Especially as not everyone changes on the same dates, I think this could only lead to confusion.. Anyway, opening the floor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.224.15.183 ( talk) 18:17, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
file:Jim Clark Lotus.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 ( talk) 00:15, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Lotus Racing has been nominated for deletion. You are welcome to express any views you may have on the matter at the deletion discussion. DH85868993 ( talk) 14:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed the recent addition of "Typical laptimes" tables to various racing circuit articles, e.g. Autodromo_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari#Typical_laptimes, Autódromo do Estoril#Typical_laptimes. Are these desirable? DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I've noticed the recent addition of "Major Race Results" tables to various racing circuit articles, e.g. Circuit_Mont-Tremblant#Former Series & Major Race Winners, Brands_Hatch#Major_Race_Results. Are these desirable? Here is a previous discussion on the topic. DH85868993 ( talk) 02:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
I've just moved the Brands Hatch race results into their own page. Matt294069 ( talk) 00:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
Some comment on recent chaanges to this article would be welcome. -- Falcadore ( talk) 14:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
I've been a WikiGnome and cleaned up the formatting for you Craig. :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 15:52, 5 June 2013 (UTC)