Talk:Jody Scheckter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the Project's quality scale. [FAQ] (If you rated the article, please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
	This article is supported by the Sports and games work group.

This article is part of WikiProject IROC, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to the International Race of Champions. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, you can visit the project to-do page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. To view recent changes to the project's articles, please check out the related changes page.

	This article is part of WikiProject Formula One, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to Formula One, including drivers, teams and constructors, events and history. Feel free to join the project and help with any of the tasks or consult the project page for further information. View the task list Discuss the project Help out with Portal:Formula One
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.

	This article is part of a parent project - WikiProject Motorsport - which brings together motorsport-related WikiProjects. It aims to co-ordinate the projects and improve the common aspects of various categories of motorsport. Consult the project page for further information. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.
Top	This article has been rated as top-Importance on the Importance scale.

why the old south african flag? --Severino 10:26, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Can we get the old South African flag replaced please? I don't think it's necessary to use the old one. --nongolos 12:25, 02 January 2007 (UTC)

changed. --Severino 11:00, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Changed back - sorry I didn't see the discussion here first. The reason it was the old one is that the F1 wikiproject decided that the only consistent way to approach flags is to use the flag a driver actually raced under (for example that makes it absolutely clear that Mario Andretti should have the American flag, although he was born in Italy, because he became an American citizen and raced under that flag). That means that for Jody, and for all other SA drivers to date, the correct flag is the old one. It would be slightly odd, to my eyes at least, to show Jody the racing driver under a flag he never raced under. Obviously Jody's still alive, and lives 'under the new flag' now, but the article is almost entirely about his racing career (correctly) and the infobox needs to be consistent with the season racing results, which also use the old flag. 4u1e 07:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

hm, it seemed to me that the flag is shown to the "visualisation" of the nationality. in this respect it wouldnt have made sense to use the old one --Severino 13:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

But it would be inconsistent with, for example, 1979 Formula One season. Using the new flag there would be anachronistic. Whichever way we go, there will be an inconsistency. The only thing I can suggest is that you could bring the topic up in a general way at WikiProject Formula One. Using the flag a driver raced under is the currently agreed approach, for good reasons. However, if others there agree with your point, we could change the way this is done across the project. Cheers. 4u1e 22:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

if have no objection against using the old one after you explained it. however, it could be misunderstood by others the way i did. (scheckter is a living person and his nationality is still south african and RZA now has a different flag. but dont mind, there are bigger problems ;-) --Severino 23:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree that it will look odd to some, as I say, there isn't an ideal solution. If it becomes a regular issue we'll see whether we want to change this across the project. 4u1e 07:46, 18 January 2007 (UTC)