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i've created a template for the tracks used in V8 Supercar rounds, based on the F1 tack template. Being rather new to this should I just add it to the project page for all to see or do I need some sort of approval Cheebung 18:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Track template

check out the Sandown Raceway page to view the 1st attempt at the track template, note I havent uploaded a circuit image yet Cheebung 19:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] series name

Is the series (and our title article) V8 Supercar or V8 Supercars? This confusion has also led to us having both 2006 V8 Supercars season and 2006 V8 Supercar Season articles, which I've just proposed to be merged. --Scott Davis Talk 09:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rick Kelly

I could use some help at the Rick Kelly article. It has taken a bit of a pounding from vandals since Phillip Island (as you can imagine!), but if we expand it a bit more to give both sides of the story, that should keep everybody happy. --Qarnos 08:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] V8 Supercars page

I think the name should be changed to either "V8 Supecars Australia", or just "V8 Supercars". Curently it is titled V8 Supercar, which to me talks about the actual car and not the series. I believe that the series is actually titled V8 Supercars Australia, and as the article seems to be about the series/category primarily (in the same way as Australian Football League, for example) I think the article should be named as such. To make things more confusing, the opening line of the page uses V8 Supercars, and I put the 'Australia' part on my new infobox on the left. I will not make any changes until we can get some consensus on this. Cheers, Seth Cohen 01:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

This is essentially the same issue I raised two sections above, with no response. The website is www.v8supercar.com.au (no 's'), and it appears that website uses the singular V8 Supercar in the names of its two series. V8 Supercars Australia (with an 's') is the name of the organisation formerly known as AVESCO that runs the series. I'm not sure if this helps, or just adds to the confusion. --Scott Davis Talk 13:19, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Yeah... kinda complicates the issue more. The artcile seems to talk about three things: the series, the body that runs the series, and the car itself. As I see it, all three things require different names! My personal preference would be to name it V8 Supercars Australia, and talk about the series and cars within that... much in the same way that AFL is under the Australian Football League and not Australian rules football. It just happens that the "league" (series) and "body" have the same name in this case.

Also, I thought I'd add a new section because I realised nobody had responded to your appeal earlier, and thought maybe it would get more notice with a new section. Cheers, Seth Cohen 13:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name/scope of project

Speaking of naming issues, would it be unreasonable to suggest that this project be broaded to something along the lines of Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian motorsport?--cj | talk 19:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd be happy with that. --Scott Davis Talk 12:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
OK, I've gone ahead with the move and made the necessary updates. You might like to make further changes to the project page.--cj | talk 21:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 19:12, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help needed rolling over template

Does anybody have experience with year/season templates? How do we roll over the {{V8 Supercar Teams}} from the 2006 season to 2007? My guess is that we subst: it into articles that will not get the 2007 version, before starting to change the template, and ensure the text of any articles where info changes contains the 2006 info. Am I on the right track? --Scott Davis Talk 11:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007 V8 Supercar season

Hi. I have started an article on the 2007 V8 Supercar season based on the layout of the 2007 Formula One season. However I'm not sure whether to include a Results and Standing section like of the Formula One page due to the number of drivers that will drive in the season (60+ due to enduros). What does everyone think about this? --Birky21 05:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Child project of WikiProject Motorsport?

Any objections to me listing this WikiProject as a child WikiProject of WikiProject Motorsport? DH85868993 09:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Done. DH85868993 01:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Change to template name?

I recommend that template:V8 race report infobox be renamed as [[template:V8 Supercar race report infobox]] (or even just template:V8 Supercar race report, i.e. without the word "infobox"), for consistency with template:V8 Supercar Team, template:V8 Supercar Teams and template:V8 Supercar Driver ? DH85868993 09:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorisation of V8 Supercar templates

I've added:

Consider whether you want to have dedicated V8 Supercar subcategories for the template categories (as there are for Formula One and NASCAR), i.e. Category:V8 Supercar templates, Category:V8 Supercar infoboxes and Category:V8 Supercar navigational boxes. (Perhaps there aren't enough V8 Supercar templates to warrant their own subcategories). DH85868993 09:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elfin car photos

I don't think this manufacturer is competing with it's current cars but I'm hopeful someone out there is going to the one of the Motor Shows around Australia and can take some photos of either the Clubman or Streamliner (including the 50th Anniversary edition) as there are no free use ones (as far as I can tell).
Also historic photos for the Elfin car page would be great and creation of articles for the historic Elfin models if anybody is keen and there are no other priorities. thanks - Ctbolt 01:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changes in Templates

Hi, I'm currently making some changes over on the WikiProject Motorsport Assessment Page. Look in the statistics section. Only 240 articles have the template WikiProject Motorsport on it. I'm thererfore going to propose something (I think this has been discussed a while back). Can every single Motorsport article have the template on it's talk page. My reasoning for this is that some drivers have only the Formula One template on the article. However, surely (by the way, this goes for virtually all articles), they haven't got to Formula One someway. They haven't just been thrown into F1, I don't think any drivers done that. They've gone through other forms of Motorsport. Therefore, surely the Wikipedia Motorsport template is needed for every single Motorsport article?. I'm going to do a vote on this (on this page, plus the Motorsport project and all the child projects) so we can get a decision on this. By the way, don't bother voting on different projects, as only one of your votes will count! Davnel03 16:53, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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