Talk:Formula BMW

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Good article Formula BMW has been listed as one of the Everyday life good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
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[edit] GA on hold

I am going to put this article on hold for the easiest of mistakes to be fixed (sorry, my expectations are high). The article looks really good right now, but there are a few things that should be fixed before I'll pass it:

  • Fix all redirects. Just go through all of the links, and if it has to go through a redirect, fix the link so it goes directly to the correct article. There were at least ten or more throughout the article that I found.
Fixed. Remaining oddities are either pages with disambiguation links at the top or pipelined links where the article is titled in US English, but the term used in the article is UK English. 4u1e 19:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Either wikilink or describe some of the jargon a little more so people unfamiliar with Formula One and its practices can follow along. Examples would include: elimination heats/qualification heats, chassis, scrutineers (wikilink the first instance of this word, not the second), pitlane, and any other words you think may need to be described.
Fixed - to my eyes anyway! 4u1e 22:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Change 17 year old to 17-year-old. Same for 20 year old.
Done. 4u1e 22:49, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Again, these should be easy to fix and I'll pass the article once they are fixed. Contact me on my talk page when you're done or if you have any questions and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. If I don't hear from you, I'll come back in a week and either pass it or fail it based on its progress. --Nehrams2020 22:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to fail it for now, once these are fixed, please resubmit, you shouldn't have a problem getting it passed. --Nehrams2020 08:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Renominated. 4u1e 22:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA passed

Thanks for fixing the changes and I have passed this article according to the GA criteria. The article covers many aspects of the topic and is well-sourced. I recommend getting a peer review to see if there is anything else that could be improved as noticed by other editors. Also consider taking it to FA as well. Good work, and if you have the time please come help review an article or two at GAC to help remove the backlog. --Nehrams2020 22:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rosberg Finnish

Although Rosberg is now racing as a German, this suggests that he ran under the Finnish flag in FBMW in 2002 - should the article be changed? 4u1e (talk) 13:54, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced statements

Would the editor who added the unreferenced material to the Asia section please provide citations to reliable sources? If material cannot be cited, it can be challenged (which it just has) and subsequently removed. Adrian M. H. 21:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced content moved from article

In 2008, Nineteen-year-old Australian Chris Wootton, Filipino-Swiss karter Marlon Stöckinger, 16, and South African Simon Moss, also 16, have each earned a Formula BMW Pacific scholarship following exhaustive trials held at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit from December 13 to 16. The trio earn the title of Formula BMW Juniors, and will receive expert coaching and tuition throughout the season from BMW Motorsport professionals.[citation needed]

A fourth scholarship has been earmarked for 2007 Formula BMW Junior and Rookie Cup winner Kyle Mitchell of South Africa.[citation needed]

The Juniors, who were amongst 25 candidates from 12 different nations taking part in the trials, have each been offered 50,000 Euro (approximately 70,000 USD) of financial assistance towards the cost of a season in the region’s premier entry-level single seater series, as well as a full year in the unrivalled Formula BMW Pacific Education & Coaching programme.[citation needed]

The BMW Motorsport instructors who evaluated the candidates were Formula BMW Asia regular instructor Chris Wassermann of Austria, Enzo Mucci of the United Kingdom, and 2007 FIA GT2 Champion and 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship runner-up Dirk Müller of Germany.[citation needed]

Based in Brisbane, Chris Wootton began his motorsport career at the end of 2004 in the Gold Coast Christmas race meeting. He achieved instant success becoming rookie of the year in two classes in the 2005 Queensland Karter of the Year, as well as notching up several podiums during his debut season. With motorsport very much in his blood, the Wootton family has been involved in Australian motorsport since the 1960’s in both circuit racing and rallying.[citation needed]

Please only reinstate any content that can be satisfactorily referenced to GA standard, rewriting as required. Adrian M. H. 15:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)