Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Car Racing

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WikiProject Sports Car Racing is a collective effort by Wikipedia editors to create, maintain, expand, update, and align articles about all elements of sports car racing.

MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans
MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans
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[edit] Introduction

The purpose of this project is to bring information on sports car racing to Wikipedia and thus into public view. By having a collaborative effort, we will be able to present information about sportscar racing in a standardized fashion that will allow people to find the information they want on sportscar racing with ease. At the same time we will also be able to help articles expand and provide fact checking for others, giving us truly encyclopedic information. Most of all, as editors and sports car racing fans, we will be able to expand our own knowledge of the sport by working with others who enjoy this sport as much as we do.

[edit] What This WikiProject Covers

WikiProject Sports Car Racing will cover various areas in motorsports. By our definition, sports car racing will include racing involving racing sports cars (or prototypes) as well as Grand Touring style GT cars.

Please note that WikiProject Sports Car Racing will not be attempting to cover open wheel racing, touring car racing, stock car racing, rallying or anything else that does not fit within the definition of sports car racing.

[edit] Sports Car Racing Series

As of right now, this project covers not only currently active racing series, but also some defunct racing series as well. These series are currently being covered.

[edit] Current

[edit] Defunct

[edit] Members

If you are a sports car racing fan and have knowledge that can help the project, then I suggest you add yourself to our list. Any help in any form is worthy enough of joining.

Please sign your name at the bottom of the list with ~~~~ so we know your user name and the date you joined. Also, when signing, tick the "Watch this page" option at the bottom so that you can be kept up to date on changes to the project.

[edit] Current Members

[edit] Primary Tasks

The primary tasks of the project will be to produce articles about the basics of sports car racing. These articles will contain the most basic information about the subject like history, champions or winners, locations, notability, and so on.

The following are types of primary articles that should be dealt with first, with examples:

Example: Japan Le Mans Challenge
  • Sanctioning bodies
Example: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
  • Individual races with a long history or notability
Example: 1000km Nürburgring
  • Racing circuits with a long history or notability
Example: Sebring International Raceway
  • Manufacturers with a long history or notability
Example: Lola Racing Cars
  • Racing formulas
Example: Group 5 (racing)
  • Sports car technology and design
Example: Gurney flap
  • Sports car racing terminology
Example: Endurance racing

[edit] Secondary Tasks

These tasks are more in-depth, providing a wealth of information about specific areas of sportscar racing. These will take much longer then any of the primary tasks due to the vast amount of wealth necessary to complete the task.

The following are types of secondary articles that should be dealt with if you have specific knowledge about the large amount of information necessary, again with examples:

  • Individual championship seasons
Example: 1992 World Sportscar Championship season
  • Individual races in a season
Example: 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
  • Notable racing teams
Example: Ecurie Ecosse
  • Notable driver biographies and histories
Example: Johnny O'Connell
  • Racing circuits that lack a history, but are still notable
Example: Masaryk Circuit
  • Notable racing cars
Example: Porsche 911 GT1
  • Manufacturers that lack a history, but are still notable
Example: Dome (constructor)
  • Engine builders that are seperate from chassis manufacturers
Example: Judd (engine)
  • Adding photographs for articles
Example: Image:Gtp sports cars.jpg

[edit] Other Tasks

Other tasks that do not fit into primary or secondary categories are ones that can be done simple in free time, and have no set structure. This includes correcting typos, mistakes, and grammar errors in articles, as well asproofreading or proposing questions to editors regarding facts or substance.

If you create or find another other useful tools that you feel the rest of us should know about, feel free to add them to this list. If possible, inform others on this page's talk page so that some do not miss it.

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Car Racing: edit · history · watch · refresh

This is the current list of articles that members of WikiProject Sports Car Racing believe should be created, expanded, or maintained.

Feel free to add to the list as you feel necessary. If you have worked on a page listed here, please do not delete it, instead strike it through and it will be deleted from the list at a later time. To strike through, add <s> </s> around the link.
Here are some tasks you can do:

[edit] Tools

There are several tools to help editors create pages for sports car racing, especially when it comes to more specific articles.

[edit] Example Pages

The following example pages can be used by editors in order for us all to maintain similar styles when it comes to using these pages across Wikipedia:

[edit] Templates

All templates will be able to be found in Sports Car Racing templates, however here are a few notable ones.

Example: {{Michelin}} = M

General templates:

  • {{WikiProject Sports Car Racing}} or {{WPSCR}} - Used on the talk pages of all articles having to do with sports car racing. Add to any article that you know of that does not contain it yet.
Al Holbert's Löwenbräu Porsche 962. This article is part of WikiProject Sports Car Racing, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to various sports car racing series throughout the world. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
  • {{User WP:SCR}} - Can be added to the user page of any member of the project.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Sports Car Racing.

[edit] Categories

All pages should be linked in some way to categories. A list of all sports car racing categories currently created will be available in Category:Sports car racing.

Categories should following these rules:

  • Individual races should be contained in a category named "Category:(Year) in (Series)"
Example: Category:2006 in the American Le Mans Series
  • Individual seasons should be contained in a category named "Category:(Series)"
Example: Category:World Sportscar Championship
  • Multiple years of the same race should be contained in a category named "Category:(Racing event) Races"
Example: Category:24 Hours of Le Mans races

[edit] Suggestions and Ideas

Anyone is welcome to suggest new ideas, changes, or anything else that they may think up. Feel free to use the project's talk page as you feel necessary.

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[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Featured article candidates

[edit] Good article candidates

[edit] Did you know (DYK)s

[edit] Peer review requests

[edit] Helpful Links

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[edit] Series

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