Talk:2001 American Memorial

Usage of "template:flagathlete" as Manual of Style; redundancies
A few days ago, I noticed that the results of the 2001 American Memorial listed here under "Classification / Race" includes the name of the country of each driver, constructor and engine manufacturer in parenthesis, despite the country itself being already noted through the nation's flag, due to the use of Template:Flagathlete. I proceeded to fix this redundancy through an edit that used a different template, but this edit was reverted under the premise that it "broke the code for the sortable table" (which is fine and fair) "and going against MOS".

I don't really agree with the last part, considering the widely used method in racing pages (especially on IndyCar/CART and other Indy-style events) has been to just use Template:Flagicon for the nations, which allows to see the identity of the country by putting the cursor over the flag, and avoids the redudancy of having the country's name apart from the flag. Due to this being a "good article", it would be helpful to know if this particular page holds itself to a different standard compared to any other racing article (including those under the same "good article" consideration that also uses FlagIcon, i.e: 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship), what's the established MOS on this specific issue, and why's only followed on here.
 * I used flagicon when I originally added the table in and don't recall changing the style personally, although I wouldn't swear that I didn't as it's been a while since the table was first introduced. If it's a concern for you, I suggest bringing it up at WT:MOTOR, as they'll likely have a preferred convention for making the articles consistent. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 17:34, 29 July 2021 (UTC)