Talk:2023 World Rally Championship

Reversion
"Edit-consensus from previous years, will add distance and dates once the calendar is announced (as well as leaving draft status)"

It's currently in draft. If the same content is going to be added before being published there's no reason to remove it now. Rally Wonk (talk) 11:32, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Given the first three rounds have confirmed, added a calendar table. Unnamelessness (talk) 04:21, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Regulation
Is there any sort of rule changes that would be implemented in 2023? I haven't found a single WP:RS mention any kind of rule changes. Unnamelessness (talk) 04:39, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Championships
"Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers, Manufacturers and Teams." - is it necessary to mention "Teams"? Pelmeen10 (talk) 21:31, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That is the Team's championship regulation that was introduced in 2021 and sort of implemented, just no competitors. Unnamelessness (talk) 12:57, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Central European Rally country flags
please provide WP:RS to support your POV. Per the current cited sources, ref #14 & #15, and the WRC official website, the EU flag is the flag for the rally. Unnamelessness (talk) 13:10, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Unnamelessness: Oh, now I see what you mean. On the official Wrc.com and Fia.com, they really have the EU flag there, I don't understand why? Before, I looked at all the sources directly next to text (# 12, 23, 24), none of them have it there. On the contrary, the official logo of the Central European Rally has three national flags there. Don't you think it would be more accurate that way? This looks like it is pan-European, for every other rally there are also states and even on the official website it is written AUT/CZE/DEU.Jirka.h23 (talk) 14:44, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think so. Suppose we have an event which is held across 20 nations, does that mean we have to put all 20 flags on the table? WP:SOAPBOX puts here. We have to present based on the sources we cited. Unnamelessness (talk) 11:56, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 20 states? That is very unlikely but why not, then we would put 20 flags there. Anyway, hopefully there won't be next year a senseless EU flag there, if it's not organized by the EU. And that would also solve your reminder about sources.Jirka.h23 (talk) 13:53, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Cited sources at the 2024 article also suggest the EU flag. Unnamelessness (talk) 14:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Source #12 does have the EU flag at the upper left part of the page, as does their season page. If the rally was called Rally Austria/Czechia/Germany I would be more inclined to agree with you, but it is Central Europe. The EU flag is used in many places to represent different meanings of Europe. Rally Wonk (talk) 14:50, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I’d like to point to all of you that this is not “the EU flag”. It is the flag of Europe and was created by the Council of Europe as flag to represent the entire continent of Europe. It was merely adopted by the EU as well thirty years later. It was never intended to only represent the European Union and never has only done. Most notably in sports it has been used to represent pan-European teams or events. For instance the European golf teams, which are not limited to the EU, of the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup use the flag of Europe as their flag.Tvx1 09:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Why are flags being used here anyway? The country is already specified in the "rally headquarters" column. If there are stages in other countries that can be specified in the prose. MOS:FLAG doesn't seem to be being followed here, regardless. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 15:03, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Where do you see it written in the prose? It is neither summarized in that table nor elsewhere. The only place where it is written is in the Calendar changes. You know, the WRC is being held for the first time in history in the Czech Republic, and I think after many years in Austria. And yet I didn't notice it from this article, I had to go through the news article again and only then did I find out the date it was even taking place. Don't you think it should have been better described here? Flags are also very visible even when you quickly scroll through the article. Thanks for your reply. Jirka.h23 (talk) 06:39, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * What if there is an event which is held outside of its host nation? For example, the 2024 Monte-Carlo Rally. Automobile Club de Monaco are the rally organizers, but it would be headquartered in France. Removing the flags would be misleading. Unnamelessness (talk) 11:51, 27 October 2023 (UTC)