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The section on Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour, which consist solely of "see Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour", should be rewritten to give some context on why to see it. RJFJR (talk) 20:01, 2 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Restructure?[edit]

There is a lot of great information in here but it's scattered throughout the page and doesn't follow the structure/flow of many of the Wiki pages about other major series.

I've just fixed a few obvious things such as moving the whole discussion about 2020 into the history section rather than having it in a standalone higher up the page. I'm not sure where to go from here though. It feels like major gamechangers like the WEC invitation and the crazy growth of the Praga class belong at the top of the article, in addition to keeping chronological detail in the history section (which is now looking pretty good)

There's also quite a lot that's not cited at all and it would be quite easy to find historical articles on those changes.

The info about 2020 was mixed in with the good info about the series focus on diversity, but we need a citation for the stated aims of the new series owners if that's why it's notable. For now I've just retitled the section that was called "2020" and did a minimal copywriting edit on the info about diversity. (To be clear this *is* a notable difference from other motorsport series so we ought to keep this in the article, but it needs to be put in the structure rather than left where it is now randomly in the middle of the article...)

Zaack23 (talk) 13:01, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're right - it's a bit of a jumble. I looked at this when I was adding Team BRIT, but I was a bit daunted about making the changes. Britcar is certainly growing in popularity and diversity, it's not all about rich old men indulging their hobbies. I felt compelled to create an article for Team BRIT since the team is such an inspiration for young disabled kids, showing them they don't have to be constrained by their disability. Inevitably my article got jumped on, but such is the fate of newbies to Wikipedia, I didn't want to go making big changes to the Britcar one. J R Spigot (talk) 17:20, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, you mean the "Copy Edit" tag on your Brit article? That did seem a bit harsh. I'm happy to give a bit of copyediting a go over there and put a few more citations in over there on Team BRIT.

If you have any sources that talk about inclusivity in UK motorsport in general they will be useful in a few places, we could have a go at collating some on my talk page or yours? Zaack23 (talk) 11:56, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I did find a few articles about Team BRIT which specifically talked about diversity and inclusivity, and the 'disabled driver racing' angle has been featured on video by Sky, Blue Peter, Nigel Farage (!) and others. Team BRIT has an autistic driver Bobby Trundley who drives with a paraplegic, and one of their female drivers is disabled and lesbian but that's not publicised. It's quite obvious how many race tracks are not wheelchair friendly also. I noticed the copyedit tag has gone but not by a registered user (?). I looked at the user who put the tag on and the second article of his was in severe need of copyedit , he used 'revealed' three times in two consecutive sentences.. J R Spigot (talk) 13:50, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]