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 * George-Russell-PA.jpg

Wrong information?
The article says 'Russel will be the first driver in history to finish two consecutive seasons in the last position.' How can we know who will finish in the last position while there are still 4 races, at the time I'm writing? Eric Pignet (talk) 14:27, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That statement was added today and I have reverted those changes. --DB1729 (talk) 18:56, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2021
Change the picture of George Russel with this one : https://cdn.motorlat.com/administrator/uploads/13997_ektpwf9w4aal657.jpg. He, personally, requested it in a video that you can watch right here : https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2021/4/My_First_My_Last_-_Part_1__F1_drivers%27_first_cars___searching_for_themselves_online.html. Thank you! 2A02:2F07:3802:A300:20D3:59E6:1F33:E6BE (talk) 20:15, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Change the picture of George Russell, he has stated he didn't like how it looked, Reference → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhM_yNDPWjU @2:04 Jacob7russo (talk) 04:22, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Please show that the image in question is under an appropriate licence and does not have copyright restrictions which would exclude it from being usable on Wikipedia. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 20:29, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Please be aware, everyone who is currently switching the photo around, that you can't just upload someone else's photo and pretend it's yours. You can't just grab a photo online and whack it up here. If Sir George is sensitive about his photo then I suggest he uploads his own, preferred image. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: If you can find an image that does not have any copyright restrictions, then please reopen this request with a link to the image. Sincerely, Deauthorized. (talk) 21:42, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2021
George Russell recently said in a interview on the F1 YouTube account that he doesn't like the picture of him on his wikipedia page saying that "first impressions always count". All I want to do it change the picture to something more recent and flattering. I will attached the image below. Sally Sherman123 (talk) 05:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You have not attached an image. If you do find a picture of him, please make sure it does not have any copyright restrictions. Sincerely, Deauthorized. (talk) 05:41, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I removed the picture that Mr. Russell doesn't like. As  said earlier, he can upload his own preferred image. –Fredddie™ 05:46, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I have reverted that. A bad picture is better than no picture. SSSB (talk) 06:47, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey, what do you think about this one? George_Russell_Profile.jpg--MrFran55 (talk) 14:37, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I think it's almost certainly a copyrighted picture. I'll try to check that. --Urbanoc (talk) 14:40, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a copyvio stolen from Russell's social media: https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-N506BrZJ/. He didn't donate it to Wikipedia, and it's not even clear he's the actual copyright holder... --Urbanoc (talk) 14:59, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

And as a general note, please stop being so worried by a passing-by comment by Mr. Russell. The image isn't the best, but it's neither degrading nor inaccurate. If Mr. Russell really has such a big problem with it, he can fix it by donating a better picture to the WMF (you can comment that to him if you want...). I'm starting to be troubled by this, especially because of WP:COI as some comments here have too much of a concern for what he says... --Urbanoc (talk) 15:18, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh, ok. Yes I thought it wasn't acctually the author the one that uploaded the picture but well, I was not sure. And yes, let's wait until someone of his team upload other uncopyrighted pic or remain with this cover photo, that's acctually not bad at all as you said.--MrFran55 (talk) 15:26, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw you acted in good faith. My comment was more in a general sense, as I think it's time to let the topic die for now instead of opening a requested edit after another. We do what we can with what we have. :) --Urbanoc (talk) 15:44, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2021 (2)
Hello, recently I watched a video on F1 YouTube. George says he does not like this Picture of him on Wikipedia. I suggest that you can change it to something else. 116.88.41.149 (talk) 13:22, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Like what? We don't have a better picture. And a bad picture is better than no picture. If you have a suitable picture (see WP:IMAGES for what is suitable), please upload to commons. SSSB (talk) 13:50, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2021 (3)
Please change Profile Picture to a current better one - Thank you!

Maybe this one: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0291/2016/8035/products/WilliamsRussellTShirt@2x.jpg?v=1600942509 2603:8000:841:5FA3:B5E2:8ACC:E571:3C2F (talk) 22:34, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: WP:IMAGES. If you can find a suitable image without any copyright restrictions, then please upload it. Sincerely, Deauthorized. (talk) 22:52, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2021
86.59.166.178 (talk) 07:11, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. SSSB (talk) 07:29, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2021
The picture on the page must be change with the latest picture.

George Russell himself stated that he does not like that picture as it does not accurately depicts him. Joe Annnee (talk) 19:56, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: It has to be a free image, not a nonfree image.  NASCARfan0548  ↗  20:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Not done: - The current image is the most recent one available under a suitable licence of a usable quality. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 20:04, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Has anyone tried contacting George Russell to ask him to donate a photo? https://www.georgerussell63.com/contact Fences  &amp;  Windows  01:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 28 August 2021
– Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, most of the other articles at George Russell are either stubs or differentiated by a more WP:COMMONNAME. This article's pageviews also far outweigh any other entry at George Russell, indicating this is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and would likely be the desired article of any reader that searches for "George Russell". George Russell should be moved to George Russell (disambiguation) in this case. IronManCap (talk) 21:07, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * George Russell (racing driver) → George Russell
 * George Russell → George Russell (disambiguation)
 * Support per nom. FozzieHey (talk) 21:12, 28 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. JamesVilla44 (talk) 23:46, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Neutral comment - I have notified the jazz and horticulture Wikiprojects, as their George Russell's seem to be the most notable out of all the others on the disambiguation page, and they may not otherwise be aware of this discussion. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 06:14, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose: The current structure was introduced in 2009 prior to which the article on the jazz composer (now qualified as George Russell (composer)) was the primary topic. Prior to that point I recall being a bit uneasy that this primary position rather displaced the Irish writer Æ so accepted that the 2009 revision placed articles on a flatter playing field. While the article on this upcoming racing driver may be getting higher page views at this point (the first aspect atWP:PRIMARYTOPIC), I am unconvinced that the proposed change would meet the more long-term second aspect. I favour persisting with the status quo. AllyD (talk) 06:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * In terms of the second qualifier (substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term), this article is currently the most developed and well-referenced of any article at George Russell with 98 refs, compared to the other most notable namesakes: George Russell (composer)'s 15 and George Russell (horticulturist)'s 10. George William Russell is already established by a more WP:COMMONNAME, and a hatnote on that article takes care of any further ambiguities. IronManCap (talk) 09:29, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * You've jumbled up the long-term significance of a topic with the quality of an article. Article quality, including the number of sources, doesn't necessarily indicate anything about the significance of the topic (various people, in this instance). EddieHugh (talk) 13:33, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * What other metric for determining the significance of a topic is there other than sources, apart from original research? An article is naturally more likely to have more sources if the topic is more significant, surely? IronManCap (talk) 14:03, 29 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose per AllyD. There are 21 men listed upon the George Russell disambiguation page, all of whom [for disambiguation page purposes] are considered to be named "George Russell", regardless of middle names, initials, honorifics or other characteristics. Taking those facts into consideration, it does not seem likely that the historical notability of the 23-year-old racing driver has reached such a level that it overwhelms the combined renown of the other 20 men. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 13:03, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The vast majority of those 20 articles are either stubs or short start class articles, with the only two exceptions being George Russell (composer) and George William Russell, both of which are shorter, less well-referenced and receive far fewer page views than this article. Just because there are a great number of George Russells does not mean one cannot be a primary topic. Another example of a clear primary topic among many is Imran Khan (disambiguation). IronManCap (talk) 13:23, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, being the Prime Minister of Pakistan makes you a myriad orders of magnitude more notable and likely to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for an article title than being a young racing driver who hasn't even won a grand prix or scored a pole position in Formula One. If Russell becomes a world champion or a prolific race-winner then there will be an argument that he is the overwhelmingly the person who people searching for George Russell are likely to be searching for outside of a brief period where he happens to be the most notable George Russell currently alive. If Russell retired tomorrow then his career would be a footnote in Formula One history and it's highly doubtful that in ten years time there would be substantially more people interested in his article than in those of other George Russells. While I believe it is likely that he will establish long-term significance over others who share his name in the coming years, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 04:38, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose The stats (pageviews analysis) indicate that this GR caught up with GR (composer) in page views in 2017, and moved past him in 2018. WP:PRIMARYTOPIC – "A topic is primary for a term with respect to long-term significance if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than any other topic associated with that term." – I don't consider 3 years to be "enduring" enough to banish all other GRs to a disambig page. EddieHugh (talk) 13:44, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Having looked at other's arguments and the sourcing that has showed up, I ultimately believe that it is WP:TOOSOON to make this request. If Russell's career in F1 continues successfully I believe it's quite plausible he will become the primary topic, but right now his long term significance relative to others who share the same name has not been established, even if WP:RECENTISM makes it easy to believe that he is far more important and significant than any of them. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 17:20, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:10YEARTEST - I believe that the racing driver, even if he never drives in another Grand Prix, will be considered the primary topic still with that name in 10 years time. On a personal level, I have never even heard of the other two articles, neither of whose articles are titled "George Russell" anyway, and a headnote across the top of the racing driver's page ("for x, see y") will be sufficient here. Spa-Franks (talk) 15:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I suspect that the only reason you have heard of this George Russell is because you follow Formula One. Outside of F1 he is relativly unknown, outside of racing - even more so. As for the WP:10YEARTEST - do you have any evidence for this claim. In the absence of any I would take the contrary view. If today were his last race he would fade into abscurity. Only to be recalled by pundits when bringing up the write-off that was the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix. Let us consider Pedro de la Rosa and Vitaly Petrov - they both had one fastest lap, one podium, no poles or wins (the same as Russell). They also both did more races than Russell (116 and 58 respectivly to Russell's 51). Petrov has also had some success in a post-F1 race career. De la Rosa post-F1 career is limited to testing. De La Rosa and Petrov had viewership of 4.4k and 3.2k respectively in the last month - this is not high enough to exceed the more likely than all the other topics combined criteria, with George Russell (composer) and George Waterfield Russell haveing a combined total of ~4.2k. Add the other Russells we are looking at closer to 5k. So, for me the WP:10YEARTEST fails at this time. He only passes it if we speculate about his future success. I suggest we re-visit this when he has a few wins under his belt. SSSB (talk) 09:27, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Building upon SSSB's analysis, tallying the page views over the course of July 2021 (discounting August as this discussion may have skewed things somewhat) for all the articles on the George Russell disambiguation page (other than the racing driver) gives a total of 8141. This easily exceeds those of drivers like De La Rosa and Petrov, and is comparable to those of one-time Grand Prix winners like Heikki Kovalainen (9786 pageviews over July 2021), Jarno Trulli (8063 pageviews), Jean Alesi (8714 pageviews), or Olivier Panis (3621 pageviews). Even three-time Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella only had 10,225 pageviews over the course of July. I do not believe that there will be a significant argument on these grounds that this George Russell is firmly established as the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC until he has won at least five Grands Prix or a World Drivers' Championship. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 11:44, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose Echoing HumanBodyPiloter5's point in WP:RECENTISM now doesn't seem to be the time to change that, maybe possible if a long term mercedes contract is announced Uglyjumpers (talk) 15:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * A Mercedes contract does not contribute to long-term notability. Realistcally, only success will do that, or stuff he does outside of F1. SSSB (talk) 21:53, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Demoxica (talk) 20:57, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:RECENTISM. There is no evidence at this stage that he is the primary topic, he is a minor Formula One driver. The only reason he is getting the most pageviews is because he is the only active George Russell, not because he is the primary topic (which has a condition of ...long-term significance if it has substantially greater enduring notability and educational value...) again, no evidence that this is the case for (at this stage) a minor racing driver.SSSB (talk) 07:03, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - as per Spa-Franks. Dan pixelflow (talk) 22:47, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose George is a very common aka popular name.  So is Russell.   No doubt wiki contributors will each have their favourite George Russell.   So - which is more important - will wiki readers.   The balance will shift over time.   Just now there's a race at Zandvoort about to start and I hope the boy from Kings Lynn will have a great race.   On recent form he most likely will, notwithstanding yesterday's little slide into the welcoming barrier.   But it's not particularly encyclopaedic to send everyone looking for any one of several dozen George Russells on english language wikipedia to our man's page whether they like it or not.   Most English speakers - even mother tongue English speakers - have never been to England.   There's not a lot of Formula I in the USA or in India.  Nor, for that matter, in Ireland.   When it comes to people fluent in English as a second language, whether in China or South America, interest in FI is (1) uneven and (2) in many places more than a little "niche".   Our "customers" are not ourselves.   Our customers are our readers.   We should try and make them feel wanted.   Or....?   Be well Charles01 (talk) 11:59, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm struggling to find much substance in your argument. This has nothing to do with nationality, this is to do whether this is a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. IronManCap (talk) 12:50, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The argument is basically that he may be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for English readers, but won't be for readers in other parts of the world and therefore the article shouldn't be moved. SSSB (talk) 08:14, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Alexoperplexo (talk) 00:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * This is WP:NOTAVOTE. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:58, 7 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Allyd and Charles01. While undoubtedly the racing driver's star is in the ascendant (he's to move to Mercedes next season), it's WP:CRYSTAL-ball gazing to assume he will be and/or will remain the primary topic. The argument that "His article has 98 references" is specious - it's really easy to add a reference from an online news report to back every addition of a new but relatively trivial sentence about a performance in a race or a comment in an interview; by contrast, some of the other Russell's - such as AE, for example - are important enough in their fields to have had multiple biographies written about them. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:58, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. We've seen this happen to Leclerc, and I have no doubt that it will happen to Russell sooner or later. Admanny (talk) 05:33, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sooner or later? So you're speculating? The situation is also completely different. In the Leclerc case there was only one other page to consider (at the time) and that article was receiving less than 20% of the page views that the other Russell articles are now. WP:OTHERSTUFF. SSSB (talk) 08:45, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. There are a number of George Russells on the list with as much if not more long-term significance as the 23-year-old who happens to be in the news at the moment. It's a common name. WP:RECENTISM personified. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:10, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * George Russell in 2019 (cropped).jpg

Article picture
In this revision the article photo was changed from File:George Russell, Silverstone 2021 (51350033659) (cropped).jpg to 2019 Formula One tests Barcelona, Russell (33376134568) for seemingly no reason, just a summary of "Picture". The first image looks much better, is under a clear free license imported from Flickr and is more recent. I would be BOLD and change it but as this article has had so many picture changes in it's history, I would rather establish a clear consensus on what image to use so we can clearly revert any other changes. FozzieHey (talk) 17:55, 29 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I prefer the first one too. SSSB (talk) 10:18, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Requested Move 8 July 2022
George Russell (racing driver) → George Russell

George Russell → George Russell (disambiguation)

Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, the racing driver article with respect to usage is highly more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term. I give the example of the pageviews analysis from 1 August 2021 (the month this move was last discussed), to 4 July 2022, which continues the trend from before. I think the topic could now be well considered the primary George Russell with respect to long-term significance with substantially greater enduring notability and educational value than the other George Russell articles. JamesVilla44 (talk) 09:43, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

@Sceptre, @FozzieHey, @HumanBodyPiloter5, @AllyD, @EddieHugh, @SSSB, @Necrothesp, @Admanny, @Alexoperplexo, @Charles01, @Uglyjumpers, @Spa-Franks, @Bastun


 * JamesVilla44's tag didn't work, so I'll redo it. SSSB (talk) 10:39, 8 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose. As above RM. Pure WP:RECENTISM. In the news at the moment. Does not qualify per long-term significance. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:46, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Little has changed since previous requested move. Again, if he wins several Grands Prix or a world championship, it will be far more likely that he will have the long-term significance to be called the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. As it stands the notion that this George Russell can be considered the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC is just pure WP:RECENTISM. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 11:31, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. As above RM - revisit when he has at least a couple of biographies written about him, and/or has won at least 5 GPs or a World Championship. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 11:33, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. I see in the previous discussion you used former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan as an example. Does George Russell have to run for British Prime Minister or something to be the primary topic? --91.83.192.5 (talk) 11:50, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Not sure who you mean by "you". hasn't contributed here yet. And that example was used to support making Russell the primary topic, so I don't quite understand the argument you're trying to make. SSSB (talk) 17:33, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 July 2022
Change pole positions from 0 to 1 as of the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. 78.71.106.52 (talk) 15:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ SSSB (talk) 15:43, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Family
You should make a family tree 81.78.220.65 (talk) 22:56, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Results
Pole position for the 2024 British Grand Prix is not highlighted. 82.76.86.85 (talk) 17:12, 7 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Fixed SSSB (talk) 17:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)