User talk:Apterygial/My insane idea

Autocourse
I'm in! I was gonna suggest this!! =(

Joking aside, very good "idea"! My hope is that we follow the format of 1995 Pacific Grand Prix and 1995 Japanese Grand Prix for all the articles. Hence why the Autocourse would be a great help - I'm preordering it in a few days and hopefully it'll come in mid-December. Two ideas we could do (I might only be able to help semi-actively due to RL stuff):


 * I start at the start and you start at the end and we end in the middle.
 * Do it in any old order.

D.M.N. (talk) 15:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I hope I can reply here. I cannot express how relieved I am that I am not going to have to do this on my own!
 * Option one would probably be good. I want to do Brazil first as it strikes me as being the most important, and will probably get the most views. Alternatively, You start at the start, I'll do Italy second (since I've got Belgium there) and work my way down, and then we'll fill in the holes. I think we should do the season page last, as we can use the sources we used in the race reports and maintain consistency. One thing I noticed when I was creating those tables is that most of the quality rankings are very wrong (Monaco was a B-class!) so I wouldn't rely on that too much. Again, thank you! Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 21:12, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with most of what is said there. I suggest ripping out what is already there for most of the articles and start again. Not being biast (as I did do the Pacific article), but I'd be tempted to use that as a template, especially for the practice session descriptions et al. For the moment, use Autosport sourcing, and then when the Autocourse comes out, I'll replace the sourcing (some of it anyway with that) ala 1995 Pacific/Japan. And yes, the season page will be last if the rest successfully become FA. Yes I said FA, not GA. ;) D.M.N. (talk) 21:46, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. To be honest, (and rather blunt) most of the stuff in the race reports at the moment is crap. I'd be careful, however, of over-using the one source. I completely agree that your FAs should be used as models, that's the great thing about already having FAs. The season article is going to be interesting; getting what is easily just sprawl to featured ... and it's never been done before for F1! I think we'll work on that together. So if you want to get to FA on every one (which is absolutely insane). Do you want to go:
 * Rewrite and expand
 * Copyedit and PR
 * GA
 * FA
 * ...or do that and skip GA? We can help with the PR of eachothers' articles (I wish I'd got a PR for the Belgian article). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 09:44, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Some articles evidently will need GA before FA, no doubt because of events surrounding it, possibly Canada (pitlane smash), Japan (first corner controversy), Bahrain (Hamilton/Alonso) and Brazil (obvious).
 * However, others, FA will be possible straight away in my view - I doubt we'll need to do much work on the utter shitefest known as the Borecelona Grand Prix (or Valencian for that matter)!!
 * Some will need GA, others won't. Also, I'd prefer it we don't go too fast - IMO, this will take a year at least - a typical FA takes two weeks to a month - if one FA fails, then the time on a certain article is expanded five-fold. Of course, during FAC's, we can both comment - try and improve and think of alternative rewords (if needed). Also, FA guys normally don't like three articles of the same type at FAC, as you'd soon find people going "Grr! Not this again!" I don't want us rushing through things - otherwise quality of articles will evidently deterioate.
 * And yes, I'd prefer FA for all of them - because that IS insane. This is Insane, right? =P
 * D.M.N. (talk) 17:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * We'll probably need to get reactions in the F1 paddock on the 2008 Shitefest Grand Prix, as well as that pit incident. I had a go at writing practice for that one about race about a month ago, could you let me know if that's about what I should be aiming for? I'll read your FAs several times to get an impression of how I need to write. I guess it's insane because F1 has 9 FAs now. We want to add 19. Wow. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 00:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The F1 project may have 9 FA's yes, but how many are actually stil up to FA standard??!! =P
 * Yeah, you're right, I forgot about that "incident". D.M.N. (talk) 14:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thinking about it there was actually two pit incidents, one got blown fairly out of proportion, the other probably didn't get enough attention. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 03:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Picking your poison
My first poison which has just been extingushed is 2008 Australian Grand Prix. Now... time to redo. ;) D.M.N. (talk) 17:33, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow. I was going to do Brazil section by section in my sandbox (always Sandbox 2, if you are interested), I'm sure somebody's going to look at the Australian page and say "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE"? Keep up the good work. I'll start in about 48 hours. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 23:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've started the practice section. What do you think so far? Already an improvement? =O I'm putting Autosport refs in there, but they'll get replaced by Autocourse when it comes. D.M.N. (talk) 14:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's a little more informative. Practice generally tends to get left behind in some of the crappier RRs (that's what I'm calling race reports from now on, I can't be bothered writing it each time. Just don't get it confused with RRRs :)). Did you get a chance to look at the European practice section I put in? I'll add some times when I get round to it. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 03:57, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I've started work on 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix. I think I'll piss some people off, removing some stuff they've recently added into 'notes' or something. Personally, I couldn't care less who broadcasted it and why. Maybe that kind of stuff would be better in the season article. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 07:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The only thing that is worth putting in about broadcasters, is who's last race it was (ITV, and I believe a Spanish broadcaster Telco?). Good work so far, I've made a few minor changes though. I felt you were repeating yourself to do with the FP1 and FP2 conditions, and as thus have merged them together. It needs a little bit more work doing to it, but that can be done at a later date. :) One point - I think we should make the referencing consistent throughout all the articles - see the Australian article (and Pacific/Japan) for how I've done it. :) D.M.N. (talk) 10:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I made a small edit to the Australian GP page. I don't think standard references are that important across the articles. I personally find the way I do it a lot easier both to add and read. I was repeating myself with practice. I did them seperately and obviously didn't notice the conditions were the same. I actually started writing for practice, but started thinking "wow, this is pretty similar to last year..." Wrong references. It was last year.
 * I'll go back over what I have. I have to adjust my writing style from what I normally do (essays) to more neutral formatting. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 10:15, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I noticed that. Guess it's no biggie what formatting we use, I guess.
 * Yeah, you will need to be neutral (I'm a Ferrari fan, so it's a good job I'm not doing the Brazil page!) D.M.N. (talk) 10:38, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * God, how do you think it is for me? I'm a Webber fan. All I'd ever write is "...and Webber destroyed his car in a new and novel way today..." Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 10:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha, lol. :P D.M.N. (talk) 10:55, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I've 'finished' (there's no such thing as finished on Wikipedia ;)) race for the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix page. If you get a chance (and I don't want to sound needy) could you let me know if that's the kind of thing I should be aiming at? Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 12:57, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks good. There's a few "minor"-like changes I want to make - do you mind if I do? =) D.M.N. (talk) 13:00, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia: The free enclyclopedia anyone can edit! Go ahead. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 13:03, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've done a few little bits. I'll do a bit more later... wanna do a bit more of Australia. D.M.N. (talk) 13:21, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Just a few points
First of all, I'd like to commend you Apterygial for coming up with this idea and I hope you both are successful in this mission. Although my focus is on some other works, I'll try and help you guys the best in my capacity. On a larger level, I'm only interested in two articles.
 * 1) 2008 Canadian Grand Prix- You might have noticed that I have earlier worked significantly on the article. If you don't mind me saying it, I believe that article closest to promotion. However for some reason I drifted from it. I had decided to revisit it once the season is over.
 * 2) 2008 Singapore Grand Prix- This was the next article I had decided to work on, once I'm done with Canadian GP.

If it's okay I'd go ahead with my plan, while you handle other articles. LeaveSleaves talk 18:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If I'm to be honest, both articles need work. A lot of images need removing from the Canada article - 2 to 3 at most, that looks an epic mess to be honest. I'd keep (for the Canada one) Image:Track wear 2008 Canada.jpg and Image:2008 Canadian GP lap 1 turn 2.jpg and Image:Pitlane collision 2008 Canada.jpg, but the rest can get recycled, as quite frankly, they add sod all to the article. The sub-headings need to go as well so only the standard headings are there - it looks a mess with about 10 headers! I strongly suggest redoing parts of the Canadian article, following the Pacific/Japan '95 format as you go along - same with Singapore which looks in a similar state. On last final point (applies about as well), I think we should you Month Date, Year as a consistent date format. Also, one of the Singpore sections looks like it's been "QuoteBombed" to be honest. D.M.N. (talk) 18:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I wasn't saying Canada is done. In fact, it is far from it. My point was it is better of the rest, that's all. Like I said, I simply stopped working on it and so it was left untidy. Singapore on other hand obviously needs huge work. And you didn't answer my query. Is it okay if I go ahead and start work and do you suggest waiting till you reach there? LeaveSleaves talk 18:39, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah OK. Yep, sure, you can start work on it. =) D.M.N. (talk) 18:42, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, LeaveSleaves. To be honest, when I was going through the race reports it was those two which struck me as being the best, so good work there. I actually left a message on the Singapore talk page quite a while back asking if the quotes should be included in prose, as I didn't want to do that while others were obviously working hard on it, but I didn't get a response. Of course you can work on them. I'm sure D.M.N. will join me in not wanting to write all the reports by ourselves, and if you can knock down two that's great. You could even "join" the project, so it looks like things are really moving ;). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 23:41, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't mind! Lol, yeah every little bit helps I guess. D.M.N. (talk) 14:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Table
I've added a second table to the homepage, to help track our progresss. D.M.N. (talk) 08:51, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. I was thinking of adding something like that. One problem: my status table and your progress table has the RRs aligned in different ways. No biggie. I'm working on the race in my sandbox. Do you think it's a little too detailed (the top lot, the bottom's whats on the page at the moment). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 08:57, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks OK at the moment, but there are one or two bits I think that need rewording:

"Giancarlo Fisichella pitted on lap two, changing to dry-weather tyres, but remained in 18th."


 * This to your normal layman means nothing. 18th position would suggest this is not notable, therefore I'd be tempted to change it to (of course, source extra bits):

"The track conditions began to dry early on in the race. Giancarlo Fisichella was the first driver to pit for dry-weather tyres, pitting at the end of lap two. He remained in 18th position."


 * I'd suggest, as a result, changing this:


 * From:

"Coming out of the first round of pit stops, Massa led Vettel from Alonso, Räikkönen and Fisichella. Hamilton was sixth."


 * To:

"Fisichella benefited from pitting the earliest for dry tyres, moving up the order to a high of fifth position."


 * I don't see the need for a rundown at this stage, maybe at the 20 lap mark when Fisichella's dropped down the order. I'd also, on one final note reword the bit about Fisichella/Hamilton/Glock so that it's only one line long. Good work so far. D.M.N. (talk) 09:26, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Fair enough, I made most of the changes, though I'll come up with different Fisichella/Hamilton/Glock line later. Just looking at your AusGP page, how much explanation of how stuff works (like qualifying sessions, practice, etc.) do we want to add, and how much can we link to Formula One racing? Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 10:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think we should have only 2/3 lines of explanation for that - I've tried to keep it as short as possible - it'll be expanded in the main season article though for how the race weekend for 2008 goes. I don't think we should be linking to Formula One racing that much in my view. D.M.N. (talk) 10:40, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think you're probably right actually. Formula One racing is a pretty crappy article, and even if it was good any updates to the rules would render the links redundant. (By the way, have you noticed that Formula One Racing redirects to Formula One, while Formula One racing goes to the racing page?) Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 10:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree entirely. :P D.M.N. (talk) 12:04, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Nice idea
I'm too busy at the moment to tackle a full job on an article, but I'll be happy to take part by performing any more minor tasks required, such as copyediting. I wish this insane idea every success!-- Diniz  (talk)  23:07, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm working on 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix at the moment. D.M.N. has started at the other end. I'm still getting my head around how to write race reports (or anything on Wikipedia!) so any prods in the right direction there would be very useful. And yes, this really is insane (D.M.N. wants them all featured!) Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 00:38, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks Diniz! =) Just as a FYI Apterygial, progress maybe a little slow on Australia this week with RL stuff. =) And IMO, yes it's insane - featured would be great! =) D.M.N. (talk) 08:37, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Can I suggest, then, that you reinstate the old crappy race paragraph in the interim so the article still at least partially functions? Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 02:44, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good news! I've got not much RL work to do over the weekend, so I'll be pushing on with Australia. =) D.M.N. (talk) 16:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

- As much as its a charming one, there have been so many more eventful seasons, i have been watching F1 for years, and when schumi was around there were bigger crashes, disqualifications, new comers etc... so dont do this, it will result in every season of every sport having a page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.228.154 (talk) 19:08, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
....is good to go. Seeing as the event happened two weeks ago, I'd be tempted with GAN before FAC. The only thing I see that needs changing in the lead, so it looks something like what is currently in the Pacific article - at the moment it looks like four mini-paragraphs (with a History lesson shoved in the middle!) edit: Also, one or two sources look unreliable (Crash.net, F1Fanatic). D.M.N. (talk) 08:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I still need to do the lead. There's a lot of irrelevent stuff there. I am just about to do that. Those two sources I was unsure about. I'm sure I found Massa's response to Jordan somewhere a few weeks ago, I searched for ages to just find that. Same with the ITV ending thing. It's common knowledge, which basically means that no-one's saying it. If you could help me with either of them, that'd be good. I also want to get a lot of people to do a copyedit, and maybe a PR (so we can get where we're going with the others). There's a few weak sentences still in there. We need to fix them. I don't want to cop the same flak I did at the Belgian GAR... Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 09:49, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree. Maybe PR...... would be good. =) D.M.N. (talk) 11:23, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

My question to you, as this could be a contentious issue, is as a Ferrari fan does the article as it stands represent to you a fair and unbiased viewpoint? I have endevoured to include praise of both Massa and Hamilton in the post-race section, and I want to make it clear in that that acclaim was not universally for Hamilton (declaring my own stance in general, while I may be a Webber fan first, I am a McLaren supporter second). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems neutral, and unbiased to me. IF you were presenting complete praise for one person, but sod all for the other, that maybe POV. D.M.N. (talk) 11:23, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * (Further question): Are you gonna start the PR for Brazil and while people are commenting at the PR, are you gonna move onto another race report, or wait for a bit? D.M.N. (talk) 11:24, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * To be honest, when I stop working on something, I stop working altogether. I'll most likely move onto something easy (like EuroGP, street racing, no passing, easy RR). I'll delaying putting the article up for PR for about 24 hours, allowing the dust to settle and me and others to do a copyedit. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:36, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, OK. Just wondering. ;) D.M.N. (talk) 11:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm an arsehole. I just did a google search for "massa jordan" and it's everywhere. I'll change the reference in the article. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hahaha. Lol. D.M.N. (talk) 16:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

You know what the weird thing is? When I look at the 1995 reports I'm using as a template, Hill is criticised for not being aggressive enough, while Hamilton is criticised for being too aggressive. The british press are a fickle bunch... Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 12:27, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * They're a bunch of idiots. =) D.M.N. (talk) 16:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

My thinking with Autocourse is that we can just replace the Autosport one (the big one that I used a lot) in the article with Autocourse references. That should make for a clean transition. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 02:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

The page has now been listed for PR here (I think). If there are any issues raised while I am otherwise indisposed, could you deal with them? Cheers, Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:17, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've commented/changed some bits, but not all. On a side note, progress will be slow with Australia for next few days due to real life stuff. D.M.N. (talk) 17:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See my comment in a previous section on Aus. The semi-automated probe at PR failed to turn up anything, here. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 12:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a good thing, I guess..... D.M.N. (talk) 16:33, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I've done the PR offset for our PR here. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 15:02, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good stuff! I can't guarantee I'll be doing several, but I'll try and get one or two done. D.M.N. (talk) 16:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I've now done three. Don't ask me why.
 * I'm going to keep the PR open for the duration of the weekend, as that's when we are most likely to get comments. After that, I'll list it for GA. This may seem premature, but I can see this being the first article from MII to make it to FAC. I've read the FAC's from both of your 1995 articles (at the risk of reigniting it, boy were you pissed off) and Tony's grammar article, and have been making streamlining adjustments for a while. We can use this as a test-case for FAC. (incidentally, I haven't been on Wikipedia for all that long, but I can see I've developed a fairly serious case of WP:WOTTA, just looking at this comment). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 08:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that seems a good thing! One thing that was a problem for the 1995 race articles at first was sourcing - luckily we have no such problem here. D.M.N. (talk) 08:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

WP shortcut
Am I allowed to set up a shortcut (such as WP:MII) for these pages to make access easier? I ask because it redirects into userspace, not wikipedia space. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 02:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think so.... D.M.N. (talk) 17:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I believe other pages have things like that, so I've gone ahead and created the redirect. ;) D.M.N. (talk) 16:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * And I set-up WT:MII. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 23:29, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good good. =) Have you read my comment two sections above? D.M.N. (talk) 08:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:34, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Autocourse release date
Well, Amazon says December 2008, I would like to know an actual date! I'll be reading that when it comes. The F1 season review is released on December 1st (I think), however that makes no difference to me as I won't be opening it till December 25th. =P D.M.N. (talk) 08:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I did check for Autocourse prices over here, and I am afraid to say it's pretty much out of my price range! It's $150, which is about 85 pounds. Though of course, realistically speaking it's about 150 pounds. Ah, economics (and that's my RL pursuit). Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 10:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. =( Why so high I wonder??!! D.M.N. (talk) 11:21, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Two things. The Australian dollar is going through the floor at the moment (resource stocks and stuff) and ... well, there isn't an 'and'. Getting stuff from the UK is always really expensive over here. I will try to get hold of one, but on my budget... Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:37, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Not to worry if you can't get one... I have a scanner so if you need anything, I can scan certain pages for a particular race for you. =) D.M.N. (talk) 11:50, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Peer_review/volunteers
Dunno whether you've come across this before - but to get people to comment on the PR for Brazil - it might be worth contacting 3 or 4 people off that list. =) D.M.N. (talk) 08:43, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No-one likes motorsport :(. Seriously though, I had a look down that list, and in true Apterygial fashion went the other way and contacted Pyrope and AlexJ. They've done a few RR PRs before, and that's the kind of shakedown the article needs. Failing that, I'll have another look there. Apterygial talkstalkinsane idea 11:15, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. D.M.N. (talk) 11:20, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Autocourse update
Still hasn't come. =( I'm on Xmas Holiday from school starting a week Friday - providing I don't get any work to do next week - I could nip in for a bit and try and finish off Australia. I can't promise anything though... D.M.N. (talk) 17:08, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You're meant to retired :). I'm going to do China next and Malaysia, working my way through the season. Aptery  gial  02:54, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've ordered this year's Autocourse, F1 DVD and BTCC review in one batch from Amazon. The current delivery estimate is 8-9 January, which may well be after my holidays have finished.  Oh well...--  Diniz  (talk)  12:06, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Apterygial... I know. But, I might as well do something constructive over Xmas. =D On that note, if you need/want any quotes from drivers from the annual for a particular magazine give us a ping via e-mail (in case I fail to log into Wiki), and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. ;) Re: Diniz - GrandPix Legends still guaranteeing (sp?) Xmas delivery. My guess is that the BTCC review has been delayed... D.M.N. (talk) 16:59, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, since I last edited, the two DVDs have been dispatched, so now I'm not sure any more.-- Diniz  (talk)  19:16, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * And suddenly it was dispatched today, and should arrive before Christmas! Unfortunately, I'll then be away for a week and won't be able to help out with the insane idea, but at least I'll have it before next term starts in January!--  Diniz  (talk)  23:08, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I have some very good news. It's arrived! A quick flick through, and it looks very good!! The only thing I dislike (being a Ferrari fan!) is the front cover!! =P D.M.N. (talk) 10:04, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to write back and say "at this time of night?" But instead I'll say "on a saturday?" Aptery  gial  10:33, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Us Britain's get post and stuff on Saturday's. =P If you need any quotes or anything, drop a note underneath, and I'll poke something back on the article talkpage. ;) D.M.N. (talk) 10:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. At the moment I'm looking for a reaction to Massa's hit on Hamilton at the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix that doesn't come from either of the drivers involved. Got anything? Aptery  gial  10:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry... there's nothing in there. =( I'm pretty sure Brundle though made a comment during the ITV F1 commentary about it.... lemme just check... D.M.N. (talk) 11:09, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

I've found some stuff from the ITV F1 commentary... only one side of the argument though! Source to the following:

D.M.N. (talk) 14:51, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

What are we doing now?
May I ask? What is the main focus? Chubb enna  itor  10:22, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Erm... to get all the 2008 F1 race reports to FA status. That is the main focus. D.M.N. (talk) 11:12, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * (ec) I'm focusing on getting 2008 Japanese Grand Prix through FAC whilst intermittently working on 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, AlexJ is working on 2008 British Grand Prix, D.M.N. may one day get 2008 Australian Grand Prix moving. All this information is contained in the status area on the project page, which I try to keep up to date. On a side note, 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix passed FAC yesterday, so that's this little project's first success. Woo. On another side note, did you know the last part of your signature is a redlink? It's been bugging me for a while. Aptery  gial  11:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes... I can't do anything about it though. I'll try and help but I may be a waist of space. Chubb  enna  itor  11:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I see your question. When articles get to PR you could do a review. You seem to know your F1, and seeing as FAs need to be comprehensive you could help us make sure they are. Aptery  gial  00:11, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I could do that as well. Tip me off when they are up for PR. Red link fixed. Chubb  enna  itor  14:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

FTs: 25% → 33%
On April Fool's day (no less) the criteria for a Featured Topic will change from having 25% of the topic Featured to 33%. This means that for us the required count goes from five needed for an FT to seven (if my High School maths serves me right). I know D.M.N. wants every article Featured, but I have no intention of taking 19 articles to FAC. FAC is hell and no F1 article should go through it if it is (that looks weird) not ready. If you are reading this and are intending to get a 2008 F1 article Featured, aim for GA first. Do not aim for FA and think you will easily pass, FAC is hard and it has every right to be. Having said all that, let's make sure we have seven at the end of this. :) Aptery  gial  04:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd say that's a modest and reasonable aim. FYI, I've finally started working Singapore (majority of it is offline though). I hope I'd have it ready for PR in a week or 10-days time. Leave  Sleaves  06:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, LeaveSleaves, we both know how I dove into GA with an unwise gusto, and I wanted to make sure people don't make the same mistakes I have. I've stopped working on 2008 race reports pending the outcome of Japan's FAC, which is a little bit like a rollercoaster (where you stop half-way through a loop because of maintenance issues). See you at the PR. Aptery  gial  07:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that seems fair enough. No matter what Apterygial, you should be proud in the work you've done in getting the articles to the status they are at now. You've done a great job. =) D.M.N. (talk) 16:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have 19 articles with a little bronze star (LeaveSleaves knows which one) at the top right, but the idea of guiding them all through FAC makes me want to watch professional wrestling, it's that bad. :) As for doing a great job, D.M.N., I'm just trying to set myself up with a job for Autosport... Aptery  gial  23:54, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Haha, lol. You serious about the last sentence? =) D.M.N. (talk) 08:37, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Not really, but man that'd be good. Aptery  gial  09:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I'm not sure if there's a motor racing magazine similar to Autosport in Aussieland... D.M.N. (talk) 09:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd move. I've got British citizenship! Aptery  gial  09:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

2008 Chinese Grand Prix
Don't know how many of you watch this page, but rather than spam everyone, China's up for PR here. All comments welcome. Aptery gial  03:45, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

2008 German Grand Prix
I have put the 2008 German Grand Prix up for peer review - you can see it here. Thanks, Darth Newdar   (talk)  19:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * And 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, too, here. Aptery  gial  00:00, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Scope
Just a quick question - do other articles relating to the 2008 season (drivers, teams, cars), have to be up to certain standard as well, or is it just the season and race aricles?-- Diniz  (talk)  00:04, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've been wondering about this. Drivers, no, as their articles are not purely about the 2008 season (same with teams), but with cars I'm not sure. We could be able to say that they are a sub-topic if we give a fair amount over in the season article to technological developments (which I am intending to do). We'll see. Adding on ten eleven more articles though, aargh. Aptery  gial  00:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter
If and when there are more newsletters, I am interested in getting them :) Darth Newdar   (talk)  07:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like I'll do another one. Won't be until early April, we need to go out there and generate something for me to write about. Aptery  gial  07:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Good
Not bad.I presume that when we've done what we can to 2008, it will turn into the 2009 or 10 newsletter because that's where we are aiming. Chubb enna  itor  07:40, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps. If we do, I'm not going to writing as many articles as I am for 2008; I'd probably burn out after a bit. Aptery  gial  07:57, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You know, if I didn't know that it would be immediately rejected at WT:F1, I would found a race reports taskforce of the F1 project just for this kind of stuff. Aptery  gial  08:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Different topic: Where do you think I should start with the Turkish GP? Chubb enna  itor  16:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Good question. Start with the Background section, copy the first paragraph of the section from 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix and adapt the second, then talk about the important things that happened in F1 between the races. As you said, there was a lot of stuff going on. Once you've done that, I'll give you some more tips, if you want them. Aptery  gial  23:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * How do I Peer review it. I used Japan as my base. Chubb  enna  itor  07:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, you're right. Before you do, there are a few things you may wish to do to the article:
 * Add some information about practice, and combine that with qualifying in a section marked Practice and qualifying, without the Session One, Session Two and Session Three headings.
 * Remove the Notes section, I've never seen one with any value.
 * Lop off about a third from the lead. Detail really is not what you are looking for in the lead.
 * I know it sounds incredible, but for GA and FA, a reference is expected for almost every sentence (about 95%). This, in a way, is what makes writing articles so hard, you have to get about 75 references and weave them into a solid article.
 * Once you've done that, go to WP:PR and follow the instructions at the top of the page. I haven't really examined the text, but I will at the PR. It is in your best interest to make the article as good as possible before you throw it into the Wikipedia processes. Aptery  gial  07:35, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * There are no references for Practice. Why remove the headings?
 * Don't need to
 * Lead?
 * What's the point for the qualifying. I've found one reference for the whole section.
 * I just don't want to see at as a stub as it obviously isn't. Chubb  enna  itor  12:39, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

2008 Turkish Grand Prix
The 2008 Turkish Grand Prix has been put up for Peer Review here. I'd welcome any feedback especially as it's a hard article to add information to. Chubb enna  itor  15:48, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

2008 German Grand Prix now a GAN
Just to let you know that I have nominated the 2008 German Grand Prix for Good Article status. Darth Newdar  (talk)  15:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

2008 Spanish Grand Prix
Peer review/2008 Spanish Grand Prix/archive1 is live. Aptery gial  12:06, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

2008 Malaysian Grand Prix
See here. Enjoy! Cdhaptomos  talk – contribs  09:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Just one thing...
Wouldn't the articles for the cars used in the season come under the topic? Hate to be a nag, but we may as well do it properly. Cdhaptomos  talk – contribs  08:14, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I think [although Apterygial will have a definite answer] that the race articles would be done first, then the car articles afterwards. D.M.N. (talk) 08:26, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've spoken with Apterygial on this subject, and I've started work on Renault R28 in my sandbox to test the waters. However, my return to uni unfortunately means that this project is on hold for the moment.--  Diniz  (talk)  10:17, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The short answer is yes. The car articles will need to be done at some point, but my interest and !expertise in F1 is limited to the sporting aspect rather than the technical, so I've been doing the race reports. The alternative to having to do all 18 races, the season article and roughly 11 cars (not sure if Super Aguri SA08 should be a page alone, it's basically the same as the SA07 which is really just a Honda RA106) is to have a List of 2008 Formula One season cars article, and use that as a subtopic (see the page on Featured Topics), but I'm not entirely sure at this point what we would pad it out with. We can probably wait to see how Diniz goes on the R28, it doesn't really seem urgent. That's the long answer. Aptery  gial  13:23, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm actually interested, while I've got your attention, in the level of support for a List of 2008 Formula One season cars article. It would probably feature a big table with engine, gearbox and dimensional information - essentially a re-hash of similar information in the cars' infoboxes, as well as stuff taken from Autocourse - as well as general technical and drivability information, the drivers' reaction to the removal of traction control, criticism about all the add-ons that occurred, what Bidgestone did, etc. Basically just stuff that would otherwise be repeated in every car article. Thoughts on that idea? Aptery gial  07:56, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. Darth Newdar   (talk)  08:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, I'm all for that. Wasn't something similar recently deleted, though? Cdhaptomos   talk – contribs  11:59, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It was a simple gallery of pictures of the cars without any substantial content. The season article more than sufficed for what it was offering. Aptery  gial  12:03, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

2008 Turkish Grand Prix is now up for PR again
Hi all, I have requested a Peer Review of the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix, which I have writen up. All comments welcome. The peer review is at Peer review/2008 Turkish Grand Prix/archive2. Thanks, Darth Newdar   (talk)  16:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

2008 Turkish Grand Prix is now a GAN
To make sure that you all know, the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix is up for GAN. Darth Newdar  (talk)  07:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

2008 French Grand Prix
I will now do the 2008 French Grand Prix (having taken the Turkish one to GAN), and I realise now how lucky I was with both the German and Turkish ones that a lot of the work was done for me! This one looks a real challenge... Anyway, not all bad; at least it has some pictures from the race, something neither German or Turkish had ;) Darth Newdar   (talk)  13:19, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I am wondering what to do with the section entitled "French Grand Prix speculation". Should it be in the article? If so, where should it go? I don't think it should go where it is at the moment, anyway. Darth Newdar   (talk)  13:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I would recommend incorporating it into the "Background" section.-- Midgrid  (talk)  13:33, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * But is it really background to the race? Darth Newdar   (talk)  15:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think so, as it meant that the event's future was uncertain at the time of the race, and the Magny-Cours would almost certainly not hold the GP again.-- Midgrid  (talk)  18:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have now moved it into the background section. I'm still not entirely happy about it, but at the moment it's fine, especially as at the moment everything else is a total mess! Darth Newdar   (talk)  13:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Could one of you nice people with the famous Autocourse add the refs for the "standings after the race" section, please? Thanks, Darth Newdar   (talk)  15:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And a ref from it for the "going into the race" bit in the background section. Darth Newdar   (talk)  18:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Interesting statistic
I never realised this, but when (or if, depending on your point of view!) this project gets the 2008 Formula One season to Featured Topic status, it will be the third largest featured topic on Wikipedia? We would only be beaten on sheer number of articles by the 20-article 2003 Atlantic hurricane season and the 25-article National Hockey League awards. An interesting stat (well I think so, anyway!). Darth Newdar  (talk)  13:10, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Apologies
Sorry for not having got round to 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix yet; I'll try to get on with it as soon as possible. I've been a bit preoccupied with 1995 season articles recently.-- Midgrid  (talk)  20:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. There are quite a few more articles left to be written, so there's no hurry. Aptery  gial  00:12, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

2008 French Grand Prix peer review
I have put the 2008 French Grand Prix up for peer review, here. Fire away! Darth Newdar  (talk)  19:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

2008 Hungarian Grand Prix - Peer Review
I've finally got round to expanding the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix article, and it is now up for peer review! Comments here, please.-- Midgrid  (talk)  21:29, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I should be able to get to it to tomorrow. Aptery  gial  22:59, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

2008 Hungarian Grand Prix - FAC
FYI, I have nominated 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix for Featured Article status. Please feel free to leave any comments here.-- Midgrid  (talk)  21:56, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Think It through
This season was a big one in many ways, cheating newcomers Only one world champion, in group arguments... but really there have been so many arguments and eventful seasons in f1, I dont think each season should have a page, as I would argue that other things were going on in the races you mentioned; e.g. sis you mention that Raikonnen made the best lap time with a broken exhaust, and how impressive that was, did you mention all of the little arguments between Sutil and Trulli? do you see that I could say that you merely focus on the things which you found passionate, an f1 season is so long, you havent mentioned all the problems with the circuits before the race, the forecasts, the rules for that year etc..

Im just afraid it will end up like a failed attempt and not a great page, and it will also lead to people arguing each footie of rugby season should have pages, and will make wikipedia a hub of sports pages which wont all be unbiased, so if I were you I wouldnt do it, make a blog maybe, but dont ruin Wikipedia.

Just to add, I think the Hungarian section is really good, and actually change my mind, I think that its great...If you keep adding on the new seasons maybe the old seasons arent needed, they are documented enough in books, but this, this is good. However the new seasons should be made, if you keep updating I will strongly recommend and get my fellow f1 followers to recommend it and get it the good article status :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.228.154 (talk) 10:25, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I think thats a good idea, set up a new generation who document sports by wikipedia, after all in 20 years when people want to know why Hamilton just dednt win and Raikonnen did (marvelously) then they will wikipedia it, (or google it but i hope that this comes up :)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.183.228.154 (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I Agree, terrible idea — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.53.214 (talk) 19:25, 19 July 2011 (UTC)