Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 16 February 2022 (UTC).

List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners

 * Nominator(s): MWright96 (talk) 14:50, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

This is the list is about all those drivers who have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race overall. Such famous names in the world of motor racing to have won the race include Tom Kristensen, Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell, Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela, Graham Hill, Alexander Wurz, José Froilán González, A. J. Foyt, Henri Pescarolo and more recently Fernando Alonso. Should the list pass, it will be the first featured list related specially to sports car racing on Wikipedia. I look forward to all comments MWright96 (talk) 14:50, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * "close by the city" => "close to the city"
 * Done MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "The race along with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix forms part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport" => "The race forms part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport along with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix" seems more natural to me
 * Done MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "winning driver's feet and hands and signature" => "winning driver's feet, hands and signature"
 * Done MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "placement in the pavement at Le Mans' Saint Nicholas district" => "placement in the pavement in Le Mans' Saint Nicholas district"
 * Changed MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "There have been four countries who have" => "There have been four countries which have"
 * Done MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "Porsche hold the record [.....] 19 since its" - plural/singular disagreement
 * Reworded MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "Joest Racing have achieved more wins than every entered racing team on 13 occasions" - I don't understand this. Is it meant to be "Joest Racing have achieved more wins than any other racing team, having won on 13 occasions"?
 * Changed MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "three victorious participants per car became the norm" - just "three participants per car became the norm", surely?
 * Reworded MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * "Overall and no lower class winners are included" - apologies, but I don't understand what this means, can you reword/elaborate?
 * Removed MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Image captions are all complete sentences so need full stops
 * Done MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Think that's it from me :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:36, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Have made changes based on each of the points above MWright96 (talk) 20:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:36, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Support from TRM
That's it. It's a good piece of work. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:17, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Is there a ref for the French-language title of the race?
 * "industrialist Emile Coquile to " comma after Coquile.
 * "a cast ... are cast" repetitive.
 * "won the 1996 race.[10] " overlinked.
 * "the 1923 edition" ditto.
 * Consider converting the distance to miles for those who don't "get" the metric system.
 * And I would put (km) explicitly in the header as well as in the hover-over abbr text.
 * As distance is in the table, is it worth noting shortest and longest race distances in the lead? I personally find it interesting that the average race winning distance has gone up by a factor of around 2.5 since the 1920s.
 * All of the above points have been addressed 15:20, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, nice work. Happy to support. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 15:31, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Comments Support by Gerald Waldo Luis
Excellent article; as a non-racing enthusiast it's easy to understand I love the design! Just some comments, after that I'll sp.  Gerald WL  10:19, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Support.  Gerald WL  06:54, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Comments by RunningTiger123
— RunningTiger123 (talk) 22:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC) Support – Looks great! RunningTiger123 (talk) 19:55, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Archive link for source 3 appears to be incorrect (links to Meta-Wiki?)
 * "is second with six victories and Derek Bell" → "is second with six victories, and Derek Bell"
 * "followed by French racers with 29 and German drivers with 19" → "followed by France with 29 and Germany with 19" (keep subjects consistent with United Kingdom)
 * Series abbreviations key should not rely solely on mouseover text – add the full names in a column next to the abbreviations for mobile viewers (similar to tyre manufacturers)
 * For similar reasons, a class key would be useful for mobile viewers
 * Consider writing out "laps", "km", and "mi" instead of "L", "K", and "M" in header (for same reason again)
 * Have made the changes suggested above MWright96 (talk) 08:38, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  15:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)


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