Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling/Consensus decisions

WikiProject Cycling is the focus for reaching consensus decisions concerning articles within the scope of the WikiProject as interpretation of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. This page lists consensus decisions with a brief explanation to the consensus arrived at and a link to where the discussion or discussions were found. It is intended that this page is a reference to those discussions in order to find where discussions took place rather than to supersede the discussions and consensus reached.

Consensus can change, so if you do not agree with this consensus, you are free to discuss them, but please read the reasons for the current consensus, given in these consensus discussions, first. New discussions should take place at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cycling or the relevant talk pages.

Cycling team nationalities

 * Trade cycling teams do not represent the country in which they are registered. As such, nationality should not be implied in tables through the use of flag templates (for example flagicon, flagathlete etc). (July 2009)

Use of Infobox cyclist

 * Future teams should not be listed in the infobox (although contract news can be explained in the prose of the article) to comply with WP:CRYSTAL. (September 2009)
 * Jersey icons should not be used within the Major wins section to comply with WP:ICONDECORATION. (July–August 2010)

Race start lists

 * Race start lists should be limited to only Grand Tours (the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España), World Championships and the Olympics (WP:INDISCRIMINATE). (May 2011; deletion)

Team article win section formatting
Wins should be listed as an unbulleted list which conforms to one of the below formats depending upon the type of victory. There should only be one comma placed after the race name and before the rider name. (December 2014)

Notability guideline update

 * Cyclists are presumed notable if they:
 * Elite Men (at least 1):
 * Are professional (UCI World Tour);
 * Rode in a Grand Tour or Monuments;
 * Competed at the Olympics or UCI World Championships or UCI World Cup;
 * Won Gold at an international multi-sport event (games) (also including races such as World University Cycling Championship) ;
 * Won a UCI category race (minimum classification 1.1 / 2.1, including Continental and national championships)
 * Elite Woman (at least 1):
 * Are professional (UCI Women's team);
 * Competed at the Olympics or UCI World Championships or UCI World Cup;
 * Won a UCI category race (including Continental and national Championships) ;
 * Won Gold at an international multi-sport event (games) (also including races such as World University Cycling Championship)


 * Teams are presumed notable if they are:
 * Men's road: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tier;
 * UCI team (UCI women's team, UCI track team, UCI mountain bike team, UCI cyclo-cross team, etc.).


 * Races are presumed notable if they:
 * Are ranked with the UCI (WT, 1HC, 1.1, 1.2, 2HC, 2.1, 2.2, CDM, JO, CM, GT, CC, CN) ;
 * Are listed at international multi-sport event (games) (also including races such as World University Cycling Championship)
 * Hold significant recognition (e.g, Parel van de Veluwe and the People's Choice Classic).

(March 2015)

Cycling team naming

 * For teams with multiple sponsors, connect sponsor names with en dash, per MOS:DASH. Examples:  Orica–GreenEDGE, Etixx–Quick-Step, An Post–Chain Reaction. (December 2015)

Rider results heading

 * Rider results should use the level 2 heading . If anything other than major results are present in the article (timelines, world records, honours, awards...) then use   (level 2) →   (level 3),   (level 3) etc. The French word Palmarès should not be used as a heading. (September 2016)

Colored backgrounds in tables

 * Tables should not use colored backgrounds to highlight prestige of a race. (October 2016: discussion) BaldBoris 13:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)