Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling



Welcome to WikiProject Motorcycling We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Motorcycling. This is a child project of WikiProject Transport

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Scope of the WikiProject The Motorcycling WikiProject concerns the creation, development, and organisation of all Wikipedia's articles about motorcycles and motorcycling (including biographies) of famous motorcyclists and motorcycling pioneers.

Goals Members Membership list Please add your name to the end of the list and indicate any areas of particular interest. (If you leave this project, or retire from Wikipedia, please move your name to the retired list). Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.
 * 1) Improve the accuracy and quality of all motorcycling articles
 * 2) Develop the collection of motorcycling images on Wikimedia Commons
 * 3) To develop and maintain the Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
 * 4) To finally sort out the Motorcycle history, Motorcycle and Motorcycling articles

Special Interest Groups Announcements
 * British Motorcycles Special Interest Group
 * 🇮🇹 Italian Motorcycles Special Interest Group
 * 🇯🇵 Japanese Motorcycles Special Interest Group
 * Valentino Rossi 02.jpg Motorcycle Sport Special Interest Group (See also WikiProject Motorcycle racing)
 * BMW 255 Kompressor at 1989 Isle of Man TT.jpg BMW Motorcycles Special Interest Group
 * Check out the New Articles and see if you can expand any?

Promoting the project

 * To promote this project an article banner has been developed as recommended by the WikiProject Council guide. Please post it on the talk page of any motorcycling, or motorcycle related, articles you edit by adding this template tag WikiProject Motorcycling or the userbox User WP Motorcycling or User WikiProject Motorcycling




 * Use Motorcycling invite to invite new editors to join the project.

Guidelines

 * MOS — The overall guidelines are in the Manual of Style. The best examples to imitate are the Featured articles.
 * WikiProject Automobiles — WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions are generally followed.
 * Citations — Facts in articles are referenced using inline citations. Speed, acceleration, engine output and weight statistics are presumed to be controversial and should always have a reliable, independent source. Uncontroversial statistics may be sourced to the manufacturer alone. Uncited statistics may be deleted or tagged. Note: Weight is controversial because of different methods used to define dry weight and wet weight and that some manufacturers do not publish both wet and dry weight.
 * New articles — The policy section Notability requires verifiable evidence says "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists," so don't assume every model or sub-model of motorcycle, nor every motorcycle manufacturer, should have its own article. Check the general notability guideline first, and consider that many models belong in the context of an article on the model series, or the manufacturer, or other umbrella article. Summary style covers spinning off new articles from a main article.
 * Categories — Add categories as explained in Categorization.
 * Images — All free images should be linked from the Commons. See also Uploading images and Moving files to the Commons. Do not claim fair use on publicity photos or copyrighted media photos; these will be deleted under db-f7 since they are not irreplaceable.
 * Infoboxes and Statistics
 * The template Infobox Motorcycle should be added to motorcycle articles and completed in as much detail as possible.
 * Statistics should be in the Infobox Motorcycle and not in a separate table, except when Infobox Motorcycle is inadequate.
 * The main image of a motorcycle in Infobox Motorcycle follows WP:MCPIX. Avoid photoshopped images, especially those with an unnatural appearance.
 * Companies should have the template Infobox Company added. See Logos on uploading copyrighted logos.
 * Clubs and organizations should use Infobox organization, Infobox Motorcycle club, or others from Category:Organization infobox templates.
 * Lists of media appearances — Manual of Style (trivia sections) says article sections with miscellaneous collections of information, such as lists of movie appearances, should be reorganized. See also content policies for inclusion and exclusion of various types of information.
 * Prices — WP:NOPRICES means that generally, MSRP or other prices are not mentioned. Note that if a source explicitly justifies inclusion of the price, such as because a particular price is notable for being very high, or very low, or of historical interest, then both the price along with the explanation of its significance may be included. Auction prices, or prevailing used motorcycle prices, are not mentioned without a source that asserts notability. Warranty coverage, marketing campaigns, and other purchase-related information is also avoided unless exceptional notability is cited.
 * Colors — Color schemes or trim options are generally not mentioned, as these vary by country. As with prices and trivia, the exception is if reliable sources are cited showing a color scheme was notable.
 * External links — Avoid excessive external links, as per WP:ELNO. Clubs, forums, and social media are rarely acceptable. Normally, only one official link belonging to the subject is used. If a motorcycle is sold in several markets, then please try to find an international/global link; do not link to the manufacturer's model page in every country in the English speaking world. See Manual of Style (linking)
 * Specialist terminology and jargon — Avoid ambiguous terms like "transverse engine", "longitudinal engine", "parallel twin", "inline twin" without explicitly saying whether the crankshaft or the cylinder bank is transverse or longitudinal. See discussion at V-twin engine and Straight-two engine. See also the guideline Make technical articles understandable.
 * Puffery and marketing buzzwords — See WP:PEACOCK for avoidance of puffery in favor of just the facts. Almost all motorcycle marketing copy uses "features" instead of "has". Articles should say that a bike has a given component or technology, and cite only expert opinions as to whether it is a feature or liability. Similarly, replace "utilize(s)" with "use(s)".
 * Bold title and wikilinks — In most, but not all, cases, repeat the full article name in the first sentence in bold, per MOS:BOLDTITLE, but do not wikilink parts of the bolded title, per WP:BTW. Following the example of Featured Articles, generally the make is repeated in order to wikilink it, even though it appears redundant. See examples such as Northrop YF-23, Holden VE Commodore, or Rolls-Royce Merlin. Most motorcycle model article titles follow the format  , so the first sentence would say something like "  was a motorcycle made by ".

Open tasks
To do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycling: Please help with articles on this list or add the names of needed articles. This list is quite large so please make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively.

User boxes
Add any of the following to your User page to show membership of the project, or your love of motorcycles:



Good Articles

 * GA-Class Motorcycling articles

Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics Engineer boot Honda Super Cub Imme R100 Juan López Mella Kenny Roberts Roper steam velocipede


 * Good Article Nominees

Collaboration and review

 * Collaboration of the century?
 * Motorcycle - last official peer review 23 Dec 2006. Let's provide more supporting references and give it another go. --Evb-wiki 15:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Peer review
 * Cotton (motorcycle)
 * Ducati_Apollo - 1 short review
 * Flat-twin
 * Kenny Roberts
 * Johnny Cecotto
 * Jarno Saarinen
 * Suzuki TL1000R
 * Motorcycle history --Evb-wiki 15:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC) --Thruxton, started rewrite October 2010
 * Triumph Rocket III --Thruxton, ✅ 29 Sept 2010


 * Assessment department


 * Popular pages

Templates

 * Short motorcycle articles should be marked with this Motorcycle-stub stub template.
 * All motorcycle related talk pages should have this template added Motorcycling.
 * Members can use this tag Motorcycle member on their user page or talk page.
 * Talk pages of articles linked to Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling should have this template added On OOMandM


 * Members may choose to use a Major and Notable motorcycle marque infobox in an article.
 * British motorcycle manufacturers
 * Major German motorcycle manufacturers
 * Major French motorcycle manufacturers
 * Major Italian motorcycle manufacturers
 * Major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers
 * Major Russian motorcycle manufacturers
 * USA motorcycle manufacturers


 * An infobox template for all motorcycle clubs is now in use
 * Infobox Motorcycle club


 * Members can add this tag Biker Build-Off on any page related to the Discovery Channel TV show Biker Build-Off.
 * For articles about specific models of motorcycles, Infobox Motorcycle may be used.


 * A template is under development at /Motorcycle club template for motorcycle club articles.

Categories
Please use one of the following categories when writing a motorcycle related article, but check if a deeper subcategory would be more appropriate. There are more categories and subcategories here but those listed below are the main ones.


 * Category:Motorcycles
 * Category:Motorcycling
 * Category:Motorcycle manufacturers with country subcategories
 * Category:Motorcycle classifications with type subcategories
 * Category:Motorcycle technology
 * Category:Motorcycle engines
 * Category:Motorcycle racers with country subcategories
 * Category:Motorcycling events
 * Category:Motorcyclists organizations
 * Category:British motorcycles
 * Category:British motorcycle pioneers

Resources

 * The Dutch Wikipedia has a motorcycle category where there are several subcategories with lists of motorcycle manufacturers that might be useful as a guide and for translating if no English article exists.
 * BMW
 * BMW Motorcycle Owners of America
 * Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners
 * Veteran BMW Motorcycle Club of America
 * The German Liste der BMW-Motorräder has a comprehensive list of BMW motorcycle models with production years and basic specs for each, as well as numerous links to German Wikipedia sites.
 * Classic Bikes
 * European Motorcycle Universe
 * An overview of the British motorcycle industry and its collapse
 * International Journal of Motorcycle Studies
 * Isle of Man TT
 * Motorcycle name origins

Sister projects

 * WikiProject:Automobiles
 * WikiProject:Formula One
 * WikiProject:Highways
 * WikiProject:NASCAR

Related projects

 * WikiProject:Cycling
 * WikiProject Motorcycle racing

Related portals

 * Motorcycle racing portal
 * Transport portal

Misc

 * Cleanup listing
 * Merge Long distance motorcycle riding into Motorcycle touring. Discuss at Talk:Motorcycle touring

Tools

 * ''Main tool page: Wikimedia Tool Labs


 * See also: Dispenser's Tools''


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist

 * Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Motorcycling