Talk:Alfa Romeo in motorsport

message: Post war, I think Alfa's programmes fall naturally into F1, Sportscars and Touring cars.
Pre-war, is the distinction between Grand Prix racing and Sports cars still valid? It's the latter I'm not too sure about - what is the appropriate terminology?
One suggestion - a way of quickly bulking up a start class article is to copy the relevant bits from other articles. In this case, Grand Prix motor racing and History of Formula One probably have some relevant material. 4u1e 15:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions for structure

message: One more comment - how did this get to be part of :WikiProject Formula One when official Fiat policy is that Alfa Romeo doesn't race in Formula One, and in fact, throughout history, the majority of Alfa Romeo's racing efforts have been outside of F1, e.g. ETCC, DTM, WTCC, World Sportscar Championship, World Endurance Championship, etc. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 05:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The works Alfa Romeo team competed in (and dominated) Formula One in 1950 and 1951. DH85868993 05:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks I'm aware of that, plus about 5 years racing in the 80's. The rest of the time it was sports cars, touring cars, etc. The tag states WikiProject Formula One, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to Formula One. I'm just wondering if I should be concerned this means that people making edits on sports cars, touring cars, would have to follow WikiProject Formula One conventions and what that entails. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 06:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't be too worried about that. In terms of standardization, that mainly applies to articles that are exclusively related to F1 (e.g. F1 race resports and season summaries). For articles like this one that cover more than just F1, we would just be interested in seeing that the F1-related parts are accurate, and consistent with the rest of the F1 articles. DH85868993 06:49, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

text: In that case, when you put it like that, it's no problem - I'll look forward to contributions made by you and the other WikiProject Formula One authors. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 06:56, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Formula One tag

message: I've added a references section. I've noticed some footnotes referring to 'Henry' - would this be Henry, Alan (1985). Brabham, the Grand Prix Cars. Osprey.  mentioned on the :Brabham page? If it's the same one, we should add that to the references section. --Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 05:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's the one. DH85868993 12:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnotes and References added

message: Support. If there's concensus to split the F1 content out into a separate article, please move it to existing redirect Alfa Romeo in Formula One, and then change Alfa Romeo (Formula One) to point there, noting that Alfa Romeo in Formula One follows the quasi-standard naming for such articles (e.g. Porsche in Formula One) -- DH85868993 22:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't normally edit this article, but for what it's worth as proposer of the split I support that suggestion. I think any F1 team, never mind one of Alfa's pedigree, can sustain a seperate article. --kingboyk 23:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Support--— Typ932T | C  23:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done - info transferred to Alfa Romeo in Formula One and redirect (Alfa Romeo (Formula One)) updated. DH85868993 02:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Split of F1 section