Talk:Dario Franchitti

message: I have a few pics that I took at Indy this month, and donated a couple of them to the cause.  Let me know if you'd like some more Indy / IRL pics.  I also did a little bit of editing. Twohlford 20:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Just needs wikilinks added for F.Vauxhall and a few other series. I'll probably get around to it, just not tonight. Guroadrunner 06:11, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikification 

message: I'm not seeing it, much. Enlighten me. --Chr.K. 05:38, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: MIA, SUR, LBH, NAZ, RIO, GAT, MIL, DET, POR, CLE, TOR, MIC, MDO, ROA, VAN, LAG, FON, ... ??? —Twigboy 03:25, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't know about any confusion - maybe there's some variation in the abbreviations used across the series.  Not sure what Twigboy's question is but those abbreviations above stand for (respectively) Miami, Surfer's Paradise, Long Beach, Nazareth, Rio de Janeiro, Gateway (Illinois), Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, Michigan, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Vancouver, Laguna Seca, Fontana Jsydave 08:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My question is, how is the reader supposed to know that?—Twigboy 17:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Link them? More code and might get a little messy, but it would enable a reader to click for understanding. I don't think there's room in the table to give full names. 4u1e 11:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abbrevation confusion 

message: Franchitti is from Scotland, which is an administrative subdivision of the United Kingdom, in the same way that US States are subdivisions of the US.  If you are going to list his nationality as Scotland, then you should list Sam Hornish's nationality as Ohio.  --rogerd 23:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The statement that Scotland is a subdivision of the UK in the same way that US states are subdivisions of the US is wrong. Even the official website of the UK PM recognises this, referrring to the UK as a union of countries. Some research before making sweeping statements would be good. Lurker (said · done) 09:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Of course it's inconsistently applied.  Every rule on Wikipedia is inconsistently applied.  That doesn't make the rule useless, it just makes it an ideal to be strived for.  Would you likewise argue that since laws against murder have failed to eliminate murder entirely, such laws are useless? And when you say "either apply this consistently or scrap it," whom are you addressing? Chuck (talk) 00:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No - unlike wikipedia, laws against murder, or against anything for that matter, are not subject to change by anybody. I'm addressing whoever makes these rules - I am going to change the snooker player nationalites to British, I'd bet a pound to a penny someone will revert it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.31.97.129 (talk) 11:19, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

text: Snooker's governing body regards England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as four different nationalities for the purposes of players' nationalities. The snooker articles on Wikipedia reflect this. Armbrust (talk) 12:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

text:  And the nationalties of these drivers are also given as 'England' or 'Scotland' when they're shown on TV. I ask again, what consistency?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.31.97.129 (talk) 13:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Whoever makes the rules" is us.  Me.  And you.  And tens of thousands of other interested people. If you're legitimately interested in how policies and guidelines are established, see WP:PG#Life_cycle. Armbrust's point is that the governing body of snooker lists England, etc. as player nationalities.  ABC Sports or Versus or whatever television network the IRL race is appearing on this week is not the governing body of the IRL.  That said, if you want to make the case that WP:MOSICON#Use_of_flags_for_non-sovereign_states_and_nations doesn't make an exception for sports' governing bodies and thus snooker players should be identified by the UK flag, I wouldn't disagree with you, but that's between you and the editors of the articles about snooker players; I don't care enough about those articles to get involved in that debate.  (But if that's what you want to do, you might bring it up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Snooker where it appears to have been discussed before, rather than just single-handedly making the change.) Chuck (talk) 21:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: Hearts and Hibs are not is Local Football teams.  Edinburgh and Glasgow are about the same distance apart, and even thenLivingston FC, Motherwell FC and Falkirk FC are all closer to whitburn, so its easier and cleaner just to say in supports Celtic. Mbr1983 (talk) 20:55, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soccer Team 

message: In the early career section,this is the opening sentence- While attending Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh, Franchitti became interested in karting. Allan McNish credited a large part of the start given to himself, Franchitti and David Coulthard as being down to David Leslie senior and junior.
I' don't get it, what does Allan McNish credited a large part of the start given to himself, Franchitti and David Coulthard as being down to David Leslie senior and junior mean?--98.87.55.207 (talk) 20:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean under early career? 

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message: His family are not from Cassino - though that is probably the nearest big town. They're from a little village called Santa Maria Oliveto which is about 40 miles away. The extended family emigrated to the UK at the turn of the 19th century and there are branches in Sheffield, Scotland and Nottinghamshire (Retford). Cheers.SandrinaHatman (talk) 16:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: - Please provide a reliable source and then by all means, change the info accordingly. As it stands, that is the info I got from a reliable source. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 22:02, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Clear Looking Glass. I'm flagging this up because there's a big issue with the accuracy surrounding the Italian diaspora in the English historical record, including things such as names being anglicised and misspelled. What I'm saying can be cross-checked against primary sources such as b/d/m records. Maybe the journalist misheard during the interview (journalists are fallible) or Dario approximated. I know what is reported is wrong because I'm a Franchitti and he's a cousin a few times removed. There's another eg of this happening here: https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/13983601.the-italian-connection/ It's true that Cassino is the nearest large settlement an English person might have heard of; but it's not literally true they came from there. It's like saying someone is from York when they're from Filey. They're both in Yorkshire but the person doesn't live in York but near York. I suggest a simple fix to make it accurate would therefore be to change to "near Cassino" (or even "from the region of Cassino" or "from Isernia"). I hope this clarifies things and gives you some ideas about how to improve accuracy. I realise the mistake is not yours but the source's, but as you will appreciate this is how mistakes enter the historical record and it becomes harder and harder to unpick them.SandrinaHatman (talk) 09:50, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Personal details