Talk:Power Laps

message: Does anyone know why the: 
Westfield XTR2
was removed form the board?
70.239.204.126 14:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

message: I believe the lists for the lap times need to be removed due to a copyright violation.  See the discussion for Talk:The_Cool_Wall#Copyright. 
I've seen similar lists removed for FIFA 100 and Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.  You can't reproduce a list from a copyrighted source without approval from its copyright holder.  --Madchester 00:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright violation

message: In the article it sounds like the Ariel Atom should not be on this list.
Actually, it is as much a road car as most of the other supercars on there, so the term "managed to squeak by onto the Power Lap board" is wrong in my humble opinion. Should be something like "is also featured".
da_baitsnatcha 11:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: not an outstanding issue anymore--81.241.180.45 23:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ariel Atom

message: I was looking at the episodes where they race the vehicles that can not appear on the normal list, but haven't seen or heard anything about having an extra list for those. The times are simply compared and then removed.. If there is actually a place/episode where they state there is a second list, can someone point me to it? Another option, instead of stating there is a second list, maybe the wording should be changed to "these vehicles have also been timed around the lap, but cannot appear on the board because of ..". As thus, there is no second *official* listing and ranking, but only a collection of vehicles tested but not applicable.--81.241.36.93 10:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I certainly remember an episode where they showed a second list of vehicles that aren't road legal, possibly in the episode where they fly a Harrier around the track, though I can't be sure. (They refer to the Harrier as the new "fastest… thing ever to go round our track") - MTC 19:34, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2 lists?

message: It's a road legal car. If you remove Caparo T1 from the board because TG removed it from theirs, you will have to remove the Radical SR3 for consistency as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.21.10.169 (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please don't remove the Caparo T1 from the board 

message: The article is about a segment of the BBC Top Gear programme, in which cars are driven around the same test track by the same driver to compare their performance. Some cars, that have not appeared on Top Gear, have done laps of the track with different drivers during periods when the programme was in hiatus. Do these times deserve to be included in the article?
:The Stig is not 'the same driver' he is a fictional character to disguise the fact that many different driving consultants, owners, or manufacturer supplied specialists might be used to set times around the same circuit.87.113.31.203 (talk) 16:27, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC: Power Laps not conducted by the Top Gear programme

message: First of all, the primary people in this discussion are apparently not assuming good faith or being civil. Please do so in future discussions. Second, when I address an issue like this, I do not read the article and attempt to go on general principles; application of these principles is still left to the editors of this article after a consensus or compromise is reached (and by 'consensus', I mean a clear majority, not just one person over 50%).
As to the discussion at hand, I recommend both parties stepping back and refraining from from discussing further. Your points have clearly been made. From what is given here, and without reading the page, Power Laps is a segment on Top Gear, correct? If so, the article should focus on the segment of the show. If there is controversy, such as, "There is considerable controversy on the power laps segment as many cars do not appear to maximize their full potential. Though Car A made the lap time in 1:21:14 on Top Gear, a representative from the manufacturer performed the same circuit in 1:12:35. etc.", then it would be best to include it in a separate "Controversy" section. This allows for a basic description of the segment while still showing there are significant outside opinions that differ.
Well, there's my . — BQZip01 — talk 19:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Outside comment

message: Should we note the track conditions on the list (wet, etc)? It seems relevant. mattbuck (talk) 18:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We do, look closely. If there are any missing, please go ahead and add them yourself. ↔ Dennywuh (talk) 19:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yes, my bad. mattbuck (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Track Conditions