Difference between revisions of "Help talk:Editing pages"

Revision as of 15:18, 17 August 2011

Masters Template

So... when are we going to get a Masters template for drivers? Given that she is a regular series, should definitely be part of it done. - PhillieC

Added now. Usage is the same as the Superleague one, but change 'SL' to 'MS' in the opening line when adding the infobox to a page. --Chris williamson 11:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

CoolaBoola! - PhillieC

While your at it.. and since I don't have a clue how to do it. Might as well set up the combined infobox's for it too so they can appear on driver pages with their choice of series? - Phillie C

DNS / DNQ / RC / PO / WD / DNP / blank / Ret / DNF

Since you added this part of the help Chris, I think this brings up a slight problem that we should try to address. The problem is - what defines these and differentiates them from each other. I do know that in the first few seasons there was some generosity, or a greater amount of leeway which, while it perhaps wasn't very consistent, allowed for drivers' no-shows. For example, being allowed to start from the back of the grid if you didn't qualify or sometimes accepting late files if there was an Internet problem for individuals or they had been busy in 'real life'.

In this respect, obviously the GPVWC was different from the real Formula 1 and also different from the GPVWC incarnation we have now.

I think all of us have been basically entering the data as we can, and kinda taking guesses here and there. The results spreadsheet we've been using often describes DNFs in certain positions, but we should try to ascertain for each season what constituted a DNF versus a retirement.

Also, for drivers who retired from a season (like Adam Rouse did during this season), should we enter "WD" for withdrew for the first race after the driver pulled out from the competition? --Mal McKee 19:18, 17 August 2011 (UTC)