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I wonder if you can help out. The talk page consensus was to change parameter "Famous works" to "Works". I changed this on the template and documentation pages. However, now the parameter doesn't work on pages such as Vincent van Gogh, which still have "Famous works": it does work if "Famous works" is changed in the infobox to "Works". Does this mean every existing use of "Famous works" in the infobox has to be changed to "Works"? If so, presumably this is a bot job - any suggestions for a suitable bot runner to do the job? Thanks. Ty 03:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I changed "famous works" twice on the documentation page[1] and three times on the template page.[2] Which of those are parameter name and which are displayed text? Ty 04:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I've put in a bot request on User_talk:Mets501#Template:Infobox_Artist, but I'd still like to find out the info requested above. Thanks. Ty 05:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. That's very helpful. Ty 23:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Pacific team

Can you go round the race report articles for 1994/95 and make sure the links for the Pacific team direct to the Pacific Racing page not via a redirect. Same goes for McLaren, most of them look like when editing [[Team McLaren|McLaren]] when it should just be purely [[McLaren]]. Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 14:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Could a AWB run do this ? (Does DH have AWB ?) Guroadrunner (talk) 04:48, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I used to have AWB but a couple of months ago it told me my current version was no longer supported and made me download a newer version which I've never been able to get to install correctly. (And, having installed the new version, I found I couldn't successfully reinstall the old version either). I ended up making the changes manually on the 21st of July. DH85868993 (talk) 06:49, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

While I never understood how to get AWB to make edits, shortly after having AWB I received the same problem that I needed an update, but the program would not do so. I can emphathize. Guroadrunner (talk) 11:20, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Derek Bell

Went looking for the discussion at WP:MOTOR and found, in a discussion we both contributed to, that (racing driver) was the standard not (auto racer). Any reason? --Falcadore (talk) 02:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Grand Prix Results

Have removed the Bernard White / Team Chamaco Collect results from the BRM Grand Prix results page & Otto Stuppacher from the Tyrrell Racing page. I suspect some of the other BRM entries are neither works nor Parnell ones, but I don't have the references to hand. Mr Larrington (talk) 10:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Disambig tag

Yea, I guess you should add the project banner on the talk page. Me and somebody else are mass tagging disambiguation talk pages. Cheers. _{Trance addict - Tiesto - Above and Beyond} 05:43, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Ret/DNS (F1)

Well, there are many other races where Wikipedia also have different information as formula1.com. 2005 United States Grand Prix (Michelin) and 1999 British Grand Prix (Michael Schumacher) for example. BleuDXXXIV (talk) 10:09, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Possible typo in Image:Downtown Detroit Street Circuit.svg

Hi Will. Thanks for your great work with motor racing track maps. I noticed what appears to be a typo in Image:Downtown Detroit Street Circuit.svg - I think "Chyrsler" should be "Chrysler". Cheers. DH85868993 (talk) 13:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, in Image:Estroril.svg (which should be Image:Estoril.svg?), "Aryton Senna" should probably be "Ayrton Senna". DH85868993 (talk) 15:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointing out the typos. However, I don't know when I will be able to fix them. If you have Inkscape or another SVG editor, feel free to make the corrections yourself. Just make sure you use the version that has the text on paths (see the version history) when needed and let me know when you are done so I can update my local copy. Finally, please remember that the images aren't on Wikipedia, they are at Commons. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Unnesting

I think I pulled it out of its place so I could see what category it was. Then I found out that this kind of material is written on nested tables. (Not counting out that it might have been for aesthetics or some other reason). I don't really remember, but I've nested it again. Thanks for calling it to my attention. -- Guroadrunner (talk) 04:45, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Seasons 63-65

Hi, is there an error or do i miss something why is Alfa Romeo listed in constructor list in those seasons? List of Formula One Grand Prix winners (constructors), 1963 Formula One season, 1965 Formula One season --— Typ932^{T | C}  11:46, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi thanks for explanation, looks still odd to see it as constructor... --— Typ932^{T | C}  12:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Update errors

Hi again. Thanks for the alert and my apologies for overlooking these replacements. I'll try amending the infobox code now in order to accommodate them. Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

• Okay, I hope the template's now working again properly. Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

• Least I could try to do once alerted. Best wishes. Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Images

Thanks! I try to do my best. :) --Diniz(talk) 12:01, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

RE: Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

Hi DH, yes, the Buenos Aires Circuit has been renamed after the Gálvez brothers. A source says Buenos Aires Legislature issued a law regarding this in early July 2008, just before the Buenos Aires 200km race. Juan and Oscar Gálvez were the best racing drivers in domestic series as Fangio was the best Argentine racing driver all around the world. I have failed to find a reference in English - most of those articles are in Spanish. Regards, Mxcatania (talk) 02:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Category: Buenos Aires Grand Prix drivers

Just got undeleted. --Falcadore (talk) 21:35, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

And redeleted, I see. DH85868993 (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

I noticed that you have moved the article Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez to Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez based on a blogspot source. Blogspot doesn't qualify as a reliable source, because anyone can write anything on a blog. Do any reliable sources mention the rename? Because the official website of the circuit calls it "Autodromo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, without any reference to Galvez. Aecis·(away) ^talk 07:40, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Cut and paste move

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Kojima (disambiguation) a different title by copying its content and pasting it into Kojima. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is considered undesirable because it splits the page history which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other articles that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. I do realize that Ciao 90 had already done the copy and paste part, but rather than erasing the duplicated content and redirecting the page, you should have requested a history merge as I have now done. Thanks for your understanding and for your help on the project! Ashanda (talk) 04:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

1950 Formula One season

--Pannie196 (talk) 11:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)Hello, it is a pleasure to be part of such a great project. I intend to create Teams/drivers lists for every season that has not one yet. Should I also include in my 1950-1960 lists the teams and drivers that took part in the Indy 500 - which, of course, counted towards the World Championship, but was run under different regulations? And moreover, should F2 entries that appeared in F1 races in 1957, 1958, 1966, 1967 and 1969 be included?

One more thing, I noticed that the term 'FIA Formula One World Championship' is used for all seasons, I believe the 'FIA' World Championship only begun in 1981.

Regards,

Pannie196

Thank you for your input. Now as far the 'FIA' term is concerned, I believe that since there has already beeen a discussion about it and a generally accpeted term has been agreed upon, it would be better to use the same convention. As you might see, I have ommited the term 'Formula One' from the 1952 list and I intend to do the same for 1953.

Moreover, I see your point about focusing on the teams that contested the majority of the races, however, where you would draw the line? For example, FISA entered Giancarlo Baghetti for only one race and won it. So the entry should not be included? Furthermore, I feel the team and drivers lists should be in accordance with the 'final standings' tables that follow.

Finally, I have not decided which criteria is best to use to order my lists. I have gone for entry numbers for 1950, but for 1951 I opted for race participations; this system seems to 'reward' the most consistent teams. Any ideas?--Pannie196 (talk) 16:45, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

List of Formula One driver records

Hi DH85868993, just a quick one on the List of Formula One driver records page, in particular the race leaders for at least one lap section [3]. I didn't update this table as I wasn't entirely sure that both Raikkonen and Alonso led 1 lap during yesterday's race and therefore did not update the 'This page is accurate up to and including' at the top of the page. This has since been updated but the race leaders for at least one lap section has not been. Are you aware of a reliable source for this information? I don't keep an eye on this page regularly so this table may not have been updated for a while. Regards, Schumi555 (talk) 20:17, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know of a reliable source for "total races led" - I usually just hope/assume that whoever updates that section of the article gets it right! And to make matters worse, I've been away from home for much of the past month, so I haven't closely checked the updates to the article for the past 4 races. Not much help, I'm afraid! DH85868993 (talk) 20:43, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Okie doke, I thought I hadn't seen your name around as much recently! I seem to remember the commentators saying that Alonso and Raikkonen were leading at some point during the race, but I'm not entirely sure! Shall we just add 1 for both drivers? Schumi555 (talk) 20:49, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think so - the notes section of 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix indicates that Alonso led laps 39-40 and Raikkonen led laps 41-43, so someone must have sourced that info from somewhere. DH85868993 (talk) 21:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh great, I was looking for that yesterday but it must have been added later! Thanks, Schumi555 (talk) 21:14, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the official lap chart, it appears that Alonso and KR did lead a few laps during the race. D.M.N. (talk) 21:16, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I've updated the records now. Regards, Schumi555 (talk) 21:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Calendar templates

Thanks for fixing my mistake on the calendar templates. After puzzling for a bit on how I did that, I figured out what I did wrong. Thanks. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 12:46, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Glad to be of help. DH85868993 (talk) 13:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I was...

...going to stick another barnstar on your user page, but you've got a pretty large collection already. Anyway, my point is that you make a stupendous contribution to this project doing all those niggly but very important jobs that the rest of us are too lazy to do. Fantastic work. 4u1e (talk) 11:08, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Re.

Hello, DH85868993. You have new messages at Blooded Edge's talk page.
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F1 race report infoboxes

Ok, will do. I haven't been able to do anything lately because I have loads of exams coming up, and I need to revise for them. So it's going to take longer than I origionally planned to get them done. Ste900R (talk) 10:00, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Category

In light of my comments and intentions here, you may want to withdraw the nomination. Thanks! Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 20:58, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks—sorry for the confusion I created. :) Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 01:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

McLaren MP4-21

Hey there, thanks for pointing out my spelling mistake, I didn't realise I added an extra 'l'. I thought that the code/template was just going through a glitch XD. Blooded Edge (T•C•A) 10:52, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Template formatting

I've been trying to figure out why the links in the first sentence of Vincent Cruz article don't act like the links in the rest of the article (the mouse pointer doesn't change unless I point directly at the very bottom of the wikilink). I think it's something to do with the martial artist infobox, the problem goes away if I remove it or put a clear after it. Was hoping you might be able to assist. Thanks! Dreadstar † 03:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Retiring

Just thought you'd like to know that I've given you a mention here. Sincerly, D.M.N. (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Formula One World Champion succession boxes

You're right. I'll redo them and any other F1 boxes as you suggest. I think that's why I stopped and went to bed(!) Britmax (talk) 09:04, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeoman Credit

I see that you're directing links away from Yeoman Credit Racing. I'd suggest that there's no point having the article if we don't link to it. Thoughts? Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

My initial thought was that in situations where "Yeoman Credit Racing" is referring specifically to one of the two organisations (Reg Parnell Racing or British Racing Partnership), e.g. in race report articles or driver results tables, then we should link to that specific article, and only link to Yeoman Credit Racing when we are referring to the ongoing entity, e.g. in Reg Parnell where it says "In 1961 Reg Parnell inherited the Yeoman Credit Racing sponsorship deal from the British Racing Partnership". However, upon reflection, I think you're right, and that we should link all occurrences of "Yeoman Credit Racing (Team)" to Yeoman Credit Racing, similar to the way we do for Martini Racing. Ironically, before I made my changes, I thought I'd check to see what had been done in other instances, and I found Chris Bristow, where "Yeoman Credit Racing Team" had been linked to British Racing Partnership (without checking, my guess is that the YCR dabpage didn't exist when that link was created). I'll revert my changes (and other instances, like Chris Bristow) some time within the next 24 hours. If you don't want to wait for me to do it and want to make the reversions/changes yourself, that's cool. DH85868993 (talk) 01:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

That's what I initially thought too, and that's what I started doing when I was writing non-championship race reports. But when I found the Yeoman Credit article, I thought that we could link there and the reader gets the whole YCR picture straight away. He can easily go off to Reg Parnell or BRP from there, so it seemed logical. I assume that's why the YCR article was written, but I didn't know it existed until fairly recently. I agree that it makes sense, and is consistent with instances like Martini Racing. I'll let you revert your changes since you seem to have a little helper in AWB! Plus you know what you changed and I don't know the full extent of what you were doing, so it'll be quicker if you do it. Cheers :o) Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:48, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Done. DH85868993 (talk) 06:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Nice work on the International Formula 3000 categories!--Diniz(talk) 10:53, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes - I'm trying to work up the enthusiasm to create Category:International Formula 3000 drivers, along with creating results tables (and in some cases articles) for every International F3000 driver. Good thing Wikipedia has no deadline!--Diniz(talk) 11:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, I don't know if Cs-wolves was watching this exchange, because he has since created the category!--Diniz(talk) 16:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't watching it, put it that way. I was going to comment on something from the GP2 Asia article for the current season, but realised it was already there. Cs-wolves(talk) 16:57, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for your solution to the Scuderia Ferrari article. I hope the others feel, as I do, that your addition of the template grants everyone's requirements and desires. I always enjoy watching (and learning from) masters at work! Timoleon (talk) 09:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations all around

I'll bring the champagne. Apterygial 10:55, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

And it is true. So many times you post to WT:F1 with a little thing that needs doing that affects so many articles, and then you do all that borderline tedious stuff to make the changes happen. If my aiming at FAs and GAs is the chassis, then you are definitely the engine (weird metaphor). Apterygial 10:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Pink background

If you could change it, that'd be great. I have to head for uni soon so I won't be able to do it myself, so much appreciated for the offer. Cs-wolves(talk) 07:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for that! Cs-wolves(talk) 07:46, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Portal selected picture

Do you know of any interesting pictures which could be in the selected picture section of the portal? I've literally blown myself up doing the DYKs, and any help I could get in the currently depleted area of pictures would be very useful. Apterygial 11:59, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hamilton - youngest to lead etc

Hi

Can you please make sure that the last section matches ? I put that note there so that whoever looked at it would make sure they are saying the same thing top and bottom.

I couldn't work out which one was right, but at the moment it says McLaren at the top and Alonso at the bottom - cheers --Chaosdruid (talk) 03:09, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry ! I was up to late and I think my eyes were starting to play tricks on me last night - that was the second mistake I made so prob was best I went to bed at that point.

Apologies again for making you have another look --Chaosdruid (talk) 15:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Ferrari 312T2

Yep it seems to be , can you check also James Hunt picture is it right, Niki lauda pic needs to be fixed in commons --Typ932 ^T·C 08:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Many, many thanks for the barnstar. I appreciate it. I'm going to now create redirects for the car variants, I started a few days ago with the Arrows links. ;-) D.M.N. (talk) 13:27, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Hello

You are a very good and useful editor to F1 articles. Thanks for keeping Wikipedia up to date. I think the F1 section is one of the best of Wikipedia. 83.161.196.242 (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

P.S. Thanks for the help on my userpage, it works now. Too bad I can't use the same name that my talk page is on, but oh well. W. 83.161.196.242 (talk) 13:22, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

history of formula one regulations

what does this article require to be A rated? (Gdogg371 (talk) 16:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC))

Hmm...

You know, I think it's just us commenting at WT:F1 because everyone else has decent enough TV that they're watching Bahrain practice. Damn you, channel Ten! Apterygial 12:06, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Forgotten

I'd forgotten I'd done that. Have you put in the link. Chubbennaitor 16:08, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Alex Blignaut

I'm pretty sure Alex is no longer with us, so prodding him shouldn't have bothered him too much! I'll have a go today or tomorrow - he's probably more notable than Reed or De Vos, being an entrant as well as a driver, so I should be able to rustle up something to keep the prodders happy :) Thanks for the heads up! Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:32, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :) If you spot any more like that on your travels, let me know. Bretonbanquet (talk) 17:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

AWB

I had read up about it, but never really in any detail. I may as well use it for the rest of the Lola pages...god knows how many are left. :( Regards. Cs-wolves(talk) 13:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Shall do! Cs-wolves(talk) 15:14, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

François Cevert

Please don't change quoted content inside <ref> </ref> tags, like you did here (1st). We can not correct the spelling in other sources. Thanks in advance. -- Matthead  Discuß   17:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Ferrari car articles renames

Thanks for letting me know. I thought that the renames would be uncontroversial enough for me to go ahead with them, but it's always safest to check! ;) --Midgrid(talk) 15:23, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

for this. I knew I'd forgotten something. Apterygial 00:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For correcting how many times Clark had won the WDC. Somewhere along the line I wished him into another win... Funny how I end up concentrating on the minutiae and neglect the big facts... Anyway! Thanks. Bretonbanquet (talk) 10:52, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Alfetta

Hi, I asnwred there, if we cant find any other source for that I think we can remove it as being error in book mentioned? --Typ932 ^T·C 11:04, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

F1 driver results tables

Thanks, I've made a little list of those drivers whose tables have yet to be updated and I'm working through them slowly. Pyrope is doing a lot as well. Like you, I've been editing for vandalism and general minutiae a lot lately and I'd like to try and get back to more substantial stuff! Bretonbanquet (talk) 15:29, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Lola links

I'm doing the BRM ones manually. If there was a setting, I'd be enjoying that no end. ;) Cs-wolves(talk) 14:01, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions

Hi, thanks for cleaning those notes up. I feel horrible because I had planned to work on it rather than just criticise, but did not get the chance to before I went away. The list looks much better now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.82.216 (talk) 12:20, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

SmackBot

Well sportted, good catch. Rich Farmbrough 23:39 3 September 2009 (UTC).

User delete

I saw your last edit to User:DH85868993/sandbox4. Do you want to have this page deleted? Debresser (talk) 22:22, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Category:Motorsport people by nationality

Thanks for creating the categories! However, I believe that all "Category:Booish XXX drivers" should be from "Category:Motorsport in Boo". Good bye! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.135.71.10 (talk) 19:19, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I think it makes sense to collect the "Category:Booish XXX drivers" categories under "Category:Booish racecar drivers" (i.e. as is currently done). You'll also notice that when adding "Category:Motorsport in Boo" to the various categories, I didn't remove any existing categories, e.g. Category:Australian racecar drivers, Category:Australian motorcycle racers and Category:Australian motorboat racers are still in Category:Motorsport in Australia - I just added Category:Australian motorsport people as a "bonus" category. DH85868993 (talk) 06:48, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Auto-review

"Autoreviewer" is something of a misnomer, to be honest -- it should be "autoreviewed".

It gives you, the recipient of autoreviewer rights, no new abilities or privileges. Rather, it's for the benefit of people doing newpage patrol (which is to say, mostly me). It means that you've shown that you know what you're doing to the extent that any new pages you create don't need to be reviewed by human eyes to ensure that they're valid... and that you create new pages often enough that it's more efficient to just mark everything you create as reviewed by default. DS (talk) 12:51, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

dead links

Thanks , it just seems a bit unprofessional to have ' 'red' or 'dead' links everywhere. It should be a working link or it shouldn't really be a link. (Except in some cases, but mostly it's just neglect.) Mass09 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:00, 22 October 2009 (UTC).

FLRC

I have nominated List of Formula One drivers for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Arsenikk ^(talk) 14:34, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

List of World War I aces credited with more than 27 victories

Please do delete it. It was supposed to be done away with long since. I muddled through a faulty revamping of the lists in the process of splitting up a master list that had grown to be second largest in all Wikipedia. and this was part of a failed attempt. There may be some more disconnected lists out there that also need deletion, if you care to hunt for them. If I can recall them, I will refer them to you for deletion.

Thank you for cleaning up after me. I obviously violated "The Kindergarten Rule" of clean up your own messes.

Georgejdorner (talk) 04:50, 20 November 2009 (UTC)