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			==Support championships in the WRC==
			Mclarenfan17 here coming out of a mostly-retired state (I was bored and tables needed filling in).

			I have been thinking about the way that Misplaced Pages represents competitors in the WRC championships, and I feel like we're doing it wrong. A couple of years ago, we had every championship in the one article - this was back in the days of the SWRC, PWRC, JWRC and so on - and it was a mess. With the creation of the WRC-2 and WRC-3, we split championships out into a series of interconnected articles, the reason being that the WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 and J-WRC were recognised as individual championships and often had their own rules (i.e., the J-WRC only contests two legs of a rally and offers additional points for stage wins). Keeping track of it all in one article was impractical and ridiculous; some of those articles easily crossed 100,000kB in size.

			But here is where the problem comes in: competitors are eligible for WRC points regardless of which championship they are entered into, but Misplaced Pages only addresses them in the "primary" championship. Oliver Solberg joined Hyundai's WRC-2 campaign and so will only be mentioned in the WRC-2 article unless he happens to score WRC points despite the fact that he is ''equally'' eligible for WRC and WRC-2 points. This idea of a "primary" championship is a complete fabrication on our part.

			The cause (or possibly effect or even by-product; I haven't decided which) of this is the unspoken categorisation of competitors. We currently have the following:
			# Crews in manufacturer teams driving 2017-spec cars
			# Crews driving 2017-spec cars that are not in manufacturer teams
			# Crews that are not in manufacturer teams or 2017-spec cars who score WRC points
			# Crews that are not in manufacturer teams or 2017-spec cars that do not score WRC points
			# Crews that are considered notable (i.e. Johan Kristofferson), but are not registered for points
			# Privateer entries that make a limited number of appearances and may or may not be in a Group R car
			Of that list, the article only explicitly covers the first two categories. The third category may be covered - but not explicitly - if certain conditions are met. The final three categories are not covered here, although category four is covered in the WRC-2, WRC-3 and J-WRC articles. Category five is covered as needed, usually in a rally report. Category six is never covered. However, it is not clear to the average reader that these categories exist, and given that they are eligible to score WRC points, omitting them is a misrepresentation of the championship. ] (]) 04:03, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

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Support championships in the WRC

Mclarenfan17 here coming out of a mostly-retired state (I was bored and tables needed filling in).

I have been thinking about the way that Misplaced Pages represents competitors in the WRC championships, and I feel like we're doing it wrong. A couple of years ago, we had every championship in the one article - this was back in the days of the SWRC, PWRC, JWRC and so on - and it was a mess. With the creation of the WRC-2 and WRC-3, we split championships out into a series of interconnected articles, the reason being that the WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 and J-WRC were recognised as individual championships and often had their own rules (i.e., the J-WRC only contests two legs of a rally and offers additional points for stage wins). Keeping track of it all in one article was impractical and ridiculous; some of those articles easily crossed 100,000kB in size.

But here is where the problem comes in: competitors are eligible for WRC points regardless of which championship they are entered into, but Misplaced Pages only addresses them in the "primary" championship. Oliver Solberg joined Hyundai's WRC-2 campaign and so will only be mentioned in the WRC-2 article unless he happens to score WRC points despite the fact that he is equally eligible for WRC and WRC-2 points. This idea of a "primary" championship is a complete fabrication on our part.

The cause (or possibly effect or even by-product; I haven't decided which) of this is the unspoken categorisation of competitors. We currently have the following:

Crews in manufacturer teams driving 2017-spec cars
Crews driving 2017-spec cars that are not in manufacturer teams
Crews that are not in manufacturer teams or 2017-spec cars who score WRC points
Crews that are not in manufacturer teams or 2017-spec cars that do not score WRC points
Crews that are considered notable (i.e. Johan Kristofferson), but are not registered for points
Privateer entries that make a limited number of appearances and may or may not be in a Group R car

Of that list, the article only explicitly covers the first two categories. The third category may be covered - but not explicitly - if certain conditions are met. The final three categories are not covered here, although category four is covered in the WRC-2, WRC-3 and J-WRC articles. Category five is covered as needed, usually in a rally report. Category six is never covered. However, it is not clear to the average reader that these categories exist, and given that they are eligible to score WRC points, omitting them is a misrepresentation of the championship. 1.129.108.65 (talk) 04:03, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

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