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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 17:52, 18 August 2009 [1].

List of 250cc Motorcycle World Champions[edit]

Nominator(s): NapHit (talk) 20:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I am nominating this for featured list because I believe that list meets all the criteria necessary, after some hard work NapHit (talk) 20:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments
Resolved comments from Crzycheetah
    • This is a List of 250cc Motorcycle World Champions, yet the lead talks more about MotoGP. Why?
    • I'd like to know what 250cc means.
  • The "Poles" column doesn't sort properly.
Fixed NapHit (talk) 16:37, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Is there a rider that actually won three championships in one year?
Nope NapHit (talk) 16:37, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why are the next three sections needed? If I sort the main table by rider, I'll know how many times he won. Same thing with "by constructor" and "by nationality".
      • It is easier to navigate in my opinion, as the information is in front of you, instead of having to count up stuff yourself. NapHit (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'd put the bibliography in front of the citations. When I clicked on the first ref, it brought me to "Marshall. p. 289" and it took me a while to scroll down to find out who the Marshall is.
    • The retrieval date of the current ref # 27 is... 2001.
    • Is there any categories that could be added, as well?
      • No not that I can see
    • Is it possible to sort the Spanish flag as "S" instead of "E"?
      • I think it is but I think it should stay the way it is. NapHit (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • What's the reason? Why should Spain be listed under 'E"?
          • Well for one thing that is what the template lists it as, and I'm not sure how to alter it, and it is referred to as Espana regularly so I see no problem with it. NapHit (talk) 18:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

--Crzycheetah 03:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done all your requests. NapHit (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's definitely a good list.--Crzycheetah 03:38, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • support fulfills the FL criteria a very good article. 02blythed (talk) 22:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Change comma after "250cc is the intermediate category" to a semi-colon.
  • Period missing before Bruno Ruffo. Giants2008 (17–14) 01:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All done NapHit (talk) 18:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support – My comments have been addressed, and the list was very clean to begin with. Giants2008 (17–14) 21:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. I'd still prefer if the constructor's flags were removed, but can understand why you put them there. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:45, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)
Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)
  • "Former classes that are now discontinued"-->Former classes that have been discontinued
  • "the 250cc refers to the maximum engine displacement capacity. " Can you explain this a little better? For example, I always thought that the "cc" meant "cubic centimetre".
  • "and is the oldest motorsport World Championship in existence."
  • "In the current points system" Unnecessary.
  • "Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most titles; both men have won four titles during their career."-->Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most titles (four each)
  • No need to link Italy, Great Britain and Germany.
  • "Germany is third with seven titles won by four riders."
  • "Marco Simoncelli is the current champion.[5]" State which year in which he won.
  • Alt text for the first image needs to be improved. You need to describe only what you see in the image. The other alt texts are good.
  • Why do constructors have flags? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To signify to the uneducated reader what nationality they are. NapHit (talk) 18:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But how is that important? It can be confusing too; can only Japanese riders race on the Hondas? Dabomb87 (talk) 21:18, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I can remove them if you want but I think it's helpful information, and no any rider from any country can ride with any team, the flag just represented what country the team came from. NapHit (talk) 18:35, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done all requests NapHit (talk) 18:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:56, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note FLC is currently short of reviewers; please consider reviewing one or more on the nomination list if you have not already (this message is being posted to all running FLCs). Dabomb87 (talk) 23:22, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments The point system mentioned at the prose is the current point system. I believe that in the older years the point system were different. According to Alex Barros article, there were 3 different point systems. However I haven't had time to confirm this and find a reference, but I think it should be noted that the point systems weren't always the same. — Martin tamb (talk) 06:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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