Talk:Rallying/Archive 2

Distinction

The "Rallie des Pharaons" is a Rally-raid like the Paris-Dakar IMO the article should introduce the distinction somewhere. Ericd 15:34, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Danger

Deathly accident in rally have always been very rare. The sentence "thanks to modern safety" biased IMO. In many ways modernity has made rally more dangerous that it was. Ericd 14:58, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

That statement is POV. Surely computer designed rollcages and HANS devices have contibuted more to safety than the speed has detracted from it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.230.121.224 (talk • contribs) 15:46, January 24, 2006.

I don't know if this is POV. This is a nonsense. If accidents have always been rare we have to thank modern safety but also acient safety ? Ericd 22:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Your very right; modern technology is making Rally Racing (And just about any other form of racing) more dangeous. However, there's a flipside to that coin. Modern technology is also helping. But I do agree with you; it shouldn't be biased like that. ~Blake D. Hawkins 01:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Would be good if we had some statistics on how many spectators have been killed.Tommy1441 (talk) 06:52, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Map reader

sometimes they use a wingman as map reader, don't they? Would be nice with some info about this

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.108.16.189 (talk) 11:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

Yes, a co-driver is standard in most rally championships these days. The maps are called pacenotes. There is some information on the "Pacenotes and reconnaissance" section, but I agree there should be more. Prolog 00:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Inappropriate writing style

This article is plagued by a writing style that is more suited to fiction or to an advertising brochure than it is to an encyclopedia. Some examples:

-"These stages, ridiculed by many purists, seem increasingly popular with event organizers." (Is there a reference for this ridicule?)

-"Individuals interested in becoming involved in rallying are encouraged to join their local automotive clubs." (Wikipedia is not meant to be a way to get people interested in a sport.)

-"Rallies are also run every month of the year, in every climate, bitter cold to monsoon rain." (A colourful statement, but an encyclopedic article can do without the fluff.)

Do people agree that someone has to go over this whole article carefully and make adjustments? Nojamus (talk) 17:37, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Scope too Narrow

How can you have an article about rallying and not even mention the Dakar Rally or the Baja 1000? I mean, if you want for this article to be just about WRC, then re-title it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.23.148 (talk) 05:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Rally headquarters

What is it? How is it chosen? How is it different from any other start/finish of any stage? 213.149.51.187 (talk) 18:03, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Not all rallies have headquarters and it would be up to each rally to decide in their own method with their own reasoning. I'm not sure where this would belong in the article other than as part of a Glossary. Rally Wonk (talk) 23:18, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Coefficients

FIA or FIA Europe had (or has) coefficient system in place. Each rally had it's coefficient wich ranged from 0 to 20 - not sure if every value was used (0 (meaning no coefficient), 2, 5, 10, 20 were used) [1]. Needs to be covered. 95.178.180.152 (talk) 13:15, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

I don't agree. It's part of how the championships choose to score points so should be on the championships' own articles. They're not that widely used (and historic) so explaining coefficients doesn't help to explain 'rallying'. Rally Wonk (talk) 23:24, 7 June 2022 (UTC)