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Happy editing! Carlosguitar ^{(Yes Executor?)} 02:39, 30 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello, from where did you get the information that Arturo Flores got disqualified from the NACAM F4 race in Mexico City 2021? Apparently you changed the article but without naming a source.--Lukas Raich (talk) 17:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I based my edit on a screenshot of an FIA document. I don't remember where I got it from but I can send it to you if you give me an e-mail or something. Also I just heard that he successfully appealed the DSQ at @youngdriversmonthly on Instagram. --Formula Downforce (talk) 19:15, 17 November 2021 (CET)

Oh so it means he is still the winner of the race?--Lukas Raich (talk) 20:10, 17 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

He was disqualified but I understand that he successfully appeled the disqualification so he should be the winner again. --Formula Downforce (talk) 21:24, 17 November 2021 (CET)

Hello, I was looking at your edits to Ricardo Feller, specifically in the Career Summary section and was wondering why we don't display the sub-class championship standings in this table. For instance, Feller won the Silver Cup title in 2021, how are we supposed to display that in that table? So far, it looks as though the other Silver Cup champions from that season have the sub-class still listed (see Alex Fontana and Rolf Ineichen). SmackJam (talk) 14:50, 18 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Perdonally I think the same season shouldn't be displayed twice and the first standing used should be the overall one but I mainld changed it for consistency because there are many drivers who don't have sub classes displayed as well. In the end it doesn't matter if sub classes are displayed or not but it should be consistent. Formula Downforce (talk) 17:24, 19 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

That's understandable. Thanks for clearing that up. SmackJam (talk) 20:26, 19 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi Formula Downforce, I hope this finds you well. I just had a question regarding racing results, when we make tables for a car's results, do we enter its class position or overall position? I'm giving Audi R10 TDI a do-over and in some races, the Porsche RS Spyder beat it. So obviously it's not first overall, but it was still first in class. Do I still enter that as a first place, or its respective overall position? TIA. X-750 _{List of articles I have screwed over} 21:47, 28 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

I don't think it really matters which results you ad but it should be clear if class results or overall results are displayed. It's predecccesor, the Audi R8 LMP, has a table for 24HLM results which shows Overall position. Formula Downforce (talk) 07:17, 29 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I'll roll with class positions and add footnotes for where they didn't finish that place overall. X-750 _{List of articles I have screwed over} 20:40, 29 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi I'm User:BurningBlaze05 and I just wanted to give my thanks to you for contributing and helping out with pages I'm making, I have learning difficulties so I find it a bit hard with learning how wikipedia works sometimes. BurningBlaze05 (talk) 19:45, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

No problem, you'll get into it. I had troubles figuring out how to format and color tables myself but once you get into it it's quite simple. Formula Downforce (talk) 20:15, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, and I really want to thank you for helping with articles I'm drafting. :) BurningBlaze05 (talk) 13:26, 26 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much for doing so, you made my page up to Wikipedia standards! You're amazing for helping me! BurningBlaze05 (talk) 11:17, 18 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I just try my best to improve drafts, which I believe should be an article. Formula Downforce (talk) 12:08, 18 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

You are a absolute legend for helping me, I think I may make you a shrine where I worship you.

No idea why Cooper Webster's page gets accepted but Louis Sharp's doesn't. Wikipedia logic I guess. BurningBlaze05 (talk) 08:33, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sometimes it's just luck what reviewer you get. They may all work with the same guidelines but guidelines always leave room for interpretation. Formula Downforce (talk) 09:58, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

The argument on Sharps's rejection was that he doesn't pass the notability criteria for motorsports which is an understandable arguement since he has only raced in Formula 4 and lower categories. Since there is quite a lot of coverage of him either I thought he might get through the AFC Submission since Andrea Kimi Antonelli and some others also had articles as F4 drivers. Formula Downforce (talk) 10:03, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello Formula Downforce,

I'm admittedly out of my element when discussing racing but one of my mentees has added a substantial amount of content to the article in the title. It seems a lot of it looks promotional to me and I have requested they correct. I have also instructed them to add citations which they are doing now. If you could just take a look at the article and tell me what you think I would be most grateful. Of course this is a request and not obligatory. I am reaching out to you because I have seen you on a quite a few racing articles. Thank you. --ARoseWolf 20:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think in the article looks good in some aspects but there some things that could be improved. You could use the "infobox racing driver" instead of the "infobox person". The "racing record" segment is actually a part about the "racing career" and it is in some parts repetitive of the "early life and career" section. Maybe you could distinguish career part into different types of racing like, karting, sim racing and rallycross. The section name "racing record" usually refers to a tabular overview of drivers results. And lastly some of the statements near the end of the career section, should either be moved to a "personal life" section or removed completely, because their are just promotional and unsourced. Formula Downforce (talk) 21:37, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you so much. Your suggestions are most helpful and invaluable. --ARoseWolf 16:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Damn, I just had the idea of creating the draft of VRD, I guess you beat me to it by a few days!!! I'm happy to help you with it. Certified Formula Neek (talk) 18:05, 5 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Noticed it was your 18th birthday, even if it was two days ago BurningBlaze05 (talk) 15:50, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Formula Downforce (talk) 16:38, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hey Formula Downforce, I wanted to thank you for the constant edits you do on my pages to make them better especially when it's about categories as I tend to forget some.

Happy editing mein freund!! Road Atlanta Turn 5 20:04, 4 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

I forgot to wish you a happy brunch earlier in the morning 😭 BurningBlaze05 (talk) 19:51, 17 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much. 😊 Formula Downforce (talk) 22:24, 17 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'm late too this, but I wish you a happy birthday! BurningBlaze05 (talk) 09:13, 21 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much. Considering that I was originally predicted to be born on 21 June, I was just early and you're not late. Formula Downforce (talk) 09:40, 21 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please refrain from adding categories against WP:CATDEF as you have been with Category:Theodore Racing drivers. The articles you're adding this do don't mention it, and certainly don't reference it. Going even further they don't even meet the timespans for the category as drivers had their careers outside the timelines of it existing (one even died 2 years earlier.) Please clean these inaccurate and CATDEF failing categories from the pages. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 20:41, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please tell me which drivers do you mean exactly? Formula Downforce (talk) 20:43, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I am not going through all your edits, you need to make sure your edits are correct not for others to correct. I removed from Eddie Irvine and Tony Brise, there were the only 2 I looked at and both were failures. Going by that, and the previous conversations people have had with you about adding incorrect categories, there will be more. Canterbury Tail talk 20:51, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I just checked one more at random, Antonio Fuoco, another WP:CATDEF failure. Canterbury Tail talk 20:53, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Well then have a look at the 1988 Macau Grand Prix, 1989 Macau Grand Prix, 1990 Macau Grand Prix and 1975 ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship and tell me Irvine and Brise didn't race for Theodore Racing. Formula Downforce (talk) 20:54, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and again this is about WP:CATDEF. For a category to be put on the article the article must discuss it, have it referenced and for reliable sources to consistently mention it. Canterbury Tail talk 22:39, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I'm Canterbury Tail. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation, your edit is archived in the page history. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 13:59, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

And what edit would that be? Please stop getting on my nerves if you're even going to be clear about what the problem is. Formula Downforce (talk) 14:30, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Do you mean the edit on Daiki Sasaki? If you have look around you will notice that it's normal to not have sources inside the career summary table. And why the hell did you remove the whole the whole racing record section of the page? At this point you can just delete every racing driver page on Wikipedia. Formula Downforce (talk) 14:34, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I remove it because it was unsourced. Unsourced material can be removed at any time. Plus it was tagged on a BLP article as being unsourced since earlier this year. If it's not sourced, it can be removed per WP:V. And I am clear (because you'll have gotten a notification as well or what and why,) just like I was clear about the WP:CATDEF issues above that haven't been resolved as yet. And note, I'm not following you around, there are serious issues with racing drivers, lack of sources, and massive MOS:SMALL violations in most of their articles. Canterbury Tail talk 14:41, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply