Talk:Motorcycle speedway

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@Traveler100:I cropped a Commons image to make this page banner but the quality is poor. Could anyone do a better job? Selfie City (talk) 23:53, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

What if we used this image --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 03:43, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Torun speedway stadium in Poland

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I think that it would be better to show a motorcycle - how about one of these - New alternative 1 or 2AlasdairW (talk) 21:57, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for coming back, AlasdairW! This is really helpful, since I'd like to see this article get up to guide status. And yes, these images look good. I'll take a look at them. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 22:06, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

My favorite is #1, since broadsiding (which is pictured in #1) is a very important part of speedway racing. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 22:09, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

No one has voted, so perhaps in a day or two we could add #1 to the page. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 04:24, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@AlasdairW: I've added banner #1 for now, but the problem with it is that (at least on mobile) the text overlaps most of the motorcycles. #2 seems like it might be better after all because two of the motorcycles are on the right side of that image. What do you think? --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 14:17, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

I created #2 because I was a little disappointed with #1 when I saw it after the crop. Unfortunately there is a large amount of pink and an official's head in #1. However with #1, the text stops just before the middle motorcycle when I look at the page on a desktop. I have never watched the sport at a stadium, so I am not well placed to comment, but my first choice would be #2. AlasdairW (talk) 20:41, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Yes, let's at least try #2, see how it is on mobile and desktop. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 00:58, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Well, I'm now looking at the banner in desktop mode, and it looks fine. But I'll change it to #2 anyway. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 01:00, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

It's definitely now on its way to guide status. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 20:14, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Guide status yet?

It's definitely in the vicinity of guide status, but I'm not quite ready to plunge forward yet. What do others think? --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 23:05, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Does it cover all countries where it's popular? After looking at the Wikipedia article and a few YouTube videos, it seems to be quite popular in Sweden, which is mentioned but has no destinations, and Denmark, which is not mentioned at all. There is also one dead link at the moment. Gizza ^(roam) 11:23, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I'll do some work on Denmark, since it is quite important in relation to the sport. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 18:56, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

The Sweden section certainly also needs more info; I think speedway is the most popular motor sport there. --ϒpsilon (talk) 19:10, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Sure, but it's not so easy to get information about Swedish clubs. --Comment by Selfie City (talk about my contributions) 19:38, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I can try to expand that section when I have time. ϒpsilon (talk) 19:46, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I think that it could do with an Understand section giving some more details of the sport. How long is a typical race, if I go to watch speedway, am I likely to see one race or a series over the course of a day? The introduction to the article should also make it clear that the article is only about watching the sport, unless some tracks are added where a road motorcyclist could hire a low powered speedway bike to have a go for an hour. AlasdairW (talk) 21:02, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I've added some of this information in a very compact fashion to the lede. --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 15:52, 10 November 2018 (UTC)