Talk:2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

New infobox

It seems like it's time someone created an infobox template specifically for alpine World Cup skiers. (They already exist for many other types of athletes, including World Cup ski jumpers.) I created a preliminary one; I'd never made one before, so go easy on me if I did something wrong — although I did try to emulate other existing athlete infobox templates. (This one is basically a hybrid of the generic "Athlete" one and the "Ski jumper" one.)

If people like how this came out, it would be awesome to see this start to appear on individual skiers' pages.

{{{skiername}}}

{{{image}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Club	{{{club}}}
Skis/boots/bindings	{{{skis}}}/{{{boots}}}/{{{bindings}}}
Main sponsor	{{{sponsor}}}
Date of birth	{{{datebirth}}}
Place of birth	{{{birthcity}}}, {{{birthcountry}}}
Date of death	{{{datedeath}}}
Place of death	{{{placedeath}}}
Height	{{{height}}}
Weight	{{{weight}}}
World Cup debut	{{{wcdebut}}}
Retired	{{{retired}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Olympics
Teams:	{{{olympicteams}}}
Medals:	{{{olympicmedals}}} ({{{olympicgolds}}} gold)
World Championships
Teams:	{{{worldsteams}}}
Medals:	{{{worldsmedals}}} ({{{worldsgolds}}} gold)
World Cup
Seasons:	{{{wcseasons}}}
Wins:	{{{wcwins}}}
Podiums:	{{{wcpodiums}}}
Overall titles:	{{{wcoveralls}}}
Discipline titles:	{{{wctitles}}}
Infobox last updated on: {{{updated}}}.

Charolastra charolo 04:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Can we drop the "weight" parameter? Punkmorten 09:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I suppose so, since that does tend to fluctuate. That said, even though it's more constant, should we ditch "height" as well? It seems weird to have one but not the other. By the way, here's an example of what the template would look like in real usage

Daron Rahlves

File:Daron Rahlves.jpg
Country	United States
Club	Sugar Bowl Ski Team
Skis/boots/bindings	Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
Main sponsor	Red Bull
Date of birth	June 12, 1973
Place of birth	Walnut Creek, California, U.S.A.
Height	1.73 m (5'8")
World Cup debut	March 13, 1994
Retired	March 26, 2006
Website	http://www.daronrahlves.com
Olympics
Teams	3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13
Wins	12
Podiums	28
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	0
Infobox last updated on: 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I almost forgot, I've since added a field for the athlete's official website, too. Charolastra charolo 06:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I like the template. Let's put it into use. --Tone 14:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Great. I've never made a template before so this has taken a little trial and error, but I think everything should work now. To add the infobox to a page, go to Template:Infobox alpine ski racer, copy the template code stuff in the box there, and paste it into the top of a racer's page, filling in all relevant details. On the Template:Infobox alpine ski racer page you will also find descriptions of all the fields.

I have added the infobox to Daron Rahlves' page; for a suggestion of how to fill out the fields, check it out.

Oh, I added one more field where you can list which disciplines a skier competes in regularly. Charolastra charolo 04:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Good, this parameter is useful. By the way, Charolastra, why don't you write something about you on your userpage? Just so that it isn't red anymore ;-) --Tone 16:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Cup standings

Nobody had gotten around to updating most of the standings on the page in a couple of weeks, which is understandable: it takes fucking forever. So I made an executive decision to change the page so it only displays the top five leaders in each category. This will be far easier to keep updated, and it makes for a much more compact page anyway. If people really want to find out who's in 13th place in the women's super G standings they can go to the FIS website. Charolastra charolo 20:35, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree for now, when these have to be updated weekly, sometimes daily. But a top 15 on each discipline is a reasonable number at the end of the season to be included in the article. SportsAddicted | discuss 20:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, rhis is a good decision. But when the season is over, please put at least 15 on each list. --Tone 21:22, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

The season is now over... I've seen that the pages on 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup list the 10 best athletes and for the various disciplines there are very detailed tables, listing the points taken in each race. Moreover, there are links to tables of this kind where all athletes who took at least one point are listed. 2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup is different, though, listing only the best 5 and the best 10 in the overall nations cup. What's your opinion, should we make detailed lists as on the 2004 and 2005 pages? That amount of information seems almost too much too me. A compromise could be to make extra pages with large tables. WolfgangFaber 22:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Hair-raising final men's Slalom

I would like to cit. German Wikipedia: Svindal was 12th-placed after the first leg (Raich was in lead); but in the 2nd leg, Svindal (being the fourth to start of those who was rankend in the best 15 and to have a chance to gain points according to the regulations that only the best 15 ranked could gain points) had a very bad race; he fell down, was now only fourth; that did imply that he would be 16th ranked after the race. But another Scandinavian racer did help (I would like to point out that he did it involuntarily): Swedish Markus Larsson, the eleventh after the first leg, was slower than Svindal, and now it was officially: Svindal was the Overall Winner. 213.225.13.201 (talk) 14:40, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Starting order in the Speed Disciplines

I would like to cit. the German Wikipedia, but (also) I know it by myself:

In regard to Downhill Races, on May 26th, 2006, the FIS did decide that - like in the Super-G-races - the so-called "World Cup Starting List" ("WCSL") is binding for the starting order. To reverse that "WCSL" the best racer had to start with bib number 30, the second best racer did start with bib number 29 a.s.o. - Up from the season 2002/03 starting order for downhill races did depend on result of the trainings: Best racer of the training did start with bib number 30 a.s.o. - but racers did prefer to obtain a lower bib number. Therefore they did delay their starting procedure or did delay by creating curved lines during the race. - That regulation was guilty for two years. 213.225.13.201 (talk) 14:57, 3 January 2017 (UTC)