Talk:World Rally Championship-3 (2013–2018)

World Motor Sport Council decision

It seems the WRC3 championships is earmarked for closure: https://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-11 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lead holder (talk • contribs) 20:40, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

2019

It was not revived. It's World Rally Championship-2 with a new name. Mclarenfan, I'm amazed you did not know that. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:06, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

So the possibilities are to move this page with something in parenthesis 1) and move WRC2 here, then we need to create a page for WRC2 Pro (now WRC2). 2) Or let this title be a disambig. page. Currently WRC2 Pro is included in WRC2 page, but it's not the best option with 2020 names. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:11, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

You're going to have serious problems if we wind up with "2020 World Rally Championship-3" and "World Rally Championship-3 (2020)". I think you're over-complicating things. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 19:10, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

No "2020 World Rally Championship-3" is ok, but the current page to something like "World Rally Championship-3 (xxxx-2018)" and another for "World Rally Championship-3", because now it's WRC2 with a new name. This page talks about R1, R2 and R3 rules championship. Pelmeen10 (talk) 19:50, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

The previous champions are here: World Rally Championship-2#Drivers' Championship. Pelmeen10 (talk) 19:56, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

By your logic, we should have a separate article every time they changed the regulations. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 21:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

We can move World Rally Championship-2 here. Pelmeen10 (talk) 22:32, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

@Pelmeen10: no, we cannot. Where the old WRC-3 was open to R1/2/3 cars and the new is open to R5, the WRC-2 had always been open to R5 cars. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 09:57, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

The "WRC-2" was renamed "WRC-3" for private entries. "2020 WRC-3" is the 8th season for them, but nothing to do with this article. WRC-2 Pro was renamed WRC-2. "2020 WRC-2" is the second season for them (if we can call it splitting, then 8th aswell). Pelmeen10 (talk) 19:13, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

So why do we have one article for World Rally Championship when they completely rewrote the technical regulations between 2016 and 2017? Mclarenfan17 (talk) 10:36, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Before bringing random comparisons, check the sources. Even the one you provided states The WRC's second tier will be split into WRC 2 and WRC 3 next season following criticism of this year's WRC2 Pro and WRC2 formula for being complicated and difficult to follow. WRC 3 will be a direct replacement for the current WRC 2, with just a drivers' title available to genuine private competitors. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:26, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

I agree with @Pelmeen10: The former WRC-3 was just disbanded, and a new category was introduced as 2nd level, with the former WRC-2 changing designation for WRC-3 but keeping everything else. Its just a rename, like it happened for example, with Formula 2 and Formula 3 (european championship). For me its a no brainer.Rpo.castro (talk) 14:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@Pelmeen10 and Rpo.castro: so, what are you proposing here? Anyone who follows the link to World Rally Championship-3 in the 2020 World Rally Championship-3 article is going to be taken to a page saying the championship is defunct, even though the 2020 article says that it is alive and well. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 09:23, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Alright, I moved this article into a new space and rewrote the World Rally Championship-3 article to focus on the 2020 start. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 00:57, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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2020

The page World Rally Championship-2 should be moved to World Rally Championship-3 with the name change. Just a name change, no new series was started. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:24, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

I quote [1]: WRC 3 will be a direct replacement for the current WRC 2, with just a drivers' title available to genuine private competitors. ---Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:26, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

That is just going to make a mess of things. Moving the WRC-3 article is justified because of the change in regulations. But in the case of the WRC-2, the regulations have remained almost identical. All you're going to do is create confusion. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 12:09, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

The move WRC-3 to WRC-3 (2013-2018) is simple to understand. For the new WRC-2 and WRC-3 (or as in 2019 WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2) its a bit tricky. They are a split up from old WRC-2. The question is: who is the continuation of old WRC-2 (Super 2000 World Rally Championship or S-WRC)? If, WRC-3 is considered as a direct replacement of old WRC-2, like the quote, WRC-2 should be moved to WRC-3, and a new WRC-2 article should be created starting in 2019 as WRC-2 Pro. For example in 2020 World Rally Championship-3, the previous edition is 2019 World Rally Championship-2. Looking at the drivers from old WRC-2, some took WRC-2 Pro and some run in WRC-2 (now WRC-3). Either way will be messy and bit hard to understand in the future for someone outside.Rpo.castro (talk) 10:45, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

2022 & 2023

@Rpo.castro: any thoughts? Some editors propose (here) merging the WRC3 back again. Pelmeen10 (talk) 14:03, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Should we do a bold merge or go the proposal route? Rally Wonk (talk) 19:00, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

You can't move this page (this one has the history) without admin help anyway. And it needs consensus. Pelmeen10 (talk) 12:25, 6 February 2023 (UTC)