User talk:Kasparkelk

Hey I've seen your nice Hannes Soomer Article and your start on the EuroMoto Draft. At this point I'm not sure if it will still keep the direct German Motorcycle Championship status just yet as it did as the IDM. The Press Release states it gets two scoring systems so it could be that the EuroMoto will count as the official European Superbike Championship and may be get accredited by FIM but also keep the German Motorcycle Championship going somehow at the same time but with more than a name change. I've outlined the lineage of the name changes throughout on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Motorcycle racing/to do as the main Continental European National have a longer lineage than the Superbike Class and the Spanish also had a Split for a few years that makes it a bit messy to track for Wikipedia. Your welcomed to join the WikiProject as I've started to revive it because outside of MotoGP it's a bit unregulated and outdated. M1GHTY M4VS (talk) 20:32, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey, appreciate the heads-up, I appreciate it. I'll do some more research on the topic. For now, I’ll adjust the draft and move away from the heavy IDM relation, and focus more on the earlier European championships based on what I can find. Kasparkelk (talk) 21:17, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

You can move the section to your own Sandbox for later use when the picture is more clear and continue with portions. Drafts are open for 6 months between edits. If you need anything particular just leave a response. M1GHTY M4VS (talk) 21:27, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I’ve done some thinking, and it might make sense to keep most of the European championships in separate articles, based more on their identity and structure being different despite being an European championship. What do you think? Kasparkelk (talk) 13:07, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes but some have a tied lineage. I know we have combined them as World Motorcycle Championship and European Motorcycle Motorcycle Championship in the German and Italian Wikis because of the structure that started after the first World War and the Superbike has become the highest customer class there and especially the European structure is a bit messy with on and off FIM Status and modern Road Racing is organized by their own promotions and governing bodies that sometimes mix and in modern times are internationalised like the German, Dutch (with a Split), Spanish(with a Split and a part time merge with FIM) while others seem seperated entirely from the National Motorcycle lineage to Superbikes like the French, Australian which have no mention on Wikipedia yet because it took until the Superbikes became a global regulation. The Structure of the articles between languages also changes sometimes as the IDM is a complete lineage through inheritance and recognition while others may form a seperate entity like the IRRC which was Superbike until this year when they announced they would drop the Superbikes so ESRR is another entity without a continuation. For EuroMoto I'm not sure as it isn't clarified by what they did with the press release they mentioned both the continuation of the German National Motorcycle Championship (with International mostly European competitors) while also stating with the new Name it will be a European Championship of Circuit and Road Races but it is slightly different to what the FIM did in the 1990s with the European Superbike Championship but it's also not THE European Road Racing Championship as the former International Road Racing Championship was a de factor Europe only venue Series with Pro and Semi-Pro competitors with Amateurs in the lower categories. I would postpone it a month or two until the first events are held and look at what appears on the German IDM article. The creator of most motorcycle racing articles in German and Italian Wiki is User:Pessottino and I'm certain he hasn't a clear picture yet either for 2026. M1GHTY M4VS (talk) 13:37, 7 February 2026 (UTC)